The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 63, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 12, 1989 Page: 2 of 18
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Formerly
Baytown Paint & Carpet
1309 Sandy lane
ot Hwy. 146, Baytown
427-0614
'Com By For An OU-ltm Dool"
Friday
January 20,1989
Serving Honrs: 11-2 and 4-7
BAYTOWN SHRINE CLUB BLDG
Fraa Oyster Fry tickets issued at the Oc-
tober Stiltner's Blood Drive, may be
redeemed at this Oyster Fry.
THE BAYTOWN SUN
Thursday, January 12, 1989
Two Baytown men were taken
to Gulf Coast Hospital after the
pickup truck they were riding in
went out of control and rolled
over in a ditch Wednesday after-
noon, Baytown police reported.
Gilbert Rodriguez and Ken-
neth Spears, both 23, were
treated and released from the
hospital.
The accident occurred in the
3400 block of Park around 3j:30
p.m., police reported.
The pickup, driven by
Rodriguez and traveling west on
Park, slipped off the pavement,
crossed the roadway, hit a ditch
and rolled over twice, police
reported.
BURGLARIES, THEFTS
Some $1,227 in cash was
reported missing Wednesday
afternoon from the bank
deposits of a business in the 1400
block of Garth, police said.
-FA videocassette Recorder
and a .38 automatic pistol were
stolen from a home in the 4500
block of Country Club View
sometime early Thursday morn-
ing, police reported.
Someone broke open a back
window to get inside, police
reported.
Loss was estimated at $1,100.
■FA television set and a
videocassette recorder were
reported missing Wednesday
from a home in the 3900 block of
Tumbleweed, police said.
Police believe the burglary oc-
curred sometime within the last
week.
An estimate of loss was not
available.
Checks begin on airplane wiring
LONDON (AP) - British
airlines today checked engines
and fire alarm wiring on aircraft
similar to the crashed Boeing 737
as officials tried to determine
why the jet’s starboard engine
was shut down when its port
engine was ablaze.
The Civil Aviation Authority’s
order Wednesday prompted ex-
perts to speculate that a faulty
alarm system misled the crew of
the British Midland Airways jet
into shutting down the wrong
engine, causing the crash Sun-
day that killed 44 people and in-
jured 82.
“It points to a possibly
spurious warning being given to
the flight deck,” said Freddie
Yetman, technical secretaFy of
the British Airljne Pilots
Association. v~t
In the United States, the
Federal Aviation Administra-
tion late Wednesday similarly
gave U.S. airlines three days to
check cross-wiring oil 300 Boeing
737s. “We think this is not a very
likely scenario, but it’s a check
that can be? done very, very
quickly without disrupting ser-
vice,” said FAA spokesman
John Leyden.
“We certainly believe it’s a
prudent measure to go out and
check to make sure there’s
/
nothing wrong with the fleet,"
Boeing spokesman Craig Martin
said in Seattle. “But certainly
this precautionary measure does
not imply there has been any
:ause identified” for the crash.
British investigators said the
starboard engine and its warn-
ing systems had to be examined
minutely and detailed evidence
taken from the pilot and co-pilot
before the reason for the shut-
down would be known.
Pilot Kevin Hunt, who broke
his back in the crash, was ques-
tioned for 45 minutes by in-
vestigators on Wednesday as
U.S. media and Britain’s
tabloids blamed him for shutting
down the wrong engine on Flight
BD92, which was en route from
London to Belfast.
The Air Line Pilots Associa-
tion said there wasn’t “a shred
of evidence” for such specula-
tion and British Midland Chair-
man Michael Bishop denounced
the “rush to judgment” without
all the facts.
The new Boeing 737-400, flying
only on the fire-damaged port
engine, crashed on the embank-
ment of England’s main north-
south Ml highway about a half-
mile short of East Midlands Air-
port, where it was trying to
make an emergency landing.
Officials recover stolen cars near here
HOUSTON (AP) - In-
vestigators have recovered 40
stolen vehicles valued at more
than $250,000 that were sold to
unsuspecting customers of a us-
ed car dealership in east Harris
County.
Sheriff’s Detective J.J. Freeze
said Kyle Mark Martin, 32,
Thomas Morris III, 30 and
Samuel Joe Piraino, 49, were in-
dicted in late November.
On Dec. 9, Morris, indicted on
two counts of felony theft, was
sentenced to a 35-year prison
term.
Martin, indicted on eight
counts of felony theft, is free on
bond and awaiting trial.
Piraino, indicted on charges of
tampering with a government
document, was released on bond
Jan. 5. Freeze said the indict-
ment concerns the illegal chang-
ing of a car title.
He said deputies received in-
formation in April that the three
men were selling stolen cars
from Buy-Low Auto Sales which
is owned by Piraino and Martin.
