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1 tA-THE VK- iDKXA ADVOCATE. Monday. December 2000 Composer Curtin dies at 78 Deaths Elsewhere DOLORESRETIZ Services for Dolores "LoU" Retiz, 84, of Victoria, who died Friday, win be II a m. today at St Mary's Catholic His most enduring creation was the theme to the Flintstones, which Curtin said he wrote in a panic in I960 because the show was behind schedule. "It's a catchy little tune," Curtin said in a 1994 interview with the Los Angeles Tunes.

"Just a simple thing arranged for jazz and singers." Curtin is also survived by his wife, Elizabeth, and three grandchildren. LOS ANGELES (AP) Composer Hoyt Curtin, who wrote the music for cartoon theme songs such as the Flintstones, the Jetsons, and Scooby-Doo, has died He was 78. Curtin passed away Dec. 3 after a lengthy illness, according to Chris Curtin, his son. "He touched a lot of people's hearts.

Not just the people he knew, but the people who heard his NORMA H. CARAWAY Services for Norma Holt Caraway, 75, of Victoria, who died Thursday, will be 10 a nr. today at Colonial North Funeral Home chapel on U.S. 87 North, the Rev Jim Furr officiating. Burial will be at Memory Gardens Cemetery.

Colonial Funeral Home, Victoria, 361-578-3535. Pallbearers: Kyle SUsny, Joey Holt, Eric Holt. Bob Crawford, David Duncan and J. Nichols Jr. Honorary pallbearers: Jeff Newton Kevin Newton, Jody Olson, Dr.

Henry Swift and Mack Guthrie. Memorials: donor's choice. THOMAS O. RODRIGUEZ Services for Thomas David Rodriguez, 44, of Victoria, who died Friday, will be 2 p.m. today at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church, the Rev.

Victor Scocco officiating. Burial with full military honors, under the auspices of VFW, CWV, DAV, American Legion, Marine Corps League and the Military Order of the Purple Heart, will be at Memorial Park Cemetery. Artero Memorial Chapels, Victoria, 361-575-3212. Pallbearers: Keith Hahn, Albert Vianes Albert Vianes Jerry Guerra, Joe Perez, Calvin Scherer. Honorary pallbearers: Philip Hernandez, Efrain Guerra Larry Adams, and nephews.

Memorials: Hospice of South Texas. SANTIAGO NUNEZ Santiago "Jimmy" Nunez, 78, of Victoria, died Saturday, Dec. 9, 2000. Services are pending at Artero Memorial Chapels, Victoria, 361-575-3212. WILLIAM W.TALLEY CLUTE William Wayne Talley, 41, of Clute and formerly of Edna, died Saturday, Dec.

9, 2000. He was born Sept. 27, 1959, in Chicago, 111., to Edna Long Talley of Edna and the late Texas Crockett Talley. He was an auto mechanic at Renda Marine of Clute and a member of the Church of Christ. Survivors; daughters, Susan Talley and Kimberly Talley, both of Kountze; sons, David Talley and Derek Talley, both of Kountze; mother; brother, Gerry Talley of Marble Falls.

Preceded in death by: father. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Memory Gardens of ARTURO F. MADRIGAL PLACEDO Visitation for Arturo Franco Madrigal, 70. of Placedo, who died Saturday, win be 1 pm.

today at Artero Memorial Chapels. A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. tonight at the funeral home. Services will be at 10 a m. Tuesday at SL Patrick's Catholic Church, the Rev.

Jacinto Olguin officiating. Burial will be at Resurrection Cemetery. Artero Memorial Chapels, Victoria, 361-575-3212. ANASTACIO PADRON BAY CITY Anastacio Padron, 77, of Bay City, died Saturday, Dec. 9, 2000.

