The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 159, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 5, 1981 Page: 1 of 25
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High Water
Threatens
Area Homes
Heavy thunderstorms la
Emm Houston late Monday
afternoon cauaed the San
Jacinto River lo rlie about
Iwo-and a half feel between
10 and II p m , threatening
aome hornet along (he river
north of Hlghlanda
Bui the river created at
the Lake Houston aplllway
without causing major
flooding problems,
Harris County Civil
Defense and the Red Croas
Baytown Service ('enter
opened emejfrncy shelters
opened ttMMMIC) shelters
al Ctuumemew High School
and First Baptist Church ta
McNair Only two persona
stayed fn them
One family stayed In
another shelter In New
Canty.
Bill Neal, director of safe-
ty at fhaiwelvtew High
School, said a husband and
wife from Ohio on their way
to Houston were the only
persons to stay at his
MmSst "
No one from the rim
bottoms came and we dot-
ed the shelter Tuesday mor
nwg It was a quiet night."
Neal said
Sands Death Sparks
Violence, Protests
BELFAST, Northern
Ireland (APi - Roman
Republican Army * Provl in less serious condition Belfast police statue set aO
uonai wing, with no notable; Despite pleas for calm by youths hurting gwaaitat
Catholic housewives bang military exploits to hh from Catholic leaders and|bottle bomba Abaakaodn
ad out a requiem with the credit But when ha died on Sands (amity, three days of drug store were fatted la
lids of their garbage cans
for Bobby Sands early to
day ss the death of the IRA
hunger striker set off
aaversl more hours of
violence In Catholic
districts of Belfast and Lon
dondeflfjp.
"This U about what we
expected*" a police
spokesman said "We are
prepared tor it."
The 17 year old IRA guar
rilla died at 1:17 a m In the
Mate Prison outside
Belfast It was the start of
the 66th day of his fast
demanding that the British
government give Imprison-
ed IRA members (he
special political prisoner
privileges It took away
from them In 1976.
Sands had beta an
unknown prisoner for most
of hU nine years In the Irish
s prison hospital watarbed mourning ordered by the other areas of West Beltaet
with a golden craetftx from IRA began with rioting by Police dispersed a gaag at
Pope John Pul II in his roving bands rampaging 7# youths who set Art ta a
emaciated band, he through the dart streets of j portable cabman the attest
became for supporters of Belfast and londoaderry, the American owned
the IRA and many other the province'i two biggest DetorOha auto pleat
Catholics the newest mar
tyr ta thetr cause the
unification of the
Protostnnt-domtnafed
British province of Nor
them Ireland with the
mostly Catholtc Irish
Republic
Meanwhile, the IRA'a
fight for the special
privileges Sands did not win
was carried on by three
other hunger strikers In the
Maze Visitors said one of
them. Francts Hughes IS.
was within days of death
after S3 days without food
Two other guerrillas in the
45th day of their fast were
cities
Hundreds af extra police1 Sands death was an
were deployed in the battle nounred by the govern
scarred Catholic districts of meat s Northern Iretaao
West Belfast and Lon
donderry Intent on keeping
the rioters from spilling
over Into neighboring Pro-
testant districts and setting
off a backlash by the ex
tremUts of the Protestant
lister Defense Association
The violence simmered
Office in a brief autemeuf
saying he took his own life
by refusing food sad
medical intersepiion far M
days ' He had beta la a
coma tor two days, and hU
weight had dedtoed from
lttpouBda to less than »
British Prime Minister
down around dawn, and the Margaret Thatcher who
Protestants were not In-
volved '*
The police fired six shots
over the heads of rioters In
Londonderry Firemen
fought a fire In s West comment oa hto death
had declared her pmrw
meat would not grant
political status ta "earn
vtctad criminals now or
at all " bad no immediate
no occupants and woodoo- WATER. W:\TERE\hRYWiitiKtj
Red*Cross BaytoWn Set^tce HIGH TIDES dealt their usual havoc In Brownwood momed to to an apt name onthU mailbox at 199
Center Dirgutor Dottn- subdivision Monday, with a total of eight homes flooded Bayshore Drive next to this home at 300 Bayuhore
Ticknfr sakT • V In the severe weather Ttdea roae to 3.7 feet, andtto Drive . <sun suff photo by Angle Bracey)
She said the Greater rainfall count ranged from 1.5 to 2 Inches. "Waters'
Houston Red Cross office
Two Would Divide Baytown
Panel Gets Districting Plans
will Issue a statement soon
on where people who suf
fered flood damage can get
financial assistance
Harris County Civil
Defense closed Its
emergency operations
center about 10 p.m.
Jim Greene. Harris Coun
(See WEATHER, Page2A)
Pearce Street Journal
To The Women:
Pearce Street Journal,
PSJ for short, values its
women readers, and we
never want to overlook
them.
So we quote this Tues-
day one of history's great
women, Madam Chlang
Kai-Shek, who said, "We
live In the present, dream
of the future and learn
eternal truths from the
-past.”
--FH
City Building Permits Show
- * . » t _ ,.
