The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 49, No. 284, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 1, 1971 Page: 1 of 27
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V
BY WANDA OKTON
la the city going to "can" the
cans’ »
City councitmen are thinking
about the ayitem of paper bags
for collecting garbage in lieu of
cans.
Before agreeing to add three
new garbage collectors In the
new city budget, councilman
want an evaluation from the
administration on the paper
bags Hie possibility of a spe-
resentatives from a paper bag IS a month
firm was mentioned by Mayor
Glen Walker. Also, a film may
be shown to the council on pa-
per bag garbage collection.
■City Mgr. D. K Voelkel told
the council at the budget work
session Monday night that it
would cost the city about $105,-
000 per year to supply the sacks
for Baytown's 11,839 custom-
ers. The fee for collection
Floyd Adcox, superintendent
of operations in the public
works department, and How-
ard Northcutt. administrative
assistant, visited the City of Al-
where paper bags have
been used for garbage collec-
tion for five years.
Adcox said the Alvin city
manager told them that the
people "love it." The city fur-
nishes each customer two pa-1 manager had al first been up-
per bags a week If more MW posed to the paper bag idea,
needed, customers can get hut changed his mind
them at the warehouse for 10
cents each
Hain does not affect the bags.
Adcox said.
C-ouncilmaa. Allen Cannon
said he has been using the pa-
per garbage bags for about two
years and that not one of these
bags has ever "ripped open."
Voelkel said the Alvin city
Councilman leonard Stas
ney. who suggested expert
mentmg with the paper bags in
a test area of the city, com-
mented that the city, needs to.
make some improvement in Its
methods and that the paper
bugscnuld mean raising the ef-
ficiency 40 per cent.
Instead of adding the three
men on the collection crew,I tamers since 1965, he said
Stasnev suggested, put that Garbage!* real funny," Ad-
money in to buy the paper! cox commented Monday and
bags" | Tuesday collections are heavy.
Kloesel pointed out during be said, but their work is com-
the discussion that the city has
not addisl any manpower in
dial department since 1965
Adcox said two trucks were
addisl in 1965 when the city
took in the lake wood area and
(Yaiginont area The city has
had an increase of 1.738 cus-
ple.,s. i„,;gh« hours on Thurs-
day and Friday Some people
___ie out once
he s^ic
If people put their garbage
out twice a week, he added, it
would change the "whole pic-
ture."
just put their garbage
a week, he said
JAYCEES WIN GOLD CHIP AWARD
David Kadjar And Rick Peebles Display It
________ (See Story On Page 2)
sm.
Nixon Freeze To
Get Test In Court
Sun Teefl \Promium> Up- -■
Reporters Council Ponders
Are Named Insurance Needs
Officer Elected
BAYTOWN POLICE Sgt. Her
man Steele has been elected
fourth vice president of the
• Texas Municipal Police Asso-
- -ciatf6h.~The ~22ntf annual- con
vention was held at the Flag
ship Hotel in Galveston. In ad-
dition to Sgt. Steele, other Bay-
town policemen who attended
Iwere Glen Rosier, James
! Glenn. Glen King and Eugene
J.Sutton.
I
• Rites Pending
Baytown Week
BAYTOWN LITTLE Theater
representatives, Helen Kirk-
patrick, Terry Dopson and
Theresa Moore, will be fea-
tured oi>Oialing-For-DoUars at
9 a.m. to J0:30 a.m. Friday on
Channel 13. The television pro-
gram has recognized Baytown
through the week.
Saturday Dance
A DANCE WILL be held from 9
p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday at the
Knights of Columbus Hall.
; CHARLIE ELBERT Vick, of Music will be furnished by Gil
3 More
Groups
File Suit
1214 Massey-Tompkins Road,
died early Wednesday morning
in a Baytown hospital. He is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Lora
Jewel Harper Vick of Baytown.
Funeral^&rrangements will be
announced by Paul U. Lee Fu-
neral Home.
Service League ,
BAYTOWN SERVICE League Rake Sale
will meet at 9:15 a.m. Friday at
the Ramada-Tower Center.
