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TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1,1970 TOjt (SaJEjtott Disappointed' Over Dismissal Bid Program Retentioj Sought By LINDA WESTERlJtE Dr. Louis S. Riley acting director of the GalvestorCounty a i a Cities Health Department, said Mowy he is "grossly action by the courl in seeking his said he will do everything fossiblc to "salvage" the funded clinics and air programs (or Galveston County! Dr. Riley Is director for these Iv ilso project programs. He has repeatnly said that Department of lldlth, Education and Welfare initials have indicated Uie piirarns are on shaky grounds bpuse of recent developments pncernlng the health departmit.

He has said that il he is puljd out, there is a good chance a jderal man would be brought in tifldminisler the air pollution prognrn and the funds for the clinicsiiay be withdrawn all together, Monday tr commissioners voted 4-1 to ak for his dismissal with County jidgc Ray Holbrook voting agaiijt and expressing concern thay such action might affect the fcdral programs. Holbrook tvealed that even if RUey Is dijnlised by the state from the portion of acting health dirccior, hewould remain project director forthe coordinated clinic program lid the air control division. When afcd about this Monday Hiley said he was "not sunshey could be separated (ihe heaih department am; the clinics pi)grami but if they can be I do vJuntecr to stay until they are implemented to be turned ofcr to someone else. Dr. Hiey has often said many of the functions of the 4-C progran and functions of the health a are Diseasing the action by (be court ll Mid, "I am grossly dfsappiiied and am severely coocertdUboot the Jeopardy to both the jlr pollution program and Ihe medfcall)" Indigent program.

1 am goto; I) function to the best of my abniV until some decision Is made aai Hill do everything I can to wl'ige the two federally funded praams, I vrlll to do tvtj'lhins I can Howard creation oi a health district a fuD time can be hired to tat- over be operation. "My are CiKimissimer Heavy James fcavy, commissioner health, Texas State Dept, of Health! to assist In ever)- way passible establish such a health district io transition from a part time drcclor to a full time directoi would also be acceptable to thf funding agencies for continuation of air pollution and medicilly indigent programs." He iddcd. "My primary desire Is preservation of health care for all people which imbraces health from what they breath as well as quality medical care for indigcnts." Smith Due At Picnic Gov. Preslon Smith will be principal speaker for Hie Galveston County A I annual Ubor Day picnic at I p.m. Sunday at Galveston County Park in League City.

Other public officials and political candidates, Including OS. Rep. Jack Brooks, are to attend the event, according to E.E. i i chairman. Me College County Police Beat Shows 1,084 3 Rapes Reported; ASSOCIATED PRESS KIRKPIIOTO FOREST INFERNO A tall tree burst into flames Monday as fire swept through treetops in the Shady Pass fire in the Wonatchee National Forest of northcen- tral Washington.

Some 600 men have kept the fire within t.ifiu acres but officials say the 34,060 acre Entiat fire will probably join the smaller blaze later this week. Registered Galveston had registered a total 1,034 students for the fall semester by 5 p.m. Monday. The total li expected to climb tale registration i through next week. Late registration dates for the remainder of this week are Tuesday, 9 a.m.

to 8 p.m., and Wednesday through Friday, 9 a.m. The college will be closed Monday for Labor Day. Next week late registration dates are Tuesday, Sept. 9 a.m. to 4:30 Wednesday, Sept.

9, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and Thursday and Friday, Sept. 10-11, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Auditors may register through Sept.

11 the same hours and dates. Registration for certificate or non-credit courses will be Tuesday through Friday this week from 8:30 a.m. to noon in Room 109, and 1 to 9 p.m. in Room IK. Classes began Monday for the fall semester.

Arrested 1 Deaths, Funerals I Thomas O'Donohoe he was also a member of Twisters Cause Narcotics Damage In lexas Seminar Set Today BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Stormy weather developed over North Teias late Monday with at least two twisters near Fort Worth that caused considerable damage but no injuries. The Tarrant County sheriff's office said one twister struck the Oak Groves trailer park 10 miles north of Fort Worth at dusk. Two trailers were demolished, a storage building was damaged and power lines in the area were knocked down. Sheriff's deputies reported a wide swath cut through trees and fences before hittmg the trailer park, moving from the south toward Fort Worth. The funnel cloud lifted back into a thundcrhead shortly after smashing the trailer park.

Another twister was reported east of Fort Worth where Mrs. I. H. Dodge reported a mobile home was flipped on top of a second. Again, no one was in-, jured.

