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PAGE 2, THE WACO CITIZEN, FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1988 Leath Roast-Toast A Roast-Toast for Congressman Marvin Leath will be held July 30 at 6 p.m. in the McLennan Exhibit Hall, Waco Convention Center. The affair will benefit the Heart of Texas Area Chapter of the American Red Cross. Roasters will be Waco, Brownwood, and Washington, D.C. All of the proceeds from the gala affair will be used by the local chapter.

Tickets are $25 each and may be purchased at local banks or at the Red Cross office, 4224 Cobbs Drive. The Board of Directors of the HOT Chapter must raise over $55,000 to meet the 1988 budget. Services include Service to the Military and families. Disaster Preparedness and Relief, Health Services and Volunteer Services. Leath represents the 11th Congressional District in U.S.

House of Representatives. The 11th district includes Waco. Economy On Upswing Jury says Wells Career Criminal Bob Bullock says economy is about this and a lot of other interesting facts in the annual Progress edition of the Citizen, titled A NEW BEGINNING FOR WACO. Reserve your extra copies now. 3 for $1.

space in this special promote Waco and your own business. Free writeup with quarter page ad or larger. Call 754-3511 for all information. I) 7 HKNRY BRAUD of Louisiana State University will speak on earth energy heat pumps at the meeting of the Heart of Texas Builders Association Monday, July 18. The meeting will be held at the HOTBA building on Hwy.

6 Time for the meeting is 6:30 p.m. STATE LAND AUCTION FULL FINANCING AVAILABLE IN STATE LAND AUCTION The Texas Veterans Land Board will conduct a sealed bid auction on 386 tracts of state land August 31. 1988. at 1:00 m. in Austin.

All tracts are open to bids from eligible Texas Veterans only. These tracts are located throughout the state in 119 different counties and: range in size from 5 to 53 acres will be awarded to the highest bidder the Texas Veterans Land Board will finance the full amount of winning bids with qq down payment at 8.75% interest will be financed with 30-year, assumable, fixed-rate loans Bidders need not be present at the bid opening on August 31, 1988. All winners will be notified by mail within one week For more information on the tracts available in your area, bid procedures and application forms, please contact the Texas Veterans Land Board by calling toll-free 1-800-252-VETS Garry Mauro Chairman, Texas Veterans Land Board By CAMELIA FOSTER Roy Lee Wells, 34, of Waco, was convicted of being an armed career criminal Tuesday by a Waco federal jury. Wells now faces a life prison term with no hope for release. Wells was charged with three counts of being an armed career criminal and the jury of seven women and five men found him guilty on two counts in federal court Tuesday.

Judge Walter S. Smith of the Western District of United States, Waco Division did not a date for sentencing. United States Assistant Attorney Bill Johnston tried the case and Russ Hunt represented Wells. Wells, who has five previous convictions, was the first defendant tried in Waco under the new federal armed career criminal statute. The allows the federal government to charge someone with being an armed career criminal if they have three or more felony convictions involving violence or serious drug offenses and if he possesses a firearm or purchases ammunition.

Wells was convicted in May 1974 for burglary; in February 1975 on two charges of delivery of a controlled substance; and in September 1980 for delivery and offering to sell methamphetamine. Wells was also described as the main cook in the Elm Mott lab raid in January. He was convicted in May by a federal jury in Waco of conspiracy to manufacture and possessiori with intent to distribute methamphetamine in connection with the raid of the drug lab. He has not been sentenced in the case. Nicknamed, Professor and B.J.” by others involved in the lab and also testimony in May trial.

Wells was said to be heavy drug Glen McCarty, one of the codefendants in the Elm Mott raid, and now in McLennan County Jail, took the stand and told the jury he had only seen Wells one time without a gun and that was when the defendant was in the hospital. Wells was shot during an alleged gang land shoot-out on December 27, 1987 at 3408 N. 27th and was arrested by Waco Police officers. Wells, also known, as was taken into custody several blocks from the scene behind a wall where he was attempting to hide. Confiscated from a Corvette, Wells was reported to be driving, was a sawed off shotgun and a .44 Magnum pistol mounted with a laser sight.

McCarty testified he cut the barrel off a Winchester model 1400 shotgun at the request of Wells. McCarty also testified he saw Wells in possession of at least eight different types of guns during their association in the drug network. Taken from Wells in December were a shoulder holster and belt. The government alleged that Wells found a way to possess guns and purchase ammunition by using his girlfriend Tracey Holt to make the purchases. 0-1 RECYCLED GLASS workers were on hand at the Freedom Frolic to tHilleti the empiv bottler.

sent a chetk to the (iWBA for $25 for the Lister and Donna C'hiidre an O-I Sijjn. Ihe name of has been changed to (ilavs I heir next project is assisting the Miss Waco Pageant with improving the image of Waco. (Bill Foster Photo) JOY G. SMITH D.D.S. 755-7979 2305 Austin Ave.

