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Galveston may legalize gambling
United Press International
GALVESTON — Residents
vote Saturday on a referendum
that could trigger state legisla
tion seeking to make this island
city an oasis of legalized casino
gambling in a state that claims
abstinence.
Seawall Boulevard had a
dozen private clubs with illegal
casinos from the 1930s to 1957.
Now, those memories are fuel
ing a fierce war of words that has
preceded the non-binding re
ferendum.
“I’m of the opinion we ought
to let dead dogs die,” said retired
plant supervisor Jack Baird,
who described himself as “one of
the good of boys” who once en-
ded up signing over his
paycheck at the crap tables on a
Friday night.
However, proponents
gathered 3,000 signatures of
registered voters on a petition
that forced a reluctant city coun
cil to hold the referendum.
“I’m for gambling. I need it.
The night life is dead in this
town,” says Buddy Kirk, a band
leader and club owner.
At the heart of the argument
is whether Galveston is really re
viving economically with the
current mini-boom of condomi
nium construction and historical
preservation, or whether the city
needs to do what Atlantic City,
N.J., did in 1978.
“We have the fun, the sand
tind the beach, but we need to
bring the big money to Galves-
l.on,” Kirk said. “The word
jgambling scares some people,
'but let’s face it, Galveston needs
something.”
Leading opponent Jim
Mahan said, “We don’t need to
save our city. Gambling has been
an abysmal failure in Atlantic
City as far as urban revitaliza
tion.”
Both sides agree legalized
gambling would create jbsin city
that had 9.4 percent unemploy
ment in November.
The chamber of commerce
and the influencial Galveston
Historical Foundation oppose
gambling. Houston oilman
George Mitchell of Mitchell
Energy, a Galveston native who
is personally and corporately
building hotels, condominiums
and restaurants on the island,
opposes gambling.
Peter H. Brink, executive
director of the foundation, pre
dicts a large turnout and a close
vote.
“There are more people
against it than for it. Most peo
ple’s objection is crime, both
street crime and organized
crime that would come with leg
alized gambling,” he said.
He said street crime has tri
pled since the casinos came to
Atlantic City.
Kirk disputes those figures
but admits crime would follow.
“Anytime there is economic
growth, no matter if its oil or
gold, it always brings crime. But
the outcome is more tax dollars,
and that means you can put
more policemen on the streets.
Galveston can use the bucks to
pave those streets,” he said.
Sen. Chet Brooks, D-
Pasadena, says he will consider
introducing legislation in 1985
to allow gambling on a local op
tion basis if backers of the re
ferendum “show me there is
strong community support.”
Rep. James Hury, D-
Galveston, says Brooks does not
stand a chance in the Legisla
ture, where the last session defe
ated a bill that would allow local
option horseracing.
Texas is surrounded by states
with legalized betting on the
horses, and some residents are
tired of others profiting on the
money that big-spending Tex
ans will blow on a good time.
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-Hanging ruled suicide by examiner
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I SAN ANTONIO — Maj.
Kn. Robert G. Ownby was
aieply in debt and bound and
I'aiiged himself in a bizarre
effort to convince authorities he
Rs executed by terrorists, the
■e d i c a 1 examiner said
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Ownby, 48, commander of
Islamics to discuss Egypt’s return
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'-Jaders of the Islamic Confer-
| lc elite appointed a committee
ed t° to nc | a wa y f or
it coni PRypuo return to the organiza-
;ra f sl fn, five years after it was
and inlll n [ s } iet | p or s jg n i n g a peace
treaty with Israel.
L But conference sources said
edtod th( formation of the Egypt com-
iscovercjlRttee appeared to rule out an
idtobefiWrly resolution of the con-
Rversy, one of several issues on
tht conference agenda that were
iers,Sa: jiot decided due to lack of con-
3orsun sensus.
lotheirWThe Egypt committee com-
resideni!|rising Syria, which opposes
mypt’s return, Guinea and
from PKkistan, which support it, was
the 90th Army Reserve Com
mand, was found hanging in a
stairwell early Jan. 11 at reserve
command headquarters at Fort
Sam Houston. His hands were
bound behind his back with a
webbed military belt.
A typed note pinned to his
sweater read: “captured, tried,
convicted for crimes by the U.S.
Army against the people of the
world, sentenced and ex
ecuted.”
Di Maio said he camto anrly
conclusion that Ownby commit
ted suicide and tried to lead in
vestigators astray by writing the
note.
“I link it was evident from the
beginning,” he said. “Initially,
one had to contemplate the pos
sibility it was (homicide), but
then it became very evident that
it was probably suicide.”
The FBI’s investigation
turned up evidence that Ownby
was deeply in debt and had
taken loans from several local
banks, he said.
“Apparently he was really in
debt,” Di Maio said. “His house
was heavily mortgaged. It took
the FBI a while to find all the
banks.”
When asked how much
money Ownby might have
owed, Di Maio replied: ”it’s big
ger money than you and I think
in, anyway.
Ownby, a native o Durant,
Okla., was the owner of the Bris
tow Co., which manufactures
metal doors. He was also on the
board of directors of the Frost
National Bank..
Di Maio said a detailed
reenactment showed that Own
by “slipped the noose around his
neck, tied his hands straddled
the railing and went over side
ways.”
He said the FBI found the
typewriter used to write the note
found on Ownby’s body. He said
the typewriter was not located in
the headquarters building or
Ownby’s home, but the general
had access to it.
announced by a Moroccan gov
ernment official after discus
sions that lasted through the
night.
The summit in the suburb of
Mohammedia, 20 miles from
the town center, was to have en-
ded its three-day parley
Wednesday, but officials de
cided to extend the talks by a day
because of the difficulty of
reaching agreement.
The new committee was a last
resort by moderates, led by
Saudi Arabia’s King Fahd, to
bring Egypt back into the body.
It was ousted from the Confer
ence and the Arab League in re
taliation for signing a 1979
peace treaty with Israel.
The Egypt issue became the
core of the moderates’ dispute
with the anti-Israeli hardliners,
Syria, South Yemen and Libya.
During the debate, Algeria
and Tunisia joined the hardlin
ers in fighting Egypt’s return,
while all other members except
absent Iran and Afghanistan
appeared to support it, confer
ence sources said.
Palestine Liberation Organi
zation chairman Yasser Arafat,
who recently met with Egyptian
President Hosni Muljarak,
strongly backed Cairo’s return.
Delegates said Arafat and the
moderate states hoped Egypt’s
return would reinforce them
against the hardliners.
The summit was marred by
bitter quarrels, with Libyan de
legate Abdus Salam Jalloud, the
second-ranking member of Col.
Moammar Khadafy’s regime,
accusing it of being dominated
by right-wingers.
Talks on deciding how to
approach the Iran-Iraq war
issue were stalemated by Iran’s
absence. Summit leaders de
bated whether a goodwill mis
sion could persuade Tehran
leaders to return to the Islamic
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