The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 106, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 15, 1976 Page: 1 of 20
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The Baytown Sun Invites
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DAY FOR KISSIN’.. SWEETHEARTS . . VALENTINES
AH, VALENTINE'S DAY. Yoong hearts and love and kisses, Mr. and Mrs. Clark Day of 1903 Gillette, ind Robin the daughter
r and, 1* this case, kissia’ cousins. This pair, Darren Day, 9, and of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Guidry of 17M Baker Road. £4
Robin Guidry, 7, symbolize what Valentine's Day means. If we
ail felt such closeness ail year-round - wow! Darren is the son of
Robert Guidry ol
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Office Closed
THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT joined US FfahaSwildlife
of Public Safety office and the Service in endorsing a smaller
driver s license office at 120 Wallisviile Reservoir than the
Park will be closed Monday in one recommended by the U.S.
. observance of George Washing- Army Corps of Engineers.
ton a birthday, ft will reopen for jn a letter to the federal ser-
regular hours Tuesday
Smaller Dam Plan
Baytown Woman Dies
MRS. FAY Voparil Goss. 66. of
1512 Ash died in a Baytown Hos-
pital early Saturday. Arrange-
ments will be announced by
Earthman Funeral Home.
vice. Clayton Garrison,
ecutive director of the Texas
agency, announced support for a
smaller upstream impoundment,
about 3,300 acres of wetlands
along the Trinity River, com-
pared to 19,700 acres under the
present plan.
Brother Dies
MRS R. L. GILMORE and
Albert E. Mitchell lwvt returned
from Costa Mesa. Calif., where
they attended the funeral of
their brother. Arnold Mitchell,
Monday Mitchell has another
brother. Harry, who lives in
Baytown
working on a court-ordered revi-
sion of their environmental im-
pact statement. Garrison said
the project as planned could
adverse^ effect waterfowl,
marine fisheries, freshwater
fisheries and certain hunting-
fishing oriented recreation.
Its recreational benefits would
not be of appreciable value, he
said.
Garrison said abundant food
ipplies in the present
Wallisviile Reservoir area sup-
port large numbers of larval and
juvenile fishes which migrate to
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Heart Surgery
J W. (BILL) Thornton, chair
man of Baytown voting Precinct
101. is recovering from open
heart (bypass) surgery at his
home. Bill reports he Is doing
well, but probably will be off
work several weeks
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DRT Meeting
SOLOMON BARROW Chapter
of the Daughters of the Republic
of Torts will meat al 9:30 a m.
Monday in the home of Mrs. J.
M. Benson, 1313 Town Circle.
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after it was
a 1973 court order! T!* ^
pleted Army engineers are
Late News
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.
(AP) - President Ford said
today he has restored public
faith in the presidency and will
win • full term in office -
Font said his leadership,
which he characterized as dig-
nified and sensible, was pull-
ing the country out of the cri-
sis In which he found it when
he became President 18
months age.
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shrimp, menhaden, sea trout,
croakers and blue crabs
prolifically.
A study made in 1966 by the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
showed commercial fishing
catches from Galveston Bay
could be reduced 7 million
pounds a year by the Wallisviile
project.
Both federal and state agen-
cies emphasized the smaller
alternate reservoir, that would
include Lakes Charlotte and
Miller and adjoining lowlands
east of the Trinity, would do the
same as the larger reservoir In
providing a salt water barrier to
protect rice farm irrigation and a
navigation lock.
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AcCOUStlCS Compi
allocated in revenue sharing
funds for the project. The
The contractor will have 30 ---- —& ~
days to finish the work which is 1976-1990" indicates 1976 im- average ar
scheduled in April.
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By WANDA ORTON
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&222SS-.W HOUSTON (AP)-An Exxon
hv ^ 00 USA study “K^tes the
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Economy
WASHINGTON (AP) - The
Oil imports last year aver-
the United States may then be It also assumes, he said, that
acoustical work wiUiSdethe j* 5-988,000 barrels a day or
cal material to the cdhngTftoe ^ W ^ever,
installation of sprays acousti- £ -^“£5
___have been averaging from 6,-
auditorium and meeting room, q^q aaq ^ 7 400 000 barrels a
Acoustical wall panels and sound ru’uw 10 7 WU UU0 oarrels 8
systems will be installed.
Exxon s “Energy Outlook
ports will approximate 8,000,000
barrels a day or about 44 per
cent of demand. It also projects
1980 imports at 10,500,000 or
about 50 per cent of demand.
While the Exxon study says
able to hold the dependence
level to 50 per cent, L. G.
Rawl, a senior vice president,
says even this estimate is
based on some assumptions
that may be optimistic.
“R assumes, for example,
that Americans will
energy demand to less than............................
three per cent through 1990 a one for ^ econo-
itput of the nation's industry <
eased for the ninth con-
tive month in January,
~ indication that last month
compared with a four per cent jmy
F 4. I
average for the period from,
1960 to the oil embargo ofj
1973," Rawl said.