Baca's orchestra. The public is
welcome.
In Hospital
FI.OYD E. Williams of Ana-
huac, Chambers County audit-
or, is in San Jacinto Methodist
Hospital for -tests. He hopes to
be released Thursday.
On Honor Roll
MICHAEL GENE Barrow of
203 Poinsettia in Highlands has organ fund,
been named to the magna cum|
laude honor roll during the
spring semester at the Univer-
sity of Texas College of Social
and Behavioral Sciences.
A SIDEWALK and bake sale,
sponsored by the Central As-
sembly of God, will be held
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday
and Friday at the church at 401
Nazro. Proceeds will go for the
l
AROUND
Weather
And Tides
CLOUDYXa
MRS. ABIGAIL Frazier and
Mrs. Lorna Mae McCraw
Thursday will celebrate their
19th year of working together
at Baytown Selective Service
Board No. 63. They invite
friends through the press to at-
tend an anniversary party at 10
a.m. Thursday at the board’s
offices in the Federal Building.
That was the Baytown Fire
Department's Don Cansler in
the photo of the Felipe Garcia
home on West Main . . . E. W.
Nicholas picks up a tail section
of the plane that crashed in
Craigmont.
.* Sam Alford receives a danc-
ing advertisement in the mail
and wonders who sent it
James (Slick) Ellis joshes J. J.
Burney about his warm air
conditioner ... Tom Gentry
gets brought up to date
Al Melinger looks for a UT
speaker . . . Bea Anderson
finds a key . . . Bonnie Gra-
ham helps a weary mover, . .
the Mike Bergus family re-
turns from a Colorado vacation
. . . Carole Kohl brings in a re-
port.
PARTLY CLOUDY with
warm afternoons and mild
nights through Thursday is
the Baytown area weather
forecast. Temperature range
Wednesday, low 70s to near
90 degrees.
MORGAN'S POINT tides
Thursday: Highs at 3:19 p.m.
and 11:37 p.m.: lows at 1:43
a.m. and 3:25 p.m.
THURSDAY'S SUN will rise
at 6:59 a.m. and set at 7:43
p.m.
OUR OSCAR
Ih
WASHINGTON (AP)-Two
labor groups and Boston police-
men have filed lawsuits chal-
lenging the constitutionality of
President Nixon’s wage-price
freeze, especially as it applies
to deferred pay raises and gov-
ernment employes.
The Justice Department,
replying Tuesday to a similar
suit brought last week by four
Catholic University professors
in Washington, said an .in-
junction against the 90-day
freeze would result "in the ir-
reparable dislocation of the
President'sprogramtostem in-
flation, reduce unemployment
and reduce our trade deficit."
Although the professors con-
tend the Economic Stabilization
Act under which Nixon acted is
unconstitutional because Con-
gress gave its legislative pow-
ers to the executive branch, the
administration replied the law
meets constitutional standards.
The new challenges were
filedTuesday in Washington by
postal unions representing 650,-
000 workers; in Kansas City by
I,ocaI 124, AFL-CIO Inter-
national Brotherhood of Elec-
trical Workers with about 2,000
members, and in Boston by the
Boston Police Patrolmen’s As-
sociation.
The. postal unions seek a
court order to thaw a $250 pay
raise due Oct. 21 plus automat-
ic in-grade raises. They assert
the law creating the new U.S.
Postal Service exempts con-
tracts with its employes from
any other congressional act.
Electricians in the Kansas
City area construction industry
seek a court order forcing con-
tractors to honor a pact nego-
tiated a year ago, calling for an
85-cent hourly pay boost plus 15
cents an hour more in fringe
benefits, effective today.
Might Ease Sewer Woes - -
Pipe Lining Procedure
Is Studied By Council
School reporters for tThe
Jlasrawn Sun s teen pages for
1971-72 have- been named by
Linda Cassity, teen editor.
The teen news will be pub-
lished in The Suns' Thursday
editions.
