The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 212, Ed. 1 Tuesday, July 5, 1988 Page: 2 of 12
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THE BAYTOWN SUN
Tuesday, July 5, 1988
Floating along in Baytown’s July 4 parad e
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS POST 912
FIRST, WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES
ST. JOSEPH'S SCHOOL
A 19-year-old Baytown man
sustained minor injuries Mon-
day afternoon when his vehicle
struck a parked truck and then a
house in the 400 block of East
Sterling.
According to police, John
Gilbert of 4219 Baker was driv-
ing his pickup west on East
Sterling when he struck a parked
pickup and then drove into a
yard striking a house at 401 E.
Sterling.
The house sustained about
$10,000 damage, according to
police reports.
Gilbert was taken to Humana
Hospital-Baytown where he was
treated in the hospital’s
emergency room and then
released.
Gilbert was issued a citation
for failure to maintain a single
lane of traffic.
YOUTH INJURED
Curtis Sevoy, 14, of Crowley,
La., was injured Monday after-
noon when he drove his motorcy-
cle into a fence in the 100 block of
South Highway 146.
According to police, Sevoy was
driving his motorcycle in a park-
ing lot in the 100 block of South
Highway 146 when he failed to
negotiate a turn and struck a
fence.
Sevoy was takerrto Humana
Hospital-Baytown where he was
treated in the hospital’s
emergency room and then
released.
JULY 4
Baytown’s July 4 activities
went smoothly Monday. Police
provided extra patrol at
Bicentennial Park should they
be needed. Several fender
benders were reported during
the day and police were called to
investigate 32 complaints of
fireworks between noon and
midnight.
BURGLARY REPORTED
A resident of the 2700 block of
Ward reported to police that bet-
ween 8 and 11:15 p.m. Monday,
someone broke into hi? home
and took a television and two
rifles. The loss was estimated at
$850.
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HARRIS COUNTY
A 28-year-old Liberty man was
treated at Gulf Coast Hospital
and then released for injuries he
sustained when he was kidnap-
ped and robbed early Sunday.
According to a spokesman for
the Harris County Sheriff’s
Department, James Hampton
was unable to provide law en-
forcement officers with many
details of the incident.
Hampton had stopped his vehi-
cle on Interstate 10, somewhere
between the San Jacinto River
and Garth Road. When he got out
of his vehicle,-»he was struck
from behind with an unknown
object, he told officers.
He said two black men then
placed a sharp object, which he
believed to be a knife, to his
throat and forced him back into
his vehicle.
He said they drove him to an
unknown location where they
tied him up with tape and placed
him in the trunk of his car.
They drove him to the 4500
block of Farm Road 1492, where
they took him out of the trunk
and dragged him into someiiigh
weeds. He said they then in-
jected him with an unknown
fluid, took his wallet, with an
unknown amount of money and
fled.
Hampton was able to
maneuver his way to the road
where he was found by passers-
by.
Soviet reaction to disaster mixed
MOSCOW (AP) - The Soviet
Union’s various reactions to the
U.S. Navy’s downing of an Ira-
nian airliner appeared designed
to maintain smooth Soviet-U.S.
relations while satisfying some
allies’ desires for a harsh
response.
Moscow radio said Monday
that the Navy committed
“deliberate mass murder,” but
Kremlin reaction was milder
and defense officials did not
even bring it up with an
American visitor.
The United States said the
crew of the USS Vincennes shot
down the Iran Air jetliner over
the Persian Gulf on Sunday
when they mistook it for an F-14
fighter and it failed to heed war-
nings. Iran said all 290 aboard
were killed.
In China, official newspapers
Tuesday joined in condemning
the attack and said major
powers must cease “meddling”
in the gulf.
The Kremlin’s first statement
about the incident contrasted
with angry pronouncements by
President Reagan and other U.S.
officials after Soviet fighters
shot down a South Korean
airliner with 269 aboard.
Reagan spoke at the time of
“the barbarity of the Soviet
government in shooting down an
unarmed plane.”
