Longview Daily News from Longview, Washington • 14

B2 The Daily News Longview Wash Monday December 28 198 1 Williams: Tough budget battles ahead Obituaries going to be a tough he predicted Williams said he is putting together a package of options for cutting state spending He does not want further cuts in education and social programs however At a press conference last Thursday Spellman criticized letter to the agency heads who work under Spellman Williams should have made the request for budget information through the office Spellman said a matter of protocol and said Spellman aide Kate Heimbach Ms Heimbach said the governor probably will allow the agency officials to respond to letter however Williams said he made a similar request to agency officials this summer in anticipation of the special session But then he asked them what the effect of a 10 percent cut would be budget cutbacks The recently completed special legislative session cut 1 percent to 10 percent from the budget depending on the agency Williams chairman of the House Appropriations-General Govern--ment committee says the state must make further budget cuts He says state spending levels in 1982-83 are 18 percent higher than during the previous two-year period In preparation for the regular session that starts in January Williams has written to the heads of state agencies asking how their offices would be affected by additional 5 percent budget cuts want to go cutting Williams said adding he expect the Legislature to adopt a 5 percent across-the-board cut in all agencies you cut across-the-board and you increase taxes going to have to cut selectively It is By Andre Stepankowsky The Daily News Reluctance to increase taxes or make across-the-board budget cuts to solve mounting state deficits will make for one tough session when the state Legislature meets in January Rep Bob Williams R-Longview said this morning had to go through a lot of bloodshed to get through a 1 percent sales in the recently completed special session Williams said in a telephone interview lot of members said that was the only tax increase they would vote The financial woes took a turn for the worst today when Gov John Spellman cited a new economic forecast predicting a $2839 million deficit up from the $97 million projected in November The governor has proposed a package of tax increases to meet the budget crisis and opposes further Locally Nelson of Longview two daughters Alvilda Pier of Castle Rock and Donna A Eaton of Montesano nine grandchildren and ten greatgrandchildren Services will be at 2 pm Tuesday at the Hubbard Funeral Chapel Castle Rock with the Rev George Hanke officiating Interment will follow at Whittle-Hubbard Cemetery Friends wishing to express their sympathy may make memorial contributions to Castle Rock United Methodist Men Hubbard Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements Jerry McVey Jerry McVey 31 of 3050 Maryland St Longview died Dec 24 1981 in a local hospital Bom Nov 9 1950 at Centralia he worked as an evergreen picker A resident of this area for five years he had been a member of United Food Commercial Workers Local 942 United Paper Makers Local 1097 and Weyerhaeuser Pulp Paper Makers Surviving are his wife Elizabeth and sons Jason McVey and Erick McVey all at home his parents Mary Lou Rogers of Longview and Wesley McVey of Longview his stepfather Bud Rogers of Longview four sisters Kelley McVey Donna Rogers and Carol Spears all of Longview and Darlene McVey of Vancouver four brothers Dale McVey Wesley McVey Jr and Billy Rogers all of Longview and Terry Rogers of St Louis Mo and his grandmother Etta McVey of Rochester ash Graveside services will be Wednesday at 2 pm at Grand-mound Cemetery Grandmound Wash with the Rev Mel Buhler officiating Steele Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements Josephine Flores Josephine Flores 63 of 922 22nd Ave Longview died Dec 26 1981 in a Cathlamet nursing home She was born April 28 1918 in Texas A resident of this area since 1975 she had been a restaurant owner in Texas She was a member of St Rose Catholic Church Surviving are her husband Juan Roberto Flores Longview two daughters Mary Carroll and Beatrice Curtis both of Longview two stepsons Richard Flores and Bobby Flores both of Anaheim Calif four sisters Mary Ann Gassen of Santa Monica Calif and Lucy Dela Cruz of San Antonio Texas and two other sisters in Texas six brothers Antonio Dela Cruz of Inyokem Calif and five other brothers in Texas seven granddaughters seven grandsons and numerous great-grandchildren nieces and nephews Rosary will be at 7:30 tonight at Steele Funeral Chapel Memorial Mass will be at 10 am Tuesday at St Rose Catholic Church with the Rev Richard Basso officiating Memorial Mass will be preceded by cremation Steele Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements Mortuary Rainier was in charge of arrangements Walter A Nagunst Walter A Nagunst 72 of Route 1 Box 248 Clatskanie died Dec 25 1981 in a Longview hospital