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The Baytown Sun from Baytown, Texas • Page 15

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The Baytown Suni
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Baytown, Texas
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Winnie man charged with murder Crime spree trial set to start THE BAYTOWN SUN Wednesday, July 16, 1986 -II WRIGHT PACKING CO. ANAHUAC Testimony is peeled to begin this week in the capital murder trial of a 32-year, old Winnie man, charged in con- with a crime spree that it-ft one woman dead and 'another wounded last fall. Johnny James, a former truck driver, is charged with capital attempted capital 'iJ-murder and aggravated robbery ri'Mi conjunction with a series of in- cidents on Oct. 22. James has entered innocent to the charges.

A jury has been selected to testimony in James' trial, slated to begin this week in Judge Carroll Wilborn's 344th District Court. Jury selection started June 16. Barbara Harrington Mayfield, 47, owner of BJ's bar in High Island was found shot to death on Hebert Road in eastern Chambers County near the Jefferson county line. A 23-year-old woman was also found shot at the same location. However, she survived the attack.

Investigators said a man abducted Ms. Mayfield from a High Island tavern on Oct. 22. The man then drove to Winnie where he robbed a convenience store and abducted a 23-year-old clerk. Investigators said the man demanded that the clerk drive his car.

When the clerk said she couldn't operate this type of vehicle, the man pulled Ms. Mayfield out of the trunk of the car and forced her to drive. The two victims were subsequently found shot on the roadside. James is being held at the Chambers County Jail. Bond on the three charges was set at $120,000.

Plan may cost Space Center jobs 610 Schilling SUPER SPECIAL GROUND CHUCK FROZEN 1 IB. PKG. SEVEN STEAK 3 CHUCK ROAST i. 1" ARM ROAST 7f RUMP ROAST CUTLETS 2 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Won thru Sat We gladly accept and welcome CALL IN ORDERS FOOD STAMPS 427-1315 FAMILY BUDGET PACKS 22LBS 5 30LBS 5 50LBS. 5 SAUSAGE LINKS JftBORECKRICH.u*2" LEAN MEATY BEEF RIBS FAJITAS 4 BBQ SPECIALS CHOPPED SANDWICH SLICED DEEF SAND 1" BBQ FRYERS 2i PORK RIBS 4 I9 BEEFRIBS LINKS SPACE CENTER (AP) A NASA plan to redistribute work the space'station could take 2,350 potential jobs away from Johnson Space Center, a gressman said Tuesday, but Sen. Phil Grarnm said the center still would gain about 2,000 jobs dur- ing the next few years. Hep. Mike Andrews, D-Texas, 4 said in a telephone interview a NASA study shows the Space Center could lose 350 jobs soon, and could fail to igain 1,900 potential jobs due to a that would send c-some space station work to other NASA Gramm, R-Texas.

however, told The Associated Press that he was assured by NASA ad- ministrator James Fletcher that the Johnson center would gain about 2,000 new jobs as Space shuttle flights resume and the ilinal work is performed on the station project. Andrews said that although the National Aeronautics and vSpace Administration had decid- 5 ed to redistribute the space sta- Hiot) work, Fletcher on Tuesday not to implement the until it was approved by rfhiimgress. Mark Hess, a NASA informa- Oulion specialist in Washington, unsaid two official memos outlin- Kjilitf a proposal to redistribute contract work on the space station would move responsibility for outfitting space station modules from the Johnson center to the Marshall Space Flight Center in HuntsvJlle, Ala. The plan also calls for moving development of a propulsion system for the space station from Huntsville to Houston. The estimated net effect, said Hess, would be to reduce the Johnson role in the space station development from about $2.5 billion to about $2 billion.

"In terms of civil service jobs, there will not be a sizable reduction, if there is a reduction at all (at Johnson)," said Hess. "For contractor employees, I'm not sure. The Johnson effort on the space station is still a very sizable one." Andrews, who represents the space center area, said he was told by Johnson director Jesse Moore that the proposed changes in the space station contracts would result in Johnson's role being reduced from 43 percent of the total program to 29 percent. At the same time, said the congressman, Marshall's role would increase from 34 percent to 44 percent. Marshall, he said, would manage $870 million in space station contracts, in contrast to say Delta should have aBorted xS WASHINGTON (AP) The of a Delta Air jumbo jet which crashed killed 137 people at Dallas- Worth International Air- last Aug.

