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United Press International
ODESSA — An Odessa fami
ly has accepted a $557,000 out-
of-court settlement from a pav
ing company concerning the
traffic death of Larry Sterling,
38.
Attorney Michael McLeaish
had filed a lawsuit seeking $3
million in damages for Sandra
Diane Sterling and her two chil
dren. Sterling was killed in a
head-on accident at a Jones
Brothers Dirt and Paving Con
struction Inc. work site in 1982.
If the case had gone to trial,
McLeaish said he would have
argued a Jones Brothers flag
man waved Sterling’s vehicle
into the wrong lane of traffic
causing the accident on a paving
project on Odessa’s East Loop
338.
“It’s a very good settlement
and it compares very favorably
with other settlements,”
McLeaish said.
Jones Brothers’ attorney Per
ry Davis of Odessa said the pav
ing company’s insurance carrier
made the decision to settle.
ife on trial, murder charged
United Press International
HOUSTON — A pathologist
stifled Thursday that Charles
jliene Latourette, a former col
lege and professional football
i countt|||ayer, was fatally shot through
)bsem*e left eye more than two years
t Fridjij jgi).
Latourette’s wife, Patricia,
K, went on trial Thursday,
toot Gj (Larged with murder in the
is, curJfcootingdeath on Dec. 22, 1982.
lege Sta ©nThursday, the petite, blonde
ol taifjwtered a p) ea 0 f innocent,
of Slim Her trial was expected to last
hutchi skeral weeks. A jury of seven
entdiraBen and five women was
Inc.acii sheeted to hear the case,
n orgamJl The first witness. Assistant
art intHarris County Medical Examin-
e[ Dr. Rudy Espinola said the
single .25-caliber bullet to
Latourette’s eye remained in his
brain and had to be removed
during an autopsy.
“The bullet destroyed the
bones and the cerebellum,”
Espinola said, explaining the
cause of death.”
Several other witnessess testi
fied that Latourette and his wife
fought frequently.
Latourette’s brother, William
Latourette, 33, and sister, Eli
zabeth Latourette of 28, testified
they once saw Latourette with
scratches and bruises and Mrs.
Latourette with a black eye.
Anita Silva, a former co
worker of Latourette, testified
the two argued “very fre
quently.”
Latourette, 37, a native of
Jonesboro, Ark., was an All-
America defensive back and
punter at Rice Univeristy in
1966 and then went on to play
five years for the St. Louis foot
ball Cardinals.
He later went to the Universi
ty of Tennessee Medical School
in Memphis to study radiology.
Latourette started his medical
career in Houston six years ago.
Police charged Mrs. Latouret
te with murder following a
three-week investigation into
the shooting, which occurred in
the couple’s bedroom in their
fashionable townhouse, in a
Houston suburb of West Uni
versity.
Mrs. Latourette’s son, Brian
Buschemi, 14, from a previous
marriage was downstairs in the
home when he heard the single
shot and was told by his mother
shortly afterwards to call police.
Defense lawyer Jack Zimmer-
mann said the state has misinter
preted the events of the evening,
and his client will be acquitted.
The couple, which had been
married almost a year at the time
of the shooting, had just re
turned from a social outing
when they started fighting, in
vestigators said at the time of the
incident.
The 6-foot, 183-pound
Latourette, man who also lived a
while in San Antonio, was voted
the top back in the Arkansas
High School All-Star game in
the summer of 1963.
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phild abuse
Parents force drugs on kids, rarely reported
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ayiandiU United Press International
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for Spt* NEW YORK — Giving a
child drugs such as alcohol or
'greeCb|edaiives is emerging as a fre
quently unrecognized form of
' to appifhild abuse, a family medicine
o order jpecialist in Tucson says,
nents p.Dr. Ronald S. Fischler, assis-
Gowns tant professor of family and
nore ■mmunity medicine and
1 Grade pediatrics at the University of
d — Htijfrizona Health Sciences Center,
Kl such “poisoning” has been
unem arely reported as a form of
ild abuse with only 222 cases
umented in 1981.
But he said, “this form of
Ise may be much more com-
E>n, and more difficult to rec-
ignize than was previously
ippreciated.”
pischler says fussy behavior is
irobably the most common
pson a parent at loose ends re-
hs to dr
ling
ne
Hugging.
“For years, folk wisdom re
commended the ‘whiskey nip
ple’ as a remedy for colic or dis
comfort from teething,” Fis
chler says.
“Physicians may unwittingly
contribute to this problem by
prescribing sedatives for colic.
“A fussy infant taxes the best
of parents, and the strain may
seem intolerable to highly stres
sed, impulsive parents with poor
resources for coping. They may
react by violently shaking the
child, leading to physical abuse,
or they may give the child a
drug.”
Fischler discussed the matter
in a report in American Family
Physician, the journal of the
American Academy of Family
Physicians, and said potions of
choice include alcohol or sedat
ing drugs such as antihistamines
or paregoric.
“Intoxication should be sus
pected in any child who presents
with bizarre behavior, lethargy,
coma or seizures or in the case of
unexpected death,” he said.
