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ptauredl after -'sibiq oit--b) nntt SI wo V. T1 Manhunt continues for third suspect 3 ANN McADAMS News Messenger ment of Corrections also arrived around 2:30 a.m. to help in the search along with a DPS helicopter from Waco. The incident began shortly before 7 p.m. after two black males exited their vehicle at the Waskom store with only one of the men entering the, store while, his accomplice stayed outside and put gas into the car.The suspect who entered the store told the female clerk that he had a gun and he was robbing her, according to Garrett.

After taking an undetermined amount of "money frdm the store, the two suspects fled in a late model white Mustang with a black The pair then picked up a third suspect on the side of the road which authorities believe was left 25 years old. The suspect is described as a black male approximately 6-feet tall, weighing approximately 160 to 180 pounds with short hair. He was last seen wearing a blue cap, blue shirt, blue jeans and black and white tennis shoes with the word "AIR -on the back of them. The suspect also reoprtedly has facial hair in the form of a according to Garrett. Deputies believe Hill was the driver of the stolen vehicle used in last night's chase Hill eluded law enforcement officers after the vehicle he was driving collided with a Harrison County Sheriffs Department vehicle that was in pursuit The suspect fled into the nearby woods.

He is armed with a 'J MARSHALL The morning light boosted search efforts to find a state prison escapee, who may liave been injured in a shoot-out last night with authorities. Two other prison escapees were apprehended after a highspeed cjiase on Interstate 20. The chase began around 7:30 p.m. after two of the three men robbed a Texaco Star. Mart station on Highway 80 at FM 134 in Waskom, according to Harrison County Deputy Bill Morris.

Law enforcement officers in vehicles, on foot and horseback continued to search the area sur-. rounding FM 450 and 1-20 to FM 3251. Residents in the are are encouraged to use extra caution in and around their residences and should report any strange happenings to the sheriffs department, according to Lt. Frank Garrett. Officials identified the two arrested suspects as Curtis Sanders, 47, and Matthew Lee, 38, both of the Houston area.

Meanwhile the search continued this morning by area law enforcement officials for a man they believe may be James Hill, about 12-gauge shotgun and is consi that location prior to the rob- The vehicle was observed traveling west on 1-20, according to 1 to be extremely dangerous, according to Garrett. Along with Harrison County deputies, law enforcement officers from Smith and Gregg counties, Kilgore, Longview and Marshall DPS troopers helped in the manhunt. In addition, K-9 search-dog units from Smith County, the Kilgore Police Department and Marshall Police Department assisted in the effort. The Coffield Dog Unit from the Texas Depart Garrett. Deputy Morris, who was on patrol near the intersection of 1-20 and Highway 59, said he heard the dispatcher broadcast information concerning the robbery and a description of the get-away vehicle a white sports car.

"I was the westbound lane of 1-20 near Highway 59 when I saw See MANHUNT, Pg. 2A Bruce Roseberry of the Coffield Unit of the Department of Corrections, left, prepares to continue searching for a TDC escapee, who fled on foot into the woods on 1-20 last night. Bill Magee, also from the TDC Coffield Unit, fight, checks on two of the dogs used in the manhunt. Harrison County officials are urg- ing residents in an area from I -20 to FM 450 to Highway 80 Hallsville and 3251 to be extra cautious until the'escapee, who is armed with a shotgun, is apprehended. Authorities believe the man is wounded because they found blood at three locations.

Photo by Ann McAdams) PlKGdnGSday, November 8, 1989 2 5' Kidnapping suspect may be linked to simtiiar crimes Marshall ANN McADAMS News Messenger 2 Sections 20 Pages 113th No. 132 Marshall, Texas 1 mm. City will decide on drug tests LLOYD THOMPSON, Associate Professor of History at Wiley College, has been selected as winner of a 1989 MICHAEL J. MIGA News Messenger Sears-Roebuck Foundation "Teaching Ex-f curred in Bossier Parish," Brann said. "Shreveport police are working on the kidnapping charges." Harrison County officials had hoped to question Vachuska in connection with the May 20 disappearance of 13-year-old Kimberly Norwood of Hallsville.

