The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 159, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 5, 1981 Page: 2 of 25
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Accidents And i^'***** muHniu!?
awiuLiiia rtnu W||||B| to send
mlied drink tax helicopters and other
brought In $2^5 akJ t0 Guatemala to + WASHINGTON -
mil ion during the wh«( is being ^ Supr*me Court
first three months of * * * *
IW1. a » percent in
crease over the same
period last year.
Our World Today
*•» mly trying to mar (he
bwy baBave
The case x
‘referred the
•Jack Larelicld of Harris Couaiy Child
ctathmg awd jewelry from
Mi car. parted at M West
Trias Monday The items
•James Chesser
Edgebrook - Som
Sexual Abuse
The case has been rote
red lo juvenile tut tort iw
Burglary
labeled as a ruled by a 5-4 vote
communist-armed Monday that a con
•‘major Insurgency.’ vlcted murderer
a State Department sentenced to life In
+ ROME - 4- FORT WORTH —
Western European A Wall Street Ilnan •
leaders say they are cl a I analyst has
pleased by the U S. listed three Texas
commitment to open cities - Houston,
talks with the Soviet Dallas and Fori
Union on missile Worth among Die
deployment in nation s top 10
Europe and by Presi- building boom cities
dent Reagan's per because of their con
4- WASHINGTON -
White House press
secretary James S.
Brady, facing con-
tinued difficulty In
official says.
HIGHLANDS <$p> - An
tnrpt burglar tell through
the ceiling of • Highland*
* pharmacy. 100 $ Main.
_ SHELDON iSp i — A m Tuesday morning aa he at-
Kate a dumoad neod«ul]rMr4W h®) Monday laid tempted to enter the
aarth It .MO from ht» home^deputies that an II to » building Ihrough the roof
during the p«a week
‘ A a employee at.
year ok) mao raped him I According to a deputy i
_ _ _ and a four vearoM friend report, Uie burglar remov
Haielwood Enterprises Moo<lav *f*ernooo when he ed an attic venlllator from
Ml Highway |to - j^jtweed them to a wooded the roof and then towered
meuer Mole a cutting torch **** ,|tt Pw"ta" * •
valaed at Q& from uJf»dcrawflto toning hole
business during the The Sheldon youngster
weekend said he and his friend were
• Michael M lira etc b, [crawfishing in (root of
Highlands - Someone took Shetdoo Elementary School
camera equipment and; Monday aflernom when the
tried to rip the stereo out oilman drove up and asked
4- AUSTIN - The
Railroad Commis-
sion on Monday
authorked Entex,
prison by a jury that
could have Imposed
the death sentence
cannot face the
possibility of execu-
tes recovery' from a sonal letter to Soviet stroction volume
4- SANTA CRUZ,
Bolivia — Leaders of
Bolivia's military
hie, to raise natural refU»n« debated what Non again If he wins
gas rates for uttln- 10 do uKra- aretriBl.
corpora ted areas rtfhtisUeader Cartas
near Houston
gunshot wound to the
brain, is resting com-
fortably after
surgery to prevent
potentially life-
threatening blood
dots from reaching
his heart and lungs,
officials say.
President
Breihnev.
Leonid
4- WASHINGTON
4- SANTA FE - The
office of Gov. Bruce
King has confirmed
King pardoned a
former New Mexico
The I a t e r n a.l Stale Penitentiary
Revenue Service Is inmate whose at-
wasting time and
money by not br-
torney said taped
conversations bel-
htmsrif through (hr tote
However, he fell through
the ceil mg
Once inside hr opened
the pharmacy storeroom,
tripping an alarm and then
(ted
The caar is under in
the dash of Ms car. parked
at San Jacinto Mail Moo
day Loss was estimated at
sm
•Glenda Hentcke. USOjhim to a wooded area
Apache — Sameooe stoie
)ewfiry from her home dur
ag the past week It was
worth S22S
what they were doing n*
were and the boys folio* «i
Valverde and six of
his men today follow- + WASHINGTON —
ing their surrender As debate gives way
4- SAN ANTONIO — at the Occidental to *ctlon. House + AUSTIN - the
Sen Lloyd M. Bent Petroleum camp Democratic leaders House approved a
sen Jr., D-Texas. they seized In an at- a«* conceding they proposal Monday n»n«™ to»h*mmnhi
«ys sending arms to tempt to replace the «"''malch wiping out Texas'*80 “ has told
El Salvador is ruling junta with dent Reagan s lobby- million-a-year ceil- tne J01n&
inging lawyers into ween the inmate and
Investigations of tax El Paso. Texas
cheats soon enough, gambler Jimmy
the General Accoun- Chagra may link
County
Three Wrecks
The child toM deputies ANAHt’AC (Spi — No
the man threatened to kill'major incident* were tn-
both toys if they did not dojvestigatcd by Chambers
as be demanded or If they County Sheriff s Depart
{told anyone He thrnlment Monday, a depart
1 sodomized both boys I merit spokeswoman said
‘ ER ™ Retires - -
Erwin has not devoted all
from Page 1
restigated by police Hon
day
Cart too T Moore*. IS. of
Grantham was taken to
Baytown Medical Center by
Baytown Ambulance Ser
vice lot lowing a 3:» pm
wreck at Graham and Gnf
fen
his efforts to Exxon,
however In Uie past he has
as a bomber pilot stationed worked with Boy Scouts
in the United States After Girl Scouts, and baseball
Ms service, he returned to
Ingleside briefly But that Grace Methodist Church
Officer Clint Johnson sax!
