Austin American- Sunday, January 31, 1993 This section is recyclable 88 Dallas school board wants end to suit Black plaintiffs in 22-year-old desegregation case are angered by vote Associated Press a lot of confusion in the communi- know the court will approve," said where students still face mandaDALLAS The Dallas school ty" lawsuit. about the DISD's long-running school board president Rene tory busing. Castilla. The students, who numbered alboard's request that a federal judge White and Hispanic school A DISD study showed that the most 200 last year, are the last in bring a 22-year-old desegregation board members, over the obiection district will spend $485,836 this the district to be ordered bus. on a lawsuit to from a close black has plaintiffs prompted in of black trustees, reduce voted to ask year on its desegregation criticism Sanders to his oversight a court-appointed outside auditor voting approach monitor, Trustees, in to Sanders to declare the DISD unithe case.
and eventually declare the district and four annual reports to Sandtary, ordered Superintendent MarBut 1 many Dallas Independent unitary. ers. The amount would pay salaDistrict officials echoed the Several trustees argued that the ries and benefits of about 11 vin Edwards to prepare a School sentiments of board members dur- district could save time and money teachers. report on comprehensive the dising were Thursday's uncertain of vote, the while effect others that and from gain court flexibility supervision. by getting They away district Ms.
Callejo said she believes the "Obviously, trict's desegregation. many things we are ruling by U.S. District Judge the school board has shown say its spends too much on "law- doing under court order are good any yers, monitors, auditors and court- and should stay," he said. Sanders might have. commitment to reform and Sand- ordered staff," adding it needs to Sanders must Barefoot Adelfa Callejo, a long- ers is no longer needed to goad it.
"return kids to neighborhood approve currently Lawyer civil advocate who down changes to school boundaries, time rights nev- "It slows the process for us schools." ertheless supports trustees who because we have to go to the court She said that one neighborhood property purchases and other details that affect parts of the court want to end the case, said "there is to get approval for something we school is Fannin Elementary, order. Denton County official Houston arsonist indicted settles liability lawsuit in forging release document Associated Press A federal jury indicted Downs on Associated Press "I'm just very relieved that the charges Friday. He could face this settlement will take care of HOUSTON A convicted ar- an additional 15 years in prison if DALLAS The son of a Mrs. McKinley's medical costs, sonist known as the "Fondra Fire- convicted of two counts of forgery congressman, sued by a traffic which I have been very con- bug" has been indicted on charges and one count of obstructing the wreck victim because he didn't cerned about," Armey said in a of forging a federal judge's name administration of justice, said ashave liability insurance, will pay prepared statement. on legal documents in an attempt sistant U.S.
Attorney Eric Nichols. $25,000 for the woman's medi- There was no telephone list- to get out of prison early. Downs is accused of signing cal bills. ing for McKinley. Her lawsuit Damon Downs, 25, is accused of Black's name on a habeas corpus Denton County Commission- had been set for trial Monday.
forging U.S. District Judge Nor- memorandum and a final er Scott Armey, son of U.S. Armey, elected Novem- man Black's signature on two doc- judgment. Rep. Dick Armey, on Friday an- uments in a plan to slash 30 years The counterfeit documents, datnounced the settlement with also is to Feb.
9 in a jus- from his prison sentence. ed July 1, purported to, grant ber as Precinct 3 commissioner, Elisabeth McKinley, who will appear Downs was sentenced to 50 Downs' petitions for writ of habeas be paid over a four-year period tice of the peace court in after he pleaded guilty which sought to cut 30 Lewisfor her injuries last year in ville on state driver's procedures license April 1986 to 12 counts of arson in years off his sentence. to years corpus, revoke his Texas Denton. uninsured motorist laws. connection with a string of fires set The indictment alleges Downs After the April 1 wreck, Ar- under in southwest Houston in 1985.
sent the forged documents from mey said he didn't know his in- He had the option of paying In other cases, he was sentenced his prison cell to prison officials, surance had been canceled for McKinley's claims, proving in to a consecutive 10-year term for who then determined that the docnonpayment. He later pur- court he was not at fault in the threatening to have the home of a uments were counterfeit before chased a new policy. wreck or losing his license. judge burned and to a concurrent taking any action on Downs' re10-year term for trying to escape. maining sentence.