But reports indicate that Vachuska has only been living in Bossier City since June when he was released from a Ohio state prison, where he was. serving time for allegedly sexually assaulting a girl with a stick, officials said. Vachuska's criminal record reflected a previous history of sex crimes, including a California kidnapping and six sexual offenses in Ohio. Police were flooded with telephone calls Monday after com posite drawings of suspects were shown on a syndicated television show in the October disappearances of a Bay Village, Ohio, girl and a St. Joseph, boy.

The drawings were similar to a composite drawing of a suspect in Shreveport and Bossier City abductions. Bay Village Police officer David Schultz said police have been looking for 10-year-old Amy Mihaljevic since she disappeared Oct. 27 from a shopping center. Bay Village is about 14 miles west of Cleveland on Lake Erie. The Stearns County, Sheriff's Office in St.

Cloud is investigating the Oct. 22 disappearance of 11-year-old Jacob Wet-terling. Wetterling was abducted at BOSSIER CITY, La -Authorities from at least two other states are interested in questioning a senior computer science major from LSU-Shreveport, who has been charged with sex offenses against an 8-year-old Bossier City boy and an 11-year-old Robeline girl, according to Bossier City police. According to Bossier City Police Public Information Officer John Bra nn, law enforcement agencies in Ohio and possibly Minnesota want to speak with the convicted child molester concerning other sex crimes against children, including an 10-year-old Ohio girl who is still missing. Bossier City police were ting information to be faxed Tuesday from Ohio authorities in reference to their pending cases.

Officials from Ohio are expected to arrive in Bossier City later this week. James Edward Vachuska 28, of Bossier City, was arrested Monday after Bossier City and Shreveport police along with FBI agents had been tailing the man since Friday. He is being held without bond in connection with an Oct. 21 rape. "We received an anomymous tip from an informant who recognized the composite of Vachuska, We began watching him at that time and obtained a warrant Monday," Brann said.

Vachuska has been charged with kidnapping and oral sexual battery cellence and Campus Leadership Award." Thompson, a WC instructor iW -in for 11 years, isf La jt one of 700 faculty recognized na i s' 7. 7. pa 1 HLi- i ii ilii.iiii..iiii..i.i..i..iTiiii..rrri MARSHALL City commissioners will vote Thursday on a proposed plan to allow testing of city employees suspected of drug or alcohol use on the job. The vote is scheduled during a regular meeting of the Marshall City Commission beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Marshall Public Library on Alamo Street.

City. Manager Tony Williams said the new program was proposed to address safety concerns. "The number one reason for doing this is for worker safety," said Williams. "We believe that a worker has a right to a safe workplace and that is the number one concern." Williams said the object of the policy, which has been in the works for several months, is not to get rid of workers with drug or alcohol problems. "We're not looking for ways to fire people," he said.

"We're looking for ways to save employees to help employees to be productive and useful. It's a waste to discard them because they have a problem." The proposed policy is similar to others enacted by a number of communities in the area including Tyler, Longview and Texarkana, according to Williams. He said the policy was not a response to any accidents or "problems from city employees, but a way to prevent future problems. "We are not of the opinion that we've got a bunch of See CITY, Pg. 2A tionally by the program.

Winners receive $1,000 and institutions receive $500 to $1,500 based on enrollment. JUDITH ANN GREEN, Marshall Hannah Jordan, Sally Pitner LaGrone, Paul Robert Martin, Kristi Lynn McConnell and Elizabeth Catherine Sharp, all of Marshall, and Bryan Edward Williams of Karnack are all May graduates of Texas A8.M University. Each received a degree. JACQUELYN JONES, daughter of Lou Gene and Sedalia Jones, has been named a Scholastic All-American by the National Secondary Education Council. She attends Marshall Jr.

High School and was nominated for this National Award by Mrs. B. Sharp. Jac-quelyn will appear in the Sholastic All-American Scholar Directory, which is published nationally. She Is the granddaughter of Mrs.

Lue B. Carpenter of Marshall and Mr. and Mrs. Jahue Jones of DeBerry. She is the great-granddaughter of Mrs.