An increase in industrial pro-
U.S. energy companies will ties,
have the incentive, and
cash flow, to carry out ne
development programs.
assumes coal production will
double and that nuclear power
capacity will increase sixfold
1990.
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cast the only
World
From AP Wires
£ + LUKASH, Znire - Brit-
ain awl France will soon
recognize the Russian-backed
Popular Movement (MPLA) as
the legitimate government of
Angola, and neighboring Zaire
has indicated it is willing to
consider accommodation with
the Shviet-backed faction, ac-
cording to diplomatic sources.
+ DALLAS-Trustees of fi-
nancially troubled Omega-Al-
pha, a Dallas-based holding
company, hive announced that
the company will sell its subsi-
diary, The Okoaite Company
of New Jersey, for |36 million
to acquire needed ready cash
to pay creditors.
saying the city “could put $13,-
an on waUs
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™ Miu.^ agcuua year on the few new
items pertaining to the sale of an
+ CHICAGO - The nation-
al weather forecast for today
calls for showers along the
will predominate over the fo*
Northeast through the Great
Lakes and the extreme Pacific
Northwest. Elsewhere, tern-
There are other projects,
Hutto said, that would bring
more advantages to more people
than the acoustical work.
In other action Thursday 1
the council approved
purchases of a portable fre-
quency level meter for radio
maintenance and for chain link
fencing for improvements at the
animal shelter and West Main
Sewage Treatment Plant.
Joe Reeves Construction of
Highlands was awarded the fenc-
ing contract for 33,125.
Cushman Electronics will sell
the radio equipment for 32,650.
This will be used for office said.
lance of new radios in
the police department.
Action was tabled on
g Phi
tion's factories, mines and utili-
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The Federal Reserve Board
said Friday that industrial pro-
duction rose by seven-tenths of
Rawl said the estimate also 1 per cent in January and six-
ciimoc . ipnal nrnHunlinn will tpnfhc nf 1 ruir ppnt in TWom. 3' "" ' i
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of consumer
home appliances
and television sets, was strone.
although the Fed noted a
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School, LC Tax Districts
easement to Texas Eastern
Transmission Co. and on per-
sonal injury protection insurance
for policemen
Hie council amended an or-
dinance to remove a section of
STcoT/coS'JS toPage-DittmanMotorsloton
Alexander Drive from the ex-
The change will enable the
firm to keep a building at its pre-
sent location. Moving the
feijfIBG.
MR. AND MRS. Anthony Ucari
celebrate valentine's Day in a
special way. It’s their 40th
wedding anniversary.
Paula Tillery receives red
roses from husband Charles for
Valentine’s Day. . . Dennis Han-
cock is a real speed skiier.
John and Pauline Wright din-
ing out. .. Ezmon Dunn stops
to chat with a friend . . . Cecy-
cle Hawkins makes a brief ap-
pearance.
Nell Price enjoys a dinner
meeting . .. Debra Taylor
Ex-lC Student First
To Seek Regent Seat
Gary Jones, 27-year-old
Baytown native, became the
first candidate Friday to throw
his hat into the Lee College
regents' ring.
Three 1
persons will be elected
April 3 to fill posts now occup-
pied by Dr. Donald L. Brunson,
Dr Henry Dismukes and Sam
Bramlett.
Dr. Brunson has announced he
will not seek re-election.
Jones, a salesman for Sherwin-
Williams here, is a pre-med stu-
dent at University of Houston at
Clear Lake.
■} The 1968 Robert E. Lee
graduate attended Lee College
and was president of the Student
Government Association there
last year until transferring to
UHCL.
He also served three years in
the Marine Corps.
Son of James R. (Red) Jones
Baytown and Mrs. John
married to the former Nancy
Sanders, a native Baytonian and
Ross SterUng graduate of 1969.
"I feel that having been a
Baytown citizen and former Lee
College student, I can improve
the college in the eyes of the
community," Jones said.
“It has a lot of potential."
Treasurer for Jones’ campaign
is David Evans.
Stored Items
Out Of Bite,
Out Of Mind
doesn’t like being referred to as
a child.
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Mr, and
Joe Palka re-
al they
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The city’s heard no "barks"
about public works matertals be-
ing stored near the animal
shelter off West Main.
When the city council approv-
ed a chain link fence Thursday
night for enclosing the materials,
City Manager Fritz Lanham
recalled there had been c
plaints about the items being
stored on property off Lee
Drive.
In response to the complaints,
the city moved the items to a
location next to the ani
shelter,
"The animals haven’t com-
plained," commented Mayor
Tom Gentry.
zone zone parallel to Alexander
Drive would result in the loss of
some display area for car, the
council was informed at its last
meeting.
