Abilene Reporter-News from Abilene, Texas • 6

6A Abilene Reporter-News Monday April 6 1992 I News Big Country Profile Good Morning! From ARN wire service! Reunion Continued from 1 A right is satisfying enough for A recent snapshot shows that even in her 60s Martha Jean- Rev Shuller reaches Russia GARDEN GROVE Calif Television viewers in the new Commonwealth of Independent States can now watch the Rev Robert of ministry show He is the first minister to broadcast on the Ostankino network formerly the Soviet state network The show was to be broadcast for the first time Sunday to the loose federation of 12 of the 15 former Soviet republics Frustrated cops donate free time to crime busting OSLO Norway Smart crooks stayed home this weekend Thousands of frustrated police and sheriffs officers spent their off-duty holirs busting criminals for free hoping their nationwide volunteer effort will shame lawmakers into spending more on law enforcement Police complain that state funding has not kept pace with the Norwegian crime rate especially in cities Jo Barnett Merkel Age: 71 Family: Widow of Vincent Barnett My Bon Finley and his wife Christie have two daughters Michelle and Mandy Place of birth: Eolian in Stephens County Occupation: Retired Bchool teacher I how work in the SUN Water Supply Corp office What is the most rewarding aspect of your job? As I recall my 80 years in teaching I marvel at the interesting company I kept Every day I worked with potential educators doctors ministers farmers politicians journalists parents and more Today one of my greatest joys is to learn that one of my former students is doing well and has become an asset to society 1 What's the best thing you can tell people about living in your community? Living in Merkel is like living in an extended family When joys come everyone is happy with you In the same manner everyone shares in your sorrows and is always ready to help What one moment in your life would you relive either to change the outcome or just to remember it? The joy of becoming a mother Was an which is unexplainable When our son was brought to me in the hospital I thought he was the most beautifiil baby I bad ever seen Becoming the grandmother of two beautiful granddaughters was an equal jqy What is the best ad vice ever received? My mother was a pint-size package of energy and intelligence but most of all she was 100 percent a lady That was her advice to me always be a lady Who is the most famous person you've ever met? Many years ago I met Lyndon Johnson I believe it was at a political rally which I attended with my parents The most recent person of renown whom I have met is artist Kenneth Wyatt He impressed me with his talent and his vision -daughter Linda a Phoenix resident 1899 and 1949 he traveled up and down Texas get-tins Hrle and nlrimr Said Plunder find a family in financial trouble and say Til take the kids far a but the kids would be adopted out by the time the fanriliw cams for Plunder noting that while records indicate Nicholas regularly employed unethical methods to meet demand it appear many children were taken in the manner Barney and Angeline we Barney said I took a liking to him and made' arrangements for the boy to work at her 100-acre ranch leaving behind in Abilene a frightened and tearful Angeline Several months later Barney ran away and hitchhiked first to Haskell and then Cleburne where he found his mother She had received no word about him or Angeline since since the day they vanished Later research at the orphanage produced no record that Angeline had ever been there Barney and his mother who died in 1985 eventually moved to Odessa and chased down what leads they could Meanwhile Angelina grew up in Cross Plains as Martha Jean Smith Paul Smith said he was unable to determine what arrangements his mother who had three sons but always longed for a daughter had made to get Angeline The state investigated and closed child welfare agency in 1949 after his death according to records Plunder located Records of the children who had gone through the agency have never been found and Plunder suspects they were destroyed by workers For Patrick the reunion brings back memories of a cross-country automobile trip through West Texas that she and several Rainbow Acres residents made several years ago Staring wistfully out the window much of the time Martha Jean-Angeline at one point said I had a family herev Someday like to find Patrick recalled now die SOUTOK 2104 Dw Of WWa SfflHi Pubtahsn IncnNbrid Almanac Book of Wbrid WOr BUon Books Co 1981 Today in history One hundred years ago on April 6 1892 author journalist and world traveler Lowell Thomas who introduced the world to the exploits of British officer TE Lawrence of was bora in Wood-ington Ohio In 1917 75 years ago Congress approved a declaration of war against Germany One year ago: Iraq reluctantly agreed to accept United Nations conditions for ending the Persian Gulf War Thought for today: the age of eighty everything reminds you of something Lowell Thomas (1892-1981) Around the state Favorites i-i i rood: oouOTOm moo cnicxvn Movie: 8ound of Music Actor Nick Node ooomwo iiwn wawewe Actress: SaNy Field Comic strip: Sally Forth Vacation spot: Kentucky How Great Thou Art TV show: Jeopardy Four injured in