Foreign Ministry spokesman
Gennady Gerasimov told a news
briefing that the Soviet Union
did not intend to follow ttie “bad
example” of “wild” American
criticism after KAL Flight 007
was shot down Sept. 1,1983.
He said the U.S. explanation
that U.S. sailors could not tell
the difference on radar screens
between the Airbus 300 and an F-
14 jet fighter “appeared to be
strange.”
Party says no to strong president
MOSCOW (AP) - The Com-
munist Party conference ap-
proved Mikhail S. Gorbachev’s
call for an overhaul of the
legislature but did not endorse
his proposal for a strong
presidency, according to a
resolution published Tuesday.
In his speech last week open-
ing the national conference he
had called, Gorbachev said,
“The president of the U.S.S.R.
Supreme Soviet should be
granted sufficiently broad state
authority powers. —____
“Specifically, the president
could exercise overall guidance
in the drafting of legislation and
of major socio-economic pro-
grams, decide on the key issues
of foreign policy, defense and na-
tional security, chair the
Defense Council” and name the
prime minister, he said.
That would have made the
presidency, now a largely
ceremonial post, the locus of
Soviet power. Most authority
now rests with the party general
secretary — Gorbachev — and
the party’s ruling Politburo.
The resolutions adopted by the
5,000 delegates, as published
Tuesday -by Soviet newspapers,
were silent on the question of
presidential authority.
The resolution on political
reform did propose creation of a
new elective body, to be known
as the Congress of People’s
Deputies, which would meet an-
nually to set general policy and
elect members of a smaller, full-
time legislative council, the
Supreme Soviet.
The Supreme Soviet now has
1,500 members who meet twice a
year to give rubber-stamp ap-
proval to party policy.
The resolution also would limit
officials to two five-year terms
in the same party or government
office.
Channelview FFA ready for convention
Channelview Future Farmers
of America are preparing for
two big events in the month of
July. They are the state FFA
convention July 13-15, and an
Open Rodeo July 22.
The officer team along with
advisers Marvin Maybin and
Mark Kroschel will be traveling
to San Antonio to participate in
the state FFA convention.
This activity is the grand
finale for the Texas Future
Famers of America.
Mike Bumgarner, Pam Bon-
ner, and Natalie Twardowski
will receive the Lone Star
Farmer Degree at this conven-
tion. t
The Lone Star Farmer Degree
is the highest degree that a
member can receive on state
level in the FFA.
Channelview FFA will be
recognized as a superior chapter
in the state of Texas.
The chapter is planning
another action packed Open
Rodeo for July 22.
The rodeo will be held at the
Allen Hall Fairgrounds located
at 16200 Wood.
The rodeo will start at 8 p.m.
Cowboys and cowgirls from all
over the state will be par-
ticipating.
The events will be wild bull
riding, bareback horse riding,
calf roping, steer wrestling and
cloverleaf barrel racing.
One of the highlights will be a
calf scramble for children under
12 years of age.
Ticket prices are $4 for adults
and $2, students.
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SUNRISE: 6:26a.m.
SUNSET: 8:26p.m.
HOUSE HIT BY VEHICLE
JOHN GILBERT of Baytown received minor injuries when his
vehicle left the roadway and hit this house in the 400 bloc k of
East Sterling Monday afternoon. Damage to the house was
estimated at $10,000.
(Sun staff photo by Carrie Pr yor)
Sun spots
Olachia services
RICHARD B. Olachia Sr., 64, a
longtime Baytown resident, died
July 4 in a Baytown hospital.
Services are pending at Earth-
man Funeral Hornet-------—
Walker services
SERVICES FOR native Bayto-
nian Phillip Morris Walker Sr.,
46, will be held at 7:30 p.m. July
5 at Pasadena Funeral Chapel.
He died July 3.
Rotary Club
ROTARY CLUB of Baytown will
meet at noon July 6 at the Goose
Creek Country Club. Capt. Mike
Smith of the Harris County
Sheriff’s Department will speak
on narcotics in Baytown and
Harris County.
