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2-A THE BAYTOWN SUN Friday, December Police Beat Police Say Man Assaulted A 34-year-old Baytown man was arrested late Thursday and charged with three counts of gravated 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 sald. 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 gaid, two of them receiving 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 misde meanor 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 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. A 36-year-old Baytown policewoman was injured slightly Officers Burglaries And Thefts A boat, motor and trailervalued 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 in 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 Coffey Rites Scheduled Saturday MOUNT PLEA- prominent in Texas SANT Services for history.

Her grandMaggie Johnson Cof- father, Joshua Foster fey, 98, will be held at Johnson, was a mem2 p.m. Saturday at ber of the Third Bates, Cooper and Texas Legislature Weems Funeral from 1849-1850. JohnHome Chapel in son sponsored the Mount Pleasant with Mount Vernon Male the Rev. R.T. Blalock and Female Acadofficiating.

emles Bill which led A resident of Buck- to the formation of a ner Baptist Haven in, public school system. Houston since 1968, He was a member of Mrs. Coffey died the Secession ConThursday. vention in 1861 and A retired school the Constitutional teacher, Mrs. Coffey.

Convention in 1875. taught in Titus and She is survived by Morris counties. She two sons, James moved to Baytown In Hugh Coffey Jr. of 1951 and taught Sun- Commerce and Clarday school classes at ence W. Coffey of First Baptist Church.

Baytown; and two She was the widow of daughters, Margaret James Hughes Coffey Myers and Anita who died in 1939. Jackson, both of BayAt the time of her town. death, she was a Five grandchildren member of Tallo- and 10 great-grandwood Baptist Church. children also survive. She was a member Burlal will be at the a pioneer family Cookville Cemetery POLLUTION HAZARDS to another From Page 1 BIll Stewart, year by 1987.

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Mail rates on request. Represented, national by Coastal Publications, 9, 1983 MURDERS UNSOLVED been involved. He was checked From Page 1 out and cleared by investigation." tion with the death. An ironic detail in the murder: "We've got a stack of reports Mrs. Hartis was not working her this high," Lankford said, show- regular shift on the night when ing an inch-thick case file on the she disappeared.

murder. Diana L. Still, Lankford says police Underwood, 23 at the time of her have no particular suspects in death, of 5410 Bayou Blvd. was the case and have recovered no found early on June 23, 1981, shot weapon. to death in a 7-11 murder convenience Teets died from three store at Alexander and McKincaliber gunshot wounds, two to ney.

the chest and one to the back. Although 21 at the time of his as Walker, originally reported death, gunshot wound suffered to a the close-range abdomen say nothing apparently a robbery-murder, police now was touched in the store. and stab wounds to the chest and "No, robbery definitely was abdomen. not the motive because the cash Lois Ray Hartis, 50 register was not opened," at the time of her death, of 115 Lankford said. "We don't know Milner, never returned home of one single thing that was from her clerk job at the Jones 7- touched in the 11-7 store at 4310 Craigmont on Miss Underwood, whose body March 31, 1981.

was found about 3:30 a.m. June A few hours later, her car was 23, had been shot at close found burning near I-10 and in the face and neck, apparently range John Martin Road. with a large-caliber weapon. On April 2, 1981, Mrs. Hartis There are few other clues in was found beaten to death near a the case, police say.

No weapon Pasadena sewage treatment has been found and it seems plant and police still are not sure somone simply walked into the where she was killed. store and shot Miss Underwood, Baytown police feel sure Mrs. Lankford said. Hartis was killed at the sewer Thelma L. Lopez, 25 plant but admit that Pasadena at the time of her death, of 4935 police think she was killed in Deerwood, was found by her Baytown and "dumped" in husband on April 8, 1981, shot in Pasadena.

the mouth with a Regardless, police have found pistol. neither a murder weapon nor a Mrs. Lopez' husband told motive in the slaying. police he heard "running Robbery does not seem to be sounds" as he was unlocking the motive. Nothing apparently their home's front door.

was taken from the convenience Her husband was returning store where Mrs. Hartis worked from taking a babysitter home, it was found locked after her police say. disappearance and some The husband told police the coins thought to have been in her back door of the house was open purse were found in her burned when he carne in the front. automobile, police said. Belongings had been rearMrs.

Hartis previously had ranged in the house but police been robbed while working at are not certain whether another Jones 7-11-7 store and burglary was a motive in the testified against a suspect in the killing. case who later was convicted. The gun used in the killing That suspect reportedly belonged to the Lopezes and was threatened to "get" Mrs. Hartis kept next to the couple's bed, but police apparently have ruled police say. him out as a suspect in the case.

The Lopez' three children got on him in a hurry," were asleep at the time of the Lankford said. "I I can't recall murder and reportedly did not the details but he could not have see or hear what happened. Burnett Hearing Delayed Delayed 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 1, 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, "I 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 Art Glass by Gregory STAINED GLASS STUDIO Tres. 4 There, nites WEST TOWN CENTER pm maser Linda Bert Gregory-Owners 3938 Decker Drive (Behind McDonled'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 communique 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 asser Arafat.

Fatah spokesman Ahmed Abdul- 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 flag. 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. SUN 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. LVN Exam 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. 0 a in 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. 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 elther 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 HiPort, which resulted in about $20 million damage, is still unknown, said an investigator with the Har- 0 a in 02 Da The Ideal Christmas Soft contact lenses from TSO.

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2 convenient locations 6956 Garth Road Goose Creek Center 301 West Texas Avenue Across From San Jacinto Mall Downtown Baytown 427-5885 427-7374 Closed Wed. Sat. at 1:00 Closed Thur. Sat. at 1:00 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. 21. 02 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. county for Texas Air Board executive director, "If we see a trend (in testing), the program could panded to other counties, or could be passed requiring dents to be tested in the they live." Tides FRIDAY HIGH: 1:55 a.m. LOW: 5:37 p.m. Tides forecast are for Baytown area bays Sun SUNRISE: 7:05 a.m. SUNSET: 5:22 p.m.

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