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Longview News- Journal, Wednesday, November 15, 2000 Hastert, Gephardt keep top House jobs WASHINGTON (AP)- Proving the House to be an island of stability in a sea of political turmoil, Republicans and Democrats voted Tuesday to return Speaker Dennis Hastert and Minority Leader Dick Gephardt top leadership positions for the incoming 107th Congress. GOP rank and file also voted acclamation for holdover 'Majority Leader Dick Armey and Majority Whip Tom DeLay, both of Texas, and for Rep. J.C. Watts of Oklahoma, Congress' lone black Republican, for the fourth-ranking job of Republican conference chairman. On the Democratic side, Gephardt, of Missouri, will again be joined by Minority Whip David Bonior of Michigan and Caucus Chairman Martin Israel tightens JERUSALEM (AP) Israel imposed a stringent blockade around Palestinian communities Tuesday in response to the deadly drive-by shootings of Jeanette Montgomery GILMER Graveside services for Jeanette Montgomery, 67, of Gilmer were held at 4 p.m.

Tuesday with the Rev. Larry Lansdale officiating. Burial was in 1 Grice Cemetery. Arrangements are by Croley Funeral Home of Gilmer. Mrs.

Montgomery died Monday. Gilmer survivors include her husband, Neal; son, Chuck; and mother, Lucille Nix Wade. Frost of Texas. With the presidency unsettled and the Senate facing a potential 50-50 tie, House Republicans portrayed their ability to maintain a narrow majority in last week's election as a huge victory over a determined, wellfinanced Democratic effort to regain the control they lost in 1994. "I just want to declare victory," DeLay said.

"The House held its ground." Pending the outcome of unsettled races in Florida and New Jersey, Republicans now have an effective 221-212 edge over Democrats in the new House, counting two independents who reliably split between the two camps. In the 106th Congress, the GOP margin was 223-210 AP Photo Rep. J.C. Watts second from left, welcomes new Republican freshman representatives to Capitol Hill on Tuesday. Looking on are, from left, House Majority Leader Dick Armey of Texas, House Speaker Dennis Hastert of Illinois who was returned House Majority Whip Tom DeLay of counting the independents, with two vacancies.

Last week's elections left the incoming Senate with 50 Republicans and 49 Democrats, pending the outcome of the to that post in a Tuesday vote and Texas. Washington race between GOP Sen. Slade Gorton and Democratic challenger Maria Cantwell. With 316,000 votes still to be counted, Gorton had a lead. blockade around Palestinian settlements Israelis, paralyzing normal life but failing to halt violence.

At least three Palestinians were killed in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The killings of four Israelis on Monday was part of a new "death on the roads" terror campaign by Palestinian militants, Israel said. Palestinian leaders harshly condemned the OBITUARIES Lucille White Services for Lucille White, 83, of Houston are set for noon Thursday at Lakeview Memorial Gardens Mausoleum Chapel. Mrs. White died Monday.

Her husband, F.W. White, and a brother, T.F. Madison, preceded her in death. Survivors include three nieces, Carolyn White Grappe, Miriam Barley and Alice Pulket, and a nephew, Tom Madison. Croley Memory Park FUNERAL HOME LAKEVIEW GILMER 843-2555 5000 W.

Harrison Rd. 759-9493 Funerals Anthony Pollaro DIANA Graveside services for Anthony Pollaro, 89, of Ore City, 2 p.m. today, Summerfield UMC Cemetery, Dr. William Couvillion officiating. Arrangements, Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home, Diana.

George E. Guth Jr. PITTSBURG Graveside services for George E. Guth 77, of Pittsburg, 1:30 p.m. today, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Houston.

