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U.S. Troops May Help With PLO Evacuation
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Several hundred American
troops may be sent Into west
Beirut as part of a plan to
evacuate guerrillas from the
besieged PLO enclave, U.S. of-
ficials said today. Israel radio
said President Reagan agreed to
send 1,600 Marines.
U.S. officials traveling with
Reagan In California said the
troops — whose service branches
were still under consideration —
might escort the guerrillas from
west Beirut then take up positions
abandoned by the PLO fighters.
But they cautioned that no final
agreement has been reached, no
request has been made for U.S.
troops and that If they did become
Involved they would number
"somewhat less than 1,600, con-
siderably less Maybe not more
than half that number."
The officials, who declined to be
Identified, said any U.S. Involve-
ment In the Lebanese situation
would be limited and temporary
but acknowledged It was possible
a U.S. presence would "become
part of a final agreement."
There was no Immediate com-
ment from Israeli or PLO of-
ficials.
West Beirut Is surrounded by
Israeli forces who have besieged
the estimated 8,000 PLO guer-
rillas In the war-shattered
Lebanese capital.
Israel radio said U.S. Marines
would take over positions aban-
doned by thf guerrillas,
presumably to ward off posatlDte
reprisal attacks on the Moslem
population by Lebanese Christian
militiamen
Israel radio said France agreed
to contribute troops. It said the
U.S. 6th Fleet would supervise the
evacuation from Beirut, and
Washington would pay for the
ships needed to take them out
The radio said the guerrillas
would go to several countries, In-
cluding Algeria, Iraq, Egypt and
Syria It said the guerrillas had
refused to go to Libya, despite
that country's fervent verbal sup
port-jor the Palestinian cause.
The radio said the details had
been worked out over the past
three days by U.S. and Israeli of-
ficials.
The problems of where the
guerrillas would go and how they
would get there were the main
obstacles In three-week-old talks
Involving U.S. presidential envoy
Philip C. Habib and Lebanese
negotiators at the presidential
palace outside Beirut The talks
are aimed at ending the conflict
and arranging removal of PLO
forces.
Palestine Liberation Organisa-
tion chief Yasser Arafat had of-
fered to withdraw most of his
forces from Lebanon If Israel
would allow the PLO to leave a
token military presence — believ-
ed to-be about 500 men — with the
I Lebanese army and a diplomatic
mission In Beirut.
But the Israeli Cabinet refused
the offer, saying all elements of
the PLO mint leave Lebanon and
vowing that until then, the Israeli
army would not ease the grip on
Beirut.
Israel Invaded Lebanon June 6
to crush the guerrillas and has
surrounded Arafat's west Beirut
enclave with tanks and troops and
cut off vital supplies In an attempt
to force them out, rather than
storm the stronghold and risk
bloody street warfare.
Informed Lebanese sources
estimate there 8,000 guerrillas
and 500,000 civilians trapped In
predominantly Moslem west
Beirut,
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Reagan Backs Revised
‘New Federalism’ Plan
LOS ANGELES (AP) - After
months of public silence on "new
federalism,” President Reagan Is
pledging support for a new, slim-
mer version of his plan to turn
federal programs over to the
states.
The president was meeting to-
day with 125 legislators and local
officials from 13 Western states to
reiterate his desire to give
responsibility for some social pro-
grams to the individual states
while the federal government
assumes others.
Under the revised plan,
negotiated over the last five mon-
ths between the White House and
state officials, about $39 billion in
federal programs would be
transferred to the states while the
federal government assumed
most of the expensive Medicaid
program that is costing states
$18.3 billion this year. Also, the
federal government will keep the
$11 billion food stamp program
which state and local officials
fought taking over as originally
proposed.
Aid to Families with Dependent
Children, the basic welfare pro-
gram now shared 50-50, would be
assumed entirely by states.
Reagan, accompanied by his
wife, Nancy, arrived here by
helicopter Monday from his Santa
Barbara, Calif., ranch, where he
has been vacationing since July 1.
They spent the night at the Cen-
tury Plaza Hotel, where their
daughter, Patti Davis, joined
them for dinner.
Before leaving his ranch,
Reagan received a detailed writ-
ten report on the Lebanese crisis
from William Clark, his national
security adviser. Then the presi-
dent sent new instructions to his
Mideast negotiator, Philip Habib,
“responding in detail to points
raised by Habib as he continues
his peace mission in Beirut,”
deputy White House press
secretary Larry Speakes told
reporters.
Speakes said Habib’s efforts to
mediate between Israel and the
Palestine Liberation Organiza-
tion have “reached a most sen-
sitive stage. The discussions in
Beirut are extremely complex
with the many Issues and many
parties Involved.”
“The United States has made
clear to all parties the Imperative
of the cease-fire,” said Speakes.
"It’s essential that the fighting
stop and negotiations proceed in
good faith."