L.T. Gardner and Annie B. Carpenter, all of Marshall. THE DUCHESS OF YORK appeared at a program encouraging children to read, but no one was sitting down with her Budgie books: They weren't available. gunpoint near his St.

Joseph, home. St. Cloud and St. Joseph are in central Minnesota about 60 miles north of Minneapolis-St. Paul.

Vachuska's bond was set at $200,000 and he remained in the Bossier City Jail. An initial, court date had not been set, Austin said Tuesday. The simple kidnapping and oral sexual battery charges filed by Bossier City police against Vachuska stemmed from a Sept. 16 incident in which an 11-year-old boy was abducted in the Swan Lake Road area, assaulted, then released in rural DeSoto Parish, Austin said. in connection with the Sept.

16 abduction of an 8-year-old Bossielt City boy. The youngster was taken from a Bossier city park, sexually assaulted and then later released, according to officials. He has also been charged with aggravated rape after he allegedly abducted an 11-year-old Robeline girl Oct. 21 from a Ramada Inn parking lot in Shreveport. He reportedly raped her in Bossier City and then took her to a rural road in the southeast portion of Harrison County where he dumped her off of a bridge into a creekbed and left her for dead, according to officials.

"We can prove that the rape oc Waiting for tinsel The Wonderland of Lights Christmas tree is standing ready' to be decorated for the annual festival which officially begins Wednesday, Nov. 22. The artificial tree, when decorated, will feature ornaments designed by county school children. (Photo by Frankie McConnell) Pay raise defeated by Texas voters Harrison County Voters follow trend in election Index Obituaries 3A Cluiified 8-1 0B Sporto 8-9A Editorial 6A year to $23,300, and to eliminate the need for voter approyal of future raises. But several lawmakers and citizen groups said revelations that lobbyists spent nearly $2 million this year to entertain legislators along with tricky ballot wording doomed the amendment.

"It's a good thing there wasn't a ballot alternative that said legislators' pay should be lowered," said state Sen. Chet Edwards, D-Duncanville. "The message is clear. Voter's won't get serious about a pay raise until legislators get serious about lobby reform. The good news is maybe now we can make some pro gress in cleaning up the lobby mess in Austin," said Edwards, a candidate for lieutenant governor.

The pay raise and its companion Proposition 11 to raise lawmakers' daily expense allowance from $30 to $81 were the only losers among the 21 constitutional amendments on Tuesday's ballot. Nineteen other amendments were approved by voters, including a $500 million water bond issue that will provide $100 million to put running water and sewers in the substandard developments called "colonias" along the Texas-Mexico border. See ELECTION, Pg. 2 A AUSTIN (AP) The leaders of the House and Senate said defeat of a pay raise for lawmakers doesn't mean Texans are demanding ethics reform, but others in and out of government say that's exactly what the voters meant. "The defeat of Proposition 1 shows that Texans want reform before raises," said Tom Smith, director of the government watchdog group Public Citizen.

In final unofficial returns, the pay-raising Proposition 1 was defeated by a staggering margin of almost 2-to-l. About 63.4 percent were opposed. Lawmakers had sought to more than triple their pay, from $7,200 a Weather Only 2,389 persons, or 8 percent of Harrison County voters showed up for the election, the lightest turnout in five years, according to Election Administrator Patsy Cox. Area voters also concurred with the rest of the state on three other key propositions. On Proposition 2, area voters decided 53.3 percent to approve more funding for water See HKSl'LTS, Pg.

2 MARSHALL Harrison County voters went along with the rest of the state and said "no" to a proposition that would have more than tripled state legislators' pay. Amendment 1 on the Tuesday ballot fell through with a 59 percent negative vote from Harrison County residents, compared to 63.2 percent statewide against the pay raise. The forecast for Marshall and vicinity will be fair tonight and Thursday with a low in the upper 40s and a high near 70. Pg. 2A rookshire's Pharmacy Famous Discount Pharmacy ARE JOINING FORCES see details page 3A THEY'RE ALL GONE! Beth Barnett gave away 8 of the cutest puppies in the country all in one afternoon.

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