The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 104, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 8, 1978 Page: 1 of 36
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Pearce Street Journal ■ • '
Tilk About Pirfclng’ It!
***• Before the end of February,
another baseball season will be
here.
It is a reminder of a compli-
_ment once paid slugger Mickey
Mantle by baseball magician
Paul iWaxahacbie) Richards.
“Mickey had the power to
The Bavtowa Sun Insites
MR. AND MRS. DAVID HUMMEL
Baytown
To See
"HEROES"
At The Brunson Theater
(This Pass Good Through Feb. 18)
®fje Paptoton g>un
MORE THAN 60,000 READERS EVERY DAY
knock a ball out of any park in Volume 54, No. 104
the world, and that included
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Wednesday, February 1,1»7»
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Services Pending
SERVICES FOR W R, "Bill"
Mayer, 74, of Old River are
pending at Paul U, Lee Funeral
Home. A retired rigger for Exx-
on’s Baytown Refinery, Mayer
died Wednesday in a Baytown
hospital,
Kiwanis
KIWANIS CLUB of Baytown
will meet at noon Thursday at
Holiday Inn. Jack E Heaney,
Comoro's manager of public
relations, will discuss the energy
situation.
Cove Council
COVE CITY Council will meet
at 6 p.rm Thursday in the Cove
Community Buildtng.
Favorites Election
ROSS STERLING students will
choose their class favorites in a
Thursday runoff election ift the
Houston Cops ‘Guilty ’
n CivilTfigEts Case
MAIL ORDER BOXES?
I
Our
World
Today
From AP Wires :
f. NEW ORLEANS - Mid-
niAt Irl Ml rinZ » M °(
night rhurch bells ringing o{ a Mexican-
American wtio drowned while in
their custody >
[ UNUSUAL MAILBOXES SEEM to be the rage of late. At least it- seems that way to Sun
photographers. The Sun’s Glenn Folkes caught this scene as mail carrier Mrs. James E. Nowlin of
Officer Tryouts t22 Bayshore made her appointed rounds. You’ll have to admit this mailbox set-up (or set down) is
tRYOUTS FOR Ross Sterling j ou,si<*e ,he norm. For another view of mailbox-mania, see Page I6-A. —
Stars officers positions will be!
held1 at tte-irhool .1-5 p.m j .
Thursday and again Tuesday and ] '
from St. Louis Cathedral
marked the beginning of the
40-day lenten season and the
end of Mardi liras, but parties
roared on today for many *ho
refused to let it end.
+ MANAM A, Nicaragua -
Conservative political leaders
opposed to President Anas-
lasio Som«M claim that bis re-
fusal to resign is driving bis
opponents into the ranks of the
1 Count
Punishable
By Life’
HOUSTON (AP) - A federal
court jury found tttfW fdhhtf
Houston policemen guilty today
One of the- counts
punishable by life in prison, the
other by one year in jail and a
$1,000 fine. \
Defendants in the trial are
Terry Denson. 27, Stephen
Orlando, 22, and Joseph Janish,
22. . ■ ’
After almost six hours of
deliberation Tuesday, the jury
failed to reach a verdict.
City Council Meets Tonight - -
Street Work Priority
List To Be Studied
ORTON
Baytown City Council Thursday night will
consider a priority list for the 1978 Street
Improvement Program. .
Total available funding is 3725,000, including
budget funds, revenue sharing, 1970 street bond
funds and possible assessments,
An assessment paving program; estimated to
cost 3353,000, would involve new concrete
sheets on Ashleyville from North Main east to
the dead end; Lynchburg Road, from Loop 201
to Alrnart; Wye Drive, extending to the League
(jf Women Voters Park.
Reconstruction of 10 other streets on the
priSrityJist would cost an estimated 3389,000.
These would include' James Bowie Drive from
Highway-148 (0 Crosby-Cedar Bayou Road;
Pruett from West Homan to Schilling; Pin Oak
from Bayway to Azalea; Third from East Fayle ~
to Muni’ll; Denby from Lee Drive To Massey;
Oak from West Main to West Nazro; West Gulf
from Lee Drive to Whiting; Allman from West
Main to Travis; South Shepherd from Highway
148 to Wright; Louisiana from Market to Nei|
Jersey. ’ . .
Other items on the agenda are: ;■
+ Introduction of Sterling High School Civics
Day City Council.