Deaths and funerals Major Frank Hirt Balfour Jr. Major Frank Hirt Balfour Jr. U.S. Army age 73 of Austin died Saturday, January 30, 1993. He retired in 1966 as a Major in the U.S.
Army. Survivors include his daughter, Mrs. Daryl (Rebecca) Benson; granddaughter, Caitlynne Benson both of Austin; brother, George Balfour and wife Kay of Inverness, Florida; two nephews, David Balfour and wife Cindy of Austin and Stephen Balfour and wife Patricia of Maryland, also four grand nephews. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Monday in the Weed-Corley Funeral Home with Monsignor Richard McCabe officiating.
Burial in the Austin Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to The American Heart Association, 5926 Balcones Austin, Texas 78731 or your favorite charity. Arrangements by Weed-Corley Funeral Home, 3125 N. Lamar, 452-8811. Frances Fischer Barbour Frances Fischer Barbour, 63, of Austin, entered the Kingdom of Heaven, Friday, January 29, 1993.
She was a member of St. Austin's Catholic Church. She worked with the Texas Air Control Board and was a private piano teacher and doll maker. Rosary will be said at 7:00 PM Monday in the Colonial Chapel at Cook-Walden Funeral Home. Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 AM Tuesday a at St.
Mary's Catholic Church with the Reverend Robert Michele officiating. Interment will be in Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Visitation will be held PM Sunday and PM Monday at Cook-Walden Funeral Home. Mrs.
Barbour is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Nancy Barbour of Austin, Rose Barbour and Ronald W. Wilson of Stafford, Cyndi Barbour and Sudhir K. Pawar, and Kathleen Barbour and Sajid B. Sager, all of Austin; granddaughters, Kimberly Nicole Wilson and Christen Rene Wilson, of Stafford; and brother, Herbert James Fischer of Madison, Alabama. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association.
Arrangements by Cook-Walden Funeral Home, 6100 N. Lamar. Dorothy Brauckman Dorothy Brauckman, 70, of Austin died Thursday, January 28, 1993. Mrs. Brauckman was a former owner of Luigi's Garden Center.
She was a Deaths BAYLOR, Carrie, 83, of Austin died Thursday. Services 1 p.m. Tuesday, King Mortuary. BRUMLEY, Florence Jones, 83, of Austin died Friday. Services were Saturday.
Burial was in Austin Memorial Park. (Weed-Corley) BURDITT, Rev. Lee Edward, 62, of Austin died Friday. Services 11 a.m. Tuesday, Ulit Avenue Baptist Church.
Burial Giddings City Cemetery. (King- Tears) GRAHAM, Iva Lee, 83, of Thorndale, died Friday. Services 2 p.m. today, Phillips Luckey Funeral Home, Rockdale. Private Burial.
HAMILTON, Claude 84, of Marble Falls died Friday. Memorial services 1 p.m. Monday, Waldrope-Hatifeld Funeral Staff photo by Tom Lankes Home repairs Alex Pena, an air-conditioning and heating systems technician, does electrical work Saturday on an East Austin duplex, which will house homeless people waiting for permanent homes. The renovations were done by Austin Apartment Association volunteers, and materials were donated by local merchants, volunteer Mikal Hodges said. member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church.
