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September 29,
Police hunt for abductor
United Press International
CONROE — Authorities in
southeast Texas, bolstered by
two developments in their inves
tigation, intensified their search
for the alleged mastermind be
hind the abduction of a man
who was buried alive for five
days in a wooden box.
Law officers Monday combed
two counties in search of Ronald
White, 38, who is charged with
the aggravated kidnapping of
Michael Baucom, 21. White is a
former employee of Bebco, an
electronic component store
owned by Baucom’s father.
Montgomery County Sher
iffs Department spokesman Ed
Deforest said authorities be
lieved they were closing in on
White when they discovered the
suspect’s rental station wagon
abandoned in a wooded area in
Polk County near Livingston,
tht
executed a search warrant at
White’s home in north Liberty
County, but found no trace of
the suspect, Deforest said.
Investigators hoped papers
and weapons found at White’s
home and an examination of the
car would provide clues to lead
them to White, Deforest said.
Earlier in the day, authorities
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Authorities, meanwhile, had
no further information about an
off-duty Houston firefighter
who may have been kidnapped
by White during his escape from
Montgomery County Sunday
following Baucomb’s rescue.
Baucom was kidnapped
Tuesday night and buried in a
coffin-like box in a remote oil
field near Conroe. Shortly after
his rescue Sunday, a woman cal
led police and reported her hus
band missing.
Houston firefighter Coby
Garland Hamilton, 28, who was
delivering newspapers early
Sunday, made a collect call to his
wife, saying he had been in an
accident and had to go to
Lufkin.
Theresa Hamilton said her
husband sounded strange on
the telephone and the call was
uncharacteristic of him.
“He was short and brief and
wouldn’t let me get a word in
edgewise. He was just talking.
You could tell that somebody
was there. It was like he was talk
ing to someone he didn’t know,”
Mrs. Hamilton said.
Deforest said deputies tried
to trace the origin of the call and
worked under the assumption
that Hamilton was kidnapped by
White. Authorities searched
Montgomery and Liberty coun
ties for White and Hamilton, he
said.
Lawmen rescued Baucom
Sunday after one of his captors
led them to the plywood box
buried 3 feet deep. Air was
piped into the box, which mea
sured 3 feet by 8 feet and 25
inches high. Baucom’s kidnap
pers left him enough water for
three days and some bread.
Baucom was dehydrated and
covered with fire ant bites, but
he said his excellent physical
condition kept him alive,
although he lost 12 pounds.
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EDINBURG — The
thousands of “winter Texans”
who flock to the sunny Rio
Grande Valley each year may re
scue the economically devas
tated area this winter like the
U.S. Cavalry — in the nick of
time.
Business in South Texas has
come to a virtual standstill with
the dramatic devaluation of the
Mexican peso, now worth about
one-third its value at the begin
ning of 1982.
“We’re seeing some business
failures here where we used to
have few,” said Carl Rush, dire
ctor of the Bureau of Business
and Economic Research at Pan
American University, said.
“Since the peso devaluation,
you hear horror stories all the
time,” he said. “Merchants who
were doing $25,000 a week tur
nover are now doing under
$1,000, say $800 a week.”
But all that may change when
the winter Texans arrive — an
annual migration from the Mid
west and Canada that usually be
gins in October, and finally ends
in April. The peak season occurs
in January.
The Texas Highway Depart
ment estimates 600,000 people
visit the cluster of small towns at
the southern tip of Texas each
year. The Rio Grande • Valley
Chamber of Commerce believes
about 100,000 of them are long
term visitors, staying anywhere
from six weeks to six months.
Last year they spent from
$199 million to $255 million in
were
“Merchants who
doing $25,000 a week
turnover are now doing
under $1,000, say $800
a week...”— Carl Rush,
business and
adviser.
economic
the Valley. Rush has studied the
winter Texans and their habits
since 1975.
“They are cautious with their
money, as the elderly popula
tion is,” he said. “But they are a
major economic factor here.
The banks actively seek their
business. They deposit money
here and many of them leave it
year-round.
“They eat out frequently. My
studies show they eat at some of
the more expensive places.
“They don’t just come down
here and soak up sun. They are
gregarious, always looking for
things to do.”
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seers,” Rush said. “But we coll '
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visitors, not just in a commerci]
sense but in a human sense
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feel unappreciated for theireco-
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