+ City manager's report. ' § j j
(See CITY. Page 2-A)
rr ---.......- - - -—...... During the day, the jury of
1 Marxist Sandinista gufrrillas. seven men and five women
. ’_ three times sent, written notes)
Lfbini"t'--:"Nr^rS ’ Disfiict TSiirt Judfer
‘Hill’ Petition Urging
Youth Show Date Change
Choate said May 5 and 6 is the and show would not significantly
Senior Citizens
SENIOR CITIZENS- Club will-
meet at 2 p.m. Thursday in the j
Friendship Room at the Com- j
munity Building.
Founders Day By muriel scott
ray'TOWN____COUNCIL - of MONT BKI.VIEU (Spi - only date acceptable to all three
Parent-Teacher Association's j Upset at Chambers County Com: | school districts.
• Founders Day covered dish j missioned Court’s refusal to] If the show were held in April;
luncheon will be held at 10 a.m. change the date of the county's students would not have suf-
' ' " " _ Youth Project Show, more than,ficient time to complete their
300 West Chambers County | projects. If held May 12 and 13,
; residents have signed a petition j most agriculture studentswould
]tyskmg4h«H5howbelield Maya convention - in
Syrian troops pounded a Leba-
nese Army barracks from all
sides with roekets. mortar and
tank fire today a" Syrian and
Lebanese troops clashed for
The oerond straight day on the
eastern flank of Beirut.
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Thursday at the Community
Building.
Weather
And Tides
Jimmy Choate, a Barbers Hill Nacogdoches. Choate said.
CLOUDY AND cold with a 20
percent chance of drizzle or
rain through Thursday is the
■ Baytown area weather
I forecast,—Low expected
Wednesday night, jow 30s;
high Thursday, mid-40s.
THURSDAY-TIDES for
waters fronting the City of
Baytown: Highs at 9:09 a.m.
and 10:51 p.m.; lows at 3:53
a.m. and 3:59 p.m.
SUNRf SETHURSDA.Y at 7:04
a.m.; sunset at 6:04 p.m.
4-H Club leader anda member
of the Chambers County Youth
Project LivestockyGommittee, is
circulating, the petitions’:; to , _ ... . ..
change the show date from May a]low ®arj)ars students to
the lack of interest in the youth
gS“a SS2SESS2S
with the May 6 primary.
students to attend.
Youths from across the county
are preparing livestock, home
economics and other projects to
display .and conplete with other
students for awards.
On May 19, Mont Belvieu
junior high and high school
students will be taking final ex-
aminations. and on May 20.
Barbers Hill High will hold its
graduation, .______’
The later date poses no
problem tor Anahiiac and East
Chambers County school dis-
tricts because their school year
Last month, when Precinct 4
Commissioner. Douglas Dugat
Choate said, “We want as
many people as possible to at-
tend Commissioners Court Mon-
day and bick up These petitions
and show our interest in our
youth of West Chambers County
The petition being circulated1
nstered 'rioters of Chambers
states: The final ballots to select' 10
FinalCC
Director
,i»
Ballots Out
Ross Sterling concerning cer-
tain legal interpretations.
Once, in open court, they
asked for a definition of as-
sault, and the judge told them
there could be assault without
physidalriontacU-* ——
’ They were accused of violat-
~1ing the rights of Jose Campos
Torres, 23, . a laborer, former
serviceman and self-proclaimed
expert in Karate. -'—r-
‘Takeover' Of Schools^
City Set By Ross Student
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Ross Sterling seniors will Auzennc, Michael Kebodeaux about the school district. A
“run" the schools and the city J “ x
goverhment Thursday in obser-
vance of their annual Civics Day.
For the first time this year,
responsibilities have been ex-
tended to Include school jobs,
both administrative and teaching
positions.
Students elected as school
board members are Gregg
Nolan, Lisa McKinley, Connie
ty judge, the governing body of
Dugat contends the election the'county.
“We do hereby understand
that Commissioners Court did
not acf in the best interest of aH
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youth in our county, when they were sept out,
Chamber office manager
Tracey Wheeler said there are21
set the dates of the so-called
Youth Project Show for May 19
nd 20, These dates do conflict nominees on the ballot irislead
with njiany other school-related
functions of which our youth will
he participating m. - j - -
Therefore, .we, the under
signed, do hereby petition
Chambers County, Com-
AROUND
FRED RAILSBACK and Joe
Byington seen enjoying an oyster
lunch . . Linda Kaderli is sur-
prised with a' bouquet of ros«
. . . E. C. "Smokey” Wood is
feeling under the weather these
days.