Reporting for Ross S. Ster-
Why does the city need an
addition^ WMW for insurant* -a-whole bunch, of insurance.'
premiums this next year?
Baytown city councilmen
never found the answer in a
budget discussion Tuesday
night, spending most of their
time in a discussion of the
best way to get sued is to have
Rrdiardsoh first took the
position that the Torts Claim
Act covers all pieces of tangi-
ble property owned by the city,
bid after examination of the
law, he revised his opinion. The
| ling High School will be Virgi- va|ue 0f insurance and the im- law Pl>rla'ns onl>' *0 negligent
l-;- "i------- ■ - - — - • operation of motor vehicles
nia Timmons, daughter of Mr.
By JOHNELLA BOYNTON
The Baytown City Council
Tuesday night' pondered - the
applicability of a new slip-lin-
ing procedure to Baytown’s
rotting sewer lines.
Gasping at a $50,000 proposal
to replace a collapsing sewer
line between Inwood and Pam-
ela Drive from Garth Road to
Our
World
From AP Wires
+ HOUSTON - Gerald1
Cobb, general superintend-
ent of the Galena Park
School District here, refused
to say what action he would
take over a rock throwing in-
cident at a junior high.
+ NEW ORLEANS -
Arguments in a Corpus
Christi, Tex., school deseg-
regation case are scheduled
for Sept. 8 before a three-
judge federal court panel
here.
+ PONTIAC, Mich. - A
Negro says blacks will seek
federal troops if necessary to
defend a court-ordered
school desegregation plan in
Pontiac, where 10 empty
school buses were destroyed
by explosives Monday night.
+ SAN ANTONIO - While
many Americans are lear-
ning their money isn’t worth
as much in foreign countries
as before, the Mexican gov-
ernment says it will launch a
campaign to attract more
tourist dollars. /
Pruett, councilmen explored
the relatively new idea of slip-
fining the existing-deteriorat- -tbw,
and suggested an ordinance be
drawn up for their considera
ing line with polyethylene pipe
at a cost of $20,000.
But they postponed the deci-
sion for a couple of days, gam
bling with the possibility of ad-
ditional cave-ins or a major
rain, to allow time to get addi-
tional bids for replacement of
the sewer main.
Only City Councilman Jim
McWilliams voted against get-
ting more bids to construct an
entirely new line. He favored
the slip-lining proposal, but
other councilmen indicated in-
terest, too, especially if the
other bids are in the same $50,-
000 range.
In fact, after hearing an ex-
planation of the slip-lining pro-
cedure by the area contractor
who proposes to do the job,
councilmen also discussed the
possibility of using the method
repair leaking sewer lines in
the city’s new infiltration con'
trol program.
However, it was not immedi-
ately clear if slip-lining would
be a practical solution to the in-
filtration problem. Bill Leon-
ard, foreman of the city’s infil-
tration crew, said most of the
leaks discovered by his crew
since January have been
joints and in stacks where sew-
er taps are made.
City Planner Ross Wilhite
suggested to the council that
leaks around sewer taps could
be best prevented by requiring
developers to place "is” at
points where future taps are to
be made, a common require-
ment iff other cities, he said.
The “Y’s” would prevent the
need of breaking a hole in the
line to make the tap, he pointed
out. Councilmen liked the idea
City Councilman Ted Kloesel
wanted to increase the alloca-
tion for sewer infiltration con-
trol so that the present inspec-
tion and repair program can
be speeded up. City Manager
D. R. Voelkel said that at the
present spending rate, it will
take about three years for the
crew to cover the city and re-
pair the lines where leakage
occurs.
Kloesel suggested additional
money be appropriated so that
(he time schedule could be cut
to 18 months, but other council-
(See PIPE, Page 2)
Richardson.
City administrators said the
additional $30,000 was needed
to cover the city under the
Torts' Claims Act which went
into effect Jan. 1,1970, making
cities liable for personal in- ......
plications of the Torts Claims
he said.