He was born March 24 1909 in Hamburg Iowa He was a member of Kingdom Hall Witnesses Longview He is survived by his wife Bertha at home three daughters Evelyn Davis of Milo Ore Norma Stump of Kelso and Wilma Nagunst of Longview two sons Roy Nagunst of Las Vegas and David Nagunst of Kelso 13 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren Services are at 1 pm Tuesday at Haakinson-Groulx Family Mortuary Chapel Rainier Roger Triplett of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witnesses will officiate Interment will follow at Hudson Cemetery Rainier Haakinson-Groulx Family Mortuary of Rainier is in charge of arrangements John McMahon John McMahon of 2363 40th Ave Longview died Dec 25 1981 at home Born Feb 8 1907 at Helena Mont he was 74 A resident of the area since 1947 he was employed as an insurance agent for Allstate Insurance He is survived by his wife Dorothy at home and a brother Thomas McMahon of Bellevue Wash as well as several nieces and nephews At the request of the deceased there will be no services Cremation has taken place Steele Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements Gussie A Matthies Gussie A Matthies 97 of 1503 20th Ave Apt 302 Longview died Dec 27 1981 at home She was born Dec 15 1884 at Newton Kan She was a 17-year area resident moving here from Portland where she was a member of the Central Bible Church of Portland She is survived by a daughter Esther Odden of Longview a grandchild and four greatgrandchildren Graveside services will be Tuesday at 11 am at Ocean View Cemetery Warrenton Ore with the Rev Thomas Conrad officiating The casket will remain closed Friends wishing to express their sympathy may contribute to the Calvary Baptist Church Chapel on the Hill Keisc is in charge of arrangements John Nelson John Ebed Nelson 80 of 914 First St Castle Rock died Dec 26 1981 in a local hospital He was born May 26 1901 at Blairsville Ga He was preceded in death by his wife Gertrude in 1966 Nelson retired in 1966 from the Railroad where he had worked as a yardmaster He was a member of the Castle Rock United Methodist Church and United Methodist Men Survivors include a son Ray Jerry Palmateer chief criminal deputy said the James Mattis the service attendant was sitting in the office when a man armed with a 38-caliber handgun entered from the lube room and took the money from the cash register Mattis was not hurt in the incident which occurred at about 10: 15 pm Palmateer said The suspect was described as a 6 foot tall white male age 25 to 30 with a husky build He was wearing a red ski mask with a black stripe down the middle and around the eyes a brown suede jacket with fur lining around the collar faded blue jeans and work boots Chase nets stolen car Formal charges were pending today against a 19-year-old Longview man arrested Saturday afternoon after he allegedly fled from police in a stolen car and then tried to escape on foot Paul A McGahuey of 2925 Florida St remained in jail this morning with bail set at $2500 on initial felony charges of first-degree theft and attempting to elude a police officer According to Officer CW report a car driven by McGahuey failed to yield to pedestrians in a crosswalk at 15th Avenue and Douglas Street as he headed south on Douglas Davis said he turned on his overhead lights in an attempt to stop the vehicle which then ran through a stop sign and turned south on 14th Avenue The driver turned into the driveway of a medical office building in the 700 block of 14th and drove to Specialty Motors where he stopped and fled on foot according to police He was chased north on Commerce before he circled west and ran to the YMCA where he was caught The abandoned vehicle a 1981 Ford Mustang was reported stolen from Bay view Ford in Port Townsend police said Shooting death was suicide An investigation into the Christmas Eve shooting death of a 31-year-old Longview man showed that the victim committed suicide Coroner DF Winebrenner said today The victim Jerry Wesley McVey of 3050 Maryland St was at a party in an apartment at 1010 Douglas St when he walked into a bathroom closed the door and shot himself in the head Winebrenner said Winebrenner said family members said McVey had not appeared depressed and that they had no idea why he took his life Accident victim stable A 29-year-old Silver Lake man was listed in serious but stable condition this morning at St Hospital where he was undergoing treatment for injuries suffered in a two-car accident early Sunday morning A nursing supervisor said Richard Bartlett 4318 Spirit Lake Highway was receiving treatment for head injuries in the intensive care unit According to Longview police Bartlett was southbound on 32nd Avenue shortly before 12:40 a when he ran a stop sign at Washington Way and collided with a car driven by Patricia A Davis 20 944 33rd Ave No 21 Longview She and her three passengers were not injured Police said vehicle struck a telephone pole before coming to a stop on 32nd Avenue Firefighters using