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(The dimra ShreveportBossierArk-La-Tex mi 12-A Saturday, July 30, 1983 i Who pulled the plug? Candidates Timet pholoDIANA Gray qualify for area races J. i (JT WtrWWWtltWiu 'ss4WSr I Willi IT Jik It's all sand now, but a waterfall will soon flow over these rocks and Into the pool below when the $3 million Water Town on West 70th Street in Shreveport opens Aug. 12. Bonil water slides in the background are nearly complete. ARK-LA-TEX BRIEFS uston boy, 9, drowns ,5:.

By CATHERINE B. DOWNS and GARY WALKER The Times A week of qualifying for the Oct. 22 open primary ended Friday with a long list of candidates for district and Earish offices in North and Central ouisiana. A few incumbents, however, drew no opposition. Sen.

Charles Barham of Ruston; Sen. Foster Campbell of Bossier City, Sen. Don Kelly of Natchitoches; Rep. Jessie Deen of Bossier City, Rep. Bruce Bolin of Minden; and Rep.

Jimmy Long of Natchitoches, are all unopposed. But a six-way race is taking shape for the District 11 representative seat of Loy Weaver, D-Homer, who is not seeking re-election. Qualifying for the race were David M. Newell of Claiborne Parish; former Rep. Louise Johnson of Union Parish; Farmerville Mayor Jimmy Long; Fred G.

Sanders; June Taylor Auger, a Monroe television station emcee; and Robert C. James, Union Parish School Board member. The District 12, Lincoln Parish, election is stacking up as a rematch of the narrow runoff last year between William Sumlin and Troy Lowe, with former state Rep. Carroll Jones as a' possible spoiler. Sumlin won the runoff for the unexpired term of Rep.

Joe Bleich, who became a district judge, by a scant 88 votes over Lowe. In District 13, Jackson, Bienville and Ouachita parishes, incumbent. Jamie Fair, D-Lucky, faces competition from Michael L. Tinnerello, a Winnfield high school biology teacher. Rep.

Glen Williams faces stiff competition for the District 20 seat with challengers Walter "Fox" McKeithen, son of former Gov. John J. McKeithen; W. Leon Mcintosh; Clarence H. Moreno and Ben A.

Carpenter. In the District 24 state representative race, incumbent H.M. "Mutt" Fowler is being challenged by Zeddie Ray Dyess and Dickie Alexander. Longtime Sen. Bryan A.

Poston of Hornbeck faces competition in the District 30 contest from William Andreas and Phillip K. Stokes. Challenging one-term Rep. William H. West of Leesville in the District 30 race are John Smith and former Rep.

Claude "Buddy" Leach Jr. Rep. Eldridge Morris of DeRidder is seeking a second term in District 31 against C. Allen Bradley Jr. Three candidates have qualified for the District 38 Senate race.

Sen. Richard Neeson of Shreveport is opposed by C.K. Carter Jr. and Andrew Flores Evans. District 7 Rep.

Johnny McFerren of Shreveport drew one challenger, Walter B. Calvert, in his bid for a second term. At least two area incumbent sheriffs are unopposed. Sheriff Wayne Houck of Lincoln Parish and Sheriff J.R. "Snap" Oakes drew no opposition by qualifying deadline.

However, Bienville Parish Sheriff Arvis Whitman faces a swarm of contenders. Former police juror Harris Collinsworth will run against Whitman, as will Leroy Johnson, Charlie Jowers and W. Carrel Waites. Union Parish Sheriff Eugene Patterson is opposed by Larry Averitt Keith Byram, George Rogers and Johnny Thomas. Webster Parish Sheriff Royce McMahan will square off against T.C.

Bloxom and Dick Thomas. Bloxom served as a criminal investigator under McMahan and is now Minden's fire chief. In Jackson Parish, J.H. "Hoye" Smitherman will try to unseat Sheriff Van Beasley. At least two area races have an unusual twist In the Ward 1-F Police Jury race in Lincoln Parish William "Billy" Mitchell has qualified to run against his father, former jury President John A.

Mitchell. And two brothers have qualified for the same Winn Parish Police Jury seat Randell and Arvil Ray Jordan are two of six candidates, including the incumbent Gene E. Keen, for the District 6 post. Four candidates have qualified for the Winn Parish sheriffs race. The incumbent, Dan L.

