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The Monitor from McAllen, Texas • 24

Publication:
The Monitori
Location:
McAllen, Texas
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Page:
24
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I MA Trld April 41080 POLICE BLOTTER EDITOR'S NOTEt The fob lowing criminal activities from the past 24 hours were compiled from official Me Allen police department records by Monitor reporter Mariana Romero BURGLARY HABITATION 1000 8 10th A green 1973 ord 100 pickup was stolen Thursday from Broadway Hard ware parking lot Owner estl "mated loan nt $2000 1801 8 10th A gold 1976 ord Supcrcab pickup truck was stolen Thursday from Mart parking lot Owner estimated mated loss at 1300 301 Expressway 83 $760 In cash was stolen Thura day from a cash register at McAllen Medical Center Inves tigation continuing ARRESTS In city jail or booked In the last 24 hours were four Individ ual degree felony) 8109 17th An answering machine a television set video cassette recorder and a jewelry box containing two rings a modal several award pina and two necklaces were stolen Thursday from residence Value undetermined 2606 7K A television sei was stolen Thursday from resi loss at 6000 (Misdemeanor) 3600 10th A tool box containing an assortment of Scars craftman tools was stolen Thursday from a 1984 ord uals for public intoxication three for driving while Intoxi cated two for possession of cocaine three for criminal Ire passing two for assault one for burglary of habitation and two for burglary of building 150 pickup truck Owner estl Edinburg fire marshal dcnce Owner estimated loss nt179 THfcT found dead of wound (3rd degree felony) 2901 23rd A red and silver 1986 Chevrolet Suburban was stolen Thursday from Wal Mart parking lot Owner esti mated loss at 19000 1909 8 10th A silver and gray 1985 OMC Sierra pickup was stolen Thursday from Val ley Bowl parking lot Owner estimated loss at 14000 3325 Tyler A brown 1978 Chevrolet Camaro was stolen Thursday from driveway Owner estimated loss at 2000 OD Continued from page 13A The assistant US attorney who prosecuted the case called Lingenfelter a tragic figure "I would only ask for a sen tence that would be sufficient to somehow bring him into touch with reality as it exists in this world not as he assumes it to said federal prosecutor Rob ert Berg "As one doctor said to me he has been Berg had alleged that Lin genfelter his father Merlon Lingenfelter Sr and others who migrated to the Valley from Minnesota infused the other EDINBURG ire Marshal Curtis Leon Anderson was found dead of a gunshot wound in his car about 3:25 pm Thursday A gun was found inside the vehicle A passerby spotted the offi cial vehicle Used by the firb marshal parked in a brush area on Jackson Road about an eighth of a mile south of State Highway 107 Hidalgo County Sheriffs Department investiga tors reported Edinburg police were notified first and they immediately called the sheriffs department which dispatched investigators Justice of the Peace Homcro Jasso declared Anderson dead nt the scene from a gunshot wound to the head He ordered the autopsy performed at De Leon Kallcr uneral Home of Edinburg Investigators said Jasso ruled the case was not accidental death A gun of undetermined caliber was found in the vehi cle investigators said Anderson 55 was employed as fire marshal for Edinburg on Oct 19 1981 ire department spokesmen said that the funeral will proba bly be held in Georgetown with Skinner uneral Home han dling local arrangements Join March of Dimes WalkAmerica BIRDSOA EATHER LOCK TOGETHER! 4' IB rlfculfliilRL IR MUAlhrt A REELECT ROBERT McAlIE The following excerpt is from letter addressed to McAllen teachers hy my opponent Joe riend: "Dear Professional Educator In the last two school board elections I worked very hard for the election of four current school board members I did so because of my love for the children and because of my respect and admiration for you the teachers I believe that those election results were good for the children and that they were good The general tone of the letter continue along this same vein with Mr riend expressing his sympathy foeMoqS with In mv nrpvious ads I toW member should fairly and adequately represent all scginwits'Jhcomui I have also emphasized that there are already toUilmy teilWcr rcm gstntatives on the board I have stressed that the bolrt as proficHy balanced as possible As the above letter deiporjltAtcB rhjrt apes not subscribe to the doctrine of equal representation fel Although the above iMterlloel nol address the issue the fact is that the election results referred to abovc4e llsd good fo Any opponent The four board members for whoAhe wbrkedeiy bajrd in rmhhve done the following: A letter of credit to protHKe school3TisrfdJiglnst admitted shortages and yet undiscovered shortages in the luiA of25000 had been required of Mr riend These four members voted to reduce said letter to $3000 or the first time in the history of the school district a commission on partial tax collections was paid to Mr riend with the same four board members he helped to elect voting affirmatively jx Having approved payment to Mr riend of a commission on partial taxes collected these same four board members agreed not to pay a commission on partial collections in the future These same four board members are actively supporting my opponent in his campaign or a Balanced Board go iXr Xw A)lc1 neht 0 GARCIA Attention PS A Voters If PO BOX 46 SAN JUAN TEXAS 78589 cA wise benign OD with a violent element The OD lead by Weslaco recluse Orville Gordon claims its members will repopulate the earth after Ar mageddon and is engaged in a battle against evil with fifth dimensional weaponry That eccentric philosphy was infused with the violent philos phy of the extreme right wing anti tax group Posse Comitatus Berg had alleged Lingenfelter Thursday main tained he" was innocent but refused to plead on his own behalf brainwashed Lingenfelter said "I stand on what I stand on all there is to The Lingenfelters maintain the federal government wanted to retaliate against it because Merlon Lingenfelter was out spoken in critisim of the Inter nal Revenue Service and other government agencies Lingenfelter was remanded'to a federal penitentiary but no specific prison was specified He could have been sentenced to a maximum of 25 years He now has 10 days in which to appeal the sentence Daniel Paul Holverson who also 'has been charged in the pipe bombing is scheduled for a jury trial on April 14 in Brownsville with Judge Hayden Head of Corpus Christi presid ing POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT PAID BY CANDIDATES CRUZ CANTU III TREASURER JA School Board Trustees are entrusted with one of the most important res vonsibilities that can be assigned to any citizen the education of all our chll treh Tony and Ruben are presently serving because they have a sincere desh to serve me community Their ability to work with each other and the entire School Board is certainly an asset to our school district keep a good thing oing re elect Tony and Ruben as our representatives on the PSJA Sc iool Board r' 4if 3 Crime Continued from page 13A hide thefts: 11911371 Totals: 13934 15707 Hidalgo County: Murders: 17 24' Rapes: 23 47 Robberies: 108120 Aggravated assaults: 817 1054 Burglaries: 5570 same Thefts: 8378 9332 Ve hide thefts: 9801188 Totals: 15893 17335 Starr County: Murders: 28 Rapes: 20 Robberies: 36 Ag gravated assaults: 2923 Bur glaries 194237 Thefts: 163 164 Vehicle thefts: 3640 To 429478 Willacy County: Murders: 1 4 Rapes: 60 Robberies: 12 Aggravated assaults: 4956 Burglaries: 190185 Thefts: 189198 Vehicle thefts: 512 Totals: 441457 MBEBE Efts Efl 1 I I a i ii LI A nfeg i wMI V'v lx A umiwi rlRZtl kllVLaB 1 a wl BL pB aHMk 1 jl KS 3.

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