He was born March 5, 1923, in Mexico, to the late Rito and Feranada Flores Padron. He was a laborer and a warehouseman. Survivors: wife, Ofelia Padron; daughters, Guadalupe Padron and Graciela Padron, both of Houston, Eloina Padron of Oklahoma and Orfelinda Padron of Fort Worth; sons, Tito Padron and Juan Padron, both of Mexico, Ramon Padron and Everado Padron, both of Bay City and Santos Padron of Fort Worth; brothers, Marcos Padron and Guadalupe Padron, both of Mexico, Gabino Padron of California and Luis Padron of Texas; 19 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. tonight at Taylor Brothers Funeral Home chapel.

Services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home chapel. Burial will be at Cedarvale Cemetery. Taylor Brothers Funeral Home, Bay City, 979-245-4613. JOE T.PARKER EDNA Joe Thomas Parker, 72, of Edna, died Saturday, Dec.

9, 2000. He was born on Sept. 26, 1928, to the late Joseph and Alice Lentz Parker. He was a retired oiler for Alcoa Aluminum Co, of Point Comfort for 36 years and was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War.

Survivors: wife, Helen Parker; daughter, Joy Renfro of Edna; brothers, Billy Parker of Springville, and John Parker of Van Vleck; and one granddaughter. Graveside services will be at 4 p.m. Monday at Memory Gardens of Edna. Slavik Funeral Home, Edna, 361-782-2152. GERALD H.

BUTTERS EDNA Services for Gerald Harry Butters, 76, of Edna, who died Friday, will be 10 a.m. today at Lolita Methodist Church, the Rev. Alan Delafield officiating. Burial will be at Hawley Cemetery. Slavik Funeral Home, Edna, 361-782-2152.

Pallbearers: Bryan Pawelek, Ken Massey, Laddie Ellis, Steve Scott, Ronnie Williams, and Dennis Karl Memorials: Lolita Methodist Church. MARIO G. OLVERA BEEVILLE Mario G. Olvera, 55, of Beeville, died Saturday, Dec. 9, 2000.

He was born Oct. 16, 1945, in Kenedy, to the late Silverio Sr. and Sara Gomboa Olvera. He was a truck driver and a member of Mininsteroi Getsemany Church. Survivors: daughters, Arleen Soria of Beeville; sons, Tracy Olvera and Mario Olvera both of Karnes City; sisters, Sylvia Barajas, Mary Mendieta and Rosa Rodriguez, all of Baytown; brothers, Arturo Olvera of Karnes City, Juvetino Olvera of Downey, and Silverio Olvera Jr.

of Baytown; and five grandchildren. A rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. on Monday at Mininsteroi Getsemany Church in Kenedy. Services will be 2 p.m. on Tuesday at Eckols Funeral Home, with the Rev.

George De Los Santos officiating. Burial will be at Loma Alta Cemetery in Kenedy, Eckols Funeral Home, Kenedy, 830-583-2533. DENA L. BAILEY KARNES CITY Services for Dena Leath Bailey, 79, of Karnes City, who died Saturday, will be at 10 a.m. today at Rhodes Funeral Home chapel, the Rev.

Charles Gibbs officiating. Burial will be at Karnes City Cemetery Rhodes Funeral Home, Karnes City, 830-780-3334. Pallbearers: Mike Blackman, J.W. Garcia, George Hoy, Butch Shoemaker, Dickie Richardson and Carl Hummel. Honorary pallbearers: James Chapman, Bill Butler, John Smolik, George Smolik, Ben Burris, Clyde Rhodes Jay Aldelman, Elmo Martin, and H.B.

Ruckman III. RICHARD T.GOMEZ CUERO Richard T. Gomez, 65, of Cuero, died Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000. He was born Dec.

22, 1934, in Cuero, to the late Remigio and Modesta Tijerina Gomez. He was a Catholic. Survivors: aunts, uncle, and numerous cousins. A rosary was recited at 7 p.m. Sunday at Freund Funeral Home chapel.

Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic musk," Curtin said Saturday. Hoyt Curtin began his career at Hanna-Barbera in 1957 after a stint writing advertising jingles. As the music director for Hanna-Barbera, he wrote the score for countless cartoon shows, including Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear and Johnny Quest which the court has come closer to planting an image in the public mind of being partisan," said A.E. Dick Howard, an expert on the Supreme Court at the University of Virginia.