Arrangements, Erman Smith Funeral Home. Schaylon Brooke Blakeley Services for Schaylon Brooke Blakeley, 23, of Longview, 2 p.m. today, Rader Funeral Home Chapel, Longview, Brother Steve Cochran officiating. Burial, Rosewood Park Cemetery. Juanita Taylor Services for Juanita Taylor, 60, of Longview, 2 p.m.

today, Calvary Baptist Church. Arrangements, Lakeview Funeral Home. John L. 'Bones' Williams Sr. Services for John L.

"Bones" Williams 1 "hursday, Willow Springs Baptist Church. Arrangements, Citizens Funeral Home. Wake, 7-8 p.m. today, funeral home. Martha 'Bush' Raines JEFFERSON Services for Martha "Bush" Raines, 90, of the Walnut Grove community, 1 p.m.

today, Walnut Grove Baptist Church, the Rev. Kirthell Roberts and the Rev. Terry McAlister officiating. Arrangements, Jimerson Funeral Home. Grover Dean Livingston DAINGERFIELD Services for Grover Dean Livingston, 72, of Daingerfield, 10 a.m.

today, Veal Switch Missionary Baptist Church, the Rev. Charles Swilling and the Rev. Glenn Dunaway officiating. Burial, Veal Switch Cemetery. Arrangements, Nail-Haggard Funeral Home.

Pending Mary Randall Services for Mary Randall, 112, of Longview are pending with Bigham Mortuary. Mrs. Randall died Sunday at her residence. A.L. Brown MARSHALL Services for A.L.

Brown, 82, of Marshall are pending with Sullivan Funeral Home. Mr. Brown died Tuesday in a Marshall hospital. Roberta Henry JEFFERSON Services for Roberta Henry of Jefferson are pending with Lewis Walker Funeral Home. Mrs.

Henry died Monday. Albert Booth Services for Albert Booth are pending with Craig Funeral Home. Mr. Booth died Tuesday in a local hospital. Jesse Shelton Services for Jesse Shelton are pending with Craig Funeral Home.

Mr. Shelton died Tuesday in a local hospital. Avis Hilburn KILGORE Services for Avis Hilburn are pending with Funeral Home. Mrs. Hilburn died Monday at a Shreveport hospital.

Rose JEFFERSON Services for Edward Rose of Jefferson are pending with Lewis Walker Funeral Home. Mr. Rose died Tuesday in County. Cherry Mikell Services for Christine Cherry Mikell, 81, of Longview are pending with Welch Funeral Home. Mrs.

Mikell died Tuesday in a local Johnie Mae Sutton GLADEWATER Services for Johnie Mae Sutton, 69, of White are pending with McCauley Son Funeral Home. Madie Greenwood Services for Madie Greenwood are pending with Craig Funeral Home. Ms. Greenwood died Tuesday in a local nursing home. Feltz Services for Ray Feltz, 97, of Feltz Longview are pending with evening Rader Funeral Home of Longview.

Mr. passed away Monday in a Longview hospital. Congress OKs tax bill, averting trade war WASHINGTON (AP) Congress sent President Clinton legislation Tuesday to stave off a potentially damaging transAtlantic trade war by replacing a U.S. export tax system that was judged an illegal subsidy by the World Trade Organization. With the presidential race unresolved, lawmakers decided to postpone other major tax and budget decisions until December.

But if the tax bill languishes beyond Friday, the European Union is prepared to begin imposing retaliatory tariffs on U.S. products. "The clock is ticking, and only by acting now can we avoid a destructive trans-Atlantic trade said Rep. Bill Archer, RTexas, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. "There will be no winners in such a war." The bill, which cleared the Senate unanimously earlier this month, passed the House by 316- 72.

President Clinton is expected to sign it in time to meet the Friday deadline. The Senate also approved by voice vote a temporary spending measure to keep government programs running through Dec. 5, rather than attempting to finish budget negotiations this week with the White House for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1. Lawmakers said there was too much uncertainty and distraction surrounding the Florida presidential recount.