Construction Is Up In April
By SHAWN BALTHROP
Thrca state House
redistrteting plans
The proposal submitted
by the 10 white Democrats
In the Harris County
submitted to the radtsftrfc- delegation to the
ting committee Monday ~
City building permit
values (or the month of
April were up by almost
$800,000 over March con
struction, to $2,952,652
The year to date figure,
boosted by near record con
struction An February. Is
more than $19.4 million
Residential construction
of $1,357,389 paced April
building activity. Permits
were issued for 27 new
dwellings, during the
month.
Another $76,000 in
residential additions was
permitted.
Eight new commercial*
buildings accounted for
$762,500 of the total con-
struction. Additions to com
the committee on House
redistrteting la "seven to
10 day* away" from sub-
..IS- ............. expects the committee to * *>1*n 10 ****
mercial businesses sc- Services. 5901 Bayway for Realty of 3502 Saveli for a uke it] tijne ^ drawtng ^ House
counted for $397,511. office and warehouse portable office building.. . . „„ ,h. Von
counted for 1397,511.
With summer quickly ap-
proaching, permits were
issued for nine swimqiing
pools at a total value of
$101,072.
Exxon received a permit
for a parking lot valued at
$170,400
The city collected
$12,404.15 In permit fees
during April, bringing the
total for the year to
$67,253.35,
Commercial permits
were issued to
Gingiss Inc of Chicago
for a men's clothing store in
San Jacinto Mall, $31,000;
Environment Emergency
office and warehouse
space, $100,000; Ramon
DeLeon for a restroom ad-
dition at 3015 Highway 146
N„ $500, Perry Walker
Homes Inc. for an auto
body shop addition. $8,900.
Also Profit Food Systems
Inc. for a Potatoes Etc.
restaurant in the San Jacin-
to Mall. $50,000; Doyle
Clemmons for a
delicatessen in the San
Jacinto Mall. $36,000; Exx-
on Co. USA for a temporary
office building. $503,000;
Perry Walker Homes for of-
fice building alterations.
$8,500.
410.500; Mobile Home
Brokers Inc. of 3733 Alex-
ander for an addition.
$11,900; General Telephone
Co. for equipment altera-
tions at 301 W Pearce.
$358,911; M. Goistein for a
fast food restaurant at the
San Jacinto Mali. $49,000;
and J.C. Hollaway for addi
car lot at 508 N. Main.
* Other constructior
___________ _ _ ____ ABgptBltoift ■imolia&lkhwnys. —^
‘Gene’ Erwin Honored At Retirement
***?:.. .• . | - . ' *.* •** , -—rr , '*—£*■ : - . . . ’
BETTY WALKER checks
on a photo ... Catherine
Sims is helpful with some
information on books
Kathy Bertsch plays
mean tambourine.
Karen Whittaker eats
shrimp , -i Ramona Lanier
plays "Wonderwoman.”
Lonica Bush gets sick
Ernest Felder buys a ring
.La Porte Police Chief
Herbie Freeman has
lapse of memory ,. . Mary
Jo Stanley of Morgans
Point recovers from
surgery.
Dottle Tlckner thanks
J.M, Chatfleld and other
Red Cross volunteers for
their help., Ronnie
Kluch looks for his 2Q0th
win as Sterling's baseball
coach . . Michael Mann
finishes up his first
semester at Lee College
with flying colors,, Sun
staffer Scott Sharp can't
wall for St, Louta Cardinals
lo visit the Astrodome next
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By SHAWN BALTHROP systems that he and his few opportunities to do just
When E.K. "Gene " ET-' '
win hung up his hard hat.
Exxon lost one of the few
men around who knew so
much about the refinery's
electronic and electrical
helpers could quickly put a
unit (or units) back on
stream after a fire or other
1 emergency.
In his 44 years with Exx-
111 110 ti jrcaia wins v«.v« .v ----r----
onJErwin had more than a systems going, or help fight
the fires that shut them
- - , , ■ -1
that. ,
For during fires and
emergencies. Erwin was
often the one the company
called to keep the electrical
Warll.
Erwin served 27 tnoiitl
(See ERWIN, Page 2A)
night, two of which wouM
divide Baytown Into two
separate districts.
State Rep. Ed Emmett of
Kingwood said Tuesday he
a plan to submit on the
House floor.
Emmett contradicted his
statement of early Monday
when he said the committee
might decide Baytown's
(ate Monday night
Of the three plans submit
ted so far. only Emmett's
,Rm Ttm Vo»Pototon,
D-Goliad, said Tuesday
Von Dohlen said it
would be premature at
this point to say whether
Baytown will be divided.
■We will do our best to ac-
commodate political sub-
divisions around the state,
•however," he said.
