Sun Herald from Biloxi, Mississippi • 17

rn ieSittvI Ikrm J) SECTIONS FRIDAY JAN 8 1988 i CLASSIFIED ADS C-3 CROSSWORDS C-5 BLOOM COUNTY C-7 JUMBLE PUZZLE C-9 ra I Most supervisors charged in probe listed in Hall of Fame If supervisors want to put names off business cJ -lV S' ss '4 vC' 7' sT gram and nothing else good Lord said he can forgive us so hope that we could try to If our children make a mistake mid we disown them I think that as an association we can get on with business after dealt with the Ethridge said Assistant US Attorney Don Burk-halter who helped prosecute supervisors since the first Pretense indictments were made public last February said the Hall of Fame be considered an honor because people paid to get in supervisors want to put names of convicted felons up then their he said hung in the Hall of Fame room At least one vendor involved in the Pretense scandal donated to the project Consolidated Culvert and Supply Co in Pearl and owner Jesse Smith who pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years in jail and a $10000 fine for paying kickbacks to a Green County supervisor contributed at least $250 toward the building program The name is included on the honorary plaque and was included in an advertisement in the dedication ceremony program Association President Ikie Ethridge of Lauderdale County said names on the plaques represent a support of the building pro Editorial A-8 Supervisor reindicted C-3 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JACKSON Most of the 50 Mississippi county supervisors charged so far in connection with Operation Pretense the undercover investigation of county corruption will be included in the Mississippi Association of new Hall of Fame They paid at least $100 each to be in the Hall of Fame association officials said Mahogany and brass plaques to be hung next week at the new headquarters in Jackson will in clude the names of 27 of the supervisors charged in the probe affect their being on the plaques because they paid their money contributed like everyone else long before Pretense ever Association Manager Judy Morton said Eighty-two plaques one for each Mississippi county will be displayed in the board meeting room at the $500000 building The plaques constituting the Hall of Fame were to be unveiled when the building was dedicated Tuesday but they finished and will be hung without fanfare next week Morton said The plaques will include the names Assistant US attorney 'yx'Sf a A 'as'x 1 1 5 Hi i offices held and terms of office of any county official past or present who donated $100 or more to the building fund Almost $300000 has been contributed toward the building plaques will show when they Proposed GUD takeover may increase rates By CHRIS VINSONHALER JACKSON COUNTY BUREAU GAUTIER Higher utility bills may be in store for residents outside the dty if proposed takeover of the troubled Gautier Utility District goes through despite assurances to the contrary by the Gautier City Council When the City Council voted to begin a takeover of the independent utility Tuesday councilman Gordon Ellingson said the Fanners Home Administration loan would not allow the utility to charge residents outside the dty higher rates than dty residents pay The $20 million loan is to build a water and sewerage system But Farmers Home Administration state director John Arthur said Thurs v'V As V- "i 'fffc vr- i sj A s'sv took office and when they went out without any Morton said Vendors and businesses contributing to the construction project are included on a separate plaque also PAT SULUVAN plan for the property filtered into the Dubuisson community The Permit Board approved the permit after a public hearing and despite opposition from residents and dty councils boards of supervisors and community groups across the Coast Waste Management has a contract with the Harrison County Solid Waste Management District to collect garbage in Biloxi Gulfport Long Beach and unincorporated Harrison County Under the terms of the contract the waste disposal giant is required to develop a landfill in Harrison County Joseph murder case to go to grand jury Hot wheels A Biloxi firefighter hoses down a blazing car Thursday afternoon near US 90 and Porter Avenue in Biloxi TWo women escaped injury when the car caught fire while one of them was adding oil to the engine Phyllis Ranson of Biloxi driver of the car told authorities some of the oil spilled onto the manifold Fire officials speculate there was a gasoline leak around the carburetor The engine was destroyed i I i i i Work begins on Harrison County landfill day there are no guarantees that existing loan agreements be changed if the dty takes over A takeover would require renegotiation of loan agreements is possible to have different rate structures inside and outside the Arthur said "Every transfer we pick up is different have to see the proposal before we could The role of the FmHA Arthur said would be to ensure that any negotiation made is equitable have regulations we go by We would get back to both parties Gautier and the he said When asked Thursday about his Please see GUD C-3 himself in Police upgraded the charge to murder after his wife died At the condusion of the hearing Chevis ruled that there is probable cause to believe a crime was committed and that Joseph probably committed it a routine ruling when a defendant is bound over to a grand jury attorney Jim Rose of Gulfport had asked Chevis to close the hearing to the public and the news media Under an agreement reached earlier Thursday among attorneys for the dty Joseph and The Sun Herald the news media was allowed to attend the hearing but agreed not to publish details about testimony If Joseph is indicted by the grand jury and goes to trial the pre-trial testimony may be published: When a jury is selected and sequestered if it is sequestered or When the trial is over and the jury begins deliberations if it is not sequestered done I think that any problem always a bunch of people who want to mother Dome Singley of Hancock County hid the child in August when custody was granted to