The Galveston Daily News from Galveston, Texas • Page 15

Friday Morning, September 17, 1982 tEtyc 15-A Shocked man reported in critical condition ByJIMGOLDING News Staff Writer GALVESTON A 53-year-old man who was shocked Wednesday while working on a utility pole in Santa Fe was in critical condition at John Sealy Hospital late Thursday, a hospital spokeswoman said. The victim, Otha L. Drawhorn of Alvin, and another lineman were in a two-man lift when 7,200 volts passed through the wire Drawhorn was holding. The victim was taken to Memorial Hospital of Galveston County in Texas City before being transferred to Sealy. The other man was not injured MAN ROBBED GALVESTON Two men jumped a 77-year-old man at his residence in the 2000 block of Avenue NV 2 early Thursday, police said.

The victim told police he was getting his newspaper about 6:20 a.m. when his assailants rushed up, knocked him down, threatened him and entered his home, said investigating officer Paul E. Millo. The pair stole $100 and some Medicare papers before fleeing, reports indicated. COUNTYWIDE SUMMARY In the 24-hour period ending at 4 p.m.

Thursday: police investigated the following crimes and incidents: criminal mischief reports, three; assaults by threat and business burglaries, two each; and attempted burglaries, auto thefts, motor vehicle burglaries, residential burglaries and possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana, one each. police investigated an auto theft. City police investigated one burglary and one vandalism report. Marque police investigated a residential burglary. Fe police investigated the following: forgeries and runaways, two each; and motor vehicle thefts, telephone harassment reports, criminal mischief reports, minor traffic accidents and thefts.

Galveston County Sheriff's Department investigated the following: criminal mischief incidents, three; and reckless conduct reports, auto thefts, telephone harassment reports, threats and minor fleet accidents, one each. Deputies also arrested three persons on charges of public intoxication. Guard, Crystal Beach and Dickinson authorities reported no crimes or incidents. In the period between 5 p.m. Wednesday and 3:30 p.m.

Thursday, Galveston police arrested 17 persons on the following charges (some arrests were for multiple charges): public intoxication, five; assault, four; disorderly conduct, three; and forgery, driving while intoxicated, possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana, burglary of a building and unlawfully carrying a weapon, one each. DWI sentence handed down GALVESTON Rinaldo Battistoni was sentenced to six months in jail and fined $500 Thursday by a jury in County County No. 2. Battistoni, 29, was convicted Wednesday of driving while intoxicated. Testimony indicated that Battistoni was involved in an accident at Highway 3 and FM 519 on March 27, when he was cited for DWI.

At the time, he was awaiting trial on another DWI charge, for which he subsequently was convicted and given a probated sentence. GUILTY VERDICT GALVESTON Laroy Sydnor was found guilty Thursday of burglary of a building. The trial was conducted before 56th District Court Judge I. Allan Lerner. During the punishment phase of the trial, the district attorney alleged that Sydnor had been convicted of unauthorized use of a vehicle, burglary, assault to commit murder, assault and escape.

Lerner took the case under advisement and said he would render a decision Wednesday. TRIAL TO BEGIN GALVESTON Testimony is expected to begin today in the attempted murder trial of Robert Anthony Brooke. Brooke is accused of shooting Allan Vivial on April 28. Hurricane brushes past Bermuda MIAMI (AP) Hurricane Debby brushed past Bermuda with 110 mph winds Thursday, routing tourists and toppling some trees, then headed into cool Atlantic waters where it was expected to weaken. Debby's northward course could bring it near the coast of Nova Scotia, which already is receiving some gale-force winds from the hurricane 575 miles south of Halifax, forecasters said.

A low-pressure system off Virginia was affecting the storm's path. At 6 p.m. EOT, the hurricane was centered 240 miles due north of Bermuda, near latitude 36.3 north, longitude 65.3 west. It was moving northward at about 20 mph. Meanwhile, forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami were eyeing a new tropical depression with 35 mph winds about 900 miles west of the Cape Verde islands off the west coast of Africa.

Mexico notes independence Two killed in collision of planes PARIS, Texas (AP) The pilot and a passenger of a single-engine plane were killed Thursday afternoon in a collision with another private aircraft five miles southwest of this North Texas city's airport. The occupants of a Piper Comanche were apparently thrown from the wreckage of their aircraft when it crashed in a pasture about 5:30 p.m., Lamar County sheriff's officers said. The dead had not been identified late Thursday, sheriff's dispatcher Laura Wooldridge said. Officials said a human head and portions of a second were found strewn in the wreckage, which covered 25 yards. The pilot of the second plane, a Grumman Tiger, nursed his disabled craft back to a landing at Cox Field and was uninjured, said Bill Boothe, owner of Paris Flight Center.

