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A THE ODESSA AMERICAN Sunday. Oct. 9, 13S3 11 The Associated Press Singor braces for defeat "Untold Stories" was No. 4 on last week's Billboard magazine chart. Ready for Olympics? BARCELONA, Spain Rock star Freddy Mercury and reggae singer Eddie Grant are among the celebrities who agreed to help launch the four-year countdown for the 1992 Summer Olympic Games.

Opera singer Montserrat Caballe and tenor Jose Carreras also were to perform at a concert Saturday night at the entrance to Montjuic Hill, site of the Games. On Sunday, Spain's 23-year-old Princess Cristina will hoist the Olympic flag brought from Seoul on a flagpole at the Moll de la Fusta quay, while a giant balloon of the Olympic mascot Cobi, a post-modern Picasso-esque dog, bursts out of the Mediterranean Sea. CHARLESTON, W.Va. Singer Kathy Mattea, nominated for three Country Music Association awards, says she has been preparing for Monday night's award ceremony by practicing hearing "everyone's name but mine." "You Just have to put it out of your mind, be happy to be nominated and decide what to wear," the West Virginia native said in a telephone interview from her Nashville, home. Mattea, 29, was nominated for single of the year for "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses;" album of the year for "Untasted Honey; and female vocalist of the year.

The CMA nominations cap a hectic year for Mattea, who married songwriter Jon Vezner on Valentine's Day, played the Grand Ole Opry for the first time and toured Europe. Her song by someone intent on raping her. Davis said frustration sets in with every homicide case he works. "Traditionally, if a homicide isn't solved within three days, get down and get ready because it's going to be a long-drawn out case," he said. It's been about 17 weeks since Jimenez was found dead on May 7 along the shoulder of Jasper Street, partially undressed and ravaged by a hundred stab wounds and bruises from a blunt instrument.

Despite the passage of time, Davis said the parts to the puzzle are slowly fitting together and a solution seems within reach. "I think we will eventually make an arrest in the Jimenez killing," he said. Kloss said that slaying differs from the others because of the brutality Involved, and it's possible the overkill was meant to send a message. Davis added that "the suspects in this case have a history of using threats to keep witnesses silent." Jimenez's mother, Linda, 39, said "what really gets me mad is the detective tells me Joey didn't have a record or anything." Jimenez was born in Alpine and was the oldest of four children, attended Grace Christian School, Glad Tidings Christian Academy, received a General Equivalency Degree from Odessa College, married Linda Patino when he was 17 and had a baby girl, Ariel. He took his role as the oldest child seriously, his mother said.

"He used to say, 'You better listen to Mom and do what she tells she said. "My children looked up to him. They thought he was something tion, a popular spot for late-night drinking parties, Sheriff's reports said. Sheriffs Capt. Gene Kloss said VanGinkle must have been shot in the chest and head sometime during or after the evening of July 28 because it's about that time that VanGinkle's trail turns cold.

"We have never been able, to confirm for a fact on when she was killed," Davis said. VanGinkle arrived in Odessa July 25 on a bus from San Angelo, where she had gone to visit her family. About 5:30 p.m. that day she was arrested at the Serv-All Thriftway, 1600 N. Grant Avenue, on a shoplifting charge, police reports said.

Municipal Judge J.E. Weatherly ordered VanGinkle held on $200 bond on a Class theft charge in connection with the apparent shoplifting of a 100-capsule bottle of vitamins, valued at $4.99, reports said. VanGinkle was released from jail about 3:15 p.m. July 26 and was last seen in Progressive Park, East Sixth Street and Tom Green Avenue, Davis said. Davis has discounted two suspects including a man who doesn't speak English because lawmen have a report of a man and woman arguing in English briefly before shots were heard in the area where VanGinkle was found, Davis said.

Although VanGinkle's ex-husband lives in Odessa, Davis described her as a homeless woman with inconsistent movements who often hitchhiked, slept in parks, alleys, and on the couch at various friends' houses. "The harmless homeless are frequently murder victims," Davis said, adding that possibly VanGinkle was abducted Mystery trash in a vacant lot in the 7500 block of Andrews Highway, with a shotgun wound to his back, sheriff's reports said. Although the Sheriffs Department did not identify the body until March 3, it took longer to name the man suspected in Jennings' slaying because the man was using an alias. Lawmen suspect the killer is a man who worked with Jennings and drove with Jennings from Abilene to Odessa the day before his death, Davis said, adding that witnesses said the man tried to sell a bloodstained pickup matching a description of Jennings' Ford pickup. On April 28, Justice of the Peace R.G.