Page, who is seeking a third term, is opposed by J.J. Crip- Charles Lewis Evans Jr. and Jepp ayton Carter. Qualifying for the Winn Parish clerk of court race to succeed retiring Jesse O. Anders were Donald E.

"Don" Kelley, R.D. Skains, Betty Sue Southerland, Tommy R. Brewton and James Lloyd Collins. The race for Winn Parish tax assessor, which is being vacated by retiring Harper Terrill, drew five candidates. Qualifying for that election were Rusty Melton, Thelma Jarnagin, James P.

Howard, Rayford Higgs and Chester L. Chandler. Sabine Parish Sheriff James Alfice Brumley who is seeking his second full term, is opposed by Wingate Dowden, James W. Williams and John C. Rainer Jr.

Candidates for Sabine Parish clerk of court to succeed J.E. Wright who is retiring, are Dollie Knippers and Robert Dale Geohagan. Sabine Parish Tax Assessor Conrad Cathey is unopposed in his bid for a second term. Three unopposed incumbents in Vernon Parish are two-term Sheriff Frank A. Howard, one-term Clerk of Court Donald M.

Perkins and Tax Assessor Eugene Cavanaugh, who is seeking a second term. DeSoto Parish Clerk of Court W. Alvin Porter who is seeking a seventh term, is opposed by Altheaon H. Burch. Tax Assessor Hugh B.

Bennett who is seeking a fourth term, is opposed by Robert Lee Clark. DeSoto Parish Sheriff Floyd "Frenchie" Lambert is opposed by B.H. "Pete" Liles in his bid for a second term. Longtime Red River Parish Sheriff Kirwin Brown has drawn seven opponents. Challengers are Bill Adams, Woster Anderson, Barry F.

Champion, Herman Gay, Henry Horton, Buddy Huckabay and Charles E. Hicks. Red River Parish Clerk of Court Emmitt V. Womack and Tax Assessor Lamar Hogsett are unopposed. In Natchitoches Parish, Sheriff Norman A.

Fletcher faces three opponents in his bid for a second term. Qualifying for that race were W.G. "Bill" Dowden, Garence E. Noel Sr. and Herman Birdwell.

Clerk of Court Irby Knotts who is seeking a sixth term, and Tax Assessor Don E. Hargis, who is seeking a third term, are unopposed. Though qualifying ended officially at 5 p.m., clerks had to put in extra hours documenting the candidates for police juries, coroners offices, constables, Democaratic and Republican committees, sheriffs and legislators. "We're still not through," said Lincoln Parish Clerk of Court Ruby Nell Cobb as she left the courthouse at 8:30. "We've got to keep a copy all this stuff here, send a copy to the attorney general's office, a copy to the Democratic Committee, a copy to the Republican Committee Royce McMahen McMahen seeking new term Times Ruston Bureau RUSTON A 9-year-old boy died despite the resuscitation efforts of an apartment manager after he was found floating in a swimming pool by other children here Friday morning.

Deputy Coroner James Austin said Reginald Thrower of 1007 Taylor Street was found in the Royal Crest Apartments pool. "There were no signs of injury, blows to the head'or anything like if he'd dived off and hit his head," Austin said. Austin said the pool was fenced and managers had repeatedly chased children away from the area. Assistant apartment manager Louis Reis was called to the poolside by children at about 10:30. Another child had apparently found the victim floating in the pool's shallow end and dragged him out, Austin said.

"Reis began giving CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) and kept giving it to him," Austin said. Efforts to revive the boy continued in an ambulance and at Lincoln General Hopital, but shortly after noon he was declared dead. An autopsy is scheduled today at Bossier General Hospital in Bossier City. Crash fatal to Saline girl Times Ruston Bureau SALINE Authorities said a 16-year-old Saline girl bled to death from injuries received when a pickup in which she was a passenger, overturned Thursday night on Highway 9 one mile south of here. A spokesman at Troop said the victim, Kennette Ellis, and the driver, Dewanna L.

Goody, 17, were thrown from the vehicle as it flipped over at about 8:30 p.m. Reports said Ms. Coody, also of Saline, was charged with driving while intoxicated and driving without a license. Bienville Parish Sheriff Arvis Whitman said the driver apparently ran off the road and fought to bring the vehicle back onto pavement causing it to flip. Whitman said the Ellis girl was dead on arrival at the Jackson Parish Hospital.