Thunderstorms covered CO per cent of the area from Ardmore. to Duranl, to Tyler to College Station and Austin. The storms were more scattered from near Wichita Falls to Junction's vicinity to 50 miles north of Abilene. Light to moderate thundershowers covered a Panhandle section from northwest of Shamrock to 10 miles southeast of Childress to 20 miles north of Lubbock and about 25 miles southwest of Heavy storms for awhile battered the area along the coast from Malagorda to 30 miles northeast of Bay City. These storms were more scattered from about 30 miles east of Austin to north of Crockett and College Station.

Thunderstorms with heavy- rain, some in excess of 2 inches per hour, raked northward across the counties of Dallas, Rockwall and portions of col- lin, Dcnton and Tarrant. The Weather Bureau warned that residents of the five counties should be on the alert for flooding of small streams, drainage areas and underpasses. The evening turbulence followed a day of warm temperatures with maiimums ranging from 95 at Beaumont, Brownsville, College Station, Cotulla, Del Rio and San Antonio up to at Wichita Falls and 97 at Waco, then down to 79 at Lubbock and 76 to Midland. Rainfall amounts for the 24- hour period ending at 7 p.m. included 2.35 inches at Fort Worth 1.34 at Marfa and 1.30 at Palacios and the lesser amounts: Abilene .14, Alice .31, Alpine .09, Ueaurrant .2.

Childress .06, Dallas .03, Galveston .01, Junction .77, Lubbock .03. Midland .62, San Angelo .04. Texarkana .02, Victoria .53, WichiU Falls .14 and Wink .28. More showers were expected Tuesday. Area To Be Without Water For 4 Hours A portion of West Galveston is to be without water for about four' hours this morning, according to a spokesman for Ihe Galveston municipal utilities department.

Water service to an area from 59th Street to Stewart and south to Seawall Boulevard is to be cut off at 10 a.m.. a permitting. The area affected will stretch from Mth Street to 6lsl Street West. Service is being interrupted so that a new fire hvdrant can be installed. The Galveston i Department is sponsoring a three day narcotics seminar starting here today.

It was expected to draw about 40 law enforcement officials ranking from sheriffs and police chiefs to patrolmen from across the state. The school is being conducted by the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and instructors include persons from FBN. Texas State Board of Pharmacy, Texas State Board of Medical Examiners. U. S.

Customs Service, University of Texas Medical a Galveston County i i attorney's office, and Texas Department of Public Safety. Galveston Patrolman Ronnie Coleman and Chief Stanford put the i a Bess To Address Galveston Kiwanians Dr. George C. Bess, former administrative lieutenant commander of the Bolivar a Power Squadron, will speak today at the regular Tuesday noon meeting of the Kiwanis Club at the Galvez Hotel. His topics will be boating safely education and tie Texas Navy.

By D'EVA LUTHRINGER SEWSSTAFK WRITER Three rapes, including one involving an alleged kidnapping, were reported to area law enforcement officials during the weekend. Four men aged 17 through 20 were arrested In Wharton County in connection with the alleged kidnapping of a young couple here and rape of the girl. The couple's car was stuck in the sand on East Beach Access Road about II p.m. Saturday they told police, and the four young men stopped to help them. They allegedly forced the couple to go to Wharton County with them and there, according to statements, raped the 18 year old girl.

A 19 year old La Marque girl told police a La Marque man took her to West Beach Sunday morning and raped her. Deputy John Gardner said he saw the car and investigated, but Ihe girl told him everything was all right, so he left. She later reported the alleged rape. TT.e man has been charged. The third alleged rape was reported to have betweeen 11:20 11:30 p.m.

Friday near the wharves. A 19 year old girl said four men gave her a ride and then raped her. Dope Charges Filed Seven persons were arrested on narcotics charges in Galveston County Sunday and The most recent was that of pregory P. Hantz, of Houston, and a 15 year old Houston boy charged i possession of marijuana after being arrested on the Dickinson High School grounds about noon Monday. Hantz was charged before Justice of the Peace William T.

Fuhrhop of Dickinson and the juvenile was turned over the county juvenile authorities. Four persons were charged with possession of marijuana and heroin when police ran a search warrant on the house at 1523 21st St. Galveston. about 1:10. a.m.

Monday. They were identified as Viola Rose O'Connor, 18, to whom Ihe apartment had been rented; Joseph Gerald McComb, 19; Jennifer Ruth Venable Dupuccio and a 16 year old girl, all who listed the address as their home. Larry William Wilson, 21, of 3423 Ave. was arrested about 9:30 p.m. Sunday and charged with possession of marijuana, carrying a prohibited weapon and possession of stolen credit cards.

