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2A THE BRAZOSPORT FACTS Sunday, October 15,1995 PAGE Two NATIONAL Weather The (or noon, Sunday, Oct. 15. 603 Bands separate high temperature zones lor the day COLD WARM STATIONARY 1995 AccuWeather, Inc. E3 HIGH LOW SHOWERS RAM T-STORMS FLURRIES SNOW ICE SUNNY PT.CLOUOY CLOUDY SKY AND SEA SUNNY and BREEZY today with a high in the mid-70s. Northwest wind 15 to 20 mph.

HIGHS AND LOWS: High and low temperatures for the 24-hour period ending 5 a.m. Saturday were 76 and 71 degrees. RAINFALL: Rainfall was recorded at .10 inches at Dow Chemical's Plant for the 24-hour period ending 5 a.m. Saturday. UV INDEX Minimal 0,1,2 Low 3,4 Moderate 5,6 High 7,8.9 Very High 10 TEXAS WEATHER Associated Press A strong cold front barreled across Texas early Saturday, leaving gusty north winds and mostly clear skies in its wake.

The only clouds streaking the sky were caused by Hurricane Roxanne, which was moving away from the Mexican coast in the Gulf of Mexico. The norther caused temperatures to plummet with Abilene's 40 degrees tying a record low set in 1949. By afternoon, readings were mild statewide with most highs in the 70s. TIDES: Low tide will be at 2:34 p.m. SUNSET will be at 6:51 p.m.

Sunrise Monday is at 7:24 a.m. MARINE: Galveston Bay: Northeast wind 20 to 25 knots and gusty. Bay waters rough. Isolated showers. Port Arthur to Port O'Connor and out 50 miles: Northeast wind 20 knots with seas 4 feet near shore and 6 feet offshore.

WEATHER WATCH HIGH 75 LOW 55 Winds were from the north at 15 to 25 mph and gusty along the leading edge of the front. West Texas had west to southwest winds at 5 to 10 mph. The forecast for North Texas is for sunny skies today and warmer temperatures with highs of 77 to 82. Clear tonight with lows of 47 to 52. South Texas is to have sunny skies today with highs near 80.

Overnight lows in the 40s to near 60 along the coast. Forecasters said West Texas would be fair through Monday with highs mostly in the 80s. NATION TEMPERATURES Associated Presi Temperatures indicate previous day's high and overnight low to 8:32 a.m. EOT. HI 85 78 82 63 42 65 70 80 87 81 83 80 78 77 Abilene.Tex.

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219 (USPS 304-270) How to reach us- The Brazosport Facts 265-7411 Angleton Line 849-7554 Houston Line 393-2006 Mailing address P.O. Box 549, Ciute, Texas 77531 Fax 265-9052 Classified To place a classified ad 265-7401 Circulation Open 6 am to 5 pm Monday-Friday, 6 am to 10 am weekends. For subscriptions, to start or stop service, to replace a wet or missing paper call 265-2999 For same day service to replace wet, missing paper call by 10 am Editorial Department News, Brazos Living, Sports 265-7411 Advertising Retail advertising department 265-7411 Management Bill Cornwell Editor and Publisher Bruce Morisse Editor and Publisher Emeritus, 1985-1992 James S. Nabors Editor and Publisher Emeritus, 1957-1985 Gilbert C. Vetters General Manager Anita Bynum Business Manager Wanda Garner Cash Managing Editor Dena Matthews Classified Advertising Manager Deana Lesco Retail Advertising Manager Jutle Fox Circulation Director Kelly Goodson Production Foreman rtttotn In dally by Sorthwn BrarajMrt Facts, touM T20 Mifei StraM, MtfMM taitor eNton md, My mt fwtey ki contkMnM UJ.

qwrtM KXTNUSTDI: tart titrmt laTta P.O. Boi fnm Ittl. rttfitt UNwW pofcp ttuM kt tnt M. UHwW Roxanne keeps forecasters guessing MEXICO CITY (AP) Roxanne regained hurricane force Saturday and wandered through the center of the Gulf of Mexico, threatening to cause more havoc in coastal areas still recovering from its first swipe. As Roxanne drifted slowly eastward, Mexican officials posted a hurricane warning for more than 1,200 miles of coastline, from Tampico on the central Gulf coast to Progreso on the Yucatan Peninsula.

