Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 15

UB3fsKmexJF-r Tests Slated Quarantine Expansion ti I By KSIX-TV CORPUS CHRISTI TEXAS TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 29 1996 SECTION Days Ti A dfi Aransas Tia Jrier In Few KSIX-TV may begin telecasting cm Channel 10 by the first of next week v-rmay- president said last night are building rapidly possible and1 hope to begin tests within a few days" He was reluctant to make any definite statement on dates Telephone inquiries at the station earlier in the dny brought statements that KSIX-TV hoped to Is Lost To Flossy Requested A request for expanded quarantine facilities at the Port of Corpus Christ! has been submitted to the Department of Public Health and Welfare James Kenney chairman of the Chamber of Commerce Navigation and Foreign Trade Comp mittee and Port Traffic director told the committee that shipping is often delayed here for lack of an official inspector on rats aboard ship The local Immigration Service hai been reduced from 10 to two men but these men have been handling cases of stowaways deportees and detainees adequately committee members said Kenny also reported on the new Texas International Trade Association and said that group has completed organization and elected provisional officers among who Kenny is treasurer A membership meeting will be held in Galveston in November Kenny said More than 100 feet of South Pier at Pbrt Aransas was washed away by high water early yesterday Bob Foster pier manager said last night The of the 900-foot pier gave way at'6 pm Sunday during the height of rolling breakers which cleared the beaches Hurricane Flossy although hundreds of miles northwest was blamed for the high water Foster said after the washed away breakers little-by-little ate away near ly 100 feet of the pier at the end He said more than a dozen 30 foot pilings will have to be replaced County workers spent the day yesterday recovering scraps of wood along the beach The pier is county-owned Foster said he could not estimate the amount of damage but indicated work would begin immediately to repair the damage Nearly 800 feet of the pier is still open and can he used safely by fishermen CITY TO HEAR ZONING CASES SUNK1ST HOLDUP SOLVED be on the air the end of the month" (Sunday) Kennedy announced that KSK- CBS programs now are carried here by KVDO-TV Temporary studios will be at the atation's 128000-volt transmit-tr site Just east of Robstown KSIX-TV plans to build a permanent high transmitter tower later but plana for it have not been announced request for second apartment zon- ing on two lots at the southwest comer of Seventh and Elizabeth Ross request for secondary business zoning at the southeast comer of Lexington and Weber Those recommended for denial indude: Cecil Burney and Frank Cech's request for light industrial zoning on a 98 acre tract west of Rose Hill Cemetery Applebaum Low-man and A Bratton's request for light industrial zoning on 278 acres fronting 910 feet on Weber near Lexington Louie Porter's request for neighborhood business on the west half of a lot at 1524 Coleman Mrs Laura request for two family dwelling zoning on a lot on Santa Fe immediately south of Lamar Park A Villa application for neighborhood business at 623-27 Van Cl eve 35 Charges Name Second Man In Robbery of $4800 Absentee Voting Begins On Bonds Leash Law MEXICO FETE TwoFrom Here Due Honors Dick Ingram of the Chamber of Commerce and Deputy Sheriff Bill Potter will leave today for Mexico Gty where they will be honored at a university reception Friday Potter and Ingram convention manager for the chamber will ha given a reception by the student body of the University of Mexico The invitation was issued here by a group of students visiting Corpus Christi last week under the auspices of the chamber Ingram said yesterday he will apeak to the students on the at tractions of this area and show the Coastal Bend Tourist Association film He srill be in Mexico Gty and Monterrey on chamber business through Monday While in the Mexican capitol he will be given a plaque by the Mexican Aero Gub for his activities promoting private aviation in that country and this Potter will return to Corpus Christi by air Friday evening He was invited because of the assistance he gave Ingram and the tourists in their sight-seeing activities while the group was here Aged Invalid Tries Suicide An 81-yea r-oki invalid was In fair condition at Spohn Hospital yesterday suffering from shock and an earlier injury after she attempted to take her own life Detectivei said the woman attempted to end her life with a 32 caliber pistol She missed both times The woman waa bedridden at her home on Ralston She had broken her hip and was released from Spohn Hospital late last week Authorities said the woman was despondent over her