Fischler says the nonacciden
tal poisoning can includes bizar
re child-rearing practices such
extreme withholding of fluids
because of bedwetting, resulting
in hypernatremia; extreme
feeding errors — using dilute or
concentrated formula, resulting
in water or salt intoxication; and
psychotropic drugs given to the
child by a drug-addicted parent.
“The potential for harm to
the child is much greater in
highly disorganized families or
when the parents are mentally
ill,” Fischler says.
“In such a setting, the parents
may subject their child to overt
emotional and physical abuse,
including forcing the child to
take drugs.
“There is little chance for im-
Hands off policy needed
proving the situation, and adop
tion is probably the best means
of protecting the child.”
When neglect is a part of a
poisoning, parents may leave
the child unattended for long
periods without minimal pre
cautions to protect him against
nearby hazards, Fischler finds.
Even well-intentioned pa
rents may unwittingly mistreat
their children by adhering to
what Fischler referred to as
other bizarre child-rearing prac
tices.
“They may give toxic doses of
vitamins, minerals, or herbs with
the intention of relieving a
symptoms or safeguarding
health,” he said.
In all cases of childhood
poisoning, Fischler urged physi
cians to question parents about
the circumstances.
A TAKE OFF
United Press International
HOUSTON — A stable
amis off’ business climate is
cessary for the chemical in-
stry to prosper in Texas in
84, an industry executive said
|iursday.
jjames B. Henderson, execu-
|it vice president of Shell Oil
told the Association of Che-
cal Industry of Texas, that the
|ghl kind” of business climate
essential for the chemical in-
Istry to grow along the Gulf
last.
I Henderson said the chemical
lustry is the largest manufac-
Jing industry in Texas and the
Jth largest in the country.
But he said international
competition within the industry
is fierce and Texas could best
help its industries along the Gulf
Coast by providing a good cli
mate for business.
He said protectionist mea
sures, like tariffs or import
quotas, will not solve the prob
lem of international competition
among chemical industries.
“A climate that chokes us with
unrealistic, emotionally inspired
regulations, with no benefit to
the average citizen, drives busi
ness and jobs from our shores,”
Henderson said.
He said chemical firms must
invest in new technology to re
duce costs, improve processes
and become more efficient to
compete in the world market.
“That is why business climate
is so important. A climate that
views industry as a revenue as a
revenue cash cow, and taxes us
unfairly, dries up funds we need
for capital investment.” Hen
derson said.
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TflSC Cnafct Centen
1984 Spring Workshops
The MSC Craft Center wants to stimulate your creativity and develop your craft skills.
We offer you facilities for making stained glass, creating pottery, jewelry casting,
woodworking and many other interests. We bring you weekly workshops so that you
may be introduced to new crafts or help that you may expand your present skills.
Listed below is our 1984 Spring Workshop roster.
Pottery-Wheel Throwing
January 30-March 5
5:00-7:00
20.00/24.00
Wednesday: Woodshop Orientation
February 1-February 22
1:00-4:00
25.00/30.00
Stained Glass
February 6-March 5
7:00-9:00
19.00/23.00
Matting and Framing
February 1 February 22
7:00-9:00
15.00/18.00
Calligraphy
March 19-April 23
6:30-8:30
20.00/23.00
Calligraphy
February 1-March 7
6:30-8:30
20.00/24.00
Intermediate Stained Glass
March 19-April 16
6:00-8:00
19.00/23.00
Coffee Tables
March 7-April 4
6:00-9:00
18.00/21.00
Drawing
March 19-April 16
6:00-8:00
15.00/18.00
Silk Flowers
February 8-March 7
6:30-8:30
15.00/18.00
Pottery—Wheel Throwing
March 19-Aprl 23
5:00-7:00
20.00/24.00
Pottery—Hand Building
March 21-April 11
7:00-9:00
12.00/15.00
r : Quilting
January 31-March 6
6:00-8:00
18.00/21.00
Matting and Framing
April 4-ApriI 25
7:00-9:00
15.00/18.00
Airbrush
January 31-February 28
6:00-8:00
15.00/18.00
Pottery-Wheel Throwing
February 2-March 8
7:00-9:00
20.00/24.00
Basket Weaving
February 14-February 28
6:30-8:30
9.00/11.00
Acrylics
February 2-March 8
6:00-8:00
15.00/18.00
Heart-shaped Bandsaw Boxes
February 7-February 8
6:00-9:00
12.00/15.00
Decoy Carving
February 2-March 1
7:00-9:00
15.00/18.00
Intermediate Pottery
March 20-April 17
7:00-9:30
19.00/23.00
Watercolor
February 9-March 8
6:00-8:00
12.00/15.00
Jewelry Casting
March 27-April 17
7:00-9:30
15.00/18.00
Pen and Ink
March 22-April 12
6:00-8:00
12.00/15.00
Basket Weaving April 17-May 1 9.00/11.00 Stained Glass
6:30-8:30
Flower Arrangement
For further information call or come by the basement of the MSC—845-1631.
March 29-April 26
7:00-9:00
April 5-April 26
6:00-8:00
19.00/23.00
12.00/15.00