"It's genuinely troubling that they run that risk. The Supreme Court may lose some of the sheen which it has in the American mind." Conservatives suggest the sheen is only gone for those who disagree with the court's action. The real problem, they said, came with a flawed Florida Supreme Court decision to order hand counts across the state. "The Florida Supreme Court thrust the judicial system very far into the political thicket," said Daniel Polsby, a law professor at George Mason University. Beyond partisanship, Gore supporters smell hypocrisy.

They suggest that conservatives on the Supreme Court who usually favor returning power to the states are usurping state authority in this case. "In some sense, the mask has fallen and you can see what's really going on," Cheh said. "It's very demoralizing to me." Traditionally, the Supreme Court has been seen as above raw partisan politics. Justices are appointed College to name the nation's next president. With the judiciary and legislative branches potentially at odds, the Supreme Court is assessing Bush's arguments against recounts: the Florida Legislature has the sole right to assign state electors, and reviewing ballots under a variety of county standards would violate due process requirements in the U.S.

Constitution. "The court's newly devised scheme for re-tabulating votes is plainly arbitrary, capricious, unequal and standardless," the GOP brief said, referring to the Florida Supreme Court. Gore wants recounts of the under-vote ballots, saying many of them contain clues to the will of Florida voters. In a 4-3 decision, the Florida Supreme Court approved the plan for a weekend recount, prompting Bush's appeal to the nation's highest court. When the counting stopped Saturday, an unofficial Associated Press survey put Bush's lead over Gore at 177 votes.

Bush's point man in Florida, former secretary of state James A.Baker III, said the Texas governor is not afraid of every vote being counted. "The question is what is every legal vote?" he said. Boies said the high court's action Saturday suggests he has "a hill to climb" today. "I think that you've got five justices there that have ded led that there is a substantial probability that Governor Bush is right on this issue," Boies said. Gore is betting that written and oral arguments will "convince them that we are right and that those' At a rally launching his re-election campaign, Barak said that neither Likud leader had a realistic vision for resolving the half-century-long conflict with the Palestinians.

"The problem of the Likud is not who will be its leader, but that it doesn't have an alternative way or position that can change reality," Barak satf Analysts say Barak, who won a landslide victory over Netanyahu just 18 months ago, must work out some sort of peace deal with the Palestinians if he hopes to persuade Israelis to vote for him a second time. Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said he saw little hope of progress on the peace front during Israel's election campaign. "Peace talks will stop until the elections are over," Arafat said. He also accused Barak of failing to carry out agreements already reached. "Barak is famous for not implementing what he's signed and wasting time." With his grip on power slipping, Barak had reluctantly agreed to hold new national elections, which were expected in about four or five months.

But he caught almost everyone in Israel by surprise Saturday night, announcing in a televised speech Church, with Moncignor James C. Brunner officiates Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery. Artero Memorial Chapels, Victoria. 361-575- RetU 3212. Pallbearers: Joe Retiz, Leonard Retiz, Mario V.

Garcia, Isaac A. Martinez, Louis Gonzales. Marcelino Rodriguez. AUREUA J. GALLEGOS Aurelia Joy Gallegos.

61, of Victoria, died Sunday, Dec. 10. 2000 Services are pending at McCabe-Carruth Funeral Home. Victoria, 361-573-4341. DELORIS S.

NEUMAYER KENEDY DeLoris S. Neumayer, 89, of Kenedy, died Saturday, Dec. 9, 2000. She was born on Sept 27. 1911, to the late Ferdinand and Josephine Ladner Strieber.

She was a homemak-er and a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Survivors: husband. Anson J. Neumayer of Kenedy, sons, Bobby JJeumayer of Houston and Rickey Neumayer of Kerens; sisters, Grace Ftynt of Del Rio; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by: patents; sisters, Marie Simecek and Well Grafton; brother Felton Strieber: and a granddaughter.

Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Monday at Eckols Funeral Chapel. Services will be 10 a Tuesday at the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Joseph E. Summerville officiating.

