The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 103, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 1, 1998 Page: 3 of 57
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THE BAYTOWN sum
Sunday. March 1.19Q8
Woman awakens, mistakes
intruder for her
A Baytown woman who thought her
morning later realized he wasn't there and
er in her hone.
Police
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cud that her husband was not
been someone else, That’s when
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For the second day in a row, a 15-year-old girl lost a purse to
thieves at Sterling'Municipal Library, according to police
reports.
The girl was doing some work and had her belongings on a
desk.
She got up to get a book and returned to find her purse had
been taken.
The loss for the purse and its contents was estimated at
$1,070.
Car lot burglarized, keys stolen
Someone broke into a building at* Granny’s Used, Cars, 700 Park
Street, and stole a television and keys to vehicles parked for sale at
the car lot
Apparently none of the vehicles were taken.
Police Beat is compiled from police reports by Sun reporter Jane
Howard.
Saddam
WASHINGTON (AP) — For-
mer President George Bush calls
him the “most secure dictator in
the world,” his
nemesis who
did not surren-
der in the face
of defeat and
who continues
today to taunt
the world with
doomsday
weapons.
Iraqi Presi-
dent Saddam
Hussein turned a devastating mili-
tary failure in the U.S.-led Persian
Gulf War of 1991 into a political
victory. He thumbed his nose at
his vanquishers by skipping a
cease-fire meeting in the desert
and he has been flouting its condi-
tions ever since.
That is the view of critics who
have argued since the fighting
stopped that America won the war
but lost the battle by not getting
rid of Saddam. Now, in light of the
latest clash over Iraq’s suspected
nuclear, chemical and biological
weapons production, questions are
being raised anew about why the
United States and its wartime
coalition did hot remove Saddam
— dead or alive — when it had its
best chance.
“After the licking that Iraq took,
there was virtually a universal
assumption that Saddam would
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UAL NOTICES *
10 am. Saturday at Earthman Bay- in Chicago,
town Chapel with the Rev. Fred
Sneed officiating.
Interment will follow at Kender-
ick Cemetery in Denton Valley.
Pallbearers will be her grandsons
and great-grandsons, Alvin Sneed,
Johnny Sneed, Charles Sneed,
Richard Sneed, Steven Sneed,
Andrew Sneed and Matthew
Sneed.
ATKINSON
Sharon L Atkinson, 49, of Bay-
town, died Friday, Feb. 27,1998, in
a local hospital.
Arrangements are pending at
Earthman Funeral Home.
LENA M. WOOD
Lena M. Wood, 88, of Baytown,
died Thursday, February 26, 1998',
in a Baytown hospital.
She was bom May 28, 1908, in
Oklahoma and later moved to Abi-
lene. Wood moved to Baytown in
1955. In her later years, she retired
to Highlands.
Wood was a longtime member of
Highlands United Methodist
Church. ,
She was preceded in death by her
husband, W.E. “Jack” Wood and
daughter, Mary B. McGuire.
Wood is survived by her daugh-
ters, Ruby Hanna and Georgia
Sneed and husband Fred all of
Baytown, and Bea Tomlinson and
husband Melton of Highlands;
sons, Bill Wood and wife Nell of
Abilene and Ralph Wood and wife
Jessie of Waurika, Okla.; son-ih-
law, James E. McGuire of Chan-
nelview; 12 grandchildren; 13
great-grandchildren and three
great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
RULL
Bonita Avila Rull, 67, of Chica-
go, died Thursday, February 26,
1998, in a Chicago hospital.
Bom in Chicago Jan. 19, 1931,
she lived in Chicago all her life.
Rull was preceded in death by
her parents, Refugi* and Mary
Avila; brother, Gilbert (Pal) Avila;
and granddaughter, Victoria (Tory)
Rull.
She is survived by her daughters,
Susan Contreras and husband Igna-
cio and Ruth Rull and fiance Stan-
ly Mitchel; sons, John B. Rull,
Hugo Rull and Steven Rull and
wife Tabetha, all of Baytown;
brother, Martin Avila and wife
Mary of Chicago; sisters, Thersa
and husband Mario Cuellar and
Angie (Helo) Avila all of Las
Vegas, Nev.; grandchildren, Rita
Contreras of Houston, Nioma Con-
treras, Diana Contreras, Rachel
Rull, Bonita Rull, John Rull Jr.,
Lanie Rull and Kade Rull, all of
Baytown and Chatherine Rull and
Carla Rull of Tucson, Az.
Arrangements are under the
direction of Ruzich Funeral Home
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BEREAVEMENT
SUPPORT
Survival
When a loved one dies, many of
us believe that we cannot possi-
bly go on with our lives. We
become survivors net out of
choice, but because there are no
other alternatives. Know that you
can survive. Survival may mean
leading a different life than you
led before, but it can be fulfilling
nonetheless. Understanding the
grief process is a key to surviv-
ing. Know that your intense feel-
ings are normal. Realize that you
are going to be sad and lonely at
times. Be aware that there will be
anger and guilt. Give yourself
permission to have these feelings
and don’t be afraid to cry. Tears
release tension and are healing.