State police said the driver was hospitalized at Jackson Parish Hospital. Ruston man fatally shot Times Ruston Bureau JONESBORO A 35-year-old man was killed in a shooting incident early Friday at Godfather's Bar on Highway 183 in north Jackson Parish. Jackson Parish Sheriff Van Beasley said Edron Daley of Ruston opened fire with a rifle in the parking lot after he was ordered from the bar and was gunned down by another patron or patrons at about 1:15 a.m. The shooting was under investigation late Friday. Beasley said Daley was kicked out of the bar by owner Ocie Anderson because he was "getting too obnoxious." "He went out to his car, grabbed a .306 rifle and walked back toward the bar," Beasley said.

"When they saw he had a gun everyone scattered." Beasley said Daley's 33-year-old brother, Clifton, talked Daley into returning to the car, located about 35 yards from the front of the bar. "When he got back to the car he turned around and opened fire," the sheriff said. "He fired two rounds that wound up in a parked car." -Beasley believes that two guns returned fire on Daley with one bullet hitting him in the throat. Another shot may have struck his brother causing a small laceration on his temple. "We're not sure at this time whether the laceration was caused by a bullet or from the woods where he fled when the gun fire was returned," the sheriff said.

Daley's body was taken to Bossier General Hospital for an autopsy. Beasley said suspects have been questioned but no charges have been filed except against Anderson, who had been frequently warned about keeping a disorderly place. "We feel like the gunshots that were returned were a self-protection type thing," he said. Economy in 'decline' Times Natchitoches Bureau MANSFIELD Bill Long, candidate for lieutenant governor, says the economy of Louisiana "is in a structural decline." Long spoke Thursday at a meeting of the DeSoto Parish Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. The candidate said that too long the state has been dependent on oil and gas and now "needed to create wealth" from agriculture, tourism and industrial development The Natchitoches businessman said, "the potential for the job is great" as lieutenant governor just using the opportunities provided by the state Constitution.

Long said the constitution gives many opportunities for the lieutenant governor to help the state regardless of who is serving as governor. The board presented to the DeSoto Parish Volunteer Fire Department a check for $1,200 which represented its portion of the proceeds from the Toledo Crossroads Festival. Board president Eleah Gamble reported the festival ended with more than $900 remaining in its bank account DeSoto not expecting grant Times Natchitoches Bureau MANSFIELD An application for a sewer and water for an area east of Mansfield probably will not be unded, according to the president of the DeSoto Parish Police Jury. W.C. Speights told the jury at a special meeting Thursday that the project "was 108 out of more than 300" on a priority list He said he had been told by the Office of Public Works not to expect the funding this year.

Road Committee chairman Harold Cogswell reported that bids have been let for the repair or replacement of seven bridges and that four more bids will be let in September. The Police Jury assigned to the committee for study a $52,900 bid from Shreveport Mack Sales for a new tandem truck which Speights said is needed in the solid waste disposal system. Etex worker hurt in fall Times News Service MARSHALL, Texas Authorities said an East Texas oilfield worker was hospitalized with multiple injuries Friday after he fell from a derrick south of Marshall. The worker, Jimmy Jernigan, 29, of Waskom suffered injuries to his ankles, wrist and back in the fall. Jernigan was taken to Memorial Hospital in Marshall and ambulance attendants said he was in stable condition before being transferred to Physcians and Surgeons Hospital in Shreveport The accident occurred shortly before 2 p.m.

at a Lodi Drilling Co. well site on Farm to Market Road 2625. "He was coming down the structure on a workover rig and was about 20 to 25 feet off the ground," said Terry Neal, an Emergency Medical Technician with the Marshall Fire Department. Neal said Jernigan's foot slipped and his boots and gloves were coated with oil. Witnesses said Jernigan landed on his feet turned a flip, and fell on his back.

Houston area leads in alien abuse cases MINDEN Sheriff Royce McMahen of Webster Parish has announced his candidacy for re-election. McMahen served for 16 years as chief deputy under the O.H. Haynes administration before becoming sheriff in 1980. During the past four years McMahen has concentrated on improved community relations and has expanded efforts to control drug trafficking in the parish with undercover agents and his drug-sniffing dog, Buford. McMahen spearheaded a June drug roundup that netted 28 arrests.

He has recently added security devices to the jail. McMahen is a resident of Springhill and a member of the Central Baptist Church. He is also a Mason and a Shriner. He holds a degree in veterinary medicine and business administration from Auburn University in Auburn, Ala. "I feel as though my experience with the Webster Parish Sheriff's Department as well as the vast experience of the personnel involved in running the department must be considered by voters when they cast their ballots in October," McMahen said.