Burial will be at Kenedy Cemetery. Eckols Funeral Home Kenedy, 830-583-2533. Memorials: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. MARSELINO MORENO BAY CITY Marselino Moreno, 76, of Bay City, died Saturday. Dec.

9, 2000. He was born June 6 1924, in Buckeye, to the late Luis and Marie Ybarro Moreno. He was a laborer. Survivors: daughter, Diana Cortez of Bay City; sons, Juan Moreno of Bay City, Louis Moreno of Florida, Mario Moreno of El Campo and Tony Moreno of Houston; 11 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren Services will be 2 in Tuesday at Taylor Brothers Funeral Home chapel. Burial will be at Cedarvale Cemetery.

Taylor Brothers Funeral Home, Bay City, 979-245 4t13. THE REV. MEELER MARKHAM KENEDY Service for The Rev. Meeler Markham, 86. of Kenedy and formerly of Devine, who died Friday, will be at 10 a.m.

Monday at First Baptist Church in Kenedy, the Revs. Charles Bush, Brad Graves and Tim Williams officiating. Burial will be at Keiiedj Cemetery. Eckols Funeral Home Koaedy. 830-583-2533.

Pallbearers: Jeff Mai kiiain Joshua Markham, Randy hoageis. Brad Coraves, Clarence Bell iruett Hunt, Darrell Murdock, and Brad Gorhum. Honorary pallbearers Deacons of Black Creek Church. Judge Joe Briscoe, Col. Walt Thedford, Butch Roberson, Dan Scott, and Aubrey Driscoll.

Memorials: Howard Payne University or donor's choice. FLORENTINO C. GUTIERREZ WAELDER Services for Florentino C. Gutierrez, 74, of Waelder, who died Thursday, will be at 10 a.m. today at St.

Patrick Catholic Church, the Rev. Frank Macias officiating. Burial will be at Waeldei Community Cemetery. Smith Funeral Home, Flatonia, 361-865-3311 Pallbearers: John Ziapala, Jesse Tovar, Rocky Quintei John Elias Gutierrez, Tony Murillo, and Charlie Noyola Memorials: donor's choice. MELBURN LEE SHARP BLANCO Services for Melburn Lee Sharp, 84, of Blanco and formerly of Placedo, who died Thursday, will be 11 a.m.

today at Colonial Funeral Home chapel, the Rev Barbara McKnight officiating. Burial with full military honors, under the auspices of Vr W. DAV, CWV, American Legion, Marine Corps League and the Militai tidei of the Purple Heart, will lVieinory Gardens Cemetery. Luloniai fruneral Home, Victoria, 361-578 ASti. Memorials: American Cancer Society.

Obituaries are piuvided as a free public service by The Victoria Advocate. More detailed or specially worded obituaries, which appear in a box, are available for fee. Information submitted by funeral homes for either free or paid obituaries must hi si be verified and approved by a family member of the deceased. COURT- Continued from Page 1A justices concluded it's likely Bush will win his case. The four more liberal justices agreed with Gore that the counting should continue.

AH eyes now are on Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who agreed to stop the counting but is seen as the most likely to change sides after oral arguments today. Another possible swing vote: Justice Anthony Kennedy. So far, the court factions' reasoning parallels arguments being made by the candidates themselves. Like Bush, leading conservative Justice Antonin Scalia noted the differing standards used to discern voter intent when examining ballots, mentioning the now-infamous hanging versus dimpled chads in his concurring statement on Saturday's court order. Like Gore, Justice John Paul Stevens argued in his dissent that what really matters is counting every legal vote.

It gives the court a political air as it steps into the center of this most highly charged of political moments. Before legal arguments, the campaigns were reluctant to criticize the court, but outside experts agreed this was new territory. "I can't think of an opinion in GORE- Continued from Page 1A "If no votes are counted, then I think that's the end of the road," said David Boies, who will argue the case for Gore. But the lawyer stopped short of saying his client would bow out if the Supreme Court ruled against him, suggesting Gore might await appeals of failed Democratic lawsuits seeking to throw out up to 25,000 Florida absentee ballots. "I'm not going to say what's going to happen," Boies said.