refinery fire TEXAS CITY Three Amoco refinery workers and a passerby were injured when a refinery pipeline fire began meanwhile firefighters battled a second blaze at a chemical plant Flames erupted at Amoco Oil Texas City refinery shortly after 6 pm Four people were taken to be treated for burns and related injuries Video cameras latest tool to curb bus violence BEAUMONT East Texas school bus drivers say new video cameras on board are helping keep students in line but they are pleading for more aid in dealing with bus violence Gail Jefferson a driver with the district for 21 years pleaded with the board to take immediate action on enforcing discipline for students who consistently cause problems on the buses Students study physics of fun at Astroworid HOUSTON Nearly 2000 high school students from Texas and Louisiana have gathered to study the physics of fun at Astro World theme park The teens studied park rides using instruments such as vertical accelerometers calculators and a washer knotted on a long string which shows the effects of centrifugal force Senate's mental health panel begins writing reforms SAN ANTONIO A state Senate investigating panel has begun writing a package of proposals that would impose criminal sanctions and fines on abusive private mental hospitals Lt Gov Bob Bullock created the panel to investigate allegations of abuse insurance fraud and other problems in the private mental health industry (If you or someone you know would like to be considered for Big Country Profile write for a gueadonnake: Reporter-News PO Box 30 Abilene 79004) Around the nation in her adopted scrapbook is such a sweet person but had always assumed her mother care for her and had decided to give her said Rainbow Acres official Roberta Patrick adding that Martha Jean-Angeline has only a mild retardation disability always felt badly that her mother' didn't love her so been wonderful for her to find out that wasn't true" Barney Dewev a naintinsr m-tractor and Assembly of God minister said he has learned a lot about waiting patiently for miracles since the long-ago day his family was torn apart In the waning years of the Great Depression Barney and Angelina lived happily if frugally with their mother Lucy who worked in a laundry Barney helped out ky pumping gas at the local station and recalls that Angelina used to follow him around a little But one day authorities temporarily took mother into custody for reasons she was never told Barney said Soon the welfare worker and a Baptist minister known as arrived aft the gas station to tell tiw children their mother was ill and they were to come with him to his home in Abilene for a spell It was the first of many lies that Barney and others believe WA Nicholas director of the West Texas Aid Welfare Association told in his effort to add Barney and Angelina to the list of his adoption estimated 1000 successful placements Rev Nicholas was quite a said Virgil Plunder founder of the National Locator an internationally known Florida-based adoption search group -hired last year by Walton Continued from 1A Wholesale Club warehouse stores was a lot more business in those towns than people ever Walton once said The reputation far low prices and good service Btole business from rival retailers in Archer Continued from 1 A this town of 1800 Still everybody at Harmony knows Archer City will remain known first and foremost as the home of Larry McMurtry and all his colorful characters from The Last Picture Show In fact when Richard and I stumbled into Archer public library that afternoon we found some women flipping through photographic salute to the making of the movie They were reminiscing about the film visit there Gathered they had little affection for Cybill Shepherd glamorous star of both 'The Last Picture and They suggested in so many words that the actress was pretty full of herself Which is what Weather Boromotor Humidity at LOCAL MR (CAST Tadsy nwafty cloudy wllti i avoided most interviews and kept the common touch He occasionally drove his pickup from his home outside the little Ozark Mountain town of Bentonville to the town square to shop for groceries and get haircuts i When Walton was diagnosed with multiple myeloma a form of bone cancer he sent a memo to all the stores saying he want employees he Mr In fort many residents work in nearby Wichita Falls but make their homes in Archer City because so terribly peaceful -and spread out In fort if you chat with other folks in town see how relaxed it is Not for from the library the old men still gather at the gas station If you stop in their combined know-how and hospitality threaten to malm it the most obliging full service filling station you'll find anywhere in Texas And if you need anything still extend friendship in the form of some good-natured story-telling At least how it looked to me Not surprisingly plenty of folks availing themselves of nearby hunting leases or seeking quiet out-of-the-way country settings take advantage of the wonderfully redone Spur Hotel downtown Again a laid-back kind of place as proprietor Abby Abernathy informed me He says owners named the Protesters occupy UN mission in New York NEW YORK Five demonstrators took over the Iranian Miinn to the United Nations for two hours Sunday holding