Detectives learned the
suspects had been stealing cars,
usually 1976 to 1982 models,
mostly from downtown parking
lots, Freeze Said.
After stealing a vehicle, he
said, they would purchase a
similar one of the same model
year from a junkyard and put its
identification number on the
stolen car and also switch the
license plates.
“People should be cautious
when purchasing a used car,”
Freeze said. “Individuals should
make thorough checks on the
serial number of the vehicle and
make sure they receive a valid
title.”
Freeze said customers never,
received titles for the cars sold.
Suttles rites
SERVICES FOR Iva L. Suttles,
87, of Houston will be held at
noon Jan. 13 at Forest Park-
Lawndale Funeral Home in
Houston with the Rev. Trine
Starnes officiating. Burial will
be at Forest Park-East
Cemetery in Webster. The
mother of Lois Snead of
Baytown, Mrs. Suttles died Jan.
10 at a Houston hospital.
Montgomery rites
SERVICES FOR Dessie
Grissom Montgomery, 84, of
Richards will be held at 10 a.m.
Jan. 14 at Union Grove Baptist
Church in Richards. Mrs. Mon-
tgomery died Jan. 12 at a
Navasota hospital. Survivors in-
clude sons, Harold Montgomery
of Baytown and former Bayto-
nians Bobby Montgomery and
Ivas Montgomery of Richards,
and daughters Myrtle Juanita
Welch of Baytown and Florine
Wooster of Richards.
Harris County
HARRIS COUNTY Fresh Water
District 1-B will meet at 7 p.m.
Jan. 13 at 1721 James Road.
Mothers group
MOTHERS SUPPORT Group
will meet from 9 to 11 a.m. Jan.
13 at Trinity Episcopal Church,
2701 W. Main. The topic will be
. “Our children and their diet.”
For more information, call 422-
7465.
Chamber speaker
WALT BUCHHOLTZ, chairman
of the Baytown Chamber of
Commerce Environmental Com-
mittee, will speak on SARA Title
III at the Jan. 13 noon luncheon
meeting of the Baytown
Chamber of Commerce at the
Holiday Inn.
Water board meet
A SPECIAL MEETING of Har-
ris County Fresh Water District
1-A board of directors is set for
10 a.m. Jan. 13 at the district’s
office, 2312 Broad in McNair.
The board will consider endors-
ing an amendment to the
Municipal Annexation Act.
SOS dinner
SOS SINGLES Outreach Service
will meet at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 12 at
the San Jacinto Mall movie mar-
que near the service road off of
Interstate 10, to leave for dinner
in Houston. For more informa-
tion, contact Ken Mathis at 420-
1723.
Writers’Guild
BAYTOWN WRITERS’ Guild
will meet at 7:30 p.m. Jan, 12 at
Sterling Municipal Library. All
published authors and hopeful
writers are welcome. For more
information, call Gay Plank at
424-2690.
Dyslexia program
THE MONTHLY dyslexia pro-
gram parents’ meeting will be at
7 p.m. Jan. 12 in the Ross S.
Sterling High School Cafeteria.
Rupp services
SERVICES FOR V.A. “Pete”
Rupp, 68, of Highlands are pend-
ing at Earthman Highlands
Chapel. He died Jan. 11.
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Tides
FRIDAY
HIGH: (2:43 a.£, 1:32 p"m.
LOW: 7:13 a.m., 6:59p.m.
(Tides forecast are
for Baytown area bays)
Sun
SUNRISE: 7:18a.m.
SUNSET: 5:43 p.m.
TUNNEL TRAFFIC
A STALLED 18-wheeler in the Baytown-La Porte Tunnel caus-
ed a number of people returning from work to get home a little
later than usual Wednesday afternoon, including these
motorists at Loop 201 and Missouri. An official at the tunnel
said the 18-wheeler’s brakes locked causing its engine to stall
and efforts to unlock the brakes or restart the engine were un-
successful. The delay was prolonged by difficulty in getting a
wrecker into the tunnel, he said. Traffic was at a standstill from
3:50p.m. to4:55p.m., the official reported.
(Sun staff photo by Carrie Pryor)
Baytown firefighters respond-
ed to a car fire at 1:42 p.m.
Wednesday at 1327 Cypress, a
spokeswoman from the Baytown
Fire Department reported.
The car involved was a WTO
Mercury. The fire reportedly
began because of an electrical
short in the wires behind the
dash.
Damage was estimated at
$500.
Station 2 responded to the call,
and volunteers from District 2
-were dispatched, the
spokeswoman said.
ELECT
STEVE ARTHUR
School Board Position 5
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January 15,1989
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 67, No. 63, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 12, 1989, newspaper, January 12, 1989; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1052654/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.