Although Congress won't be in session, some negotiations will continue while the election is settled. "We will continue to meet on the issues that are outstanding," said Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss. Later Tuesday, the House and Senate passed on voice vote a measure providing $445 million in federal payments for the District of Columbia's 2001 budget. The bill initially faced a veto threat over language limiting needle exchanges for drug addicts and banning tobacco possession by minors, but those items were removed and Clinton is expected to sign it. army cordon around the territories they control.

It came as Israelis and Palestinians braced for potentially widespread confrontations today. Michael Lee Lenox CARTHAGE Services for Michael Lee Lenox, 34, of Timpson will be held at 3 p.m. today at Hawthorn Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Leon Veazey officiating. Burial will be in Corinth Cemetery.

Mr. Lenox died Sunday in Tyler. He was of the Baptist faith, an electrician and a member of Murvaul Hunting Club. He was born Jan. 8, 1966, in Marquette, Mich.

Loys Ingram MARSHALL Services for Loys Ingram, 89, of LaPorte will be held at 1 p.m. today, Nov. 15, at the Travis Street Chapel of Sullivan Funeral Home in Marshall with the Rev. Dewayne Beaty officiating. Burial will be in Algoma Cemetery-North.

Mrs. Ingram died Sunday, Nov. 12, 2000, in Bayshore Medical Center in Pasadena. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church of Longview. Mrs.

Ingram was born Oct. 16, 1911, in Campbell. She received her education in Texas public schools. On Nov. 12, 1932, she married Frank Russell Ingram in Hugo, Okla.

He preceded her in death on March 15, 1980. Survivors include one daughter, Frankie Sue McBride of LaPorte; three grandchildren, Robert McBride, Rene McBride and Frank McBride; six greatgrandchildren, Ryan McBride, Eryn McBride, Taylor McBride, Daniel McBride, Emily McBride and Sarah McBride; and two sisters, Joye Camp of Greenville and Sandra Oden of DeBerry. Shelly Pool Arden Shelly Pool Arden, 40, of Kilgore, passed away Monday, Nov. 13, 2000. She was born Dec.

14, 1959, in Borger. Mrs. Arden was preceded in death by her father, Troy Pool. She is survived by her husband, Lynn Arden Kilgore; her mother, Dollie Pool of Kilgore; two sisters, Vicky Harton of Kilgore and Rhonda Carpenter of Beeville; a brother, Dana Pool of Winnsboro; a stepdaughter, Kari Self of Henderson; a granddaughter, Tori Self of Henderson; and a niece, Kendra Harton Parker of Shreveport. Pallbearers will be the surviving nephews, Lynn Harton Jr.

of Kilgore, Clint Carpenter of Freer, Kyle Carpenter of Freer, Jason Pool of Winnsboro, Jacob Pool of Winnsboro and Chuck Parker of Shreveport. Friends may visit with the family 6-8 p.m. today, Nov. 15, at Lakeview Funeral Home. Services are set for 2:30 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 16, 2000, at Lakeview Funeral Home with the Rev. Riley Pippen officiating. Memory Park LAKEVIEW 5000 W. Harrison Rd.

759-9493 Our sympathies in the loss of a loved one. Longvicto Digest John Louis Williams GLADEWATER Services for John Louis Williams, 54, of Gladewater will be held at 1 p.m. today at Rising Star Church of God in Christ. Arrangements are under the direction of McCauley Son Funeral Service. Mr.

Williams died Saturday in a Longview hospital. B.L. 'Benny' Goodwin SHREVEPORT Services for B.L. "Benny" Goodwin, 64, of Shreveport are set for 10 a.m. today at Rose Neath Southside Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev.

Bill Stowell and the Rev. Chuck Huffman officiating. Burial will be in Red Lick UMC Cemetery at 3 p.m. Mr. Goodwin died Monday.

Carthage survivors include a daughter, Karen Shamburger, and her husband, Carlton. John Thomas McClellan Sr. MUNFORD, Ala. Funeral services for John Thomas McClellan 59, of Munford, were held Sunday, Nov. 5, 2000, at Usrey Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev.