Reunion meeting
ROBERT E. Lee High School
class of 1948 will hold a planning
meeting at 7 p.m. July 7 at the
home of Betty Ostermayer, 106
Crow Road. Call 424-5796 for in-
formation.
AARP meeting
A REPRESENTATI VE of
General Telephone C o. will
discuss proposed changes in
rates at the regular me eting of
Jhe American Associa tion of
Retired Persons at ll a.n i. July 6
at Wyatt’s Cafeteria.
Beach City Council
BEACH CITY Council will meet
at 7 p.m. July 5 for a w ork ses-
sion on animal control. At 8:30
p.m. council will convene in a
special called meeting to con-
sider seeking legal co uncil to
fight Houston Lighting (* Power
Co.’s proposed rate incre iase.
SOS social
SOS SINGLES Outreach Service
will meet at 6 p.m. Ju ly 6 at
Dallas Club, 4537 Garth n Road,
for trivia, dancing, a hap py hour
and buffet dinner. Cal 1 Myra
Badeaux at 427-0948 for r nore in-
formation.
MONT BELVIEU - Fire gut-
ted a trailer house in a trailer
park in the 6200 block of
Highway 146 around 11:30 p.m.
Monday, a fire department
spokesman said.
No one was injured in the inci-
dent, but the trailer was a total
loss, he said. The cause of the
blaze was not known, he added.
Firefighters from Beat :h City,
Old River-Winfree and Cove
were called to assist.
BEACH CITY
Firefighters here alsio dealt
with- a grass fire below Mc-
Collum Park Friday nig ;ht that
was sparked by fireworlks, and
early Monday put out a fire
under a bridge on Spur 55.
Anglers League to meet Thursday
The Saltwater Anglers League
of Texas, Trinity Bay Chapter,
will conduct its regular monthly
meeting beginning at 7 p.m. July
7 in the Baytown Community
Building.
Full-time professional bay
guide Blaiep Friermood will pre-
sent a program on “Fishing the
Wells.”
The public is invited.
Refreshments will be
available and a drawing for door
prizes will be held.
For more information call
SALT president Royce O wens at
422-0097 or vice president Jerry
Wooster at 421-4930.
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Reagan vows
to keep U.S.
force in Gulf
WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi-
dent Reagan vowed to keep U.S.
forces in the war-torn Persian
Gulf despite Iran’s threat that
America “will suffer the conse-
quences” following the destruc-
tion of an Iranian passenger jet
carrying 290 people.
“We want peace in the gulf,
but we also want the right of
navigation of international
waters,” Reagan said Monday
amid an escalating warlike talk
by Iran’s leaders.
“We must all be prepared for a
real war and go to the war fronts
and fight against America and
its lackeys,” revolutionary
leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Kho-
meini said in a radio broadcast.
Both Reagan and Vice Presi-
dent George Bush made new ex-
pressions of regret Monday for
the destruction of Iran Air flight
655, but defended the decision by
the captain of the U.S. Navy
cruiser Vincennes to fire on the
airliner.
“We’re talking about an inci-
dent in which a plane on radar
was observed coming in the
direction of a ship in combat and
the plane began lowering its
altitude,” Reagan said. “So 3
think it was an understandable
accident to shoot and think that
they were under attack from
that plane.”
Reagan, who was to be fully
briefed Tuesday, told reporters
on his return from Camp David,
Md., that “I won’t minimize the
tragedy.”
Iran accused the United States
of knowingly shooting down the
unarmed plane and requested an
investigation by the Montreal-
based International Civil Avia-
tion Organization.
Iranian President Ali
Khamenei vowed to fight
“American aggression.”
Asked what he thought about
that, Reagan replied, “You have
to think about that, knowing who
they are.”
But when asked about the Ira-
nian accusation that the Navy
knew it was firing on a
passenger jet, the president
replied: “Well, I don’t go much
by what the Iranians say —
ever.”
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