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Page 2A Records Digest State State representative found dead AUSTIN County officials planned to conduct an autopsy today on the body of state Rep. Larry Quincy Evans, a Houston Democrat found dead in his South Austin apartment. Evans was pronounced dead shortly after 3 p.m. Wednesday, said Austin Police Department spokesman Jerry Reed. "Preliminary investigation reveals no sign of foul play in connection with Mr.

Evans" death. However, homicide investigators ordered an autopsy to determine the cause of death," Reed said. House Speaker Gib Lewis announced Evans' death shortly after 5 p.m. Wednesday. The House had a silent prayer and recessed in memory of the lawmaker later Wednesday night.

The Dallas Times Herald reported today that the legislator was recorded as having voted during the day in the House, apparently after he was dead. Researcher says drownings un re ported COLLEGE STATION A Texas researcher says lawmakers have overlooked potentially dangerous situations in Texas coastal areas because drowning records were grossly underreported for eight years. Kenneth Saunders said Wednesday that records from Galveston and Nueces counties show there were 102 drownings between 1980 and 1988 that were not included in the Texas Department of Health's 405 recreation-related drownings reported during that time. "Due to a variation in the way drownings are recorded statewide and from county to county, state officials are not receiving a realistic picture of the dangers posed by Texas' coastal waters," said Saunders, an graduate student working for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Procter Gamble closing Dallas plant 70-year-old Procter Gamble plant in south Dallas will begin phasing out its production to close by mid-1992.

The closing of the soap-making plant will be a harsh blow to an area that's already struggling to hold onto jobs. "A corporation that's operated so long in a historically deprived area, deprived because of bank red-liningor alack of economic initiatives by the city, is a tremendous loss," said Jim Washington, owner of The Weekly, a community newspaper. "That plant is as significant to south Dallas as American Airlines is to the (Dallas-Fort Worth) Metroplex." Dallas agrees to pay attorneys $1.4 million DALLAS City Council members agreed Wednesday to pay $1.4 million to attorneys for plaintiffs in a successful redistricting lawsuit. Plaintiffs Marvin Crenshaw and Roy Williams had sought nearly $2 million, but had agreed to settle for the lesser amount. The agreement reversed Monday's rejection of the fee payment and set the stage for a Nov.

5 election approved by the U.S. Justice Department. Fourteen Dallas council members will be elected from single- member districts and the mayor will be chosen in citywide balloting. Large groups of killer bees discovered COLLEGE STATION Africanized honey bees have been found in surprisingly large numbers in northern Mexico, indicating that south Texas may be due for heavy swarming, a researcher tracking the bees says. A research project trapped more than 120 swarms in the Mexican state of Nuevo Leon last month, 60 of them within a 2 square- mile area, said Orley R.

Taylor. "The number of swarms moving through there is just enormous," Taylor said Wednesday. "We stopped counting at 120 swarms." National Hostage's sister confident of reiease CADIZ, Ky. Probably for the first time since her brother Terry Anderson was taken hostage six years ago, Peggy Say was confident he would be released. That's because the State Department, for the first time, was keeping her posted on developments, she said Wednesday night from her home.

Anderson, 43, chief Middle East correspondent for The Associated Press, was kidnapped in Lebanon by Shiite Muslim extremists on March 16,1985. He is the longest-held Western hostage in Lebanon. Five other Americans are being held. Reacting to the release early today of British journalist John McCarthy, Say said, "If there are no further releases today, 111 go to John. Child abuse case reported Police are investigating an abuse of a child which was said to have occurred Wednesday afternoon.

Police said a family member twisted a 3-year-old boy's arm until its bones broke about 2:30 p.m. in the 600 block of 7th Street NW. According to a hospital spokeswoman, the child was treated and released from McCuistion Regional Medical Center. CLARKSVILLE police recovered a 1990 Dodge Dynasty which had been stolen late Wednesday night from the 200 block of West Washington Street in Paris. Paris police indicated arrests had been made when the auto was recovered.

A LAMAR County road crew working in Precinct 3 found two mortar rounds had been mixed in with the materials to make a blacktop road surface when some of the machinery they were using struck the shells and knocked them out of the mix. Luckily, according to Lamar County Chief Deputy George Dollins, the rounds had been training rounds and did not have any explosives in them. Dollins said the rounds were apparently in the dirt which was being used. ANYONE WITH information about an unsolved felony crime is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 785-TIPS, day or night, and speak to the person on duty. Callers are not asked to give their names and calls are not recorded.