He was stopped at 27th Street and Seawall Boulevard on an alleged traffic violation and a search led to evidence on which the charges were based, police records show. An 18 year old Inglewood, man, identified as Mitchell Frank Chickelero, alias Charles Richardson, was arrested at John Sealy Hospital Sunday morning on charges of auto theft no drivers license, possession of barbiturates and giving false and misleading information to a police officer. The car he reportedly was driving was involved in a wreck on Bolivar Peninsula and later was reported stolen. Man Robbed A Galveston taxi cab driver told police Monday morning that he was forced to drive a man to La Marque and then was robbed of 533. George Shepherd Jr.

of 2609 Avc. the driver, said the man had him drive to several Galveston locations before pulling a pistol and ordering him to go to La Marque. Offenses Reported Offenses reported to police over the weekend between 5 p.m. Friday 4 p.m. Monday included: ENTERING Fraternal Order Charter Revoked After Vice Raid Weather SUN, AND TIDES for Tuesday.

Sunrise I.M a m. SonMt p.m. Moonrise Tuesday. 7:11 am. Hwnsel TIDES IN GALVESTON Tuesday, 6.W a high 4:54 a.m.

11:38 p.m. Teias SudMl Abilene Alice Alpine Amarillo Ausun Beaumont Brownsville Cklldreis Colk'le Station Corpus ChrlsU Cotulla Dalhart Dallas El Fort Worth GALVESTOV Houston Junction Lubbock Lulkln Maria McAllen Midland Mineral Wells Palados San Angelo San Antonio Texarkana Tyler Victoria Waco Wichita Fall! Wink nriiKRSTATH: 1 Tuesday. 1:06 Altanla Bismarck Boise Boston 95 97 90 A Hill 91 VI 71 9i 91 17 a 91 '7 I 89 as 91 91 si INS Low tt 61 74 71 87 75 .71 62 19 71 75 62 CO 71 63 74 67 62 Chlca ClndnraU Des Molnes Detroit Fort Worth Helena Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City Louisville Memphis Miami Milwaukee Mpb St Paul New Orleans New York Okla. City Omaha Philaoelpnia Fhoenli Pittsburgh Portland, Me. Portland, Ore.

lllchmmd SI. Louis Sal Lake Cily San Diego San Fran. Seattle Tampa Washington Winnipeg Temperature stations: 72 69 II a 91 92 92 IS 71 79 93 II 109 77 71 75 12 60 66, 94 44 61 71 62 SI CO 54 73 S3 72 71 71 77 72 12 it 74 71 6 S7 70 61 57 51 71 71 69 64 51 60 78 Extremes from reporting By D'EVA LUTHRINGER SEWS STAFF WRITER The state charter for The Fraternal Order of the Cajuns of Texas, better known here as Lee's Nest. 1H Wth was revoked Monday by the Texas Secretary of Stale's office as a result of the vice raid on the place Saturday morning. Those arrested on charges of vagrancy, curfew violation and disorderly were scheduled to appear in Galveston Municipal Court a morning.

Some of the cases were continued, others were disposed of, one was dismissed and defendants who did not show up for court forfeited their bonds. The possession of barbituatcs. charge against Mary Louise Kennedy, of the Panama Hotel here, who was tending bar the night of the raid, was dismissed. The charge of permitting a gaming device on the premises against her is a felony case and was not heard in city court. Cases continued until Sept.

10 were those involving vagrancy charges against Robert A. Payssc, 29. of 818 Martin, Hitchcock; Ida Beatrice Hoot, 22, of Panama Hotel here; Weldon 0. Nonnenmachcr, 39, of Texas City; Manuel Canales 18, of 5003 Ave. Q(j; and the disorderly conduct charges against Lee Onxley, owner of the club; and the vagrancy and disorderly conduct charges against Brenda Joyce Mitchell.

26, of 2218 Ave. the club's entertainer. These cases were continued a Judge T. W. Youngblood Jr.

briefs to be filed in behalf of Canales, Onxley and Miss Mitchell. Other charges against Onxley which will be handled In a i court include aggravated assault, threats and permitting a gaming device on the premises. Two 17-year-old boys, Stephan D. Feldman of 2919 Beluche and Gilbert W. Rodriguez of 5620 Ave.

were found guilty of curfew violation charges and each was put on 90 days probation. Those who did not appear in court, and therefore forfeited their bonds, are Jessie Zaro, 23, of 4-1 Magnolia Homes; Floyd Adams, 23, of 622 Seawall John Edward Powitzky. 22, of 3230 1st St. South, Texas Guy Howard, 45, and William Thomas 22, both of 808 Holly, La Marque. Galveston Police Chief Glenn Stanford called Martin Dies, Texas Secretary of State, Monday morning, told him about the raid and requested that fraternal order charter be revoked.