Moores was southbound on
Gnf ten when be struck an
easthound car on Graham
driven by Corando Alegria
of 1505 Ash “
Moores was charged with
Jailore to yiettt|wngbt of
way. Johnson saWW
Susan Gilbert 14, of St 13
Glen Haven was taken to
Gulf Coast Hospital by
Baytown Ambulance Ser
in the ranks and seeing a lot
■of changes And along with
everything etse at the plant,
the need for etectncitv has
I » ijU 3 **
I rutnpf^,
“ Elect ncity back m those
days was pretty undepen
dable ’ Erwin recalLs But
the refinery wasn't as
vice following a «:« p m (dependent oh reliable elec
wreck on a parting tot in trie service as it is now
the 42M Mock of Decker With Uie use of computers
Officer D. Hughes said in almost every phase of the
plant shut down soon after
the war, and Erwin came to
Baytown as an electrician's his achievements at the
assistant at Ihe refinery
Erwin has been there
ever since rising steadily I’m proud of my wife and
Miss Gilbert was riding a
motor scooter when she
was struck by a trash truck
driven by James Tott of
Crosby
No charges were filed in
the accident, the officer
reported
Randy Nalley. 19. of 2500
E. James was taken to for every fire and emergen
Baytown Medical Center by
Baytown Ambulance Ser
vice after an |;S0 p m
wreck in the 1700 block of
Bob Smith
Firefighters used the
Jaws of Life cutting tool to
remove Nalley from bis
wrecked car, officials said
Officer Randall Pitts said
Nalley was eastbound on
Bob Smith at high speed
when be struck a car driven
by Gwendolyn Wood of San
Antonio as Ms. Wood at
tempted to turn into a
employees take their work
Nalley was charged with vehicles home. Erwin’s
faflure to control his speed, jtruck was still parked in his
teams He ts also active to
justified by that
country’s nearness to
the United States
4- HOUSTON -
Mack Hannah, 77,
the first black to
serve on the board,
has been elected
chairman of Univer-
sity of Houston
regents
WEATHER••
Erwin’s job occupied a
great deal of bis tune, but
refinery were not his pro-
udest moments "I guess
my children *more than
anything. ’’ he said
Erwin s wife Frances,
sons Robert. Alan and Qary
and daughter Beth Howell
were all on hand, along with
seven of his grandchildren
Fittingly, the party was
held in the main fire station
in the refinery George
From Paget
ty Flood Control District
director said Tuesday mor
tong the San Jacinto River
began receding to its nor
mal level about two hours
after it rase late Monday
night
Water near the Lake
Houston spillway has
receded about two-tenths of
a foot since early morning
Madded
He said he flew over the
arba party Tuesday morn-
ing and it appeared there
was some water spilling
over the San Jacinto banks
to tow areas and possibly
two homes were flooded
He said water*-levels
should return to normal to
a more conservative *n8 cI°ut and *ac^ U*e
government votes to block the ad-
ministration’s
. budget cuts.
4- SUVA, FIJI -
Stateless persons - w
and others who want 4- WASHINGTON -
a quick change of na President Reagan is
tlonality can buy the personally appealing would raise the tax
protection of the to Israel to restrain on hotel rooms in
Polynesian kingdom from attacking
of Tonga for $2,375 a Syrian surface-to-air
year under legisla- missile batteries in
tion adopted by the Lebanon and give in-
islands’ legislative t e r-n a tio n a I
assembly. An acre of diplomacy a chance
volcanic land is in- to defuse an ex-
cluded plosive situation.
ing on state
payments to welfare
recipient.
