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Wednesday, August 24,1983/The Battalion/Page 9 Hurricane consequences V s a natural. E id Hanv order ol and get z. Julius ;e! San Pedro Judges tough on looters Duplexes 2 Bedrooms 1 Bath W/D Connection Kenmore Appliances Shuttle Bus Route Fenced Yard No Deposit No Rent till October 1 $ 375.00 OPEN HOUSE 1 P.M.-7 P.M. DAILY 779-6296 764-8237 United Press International HOUSTON —Judges sent a strong message to looters along the hurricane-torn Texas Gulf coast, imposing a 12-year sent ence on one exconvict and vow ing not to allow any plea bargaining. “There will be absolutely no plea-bargaining,” state District Judge Michael McSpadden said Monday. “Every single case in my court concerning looting is going to be tried by a jury who went though the storm and wants to deal with looters on their own basis. “We want to send out a strong message to everyone who even has an idea of preying on some one else’s misery,” McSpadden said. Visiting Judge George Taylor Monday imposed a 12- year sentence on an ex-convict charged with looting during the Thursday storm which claimed 18 lives. Insurance adjustor GAB Business Systems Inc. predicted insured damage claims would exceed $1 billion and make Ali cia easily the costliest storm in this country’s history. Though crime was reported down in Galveston, Police Capt. Leon Lewis said National Guardsmen will remain in the city until officials survey the situation and decide they are not needed. “Looting is at a minimum be cause of the risk with all the police, guardsmen and Depart ment of Public Safety officers,” Lewis said. “We haven’t had too many burglaries and even acci dents are down. We’ve had less crime reported during this time than normal.” Lewis said a blockade set up Friday at the Interstate 45 cause way — the main entrance lead ing onto Galveston Island — will remain as will an 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew in the city until full elec tricity is restored. Between 150,000 to 200,000 residents remained without electrical power Monday. Hous ton Lighting & Power Co. offi cials said portions of Galveston’s West Beach tourist area may be without service until after the normally-profitable Labor Day weekend. Hurricane winds removed all power lines on the west end, a LOW MEAT PRICES C1NTKR QTR. PORK LOINS «. FIRST CUTS ASSORTED PORK CHOPS $4138 SHANK HALF U.S. CHOICE BEEF :OLORADO BONELESS ROUND STEAK SMOKED HAMS FWfSH PORK BOSTON ROAST OR BUTT PORK STEAK $438 01D VILLAGE REGULAR OR BEEF SMOKED • • • • • LB. U.S. CHOICE BEEF BONELESS ROUND [Sausage center cut rib shopk Pork Chops. . . . u, *! 78 STERN STYLE COUNTRY (RIBLETS) pareribs . . . . • $ 1 6 “ NELESS LOIN OF (CHOPS *2.98) ork Roasts TER CUT SMOKED "iolas Pork Ch °P s • • . « $ 2 59 ■ UP holly farms grade a family pak $ 4 Fryer Breasts. . « $ 1 4 * ijjgB COST CUTTER FRYER (FAMILY PAK) THIGHS OR drumsticks . . . ... 79* • • U.S. CHOICE BEEF BONELESS STEAKS OR ROAST Tip Roasts . 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Operations along the 50-mile long Houston Ship Channel were still suspended because channel-marking buoys and lights were lost in the storm, the Coast Guard said. “The channel is opened only to limited extent during the day. The larger vessels are not com ing in and it is up to the pilots whether to allow the smaller ves sels,” said Coast Guard spokes man Matt Walter. Downtown Houston was reopened for business, but a spokeswoman for Mayor Kathy Whitmire said power outages in residential sections of the city made life difficult because of heat and humidity across the area. City Councilman Ben Reyes, however, questioned what he called unplanned, uncoordin ated cleanup efforts. He cited many workers were using axes rather than chain saws to cut up the hundreds of trees strewn across city streets. Five Red Cross disaster cen ters were opened Monday to provide food, shelter and medical attention to some of the 12,000 families displaced by storm, Red Cross spokeswoman Susan Clowe said. 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