Cecil Huneycutt, a Paris optometrist, radioed to the airport that he had been hit. MEXICO CITY (AP) Thousands of infantrymen in full battle gear marched in double time through Mexico City on Thursday in a massive show of strength on the 172nd anniversary of the country's declaration of independence from Spain. Hundreds of thousands of Mexicans lined a two-mile route to watch more than 40,000 heavily armed troops and support personnel demonstrate the country's military strength. The Independence Day ceremonies helped Mexicans to forgot for a few hours that their country is gripped in its worst recession in more than half a century. The Mexican air force displayed its seven newly acquired U.S.-built F-5 jet fighters for the first time.

The jets thundered over the city for 90 minutes in a precision air show that included 140 other planes. More than a thousand tanks, armored troop carriers and vehicles hauling anti-aircraft missiles and mortars rumbled past the presidential reviewing stand in the Zocalo, the city's main square, and then down Paseo del la Reforma avenue to Chapultepec Park. President Reagan's national security adviser, William P. Clark, was among guests invited by President Jose Lopez Portillo to view the traditional display of military might. The U.S.-built F-5 aircraft were acquired in the military's modernization program, begun three years ago.

The Independence Day ceremonies actually began late Wednesday night when Lopez Portillo led the traditional "Shout of Independence" from the balcony of the National Palace as a half million Mexicans Save Over Star Darth Vader Collector's Case Comes with 3 exciting action ligures; Yoda," Darth and Luke." 1 Holds up to 31 figures. T607-93380 Our Regular $15.94 Limit One per Customer while 100 last No Rain Checks. Sale Prices Good Thru Register Now to Receive Sale Circulars, packed into the Zocalo cheered with him and roared "Viva." "Mexicans, long live our national independence," he cried as he waved a Mexican flag with his left hand and, with his right, rang the bell that accompanied the original call for freedom 172 years ago. "Long live our heroes! Long live our national sovereignty! Long live Mexico!" he shouted to the roar of the crowd. The ritual, carried out simultaneously by mayors in cities throughout Mexico, recreated Father Miguel Hidalgo's call in 1810 to rise up against the Spanish.

Mexicans fought for 11 years before winning independence. State-owned television and radio networks interpreted the festive mood as a sign of support for Lopez Portillo's expropriation of the country's banks on Sept. 1. In announcing the takeover, he accused the banks of "looting" the nation by helping rich Mexicans to transfer money from the country that was needed to pay Mexico's $81 billion foreign debt. Since the beginning of August, Mexicans have been hit with a sharp drop in the value of the peso, the imposition of exchange controls and a slash in government subsidies for such basic staples as tortillas and bread.

If the depression's winds build to 39 mph, it would become Tropical Storm Ernesto, the fifth of the season in the Atlantic. Bermuda, a British dependency 580 miles east of North Carolina, was spared Debby's strongest winds after a night of nervous anticipation. Forecasters on Wednesday feared the worst as the storm surged directly toward the island at 20 mph, but it veered overnight. Acting Police Commissioner Clive Donald said there were no reports of damage expect to trees and power lines as top winds of 70 mph lashed the island. Electricity was being restored in most areas Thursday.

Schools were closed Thursday, but were expected to reopen Friday, officials said. U.S. airlines servicing Bermuda planned to resume at least partial schedule Thursday. The U.S. Navy evacuated 700 personnel from homes at the U.S.

air station Wednesday night and moved them into a gymnasium on the base, a Navy spokesman said. Holland America's cruise liner Volendam left for New York on Wednesday afternoon, stranding 28 passengers and eight crewmem- bers who did not make the ship before it left. The stranded were put up at local hotels. This Atlantic season's only killer hurricane thus far was the first of the year Alberto, which crossed Cuba as a squally tropical disturbance in early June, drowning 23 people before quickly fizzling off the west coast of Florida. FOR RESULTS, CONTACT ABE KEUNER REALTOR Your Professional Real Estate Agent ESTABLISHED 1955 1424TREMONT 765-6646 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OF LOCATION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ON THE FLOODPLAIN AREA City of Galveston P.O.

Box779 Galveston, Texas77553 Date: September 17,1982 TO ALL INTERESTED AGENCIES, GROUPS AND PERSONS: The above-named City proposes to request the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to release federal funds under the Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (PL 93-383) to be used for the following project: UDAG Loan for the Restoration of the Leon and H. Blum Building. Estimated Cost: The above named project is located within a floodplain area because the entire City of Galveston, with the exception of the Seawall Boulevard and the Fort Crockett areas, is located within a floodplain area.

An Environmental Review Record respecting the within project has been made by the above-named City which documents the environmental review of the project. This Environmental Review Record is on file in the City Secretary's Office and is available in the reference section of the Rosenberg Library during normal business hours. No further environmental review of such project is proposed to be conducted, prior to the request for the release of Federal funds. All interested agencies, groups and persons disagreeing with this decision are invited to submit written comments for consideration by the City to the Office of the Ciy Manager. All such comments so received will be considered and the City will not request the release of Federal funds or take any administrative action of the within project prior to the date specified in the preceding sentence.

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