House Minority Leader Richard Gephardt, a steadfast Gore supporter, told ABC, "I believe he will" concede if the court rules against him and Bush should do the same if the tables are turned. "I believe that probably is the last word, and it's the last chance to have this issue not go to the United States Congress," Sen. Robert Torricelli, D-N. said of the court. The GOP-led Florida Legislature, under guidance from the Bush camp, is preparing to appoint its own slate of Bush electors raising the possibility of two separate slates for a divided Congress to sort out.

The presidents-in-waiting laid low Sunday. Gore went to church, where the sermon was titled "Preparation" and the Rev. Martha E. Phillips prayed for the country "in this time of turmoil." Bush traveled from his secluded ranch to Austin, where he was throwing a Christmas party. The Supreme Court is pressing against deadlines set in federal law.

States must assign electors Tuesday, and those individuals meet Dec. 18 as the Electoral ISRAEL- Continued from Page 1A with the Palestinians, which has claimed more than 300 lives, is pushing the Israeli public toward right-wing parties such as Likud. It's not clear, however, who that party's candidate will be. Current Likud leader Ariel Sharon is running even with Barak in the pollswhile Netanyahu, the former party chief, holds a double-digit lead over Barak that has expanded as the violence drags on. Netanyahu criticized Barak's policy of compromise with the Palestinians, charging that he "broadcast weakness" and brought more than two months of violence on Israel, referring to Palestinian-Israeli clashes that began Sept.

28. Without giving specifics, Netanyahu said he could achieve "cold peace" with Israel's neighbors, based on mutuality and security. He said that was the best Israel could expect realistically, "not Scandinavia." Netanyahu's term in office from 1996-99 was marked by constant friction with the Palestinians. But his tough policies now appeal to many Israelis, who feel Ba -k's peace efforts have failec and Israel's security has been for life, and many of them have wound up promoting philosophies quite different from the presidents who appointed them. They regularly divide on a host of controversial issues abortion, school prayer, the death penalty.

But those are ideological not political questions. "This seems to be much more naked political power being exercised by five Republican justices and that's what I think is so damaging," Chemerinsky said. In a Gallup survey this summer, nearly half of Americans said they had a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in the Supreme Court, ranking it behind only organized religion and the military. It rated higher than the presidency, Congress, the media and a host of other institutions. And just last month, a survey for Dateline NBC about the Florida recount found that far more Americans trusted the Supreme Court to decide the issue fairly than either the Florida secretary of state or the state Supreme Court.

While court observers fear that could change, some figure it will take more than one case even a historic case to destroy a longstanding reputation. votes ought to be counted," Boies said. Strikingly more confident, Baker refused to say Bush would concede if the Supreme Court ruled against him. He also warned that Republicans could try to swing Gore electors to their side if Democrats try to turn GOP electors against Bush. "Maybe we ought to consider doing the same thing to theirs," Baker told CNN.

"What's fair for one side seems to me is fair for the other." Gore has denied any involvement in attempts to sway electors, who traditionally are loyal to the candidate who selects them. If Bush wins Florida's 25 electors, he will be just one electoral vote over the 270 needed to claim the presidency. Determined to send a slate of Bush electors to Washington, majority Republicans in the Florida Legislature will oversee testimony today from legal experts and public witnesses on lawmakers' authority in presidential elections. GOP Senate leaders suggested Sunday they may delay a decision on selecting electors until after the U.S. Supreme Court rules.

The House could vote as early as Tuesday on a presidential slate. The Senate isn't expected to take action before Wednesday. Gore's allies in the Democratic Party's liberal base plan to apply political pressure today when the Rev. Jesse Jackson and AFL-CIO President John Sweeney hold a news conference to call for prayer vigils across the country as the Supreme Court deliberates the case. that he would quit and that elections would be held in two months.