Hungerford issued an arrest warrant for William Harrison Blackwell, 35, Davis said. i Although no arrest has been made, Davis considers the case solved. "I consider them solved when you've accumulated enough evidence to have a magistrate issue a warrant for murder. I consider a case over when a jury convicts a man or he enters a plea of guilty," Davis said. Far from over is the VanGinkle investigation.

"We've got very, very, very little information on this case," Davis said. "It's a difficult homicide and we're going to have to have a break. Somebody's gonna have to step forward and give us something that we didn't know," he said. Two youths on horseback found VanGinkle's body about 7 p.m. July 30 in a grassy field south of the 42nd Street and Comanche Drive intersec i 4, U.

1 v. clinic. Police reminded demonstrators that they were violating an injunction when they tried to persuade one woman not to enter the clinic for an abortion. The injunction prohibits, among other things, the bothering or harassing of people entering or leaving the clinics. Estimates varied about how many women were dissuaded from having abortions during the week.

Ignatius deBlasi, administrator of the Midtown Clinic where there were 53 arrests Friday and 40 on Saturday, said about 80 percent of those with clinic appointments Friday kept them. saying at least some of the women with appointments at the four clinics they picketed were persuaded to change their minds. But a spokeswoman for the National Abortion Rights League characterized the demonstrators as "religious extremists who want to impose their religious moral views on this entire country." "I think what they achieved is further alienating the American public. The public abhors extremist tactics of intimidation, said Kate Michelman, executive director of the league, who was in Atlanta at the start of the week. She made her remarks in Seattle.

About 70 volunteers were on duty Saturday to take women through the picket lines into the Temperatures that's what grandpa calls He thinks Grandpa Howell is his real grandpa," she said. Grandson Sam Howell 38, said his grandfather wasn't known as "Grandpa" in his hometown of Tahoka, "but that's what we have always called him and everyone else out here has kind of adopted him. It just seems to fit." The younger Howell remembered a time when his grandfather, then in his 70s, and the family drove in to his ranchland west of Tahoka. "Grandpa said, 'There's a But we didn't see a thing," the grandson said. "He got out his rifle and took a shot.

We still didn't see what he was shooting at." They moved on and soon discovered the coyote dead in its tracks. "Grandpa was so aware. We city slickers didn't even know what to look for," the younger Howell said. "He is very strong willed. He's got a lot of wisdom and foresight." Sam Wade Howell, 67, who has breakfast with his father every morning, said the elder Howell taught him the value of hard work.

"Growing up during the de pression, I remember we at ways had a good place to live and had food on the table," he said. "My father was always able to provide for his family." Grandpa Howell fsaid he has held to a hard-work ethic and to his Christian roots all his life. He still rises every day at a.m. and said he doesn't take one day for granted. "There's bound to 'be an af terlife," he said, otherwise, "life is too darn short to be worth living.

Even after 102 years." Sunday, October 9 (SHOWgRS) 19M Accu-WMIhor, Inc Southeast today with a slight chance of rain, clearing in the Northwest. Fair West and clearing East tonight. Mostly Sunny Monday. Highs today mid-60s to lower 70s. Lows tonight from near 40 to the lower 50s.

Highs Monday from near 70 to the mid 70s. Louisiana: Partly cloudy through today. Mostly fair tonight and Monday. Lows tonight mostly in the 50s. Highs today in the 70s and Monday in 70s North to near 80 South.

Oklahoma: Fair Northwest and decreasing cloudiness elsewhere today. Fair tonight and Monday. Lows tonight 40 Panhandle to 55 Southeast. Highs today in the 70s. Highs Monday 76 to 84.

New Mexico: Today will be Sunny then fair tonight. Monday increasing cloudiness South and fair North. Lows tonight from the upper 20s and 30s over the mountains to the 40s and low 50s at the lower elevations. Highs today and Monday from the 60s and low 70s over the mountains and North to the upper 70s and 80s South. 1 Two inches of snow fell near Mount Snow, and in the (CLOUDS) 40.

A Life his presence." Howell stays informed, in part, by listening to a hand-size, portable General Electric radio, set on KENT 920 AM, that he holds close to his ear to hear news and gospel messages. "I've been involved in local politics all my life," he said. Howell's interest in the world around him has not dimmed over the years and he said he is always willing to share his opinion. "One thing definitely wrong is this school business," he said. "When I went to school we had lots of fun.

We sang out of songbooks and we talked. Now, school kids don't even say the Pledge of Allegiance. That's crazy." Howell also has an argument with lawmakers who decided on daylight savings time. "Whoever heard of making anymore time in the day?" he said. "You can't make more hours in the day Just by changing the clock.

They should put it on standard time and leave it there." He said the world was safer jwhen he was growing up. I was a young man, the front door of the house wasn't locked. Didn't need to lock it. i Nobody was gonna bother you," he said. But Howell said he doesn't have too many complaints.