A cold front to the north was expected to push Roxanne toward the southern Gulf coast, already hit by its first pass and Hurricane Opal. Roxanne killed at least six people and has driven tens of thou- sands from their homes since slamming into the resort island of Cozumel on Tuesday with 110- mph winds. Health authorities were trying to keep an outbreak of cholera from spreading out of control in the flooded lowland areas of the southern Gulf state of Tabasco. The storm drove westward across the Yucatan Peninsula into the southern Gulf, swamping coastal regions in the states of Campeche and Tabasco, then headed northwest, its winds down at one point to 50 mph. But the hurricane changed course Friday and has been gradually regaining force.

At 4 p.m. CDT Saturday, it was about 270 miles north-northwest of Ciudad del Carmen, according to the U.S. National Weather Service. Forecasters said the storm, which was drifting eastward at 3 mph, was expected to turn south during the next 24 hours, doubling back on its earlier path. They said maximum sustained winds had grown to 75 mph and could grow stronger.

Tropical storm force winds extended outward 175 miles from the center. Roxanrie is the Atlantic storm season's 10th hurricane. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami was also keeping a broad area of cloudiness across Cuba to south Florida under watch, said James Lewis Free, a specialist there. Hurricane Roxanne TEXAS Brownsville MEXICO Carmen CUBA Cozumel YUCATAN PENINSULA Conditions as or Sat.

4 p.m. CDT 15" 200 miles 22.4N93.2W Max. winds: 75 mph Gusts at 90 mph Moving East at 3 mph Source: Accu-Wealher AP Monet mania hits Chicago CHICAGO (AP) Tom Vickery flew up from Florida to see it. Ted Scott's mother won't come to town unless she gets in. People have been standing in line every day even though tickets have been sold out for weeks.

Chicago meet Monet Mania. A blockbuster show by impressionist master Claude Monet at The Art Institute of Chicago is drawing art lovers from across the country. Vickery came to Chicago from Ponte Vedra Beach, just for the exhibit. He was waiting Friday for a shot at one of the few tickets sold at the door each day. "Today I got here 30 minutes early," Vickery said.

"If I don't get tickets, I'Ji be back tomorrow an hour early. If I still don't get tickets, I'll be back Sunday two hours early." Scalpers and ticket brokers are getting more than six times face value ($10 weekdays, $12.50 weekends) for passes to the show of 159 Monet works. The exhibit opened July 22 and runs through Nov. 26, but advance passes sold out in late September. "Monet panic is what we're into at this point," Art Institute spokeswoman Eileen Harakal said.

"This has taken on its own life." The people keep coming and coming and coming. Doris Renauer and Louise Becker came from the Detroit suburbs and ended up standing in a line that snaked down the museum steps in full view of a sign saying Friday's tickets were gone. "They were telling us on the telephone yesterday, 'Don't even bother to come Renauer said. Like hundreds of others, they did anyway. The museum offers up to 400 daily passes allowing earlybirds to return for sion at a set time that day.

Harakal said the lines with up to 700 people form several hours before the ticket office opens. The Institute had to post a security guard with a bull horn outside to control crowds. Exxon, environmentalists clash over whale harassment IRVING, Texas (AP) Exxon Corp. is facing criticism from environmentalists because of a plan to search for crude oil off the California coast that scientists say could harm whale populations. Exxon officials and environmental attorneys talked for more than two hours Friday in an effort to avoid a court showdown over the company's plans, The Dallas Morning News reported Saturday.

The two sides plan to resume talks Monday. The National Marine Fisheries Service on Thursday gave Exxon permission to fire 240-decibel underwater blasts from air guns during a 45-day seismic mapping survey off the coast near Santa Barbara. The agency granted the approval despite concluding that the blasts, each louder than a jet engine, would result in 2,360 separate incidents of whale "harassment." Environmental groups say the blasts could seriously harm the nine species of whales that frequent those waters, including gray whales that migrate along the California coast. They are asking the company to strengthen safeguards to protect whales and other marine mammals. Exxon, which says it has worked closely with environmentalists to craft the precautions, said it can proceed safely.

