The Baytown Sun from Baytown, Texas • Page 2

2-A THE BAYTOWN SUN Friday, December 9, Police Beat Police Say Man Assaulted Officers A 34-year-old Baytown man was arrested late Thursday and charged with three counts of aggravated assault on police officers. Johnny D. Holmes of 4219 Baker was jailed under $6,000 bond after police answered a disturbance call and found him in a parking lot, police said. Holmes bit at, kicked, punched and tried to poke the eyes out of police officers as they attempted to make the arrest, according to police reports. Three officers eventually were able to restrain Holmes, 'police said, two of them receiving minor injuries.

Holmes also suffered cuts and abrasions In the incident, police said. The arrest followed a complaint that Holmes allegedly pulled a window from a truck in the parking lot, police said. A misdemeanor criminal mischief charge was also filed against Holmes. Holmes also was charged Wednesday with discharging a firearm within the city limits after complaints that he allegedly had fired a shotgun near his apartment, police say. Holmes told police he was just trying to scare some people away from his apartment, according to police reports.

Police Officer Crashes A 36-year-old Baytown policewoman was Injured slightly Thursday evening after losing control of a patrol car she was driving on North Main, police said. Donna M. Whitehead was transported to Gulf Coast Hospital following the accident, suffering from bruises, aches and pains, according to police reports. Whitehead was driving north on North Main when her car hit a large pothole and swerved left, police said. The car ended up in a road construction area along North Main which is two to three feet lower than the usable roadway, police said.

The police car sustained about $2,500 damage in the accident, according to police reports. No charges were filed. Burglaries And Thefts A boat, motor and trailer- valued at about $1,800 were stolen over the weekend from a parking lot in the 900 block of Northwood, police say. The trailer was locked at the time of the theft, a complainant told police. A residence hi the 1800 block of Bowie School Road was burglarized Thursday afternoon for more than $1,300 in merchandise, police say.

Among other items, a television and a diamond ring were stolen, police say. There was no sign of forced entry and a complete list of missing items was unavailable Friday morning. A residence in the 2000 block of East Fayle also was burglarized Thursday for a television and jewelry, police say. Entry was made by a rear window, police said. A 1983 Chevrolet pickup was stolen Thursday evening from a motel parking lot on North Highway 146, police said.

The owner heard his truck being started and came out of the motel to see someone driving his vehicle south on 146, police said. A 1979 Oldsmobile was stolen Thursday from the 4600 block of Village Lane, police say. The owner was visiting some friends and when he came out of their apartment the car was gone, police said. Dayton DAYTON A Thursday morning accident left two Dayton residents injured, said a spokesman for the city's police department. Helen Ripkowski, 40, and her son, Greg Ripkowski, 14, were taken to Yettie Kersting Memorial Hospital in Liberty where Mrs.

Ripkowski remains in "satisfactory condition." Her son was treated and released, said a hospital spokeswoman. The accident, which happened at 8:05 a.m. Thursday near the intersection of Farm Road 1409 and Houston Street in Dayton, occurred when Mrs. Ripkowski made a left turn in front of an oncoming vehicle driven by Billy Joe Thacker of Dayton, said the police spokesman. Maggie Co fey Rites Scheduled Saturday MOUNT PLEASANT Services for Maggie Johnson Coffey, 98, will be held at 2 p.m.

Saturday at Bates, Cooper and Weems Funeral Home Chapel in Mount Pleasant with theRev.R.T.Blalock officiating. A resident of Buckner Baptist Haven in Houston since Mrs. Coffey died Thursday. A retired school teacher, Mrs. Coffey taught in Titus and Morris counties.

She moved to Baytown In 1951 and taught Sunday school classes at First Baptist Church. She was the widow of James Hughes Coffey who died in 1939. At the time of her death, she was a member of Tallo- wood Baptist Church. She was a member of a pioneer family prominent in Texas history. Her grandfather, Joshua Foster Johnson, was a member of the Third Texas Legislature from 1849-1850.

Johnson sponsored the Mount Vernon Male and Female Academies Bill which led to the formation of a public school system. He was a member of the Secession Convention in 1861 and the Constitutional Convention in 1875. She is survived by two sons, James Hugh Coffey Jr. of Commerce and Clarence W. Coffey of Baytown; and two daughters, Margaret Myers and Anita Jackson, both of Baytown.