"I enjoy life. I enjoy my family and all. I'd like to stay, around as long as I can," he said. Manuela Salgado, Howell's housekeeper of six years, de- Permian Basin residents can expect fair skies today with hjgh temperatures near 80 degrees and winds south at 5 to 15 mph, according to the National Weather Service at Midland International Airport. Tonight should have fair skies and low temperatures in low 50s and Monday should be fair with highs in the mid-70s, according to NWS.

Saturday's high: 82. Saturday's low: 48. Sunsets today at 7:24 p.m. Rises Monday at 7:48 a.m. Precipitation last 24 hours None.

Precipitation for October: None. Year to date 17.76 inches. Saturday's record high: 100 inl979. Today's record low: 36 in 1970. 1 I Showers dampened North Texas Saturday, but most of the state nad pleasant au-uxe (weather.

Scattered showers i continued across north central i and northeast Texas Saturday night as an upper level disturbance pushed east through 'the region. Clouds remained over the area but skies were clearing from the west. The rest of the state had partly cloudy skies. Winds in North Texas remained variable as a surface trough drifted across the area. Winds along the coast were from the southeast while the rest of the state bad southwest i winds.

Wind speeds were generally 10 to 15 mph. The National Weather Ser- vice called for an end to show- ers and a partial clearing of skies by today. Most of the will have partly cloudy skies Sunday. Lows will be in the 40s, 50s and 60s. Highs will be in the 70s and 80s.

Howell scribed her employer as a friend. "He worries about people. He always wants to help those in need," she said. "He does everything he can for himself. And he's always wanting to do something for somebody." Before Howell started to use a wheelchair to get around two years ago, he would sit out on the wooden porch in front of his mobile home and fix broken toys for children, Salgado said.

Last year, Howell fixed her vacuum cleaner with his own hands saving Salgado an estimated $38 in repair costs. He has repaired a red wagon and a bicycle for her 4-year-old son, Ariel, whom Howell calls Manuel. "Ariel started school this year and told his teacher, 'You call me Manuel, because Tha AecU'WMttw lorct for P.M., 70 70 Cold Warm Stationary Tuesday-Thursday West Texas Generally fair with temperatures close to seasonal normals. Permian Basin: Lows in the lower 50s. Highs mid-70s to near 80.

Panhandle: Lows mid-to upper 40s. Highs lower to mid-703. South Plains: Lows upper 40s to near 50. Highs mid-to upper 70s. Concho Valley: Lows lower to mid-50s.

Highs mid-70s to near 80. Far West: Lows upper 40s to lower 50s. Highs in the upper 70s. Big Bend: Lows in the 40s mountains and mid- to upper 50s lowlands. Highs mid-703 mountains to upper 80s along the Rio Grande.

North Texas: Partly cloudy and mild through the period with lows mostly in the 50s and highs mainly in the 70s. South Texas: Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers or thundershowers Southeast Texas and Coastal Plains. Arkansas: Mostly cloudy 5 a Pro-life trict Court against the city of Atlanta on behalf of the Rev. Doyle Clark of Hudson, who said he suffered serious injuries and inadequate medical attention when he was arrested Tuesday. "We would have liked to have more people come out but we feel that we touched the hearts of Christians," said Operation Rescue spokesman Bob Nolte.

"It was a pioneer effort and' from that aspect, we're pleased." The movement ran low on people willing to go to jail, but more arrived in Atlanta late in the week for Saturday's protest. Demonstration leaders claimed success through the week, higher elevations of New England Saturday, and thunder showers pelted the central portion of the United States. Rain also fell in much of New England and parts of southeast New York. Scattered showers and thunder storms hit south of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. Much of Kansas, Oklahoma and north central and northeast Texas were covered by low clouds, fog and rain.

Thunder storms also were reported in north central Texas. Foggy skies shrouded-the north Pacific Coast, with fair weather prevailing over the rest of the country. Today's forecast called for rain over the upper Ohio Valley, the northern and central Appalachians and northern New England. Light snow was expected over parts of northern New England. Scattered showers and thunderstorms were forecast for northeast Texas and northwest Louisiana and showers for parts of the central Rockies.

Sunny skies were expected for the rest of the country. High temperatures in the 40s were forecast for the northern half of New York state and for New England, in the 50s for the Great Lakes, the upper Ohio Valley, the middle Atlantic Coast and the southern half of New York state. Temperatures in the 80s were on tap for the south half of Florida, the south half of Texas, southern parts of the southern Plateau, western Nevada, the southern half of the northern intermountain region and inland portions of northern and central California. Temperatures between 90 and 105 degrees were forecast for the desert Southwest and the desert valleys of Southern California. Highs in the 60s and 70s were expected for the remainder of the nation.

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