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SATURDAY. DECEMBER 17, 1994 GALVESTON COUNTY, TEXAS World Russia good spirits." Netherlands in Gore Yeltsin was the first the foreign leader to Denture fishy 3 2 Fighters Chechnya see since president saga underwent nose surgery last Saturordered to pull back day. the day before Russian troops AMSTERDAM The saga GROZNY- Chechnya's entered the breakaway republic of best sea yarn to hit Holland 4 of the fishy false teeth the 1 pull leader back ordered inside his the fighters capital to The Chechnya. discussion touched only briefly dike since the was boy exposed stuck his Friday finger as in just the Friday but demanded a total Russ- on Chechnya. said Gore, who reiter- as big a hoax.

ian withdrawal. leaving the two the U.S. stand that the conflict It all began when fishing enthusiated sides locked in a deadly standoff in Gore down of strain ast Cor Stoop lost his upper plate is Russia's internal affair. the rebellious southern territory. played signs when he leaned overboard during a 1 Artillery fire and shelling on the Washington and Moscow.

telling a spell of seasickness while sailing on fringes of the capital, Grozny, eased news relations much track." a North Sea charter boat in Septemconference that U.S.-Russian after President Dzhokhar Dudayev were "very on ber. directed his troops to cease fire and On Nov. 27, Hugo Slamat, a tackle move inside the city limits. Bosnia-Herzegovina shop owner who had organized the 5 But the prospects for a negotiated Convoy reaches Bihac charter, found a set of choppers settlement faded further, as while gutting a 19-pound cod he Dudayev pledged the Chechens SARAJEVO Although caught on a fishing excursion. The would stand fast.

3 Bosnian Serbs allowed an aid charter skipper then recalled that South Africa day of thanksgiving forever if they "The Chechen people will stay to convoy into the embattled Stoop had lost his teeth during the achieved victory. the end we have no other way," Bihac area Friday, U.N. officials say trip in September. Holiday tradition ends At what became known as the Batthe former Soviet air force general Serb commitment to the peace The teeth were eventually given to tle of Blood River, the 500 settlers declared in Grozny, the capital of the process won't be clear unless they Stoop at a handover splashed across PRETORIA Afrikaners fought off the Zulus, armed mainly republic. Sarajevo airport.

But something about the story Friday to mark the Day of were killed, and all but three of the separatist Caucasus Mountain meet their promise to reopen the Dutch media. 5 gathered for the last time with spears. More than 3,000 Zulus A Chechen government In an effort to lure former Presi- began to seem fishy. the Vow, a national holiday that white settlers survived. spokesman said the pullback from dent Jimmy Carter into peace talks, "They fit all right," Stoop told The recalls a pledge by early Dutch set- The victory came to be seen by head-to-head positions "was done as Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Associated Press on Friday.

"But I tlers to thank God for helping them Afrikaaners as a sign of divine a goodwill gesture and in the antici- Karadzic has offered six unilateral began to have doubts, so I got my colonize South Africa. approval for white dominance. pation of a similar step from concessions, including reopening the dentist to investigate and he told me While Afrikaaners, the descen- At the height of apartheid, attenMoscow," the Interfax news agency airport and allowing free movement the top and bottom didn't go togeth- dants of early Dutch and French dance at the main celebration could reported. of U.N. peacekeepers.

er." Protestant settlers, remain proud of reach 100,000 and last year, about Serb military leaders have Then taxi driver Roel Pool, an their pioneer forbears, the holiday is 10,000 people took part. Gore, Yeltsin powwow promised they would allow the air- amateur fisherman and practical an unpleasant reminder of the days But since Nelson Mandela's elecport to reopen today. joker, revealed what had really hap- of white rule and nationalistic propa- tion as president in April, most MOSCOW At the end of "Let's see and watch, tomorrow pened. ganda used to justify it. white South Africans have 2 Russian days of officials, talks Vice with Presi- will we reopen the airport or not?" "When we go fishing on the sea we of It is to be phased out by take a new effect set the transition to black rule and accepted the said U.N.

spokesman Alexander always make jokes. I took the teeth national holidays to holiday is now viewed with mixed dent Al Gore said Friday that Ivanko. from my wife and put them in the next year. emotions. Mandela's government has greater understanding The airport has been closed since day's biggest cod," Pool said Friday, The Day of the Vow originated in defined a new set of national holihad been reached on toughest Nov.