three employees hostage in protest of attack on a rebel base in Iraq Two of the hostages were freed almost immediately The third was released when the unarmed protesters surrendered peacefully after 3:30 pm Agreement to allow more US paper sales in Japan WASHINGTON US and Japanese negotiators reached agreement on removing barriers that have blocked sales of foreign paper products in the Japanese market UJS Trade Representative Carla Hills said it would widen sales by American companies of paper end Sperboard products in a huge Japanese market estimated to total 7 billion annually Noriega to remain in custody MIAMI Guilty or innocent Manuel Noriega is likely to remain in custody for the foreseeable future on additional charges ranging from marijuana smuggling in the United States to murder in Panama Jurors in his drug and racketeering indictment were to resume deliberations today Siberian family links up with Nebraska kin DORCHESTER Neb A photograph and the breakup of the Soviet Union have made it possible for a Siberian family to contact their long-lost cousins who emigrated to Nebraska in 1904 The family plans a reunion this month when Phil Weber a farmer and county commissioner travels to Siberia to meet his cousins Caterpillar's ultimatum nears showdown at factory gates PEORIA 111 The United Auto Workers implored 13000 striking union members not to bow to Caterpillar ultimatum to return to work or face losing their jobs A weekend of soul-searching by striking workers ends today when the company opens its gates to members willing to work under terms of the final offer Recreation: Reading and shopping Other Texas town: 8an Antonio called them to hear it from someone else In 1988 Walton tinned over day-to-day operations and the title of chief executive officer to Wal-Mart President David Glass Walton remained chairman have lost a Glass said his family meant more to Sam Walton than his beloved place simply because have room to put up Now simple down-to-earth logic I can understand Any boys placed at Harmony Family new facility in Archer City sure ought to be able to get in touch with their inner feelings True they might wind up inspiring some character in a Limy McMurtry novel But for the most part Archer City promises to be a peaceful place for them My favorite description of this lights-out-at-9 kind of town comes from funeral director Mike Aulds During a chat with Harmony executive director Doug Worthington Mike remarked that when you look out your window and see a light on at night in this town you know been a death Doug said chuckling guess if you can see a light on in town you know you're not of rain wanner 50775-5383 5080 50S80 cluding Kmart and Sears Last month Walton received the Presidential Medal of Freedom the highest civilian honor from President Bush Bush on Sunday reiterated his March 17 praise of Walton Walton was an American original who embodied the entrepreneurial spirit and epitomized the American he said In his private life Walton expect I guess Even so this prompted me to wonder if there was i all positive about I from' one of them said guess got that going for Fair enough Seems to me folks have a love-hate relationship with movies made from Mr novels At one point during my travels around town I asked somebody if the depiction of quietly desperate characters and dying rural values and reckless partying bothered anybody one person replied as if I should know better is a First Baptist kind of At another point I asked if such rowdy images of Archer City were true toe said strip down and party or they go to Wichita Well maybe And maybe not As expect city fathers say life really that wild at least not for most folks living in pms ft nr Around the world Dissidents storm Iranian missions to protest air raid BONN Germany Hundreds of Iranian diaaiHantj stormed embassies and consulates throughout Europe anil North America to protest the bombing of an Iranian rebel base in Iraq There were widespread injuries and arrests and damage was extensive to embassy buildings including several set afire Protesters attacked Iranian missions in Germany France Britain Switzerland Holland Sweden Norway and Canada hours after air raid No comment on report of Mandela split JOHANNESBURG South Africa A London newspaper reported that Nelson and Winnie Mandela plan to separate over new allegations about Mrs activities while her husband was in jail The Sunday Times of London reported that the 34-year marriage was over There was no comment from the Mndala Guerrilla leader withdraws support for UN peace plan ISLAMABAD Pakistan The leader of the most radical Afghan rebel faction withdrew support for the UN plan to end Afghani 1 13-year-old civil war Leader of the fundamentalist Hezb-e-Is- lami withdrew support because he accuses United Nations special envoy Benon Sevan of propping up the Afghan government Sealed papers of James Joyce released DUBLIN Ireland A treasure-trove for James Joyce scholars opened when the National Library made public a collection of letters and papers retrieved by a friend from Nazi-occupied Paris The archive which includes correspondence with T8 Eliot Ezra lound and Henri is a addition to our knowledge" ncn 5-Day orecat Friday: Ur and coder Today: 20 chinos Tomorrow: lair and at riri I -t.