4- AUSTIN -
Senators approved a
bill Monday that
Harris County from 7
percent to 10 percent.
The additional
money would be used
to repair the
Astrodome and to
build a downtown
convention center.
House- ed rturder of a Texas
Senate Committee on federal judge. John
Taxation Wood.
SUN
SPOT’S
plant's operation, depen
(table electric service is
vital
And that is where Erwin
came to During his years
at the plant, except for a
three-month period when
be was out with a heart at-
tack. Erwin was on hand
I was there to assist if
there was an electrical pro-
blem. but 1 fought Uie fires,
too." be said
During all that time. Er
win was constantly on call
sometimes even being call
ed out of church when the
electronic beeper he wore
at his side went off
His work truck was just
one symbol of his im
portance in an emergency
Years 'after Exxon had
stopped letting its other
a“TrV,sor in the next 24 hours unless
utilities and environmental
Pitts said
‘driveway That privilege
was one not even the plant
manager enjoyed
controls division, was
master of ceremonies Er
mto had worked with the
volunteer firefighters ever
since Uie were first organiz
ed.
After all those years of
being on call, Erwin’s
retired lifestyle will take a
little getting used to, he
said “Matter of fact. I went
into the bedroom last night
and was going to plug in my
page boy (electronic
beeper), but I looked and
the page boy wasn’t there
Erwin said be isn’t sure
just what he will do with his
grandchildren will take up
some of that time. And his
colleagues gave him a four
men! gift, be said: he may
try his hand at woodwork-
ing
I'll just play it as I go, I
guess." he said. ‘Tve never
been a hobbyist. I guess my
work's been my hobby ."
The Erwins live at 3502
Woodcrest.
more rain falls.
Elsewhere, sources In
Liberty said toe Trinity
River has not flooded
Heavy rains that bit Harris
County Sunday did not af-
fect Liberty County or toe
surrounding area.
Heavy fog was
widespread in Harris Coun-
ty Tuesday morning.
Officials at Exxon Docks
heavy fog had not affected
their operations and that
one ship was on its way up
the channel Tuesday morn-
ing
Temperatures dropped
high of 81 Monday after
noon to 66 , the official low
Tuesday morning, a Na
new-found leisure Eight Tuesday morning from a 0f toe city. The board would
set guidelines and establish
priorities with projected
growth ideas.
Serving on toe committee
will be Lee Love, Sheila
„ , Barthalomew, Sandra
More than nine inches of votek, Mrs Joe Harris,
rain fell to Harris County Larry ft&tris, Tommy War
Inch radial saw for a retire- tional Weather Service of-
PANEL GETS-
Harris County
From Page 1
The Republicans see
Baytown as a key to gaining
ground In Harris Cwjnty,
Emmett said. “If Baytown
stays whole, there’s no way
to bold safe districts for all
the white Democrats. ”
Right now, Emmett said,
there is no way to tell how
toe committee will decide
HIGHLANDS <Sp> - A
family spokesman catted
Harris County Sheriff s
department Saturday to
The youngster and his
and stepfather
wilt pass." Emmett said
"The deal has got to be
worked out prior to going on
the House floor.”
fictal said. The norma] low
is 64.
they already have toe sup-
port of 12 representatives
for their plan.
"1 think anything that
comes to toe House floor flooding on toe San Jacinto
Sunday and Monday
Baytown received .88 of
an inch Monday.
Baytown Civil Defense
Director Fletcher Hicker-
son said tides dropped Mon-
day from a high of 3.7 feet
to a low of 2.4. Tuesday
morning's tide reading was
two feet and dropping, he
said.
Hickerson added that
Dayton City Council OKs
Buying Two Dump Trucks
REL Parents
ROBERT E LEE Band
Parents Association will
meet at 7 p m. Tuesday In
the band hall.
Oven Fire
BAYTOWN FIRE-1
FIGHTERS responded to|
an oven fire Monday night
at 2300 Taft Circle. Stations
3 and 4 and volunteers from
Austin Roundup
STEPHEN F AUSTIN
Elementary School's
Kindergarten Round-Up
has been set for 9:30 a m
Thursday, not 2:30 p.m. as
(previously announced in
Thp Ravtnu
The Baytown Sun.