After addressing the state and
local officials today, Reagan was
visiting a senior citizen’s center.
Although the National Educa-
tion Association, which is holding
Its convention here, had Invited
him to speak, the president turn-
ed the group down April 23.
. Tonight, the president and his
wife were celebrating the first
lady 's birthday with a private din-
ner at the home of longtime
friends, the Norman Spragues.
Mrs. Reagan says she is 59 today;
her college records show her age
as 61.
Hurricane
Evacuation j
Plan Told
BOP-PING'ALONG
EXICON'S BAYTOWN OLEFINS Plant is back in full operation follow-
ing a four-month shutdown for maintenance and repairs. Technicians
Ed Wagner, Paula Halata, Larry Helskala and Brad Womack open the
valve to the on-spec ethylene well signaling that BOP Is back on
stream.
Public School Teachers Protesting Cuts In Aid
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Public
school teachers, snubbed by a
vacationing President Reagan,
are taking their protest against
his administration’s cuts in aid to
public schools and support of tax
breaks for private education to
the streets.
Nearly 7,000 National Educa-
tion Association delegates were
planning to start the last day of
their convention today with a one-
mile march to dramatize their op-
position to Reagan’s policies.
The 1.6-million member NEA
also was joining forces today with
its archrival, the American
Federation of Teachers, which is
meeting in New York, to adopt a
joint resolution attacking
Reagan’s plan to give tuition tax
credits of up to $500 to parents
who send a child to private school.
Reagan is making appearances
in Los Angeles during a two-day
stop on his California vacation,
but,the teachers’ convention was
not on his agenda. The teachers’
march from Pershing Square to
the Convention Center will not
take them near Reagan's hotel,
the Century Plaza.
The staunchly anti-Reagan
NEA invited the president last
February to address Its 120th an-
nual convention.
The White House, In an April
23rd letter signed by presidential
aide Gregory f. Newell, turned
the NEA down, saying, "in view
of the developments In his
schedule, it is certain the presi-
dent will be unable to add this
engagement to his com-
mitments.”
NEA leaders, who have spent
much of the past five days
blasting Reagan’s domestic and
military policies, were basking in
the snub.
A NEA publicity man was
dispatched to the president’s
hotel to invite the White House
press corps to cover the march,
and Willard H. McGuire, presi-
dent of the union, said, “The
whole world knows where he is at
any point in time', and he is in Los
Angeles.”
Democratic National Commit-
tee Chairman Charles Manatt
was scheduled to speak to AFT
delegates today in New York.
Albert Shanker, who was unop-
posed, won his fifth five-year
term as AFT president.
Not all of the 564,000-member
AFT’s locals are represented at
the convention, which runs
through Wednesday.
The teachers gave California
Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. a
standing ovation Monday after he
accused Reagan of robbing public
schools to pay for nuclear arms.
The NEA called for a new $4
billion federal school aid program
patterned after the post-Sputnik
drive to upgrade America’s
schools.
If an approaching hurricane
makes evacuation of Baytown
necessary, traffic will be routed
on multi-lane highways such as
Highway 146, Loop 201 and Spur
3$), said Fletcher Hickerson,
director of the Office of Emergen-
cy Management and..
Preparedness.
Using these roads will get peo-
ple out of Baytown to the north as
quickly as possible, he said.
If these roads flood, making
passage impossible, a contingen-
cy plan calls for traffic to be
directed to side roads, such as
Highway 55 into Chambers Coun-
ty then to FM 1405, 565 and Eagle
Drive near Mont Belvieu.
Motorists should tune their car
radios to local stations for traffic
Information.
Representatives of the Texas
Highway Department reported at
a meeting of area law officers
that a levee has been built around
the underpass at Highway 146and
Interstate 10. They believe this
should greatly reduce the under-
pass’s tendency to act as a collec-
ting area for flood waters.
In discussing evacuation plans,
area officials remembered the
massive traffic jam that resulted
from evacuation along Galveston
Bay during Hurricane Allen in
August, 1980.
“Traffic lights in Dayton back-
ed up cars along Highway 146
from that city through Baytown,
the Baytown-La Porte Tunnel,
Seabrook and Kemah to Texas Ci-
ty,” Hickerson said. "It was
reported that it took 40 minutes to
fill Highway 146 completely with
cars between Dayton and In-
terstate 10.”
Pearce Street Journal - *
v« Lunch With Friends
PSJ had an honor very few folks
have enjoyed.
We had lunch with three
generations of the Sam Stassi
family. 1
They were Hilda (Grand-
• mother) Stassi, Gloria (Mother)
Wismer and Ann (Daughter)
Rainey.
^ The conversation did not drag.
You see, we have knovfn the
Baytown Stassis since 1937.
