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PAGE THE WAXAHACHIE DAILY LIGHT Fridav. September 23,1977 Obituaries Nekuza R. R. Nolen LEAD WHS BAND Leading the Waxahachle High School band In Its second home appearance of the season are Mark Curry, drum major, left, and Stuart Dorsey, assistant drum major. (Staff Photos.) Area council considers annexation of property MIDLOTHIAN (DLC)-Pro- perty annexation and purchase of a high-speed teletype for police were items on the agenda this week as Midlothian City Council met Tuesday.

The special called session was a lengthy one involving several time-consuming topics. Three items on the agenda were tabled due to lack of time and win be considered at the next session. An ordinance annexing property owned by Mr. and Mrs. G.W.

Gorman was passed unanimously. A petition requesting annexation of property by Hal Gorman and Mrs. and Mrs. G.W. Gorman was accepted by the council.

Royce Montgomery, attorney representing the Gifford-Hill cement plant, indicated that an annexation request scheduled to be presented by his company had been delayed pending completion of field notes and would presented in about a Another scheduled annexation request for Crossroads Properties was also not ready. Tony Sanders stated that is should be ready in a week. The council passed an ordinance slating a public hearing on annexation of the Gorman property at 7 p.m., Oct. 4. Council members unanimously approved purchase of a high-speed teletype machine for the police station.

The unit is to be bought with an 85 percent federal grant The share is $1,516. A resolution was passed authorising the North Texas Council of Governments to purchase the unit on behalf of (he City of Midlothian, as provided for in the grant. Acceptance of tax rolls was enacted, with taxable property of $9,967,615 listed. Action was tabled on setting and levying a tax rate. Council members noted that they must wait on a sewer fee blems and the street problems were already being corrected.

hi the one humorous episode of a long night of serious topics, coundlmen discovered that a dty ordinance dating from 1950 had probited firearms and ammunitions sales along with control of fireworks. Unknown to most, the ordinance had left businesses selling firearms hi violation of the law for some 27 years. Coundlmen quickly amended the ordinance to regulate fireworks but not prohibit the sale of gins and ammunition. A. (Mrs.

Joe) Nekuza, 81, Route 5, Ennis, died at 9:25 a.m. Thursday in the Navarro County Memorial Hospital at Corsicana. Rosary will be held at 8 p.m. tonight at the Bunch Funeral Home Chapel. Mass for Christina Burial wiUl be held at 10 a.m.

Saturday at the St. John Catholic Church with burial following in St. Cemetery. Mrs. Nekuza was born on July 8,1896, in Ennis, the daughter of Frank and Frances Valecek Patak.

On Jan. 5,1920, she was married to Joe Lewis Nekuza of Ennis who died on Nov. 8, 1952. Mrs. Nekuza had lived near Ennis her entire life.

She was a member of the KJZT, Altar and Rosary Societies and a member of St. John Catholic Chruch. Survivors indude a son, Jodie Nekuza of Ennis; a daughter, Mrb. Emmil J. Salik of Ennis; 8 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren; 6 brothers, Frank W.

Patak Adolf R. and Anton Patak, all of Ennis, Rudolph Patak of Garrett, Charlie Patak of Perry, Okla. and Henry Patak of Tulsa; and 2 sisters, Mrs. Mary Lacik of Red Oak and Mrs. Carrie Gelnar of Ennis.

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An 18-year-old man was arrested for possession of marijuana at 8:30 a.m. in the 800 block of Wyatt St. He had been transferred to the county Jail- The charge was disorderly conduct for two 17-year-old men and a 42-year old male. The arrests were made in the 300 block of Wyatt Street at 6 p.m. They posted $52.50 bonds and were released.

A car hit-and-run took place in the 400 block of South College Street Thursday. The parked auto wassideswiped about 12:30 p.m. The owner was John Chambers of 606 W. Main. 1 FRANKS DRIVE-IN I 800 Water 937-4521 USD A CHOICE HEAVY BEEF Yield 2 Cut to your specifications wrapped Frozen Sides quarters CHUCK ROAST 69'ib ROUND STEAK 109 1 lb.