health Alex Weil Reported Doing Well at Spohn Alex Weil Sr 350 Grant who was Injured Sept 13 in a traffic accident on Chiparral wu reported getting along very well yesterday at Spohn Hospital He is expected to be released from the hospital in about a week Receipts taken totaled between 33600 and 33800 in cash and the balance In checks All the checks were torn In small pieces and thrown out a car window Black-well said None of the money wu recovered An investigation disclosed all the money waa spent before tha arrest of Benavides and Stewart Blackwell said Detectives IL Handley and Deapain worked on the case soon after the robbery wu com PAPA CAN DO WHAT AUTOS WOULD NOT Two little 6-yearold boys seen darting in and out of Shoreline traffic were questioned about their actions Detective Wilson of the Crime Prevention Bureau said each of the boys had a large ball of clay "We were Just trying to put these in the Street so a car would run over them and squash the balls flat" they said Wilson said he told them to stop because they might get hurt and then took them home "I noticed each of the boys put the clay in his hip pocket and after what their fathers said when I fold them what the boys were doing I'm sure they got their clay Wilson said from 8 a to 5 daily through next Tuesday with the exception of Sunday when City Hall will be closed Today's voting will start Just as soon as ballots are delivered from the San Antonio printers Only property owners can vote on the bond proposals but poll tax holders can vote on the dog leash law proposal and airport land lease proposition Kring said Btmd proposals Include J31 mil lion for development of a new airport near Garkwood 34430-000 for freeway right-of-way purchase 31290000 for street and storm sewer improvements 3150000 for bayfront and South Beach developments 3395000 for Memorial Coliseum air conditioning nnd 3385000 for Oso Bay sewage disposal The proposed leash law would prevent dogs from running at large and the lease proposal would allow construction of hangars by private interests on 40 acres at the airport Corpus Christi Bank and Trust Co would act as trustee and lessee Ring Watch Theft Charges Name Two Jessie Lee Polk and Charles Mallard were charged yesterday in Justice of the Peace A Gilleland's Court with' felony theft Sept 8 of a wristwatch and three diamond rings from Charles Pruitt WITH YOUR GIFT CARD 150 PER DAY Help faster for Shivers Granls Pardons To 3 Revokes 3 More TAX ROLLS REVIEWED A second suspect wu charged yesterday in connection with the Jan 21 armed robbery of Sunkist Food Store at 3302 South Port Two gunmen fled with 34800 during the holdup Late last week Frank Benavides 28 of Houston wu charged with file robbery Ronny Lee Stewart 19 of Houston was charged yesterday Detectives Gaude Blackwell and Hal Green said Blackwell said late last night statements have been taken from suspects In the case The robbery wu one of the city'a biggest Nick Ports Sunkist manager who waa robbed ilentlfied a picture of Benavides last week Benavides wu brought here and charged late last week He was returned to Houston last night by the ume two detectives who brought Stewart also Identified by Pori through a picture here to face charges Benavides is due to go before a Judge Wednesday in Houston for a preliminary hearing in another robbery case $25 Fine for Assault Albert Cecil Llewallen 5309 WO-llama pleaded guilty yesterday afternoon before Judge Philip Schraub in County Court at Law No 2 to aggravated assault charges and wu fined 325 and court coats ILooCx A public hearing will be held by the City Cotincil at 2 pm today on eight requests for zoning changes' Five of the requests have been recommended for denial by the Zoning and Planning Commission and three have been recommended for approval Those recommended for approval include: John Thomason's request for neighborhood business for 150 feet of frontage on South Alameda Just north of Doddridge South Bluff Methodist Lad Injured In Ship Fall Dies A 13-year-old apprentice deck officer aboard the Dutch ship Averdyk died at 3:55 am Sunday as a result of a fall aboard ship last week Harm Pieter Heckman was injured last Thursday at 8 pm when he feu through a hatch and dropped 35 feet on a load of steel in die ship's hold The youth was taken to a hospital when the ship docked at the Port of Corpus Christ! early Friday He suffered a fractured leg and possible internal Injuries The ship owned by Holland American Lines left Saturday for Brownsville after picking up a load of cotton and discharging its cargo of steel Funeral services wfll be held at 11 am tomorrow at SL Evangelistic and Reform Church with the Rev Edward A Mayer officiating Glfford-Jackson Funeral Home will send the body to Groenediik Holland for burial Official at Red Cross Training at Chicago Mrs