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WASHINGTON - A high Pen- commission he was unaware of vestigators she has lost about Lord’s political action commit-
tagon official has been question- any involvement "by Mrs. $600,000 sincethen, gambling in tee and stop suggesting that to
ed by the President’s Commis- O’Rourke in organized crime. Atlantic City. disagree with Jerry Falwell is to
sion on Organized Crime in con- He said her attorney had asked * When Mrs. O’Rourke was ar- side with Satan against God.”
nection with an investigation of him to write the letter, and that rested, police found records in Amen, Brother Buchanan,
cwminal activity in the Viet- he hadn’t seen Mrs. O’Rourke her home that showed she had _.
sincethen. taken in $53,000 worth of bets iq, a CHRISTIAN CANDIDATE: The
Mrs. O’Rourke could not be single day. Police later searched prospect of evangelist Pat
12 different residences believed Robertson as a presidential can-
Job wel I done
Retiring School Trustee Wayne Hanson is justifiably na^hard"^mita' e assistant
proud of his 12 years of service on the board, a job that df^cretary of defense for interna- reached for comment. Her at-
has; become more demanding as technology broadens tional security, confirmed that torney, John Kilcarr, called his to be involved in the operation didate is giving political pros the
the base of education, primarily on primary and secon- the crime commission had inter- client “a small-time, nickel-atfd- and found quantities of money skitters. He has a larger field
dAfv levels viewed him about gambling dime gambler,” and said she aiid gambling paraphernalia. organization and more con-
Hanson steps down from his Position 4 seat on the ”*** ^ ^ ^etidentfalX^He speaks
board after losing his bid for re-election this month. He has a lar2e Vietnamese DODula- ~Tt . . • daily to millions of Americans
‘ ith high praise of the district’s educational ac- tiS 8 p p Nguyet Thi O’Rourke came to this country through his variety television
ccfmplishments and the board's’commitmenKto continue ^Armitage recenUy returned from Vietnam in 1975 with $700,000 worth
pwriMetorfrrtgwr 55?^ • ^rahuMes. slw Uas hst about
m^hoolla^ons are indebt^ to Hanson and others who * f*"’090 ^ gambling in Atlantic talists behind his candidacy,
have seized and now serve in one of the most sensitive He told our associates Donald ^lty. * ,\J Their shift from a 56-43 pro-
areas of community government, a responsibility most Goldberg and Corny Johnson . ' ,1 ' ............. I'1 1, ■ 11 =: Democratic vote in 1976 toan8i-
peoplefihun. X . that investigators for the Crime she was not connected to any $148,879 in gold,, jewelry and 19 Republican sweep in 1984 has
Hanson is most DroUd of the district’s five-vear commission asked about his organized gambling ring, cash was seized from Mrs. Democratic National Chairman
Qlsiri« S, live year relationship with Nguyet Thia Kilcprr said she was granted im- O’Rourke, including 34 $100 bills,
upgraamg plan maunciuaeac > O’Rourke, a Vietnamese refugee munity for her testimony to the A 1975 Porsche &11S Targa was party regulars, he warned that
•Bond^issues tht funded seven new facilities, plus ad- married to an American. She crime commission. also confiscated. Robertson could turn out to be
ditions ancTrenovations at severalxampuses. r-T-......1— had been subpoenaed by the According to a police report ' “the candidate to be reckoned
•Adoption of a money-purchase pension plan for commission to testify on compiled at the time of her 0 c- FISHEYE IN THE SKY: Fish with.” He added thisjwstscript:
sodai ™ c°“- jssTSssis. ssk ", °ran
iriDUUQns. _ . ■ , . . ^rmitage had written a letter provided by the investigation surveillance technologies to and begins his televised State of
•Increased emphasis on academics, including on Mrs, O’Rdurke’s behalf urg- pointed to ... Nguyet Thi oversea their 90rmillion-acre the Union address, it will be too
recognition of the Top 10 students at each high school, ing the Arlington County Court O’Rourke as being the orgaruierempf??, as we reported, but they late.”