Understand that your grief may
take on physical reactions such as
headaches, inability to sleep, and
stomach problems. Remember to
take each moment as it comes,
because sometimes it is too diffi-
cult to take it one day at a time.
Above all, remember that it takes
time to heal.
For information about bereavement
support groups call
422-8181
Earthman
Funeral Directors te Cemeteries
CAROL MENDELOVITZ, L.M.S.W.
TO MY BELOVED
BECKY
“Beck]/, something came between us,
But of course it ms not my will,
For my heart still loves you deeply
Though it is silent now and still.
Dearest, I know your heart is breaking
With all this pain and agony
I know I am asking a lot,
But please do this for me,
Let God's Gentle Holy Spirit
Dry the tears as they fall
Just be strong and courageous
Like I never died at all.
This is how you'll tell the world
I was innocent as could be
And yes, you are still thankful
You could spend some time with me!"
(C) DOTTLEE DUGGAN REID
To My Love, My Husband,
Stuart Dale Johnson
l am your wife, and you
are my whole world.
Lovingly,
Becky
fall. In retrospect that was naive,”
said Charles Freeman, who was
U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia
af the time.
Freeman, like other critics in
and out Of the Bush administra-
tion, say the United States should
have sought a complete surrender
requiring Saddam to cede power
and then supported opposition
groups.
“The problem was we did not
have a war-termination strategy of
any kind and so the war never
ended, no negotiations,” Freeman
said. “The United States and the
coalition simply walked away with
a cease-fire.”
But Bush said he did not want
America to become an occupying
force, openly backing Iraqi oppo-
sition groups at the cost of support
from Arab nations that had been
part of the coalition against Iraqi
aggression.
Fearing a Vietnam-like quag-
mire, Bush did not want to dedi-
cate tens of thousands of troops to
a manhunt for the elusive Saddam
in Iraq, which could have lasted
months, if not longer, and cost
American lives. ■“ . -5
President Clinton faces the same
dilemma today even as members
of Congress and others suggest
the United States target Saddam’s
regime.
Finally, the Bush administration
said the U.N. resolution authoriz-
ihg the war mandated only the lib-
eration of Kuwait from Iraqi
invaders.
“Our goal was to eject Iraq from
Kuwait and that’s what we
achieved,” retired Gen. Colin Pow-
ell, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff during the war, said this
month as Clinton and Saddam
faced off. “We were hoping that
he would not survive the conflict,”
Powell added, although only 260
of 36,000 Gulf War aircraft sorties
targeted leadership sites.
Fred Dde, a Pentagon official in
the Reagan administration whose
book, “Every War Must End,”
influenced Powell’s thinking about
resolving the war quickly, con-
tends that Bush had good reason
to end the fighting without ousting
Saddam.
The administration feared Iraq
could dissolve into warring oppo-
sition groups, further destabilizing
the already dangerous Middle East
region. “There was concern about
balancing off Iran with a surviving
Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq,”
Dde said.
At the same time, Dde said Bush
and his advisers made key errors
that allowed Saddam to reconsti-
tute his power:
The fighting stopped before
Saddam’s elite Republican Guard
and many of his armored tanks
could be completely destroyed;
and Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf
unwisely agreed in armistice talks
to an Iraqi request to fly armed
helicopters anywhere inside Iraq
so long as they were not near US.
forces. Saddam used that :ai>
power, combined with .tanks and
other heavy ground armor that
survived the war, to kill thousands
of rebel Kurds and Shiites-—-
opposition groups that may have
ousted Saddam if given U.S. spp;-
port. f ( ;
Bush has acknowledged that
permitting helicopter flights was
an error.
Kim Holmes, vice president, of
the Heritage Foundation, a conser-
vative think tank, said the Bush
administration was caught short
by Saddam’s attacks on rebels,
which resulted in no-fly zones
U.S. forces maintain today. “They
had not prepared the ground fdt S
successor regime,” he said of Ihe
Bush White House. “They should
have done a lot more than thgv
did.”
Despite the criticism, Bush
always has insisted he does not
regret quickly ending the 43-day
war, including a 100-hour ground
campaign.
KRAMPOTA
Bessie Krampota, 82, of Crosby,
died Friday, Feb. 27, 1998, in a
Houston hospital.
Services are pending at Sterling
White Chapel, Highlands.
GUMINA
Molly Baker Gumina, 59, of
Houston, died Friday, Feb. 27,
1998, in a Houston hospital.
Services are pending at Navarre
Funeral Home.
FLETCHER
Helen Fletcher, 76, of Humble,
died Saturday, Feb. 28,1998, in an
Humble hospital.
Services are pending at Navarre
Funeral Home.
CAMERON
Georgia A. Cameron, 70, of Bay-
town, died Saturday, Feb. 28,1998,
in a Houston hospital. >
Services pending at Navarre
Funeral Home. ■' :;.A 'tt1*
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