21 when Serbs, angered by after the hoax was revealed in the 1838, when of Afrikaner set- days beginning in 1995, and Dec. "the issues" 16 NATO and the future of Europe. a group NATO airstrikes, positioned surface- Dutch media. tlers, surrounded by a much larger is to be celebrated in the future as The vice president had a long talk to-air missiles nearby and refused to Slamat found the teeth when he force of Zulu warriors, prayed for the Day of Reconciliation. with President Boris Yeltsin, whom he described as "hale and hearty, in guarantee planes' safety.

gutted the cod 30 minutes later. survival and promised to observe a The Associated Press Obituaries Virginia W. Dalehite GALVESTON Virginia Willrich Dalehite, 64, died Thursday, Dec. 15, 1994 at U.T.M.B. Hospital.

Services will be pending at Malloy Son Funeral Home, Galveston. Rev. Ellis J. Johnson TEXAS CITY Reverend Ellis J. "Sham" Johnson, Pastor of Mt.

Paran Missionary Baptist Church of Texas City, passed away Friday, December 16th at his residence. Arrangements are pending at Mainland Funeral Home in La Marque. Mainland Funeral Home Robert Lee Harris WEST TEXAS CITY Mr. Robert Lee Harris, 38, passed from this life Tuesday, December 13th at Clear Lake Regional Medical Center in Webster. Born October 13, 1956 in Montgomery, Alabama, Mr.

Harris was a construction worker; member of Progressive Baptist Church where he was served with the Brotherhood; member, Pride of Texas City Masonic Lodge No. 193, Free and Accepted Mason, Prince Hall Affiliation and an Adult Leader of "Operation Save The Youth." Robert leaves with cherished The Galveston County Daily News classified advertising department charges a standard advertising rate of $13.30 per column inch to publish obituaries, pending arrangement notices and funeral notices. Obituaries can be faxed to The Daily News at 744- 6268 or hand-delivered to the classified advertising department at the newspaper's main office, 8522 Teichman Road in Galveston, or the Mainland Service Center at 3000 FM 1764 in La Marque. The deadline for full obituaries and funeral notices is 4 p.m. Brief notices that funeral arrangements are pending are accepted until 5 p.m.

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275. To drop off information or pictures after office hours, a mail slot is located in the door to the newspaper's island building. memories: his beloved wife, Debra Finley Harris; his mother, Clara Richardson of La Marque; father, Lawrence Harris of Miami, FL; a stepson, Donald Demerson, II of Texas City; sisters, Wilma (Michael) Jordan, Vivian (George) Pugh, Patricia (Phillip) Alexander all of Montgomery, AL, Althea Richardson of La Marque and Jackie Harris of Texas City; brothers, James Harris, Tony (Cassandra) Harris both of Montgomery, AL, Tommy (Cassandra) Harris of La Marque; William (Alica) Harris and Darryl Harris both of Texas City; mother-in-law, Mary Garrett of Texas City; brothers-inlaw, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, uncles, aunts, relatives and friends. Visitation will be held Monday from 1 to 8 PM at the Mainland Funeral Home Chapel in La Marque. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 AM Tuesday, December 20th at the Progressive Missionary Baptist Church in Texas City with Rev.

Jonathan D. Steele, officiating. Burial will follow services at Houston National Cemetery in Houston. Memorials may be sent to Mainland Funeral In Loving Memory Of Luis R. (Prez) Sendejas, Sr.

August 18, 1930 December 16, 1991 56 Dear Dad, Gone is the face we loved so dear, Silent is the voice we loved to hear: Too far away for sight or speech, But not too far for thought to reach. Sweet to remember him who once was here, And who, though absent. Sadly missed by is just as dear. the family Obituaries must contain complete billing information: the name, full mailing address and telephone number of the party paying for the obituary. Obituaries may be placed by a private party and must include the phone number of a source, such as a funeral home or clergyman, to verify the information.