to show mercy” after she had of the gambling operation, insist they need them all to crack
pleaded gUiMto chai-ges'Of con- Before being placed, allbetshad down on poachers and dealers in REPORT ON TERRORISM:
ducting #n illegal gambling to be cleared by Ms. O’Rourke.’’ illegal1 species. Closed-circuit Vice President Bush s secret re-
operatiori. She was sentenced to ’ But Mrs. O’Rourke told police television, for example, is used port to President Reagan on ter-
two years in prison with all but she was a go-between. “As the in “sting” operations in which rorism in the next few days will
30 days suspended, and is now on money got more and more, I federal agents pose as buyers of disappoint hard-liners who want
probation after serving the 30 couldn’t Cover the bets, so I pass- pelts of endangered wildlife, to wreak vengeance on countries
days. ed the bets on to bigger people in Satellites will be used to track that encourage or shelter terror-
In the letter to the court, dated Washington,” her statement smugglers bringing in illegal ist. The report does not recom-
June. 6, 1985, and typed on said. “I would be a middle per- birds, monkeys and other forbid- mend assassination of such ter-
Defense Department stationery, son and would accept a 10 per- den pets. And high-tech sensors rorist-coddlers as Libya’s
Air travel IS, hard enough these days for even the Armitage wrote that he had cent charge.” are used to detect rifle shots in Moammar Khadafy or Iran’s
strongest and most agile among US. Thus, we view with known Mrs. O’Rourke in the ear- While awaiting trial, police areas where hunting is pro- AyatollahKhomeini.oreventry-
COncern a U.S. Department Of Justice case that would ly 1970s, when she ran a records show, Mrs. O’Rourke hibited. . ing to overthrow their regimes,
denv eaual rieht«5 to handicanDed nersons who travel hv restaurant in Saigon. He was stopped with another person * urge more sur
described her in the letter as “a leaving a high-stakes gambling MINI-EDITORIAL: We have to prise U.S. responses, such as the
a jv a au t-» 1 j T, a r * very successful businesswoman operation in Silver Spring, Md. thank former Rep. John interception of the Achille Lauro
According to the Paralyzed Veterans of America, (who) had a reputation for The other individuaLhad fired a Buchanan, R-Ala., chairman of hijackers,
handicapped persons are presently entitled to equal fairness and honesty....” ' “Miami Vice”-style machine People for the American Way, With an eye on his 1988 presi-
treatment on public transportation, including Use of all Armitage wrote that he had gun during an altercation with for today’s commentary. When dential candidacy, Bush will not
facilities at airports. But if the administration wins its seen her “on numerous occa- tha gambling operators. Mrs.* the Rev^ Jerry Falwell recently ^co^mend
rasp thp nrntpption auainsf di<?priminatinn will hp pn- sions” .since he was transferred O’Rourke was carrying $3,850 m changed the name of his media coverage of hostage sitpa*
* ^ase’ . ■ ® protection against discrimination Will be en to Washington in 1978 He asked cash according to the records, religious lobby from the “Moral tions. The media should be left to
dangered. the court to view Mrs. O’Rourke and Arlington County officials Majority” to “Liberty Federa- regulate itself. Bush will tell the
All handicapped persons are morally entitled to the in the context of Vietnamese sought to revoke her bond after tion” because of the organiza- president, pointing to the re-
same treatment and opportunity given to other citizens, culture, saying that “in Viet- the incident, tion’s slipping popularity, straint with whiph news organ-'
Veterans Who received disability in service are entitled namese society, gambling is a According to court documents, Buchanan saw it as A long- izations behaved in the hijacking
tnpvpn orpntpr pnn^iHpratinn much more normal andac- Mrs. O’Rourke came to this, overdue admission that Falwell of the Egyptian airliner to
«L Hrm.ahVtho cepted pattern of behavior than country from Vietnam in 1975 is motivated more by politics Malta. _
We do not know why the administration brought the jnourown.” . ‘ with $700,000 worth of valuables than moral values. Said
suit, for it makes no sense. It is cruel and unfair, and it speaking to our reporters, Ar- from the prof its of her Buchanan: Falwell should “stop
should be dropped before it comes to trial. - mitage said he told the crime - restaurant and bar. She told in- pretending to be chairman of the <u>,s«or>.
