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Sweetwater Reporter
Tuesday, January 10, 2012 ■ Page 3
Obituaries
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CHRISTOPHER
AHTHOHY HOICE
CHRISTOPHER "CHRIS" ANTHONY NOICE
CLYDE - Christopher "Chris" Anthony Noice, 23, of
Irving, died Thursday at a Dallas hospital. Services will
be held Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, at First Baptist Church in
Clyde with Dr. Toby Henson officiating. Private grave-
side services will follow in the Eula Cemetery under
the direction of Bailey-Howard
Funeral Home. Visitation will be
Sunday afternoon from 4-6 p.m. at
the funeral home.
Chris was born Aug. 25, 1988
in Abilene. He was a 2006 honor
graduate of Clyde High School and
graduated Cum Laude from Texas
Tech University in 2011 with a BA
in Business and Finance. Chris
moved from Lubbock to Irving in
2011 and was a cost analyst for
Novation in Dallas.
Chris is survived by his parents,
Doug and Peggy Noice of Clyde
and Michelle Ryan of Abilene;
two brothers, J.J. and wife Allison
Lindstrom of Quanah, Texas and
Nicholas Buddin of West Monroe,
Louisiana; his grandparents, Mrs. Jerry Max "Jon Ann"
Patton of Clyde, Ted and Liz Sands of Sweetwater and
Jean Baker of Abilene; his great-grandmother, Eleanor
Sands of Piano; his aunts and uncles, Mike and Shaula
Patton, Jay and Pat Hunt, Craig and Pam Loper, Jamie
Patton and Paula Patton, all of Clyde, Buddy Patton of
Stephenville, Chuck and Amy Patton of Abilene, Lisa
Adames of Minnesota, Debbie Schultz of Brownwood,
Rick Laird of Weatherford, Vicki Hogue and Bob Cox
of Abilene, and Tammy Archer of Cisco; his nieces and
nephews, Madison, Zoe, Logan and Phoebe Lindstrom
of Quanah; and numerous cousins and friends.
Chris was preceded in death by his brother, Micah
Lindstrom in 2003; his grandfather, Jerry Max Patton;
his great-grandfather Clifford Sands; his grandparents,
William and Dorothy Laird; and his aunt Betsy Laird.
Pallbearers will be Michael Hunt, Kayla Scaramuzzo,
Blake Watts, Grady Watts, Caleb Loper and Fred
Wendlick.
Online condolences may be made at www.baileyhow-
ardfuneralhome.com.
10 state psychiatric haspitals
ta oat mare windews
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The state's 10 psychiatric
hospitals will be getting more windows to help prevent
alleged abuse of patients by staff or anyone else.
The Texas Department of State Health Services is
spending up to $135,000 to retrofit nearly 340 doors at
psychiatric hospitals.
The Austin American-Statesman reported Monday
that cameras will be installed in offices where doors can-
not have windows because of structural barriers.
Agency spokesman Carrie Williams says employees
walking by will have a clear view of hospital therapy
rooms.
Former Austin State Hospital psychiatrist Charles
Fisher was fired in November over sexual abuse allega-
tions. Fischer, who has not been charged and denies the
allegations, has filed an official grievance.
Several law enforcement agencies are investigating.
Home
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consider adding another layer of clothing. Put on that
sweater or throw a blanket over your legs as you watch
TV.
Ceilings fans can be your friend in winter as well as sum-
mer. In the winter, set the fan to blow toward the ceiling.
This pushes the warm air away from the ceiling and evenly
distributes it in the room, according to the Department of
Energy.
Change your thermostat setting. The U.S. Department of
Energy recommends setting the thermostat to 68°F while
you're awake and setting it lower while you're asleep or
away from home in the winter. Their stats also reveal that
you can save 5-15 percent a year on heating costs when the
heat is set back io°-i5° for 8 hours - like when everyone's
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you are at work or sleeping.
Weather-stripping or caulking around windows and
doors is one of the best ways to minimize leaks and keep
drafts away. Removable caulking is a good option for win-
dows that you open in the summer but not in the winter.
If you want to make your home feel warmer without
turning the thermostat up, consider buying a humidifier.
Humidity makes one feel warmer in colder months. About
20 to 40 percent relative humidity is recommended.
Maintain the furnace by cleaning filters monthly and
replacing them if needed. When it comes to using the fire-
place, less is more.
Use the fireplace sparingly, particularly if it's an older
natural one as they are inefficient and draw more heat out
of the house than they produce. Close the flue to eliminate
drafts when not in use.
BEST TO INVEST
If your budget allows, insulate your attic. According
to the Department of Energy, about 43 percent of one's
electricity bill goes toward heating and cooling costs. So
check the attic insulation levels, or ask a professional to
come in to check for you. Attic insulation prevents energy
waste during both winter and summer months, so top up
as needed.
To prevent getting stuck with shampoo in your hair and
no water in the shower, insulate water pipes with half-inch
foam or pipe tape. According to the Department of Energy,
insulating your pipes can save you up to $25 a year and a
big headache later.
Ensure cavity walls are filled with insulation, which could
help you save money every year.