HAMBURGER lean 69V Owens SPARE RIBS Limit 25 lb. 98V HUMP boast SLAB BACON l49 UTRECHT, Netherlands (UPI) A man captured during a shootout, in which a policeman was killed, was identified today as a member of Baader-Meinhoff gang wanted for the assassination of West chief prosecutor, police said. Police identified the suspect as Knut Folkerts, 25, of Singer, West Germany, wanted in connection with the April 7 shooting of the federal prosecutor, Siegfried Buback. Buback, who successfully prosecuted a major case involving leaders of the terrorist group, was on his way to work when two gunmen drew up beside his limousine on a motorcycle and opened fire with a submachine gun, fatally wounding him and his driver. Chief Police Commissioner C.S.

van Doesburg said Folkerts was arrested Thursday night after a shootout with police, in which a 46-year-old policeman was killed and another officer was seriously wounded. Because the suspect was carrying forged papers, police were unable to establish his identity until German investigators arrived in Utrecht. At the time of the shooting, Folkerts was accompanied by a woman who escaped. Police in the Hague later identified her as Brigitte Mohnhaupt, 28, also a West German. CORRECTION Eldon Roton SAN ANTONIO Eldon Roten, 58, former resident of Midlothian, died Thursday morning in a San Antonio hospital.

Funeral services will be held at 12 noon Monday at Randolph Chapel No. 1 in San Antonio. Burial will be in Fort Sam Houston cemetery under the direction of Sunset Funeral Home. Roten was bom near Midlothian on Sept. 30,1919.

He attended Midlothian Public Schools. He was a World War II veteran and retired from the military service. He married the former Miss Jo Ann Welch of Lubbock in 1941. Survivors include his wife; 2 daughters, Mrs. Clark Erwin, and Mrs.

Robert C. Gunderman and 4 grandchildren of San Antonio; 2 brothers, Leroy and Jonas Roten, both of Midlothian; and 3 sisters of Dallas Mrs. Walterine Keeney, Mrs. Rita Reynolds and Mrs. Anita Sandeford.

Mrs. Love Molly Love, 89, died at the Sky Line Nursing Home at DeSotoThursday. Funeral services are to be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the West Funeral Home here with burial following in the Red Oak Cemetery. Mrs.

Love, a former Waxahachie resident, was bora in Kentucky. She was married to W.N. Love, who died in 1956. Survivors include 4 sons, Terrell and Tony Love, both of DeSoto, Ira Love of Waxahachie and W.N. Love of Red Oak.

Clay Sheppard Funeral services for Clay W. Sheppard will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Boze-Mitchell Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Billy Willaims and Rev. Carlton Young officiating.

Burial will be in the Hillcrest Burial Park. Sheppard was killed in a traffic accident Wednesday night. In an article concerning election of new officers and directors for the Waxahachie Industrial Foundation, it was incorrectly stated that Jack Malone, a former director, no longer resided in the city. Malone is a Waxahachie resident, but no longer involved in business interests locally. Small blaze Two firemen answered a call Thursday at 110 Williams, the home of Kathy Stanton.

The firemen arrived at the house at 6:20 p.m. and extinguished a small smoke fire. Damage was reported as minimal. Choice Heavy Aged Beef Vi Beef lb. Ellis Supermarket' MAY PE AWL 05 Freezer Wrapped FERRIS Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m.

Saturday for Rufus Randolph Nolen, longtime Ferris resident, who died Wednesday in a Houston hospital. Nolen, age 95, had been living with a daughter in Houston for the past 11 years. Prior to that time he had lived 84 years in the Ferris area. Bora Jan. 28,1822 in McNairy County, Tennessee, Nolen was a retired farmer.

He was a member of First Baptist Church of Ferris where he served as Sunday School superintendent, choir director and a deacon. Survivors include: two sons, Curtis R. Nolen of Bryan and Herman Nolen of Lake Charles, three daughters, Mrs. Ila Priddy and Mrs. Chloi, both of Houston, and Mrs.

Lois Green of Richardson; 9 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews. Services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church, Ferris. Rev. Royce Campbell and Rev.

Davis L. Cooper, grandson-in- law of Nolen, will officiate. Burial will follow in Ferris Memorial Park North. Arrangements are under the direction of Green Funeral Home, Ferris. Pallbearers will be Jeff Nolen, Dan Nolen, Guy Cooper, Richard Clark, Gene Adams and A.Y.

Mohundro Jr. BOMBED OUT Rubble is scattered throughout the offices of the left-wing magazine "El Papus" after a powerful bomb exploded at Barcelona, Spain Sept. 20. The man delivering the package containing the bomb was killed and several other people hurt. Blyleven hurls no-hitter at Angels Thursday night ANAHEIM, Calif.