Five grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren also survive. Burial will be at the Cookvilie Cemetery POLLUTION HAZARDS MAGGIE J. COFFEY under the direction of Bates, Cooper and Weems Funeral Home. Her grandsons will serve as pallbearers. In lieu of usual remembrances, the family asks that donations be made to First Baptist Church in Baytown.

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Still, Lankford says police have no particular suspects in the case and have recovered no murder weapon. Teets died from three caliber gunshot wounds, two to the chest and one to the back. Walker, 21 at the time of his death, suffered a close-range gunshot wound to the abdomen and stab wounds to the chest and abdomen. Lois Ray Hartis, 50 at the time of her death, of 115 Milner, never returned home from her clerk job at the Jones 711-7 store at 4310 Craigmont on March 31,1981. A few hours later, her car was found burning near MO and John Martin Road.

On April 2, 1981, Mrs. Hartis was found beaten to death near a Pasadena sewage treatment plant and police still are not sure where she was killed. Baytown police feel sure Mrs. Hartis was killed at the sewer plant but admit that Pasadena police think she was killed in Baytown and "dumped" in Pasadena. Regardless, police have found neither a murder weapon nor a motive in the slaying.

Robbery does not seem to be the motive. Nothing apparently was taken from the convenience store where Mrs. Hartis worked it was found locked after her disappearance and some coins thought to have been in her purse were found in her burned automobile, police said. Mrs. Hartis previously had been robbed while working at another Jones 7-11-7 store and testified against a suspect in the case who later was convicted.

That suspect reportedly threatened to "get" Mrs. Hartis but police apparently have ruled him out as a suspect in the case. "We got on him in a hurry," Lankford said. "I can't recall the details but he could not have been involved. He was checked out and cleared by investigation." An ironic detail in the murder: Mrs.

Hartis was not working her regular shift on the night when she disappeared. Diana L. Underwood, 23 at the time of her death, of 5410 Bayou Blvd. was found early on June 23,1981, shot to death in a 7-11 convenience store at Alexander and McKinney. Although originally reported as a robbery-murder, police now say nothing apparently was touched in the store.

"No, robbery definitely was not the motive because the cash register was not opened," Lankford said. "We don't know of one single thing that was touched in the store." Miss Underwood, whose body was found about 3:30 a.m. June 23, had been shot at close range in the face and neck, apparently with a large-caliber weapon. There are few other clues in the case, police say. No weapon has been found and it seems sornone simply walked into the store and shot Miss Underwood, Lankford said.

Thelma L. Lopez, 25 at the time of her death, of 4935 Deerwood, was found by her husband on April 8, 1981, shot in the mouth with a pistol. Mrs. Lopez' husband told police he heard "running sounds" as he was unlocking their home's front door. Her husband was returning from taking a babysitter home, police say.

The husband told police the back door of the house was open when he came in the front. Belongings had been rearranged in the house but poJice are not certain whether burglary was a motive in the killing. The gun used in the killing belonged to the Lopezes and was kept next to the couple's bed, police say. The Lopez' three children were asleep at the time of the murder and reportedly did not see or hear what happened. Burnett Hearing Delayed BEAUMONT (AP) A scheduled Dec.

19 change of venue hearing for Linda May Burnett, already convicted of murder and charged with four other slayings, including those of Winnie residents, has been postponed until January, defense attorneys say. Attorney Charles Carver said Thursday either he or Assistant District Attorney David Moore would file a motion this week with Criminal District Judge Larry Gist, asking that the hearing be held after the first of the year. Carver said the judge has indicated he would grant the delay. DAM SOUGHT-- From Page 1 District No. 1.

"We've got all three stages back running full force. We're back to running through all stages of sewer treatment." The cause of the blaze at Hi- Port, which resulted in about $20 million damage, is still unknown, said an investigator with the Har- Gist in September granted Burnett's bid for speedy trials on her four remaining capital murder cases and set the hearing Burnett was sentenced to life in prison after her conviction in San Antonio of capital murder in the death of Martha Phillips of Woodward, Okla. She also is charged with the July 1978, kidnap-slayings of four other members of the Phillips family: Martha Phillips' husband, Elmer; their 2-year-old son, Jason: and Elmer Phillips' parents, Bishop and Ester Phillips of Winnie. ris County Fire Marshal's Office. "We're still working on it," said investigator Bill Anders.