Legislature would split1
Baytown to Rep Ed Wat-lThat plan, according to
son. D-Deer Park The re Emmett, also would dmde
mainder of Baytown would Baytowm. placing it mostly
go to Rep Tony Poiumbo m Pohunbo s district sad
D-Channelvtew giving a small port wo of it
The Democrat'Jfian pro- HwWatoow. I
vide* safe districts - Emmett's piaa would
where incumbents have a! give RepidHleans four new
reasonably good chance of **>t* “<1 *w*7
re-election — for all in from the Democrats It
cumbents, and creates two would also create
'
new Republican soots tt
does not make any
Hispanic district
“I'm just absolutely
allowance for creation of furious with the Democrat
another Hispanic district
however
The plan proposed by
Rep Al Luna would create
another Hispanic district
plan." Emmett said "The aV
plan they submitted last
night splits Baytown down
the middle
iSee PANEL, Page 1A)
Lone Star
down
Besides his well-known
abilities to deal , with
stressful situations in the
refinery. Gene was one of
the most popular men ever
to pass though the plant
gates-and this popularity
was emphasized at his
retirement party, whtoh
drew many current
employees and retired old
timors who came to pay
their respects to Gene. •
His retirement party was
marked by a unique out-
pouring of affectiorf for
Gene by his co-workers,
past and present, super-
visors and high refinery of-
ficials.
Erwin first became
associated with Exxon
when he was 17, working
one summer in 1936 on a
1 Ml , . , vUUn isiTv 1m. vvvU DvUUHl,
{SichlckM DOOM around hla nock are reminders of a 1j!
prank he once played on hts fellow workers. , b«(ore entering
Bank To Open
Lone Star Bank, located
near San Jacinto Mall at In-
terstate 10 and Garth Road,
will open for business
Wednesday
The bank, which has been
chartered by the State
Banking Commission, oc-
cupies a site in the nor
thwest corner of the mail
area, just off the 1-10 feeder
road and one block west of
Gartji.
Lone Stftr BanR is
capitalized at $750,000 with
a surplus of $500,000 and
reserves of $250,000,
Bank president is Jim
Hosek. Vice president is Ed
Schultz.
The six directors of the
bank are M. Cecil Bobbitt,
I * v * h * Jt ■
SUNDIAL
Classified ...........7-9 B
Comta......... SB
Dimension..,.....,...6A
Editorial...... 4A
Fire News............2A
Markets..... 7A
Movie Theaters.. j..f.. 4B
WEATHER
A CHANCE of thunder-
showers will decrease
from 40 percent Tues-
day to 30 percent Tues-
day night\ The low
temperature Tuesday
night will be in the low
Police News...........2A
School Lunches.......7A
Sports..............1-2B
Television Log.5B
60s and the high
Wednesday will be in
the low 80s.
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„ WEDNESDAY___
TIDES WEDNESDAY
HIGH: 12:40 pm.. +
SUNRISE: 6:35 a.m.
SUNSET: 8:01p.m.
: \ ...
8:11p.m.
LOW: 4:41 am., 4:48
p.m. .•
( +denotes weak tide.)
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, ur Ralph Gibson, Rick
tngieside Pwbles> HughA Woodand
Chilli Mur*
Cltl''w8«r,k
Jruvifs
full iMVUtWAN* t PIC
Sful n New foul,
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SAN JACINTO
(0RD PIUGI0Y
tffl! I 10 IASI <1! m il
10% OFF
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AJSDTHE WHSfSER IS...
BRUCE CAUSEY, chairman of the education commit
tee in the Baytown Chamber of Commerce, pnsati
the first place award to Rhonda Rogers In the junior
school speech contest. A seventh grader at Cedar
Bayou Junior School. Rhonda Is the dsughtor of Mr.
and Mrs. Rickie Rogers. Runnerengi were Jerrod
Latham, Baytown Junior School seventh grader, and
Michael Higginbotham. Highlands Junior School
eighth grader iSun staff photo)
Justice’s Impeachment Called For
AUSTIN — U S. District Judge William Wayne
Justice of Tyler should be impeached, convicted and
removed from thebeneh, a state rapresentative says.
Rep. Ken Riley. R-Corpus Christi, told the House
State Affairs Committee late Monday night that Justice
- whose far-reaching civil rights, bilingual education,
and prison reform decisions have angered many people
-r has "created 'numerous problems for the Texas
Department of Corrections and the taxpayers,"
The resolution asks the U S. House of Represen-
tatives to impeach the judge for "abuse of power and
usurping the rights of the people of Texas.” ,
The measure also calls on the U S. Senate to "convict
and remove him, Justice, from office.”
table offense Is whatever the House of
Representatives says it is,” Riley told thecummitte*
In support of the resolution. Rttey read excerpts frera
anonymous tetters from three pnaopoftltcals who sard
Justice s ruling in the inmates' civil rights case had
created problems for them
Justice ruled in the case that conditions ta Texas
prisons violated inmates' civil rights. He cued over-
crowding. in which about L88O prisoners steep on Use
floor, as one of the reasons
"Inmates no longer say 'sir.
ed. ' \ ; ; ■ ■
"Our treatment of inmates is food enough that ak
many dread to return." another said,
The measure was referred to » MhCOfitoitoj,
one official ecmtplato-
First 4meno.in Bank I
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 159, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 5, 1981, newspaper, May 5, 1981; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1019628/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.