Frances Elliott and Barbara
s find going to meetings
can be dangerous - they could
be appointed to committees
Carol Fontenot says it makes her
feel old to see her children grow-
ing up --Wfrr
E.C. Kimmons To Seek
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Second Term On Council
E. C "Jack" Kimmons.]with the company. He, was a
Chamber members are to
select 10 directors from the list
of nominees and return their
selections to the Chamber of
Commerce Building by Feb. 15.
Twenty-one nominees were
selected by the membership last
week when nominating ballots
- dy" Bray, pfesid&ofBuddy
Bray Distributing K Co.; Leon
John Coates. Exxon Chenflcal,
plant fnanager: Tom Condor,
owner of Baytown Motors; and
James A. "Bitsy” Davir,
architect.
Also, Paul Edwards, president
of Peoples State Bank; Robert
ait# Anne Windhager, They will
conduct a mock school board
meeting at 2:45 p. m. Thursday
in the School Administration
Building._,v
Durlng the morning, the
students will fill abdut 150 school
of administrators wi]] talk ab, „
schools and answer questions
from students, —
Students, on the "city sifie"
will be reporting to workl at
different times Thursday,
depending on their type of ]d6s,
that afternoon, they will have a
meeting at 1 p. m. at Horace
j The jury, in an upexpected
jaction, stopped deliberations
|before 5 p.m. The three defense
attorneys said they could see Barfield, Fawn Cougot, Lesia slide program will be presented
no reason for the jury’s deci-
sion to halt its work that-early
in the day.
The body of Torres was found
in Buffalo Bayou, a dirty,
sluggish stream that flows
through a section of downtown
Houston, on a sunny Sunday in
May, three days after he was
arrested during a disturbance By aNDY HORSWELL
,it fl t,ivern As drizzle soaked Into the
This is the second trial for,Baytown area Wednesday mor-
Denson and Orlando. A state ning, it brought a cold chill of 33
court jury rejected the murder J
complaint and found the two
jobs: -Before the board meeting said AsslsLmtCity-Manager wtr .
..... " ■" Savage, \ . ;
eneral meel
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A general meeting is scheduL • M
Mann Junior School where a f’d at 1:15 p. m. Thursday in to. j
More Rain And Cold Are
Seen Through Thursday
of the usual 20 due to a tie.
The nominees are M C Bud-{penalty, gave the two officen
always cloudy," said National
guilty of negligent homicide, adeemed biting, but no records’Weather Service spokesman
misdemeanor. The jury, with ' ‘ '
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-------------------- ......were set. However, Tuesday’s Dene Medford •
the right in Texas to set the low of 29 degrees upset the 30 A slight 20 percent chance of
probated one-year sentences.
A fourth officer charged by
Brown, editor and publisher of ^
Kinnev. 27. was seoerated from
Kinney, 27, was seperated from
the otherthree, HtiKasncdeMd
to stand trial alone at a. later
date. Kinney bad testified
against Denson and Orlando in
the state proceedings at Hunts-
ville, about 70 miles north of
Houston and the center of the
state prison system. The trial
District 4 City Councilman, will
run for a second term in the
April I election.
Kimmons said, ‘‘I have en-
joyed serving my first term and
believe I have done a good job.
public relations official for
Citizens National Bank for the
following two and half years,
retiring from that positidn in
January, 1976. -
He..js a past president of the
ed during the past two years plus
my knowledge of the many
With the experience I have gain- Baytown Shrine Club and Lions: dent of the Baytown Chamber of
Club and has served as chairman
of drives for the United, Fund
member of First Christian Hamric, owner of Bob Hamric
Church and has been active in Chevrolet.
Also, David Kadjar, restate
real estate investor; ami Bob
the Boy Scouts and Gray
Masonic Lodge in Houston. He
was one of the organizers of the
Goose Creek Country Club.
nerce. He was cochairman
f a 1965 city bond program com-
Ed Faircloth, Rudy
Strickland and Wayne Bays
a memorable experience.
Ira LeBianc is sent get
wishes from his next-doOr
neighbors at The Sub.
' Ask Jack Jungbluth who
spotted his stolen car before he
even, knew it was missing Janet
Jungbluth. Kay Richards and,
Cynthia Hutto. n#it. Jack? j
Dana Kay Wood recovering]
from oral 'surgery and doing'
fine. . Marie Bonner counting.
the months on one hand. j
problems confronting our dty, I and Cancer Society. He is a mittee and led a similar panel
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improvements. 4
He was awarded the Jaydees
Distinguished Service Award
and Outstanding Senior Citizen
Award in 1961. v ,
He and his wife, Ethel, live at
1308 Monroe. They have three
children and six grandchildren.
son, Jack, is a petroleum
engineer for Inexco in Houston
and a daughter, Joanne Grayum,
is a highway department
employee in Houston. Another
feel sure I will be able to do
another term
The next few years will be
crucial for the City of Baytown.
