Robesonian (Newspaper) - June 15, 1998, Lumberton, North Carolina MONDAY JUNE 15 1998 THE Volume 130 No 96 Holdings Inc All Rights Reserved 35 cents SPORTS Bulls win sixth title Page IB STATE Horse ranch offers rides for disabled Page Parents arrested in toddlers death Page Tobacco legislation given a final week WASHINGTON AP Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott is giving the huge antitobacco a final week say ing that without major changes it is doomed If somewhere this week we cant get it to a conclusion weve got to move on Lott said Sunday The Senate has been debating the measure for three weeks with both Republicans and Democrats padding the with amendments advancing a variety of causes The legislation origi nally was aimed at cutting teenage smoking and increasing federal control over cigarette content This is so bad right now I just dont think it should be passed in this form Lott said on ABCs This Week Lott had said a week earlier that the was dead in the water But there was some movement during the week with Republicans winning approval of amend ments to end the marriage tax penalty and channel money to antidrug programs Even so Lott said Sunday that every Mission of faith South Africans bring message of faith courage to Lumberton SCOTT STAFF WRITER LUMBERTON As a young man growing up in South Africa Desmond Hoffmeister often lost his patience with the system of apartheid But Hoffmeister said he never lost his faith in God African Michael vis i t e d Lumber ton this weekend to talk about their faith and to help strengthen the relationship between African and American churches Hoffmeister general secre tary of the South African B a p t Convention preached Sunday at First Baptist Church Ma president of the convention gave a sermon at Sandy Grove Baptist Church in Lumberton The men were guests of the Lumber River Baptist Association of which Rev EB Please see VISIT page body that has touched it has made it worse House leaders led by Speaker Newt Gingrich say they will only accept some thing far more modest than the Senate which charges the tobacco industry billion over 25 years to fund antitobacco programs At the end of last week senators were saying that the best hope for the would be to send it to a conference with the House which has yet to come up with its version and try for a compromise on a more acceptable package Even before that Lott said it might be necessary to set the Senate version aside or come up with some way to go into some negotiation to come up with a thaf s much smaller much more in line with the original concept and Im trying to think of some way to accomplish that Lott said senators still havent resolved some of the stickiest problems of and that is what do you do about these massive attorneys fees and what do you do about how the farmers are compensat Set for a vote tonight was an amend ment by Sen Jack Reed DRL that would bar advertising tax deductions for tobacco companies that continue to market prod to children White House adviser Rahm Emanuel said on Meet the Press that the Clinton administration still believed the Senate could pass a We are pushing very hard and we believe members of Congress as they vote will vote like par ents and not politicians HOFFMEISTER Casa de Dios D All L STAFF mma uv Sim kins Ray Allen guides the plow and Pedro Gonzales leads the mule during Sundays groundbreaking ny for the first Hispanic church to be by Hispanics in Robeson County Church will be the first of its kind in Robeson Juvenal Gonzales serve as the pastor at the BethEl Hispanic Mission STAFF PHOTO nv STEVE JENNI BREWER STAFF LUMBERTON Juvenal Gonzales could only say two English words when he came to the United States from Mexico nine years ago hello and goodbye He came here with nothing but after only three months in Robeson County he decided to study English and enter the ministry giving area Hispanics a spiritual and economic boost Gonzales now serves as the pastor of the BethEl Hispanic Baptist Mission which will soon become the first Hispanic church in Robeson County to be built by Hispanics to minister to a growing Please see MISSION page Negotiations take recess in GM strike HEAVY LOSSES Officials are saying giant will lose mil lion a day during the strike FLINT Mich AP The walkout of 9200 workers at two General Motors Corp plants has rippled through the giant automakers North American operations idling 60000 workers The strike was costing the company at least mil lion a day Talks were expected to begin again this morn ing after stalling over the weekend GM officials met separately with representatives of two United Auto Workers union locals at the Flint Flint East plant but no reported from either side Parts shortages from the strike have closed or partially closed 13 of GMs 28 wholly owned major assembly plants and 59 parts plants in the United States Mexico and Canada Please see STRIKE page Shannon man dies in fatal accident MISSY STAFF WRITER LUMBERTON Law enforcement officials have released the names of two men who died in a headon collision on NC 71 near Lumber Bridge on Saturday evening First Sgt Randy Hammonds of the state Highway Patrol said that Gerardo Ayala of Lot 3 Cousins Mobile Home Park in Shannon was traveling south on NC 71 when he crossed the center line colliding with a north bound car driven by Derrick McKoy of Fayetteville Ayala was driving a 1988 Mazda passenger car and McKoy was in a 1987 Mercedes Both men were pinned inside their vehicles for over an hour Hammonds said The accident occurred about pm died at the scene and McKoy died later at Southeastern Regional Medical Center Wife arrested in beach shooting Tk T A i i MYRTLE BEACH SC AP A North Carolina woman who visited the beach here with her husband for their third wedding anniversary has been charged with murder and armed robbery in connection with her spouses death Kimberly Renee Poole 21 of Mocksville NC was arrested Saturday night in the parking lot of the funeral Home in WinstonSalem where visitation was being held for her hus band William Brent Poole She had just gotten through hug ging my sister Brent brother Craig Poole of Lewisville NC told The Myrtle Beach Sun News Its devastating There are no winners in this Brent Poole was shot Tuesday night as he and his wife walked on the beach He died early Wednesday from a gunshot wound John Boyd Frazier 28 of Winston Salem NC was charged with murder and armed robbery according to war rants He awaits an extradition hear ing Mrs Poole had told police her hus band was shot by an armed robber a ski mask and dark clothing She said their wedding rings her hus bands watch and wallet and her dia mond engagement ring were taken during the attack Police said they cant comment on who fired the fatal shot a motive or Please see WIFE page Rower begins journey across Atlantic OFF AND ROWING Kentucky woman hopes to become the first American to cross the North Atlantic in a rowboat NAGS HEAD AP Hours late and expecting to face terror on the North Atlantic a Kentucky woman has started on a solo ocean crossing in a rowboat More people have walked on the moon than have completed the transatlantic trek Tori quest started Sunday afternoon as she waved an American flag and started rowing for Brest France She is attempting to become the first American and the first woman to match five men who have made the treacherous North Atlantic voyage I am a little daunted by the head of the Coast Guard station here coming to me and saying the north wall of the Gulf MURDEN Stream is registering between swells said Murden 35 of Louisville Ky Ive never been in big water Js it going to scare me Yeah its going to scare me But with any forti tude Ill realize the boat is a good boat If she flips over shell right herself The biggest danger for me is getting sepa rated from this boat As long as tnat doesnt happen Ill make it All the people who have tried this their boats made it even though they didnt Murden will wear a safety harness tethering her to the 6 vessel weighing nearly a ton fully loaded Tne American Pearl is equipped with electricity a water purification Please see ROWER page 911 Day at Britt Park STAFF HIOTO ny STIVE Tony Harris II Consuella Baker 8 Helen Baker 7 and Stephanie Baker dance to the music of the DARE Band during 911 Day festivities Saturday at Luther Britt Park 7