Mass will be celebrated at 10:00 AM Monday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Reverend Robert Collins and Reverend Robert Becker officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Brauckman is survived by her husband, Alvin Brauckman of Austin; children and spouses, Gay Ann Apostle of Round Rock, Brian and Janet Brauckman of Round Rock, Debbie and Carl Brooks of Buda, Gary and Diane Brauckman of Cibolo, Lance Brauckman, Randy and Malesa Brauckman and Kim Brauckman, all of Austin; grandchildren, Mark and Stacey Apostle, Christopher Brauckman, Emily and Kelsey Brooks, Amy and 1 Kyle Brauckman and Danny Brauckman; and brother and sister-inlaw, Don and Jewell Wentworth. She was preceded in death by her parents, Floyd and Anna Wentworth.
Pallbearers will be Carl Brooks, Jack Ashley, Ernie Wymer, Mark Seidenberger, Bret Flanders and Bill Jeanes. Thanks and recognition is given to the nurses and staff at Seton Hospital, 7 South and Lifeway nurses. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Allan Shivers Radiation Therapy Center. Arrangements by Cook-Walden Funeral Home, Lamar location. Douglas E.
Guynn Douglas E. Guynn, 38, died January 22, 1993, at a Corpus Christi hospital. He was a resident of Austin from 1976 to 1983. A memorial service was held Monday, January 25, in Premont, Texas. L.
M. Jenniges L. M. Jenniges, age 73, of Dripping Springs died Saturday, January 30, 1993. He was preceded in death wife Katherine Jenniges.
Survivors include sons, Michael B. Jenniges, Oak Hill, L. M. Meniges, Bastrop; daughters, Donna Cates, Dripping Springs and Jeanine Jenniges, Austin; seven grandchildren; one great granddaughter; brother, Jerome V. Jenniges; sister, Veronica Gossett, both of Dallas; several nieces and nephews.
A rosary will be recited on Monday, February 1, 1993 at 7:00 PM at Harrell Funeral Chapel in Dripping Springs. Funeral mass will be Tuesday, February 2, 1993 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Wimberley with Father George Henninger officiating. Inter- Home, Kingsland. HENDERSON, Mary, 103, of Austin died Tuesday.
Services 1 p.m. Monday, Antioch Baptist Church, Luling. Burial Luling City Cemetery. (Kelly Memorial, Luling) HILL, Hudson 58, of Dripping Springs Thursday. Services were held Saturday.
Burial was in Phillips Cemetery, Dripping Springs. (WilkeAmey-Clay) KUEMPEL, Kermit 72, of Austin died Thursday. Services were held Satuday, St. Martin's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Burial was in Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery.
(Weed-Corley) LIDDY, Col. John Allen Jr. 57, died 1 Thursday. Visitation 6-9 p.m. Monday, Sunset Funeral Home, San Antonio.
Ser- ment at St. Mary's Catholic Church Cemetery in Wimberley. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. Arrangements by Harrell Funeral Chapel in Dripping Springs. 858-5666.
Tommy J. Lehman Mrs. Tommy J. Lehman of Giddings, Texas passed away early Saturday morning in Giddings. She was 82.
Mrs. Lehman was born on October 19, 1910 in Rusk County, Texas to Allen and Laura Booker Jones. She married Henry "Bud" Lehman on June 15, 1941 in San Antonio, Texas. Mrs. Lehman was a leading business and civic leader of the Giddings area.
She had been a longtime member of the Presbyterian Church of which she served in many capacities. She was also involved in the Giddings Garden Club, the Lee County Heritage Society, as well as many other community organizations. Mrs. Lehman and her husband both took an active roll in Texas politics. While Mr.
Lehman served in the Texas Legislature for over 20 years, Mrs. Lehman served in many ways including being the for the Legislative Wives Club for one term. Mrs. Lehman is survived by her husband of 51 years, Henry "Bud" Lehman of Giddings; one niece, Nancy K. Kelly of Deer Park, Texas; one nephew, John J.
