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Hearing Set in Boys' Home CaseA contempt of court hearing, in which the director of the Anchor Home for Bovs in Zapata County has been accused of administering excessive punishment to children, is set for 9:30 a.m. tomorrow in28th District Court.Harmon Oxford, the supervisor of one of three child-care facilities operated by Roloff Evangelistic Enerprises, Inc., was accused Aug. 24 of violating on two occasions an injunction order signed by Judge Walter Dunham Aug. 3.The state attorney general’s office and the Roloff Enterprises, headed by the Rev. Lester L. Roloff, had entered an agreed judgment in district court here.Among other provisions of the judgment, any physical or mistreatment of any child or person in the custody of any of the facilities was forbidden.Also, the Rebekah Home for Girls in Corpus Christi was to qualify for a license by Oct. 1 or be shut down, and The Lighthouse for Boys on the Intracoastal Canal in Kenedy County wras immediately to be terminated as a resident facility. It was to be used only as a recreation center for all of the Roloff installations.Assistant Atty. Gen. Lynn Taylor told a reporter by telephone today he would represent the state at tomorrow’s court hearing, assisted bv County Atty. Victor Woods of Zapata County.CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6. 1973SECTION BFell Far AwayFlashingBy GRADY PHELPS Staff WriterThe bright light seen flashing across the skies of South Texas last nighty was probably an exploding meteor that landed harmlessly many miles from here, Gordon McLerran, executive secretarv-treasurer of the Corpus ChristiAstronomical Society, said today.Numerous Corpus Christi residents saw the meteoric display about 11:30 p.m. Other persons from San Antonio to Eagle Pass to the Rio Grande Valley alsoreported the show.Called MeteorMcLerran said the light was most likely a bolide, a meteor that comes apart as it travels through the earth’s atmosphere.“At the angle it was traveling the fireball probably burned itself out 20 or 30 miles up, he said. “I’d bet it landed manv, many miles from here in the Gulf of Mexico, if it even made it that far.” McLerran said bolides are notextremely rare, but are colorful. He said they frequently are accompanied by a cracking sound, which many viewers reported hearing.John French of 4417 Carlton sighted theit came out of the northern sky, moved south and then appeared to break up somewhere in the direction of the Padre Island National Seashore.“It must have broken into a couple of dozen pieces. There were all kinds of shooting sparks that lasted 15 seconds, French said. “It looked like somebodv'sfireworks going off. It was tremendous.'Mrs. Marilyn Creed also sighted the show at 11:20 p.m. from her residence at 1117 Second. She said she wras greatly impressed by the display.“There were several balls of fire lights at 11:20 p.m. He said there was a trailing off like crazy. It looked like the
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Corpus Christi Times
Corpus Christi, Texas, US
Thu, Sep 06, 1973
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