The additional $30,000 appro-
priation for insurance prem-
iums was included in Account
No, 602 for insurance; but City
Finance Director "3. B.
leFevre said insurance for
and Mrs. John H. Timmons ofjfat wlth iBtw Crty-AUv, Nee4~l~flt^^'ven -,LtlulPme.nk
[708 Tmvood. Virginia is begin-
ning her second year on the
Sterling Sentinel staff.
Qibq Joy Ferrell, daughter
4>f Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Fer-
rell of 307 N. Jones, will be re-
porting for Robert E. lee High
School. Cuba has had two years
foTSpertenct^^
Junior School in teen reporting
for The Sun
Virginia Hart, daughter of
Mr and Mrs. Troy H, Hart of
815 lakeside Drive, in Chan-
nelview. will be reporting
Channelview High School
news. This is Virginia’s second
time to be CHS teen reporter.
Crosby High School news will
be reported by Janice Cuth-
bertson, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. J. E. Cuthbertson of 16931
Adlong School Road, Crosby.
Sheree Montgomery, daugh-
(See TEEN, Page 2)
c(ty..qwned motor-driven
equipment.
But City Councilman Leon-
ard Stasnev said the city had
increased its premiums by $5,-
000 in the 1970-t 1 budget to cov-
er such claims.
Richardson argued that the
city should be adequately in-
sured, enough to cover the
city's assets, if a plaintiff ever
collected a judgment in a suit
against the city. "The judg-
ment can be substantial,”
Richardson said.
Stasney on’ the other hand
departments—
which operate the vehicles. He
confirmed that the city this last
year has carried $100,000-1300,■
000 insurance on vehicles, the
maximum that can be collect- ,
ed under the Torts Claims Act.
I.eFevre said he had re-
ceived the $30,000 estimate-—
from Bob Beverly, chairman of
the city’s insurance commit-
tee, But he was not sure of
everything that would be in-
cluded in the coverage.
He did know, however, that,
if the city took out the Torts
Large Crowd On Hand For
Emergency Clinic Opening
A total of 230 people from
within a radius of 80 miles from
Baytown attended the first ses-
sion of a six-night school on
emergency care of the sick and
injured Tuesday night at the
Baytown Community Building.
Ambulance attendants, nqi^
ses, firemen, law enforcement
personnel, volunteer rescue
teams and emergency squads,
from KemaH, Dickinson, lea-
gue City, Conroe, Jacinto City,
Seabrook, Anahuac, Ie Porte,
town Ambulance Service, pol-
ice cadets and reserves and of-
ficers in the department, Civil
Defense. Civil Air Patrol,
Texas State Guard, fire and
volunteer fire departments,
Baytown School System, Mo-
6ay Chemical Co., U.S. Steel
Co'., Wooster Emergency Corp.
and hospital and nursing peo-
ple-,__
The school is being spon-
sored by the East Harris Coun-
ty Branch of the Harris County
Tomball, Houston, Deer Park, Medical Society and the Texas
Hardin, Liberty, Channelview,
Friendswood, Cleveland, Liv-
ingston, Crosby, Highlands,
Webster, Mont Belvieu, Lake
Jackson and Galena Park were
among the registrants.
Among the 80 from Baytown
were personnel from the Bay-
Pinch Felt At The Rush Hour - -
Bustling Harris County Leads
State In Vehicle ‘Population’
State Department of Health.
Dr. W. O. Finch, city health
officer and medical coordinat-
or in the Baytown Civil Defense
organization, is chairman of
the school.
Daniel L, Boone, field con-
sultant in ambulance personnel
training for the Texas State
Department of Health, is also
on hand for the school.-
The school will continue from
ooi win continue trom bare: ana r reu oonmer, ver-
7 to 10 p.m. each evening jtified Registered Nurse Anes-
! , ... ... , . Claim insurance that present
took the position. 1 feel the lighilit?, coverage 0/svvim.
i See NEEDS, Page 21
Filing Ends
Tonight In
School Races
Candidates who file in the
Oct. 2 school board election aft-
er 5 p.m. Wednesday will have
to take their filing forms .to
either the home of School
Board1 Secretary Jerry Don
Sinith or Assistant Secretary
Seth. Mitchell.