(UPI) Throughout Bert career, always talked more about his potential of becoming a superstar pitcher rather than his actual accomplishments. All that may have ended Thursday night, though. On a night an ailing Blyleven was out on the mound for the sole purpose of bettering his so- so 1977 record, the Dutch-born righthander recorded his first career no-hitter, a 6-0 victory over the California Angels. plan on anything like he said. I wanted to do was improve my Sidelined since Sept.

6 because of a groin injury, Blyleven faced only 28 batters in pitching the second no-hitter in Ranger history and the third in the major leagues, all in the American League, this season. has been capable of throwing a no-hitter for a long said Bobby Bonds, the TAKE NOON BREAK Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromko, right, pose for pictures during a noon break in their daylong meeting at the State Department Thursday. They are making a renewed attempt to break a deadlock on long term limitations on strategic weapons. Florida authorities probing contamination of water NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (UPI) As many as 70,000 residents in northeast Dade County have been warned not to drink their water or cook or bathe with it because of pesticide contamination which county health authorities blame on sabotage.

While the concentration of four pesticides is not high enough to cause death or serious illness, county Health Director Dr. Richard Morgan warns it could cause vomiting and diarrhea, and he said boiling the water will not make it potable. Kristie Pollock was first to If we can't help you, nobody can. LYNN D. LASSWELL AND COMPANY 105 S.

College 937-3810 report the contaminants, telling the health department, smelled like Raid, like Mrs. Pollock said her husband drank three glasses of the water Wednesday night and was sick all day Thursday with vomiting and diarrhea. Pesticides were found in the water Thursday morning, and Morgan asked the state attorney to investigate the matter. Fred Aldridge, chief of the Health sanitary engineering section said, this moment, from what we have learned, probably The municipal North Miami Beach Utility Co. shut down its plant Thursday afternoon and began flushing the pipes with water from other systems.

Morgan said water should be clear by tonight. Water plant supervisor Michael Estok said he did not consider the sabatoge theory likely and said the pollutants probably entered the system through natural runoff or through contamination of one of the wells where the system draws its water. Angels power man with 36 home runs and 111 RBI. throws hard, he has a good curve and excellent control. happy for him but I honestly feel he have his best stuff tonight.

It seemed like he threw 90 per cent curves. We had a lot of There was a reason for all those curveballs. Blyleven 100 percent because of his groin injury. pulled it again in the first he explained, then I pulled it real good in the eighth. But I going to come out.

Not with a no-hitter going. I was going to throw underhanded first. had two cortisone shots after my last start and I know if be able to pitch again this year. But this is a great way to end it. was really hurting out said Ranger manager Billy Hunter, I told him I going to take him out until he gave up a hit.

Then I was going to get him out of there real fast. I had two guys ready in the bullpen the last couple of The first two no-hitters this season were recorded by Jim Colborn of the Kansas City Royals and Dennis Eckersley of the Cleveland Indians. no-hitter came against the Angels on Memorial Day at Cleveland when he beat Frank Tanana 1-0. Jim Bibby pitched the previous Ranger no-hitter in 1973. It was the fourth no-hitter in the history of Anaheim Stadium, home for 12 seasons, and the first against the Angels here.

The others were by Angels Clyde Wright in 1970 and Nolan Ryan in 1973 and 1975. Traded to Texas last season after contract problems with the Minnesota Twins, Blyleven improved his record for the year to 14-12. He had a combined 13-16 mark with the Rangers and Twins last season and is now 122-113 for eight big league seasons. A BRIDGE TOO FAR (PG) THE PICTURE SHOW 937-8350 INEEDED: Johnson-James Funeral Home jjj I Funeral Service Insurance I Birth to 90 years I Notary Public I I AA 1 Main I 441 East Main Waxahachie, Texas City Carriers Ages Apply In person to EDWIN LOTT Waxahachie Daily light 11-15 I I 9 mm mm mam mm mm mm mm mem mm mm mm mm mm mJ SAVE 1977 Buick Electro Limited 4 Door Stock No. 7100 We Try John Thornhill sitd Buick Pontiac- GMC Downtown Woxohochio I CARRY-OUT SPECIAL Foad Family of 5 for lass than $5 Family orders.

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