Tom Graham and the Rev. Susie Knedlik officiating. Burial was in Bethlehem Cemetery in Munford. Mr. McClellan died Friday, Nov.

3, 2000, at Baptist Medical Center Montclair in Birmingham, Ala. He was a native of Talladega County and had lived in Texas before moving back to Talladega in 1989. Mr. McClellan attended Bethlehem United Methodist Church in Munford and was a salesperson at the Bill Stanford auto dealership. He had previously been employed in Longview as a salesperson for Lively OldsCadillac and as used car manager for Brew Pontiac- Honda.

Mr. McClellan was preceded in death by his father, Frank R. McClellan. He is survived by his wife, Julia McClellan of Munford; two daughters, Susan Deuel and Gail Cicione of Munford; one son, John Thomas McClellan Jr. of Munford; his mother, Dollie McClellan of Munford; two sisters, Shirley Alford of Longview and Brenda Johnson of Munford; one brother, Terry Frank McClellan Sr.

of Kilgore; and three grandchildren, Shanea Lackey, Chasity Lackey and Abel Deuel. Pallbearers were Bill Stanford, Robert Jones, Stephen Graben, Bill Wright, Robert Earl Ford and Leslie Ford. Honorary pallbearers were Archie Alford, Bobby Pritchard, Tommy Johnson, Scott Deuel, Corey Cicione and Kerry Baxter. Park service unveils Yosemite restrictions YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. Add the Sunday driver to the list of endangered species at Yosemite.

Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt issued a $441 million plan Tuesday to restore Yosemite to a more natural state over the next two decades by getting rid of many parking spaces, cabins and one of the most 1 heavily used roads running through Yosemite Valley. Tourists no longer will be able to park their cars at the base of Yosemite Falls, North America's tallest waterfall. Instead, many will have to see Half Dome, El Capitan and other sights from shuttle buses running from three outlying parking lots. Georgia Baptists OK statement of faith SAVANNAH, Ga. Georgia Baptists voted Tuesday to affirm the new Southern Baptist statement of faith, shrugging off criticism from former President Carter and others unhappy with language that says the Bible is without error and women should not serve as pastors.

No formal count was taken, but convention officials said about 75 percent of the 3,447 delegates voted in favor. Library 'flasher' not difficult to identify CHARDON, Ohio Pinpointing a man accused of exposing himself at a library wasn't too difficult, police say, because he used his own card to check out books. David Tuthill, 49, pleaded innocent Monday to a public indecency charge. Two librarians told authorities the man lifted his shirt twice and revealed his exposed genitals to them on Nov. 5 while waiting to check out books at Chardon Public Library.

Study analyzes bike injuries to children CHICAGO Children suffered an estimated 2.1 million bicycle-related injuries in the United States between 1992 and 1997, with boys much more likely than girls to get hurt, a study released Tuesday found. About 1,500 deaths occurred during the six-year period. Boys ages 5 through 14 were the most common victims, with an estimated 224,200 cycling injuries each year, compared with about 93,000 for girls the same age. The findings by Drs. Elizabeth Powell and Robert Tanz of Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago were published in the November issue of Archives of Pediatrics Adolescent Medicine.

Study links big meals, heart attack rates NEW ORLEANS Looking forward to a huge Thanksgiving dinner? Maybe you should consider some dietary downsizing. A study released Tuesday suggests that an unusually heavy meal increases the risk of a heart attack. The latest research concludes that simply putting away one huge meal regardless of a person's usual eating habits is a bad thing. Doctors from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston found that an unusually heavy meal roughly quadruples the ordinary risk of a heart attack during the two hours after eating. Former sailor ends extended hotel stay SAN FRANICSCO After sharing a refrigerator and bathroom with hotel guests for some 63 years, Orlan Lattimer decided it was time to ship out.

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