Tyler Ulorning Telegraph Obituaries .4 Women's News 6 Section 2 Thursday, November 13, 1997 1 997, Tyler Morning Telegraph TYLEREAST TEXAS Lnimdlale MirenniiuMi SeekSnni ET Authorities Arrest Two In Mineola Man's Murder "It was a brutal killing. There was plenty of probable cause to arrest Ed Hunt, Wood County Precinct 2 Justice Of The Peace turkey he'd taken from Love's house and three cans of beer when Love came home from work at 12:30 p.m., he said. The stabbing was the third suspected murder in Mineola's south side neighborhood within the past year. Fears confessed in March to fatally shooting Lindal Joyce Steward, a 40-year-old woman who sometimes cared for him at his home, police said. Fears called a 911 operator immediately after the shooting and said he had shot a woman at his residence.
was charged with murder and had since been released on a MURDER Page 3, Sec. 2 By JENNIFER BROWN StaffWriter MINEOLA Police arrested two people Wednesday for the stabbing death of Bill Gene Fears, a 66-year-old man neighbors said had let them stay at his house. Timothy Travis Gallimore, 43, and Susanne Jeter Bowman, 45, were booked at the Wood County Jail Wednesday afternoon. Wood County Precinct 2 Justice of the Peace Ed Hunt set bond at $150,000 each. Fears had confessed to shooting a woman to death in March and was out of jail on bond.
Fears' daughter found him dead with a knife stuck in his throat at his Elliot Street home Tuesday morning, officials said. "It was a brutal killing," Hunt said. "There was plenty of probable cause to arrest them." Wood County Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace Ray Robertson said Fears probably died late Monday night. Fears' body was sent to a forensic lab in Dallas for an autopsy, Robertson said. Fears' neighbors said Gallimore had been living with him for about three weeks.
Fears was a friendly man who often let people who were having financial trouble stay at his house, they said. Gallimore was arrested about 2 a.m. Tuesday and cited for public intoxication. He paid a $150 fine and was released before 9 a.m., said an officer at the Wood County Jail. A man who once rented a garage apartment to Gallimore said Gallimore was at his house Tuesday afternoon when police detained him.
Gallimore was sitting on Travis Love's front porch with smoked Owens said he intends to give commissioners a full review of the department's efforts in February. Commissioner Andrew Melontree, whose precinct includes the fire district, said he will join the effort. Creating substations is one of the goals of the Smith County Rural Fire Prevention District No. 1 created by voters in 1996. The district general boundaries include most of northwest Smith County including the city of Lindale and the communities of Swan, Mount Sylvan, Carroll, Garden Valley, Jamestown and St.
Mary. The district is governed by a five-member board and generates funds for equipment by levying a three-cent property tax. The Lindale fire department is under contract with the dis trict to provide services to areas that otherwise would not be covered. Assistant Fire Chief Todd Lane said the district already has provided funding for better equipment and upgraded services. "We have the best equipped volunteer fire department in the county," he said.
"We've been able to do things we never thought we would be able to do. It (contract) has been a great combination for both sides." One of the district's goals is to build and staff substations in outlying areas to improve response times. The Swan community is a target area for a possible substation based on an analysis of prior calls, said Owens and Lane who addressed commission- LLNDALE Page 3, Sec. 2 I 1 By VANESSA CURRY StaffWriter For the next three months recruiting volunteers will be a priority for some Lindale firemen who say the lack of manpower is hindering plans for a substation in a rural Smith County fire district. Ron Owens, a captain with the Lindale Volunteer Fire Department, told county commissioners Wednesday a new facility will require a staff of at least 10 volunteers willing to be trained.
"We will make all efforts possible to see about getting a substation, provided we get the adequate manpower to staff it. Well do everything we can to recruit he said. "We can do this. I don't know how, but we will." 5 i 1 Friends For Life Young Readers Receive Lessons On Many Joys Rooks CanRring By BETTY WATERS StaffWriter Fourth-graders brought the required, unusual ticket an original story to gain entrance, then met a real-life children's book author, heard professional storytellers, saw displays of books and read to one another. A love of reading may have been spawned or enhanced in the children at least that is what educators hope.
About 450 Tyler Independent School District fourth-graders showed up Wednesday for opening of the Barbara Bush Young Readers' Conference at the University of Texas at By the time it closes Friday, the number is expected to swell to 1,350. The conference, funded with a $1,000 donation from TISD Foundation, commemorates the visit of the former First Lady to TylerWhitehouse last February in her long-standing effort to promote literacy and understanding of the importance of reading. To honor Mrs. Bush, Pat Oge of the foundation's board read a letter from her during lunch to the students. "Next to my family, reading has been the greatest joy of my life as far back as I can remember," Mrs.