Cove Council
COVE CITY Council will
DAYTON (SP) - Dayton
City Council Monday night
approved spending
*29.802.82 ULy jwefcage hid
from San Jacinto Ford in
Baytown for
trucks.
The trucks will have op-
tional equipment, including
hydraulic brakes and disc
wheels. Delivery date is
promised 94 to 120 days
from date of purchase
Port City Ford and Bur-
naham Chevrolet of Liberty
were the other two bidders
Harry Cranberry, fiscal
agent for toe city, reconi
mended that the city go
ahead with engineering
plans to construct a water
waste treatment plant. He
said the city should wait
until toe money is needed
Prater. Bill Webb and Drew
Mcpinty
Mike Odell, Rotary Club
member, told the council of
plans to establish a Keep
two dump America Beautiful which the house stands. It closed"from7a
organization in Dayton. The cioseo irom 7 a
chapter would be a part of
toe national group and
would work by their
said Tuesday's light to before selling bonds in the
hope that interest rates
would decline
Ten citizens were named
to work on a Comprehen
sive Planning Board in
charge of directing growth
Final plans for moving
the Jamison house were
tabled so the council could
look into the possibility of
buying the property on
those districts along with meet at 6;30 P m Thursday
unit answered the call Iat the Community Building
No building damage was ^ representative from
guidelines in cleaning up library.
was suggested restoring the
old house as a museum and
perhaps using the addi-
tional land to build a new
reported
Street Closed
DORIS STREET will be
^to 5 p.m
friday
and
i work
General Telephone Co. will
discuss the city’s franchise
fee.
Wednesday ihroui
between Loop
Airhart forpipeli
toe city:
Odell said the campaign
would involve business,
ciyic and governmental
agencies working together.
Council decided to adver-
tise for bids to build a
maintenance building over
the new water plant control
sytem
Alpha Zeta Phi
ALPHA ZETA Phi chapter
of Beta Sigma Phi will meet
at 3p.m. Wednesday m the
home of Ellen Hollaway.
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ing, M. G. Bell, Glen
AP Directors
Are Elected
has a “negligible effect” In
Baytown.
About eight homes along
Bayshore Drive remain
Emmett said he doesn’t flooded or isolated because
expect the House to ap-
prove any House redistric
the issue, but the result will P,an until they have ap-
probabiy be a compromise
of some sort. “I don’t thihk
the white Democrats’ plan
wilt be adopted as a whole
of a or my (Han wilt be adopted
as a whole. " he said
“It’s very much a par
ttsan question going on
staying with a right now,” be said “The
key question is to ask which
plan has the most votes on
the House floor ,”
And that plan, according
to Emmett, is Ms. He said
has commitments from
Harris County
res to vote for
tf It comes to the
proved congressional
redistricting. “If you pass
on House districts now,
there’s no hammer to hold
over anybody’s head,” he
said
He said toe House should
draw up a proposal for con-
gressional redistricting 7-76, Humbte-7 62, Spring
sometime next week. The
state Senate will also draw
will sit down together to
work out their differences
State Sen. Walt#»
Mengden said Tuesday that
member* of the Senate will
be working this week to
draw up plans for senate
of high water.
Public Works crews
worked all night to pump
water west of Bayshore
Drive
Official rainfall amounts
recorded in area com-
munities Sunday follow:
Hobby Airport-8.70,
Kingwood-8 25, Westbury
Branch-6 05, Aiief-5.20,
Satsuma,-3 75, Coldspring
up t plan, and both groups 3 «, WaJkr-2.»,Katy-1.08,
Livingston-1-62, Richmond
1.15,Wharton-Jl.
The forecast for Tuesday
and Wednesday eafls for
scattered thundershowers
mainly in the afternoon and
night with cooler
CHICAGO (AP) - Five
incumbents and one new
director have been elected
to the board of directors of
The Associated Press.
The incumbents and their
vote totals in the Monday
election were Arthur Ochs
Sulzberger, The New York
Times, 10,866; Stanton R.
Cook, Chicago Tribune,
10,569; Frank Batten, Nor-
folk (Va.) Ledger-Star,
9,617; Otto A, Silha, Min-
neapolis Star, 9,179; and
Daniel H. Rldder, Long;
Beach (Calif.) PVess-
Teiegram, 7,367
The new member is John
O Emmerich Jr., Green-
wood (Mis*,) Com-
monwealth, who received
9,712 votes
The election was held at
the AP’s annual meeting,
which marked toe opening
of the American
Newspaper Publishers
Association's traditions;
newspaper week. ”
In an unofficial worto-
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