Foxworth accused by Singley of sexually abusing Chrissy Foxworth denies the accusations Singley died Oct 14 in New Orleans of a stroke Douglass brought Chrissy back from California on Dec 17 after the child surfaced there Dec 11 Marion County Chancery Judge Sebe Dale Jr awarded legal custody of Chrissy to her father on Dec 31 with day-to-day care and mothering going to mother Brogna cannot be certain whether Judge Weinstein will accept her con- tempt motion or if accepted whether it would have any effect in Mississippi somewhat of an academic she said think it has real Please see LAWeR C-3 Lawyer who turned Chrissy in wants court order enforced By NAN PATTON EHRBRIGHT HANCOCK COUNTY BUREAU WAVE LAND A grand jury will decide whether to indict a Harrison County attorney accused of killing his estranged wife three days before Christmas Melbourne Joseph 40 of 709 Palmetto Cove north of Pass Christian exhibited little emotion during a 2V6-hour preliminary hearing held Thursday before John Chevis Jr who is dty attorney for Bay St Louis and Waveland wife Diana 32 died in surgery on Dec 22 several hours after she was injured in a car crash near her apartment in Bay St Louis Joseph is accused of ramming her Dodge Colt with his Oldsmobile Tor-onado knocking her car through an intersection and into a telephone pole Joseph accused of leaving the scene was being sought on an aggravated assault charge when he turned If known then what I H7' f-vx 's nowiU wouUnJ hqveV'o turned Chrissy Sheila Brogna "V' Douglass in contempt for not complying with its five-part order which included requirements that Foxworth have no contact with Chrissy until the Marion County final ruling and that Chrissy have a physical and psychological evaluation and if necessary treatment my position that all five of them have been Brogna said But Douglass said Thursday: requirement were fulfilled Everything that was asked to be done was can be held on the appeal Ben Stone attorney for Waste Management said he see any legal grounds for the judge to stop the work and expects session to be brief So far Waste Management has done initial clearing on die property and has begun installing water and methane gas monitoring wells Paul Corpstein regional landfill manager said that if crews interrupted the site can be ready for the garbage in three months The committee formed in December 1986 after news of Waste Man Mike Moore fully considered by the committees and membership of the Dye said Dye said the state should look to the future and not be satisfied with past success State government is filled with strong young leadership to help the state move ahead he said Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Noble Lee offered the oath of office to Dye newly elected Attorney General Mike Moore of Pascagoula Secretary of State Dick Molpus Commissioner of Insurance George Dale Agriculture Commissioner Jim Buck Ross incoming state Treasuier Marshall Bennett and newly elected state Auditor Pete Johnson opponents continue their fight By GEORGE LAMMONS STAFF WRITER Waste Management has started work on its 70-acre landfill in western llarrison County but opponents of the project are continuing their fight After failing to persuade the state Natural Resources Permit Board to keep the dump out of Dubuisson the Stop the Dump committee is trying its hick in Harrison County Chancery Dye vows to work with Mabus Officials sworn in By TERRY CASSREINO CAPITOL BUREAU JACKSON Lt Gov Brad Dye sworn in for a third term Thursday before a joint legislative session pledged to work with Gov -elect Ray Mabus those who have persisted in feeling that there is some type of rift between the lieutenant governor and Gov -elect Mabus I want to clear the Dye said not only consider the governor-elect as a professional friend but I also consider hirri to be a personal he said is going to be a great leader for the state of Mabus who attended the brief swearing-in ceremony said afterward that he had always planned to work closely with Dye look forward to-working with him tJ move Mississippi said Mabus who will be sworn in as gov- Court today The committee contends the landfill which will be near their homes will pollute underground water foul the air attract rodents and other pests and diminish property values hoping that the scales of justice will tilt our way It has been one-sided so said Timothy Moran a member of the committee The group will take the first step in its appeal of the permit ruling today when its attorney Robert Smith of Gulfport asks Chancery Judge Mike Carr of Brookhaven to stop work on the dump until a hearing Brad Dye emor on Tuesday In his comments longtime politician Dye tried to lay to rest any notion that he would have a difficult time working with Mabus 39 who was elected on a promise to change the status quo Dye said he will make sure the Senate considers all of legislative programs which include proposals to raise teacher pay to the Southeastern average and reduce the number of state agencies from 135 to 15 "As president of the Senate I pledged to (Mabus) that I will do everything possible to see that his recommendations are speedily and care- By PATRICK PETERSON STAFF WRITER The California lawyer who brought 5-year-old Chrissy Foxworth out of hiding would like to see Marion County authorities held in contempt for not obeying court-ordered conditions for her return to Mississippi known then what I know now I have turned Chrissy said Sheila Brogna attorney for Legal Services for Children Inc in San Francisco Two weeks after return to Mississippi a Marion County judge put the child in the custody of her father and paternal grandmother Brogna represented Chrissy in California after the child was brought to her by a child protection group hiding Chrissy from her father Tun Fox-worth of Columbia who had been accused of sexually molesting her California Superior Court Judge Daniel Weinstein ordered return under conditions Brogna said were agreed to by Marion County District Attorney Richard Douglass Brogna ispreparing a motion that could lead the California court to hold I I amamm.