Crime Stoppers pays up to $1,000 cash for information leading to an arrest and grand jury indictment. The Paris News, Thursday, August 8, The Weather The Forecast PARIS AREA: Tonight, mostly fair. Low in the mid 70s. Light south wind. Friday, partly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of thunderstorms.

High in the upper 90s. Light south wind. NORTH TEXAS: Partly cloudy with widely scattered mostly evening thunderstorms tonight. Widely scattered to scattered thunderstorms Friday. Lows tonight 72 to 76.

Highs Friday 93 to 98. EXTENDED: Partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms. Lows in the lower to middle 70s. Highs in the lower to middle 90s. Friday, Aug.

9 forecast for daytime conditions and high temperatures COLO KAN. OKLA. I Paris ARK. Dallas Houston Local Weather Showers T-storms Rain Flurries Snow Ice Sunny Cloudy Weather Information for the 24-hour period ending at 8 a.m. Thursday, courtesy of observer Richard W.

Floyd: Wednesday's High 95 24-hour Low 75 Overnight low 75 At 8 a.m. Thursday 77 High Last Year 84 Low Last Year 65 Record High 105 in 1936 Record Low 60 In 1989 24-hour Rainfall Trace Total Rainfall to Date 34.72 To Date Last Year 44.45 Sunset Tonight 8:19 p.m Sunrise Tomorrow 6:47 a.m. OKLAHOMA: Turning noticeably cooler in most sections tonight and Friday. Scattered showers and thunderstorms statewide tonight and mainly in the southeast half on Friday. Lows tonight from the 60s northwest half to the mid 70s southeast.

Deaths Wright funeral Funeral services for Robert Quentin Wright of Lubbock were conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Central Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Cline Davis officiating. Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home made burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Bearers were Alan, Tim and Bill Rivers, David Yates, Skipper Steely and David Steely.

Mr. Wright died in Lubbock Aug. 2. Fryar funeral Funeral services for Jack R. Fryar of Powderly were conducted Wednesday in Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home Chapel with the Rey.

Bob Bush officiating. Burial was in Springhill Cemetery. Bearers were Jack Risinger, Gus Parks, Carl Pierce, Gerald Whitesides, Leonard RatliiT, and R.D. Bryan. Mr.

Fryar died at McCuistion Regional Medical Center Aug. 5. Sallie W. Lott Sallie W. Lott, 98, 2185 E.

Cherry, died Tuesday, Aug. 6, at St. Joseph's Hospital. Services will be held at 3 p.m. Monday, Aug.

12, in Bright- Holland Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Lane Park and the Rev. Tom Lane officiating. Burial will be in Meadowbrook Cemetery. Mrs.

Lott was born Oct. 23, 1892, in Tennessee, a daughter of William Butler and Sarah Butler. She married M.G. Lott Sr. in 1910.

He died in 1953. She was a member of the First Christian Church in Antlers, Okla. She was a retired dental assistant. Surviving are two sons, M.G. Lott Jr.

of Antlers and Thomas Jefferson Lott of Lawton, two daughters. Mary Evelyn Merritt of Paris and Lucille Greer of Lawton; two sisters, Daisy Walling of Gordonsville and Hazel Rose of Gainesville; two brothers, Woodrow Butler of Fort Worth and Gordon Butler of Howe; 10 grandchildren and a number of great- grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Lois Elizagbeth Fornear. Maness funeral Funeral services for Theron T. Maness 198-20th NE, were conducted Thursday in Bright- Holland Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev.

Terrell Hill officiating. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery with Masonci graveside rites. Bearers were George Williams, Jimmy Wrenn, Hub Martin, Aaron Hiller, Jimmy Smyers and Bill Soothe. Mr. Maness died Aug.

6 at St. Joseph's Hospital. Melba Mullens Leavey FARMERS BRANCH Melba Fay Mullens Leavey, 68, of Farmers Branch died Monday, Aug. 5. A wake will be held at 7 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 10, in the family home at Farmers Branch. Mrs. Leavey was born in Paris on Jan. 13, 1923.