Richard is a lineman for TU iJearw. And Ins joh lakes more than skill, it lakes the charac ter and temicity to handle any at a moment notu e. So vi hether its noon (tn a scorching sumnwr das, jour a.m. during a inter tee storm, Richard has the resolve to stay on the until it done. Hut not looking for a pat on the hack.

Because like so man (fj our em- pujyeex he sees this dedication as just another part (fflus job. mwntCi cnTDm Actually its what A Commitment lo Sen ice ls all about. tUtz Lt I IU A ommiimrnl to Ser vur IMEMKR TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION Robert Napier and Richard Cockrell, employees of Praco Pawn Shop, testified that Wells and Holt would come into their shop late in the evenings, prior to closing, and asked to look at guns and ammunition. Napier testified he had sold a number of guns to Holt. would pick out a gun and ask questions, she and Wells would consult, and she would buy the Cockrell said Wells would come into the shop every couple of weeks, sometimes with Tracey and sometimes by himself.

sold Tracey a number of guns and one was a .44 caliber Desert Eagle Cockrell testified. showed the gun to Wells, then Tracey bought it, but I sold the laser sight to Wells and also the light also showed a 10 millimeter Delta Elite to Tracey Holt, Wells handled the gun and then Tracey said she wanted to special order the gun about 10 minutes Cockrell also related seeing Wells drive a Corvette to the shop and telling him, is my new November 1987, Wells called late one afternoon and asked me to stay around that he wanted to buy 1,000 rounds of PCM 233 ammunition, he came in and paid for it and I carried it out to the Cockrell said he paid for the ammunition with $200 in cash. Wells took the stand in his own behalf Tuesday, and admitted he was part of the drug manufacturing ring, but said he only bought cars and worked on them for the group. He denied he bought the ammunition and said he only advised his girlfriend about which weapons to buy for his own sporting interests. He said he was not part of the cult which worshipped the devil and carried weapons constantly.

In May, he and David Zell were convicted for their part in the lab, testimony revealed a cult of devil worshippers were behind the lab and members were led by Zell. Wells testified he had no knowledge of the guns found in the Corvette that he had bought in November for $7,000 in cash testimony revealed. during June A total of 499 new personal vehicles were sold during the month of June bringing the year-to-date total to 2,851. Two hundred and three commercial were sold during June to bring the year-to-date total to 1,076. Eighty-three motorcycles were sold during June to bring the total to 287 since January 1.

Twelve recreational vehicles were sold during June to bring the years total to 42. Bids opened for highway improvements Bids for three contracts for highway pavement repair and lighting improvements in Waco were opened by the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation. Sections of concrete pavement along a 2.8-mile stretch of Interstate 35 from the Brazos River to the Waco south city limits will be removed and replaced. J-W Payne Construction Inc. of Texarkana was the apparent low bidder at a cost of $531,550.

Pavement Specialist Incorporated of Dallas presented the low bid on another pavement repair project on 1-35. The bid of $191,722 covers the cost of sealing the pavement edge joints on the interstate from Hogan Lane to 13th Street in Waco, as well as additional bridge repairs in Bell and Coryell counties. Bids were also opened for lighting improvements with Ron E. Carroll, Inc. of Eastland the apparent low bidder.

At a cost of $162,559, the project calls for replacing the existing wiring and replacing the mercury vapor luminaires with high pressure sodium vapor luminaires on Loop 491 (Bus. US 77 and 81) from Hogan Lane to the Brazos River. All bids will be reviewed by the State Highway Commission, which will consider action later this month. All three projects could begin by September with the interstate projects expected to the completed by the end of the year. The lighting project should be completed in approximately five months.

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on April a local newspaper delivery man was the victim of an aggravated robbery in ilie 1000 block of So. 12ih-A St. The delivery man was on his regular route that morning. The victim parked his car and he was leaving his vehicle, he was confronted by someone he thought was a customer. The person questioned why he had not been getting his newspaper.

As the delivery man turned to answer ihc question, the man pulled a revolver and pointed the gun at the victim. The robber ordered him lo give him all the money he had. The suspect then reached into the delivery car, removed the keys, threw them from the vehicle, and ran. This is just one of the many robberies that have becnoccuring in So. Waco.

For this Crime of the Week, Crime Stoppers will pay up to SI ,000 cash for information we receive in the next 7 days that leads to the arrest and indictment of the person or persons responsible for the Crime of the Week. Crime Stoppers will also pay cash awards on any other felony offenses and arrested fugitives. Call 753-HELP in Waco or Texas Crime Stoppers at 1-800-252-8477. Callers do not have to reveal their identity. Share our view of the Gulf: Family weekend special.

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