The council voted to amend
the ordinance 6-1, with Coun-
cilwoman Mary Elizabeth
(See ’SOUND,’ Pate 2)
By D’EVA LUTHRINGER districts, estimated that could in- Mickey Coe, city tax
A new pipeline and storage crease upwards from 330,000
facility for Houston Lighting and next year if all the tanks are full
Power s Cedar Bayou generating of oil. \
plant will mean thousands of tax The pipeline, which is coming
dollars in Baytown next year, across 10.65 miles of HL&P
The construction is part of a right-of-way in the school and
3190 million project to give college districts, should bring in
HL&P’s Houston area generat- aboUt $3,000 in additional taxes,
ing ptants fuel oil burning cap- Muth said,
abilities. Quin McWhirter, man- The city won’t fare as well
ager of the company’s Baytown because the Cedar Bayou plant is
not in the city limits, making
The company paid 313,427.28 new tanks and oil stored in them
in school and college taxes this exempt from city taxes, and only
'tanks in service and John!
during the month and reports
that wholesale prices were
stable for the third consecutive
month in January
The Labor Department said
in its wholesale price report
Friday that prices of farm s
^gh the HUP plant is Eg* I
tax assessor-collector for the two generate about
Council Says
Oil’ Right To
Pump Site
Bicentennial Park “pumped” °
Weather
And Tides
CONSIDERABLE nighttime
and morning cloudiness and
warm through Sunday, is the
Baytown area weather fore-
high Sunday, upper 70s.
BAYTOWN TIDES for Sun- !ittle humor at ^ cit> coudcU
day: Highs at 7:18 a.m. and
9:33 p.m.; lows at 2:26 a.m.
and 2:28 p.m. Tides for Mon-
day: highs at 8:22 a.m. and
9:55 p.m.; lows at 2:58 a.m.
and 3:12 p.m.
Former Councilman
To TryComeback
outside the city, it does putsome j^uary! toe Surd
tion at the plant wouldn’t affect
the amount paid the city under
toe agreement.
Because of decreasing supplies
of natural gas, which currently
fire the plants, HUP is con-
verting seven generating plants
miles of pipe cross the city, to combination gas or oil-firing
' capabilities.
............. Those seven are Cedar Bayou,
for toe city, a'ecwding-to® R Bertron, Webster, Deep-
water, Greens Bayou, T. H.
Wharton and P. H. Robinson.
All but Deepwater and
Webster will have significant
fulltime oil burning capacity,
McWhirter said.
meeting.
“Let's don’t start drilling for
oil,” Councilman Tom Walmsley
warned after the council okayed
the site for the historic object
Thursday night.
Walmsley was referring to the
current controversy about oil
drilling at Memorial Park in be imported. McWhirter said.
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"We’ll see whether the City of
Houston succeeds first,” Mayor
Tom Gentry grinned.
cent
money into dty coffers becaused®ne“‘“'' Straight
of an agreement with toe in-, ^ Federal Reserve Board
dustnu distna. said its industrial production in-
But, Coe said, new construc-1(tex £ Jslluary ® at im
df toe 1967 average of 100. That
represented an 8.5 per cent in-
crease in production since the
recession low last April.
Meanwhile, the Commerce
Department said inventories of
toe nation's businesses declined
by 35% million in December
and fell a total of 35.5 billion
during all of 1975. In 1974, in-
ventories increased 346.6 bil-
lion
A decline in inventories had
been considered essential in
helping to end the nation's re-
cession, although it also reflect-
It. Ptot wit be Med by
120 miles of pipe, laid primarily ™ ecoai®®-
along company transmission
rights-of-way.
Storage also is being increased
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and, when completed, the Cedar
Bayou plant will have a 2.4
million-barrel capacity.
Total storage capacity for the
system will be 6.7 million
barrels, completion scheduled
for this summer.
The pipeline will be fed from
several points, including Exxon’s
Baytown Refinery. Somp oil will
Section Of
West Texas
To Be Closed
West Texas from Airhart to
Monterrey will be closed Mon-
day for construction work in two
contracts.
The city is rebuilding the road
and the highway department is
working on the Loop 201 project.
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Former City Councilman
Allen Cannon is seeking a come-
back in city politics, filing for the
District 5 position in the April 3
race.
Cannon was the senior
member on the council and
mayor pro-tem when he resigned
in August, 1974, because of a job
transfer to Denver, Colo.
He returned to Baytown in
fuel oil of all weights and much
of it will be the heavy residual
oil produced by refineries after
(See HL&P, Page 2)
between Airhart and Monterrey.
Traffic will be closed in that
vicinity from six to eight weeks.
August, 1975, and is back at Ar
co’s Lyondell Plant in
Channelview where he is an ac-
counting supervisor.
"I hated to resign from the
council in the first place,”
Cannon said, commenting he
would like toe opportunity to
"help finish some of things I was
working on.
First elected in 1969, Cannon
filled a one-year term resulting
from a vacancy created by
Albert Fanestiel’s resignation.
Cannon won election again in
(970,1972 and 1974. He had sav-
ed five months of that last term
when he was transferred to
Denver. Tom Walmsley was «p-
pointed to replace him.
Cannon served as the council’s
traffic committee chairman
fronU969 until he resigned,
also was the city’s represental
on the Houston-Galveston Area
Council of Governments, was
president of the Houston-
eston Regional Transporta-
Study Committee and serv-
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 106, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 15, 1976, newspaper, February 15, 1976; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1061575/m1/1/: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.