an hydraulic cutting tool freed him from the wreckage Police seek hit-and-run driver Local police agencies are looking for a man involved in an injury hit-and-run accident and a police chase on Sunday The incident began when the suspect who was driving a van ran into a car driven by Raymond Alfred Stanley at Cowlitz Way and Ocean Beach Highway at 2:08 am Sunday According to the Kelso police the van was eastbound on Ocean Beach Highway and turned on to Cowlitz Way striking the Stanley vehicle head on Stanley 33 of 137 Monticello Drive Longview reciev-ed a bump on the head A passenger in the Stanley car Delores Woolford 34 of the Mountain View Apartments in Longview was treated for leg and neck injuries and released from St Hospital The van fled the scene but the department pulled it over on the Westside Highway about 3 10 a Police said the driver of the van fled on foot and was tracked for about a mile by the department police dog But the man got away According to Kelso police a woman passenger in the van was advised of her rights and transported to a home Gunman robs service station VADER A lone gunman fled on foot after taking about $150 in cash Sunday night from the Cowliiz Chevron service station at the Vader exit from Interstate 5 the Lewis County office said today Berton Clawson Jr Berton Clawson Jr 43 of 1450 West Side Highway Kelso died Dec 26 1981 in a Vancouver hospital as a result of a Dec 8 industrial accident He was born Oct 15 1938 at Kelso He was a millwright for Cyclone Reforesters of Kalama Clawson was vice president of the Washington Night Owl Association CB Club His radio handle was on Channel 11 He was a member of the Longview-Kelso Racing Association where he had been pit boss and he also raced stock cars in the Longview area Survivors include his wife Phyllis at home three daughters Kelli Copple of Longview Vickie Beesley of Kelso and Zina Clawson at home two sons Gordon Willhoite of the US Army in Germany and Ronald Clawson of Santa Ana Calif his parents Berton Clawson Sr of Kelso and Annabelle Pieren of Tumwater a brother Randy Clawson of Olympia his father-in-law and mother-in-law Chet and Edith Park of Silver Lake five grandchildren and many aunts uncles nieces and nephews Services are at 11 am Tuesday at Chapel on the Hill Kelso with the Rev Bob Giles Jr officiating Services will conclude at the chapel Chapel on the Hill is in charge of arrangements Frank Weller Frank Weller 74 Route 2 Box 541 Rainier (Goble) died Dec 23 1981 in a local office He was born April 22 1907 in Manawa Wis Weller came to the Rainier-Goble area in 1946 He was married to Floy Clark in 1928 in Bevent Wis He retired in 1969 as a boom operator for Pope and Talbot Survivors include his wife Floy at home two daughters Betty Algeciras of Aloha Ore and Florence Hamar of Rainier a son William Weller of Longview two sisters Emily Flaig of Shawno Wis and Clara Klemen of Appleton Wis three brothers Herman Weller and George Weller both of Wittenburg Wis and Edward Weller of Eland Wis 16 grandchildren 10 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Services were today at 1 pm in the Assembly of God Church Rainier with interment at Neer City Cemetery The Rev Butcher officiated Haakinson-Groulx Family Briefs THEFT Kermit Maynard Mayer 618 First St Kelso told Kelso police Sunday that somone took a cassette stereo and four speakers from the back seat of his car while it was parked on Harris Street Maynard also said someone poured some paint into the oil port of his engine The stereo was valued at about $700 The damage to the engine has not been determined yet JUVENILE ARRESTED A 17- year-old Castle Rock youth is in custody today in Juvenile Hall after Kelso police arrested him Sunday for an attempted burglary at Chevron 501 Main Kelso Police are still looking for another man who ran from the scene According to the police report a window in the service station was broken and a door was unlocked but nothing was taken PENDANT GONE Gail Douglas Matheson 2455 Corman Road Longview told the Kelso Police Attention I Graves both of Santa Barbara Calif Dec 24 George Webb Kelso and Wendy Kay McReynolds Longview Dec 24 Marriage dissolutions Chester and Emma Card Ronald and Nancy Goins Linda Gail and Carl Glen Smith Wife granted custody of minor child Dorothy and James McNemar David and Debbie Heltemes Wife granted custody of minor child Jade Daniel A Howard Fire runs Longview Firemen responded at 1:42 pm Saturday to a report of a fire at 333 Peardale Lane Longview But fireman found that a passerby had mistaken steam coming from a dryer vent as smoke Firemen used the Jaws of Life tool to remove a victim from a wrecked car at 32nd Avenue and Washington Way at 12:41 am Sunday Firemen responded at 9:49 am Sunday to a chimney fire at the home of Ron Vossar 650 26th Ave Firemen checked the chimney and let the fire burn itself out Firemen responded at 12:11 pm Sunday to a chimney fire at the home of Stan Coulson 1911 28th Ave Longview Firemen let the