The Facts (Newspaper) - July 12, 1995, Clute, Texas BRAZOS LIVING Sweeny mother bitter at loss of son to AIDS Page 1C Facts special section keeps eye on fitness See Insert Midsummer Classic showcases Astro WEDNESDAY 124 Copyright 1995 Facts JULY Texas 77531 50 cents Alvin welcomes avenue for park and rides By Jamie Flegel The Facts ALVIN The city officially opened its new park and ride facil ity providing commuters with an avenue to share conserve gasoline and limit cle Anyone who wishes to park here can do and we encourage Brandon city This is a free You come and you We are pro ride sharing to help with congestion on the The park and ride on Highway 35 across the bypass from Chocolate Bayou Federal Credit boasts 56 regular parking spaces and three allotted for handicapped Wade said the new parking lot is well and it will provide a secure location for commuters who choose to leave their cars Alvin accepted a bid for the project in the spring of and construction began that Wade said the contracting DAB later defaulted on the and Alvin held another bid process in the fall of The city received only one bid and decided to finish the con struction with inhouse We have some very innovative people in our he We were able to finish the work with our own forces and a few We took down the barricades and we were open for business The project was funded by the Texas Department of Transpor and Alvin invites com muters from neighboring cities to take advantage of the the city does not have a system to create car pool but Wade said it may eventually become a Essentially its going to be a he We arent as sophisticated as some of the larger metropolitan and we dont have a ride share We are trying to encourage ride but these people are going to have to get together Weichman More than 40 years after sacrifice WC veteran to be enshrined on memorial By Michael Sullivan The Facts ANGLETON More than 40 years after dying in the service of his Bernard Weichman is receiving the honor he is something that pleases what remains of the heros fami Brazoria County commission ers on Monday unanimously voted to add the name of West Columbias Weichman to the Wall of Honor in the The wall lists the names of Brazoria Countys sons who died in service of the nation in both world Korea and But who died while a prisoner of was not on the County Veteran Service officer Bubba Finley said Monday afternoon that he learned of the omis sion about six months ago from a visiting businessman who grew up in Brazoria County and was childhood who lives in said she is pleased to know her brother is finally being Ive wondered for years why his name wasnt up I just didnt know who to Felder f ve won dered for years why his name wasnt up I just didnt know who to 5 Felder According to information Finley Weichman died of malnutrition at the age of 20 on March while a pris oner of Weichman entered the Army on in At the time of his rank was cor For three years during the Korean War it was unknown whether Weichman was dead or Felder said she and other fam ily members were told that her brother had escaped once from the Kore but had been I was very close to my she adding that she was raised by their grand From the time he was Weichman lived as a foster child with the West Columbia family of Delda and Dalton The were his aunt and Finley said he had been unable to track down any family but We finally pieced together enough information to realize he definitely deserved the He did not why name was left off the wall in the first The Facts was able to locate Felder after calling the West Columbia library seeking a high Facts photo Chris Matula IN MEMORIAL Ken David listens as his mother Felder remembers her halfbrother Bernard reported as missing in action during the Korean He died as a school yearbook with the mans The Sherry recognized name as being similar to a deceased rela tive of her listed in the Columbia High School yearbook as Bernard The who raised spelled their name differently than other family members Brumblow who still live in West Felder said her brother was born out of wedlock and that their who is now had little to do with either of her Im very proud that hes being she Facts photo Robert Reed NOW OPEN Alvin City Engineer Brandon Wade shows off the new park and ride lot on Highway Jurors hear wifes 911 call in murder trial Pearland woman accused in shooting By Greg Rabel The Facts ANGLETON A tearful 911 call made by Nancy accused of murdering her husband in early showed she was distraught and having shot her husband by accident with a gun that has a hair her defense attorneys said Pearland police found the body of 29yearold Andrew Babineaux just before laying in the dining room of the couples home in the 2300 block of Anthony He had been shot once in the chest at close range with a During the first day of ny in her defense attorneys told the court that Nancy who turned 30 last was walking toward her husband intending on handing him the minutes after he allegedly held it to her head and told her hed be better off with out defense attorney Don Cogdell Testimony began Tuesday with State District Judge Ogden Bass Jury selection was held The playing of the 911 tape by the defense in court Tuesday morning was to show jurors that Nancy Babineaux slated on sever al occasions that the shooting was What our intentions are and what its effect on the jury will be arc two different but hope fully what the tape shows is a woman frantic and ON THE STAND Excerpts of 911 Page 7A The trial Nancy of Pearland Is accused of fatally shooting her 29yearold Andrew at the couples Anthony Drive home in early February She remains free on Testimony Defense attorneys claimed Tuesday that Babineaux shot her husband by accident while trying to hand him a gun her attorneys said has a hair Prosecuting attorney Dale Summa said he must prove the shooting was not an accident in order to get a murder Today Jurors are expected to hear from a Federal Bureau of Investigations official on firearm and from a pathologist expected to discuss the wound that killed Andrew very upset over a terrible and trag ic Cogdell While Cogdell painted a pic ture of past domestic problems between the including an allegation Andrew Babineaux pushed his wife down during a pregnancy and once called her ugly and he said the shooting was purely See MURDER Page 7A More heat Sunny today with a high in the and south winds at 10 fair with a low in the upper Sunny Thursday with a high in the Page 2A New BISD school While not taking any definitive Independent School District board members showed support for building a new intermediate school in Freeport at a workshop Page 6A Dear i Whats Going Cemetery lively spot for possible cult activity By Michael Sullivan The Facts ANGLETON Its a small stretch of road that in a not a likely spot for But problems according to several of the people who live on County Road including vandalism and what one man calls devil worship The sheriffs department chief says he has never seen signs of cult whose property is closest to Phair told Brazoria County commissioners Monday he and other homeown ers want the road closed so they can regulate who goes in and Yates submitted a letter signed by seven fellow residents of County Road located of CR 523 between Oyster Creek and Chief Deputy Charles Wagner says he has not seen signs of satanic of which some residents Were very Yates noting that all of the homes along the road had been burglar in recent Were in one of the more secluded parts of the While Yates has lived on CR 231 only since he said there have been problems with vandals and trespassers for many He said there are usually about four calls a week to the Sheriffs Office from his Chief Deputy Charles Wagner said he has spoken with Yates once in the past and knew the area had Ive never seen any signs of satanic Wagner but added the cemetery has often been a spot where minors hang out and drink Wagner said many remote parts of the especially country have problems with juveniles and After Mondays meet Yates described nights when he and his wife heard people in the cemetery He said he has found evidence of satanic rit He said tombstones have been symbols scrawled on some while fiable items Were left hanging from The cemetery is all that remains of the Phair named after a circuit riding pastor who served the The ceme tery was built on land granted to Stephen Austin by the Mexican government and has graves dat ing back to Facts photo Chris Matula NO REST BUI Yates and other residents want the county road to Phair Cemetery near Angleton closed to keep vandals out of the historic