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show, “The 700 Club.” He has an
amiable, middle-American ap-
peal that could rally America’s
Paul Kirk worried. In a letter to
recognition of outstanding staff and student
achievements at trustee meetings, and involvement in
the Texas Decathlon.
XWe congratulate Wayne Hanson on a job wall-done.
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this is the.way fhvasrX
55 YEARS AGO
|—:-Today’s the last day of the $1- team uniforms. A.H. Lintelman,
down sale at T.L. Culpepper chairman of the dance commit-
Furnitiire Co. In the final wind-
? ’• up of this sensational sales event piece orchestra will play for the years, joins the Baytown police
l'- will be a three-piece living room event. force,
suite for $45, regular $85 value.
Playing at the movie theaters:
Divorce Among Friends,” star- Eberly of 410 Gresham and G.F. sent programs on drug abuse at
ring Irene Delroy. A midnight Newman of Houston are killed in Robert E. Lee High School,
show tonight at the Texan will a blast at the butadiene plants Bay tonians experience the col-
feature Jack Oakie in “The here. An explosion occurred dest weather of the winter when
when the head blew off a conden- temperature plunges to an unof-
ficial low of 19 degrees, bringing
Priscilla Sewing Club mem- a hard freeze and burst water
bers work on quilts to send over- pipes. In a front page picture the
seas when they meet at Mrs. branches of a tree at the H.D.
P.V. Alexander’s home. Hammond home, 411 Harold, are
weighted down with ice.
Daniel F. Heintschel, son ;of
Eagle Award in Boy Scout Troop Mr. and Mrs. John J. Heintschel,
Mrs. Roy Wooster returns 255. . „ 140 Crow Road, advances to the
"from Palacious where she has Maxwell Construction Co. is rank of major in the U.S, Air-
been visiting , friends and rela- awarded a $155,844 contract to Force. He is a weather officer in
tives. - remodel and enlarge ffie Horace Okinawa.
Architect is Jack
rniversary by entertaining
/* Goose Creek firemen sponsor friends at a canasta party at
a dance to raise money for drill their home, 34Q4 Illinois.
20 YEARS AGO
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Baytown police officers Jack
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showing “Trails of the Golden
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the Lamar Court Bridge Club at „ fhomas F- Rhodes wins the
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Bielstein.
Gov. John Connally writes a
f , letter commending the efforts of
Mr. and Mi;s. L.W. Wainscott' Humble’s Baytown Refinery in
observe their 58th wedding an- fighting pollution.
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Today in history
Judge me, O Lord; for I have
walked in mine integrity: I have
ted also in the Lord; there-
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Roosevelt devalued the dollar fgte
Today is Friday, Jan. 31, the relation to gol*
31st day of \986. There are 334
days left in the year.
Today’s highlight in history:
n. 31, 1958, the United'
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world
In 1945, US. Army Private Ed-
die Slovik was executed by an
- American firf#g squad in
. . France. He .became the only
States entered the Space Age, American soldier since the Civil
with its first successful launch of
a satellite into orbit, Explorer 1.
On this date:
In .1606, Guy Fawkes, con-
victed for his part in the Gun-
powder Plot against the English
Parliament and King James I, 1950> President Harry S.
was execiited. Truman announced that he had
In - 4797, composer Franz, ordered tee development of the
hydrogen bombX . -
In 1971, astronauts Man B.
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Fred Hornberger.
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War to be shot for desertion.
In 1949, the first daytime soap
opera on television, “These Are
My Children,” was broadcast
from the NBC station in Chicago.
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and Stuart A. Roosa blasted off
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In 1917, Germany served from Cape Canaveral, Fla.,
notice that it was beginning a aboard Apollo 14, the first U.S.
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warfare. Apollo 13 mission aborted in
In l934, President Franklin D. _ April 1970.
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