"There has never been a time when there was a greater need for experienced people in law enforcement" McMahen said. "The members of this department have taken advantage of every type of school and seminar available in order to better serve the people of this parish. "I want to keep this group together," McMahen said. "We know the job because we are doing the job every day." 30-year pastor to be honored Times News Service MINDEN Dr. B.F.

Martin, pastor of the Saint Rest Baptist Church for 30 years, will be honored with an appreciation banquet Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. at the Civic Center. Guest speaker will be Dr. T.J. Jemison, state and national president of the Baptist State Convention.

The Rev. Martin is the president of the 14th District Baptist Association, consisting of almost 40 area churches, and the Baptist Theological Seminary in Monroe. Tickets may be purchased for $10 each the St Rest Baptist Church or jnay be reserved by calling 377-5455. Injunction denied in Arkansas The Houston area leads the nation in the number of documented instances in which illegal aliens are held captive and in some cases abused or killed by smugglers who demand higher smuggling payments before freeing them, Moreno said. In the last two years, the Houston office of the INS has received eight reports of hostage cases, including the murders of six aliens whose bodies were found last year in Fort Bend and Brazoria counties.

"No other city has come close to that" Moreno said. In Los Angeles, which is considered the nation's leading illegal alien smuggling center, the INS received reports of only two alien hostage situations in the same period. Elsewhere in the West and Southwest no more than one or two extortion complaints have been reported in any given location, Moreno said. But in Houston, four hostage situations have been reported so far this year and four others were reported to the INS in 1982. In addition, there have been numerous other reports from area law enforcement officers of aliens being routinely tortured by smugglers.

HOUSTON (AP) The number of smugglers of illegal aliens, or "coyotes" arrested in the Houston area almost has doubled in the last year, reflecting the heavy smuggling activity here, officials say. In the nine-month period from October 1982 through June, 80 smugglers were arrested in the area, compared with 42 for the same period in 1981-1982. Nationally, the number of smugglers arrested last year was down slightly, from 13,934 to 12,473, said Humberto Moreno, director of the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service's anti-smuggling unit in Washington. The national figure dropped a bit because the INS now is emphasizing fewer, more important cases of alien smuggling, Moreno said.

Houston is considered one of the major alien smuggling centers in the Southwest said Bruce Plasket, Dallas regional director of INS anti-smuggling operations. Plasket told the Houston Chronicle in Friday's editions this city serves not only as a final destination for illegal aliens, but also acts as a staging point for further travel to other points such as Chicago, New York and Florida. Bullion is to preside over a trial on the lawsuit Sept. 20. "If this court is going to issue a preliminary injunction, it's going to require the full amount of the bond," Bullion said.

The judge said he thinks the truck tax law is constitutional. "I don't think you can prove to us it is unconstitutional," he said. "If you think it is unconstitutional, then just stop paying it." The tax applies to tracks carrying more than 73,280 pounds. The vehicles are taxed $175 a year if they travel at least 2,000 miles or 5 cents per mile if they travel less. The tax accompanies a 1983 law that raised Arkansas' truck weight limit from 73,280 pounds to 80,000 pounds.

Trucking interests wanted the weight limit raised; the LITTLE ROCK (AP) A chancery judge declined on Friday to make the state quit using money collected under Arkansas' new truck tax law unless truckers provided a $53 million bond. The judge, Bruce Bullion, set the $53 million figure. That is the amount which engineer Charles Venable of the state Highway and Transportation Department said it costs to repair damages caused by trucks each year. Trucking firm representatives had sought a preliminary injunction and also wanted an escrow account to be established for taxes collected until a settlement is reached in a lawsuit seeking to have the new law overturned. Truckers say interstate commerce is unfairly burdened by the tax statute.

Highway and Transportation Department wanted the tax to pay for resulting highway damage. Venable testified Thursday that if the department didn't collect the taxes, matching federal money might be in jeopardy. The agency, he said, expects to collect about $11 million in taxes under the new law. Venable said the state could collect $44 million in federal aid for highway construction projects on a matching basis. Douglas Hughes is director of state Laws and Taxation for one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit the American Trucking Associations.

Hughes said he was unsure if Bullion's denial of the injunction would be appealed to the state Supreme Court. i A.