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Home, 2711 Texas Avenue, La Marque, Texas 77568 Phone No. 409-938-8123 or 1-800-843-6965. Mainland Funeral Home Wyatt Andrew Mead LA PORTE Wyatt Andrew Mead, born December 14, 1994, passed away December 14, 1994. Wyatt Andrew Mead is survived by his father Rick Mead and mother Christina Reynolds Mead of La Porte; six brothers: Daniel Austin Mead of La Porte, Robert Mead of Deer Park, David Mead of Deer Park, James Reynolds of League City, Cory Mead of Deer Park, Dylan Mead of La Porte; grandparents James and Ramona Reynolds of League City, and Evert and Billie Mead of Deer Park. Funeral Services will be held at Grand View Memorial Park Pavilion, Monday, December 19, 1994, at 10:00 A.M.

Family will receive friends from 2:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m., Sunday, December 18, 1994. Deer Park Funeral Directors Lubelle Belcher Corbin SEABROOK Lubelle Belcher Corbin, 68, passed away Friday December 16, 1994 in Alvin. She was born June 29, 1926 in Cherokee, Texas. Mrs.

Corbin was a retired school teacher for the LaPorte School District and had taught in the Texas City and Clear Creek School Districts. She was a member of Seabrook Methodist Church. Survived by her husband, Jack M. Corbin of Seabrook; sons Jeff Corbin and wife Melinda of Friendswood, and Steve Corbin and wife Tanya of Conroe; mother, Lou Alice Belcher of Galveston; sister Joyce Lunsford of Galveston; and three grandchildren. Family requests memorials be made to The Alzheimer's Association, 6161 Savoy Drive, Suite 240, Houston, Texas 77036.

Friends may call at Jack In Loving Memory Of Susie Valdez Who Passed Away December 17, 1987 Seven Years Ago Today God took her home, it was His will, But in our hearts we love her still; Her memory is as dear today As in the hour she passed away. We often sit and think of her when we are all alone, For memory is the only friend that grief can call its own. Sadly Missed By Her Children In Loving Memory Of My Lovely Wife THERESA D. MOORE Who Passed Away On December 17, 1975 "May God Bless Her Soul" SADLY MISSED BY C. W.

MOORE Rowe Funeral Home after 2:00 p.m. Sunday, December 18, 1994. Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Monday in the Jack Rowe Cathedral Chapel with Rev. Charles Millican officiating.

Burial will follow at Galveston Memorial Park in Hitchcock. Jack Rowe Funeral Home Funeral Milton Young Sr. GALVESTON Milton Young Sr. (Puppy), 72. died December 13, 1994 at his residence.

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December 18, 1994 in Jennerette, LA. Joaquin Vasquez To those I love and to those who that loved me. I am with you ahmays. When I am gone, release me, let me go. I have so many things to see and do.

You mustn't tie yourself to me with tears, be happy we had so many years. I gave you my love, you can only guess how much you gave to me in happiness. I thank you for the love you each have shown, but now it's time 1 travel alone. So grieve awhile, for if grieve you must then let your grief be comforted by trust. It's only for awhile that we must part, so bless the memories within your heart I won't be far away, for life goes on.

So, if you need me, call and I will come. Though you can't see or touch me-I'll be near, And if you listen to your heart, you'll hear all my love around you soft and clear, And then, when you must come this way alone, I'll greet you with a smile and say, "Welcome Home!" WE'RE RECYCLING. ARE YOU? THE DAILY NEWS YOUR COMPUTERS DRAGGING? YOU CAN MAKE THEM WORK FASTER BY UPGRADING INCREASE SPEED AND PERFORMANCE COSTS LESS THAN YOU THINK! GALVESTON COMPUTING SYSTEMS A DIVISION OF RANDALL SYSTEMS, INC. 1621 TREMONT GALVESTON, TEXAS 77550 HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, NETWORK SALES REPAIR CALL BOB RANDALL OR MIKE TRUBE (409) 763-3938 GALVESTON COUNTY'S COMPUTER PLACE.