"The government agency that has the whale experts says this is a reasonable project," Exxon spokesman Bruce Tackett said. "We feel this project is prudent and reasonable." The issue of environmental responsibility has been particularly sensitive for Irving-based Exxon since 1989, when one of the company's tankers, the Exxon Valdez, caused the nation's worst oil spill in Alaska. Exxon now is producing about 100,000 barrels of oil daily from three production platforms known as the Santa Ynez unit, about seven miles off the coast near Santa Barbara. The oil company hopes to pinpoint more oil through the three-dimensional seismic mapping survey. Even subtle industrial noises cause gray whales to temporarily veer off course as they migrate.

DEATHS AND FUNERALS Dewey Gilbert Butler Services for Dewey Gilbert Butler, 87, of West Columbia, will be at 2:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 16, 1995, at the Baker Funeral Home in West Columbia with the Rev. Ricky Moore officiating. He died Saturday, Oct.

14, 1995 at Country Village Care. Burial will be in Cedar Lawn Haven of Rest in West Columbia. Friends may call from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. today at the Baker Funeral Home in West Columbia.

Survivors include his wife, Annie May Butler of West Columbia; sons and daughters-in- law, Donald Georgia Butler of West Columbia and Richard Sue Butler of Texarkana; daughter, Peggy Giesie of West Columbia; sister, Fern Dunn of Stephenville; nine grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Randy Butler, Mike Butler, Craig Giesie, David Butler, Johnathan Butler and Danny Anderson. Honorary pallbearers will be Henry Williams, Ralph Williams, Kenneth Harvey and Lowell Lowery. Arrangements by Baker Funeral Home in West Columbia. Velma "Lucille" Parker Services for Velma "Lucille" Parker, 76, of Clute, will at 1 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 16, 1995, at the Lakewood Funeral Chapei with the Rev. Robert Caraway officiating. She died Friday, Oct. 13, 1995, at the Nacogdoches Memorial Hospital in Nacogdoches, Texas.

Burial will be in the Restwood Memorial Park. Visitation is from 3-9 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to I p.m. Monday at Lakewood Funeral Chapel.

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Texas 77531 the Temple Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Howard Parker of Clute; three daughters and sons-in-law, Shirley Doyce of Lake Jackson, Sheila Billy Kelley of Freeport, Penney Milton Hyde of San Antonio; one son, Harry Lee Parker of Houston; two sisters, Sue Garrett of Angleton and Bernice Davis of Glute; grandchildren and spouses, Kevin Denise Tarrant, Kendall and Teri Tarrant, Tonya and Neal Mortin, Stephen and Belinda Hyde and Jason Hyde. She was preceded in death by three brothers, J.W. Franks, Ray Franks and Glen Franks and her sister Jo Ann Davis. Pallbearers will be her grandchildren.

Memorials may be made to VNA Hospice, Lake Jackson Volunteer Fire Department or a charity of choice. Arrangements by Lakewood Funeral Chapel. Archie Marion Findley Archie Marion Findley, 85, of Bay City, passed away Oct. 12, 5995, at Sea Breeze Nursing LOTTERY RESULTS Home in Bay City. He was born May 5, 1910, in Montgomery County, Texas to John and Mary Latzer Findley.

He had been a resident of Matagorda County since 1925. He is survived by one daughter, June Ashcraft of Bay City; two sons, Archie Lee Findley of Markham and Melvin P. Findley of Moffat, Texas; three sisters, Ethyl Knight of Boling, Viola Brown of Sweeny and Beatrice Mihshew of Sweeny; one brother, Jessie Findley of Sugar Valley; 12 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct.

15, 1995, at Taylor Bros. Funeral Chapel with Ron Carbiener officiating. Burial will follow at Roselawn Memorial Park in Van VIeck. Pallbearers will be Eric Jason Findley, Phyllis Marie Wallace, Gary Calvo, Darryl Hoyt Ashcraft, Roy L. Minshew, Edward Knight, Donald Ray Meadows and Chad Bailey Ashcraft.

Honorary pallbearers will be John Lynch, Willie Dry and Harold Lukefahr. Arrangements are with Taylor Bros. Funeral Home in Bay City. TEXRS LDTTERV Winning numbers Drawing date October 14, 1995 Estimated jackpot Pick 3 numbers Local Opinions Daily in The Facts 216 months til college? Call me today about Allstate Universal Life Insurance. Vicki Melass 302 Plantation Drive, Lake Jackson 297-3600 Youneingoodhands.

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