2 should not have to land, even though had no knowledge that the in their path con- ogtained brutal winds, federal in- rSgwsligators ruled. The National Transportation Sijrfcafety Board said Tuesday the L-1011 jumbo jet had into wind shears created a inicrobursl a complex, cre downdraft and was to recover before plung- to the ground feet short the runway. The board acknowledged that neither the crew nor flight controllers on the ground knew of the severity ol the storm, and expected the plane would break into fair weather, as forecast, before actually touching down. But it said the crew's decision to stick to the glide path rather than play safe and turn away after encountering lightning was a principal 'probable cause" of the crash. The agency also faulted crew training for handling wind shears, or sudden changes of wind direction, and the lack of "definitive" weather information as contributing reasons for the accident.

Delta, based in Atlanta-, called the board's findings "incomplete, inaccurate and most painfully flawed." Hollis Harris, senior vice president for operations, said "Delta categorically rejects in great part the board's views of this tragic accident. We are convinced the flight crew operated the aircraft in full with all the appropriate recommended Delta and Federal Aviation Administration procedures and regulations." Bill Melvin, an Air Line Pilots Association official and a Delta pilot, said he was disappointed that the board "hasn't recognized the real reason that these guys got trapped a multiple microburst. They thought they were flying into a condition that thousands of guys have flown into." Deaths and funerals STREICH for Churlie M. Sireich, 75. Haytovvn will be held ol 10 a.m.

I'liursday ai Navarre's Paul U. Lee I imeral Chapel with Ihe Rev. Charles 1'iobst The family will receive jroin 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday ai Navarre's Paul U. Lee I-'uneral Home.

Sireich died Tuesday in a Baytown hospital. He was a resident of Ifayiown 48 years and a reiired hoilcrmoker Humble Oil inj; now Exxon Co. U.S.A. He was a member Si. Paul's Lutheran He is survived by his wife, Maggie Sireich of Baytown; his daughter and "son-in-law, Sylvia and Waller Smith Dallas; his brother, Herbert Sireich of Baytown; his sister, Lois Gamke of Brenham; his grandchildren.

Warren Todd Smith, Charles Blake, Devry Smith, Walter Scon and Brenda Smith; his great- grandchild, Trevor Balin Smith; and several nieces and nephews. Burial will be at San Jacinto Nfemorial Park. Services are under the direction of Navarre's Paul U. Lee Funeral LARSH Services Robert "Bob" Larsh, 60, of Baytown will be held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at Earlhman Funeral Chapel with the Rev.

Fred Sneed Larsh died Monday in his home. He was a member of Veterans l-oreign Wars Posi No. 912. He is survived by his wife, Nettie Lursh of Baytown; two sons, Mark Larsh and Michael Larsh, both of Greeenville, Ohio; two daughters, Rhonda Peeples of Gettysburg, Ohio; and Jean Wernick of Iowa; his mother, L. Richmond of Indiana; Ihree stepsons, Henry Rossow Jr.

of Liberty, Walter Rossow of Baytown and Eddie Rossow of Highlands; one stepdaughter, Marie Ellerbe of Houston; two brothers, Harvey Larsh of Richmond, and Bill Larslt of Eaton, Ohio; two sisters, Irene Raper of Richmond, and Carol Thomas of Liberty, Ohio; 15 grandchildren; eight great- grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Burial will be held at 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Houston National Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Earthman Funeral Home. $740 million for the Houston center.

"The numbers that were provided me by the management at JSC were sound," said Andrews. "They are worst case projections. They are based on the information that we have now." Andrews said his congressional subcommittee asked NASA for an assessment of the impact of the space station changes, but noted, "our committee has not gotten any information from NASA. None." He said Rep. Bill Nelson, D- chairman of the subcommittee, presented Fletcher with a letter urging the NASA administrator to make no changes in the space station contracts until congress has evaluated the plan.

Andrews said Fletcher agreed to not implement any plan until congress was consulted. Gramm, however, said he was told by Fletcher that "both centers (Marshall and Johnson) will experience substantial growth." "There will be at least 2,000 new jobs in Houston," said the senator. "Houston will continue to be operations control center for shuttle and space Houston may actually get more jobs than Huntsville." DR. J.C. TANENBAUM Podiatrist-Foot Specialist is proud to announce the opening of his new Baytown office for the treatment and correction of medical and surgical foot disorders.

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