Fleet III of Dallas, Texas; two brothers-in-law, John J. Fleet II of Dallas and Jake Jacobsen of Giddings; and many friends and loved ones across the state of Texas. Services will be held at 11:00 AM on Monday, February 1, 1993 at Phillips Luckey Funeral Home in Giddings with burial to follow in the Giddings City Cemetery. A prayer service will be held 4:00 PM on Sunday, January 31, 1993 at Phillips Luckey Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the church or charity of your choice.
Arrangements by Phillips Luckey Funeral Home of Giddings, 588 North Main. (409)542-3113. Louie E. Messer Louie E. Messer, age 81, of Buda passed away Thursday.
Mr. Messer graduated from Killeen High School and attended John F. Tarleton in Stephenville, Texas. He worked for Mutual Lumber Company for 35 years. He was a Mason for over 50 years in Masonic Lodge a member of Eastern Star, and Deacon vices 10 a.m.
Tuesday, St. Pius Catholic Church, San Antonio. Burial Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio. MORALES, Joe, 51, of Houston died Saturday. Rosary 7:30 p.m.
today San Angel Funeral Home. Services 10 a.m. Monday. Burial Assumption Cemetery. NICOLOPOULOS, Marian 85, of Austin died Friday.
Services 10 a.m. Monday, Austin Memorial Park Cemetery. (Austin-Peel and Son) NOVOSAD, Selma, 91, of Moulton died Friday. Rosary 7 p.m. today, Smith FuHome, Moulton.
Services 10 a.m. Monday, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Moulton. SCHNEIDER, Mark, 37, of Corpus Christi died Thursday. Services 1:30 p.m.
in First Baptist Church in Buda for 41 years. Survivors include wife of 58 years, Nita Messer, of Buda; daughter, Janice Atkins, of San Antonio; granddaughter, Deborah L. Bennett, of San Antonio; sisters, Doris Sky-Eagle, of Corpus Christi, Marjorie Jean, of Killeen; sister-in-law, Edna Messar, of Natchitoches, Louisiana. Funeral service will be 2:00 PM Sunday at Wilke-Amey-Clay Funeral Home with Reverend Mark Gardner officiating. Burial will follow at Liveoak Cemetery.
Services under the direction of Wilke-Amey-Clay Funeral Home, 2620 South Congress. Artie Ovell Nelson Artie Ovell Nelson, age 100, of Austin, passed away Friday, January 29, 1993. Mrs. Nelson had been a resident of Austin for the past 20 years. She was preceded in death by her husband, Sam D.
Nelson, in 1960. Survivors include her daughter, Ovell Dillard of Austin; grandsons, Robby, Curtis and Roger Dillard; ten great and six greatgreat -grandchildren. Graveside services are Monday, 2:00 PM at Bellwood Memorial Park in Temple. Officiating is Reverend Albert Martin. Services are under the direction of Amey-Hyltin-Manor Funeral Home, 2620 S.
Congress. 442-1448. In Memoriam Master Hugh Alexander Butler January 31, 1963 June 6, 1971 You have been gone from us for a long time. We love you so much but God loved you more, we think about you every day with so much love in our heart. We miss you so much Wayn'e Bo.
Mother, Doris; grandmother, Mary; sisters, Cassandra, Jennette, Jennifer, Vincetta; brother, Raymond; uncles, Roy Butler, John Butler, Frank Hill. Monday. Burial Richland Springs Cemetery. (Howell-Doran, San Saba) SMITH, John Alfred, 72, of Mahomet died Friday. Services 2 p.m.
today, Mohamet Christian Church. Burial Mohamet City Cemetery. (Edgar, Burnet) TAYLOR, Donnella Sentertitt, 87, of Fort Worth died Friday. Services 4 p.m. Monday.
Burial Harmony Ridge Cemetery. (Howell-Doran, San Saba) WEIGL, Mrs. Goldie Irene Simmons, 85, of Austin died Friday. Services were held Saturday, Cook-Walden Funeral Home. Burial Parks Cemetery.
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