With the phenomena] growth we
are now experiencing and the
dty government possible.
“If re-elected. I pledge my
best efforts for both the present
and future citizens of Bajiown."
Kimmons, 69. retired as
manager of Houston Lighting A
Power Co; in 1973 after 33 years
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development; Quin MeWhirter,
division manager of Houston
Lighting and Power; Connie
Kimifions also is a past presi- Magouirk, president of Citizens
National Bank; R.W. “Foxy"
Matheme, owner of Matheme’s
Office Supply; and Barry
fettles, assistant superintendent
Also, Abe Rosenzweig,
retired; Brooks S. Starrett,
builder; Leonard-SfSsney, assis-
tant to the administrative
manager of Exxon’s Baytown
Refinery; Mary Elizabeth
Wilbanks inenber d Baytown
City Cwindlf and Hugh Wood,
owner of Hugh Wood Ford. -
The nominating committee,
composed of four past
presidents and the current
president, will meet within two
daughter, Joyce Sanches, is a 1 weeks to select chamber officers
teacher in Danbury, Conn. j from Che directors.
E. C. “JACK
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CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK
AND TRUST CO . f Q I C
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1 Cake’nice Cream
Birthday Cakes PDQ!
Peis<5«3i(«(J Oec-/?tw5 flute***
Wife Of City
Finance Boas
Here Dies
Mrs. Bessie LeFevre, 64,
wife of City Finance Directw
, died suddenly
early Wednesday at a hospital
here after becoming ill at
home/
A well-known clubwoman
and former beauty salon
operator,-she had lived here
since—1962. Besides her
husband, she is survived by
son, Dr. Clint A. LeFevre of
Pismo. Beach, Calif.; .three
brothers and a sister. -
Funeral arrangements wffl
be announced by Pan! U. Lee
Ullnj Home. '
degrees.'
The temperature may have
February really haven't dropped Wednesday night should dip inti
**■ -• * “the low 30s. but no fre^1"8
Icy condRiofis are anticlp
The soggy ground is evidei
to extreme lows so far. The
reason it seems colder than
usual is that we never get any
very high readings because it's] to more than double the noi
degree record established in rain, cloudy skies, and cold
1977. _ temperatures are forecast
"TemperaturesJ so to In through Thursday. The low
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amount of rainfall this areal
experienced, As of Tuesday, t
National- - Weather Send
recorded 8.62 inches. «
Since midnight Wednesc
Exxon's rain gauge caught ty
tenths of an inch, while the,B
Main Sewage Treatment I
reptnied 16 of an inch. Raj
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lW inchtt of precipitation -fl
In the northern half of Teaul,]
snow and sleet made driving.«%r
tremely hazardous. • t'
Around Waco, several,
hundred, cars were stoppfd
before dawn on stretches
Interstate 35 after several tnP ■'
tor trailer rigs jackknifed on pi
spots.
Portions of Interstate 35 were
also closed around Austin
because of freezing drizzle that j
formed ice on the roadway.
The Texas Department of
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PRECINCT 3 CONSTABLE Jim Douglas’ right atm, chief clerk
Eva Whitficfl, celebrates her 25th year with the constable's of-
fice Thursday. Starring her duties under the late Paul Anderson,
Eva bus teen responsible for handling all paperwork, preparing
monthly reports and jury summonses when needed, working on
the budget, dispatching calls and greeting and advising the
public. ' (Sun staff photo by Keith Thompson),
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merally north of San An-
tonio to exercise caution because
of snow and icy conditions.
Many schools in North and
North Central Texas were closed
Wednesday while others
operated under short schedules,
In the rest of the nation, the
West Coast has become a re-
volving door for storms. The lat-
est in a series of rain and snow
storms weakened Wednesday
but a new one was on its way.
Western New England and the | f
Great Lakes, already plagued by
snow drifts’ from’ storms this
week, expected a fresh dusting
Wednesday. /s
Temperatures around the na-
tidn ranged from U-below-zero
at Grand Forks, N.D. to 62 in
San Diego, Calif.
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 104, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 8, 1978, newspaper, February 8, 1978; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1074230/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.