Later Donald W. Ray, an attorney In Dies' office, called Stanford and said papers were being processed to revoke the charter. At 5 p.m. Monday, the Galveston Daily News received confirmation from a secretary that the charter had been revoked. fttm U.t.

WaMTHM 4UMAU 70 IMA FORECAST Stow Consult BREAKING (AUTO): 10. VAGRANCY: 10. BURGLARY THEFT): 9. BURGLARY (MISDEMEANOR THEFT): 2. BURGLARY (NOTHING TAKEN): 1.

ATTEMPTED BURGLARY: I. BREAKING 4 ENTERING I A AUTO THEFT: 2. THEFT FROM AUTO: 8. THEFT FROM BO AT: 1. FELONY THEFT: 7.

MISDEMEANOR THEFT: 5. BICYCLE THEFT: 2. ATTEMPTING TO FONDLE A MINOR: to THREATS TO TAKE A HUMAN LIFE: 1. ACGR'AVATED ASSAULT ON A FEMALE: 5. MISSING PERSON: 3.

CURFEW VIOLATION: 5. DISORDERLY CONDUCT: 4. PERMITTING A GAMING DEVISE ON THE PREMISES: 2. AGGRAVATED ASSAULT: THREATS TO DO BODILY HARM: 2. RUNAWAY: 2.

JUVENILE THEFT: 2. AGGRAVATED A A WITH A DEADLY WEAPON: 2. DRIVING WHILE INTOXICATED: 4. SIMPLE ASSAULT: 1. ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO COMMIT BOMBTHREAT: 1.

CHILD MOLESTING: 1. MALICIOUS MISCHIEF: 5. THEFT BY BAILEE: 1. ROBBERY (STRONGARM): 1. ABUSIVE LANGUAGE OVER THE Charges Filed Persons were arrested in Galveston during the 24 hour period ending at 5 p.m.

Monday on the following charges: DRUNK IN A PUBLIC PLACE; 7. VAGRANCY; 1. CARRYING" A PROHIBITED WEAPON: 1. RECEIVING AND CONCEALING STOLEN PROPERTY: 1. PROPERTY: 1.

POSSESSION OF NARCOTICS (all narcotic charges): 7. AGGRAVATED A A WITH A DEADLY WEAPON: 2. Both were filed on the same person. POSSESSION OF STOLEN CREDIT CARDS: 2. These arrests were made on authority of warrants issued in Harris County for two Galveston teenagers.

SHOPLIFITING: 1. Wrong Charges In the report of two shootings and a stabbing in Texas City Saturday night, which appeared in the Sunday issue of The News, two lines of type were inadvertently dropped in the final paragraph, resulting In the wrong charge being reported for Mrs. Charlie Mae Scott. The paragraph should have read: "Mrs. Scott was charged with discharging a firearm within the city limits and Eldridge was charged with disorderly conduct and rudely displaying a weapon, police reported." The 12 words starting with "discharging" and ending "with" were lost in the makeup process, resulting, in the misinformation.

LA MARQUE Thomas T. O'Donohoe, 30, a La Marque pipefitter, was found dead at his residence at 2217 Meadow Lane, Sunday evening. Funeral services will be held at 3:15 p.m. today from Malloy and Sons Funeral Home in Galveston. and at 3:30 p.m.

today at St. Patrick's Church in Galveston, the Rev. Thomas Donovan officiating. Burial will be in Galveston Memorial Park Cemetery in Hitchcock under the direction of James Crowder Funeral Home of La Marque. O'Donohoe was born Aug.

14, 19)0, in Galveston. He was a member ol Queen of Peace Catholic Church in La Marque and the Fraternal Order of the Elks, Mainland Lodge. A pipefitter with Monical Powell Construction Trailer Park Rezoning Hearing Set TEXAS CITY The Teias City Zoning Commission officially set a Sept. 14 bearing on two requests to rezone adjacent properties near Moses Lake for construction of mobile home parks Monday evening alter learning that the city attorney didn't feel a previous attempt to set the hearings met legal requirements. BiiMiai Inspector William Terry told He loners taut the city attorney nfgeited they reset the hearings to make them legal.