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Appeals court: Texas may
enforce abortion law
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Texas abortion law passed last
year that requires doctors to show sonograms to patients
can be enforced while opponents challenge the measure in
court, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
A three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals overturned U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks' tem-
porary order against enforcing the law, saying Sparks was
incorrect to rule that doctors had a substantial chance of
winning their case.
Sparks ruled in Austin in August that several provisions of
the state law violated the free-speech rights of doctors who
perform abortions by making them to show and describe
the images and describe the fetal heartbeat — all of which
doctors have said is not necessary for good treatment.
The appeals court cited a 1992 U.S. Supreme Court ruling
that "upheld an informed-consent statute over precisely the
same 'compelled speech' challenges made" in the current
Texas case.
Earlier rulings have found that laws requiring doctors to
give "truthful, nonmisleading and relevant" information
are reasonable regulation, not ideological speech requiring
strict scrutiny under the First Amendment," the appeals
court said.
'Relevant' informed consent may entail not only the
physical and psychological risks to the expectant mother
facing this 'difficult moral decision,' but also the state's
legitimate interests in 'protecting the potential life within
her,"' Chief Judge Edith H. Jones wrote in the appeals'
decision.
High court won't let man
appeal murder conviction
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court won't let
a man sentenced to prison for murder appeal his convic-
tion despite his complaints that his window for further
consideration was unfairly closed.
The high court on Tuesday upheld the ruling by the
5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of Rafael
Arriaza Gonzalez.
Gonzalez appealed his conviction for murder and his
30-year sentence in 2006 but missed one of the state
lower court appeals deadlines. The federal courts since
then have refused to hear his appeal, saying he filed in
federal court one month after the required one-year
deadline.
The courts started counting from the day Gonzalez
missed the state court deadline, but the inmate said
they should have started counting after the Texas courts
officially declared his case over.
The high court said that the lower courts had correctly
calculated the deadline for Gonzalez to file. Justice
Sonya Sotomayor w rote that Gonzalez's one-year dead-
line to appeal to the federal court began when he missed
the state court filing date. Since Gonzalez filed one
month after that one-year cutoff, the judgment against
him became final, she said.
Justice Anton in Scalia was the only dissenter in this
case.
The case is Gonzalez v. Thaler, 10-895.
Man killed when house
explodes in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A man died when his house
exploded in a north Austin neighborhood.
Austin Fire Battalion Chief Thayer Smith says witnesses
reported the explosion about 8:30 a.m. Monday, and
firefighters arrived to find the house engulfed in flames.
Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services spokes-
man Warren Hassinger says a 55-year-old man who lives
next door was hospitalized in critical condition with inhala-
tion burns.
No identities have been released.
Neighbor Jim Winwood, tells the Austin American-
Statesman that the house that exploded had had a gas leak
for at least two weeks. Mary Holt, who lives across the
street from the shattered house, said she had smelled gas
for several months.
Texas Gas Services spokeswoman Lori Moreno said the
company is investigating those complaints.
Two guilty over heroin
greeting cards for Texas jail
LAREDO, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors in South Texas
say two people face up to 10 years in prison over greet-
ing cards containing heroin sent to an inmate.
A federal judge in Laredo on Monday accepted guilty-
pleas from 36-year-old Norma Alicia Flores-Recio and
44-year-old Oscar Segura.
Guards intercepted three cards that contained drugs.
Flores-Recio pleaded guilty to providing heroin to
Segura when he was an inmate in the Webb County Jail.
He pleaded guilty to attempting to obtain heroin while
jailed.
Both remain in custody pending sentencing. Further
details were not immediately available on when and why
Segura was originally jailed.
Wife who changed stery
arrested in husband's death
KELLER, Texas (AP) — Police on Monday arrested a
woman in connection with her husband's death, which she
first blamed on an intruder and then called a suicide.
Michele Marie Williams, 42, was jailed on a $522,000
bond after her arrest on a murder warrant and charges of
evidence tampering and making a false report. Williams'
attorney didn t immediately return a call Monday seeking
comment.
Gregory Williams, 40, was found dead Oct. 13 in the fam-
ily's home in Keller, a Fort Worth suburb. Keller police say
his wife initially said someone broke in, hit her on the head
and shot him.
After a police dog found no sign of an intruder, she said
that her husband had committed suicide and she acknowl-
edged trying to conceal it from their child by staging a
break-in, authorities said.
The medical examiner later ruled the man's death a
homicide.
Keller Police Chief Mark Hafner told The Associated
Press on Monday that authorities hadn't determined a pos-
sible motive. He said police hadn't talked to Williams, who
moved to the nearby town of Flower Mound shortly after
her husband's death.
He said investigators had been collecting evidence and
getting test results the past three months, but he declined
to comment on the specific timing of the arrest.
BNSF worker dies in
Amarillo rail yard accident
AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — Amarillo police say a railroad
worker has been killed after being struck by a maintenance
car.
Lt. Gary Trupe says the victim was hit Monday by a
grinder machine and was pulled beneath the car.
The name of the victim, who worked for Burlington
Northern Santa Fe Railway, was not immediately released.
An autopsy has been ordered.