Barak formally tendered his resignation to Israeli President Moshe Katsav on Sunday afternoon; the resignation takes effect after 48 hours. The feud over Netanyahu's candidacy was guaranteed to provoke intense wrangling in parliament, the Knesset. The Likud party said there were at least two ways to get Netanyahu on the ballot. One would be to change the law for special which requires prime ministerial candidates to be members of parliament. The second approach would be to dissolve the current parliament and hold new elections on the same date as the prime minister's ballot.

Under that scenario, Netanyahu would be allowed to run for both a parliamentary seat and the prime minister's post. Netanyahu said he favored that option. Sharon said he would welcome a change in the election laws, though that would work against his own ambition to become prime minister. "My opinion is that we need to allow every citizen, even if he is not a Knesset member, to run in the elections for prime minister," Sharon said Sunday. Edna, with Steve Wilson and Red Christian officiating.

Slavik Funeral Home, Edna, 361-782-2152. BEULAH MAE DUNN CUERO Beulah Mae Dunn, 75, of Cuero, died Saturday, Dec. 9, 2000. She was born March 16, 1925, in DeWitt County, to the late Charles T. and Eva Mae Taylor.

She was a waitress at the Doll House Restaurant, a home nurses aides and a checker at Clark's Corner. Survivors: daughters, Cathy Simon of Willis, Sheila Stansbury of Cuero and Shirley Blum of Humble; son, Howard Dunn of Alba; sisters, Dorothy Stewart of Corpus Christi and Bobbie Unrah of Houston; brothers, Roy Taylor, C.T. Taylor and Johnny Taylor, all of Victoria, Terry Taylor of Washington, 15 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. Preceded in death: parents; sisters, Tina Schmidt and Ivie Duke; brothers, Alfred lor, Jesse Taylor, Rudy Taylor, Fred Taylor, Teddy Taylor, and Robert Taylor. Visitation will be from 6 p.m.

to 7:30 p.m. today at Freund Funeral Home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home chapel, with the Rev. Tad Tadlock officiating.

Burial will be at Hillside Cemetery. Freund Funeral Home, Cuero, 361-275-2343. Memorials: Crown of Texas Hospice or American Cancer Society. FLORENCIO MORALES PALACIOS Visitation for Florencio Morales, 77, of Palacios, who died Thursday, will be from 9 to 9:45 a.m. today at St.

Anthony's de Padua Catholic Church. Services will be 10 a.m. today at the church, the Rev. Charles Dwomoh officiating. Burial will be at Olivia Cemetery.

Artero Memorial Chapels, Port Lavaca, 361-552-2300. Pallbearers: Alfred Carrillo, Ramon Zamora, Henry Perez, Alvin Adams, Gilbert Duran, and Nick Carrillo III. ISABEL C.DELAO EL CAMPO Services for Isabel C. DeLao, 93, of El Campo, who died Friday, will begin at 10 a.m. today at St.

Robert's Catholic Church. Burial will be at Holy Cross Memorial Park. Triska Funeral Home, El Campo, 979-543-3681. Pallbearers: Tony Escamilla, Jimmy Arrambide Martin Arrambide, Steven Arrambide, Arthur Arrambide, Silvester Arrambide Antonio Arrambide and Eusebio Escamilla, Jr. MARIA DEL REFUGIO GARZA TIVOLI Visitation for Maria Del Refugio Garza, 89, of Tivoli, who died Friday, will be 9 to 9:45 a.m.

today at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church in Tivoli. Services will be 10 a.m. today at the church, with the Rev. Timothy Kinast officiating. Burial will be at Austwell Cemetery Artero Memorial Chapels, Port Lavaca, 361-552-2300.

Pallbearers: Henry Garza III, Ben Garcia III, Hector Saenz, Mickey Lewis, Leo Garza and Felix Garza. Church, the Rev. Daniel Giorgi officiating. Burial will at Hillside Cemetery. Freund Funeral Home, Cuero, 361-275-2343.

Pallbearers: Alex Gomez III, Joe Tijerina, Pete Tijerina, George Yzaguirre, Chris Yzaguirre, and Edward Escobar..