Bush wrote. "Books have tailght me most of what I know about people and places and ideas, and I do not think I could nave grown up well or truly be happy without them. They are friends that entertain and comfort me, and keep me company wherever I go Keynote speaker for the conference is Jackie Hopkins, a Houston educator and author of "Tumble weed Torn, on the Texas Trail," a book about a cowboy on an imaginary journey across the state. The picture book, suitable for all ages from kindergarten through upper elementary grades, follows Tum-bleweed Tom as he throws something representative of READING Page 3, Sec. 2 Will (Offffer UOelp Sni Tiyfler 2 Bays A Week 'Special Day9 Planned In February By MARILYN COVEY StaffWriter Although the Internal Revenue Service will offer special "problem-solving days" in 33 cities nationwide Saturday, East Texans facing taxing issues can receive help two days a week at the Tyler office and will have a special day of their own in February.
Donald Moore, manager of the Tyler IRS office, said taxpayers who want to' participate in Saturday's event must appear in person, with all appropriate information, at one of the offices in Dallas, Austin or Houston. The Dallas office, which is closest and covers East Texas, will be open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at 4050 Alpha Road in Fanners Branch, he said. House Republicans plan related events this Saturday, scheduling some 7 5 "town hall" meetings in various cities to discuss tax reform. No events are planned in the Tyler area, said Pam Arruda, spokeswoman for U.S.
Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Dallas. Sessions initially had a town hall meeting planned for Thursday in Mesquite with U.S. Reps. Joe Barton, R-Ennis, and Eddie Bernice Johnson, D-Dallas; but the town hall meeting on tax reform was canceled due to the postponement by a week of the adjournment of the fall congressional session.
"We had to cancel the event because Congress was in session this week," Ms. Arruda said. Another IRS session is scheduled Nov. 20 in Fort Worth, at the office at 1515 Commerce St. 1 But, Moore said it is not necessary for an East Texas taxpayer to make that trip.
The Tyler IRS office, at 3372 Loop 323 behind Sweet Sue's Restaurant, offers walk-in window assistance 9 a.m.-3 p.m. every Tuesday and Thurs-IRS Page 3, Sec. 2 II i Staff Photo By David Branch FOURTH GRADERS AT UT TYLER LIBRARY WEDNESDAY MORNING Author And Houston Elementary School Librarian Jackie Hopkins I 5 Men Milled Hn Pakistan Remembered Fondly Candidates For Tyler ISD Board Seat Share Mews Union Texas Petroleum Employees Feel Vulnerable. Violated9 By Shooting Deaths fV mi 'Km become involved. When parents get involved, kids appreciate that.
Students are looking for proper adult supervision and role models." As a trustee, Austin said he would be "committed to making common-sense decisions, spending the taxpayer money wisely and to providing a good sound education for our kids. Mrs. Coppinger observed that education Texas is changing. "We have to try new ideas to accomplish that change and if we. don't, people will seek an education elsewhere thinking it to be better and it's not.
I believe TISD has the potential to be in the top few premier school districts in the state and I want to be along for the ride," Mrs. Coppinger said. She added, "Our public education system is a very good system; we just have to change a little We must be informed, energetic and unified in order to stay at the forefront of this change." Lessert recalled his children got a good education in public schools and said he thinks it would be fun to serve on the board for awhile. "I've been a teacher in the corporate world and I know it's hard TISD Page 2, Sec. 2 By BETTY WATERS StaffWriter All three candidates who had applied as of Wednesday for appointment to the vacant District 6 seat on the board of trustees for Tyler Independent School District have college degrees, are active in the community and have strong views on education.
They also support the administration plan to recommend next week that the school board call a bond election. Others interested in being considered for the appointment may submit a resume to the superintendent's office until the Nov. 20 board meeting, when the board is expected to appoint a successor to Gil Hitt, who died suddenly in late September. District 6 covers south and southeast Tyler. Candidates so far, listed in alphabetical order, are Glenn A Austin, Maxine Coppinger and Joe G.
Lessert. WHY SERVE Austin said he is vying for the board because "I'm a concerned parent who cares about our kids and as a taxpayer, I'm concerned about how taxes are spent. "I want to have influence in the future of our students. I think it's very important that parents HOUSTON (AP) Before heading off to work Wednesday morning in Pakistan, Ephraim Egbu, a senior auditor for Union Texas Petroleum, called his wife back home in suburban Houston. "He told her he just wanted to make sure she was OK," said Gail Napper, Egbu's sister-in-law.