A spokesman for Fort Worth-based BNSF, Joe Faust,
says rail grinders are used to help maintain the tracks.
Texas suit against J&l
over drug to go to tt ial
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas prosecutors want jurors
to award the state $1 billion in a lawsuit that accuses
Johnson & Johnson of overstating the safety of an anti-
psychotic drug and influencing its use in the state's
Medicaid program. The company, facing similar claims
in other states, is promising to vigorously defend itself
when both sides lay out their cases during opening state-
ments Tuesday.
The lawsuit accuses Johnson & Johnson and several
of its subsidiaries of fraud by making false or misleading
statements about Risperdal and the drug's safety, cost
effectiveness and superiority in the 1990s. Risperdal is a
pill for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
The trial is expected to last two weeks.
The suit was originally filed in 2004 by whistle-
blower Allen Jones, a former employee with the Office
of Inspector General in Pennsylvania, and Texas later
joined the case. Jones has said he learned of Johnson &
Johnson's actions in Texas while investigating similar
claims in Pennsylvania.
The suit is among dozens of pending state and federal
cases alleging illegal marketing practices and kickbacks
in an effort to boost Risperdal over competing drugs.
And a verdict against the company wouldn't be the
first.
Last year, a South Carolina judge ruled that Johnson
& Johnson must pay a $327 million civil penalty after a
jury found it guilty of overstating the safety and effec-
tiveness of Risperdal. In 2010, a jury found that the
company violated Louisiana's Medicaid Fraud Act and
was fined about $258 million in damages.
Johnson & Johnson has denied the claims in
Texas's lawsuit and said it follows U.S. Food and Drug
Administration rules.
"We are committed to ethical business practices, and
have policies in place to ensure that our products are
only promoted for their FDA-approved indication. If
questions are raised about adherence to our marketing
and promotion policies, we act quickly to investigate the
situation and take appropriate disciplinary action," the
New Brunswick, N.J.-based company and its subsidiar-
ies said in a statement .
Jones' attorney and Texas Attorney General Greg
Abbott's office, which is representing the state, declined
comment before the trial began.
Risperdal and similar antipsychotic drugs have been
linked to increased risk of strokes and death in elderly
dementia patients, seizures, major weight gain, onset of
diabetes and potentially fatal high blood sugar.
Jones accuses several doctors who were state offi-
cials in Texas' mental health department of giving
Risperdal preference over other antipsychotic drugs.
One is accused of accepting honoraria from Johnson &
Johnson to urge doctors in other states' Medicaid and
mental health programs to use Risperdal.
The drug company and its subsidiaries are also
accused of promoting misleading interpretations of
research studies and paying millions of dollars — much
of it to decision-makers — to influence the creation
of state mental health medication guidelines favoring
Risperdal.
The company also is accused of falsely saying the drug
was safe to use with children and other populations
when federal regulators had not approved its use with
those groups.
Two in Texas plead no contest,
scam of ox-NFl player
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Two people in South Texas face
up to 18 years in prison over a Ponzi scheme involving ex-
NFL player T.J. Slaughter and other investors.
Alan Keith Nelsen and Mary Alice Monteza pleaded no
contest Monday in San Antonio to setting up a fake inter-
national investing firm.
Slaughter in 2009 filed a complaint aboutlosing $150,000
to Castro International. The former Southern Mississippi
standout says Nelsen and Monteza claimed his December
2008 investment grew to nearly $7.6 million over a few
months, but they wouldn't give him any money.
The San Antonio Express-News reports prosecutors
would recommend probation if Nelsen and Monteza repay
$850,000 before sentencing in April.
Slaughter played for Jacksonville, Green Bay, Baltimore,
New Orleans and San Francisco. The linebacker was
released by New England in 2008.
Illegal immigrant gets
prison in Texas ransom case
HOUSTON (AP) — Prosecutors in Houston say an ille-
gal immigrant who led a smuggling ring that held people
for ransom has been sentenced to more than 24 years in
prison.
A federal judge on Monday sentenced 26-year-old
Heriberto Perez-Pinon, who had been living in Houston.
Perez-Pinon in 2010 pleaded guilty to hostage taking.
Authorities say smuggled immigrants were held until fam-
ily or friends paid a release fee.
The investigation began in 2009 when two people escaped
from a group being hauled to a Houston stash house. A
concerned citizen contacted police on behalf of the pair.
Five co-defendants earlier pleaded guilty to hostage tak-
ing or conspiracy to commit hostage taking and have been
sentenced to prison.
Further details on the home country of Perez-Pinon,
who faces deportation after prison, were not immediately
available.
MIDDAY ON WALL STREET
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Change
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S&P
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Ford Motor Co.
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AT&T
29.81
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Pepsico, Inc.
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USG Corp.
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Archer-Daniels
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GE
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Deere & Co.
83.23
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McDonalds Corp.
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Chevron Texaco
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Exxon Mobil
85.89
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Fst. Fin. Bnkshs.
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Coca-Cola
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Dell
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SW Airlines
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Microsoft
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Sears Holdings Co.
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Cisco
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Wal-Mart
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Johnson & Johnson
65.13
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