fire burn itself out Saturday that she left a pendant in the restroom at the Thrift Center When she went back to get it a few minutes later the pendant valued at about $85 was gone PUBLIC INDECENCY Two Kelso girls ages 10 and 11 told Kelso police that while they were walking across the Allen Street Bridge a man exposed himself to them about 1 pm Saturday The girls ran away yelling for help The man reportedly ran in the other direction VEHICLE PROWL Thomas David Craig of 1515 Lord St Kelso told Kelso police Saturday that someone took several tools and Christmas presents valued at $300 from his pickup and car parked in his driveway BURGLARY A Longview man told police Sunday that his home in the 500 block of 15th Avenue had been burglarized The number All Eagles! Castle Rock Municipal Court Harry Holbom 63 308 Growlers Gulch Castle Rock released on personal recognizance after being charged Sunday night with driving while intoxicated John Krall 46 1110 Woodside Drive Longview released from jail Saturday night after posting $305 bail on a charge of driving while intoxicated Charles Lee Minium 56 3849 Pleasant Hill Road Castle Rock released from jail Sunday after posting $710 bail on charges of driving while intoxicated driving with a revoked license and unlawful possession of a driver's license Public meetings Tuesday CDID No 1: 1:30 pm board of supervisors meeting offices of Klingberg and Reitsch 1344 15th Longview Wednesday Rainier Rural Fire Protection District: 7: 30 Fernhill station Cowlitz PUD Commission: 1:30 pm for informal briefings discussion and staff review 4 formal business meeting PUD Building Paid Advertising Briefs KIDS' NEW party 577-0241 50 OFF selected books wooden ware paint baskets etc 'til Dec 31st THE PAINT BOX 1215'2 Commerce Longview lie Records Births Diane and Robert McElfresh 113 Sandra Drive Silver Lake a girl born Dec 24 Karen and Jeffrey Trickey 106 Sale Barn Road Kelso a boy born Dec 25 Patricia and Michael Beebe No 6 Liberty Court Longview a girl born Dec 25 Joyce Gomex 241 Cypress St Longview a boy born Dec 25 Nancy and Kelly Cliffore PO Box 103 Clatskanie a girl born Dec 27 Marriage applications Thomas A Duncan and Kathy Inmate threatens food strike A Cowlitz County Jail inmate complaining about the quality of jail breakfasts said he and 10 other inmates were going to stage a starting with lunch today But with prisoners preparing to eat their noontime meal Undersheriff Bill Stuart said it appeared that only one man would be carrying out the protest News of the protest came this morning when inmate Nick Luker called The Daily News and said he and the other inmates in his section of the jail would not eat something is done about it a change of menu for breakfast Luker said breakfasts during the last two weeks consisted of cold cereal coffee and toast not sure if they care or Luker said of the say sorry about the breakfasts but the way it He said he told a jailer about the food strike but Ira Billup jail superintendent and Stuart said they had not heard of the protest until a reporter called them After checking out the complaint Stuart said it ap-peard Luker who probably will be returned to prison this week for parole violation was the only one complaining Stuart said the breakfast menus vary daily and include cold and warm cereal hotcakes and French toast during the week think a pretty good menu and what actually serving" he said feel if they like this food they can go to some other county get arrested and try their and value of items stolen known CHECKS TAKEN Checks and personal papers were stolen during a burglary reported Saturday at the Leonard Hall residence 1614 7th Ave Longview police said SHOPLIFTING A 17-year-old Deer Island Ore boy was released to the custody of his mother Saturday afternoon after being charged with shoplifting at Merchandise Advertisement Never Too Old To Hear Better Chicago A free offer of special interest to those who hear but do not understand words has been announced by Beltone A non-operating model of one of the smallest Beltone aids of its kind will be given absolutely free to anyone requesting it Send for this model put it on and wear it in the privacy of your own home While many people with a hearing loss will not receive any significant benefit from any hearing aid this free model will show you how tiny hearing help can be It is not a real hearing aid and yours to keep free The actual aid weighs less than a fourth of an ounce and all at ear level in one unit These models are free so we suggest you write for yours now Again we repeat there is no cost and certainly no obligation Thousands have already been mailed so write today to Department 26817 Beltone Electronics Corp 4201 West Victoria Street Chicago Illinois 60646 I per person Come and dance the New Year in with "Reba and the Country Bumpkins" NEW PARTY on New Year's Day live music by the "TUNE VENDORS" Come join us! i LONGVIEW EAGLES Longview Wo mL COLDWELL'S Rainier Pharmacy 102 A East Rainier Ore 556-6321.