When he talked to her it was Tuesday night in Missouri City, Texas. He asked about a headache his 11-year-old stepson had the day before a day when he had sent roses to his wife of just over a year. There was no reason for the flowers, other than he was thinking of her, according to the card inside. Then he told her he was getting dressed and heading off to work. A few hours later Idera Egbu received a telephone call from the Houston-based company saying her husband never made it to work, that he had been gunned down while riding in a car in Karachi, Pakistan along with four other men in an apparent retaliation killing.
"We're just devastated by the whole ordeal," Ms. Napper said. "It's just too many people involved, too many lives involved." Egbu, 42, who had worked for the company for 19 years, was one of four Houston-based workers killed. Also slain in a haU of bullets were Joel Enlow, 40, manager of audit projects 7 x' 'They were just doing their jobs. We are truly, truly shocked by this incident and deeply, deeply saddened.
There are many tears and sad faces at the company today." Carol Cox, Company Spokeswoman and a 14-year Union Texas employee; Larry Jennings, 49, an audit manager with 10 years at the company; and Tracy Ritchie, 41, a senior audit supervisor and 15-year employee. Their driver, Anwar Murza, 51, employed for 10 years by Union Texas in Pakistan, also died. Authorities believe the killings were linked to Monday's U.S. conviction of a Pakistani man in the 1993 shooting deaths of two CIA workers outside agency headquarters in Lang-ley, Va. It came a day after a State Department warning for Americans to beware of retaliation.
The four-man audit team had been sent to Pakistan Oct. 31. Egbu had been to Pakistan before without inci- DEATHS Page 2, Sec. 2 at least three feet from the space heaters. Also, children should be watched closely when in a room with a space heater, because they can drop or put things into the heaters.
Officials say space heaters are only designed to heat a small area and when family members are not in the room the heater should be unplugged. Mooney said before operating an electric heater read the owner's manual carefully. He said the manual will point out the safety features of the device and provide information on proper handling and cleaning of it. Fire officials also warn that when lighting fireplaces, make sure the damper is open and use a screen to keep embers from popping out on the carpet. Also, never go to bed or leave the home with the fireplace still burning or a space heater running, officials warn.
Mooney said now is also a good time for homeowners to check their smoke detectors. "If you did not check SAFETY Page 2, Sec. 2 SPEAKING TO Children's 1 UnlonTcxca Petroleum 1 I AP Photo ANSWERS QUESTIONS ABOUT DEATH OF 5 EMPLOYEES John Whitmire, Chairman And CEO Of Union Texas Petroleum As Temperatures Drop, ET Fire Officials Urge Caution Big infjIU Jr i(j Hopes Of East Texas Attracting Cowboys Camp Appear Dim Members of an ad hoc committee formed to help lure Dal-: las Cowboys training camp to Tyler will try to meet Thursday; or Friday to consider any further options to bring America's' Team to East Texas. Tuesday, the TVler Junior College board adopted a resolu-i tion that effectively nixed any hopes of using the school's campus as a training camp site for the Cowboys or any other professional sports team. Even though Tyler was considered a long-shot to host the Cowboys' monthlong summer camp, team representatives did plan and subsequently cancel a Nov.
4 trip to Tyler to visit TJC facilities. Tyler Area Chamber of Commerce President Tom Mullins on Wednesday said he's attempting to Organize members of the Cowboys committee to take a closer look at Ambassador University facilities at Big Sandy. In previous meetings, that group included: Mullins, Steve Winston, chamber board chairman; Brad Streit, head of the chamber's Business Development Council; Laura Corbett, rep-. resenting the Convention and Visitors Bureau and area hotel-' motel association; Dave Demiglio of the Convention and Visitors Bureau; TJC President Bill Crowe; and SporTyler's president arid past president Steve Smith and Mike Hines. Discussions of the Tyler as a possible training camp site for the Cowboys generated a strong response both from advocates COWBOYS Page 2, Sec.
2 By MITZIE AVERA StaffWriter With temperatures expected to drop to the freezing mark by this weekend, Tyler fire officials are reminding residents to think fire safety when using heating sources. Traditionally, the first major cold snap of the season sparks numerous house fires when residents head for the electric heaters and fireplaces. Fire Chief Tom Mooney said taking a few minutes to inspect the electric cords or gas lines on space heaters and having the home's heating system professional checked and cleaned can in the long run save a family a lot of heartache. Mooney said residents need to remember that electric heaters be plugged directly into the wall outlet. "Never use an extension cord," he stressed.
He suggests before plugging in the heater to check the cord, looking for any frayed or lose wires. When inspecting gas heaters, check the lines to make sure they are not loose or broken. Combustible items should be kept Staff Photo By David Branch MUSICAL INTERLUDE Members of the Dogan Middle School Orchestra perform during a TISD media lunch Wednesday at the school. Playing cello in the foreground is LaMeka Choice. At left playing violas are Legusta Hall and Anthony Johnson..