She is survived by a brother, Robert Mullkens of Powderly; three sons, Benny Leavey of Euless, Michael Leavey of Farmers Branch and Jonathan Leavey of Norman; a daughter, Deborah Durand of Farmers Branchy and eight grandchildren. E.E. Bartley COOPER E.E. (Ebb) Bartley, 85, of Ladonia died Wednesday, Aug. 7, in Fort Worth.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 9, in Delta Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Edwin Gorom officiating. Burial will be in Ladonia Cemetery.

Mr. Bartley was born in Ladonia on Oct. 4,1905, a son of Claude and Cordelia Belle McFarland Bartley. He married Gertrude Smith on Dec. 23, 1926, in Ladonia.

He owned and operated a Magnolia service station in Ladonia for many years. After retiring from the service station, he worked for a number of years for the U.S. Postal Service in Ladonia. He was a member of the First Christian Church. Surviving are his wife; two granddaughters, Dottie Bartley McDonald and Connie Bartley, both of Fort Worth; a brother, Albert Bartley of Sherman, and two sisters, Helen Mills of Shreveport, La.

and Mozelle Bartley Lowry of Ladonia. he was preceded in death by a son and two brothers. The family will receive friends from 6-7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Pallbearears will be Bob Joyner, Bob Mosley, Dan mcDonald, John Henry Erwin, Bill Burt and Charles Rogers.

Willie Floyd McCoin Willie Floyd McCoin, Rt. 2, Detroit, died at his home at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7. Services will be held at 2 p.m.

Friday, Aug. 9, in Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home Chapel with burial in East Post Oak Cemetery. The Rev. Melba Hart of Dallas will officiate. Mr.

McCoin was born July 23, 1942, in Detroit, a son of Oscar and Hettie Lee Jones McCoin. He attended schools in Detroit. Surbviving are a brother, Leonard McCoin, Rt. 2, Detroit; one sister, Mrs. Larry (Wanda) Hughes of Paris; three nephews; one niece and one uncle and aunt, Mr.

and Mrs. E.H. McCoin, Rt. 2, Detroit. Ross McCann Ross McCann, 83, of Menlo Park, Calif, died Saturday, July 27, at his home.

He was a native and longtime resident of before moving to California. and burial were held there July 30. Mr. McCann worked for Enginnering and had worked for Hewlett-Packard. He was a former high priest of the Masonic; Lodge in Palo Alto9 and was a former member of the Elks Lodge there.

He was a radar tehnicianl! during World War II. He is survived by his two sisters, Benna mer of Santa Ana, Calif, and Vella Joe Martin of Dallas and three sisters-in-law, Juanita Stroup of Paris, Sarah Baughn of Hemet' and Ellen Logan of Mountain' View. Calendar THURSDAY 6 p.m. Women's support group meeting. Child care provided.

Call 784-6842. i 6 p.m. Golden Eiwanis Club meets at the Sirloin Stockade. 6:30 p.m. Bridge for men and ladies, Paris Elks Lodge.

6:45 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous (closed) meeting, 116 N. Main. Call' 785-1951. 7 p.m.

Co-dependents Anonymous meets at Arbor Creek Crisis Cem ter, 3325 Lamaor Ave. Callo 785-0530 and leave message. The meets at noon Monday. 7 p.m. East Paris AA Group (open) meeting, 1505-20th NE.

FRIDAY Noon Rotary Club meets at Paris Junior College. Noon Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, 116 N. Main. Call 785-1951. 8 p.m.

Alcoholics Anonymous (open) meeting, 116 N. Main. Call 785-1951. rSAVE'S CUSTOMER APPRECIATION SALE ALL MERCHANDISE DISCOUNTED THE ORIGINAL PRICE AT THE CHECKOUT SALE ENDS AUG. 10th THAT'S OF MANY ITEMS BETTER THAN OFF HURRY WHILE SELECTION IS SERVICE ITEM HELIUM FILLED BALLOONS OFF SUGG.

RETAIL All Occasion PRICE SALES Hours; Monday Saturday 9a.m. 6p.m. (Located Between Brad-Morr Foxworlh Galbralth) 2313 N.E. Loop 286 Paris, Tx. 785-0343.