Or as an alternate, they can
meet the state requirement fori file through the mail, if their
Tetters areposlmarked by mid-
night Wednesday.
Smith said Wednesday
morning he will be out of town
until about 11 p.m. Wednesday.
Mitchell said he will be at
home, however, to receive any
last-minute applications.
Deadline for filing in the <-■
election is midnight Wednes-
day. Three candidates have
filed so far for the three posi-
tions to be voted on.
Applications can be filed at
the School Administration
Building until it closes at 5 p.m.
Wednesday.
and will resume at the same
times Sept. 7, 8 and 9.
To receive certification from
the State Board of Health for
the course, each student must
attend all five nights of instruc-
tion and complete the testing
offered on the sixth night. The
certificate to be awarded on
completion of the course will
certification of ambuiance per
sonnel.
Instruction and student prac-
tice is being offered in all pha
ses of emergency care of the
sick and injured for personnel
in ambulance, police, fire, res-
cue and nursing services.
It is an advanced level of
training tailored to meet the
needs of emergency profes-
sionals and offers more than a
first aid training-course.
At the first session, Dr. Finch
spoke on "What Is Emergency
Care?" and Fred Sonnier, Cer
BY ALAN ERWIN
Sun Austin Bureau
AUSTIN — If you have had
the feeling that rush hour traf-
fic is worse than ever in Bay-
town, you may be right.
A report released by the Mot-
■ Vehicle Division of the
Texas Highway Department
indicates that for the first time
in 1970, Texas has more than
7.5 million motor vehicles op-
erating on the streets and
roads of the state.
4 MATTER OF
INTEREST TO YOU
Low Cost Auto Loans
No Service Charge
On Checking
c.Baytown State ‘Bank,i
Member F.D.I.C.
“Oh, you kept the
bases empty all right
when you ^pitched. The
home runs you gave up
did it.”
Now celebrating our 35th year in
.Bajtown!
Peoples State Bank
Member F.D.I.C.
No Service Charge
And who has the most? Har-
ris County, with 1,124,845 regis-
trations during 1970 has more
cars and trucks zooming over
its freeways and roads than
any other county in the state!
Harris County, in fact, is the
only county in the state with
more than a million vehicles
registered.
Dallas County, with 917,954,.
came in second with almost
30,000 more vehicles than in
1969. Harris County gained ap-
proximately 60,000 vehicles.
Residents of Loying County
in West Texas, in case you are
planning to get away from it
all, have probably the fewest
traffic jams', with only 152 reg- county in the state.
t ■ >+ .<f-
istrations. That is the lowest in
the state.
Not just Harris County, how-
ever, is crowded. Two of Bay-
town’s neighbors placed in the
top 10 counties in the state -
Galveston and Jefferson coun-
ties.
Jefferson County placed in at
seventh with 163,126 motor ve-
hicles and Galveston County
was rated tenth, with 101,193
egistrations. In Harris
County, theraare 1.5 residents
for-every vehicle.
One interesting statistic to
both lovers and haters of
motorcycles — Harris County
has 23,421' of the tws4heeled
demons, more than any other
A breakdown of Harris
County statistics reveal the fol-
lowing figures: 831,677 passen
ger cars, 161,428 commercial
trucks, 1 ;846 farm trucks, 8,065
truck-tractors, 23 farm truck-
tractors, 76,011 trailers, 18,624
house trailers, 12 motor buses,
478 city buses, 34 tractors, 430
farm trailers, 2,744 construc-
tion machinery permits and 28
disaster relief vehicles,
Total registrations in the
state are 7,515,053, an.iqgrease
of 284,180 over 1969._
BAYTOWN'S PARTNER
50 YEARS No
Full Service
Service Charge
Citizens National Bank
F.D i.c.
CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION DEMONSTRATED
Fred Sonnier, CRNA, Instructs Ruth Wunscfl^RN
/ (Sun Photo by Linda Cassity)
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