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June Rainfall
Below Normal
AROUND
TOWN
LOUISE HUGHES takes time out
for a relaxing visit to the beach
.. . Rose Cravey anxiously awaits
the arrival of her first grandchild,
due in a (few weeks.
Debbie Kautz runs to keep up
and husband, Gus, is skeptical of
newpaper reporters ... Mr. and
Mrs. Larry Thomas enjoy the day
at Bicentennial Park . . . Linda
Ferguson is mighty proud of her
children.,
Louise Green is seen with a
handsome) escort, her husband
Dicky . . . Theresa and Tommy
Green make a trip to Louisiana
... Deanne King is proud of her
new filily statue.
June’s rainfall was slightly
below normal, according to data
Supplied by Fletchei* Hickerson,
coordinator of the Office of
Emergency Management and
Preparedness.
Rainfall totaled 3.9 inches, .37
of an inch below the June average
of 4.27 inches.
However, Baytown is sligljtly
ahead of schedule for its yesfrly
total. The average rainfall figure
for the end of June is.22.ll Jnche:
Thiff year 22.19 inches have been
recorded. ■*
All of June’s rainfall fell in the
last half of the month, with the ex-
ception of .1 of an inch which was
recorded June 12 at the gauge at
Fire Static* No. 6.
The most rain was measured at
the gauge at 7021 Bayway Drive,
which recorded 5.23 inches.
Other rain gauge readings
were: City Hall, 3.90 inches; Exx
on’s Baytown Refinery, 3.89 in
ches; 115 Cabaniss, 5.12 inches
Texas Eastern Corp., 4.92 inches
Fire Station No. 6, 4.23 inches
Gulf Chemical Co., 2.75 inches
East District Waste Water Treat-
ment Plant, 3.36 inches; 319
Harvey Street, 2.69 inches; West
Main Plant, 2.87 inches; and 7021
Bayway, 5.23 inches. *
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Highlands Junior Park Work Set
WEATHER
PARTLY CLOUDY skies
with hot afternoons is
predicted through Wednes-
day. High will be in the mid-
90s and the low in the mid-
70s. Baytown’s high Monday
was to. The low was 79.
Temperature at 7:30 a.m.
Tuesday was 81.
By FRIEDA BEATY
HOUSTON (Sp) -
Approximately $176,500 in
improvements is being sought by
Harris County Commissioners for
the Highlands Junior School
Park.
The park, approximately 15
acres, is located on the Highlands
Junior School campus and is feas-
ed by the county from the
Baytown school district.
Commissioners approved speci-
fications and authorized the coun-
ty to go out for bids for construc-
tion of an "asphaltic concrete erp—
trance, parking lot and related
drainage work.
The proposed work, which is ex-
pected to be completed by mid-
* September, is another phase of a
project expected to be completed
by July 1983, according to Mike
Parrott, director of parks for
Commissioner Jim Fonteno.
The. park presently has three
baseball fields.
Commissioners also approved a
bid for an ambulance for the
Community Development
Association, which will give the
vehicle-to the Highlands
Volunteer Fire Department.
The bid has been approved but
will not be awarded until the CDA
a»d the fiFe-marshaT’s office-ap-
proves the bid.
The ambulance will be
delivered in two months, pending
an investigation into the county’s
liability of the vehicle.
In other business, Commis-
sioners Court:
+ Transmitted a contract and
bond by Gail/Spehcer Inc. for
construction of Fairmont
Parkway from Highway 146 to
Park.
+ Approved specifications and
authorized the county to seek bids
for repairs to a Lynchburg fer-
ryboat for approximately
$30,000.
+ Ratified and confirmed right
of way purchases for North Main
in Baytown and for Beltwayj}.____
T TrarismTtfeSabBTof $31,216
from Koqhn Engineers for ser-
vices in connection with construc-
tion of North Main from
Lynchburg-Cedar Bayou Road to
Interstate 10.
Jobless Figures May Be Audited
AUSTIN (AP) - With the
Texas Employment Commission
projecting a rise of up to 2,000 per-
cent in employer taxes just before
the November election, Gov. Bill
Clements says he may have the
unemployment figures audited.
Clements told reporters he
finds the TEC’s figures “suspect”
and doesn’t think the projected
rise in employer taxes jibes with
a what he called a not “all that
significant” increase in
unemployment in the state.
TEC announced last week that
unemployment in the state hit'7.2
percent in June, the state’s
highest rate since 1970.
But TEC Chairman Nolan Ward
said the projected increases in
employers’ contributions to
unemployment insurance are
based on “simple arithmetic”
and are due to an increasing
percentage of layoffs, not the
unemployment rate os a whole.
Last month, the commission
said that if trends continue,
employers who now pay $6 per
employee for unemployment in-
surance — the lowest rate in the
nation — could face an increase
up to $114 per eihployee after Oct.
1 when the new rate goes into ef-
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