"It's just slow work." The blaze, although still smoldering Thursday, has largely burned itself out. Highlands firefighter Jerry Ickes said Friday, "1 drove by it this morning and it was pretty well out." Stained Glass Christmas Magic Shop late Tuesday Thursday p.m. Gifts for under $30 rm TMf.tThKTf.llft*! STAINED GLASS STUDIO WEST TOWN II CENTER Linda Bert Gregory-Owners 3938 Drive (MM McDouM's) 420-2853 Two Marines Injured; Israel Hits PLO Base BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) Israeli navy gunboats backed by helicopter gunships shelled a PLO guerrilla base on the coast near Tripoli Friday, three days after Israel vowed to avenge the bombing of a bus in Jerusalem. In Beirut, two U.S. Marines were reported wounded when Shiite Moslem militiamen fired mortars and rocket-propelled grenades Friday on the American peacekeepers' base.

The Christian-controlled Voice of Lebanon radio station quoted unnamed police sources as saying two Marines were injured in a barrage at 11 a.m. at their compound at the international airport. The radio said the Marines unleashed a counter-barrage of Dragon anti-tank missiles that destroyed the position from which Shiite militiamen fired. It was the second attack on the Marine base Friday. The first was a 30-minute firefight between Marines and Shiite irregulars in the Hay el-Sellum and Amroussieh neighborhoods that resulted in no Marine casualties, according to Lebanon's state radio.

The Israeli navy boats scored "accurate hits" on the PLO base, according to a military communi- que issued in Tel Aviv. A Palestine Liberation Organization spokesman said one person was killed and three wounded in the pre-dawn attack, which damaged an unfinished building being used as a barracks. The Israeli communique said the base, less than a mile north of Tripoli in northern Lebanon, belongs to Fatah, the faction of PLO chairman Yasser Arafat. Fatah spokesman Ahmed Abdul-Rahman charged that Israeli ships set up a naval blockade after the attack to halt the evacuation of Arafat and 4,000 loyalists from Tripoli, his last stronghold in the Middle East. The loyalist fighters have been under siege for more than a month by Syrian-backed PLO rebels seeking Arafat's ouster.

Lebanon's state radio described the attack as designed to prevent the departure of Arafat's forces, who have been negotiating to leave the area aboard Greek ships flying the United Nations nag. Abdul-Rahman said Arafat sent an urgent message to the U.N. Security Council to intervene and lift the Israeli blockade. He said Arafat also sent messages to France and Greece seeking a reaffirmation of their commitment to help carry out the evacuation. Abdul-Rahman said France had agreed to provide a naval escort for four Greek ships that will take Arafat and his fighters to Tunisia and North Yemen, probably next week.

The bus bombing Tuesday in Jerusalem killed four people and wounded 46 in the bloodiest terror attack in the city in more than five years. SPOTS Martinez Services SERVICES ARE pending at Earthman Funeral Home for Matias Martinez, 91. Martinez died Thursday in the home of his daughter, Mrs. Manuella Gonzales of Baytown. Christmas Concert BAYTOWN COMMUNITY Chorus' 10th Annual Christmas Concert will begin at 2:30 p.m.

Dec. 11 in the Sanctuary of St. Mark's United Methodist Church, 1703 Oklahoma. There will be no. admission charge.

LVNExam THE LVN entrance exam will be given at 9 a.m. Dec. 15 in Lee College's Social Sciences Building. Those interested in obtaining further information should contact the LVN Department at 427-5611, Ext. 348.

Calf Weigh-In SCRAMBLE CALVES for the 1984 Baytown Youth Fair and Rodeo will be weighed from 8 to 11 a.m. Dec. 10 at the Baytown Fairgrounds. All calves must be weighed at this time. Car Fire FIREFIGHTERS FROM Baytown Fire Station 6 were called to a car fire at 11:43 a.m.

Thursday at 3500 McKinney No. .13. A 1980 Buick, belonging to Donald Thompson of that address, caught fire when it backfired. Damage was listed at $100. Nativity Scene ST.

JOSEPH'S Catholic Daughters are sponsoring its second annual nativity scene contest. The winner of the antique ceramic nativity scene will be announced after 10:30 a.m. Mass Dec. 11. For more information, call Nancy Mann at 422-5400 or Dorothy St John at 420-2066.

Voters Registered MEMBERS OF the League of Women Voters of Baytown will register voters from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Dec. 10 at Texas Super Foods, 1719 Garth Road. Citizens registering at this time will be eligible to vote in the local school board elections to be held Jan.

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