Two weeks ago, two members of the zoning commission tried to set the hearings for Aug. 31 hoping to have their action ratified by another member of commission. The city attorney's opinion seemed to indicate that any official action taken by a public body must be done in a public meeting with a quorum of members present which was not the case two weeks ago. The Sept. 14 hearings will concern requests from Mr.

and Mrs. W. L. Churchill of 3910 22nd St. North and Mr.

and Mrs. J. R. Whiddon of 4201 20th St. North for rezoning lots 8 9 and 10.

..11 respectively, to. apartment classification. The lots are north of 39th Ave. North between 2lst and 22nd Streets. Pipefitters Local 211.

Survivors include his wife, Billie R. O'Donohoe of La Marque; two daughters, Eyde Edwards and Kelly Christine O'Donohoe. both of La Marque; one son, Thomas T. O'Donohoe Jr. of La Marque; four sisters, Mrs.

Dorothy Miller of Galveston, Mrs. Pat Brown of La Marque, Mrs. Linda Monford of Texas City and Mrs. Barbara Moreno of Galveston; brothers. Peter i a O'Donohoe of Texas City and Robert O'Donohoe of Galveston; and his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. P. M. O'Donohoe Sr. of Galveston.

Pallbearers will be Dominic Noto, Lee Deforke, Robert Corn, Elmo Dick, David O'Donohoe, and A.L. Best. Maurice Jacobs HOUSTON Maurice Jacobs, 75, of Metarie, died Sunday in New Orleans, I Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Earthman's Gulf a Chapel. 6330 Gulf Freeway, Houston.

Burial will be in Forest Park East Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Jane Janssens Jacobs of New Orleans, a son, Gerald Jacobs of Houston; a daughter, Mrs. Paul G. Ross of Houston; a daughter in law, Mrs. Yves Jacobs of Houston; a brother, Leon L.

Jacobs of Vicksburg, and 12grandchildren. George Hearn Jr. TEXAS CITY George Hearn 53, was dead on arrival at Galveston County i a Hospital at 2:30 a.m. Monday after a lengthy illness. Funeral services are pending at the Mainland Funeral Home in.

Texas City. Hearn lived at 6202 Diamond St. in Texas City. fFunerals TUESDAY WOODY SHEPARD, 64, ol Galveston; funeral services at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Malloy Si Son Funeral Home chapel; burial will in Calvary Cemetery; pallbearers will members of the funeral Next Step Planned In Diphtheria Fight SAN ANTONIO A cisions to seek" federal assist- clining comment on criticism ance.

leveled at the city health depart- Dr. Ed Marcuse of the National Center for Disease Control at Atlanta, had only this reply when asked if federal aid should have been requested sooner: "Dr. Ross and Dr. Dickerson decided when they wanted the assistance, and that's when we Dr. Ross reported the total of confirmed cases has risen by three to 75 patients for the year, with eight others listed as suspects.

Two children have died in the outbreak. Hawaii has one of the highest costs of living in the United state, cited "local autono- States--roughly 20 per cent and "state's rights" in de- above the national average. ment, a federal expert and state health officer met with local officials Monday to plan the next step in fighting an unabated diphtheria epidemic. Key faculty members at the University of Texas Medical School here have criticized the city's top health officer, Dr. William Ross, for not seeking side help much sooner.

Pressed on the issue at a news conference, Dr. M.S. Dickerson of the Texas Health Department declined to comment on the controversy. Dickerson, director of communicable disease control for the my' Albany Albuquerque lllik 71 82 17 67 lilfhest 111 at Ilucfteyc. Arliona, Imperial, Cilll.U*«lil«l i GULF COAST AREA DUE SHOWERS Showers are forecast Tuesday in Minnesota and the Gulf Coast area.

Showers also arc slated in Utah ASSOCIATED PRESS WIREPHOTQ HAP and parts of Colorado, Wyoming, Arizona and New Mexico. Sunny weather is in prospect for most of the rest of the nation. I LOVER DENVER, Colo: (AP) Harold Haney, assistant director, of the Colorado Advertising and Publicity Department, is so fond of the harpsichord that he owns three, which he made himself. eruice depends not alone on courtesy and consideration of individual requirements, but rather on a pleasant anticipation of personal wants and desires the giving of something which cannot be purchased. This Alone is Service 18611 J.LEVY FUNERAL DIRECTORS 2128 Broadway Phone 763-4621 Beginning OuihSecond Hundred Years In Galveston.

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