Ferguson home service director for the Red Cross here is in Chicago this week attending a disaster case work training course Next week Mrs Ferguson will he in St Louis at a home service conference Dr Jean Richardson Board Members Give Tax Suit Depositions mitted Handley and Despain worked several (utile leads which took them to Mexico twice Blackwell working with detective A A Rios but year mad arrests clearing the 36000 Hendricks Food Store robbery the city's largest armed robbery Blackwell filed charges against the two men They were accepted by Assistant District Atty George Shaffer and filed In the court of Justice of the Peace A Giile-land 10 cases of cattle theft to Bee County Tinse whose pardons were revoked an: Francisco Gonzales Tello sentenced to three years Feb 17 1955 from Hidalgo County for forgery and passing a forgery and pardoned Dec 13 1935 Bobby Ray Ely sentenced to five years Feb 10 1965 from Nueces County for robbery by assault and two cates of burglary and pardoned April 6 1956 Trinidad Mendez' Garza sentenced to 10 years Feb 17 1954 from Hidalgo County for burglary and pardoned June 1 1956 tor COTTON SHIRYS FOR HOSPITAL PATIENTS those weary hours pass for someone In the hospital Order a portable TV set his room to show you're thinking of him Absentee voting in the city's 89815000 bond issue election will get underway today at City Hall The election will be Oct 6 City Secretary Ray Kring said voting machines will be set up in the reception room on the third floor Balloting win begin no later than noon he said The absentee ballots also win be cast on a proposed long-term lease of land at the new airport site and on a proposed dog leash law Absentee ballots can be cast filed by Hennessey for a temporary injunction against the boards Hennessey Is asking that the boards be prevented from raising taxes on his property by allegedly placing a value out of reason on it The depositions be- Ing taken from board members can be used as testimony in the hearing Tax rolls are atm being prepared but Gty Tax Collector Grevelle said a total might be obtained this week for board consideration Board member Gregory Moore said yesterday that some of the roll was checked in the meeting $500000 Damages Asked in Wreck Suit Mrs Furnace yesterday filed a 3-100000 damage suit against Kaffie Lumber and Bulk Baritiei Inc and a truck driver for the company Edward Cum-pain The suit filed in 28th District Court seeks damages for an autotruck accident which resulted in the death of Furnace near Port Lavaca Sept 1 DE LUXE TRIP TO MEXICO CITY FOR TWO PEOPLE $31800 Nine days and eight nights in romantic Mexico Includes round trip from border by air first class hotel sightseeing trips auto tour to Taxco and Acapulco and all meals outside Mexico City A small trash fire was out before firemen arrived at the scene at 321 Hiawatha early yesterday Firemen said children playing a mejnber of the home service with matches under the house ig-committee here will also attend Jni ted trash There wu no dam-thli St Louis meeting age Gov Allan Shivers yesterday in Austin granted conditional pardons to three South Texans and revoked those of three others Granted pardons were: Bolt serving a five-year sentence from San Patricio County and five others for forgery and passing forgeries to Mason County Luis Perez serving a 19-year sentence from Willacy County for incest to the Immigration Service Oren Prewctt serving a 15-year senrace from several coun ties for three cases of theft and 298 ORDER AT DESK: Spoke Memorial or Carpus Christi Osteopathia Hnpltals or Themas-Speee Clints Far Heme laetols call TU4-25I2 Resident For 60 Years Dies Members of the combined city and achool Boards of Equalization met at City Hall yesterday to review current preparation of tax rolls and to provide attorneys with depositions in a tax suit The depositions are connected with the 28th District Court suit Testimony To Resume In DWI Trial Testimony will continue this morning in the driving while intoxicated Jury trial of Eminit Beck 1849 Hawthorne in Judge Horace County Court at Law No Juror in the case are Wilbur Bunselmeyer Miner Miller Edgar Kinkel Wallace and Louise Ashley Children Set Fire of County Mrs Clarence Yarbrough of Corpus Christi one sister Mrs Lily Cude of Houston and seven grandchildren Funeral services will be at 2 pm tomorrow at Cage-Mills Funeral Home Burial will be in Seaside Memorial Park 1 btn Fir 12 MUs Its NIGHTI 2950 a 4950 LATE! Si Arthur Thomas Pearse 76 a resident of Nueces County for 60 years died at 1:50 pm yesterday In a local hospital Pearse formerly fanned on the Chapman Ranch Road but had lived on Rodd Field Road many years He waa born In England and came to Corpus Christi in 1895 from Brenham Survivors are his wife Mrs! 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