The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 104, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 8, 1978 Page: 2 of 36
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Wigan's Stew -
Now Is The Hour
For Viking Power
Baytown, CV Couple Pi
Of Realtor License1 Case
Business Mirror - -
Asterisks Contain Story
And Sometimes A Lesson
By HUGH A. MULLIGAN hoporoteh wHh torn Nordic {the
tott and thro cruhlni through Unce.'
ambu-
way back in tbe
AP Special Correspondent
SIESTA KEY, Fla. (AP) - IH» «<*ew»lk on the lint hop I Now the vexed but nevet
Hagar the Horrible, the edor- How do you lay out a hop- vk-iou* Viking appean in 010
•Me abominable Viking with ««rtr he implored ev- newspapers around the world
two harm sticking out of hli
helmet and the double umlaut
over the fint "a," has come
South to ravage and pillage for
the winter and to celebrate hu
5th Mrthday
A Caldwell County real estate
agent has had Mi real estate
license suspended for three
months by tbe Tskas Heal Estate
('ommtsston after the commis-
sion found the agent had mis-
represented the ownership of a
road leading to property he sold
Ing to figure out how the tiller bwt selling cartoon strips i t'1rwwvt*w ^“P1*
"ZTHi JlwSs imagi- Mm | J**** (Dud^ton hid toid thm i mission found that the “adUand
alion durins one of the dark- when he used to ronah house effective reb 23, Jfc question of ownenh
Is the Thf romml“ton suspended iinjtrad
Complaints were hied against downers along the road com-
Jplained 1
Duddleston by Mr and Mn, flamed to the county to have it
James l Mallory of Baytojeh repSired
and Mr and Mrs Troy H ftart The property
By JOHN CUNNIFF
AP Business Analyst
NEW YORK (AP) - Now
^ | that we have absorbed the good
of Channelview
Both couples complained that
a road, leading to land they
purchased In Caldwell County tn
1576 was owhed Jointly by
property owffcn along the rood
county, a
M^towhaTMddlestonhad^^^'1* .
'^Te^Sltu^Com- ^Tmes^esson
a well, and in reference to
nation during one of the dark- when he used to rough house
question of ownership of ‘■omissions on the part of
Cartoonist Hk Browne, who ;*« y«*n of his life “My broth-with them back in the days ^[thtVoadwasettladlatsummer i (Duddleaton) constitute dis-
unemployment the lesson #
this ...
That jobless rate which most
But hadn't the commissioner were very fortunate because
announced a month earlier that “through a combination of for-
complete breakdown My list for the
wjfei, falftfr died Her math"“
name long before he blessed
v more and mote like
Ms incarnation of Viking pew^
er, with long flowing hair, kmg wMk' driving through southern
flowing beard and a paunch tO;N*w J^ncy In» bllatard at Uie
match height of gas rationing *■“
Browne, a gentle Irishman W to glaucoma I
Hlilri 11111 m S[.ra.iu2^..^W---tni^lwoflllliii^ in violation nT
the jobless rate was Indeed 6.9
percent’ Yes, but .that was be-
fore the statistics were im-
proved, Under the improve-
ment, November was lowered
to 8.7.
There is little unusual in re-
vising the figures in later
months. It’s done every year.
Every year the figures for the
previous year are reviewed and
often dunged.
But tn this case, said Shiskiri
tuitous circumstances," the re-
calculations were ready earlier
than expected • ,
Thus goes the explanation for
what appeared to be an almost
incredible drop jn unemploy-
ment for December, from 6.9
percent to 6.4 percent. The pre-
vious month's figure was in-
accurate; it was cbrrrected.
A procedural change also was
made in selecting an earlier
week in the month for the
-tbe-Roal-fiabte Lirense \ ^{-j! ■
country i household survey.
That
thought
born In New York’s Yorkville ««n« Huaaian novelist had tab
Ired a detached retina the PrOItlOtlOIl
universal comic character who
section, was hunched over hia
drawing board in a rented Fkw-
en over writing my life'
■HgFsgi Mont Belvieu Bank
knows what a Viking looks like.'
ston of Duddleston's real estate ,nore aTU™
{license. tsanesumate. -
: Mrs Hart said property ’ ^ accept « as a precue per
owners living along the roadhad of fhe toU count of
| spent about 16,000 with most of ldl« m™'** * * (orce
the labor funushed by the ls t° tolerate the butcher rw-
I never met anyone who didn’t BELVj?U ~ ’BarUtiiigcour^through the AIB j jiTopertf owners, to prefer
But Browne clung to H^ar. (like a Viking Even tb* people^e is" SS to JmJ^ ^ burger
Mi houae working up a panel bis lifeline, "writing gags with they uaed to rape and loot go^f ,0 '*
that had Hagar ollcrmg to play ™ «» taking them down ail around telling everyone tky j8*1^1
must have a little Viking bUaod bank s seventh anniver-
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Burt Reynolds
“5fnokey»N» ihi Bandit"
Sally FleM Jerry Itoedr.
Jackie Gleason
Hagar, a thoroughly domes-
Ing with the
to Jerry
State Bank coincides iHarlan, barge foreman for Dia- PXA Meets
mond Shamrock, and they have
two cMldren, Angie, 11, and
Bruce, 9 The family attends St
Church in
Harlan, a Baytown
WINKLER
RAY FIELD
/fWing lilt (Wfumkv
HEROEJ
mHNKUiat* f(||sgw
tlcated Viking with tbe every
day problems of- bringing home
the loot' to a,wiaiy wife and a
sore who doesn’t shape up as a
novice plunderer and a daugh-
ter wtxMaoti tube * warrior-
maiden (its Browne’s definition
of ' comedy as second cousin to
W|*dy,"
Turn Who’s Afraid of Vir-
ginia Woolf’’ inside out and
you iiave Andy Capp,” he «•
plains 'Life goes on When
Rome fell, some guy had to
take out the garbage and
change the wheel on his chari-
ot.-"
Browne started out in life
with a dream of "becoming
Willy Scoop, the boy reporter.
He got»job as a copy boy in
the art departmeht of the New
York Journal, began doodling
around with pen sketches and
wound .up drawing maps and
for Newsweek; In the
ly. assigned to an engineer-
outfit, he worked up a post-
er gag about camouflaging that
became a classic: "All right,
Lieutenant, where the hell are
the airplanes’"
He gravitated into ad work
after the war and then was con-
tacted by King Features to do
the art work for a new cartoon
that Mort Walker,' creatof of
Beetle Bailey," was working
Mn
native. Joined Mont Belvieu Ciitholir
State Bank in October 1973 as a Baytown
note teller She is a graduate of
Robert E. fLee High School
attended Lee College and com-
pleted the American Institute of
CAHVEH JONES ElemenUry
1‘arent-Tcacher -Association will
meet at 2 30 p m. Thursday at
the school. Johnny Clark, school
«iS»,«eM..,yMo.here
president of Mont Belvieu State
Bank. aid. The assets of the
bank as of Feb 3 were 1132
TH1 CITIES Order of DeMolay
Mothers Ciub will meet at 7:30
million: McCorquodale said, and Masonic Lodge, 900 Schilling
the deposits were $118 million "
Other officers of the bank are
Leon Januszewski, vice press
dent; H H. McCollum, vice
president- and' Grace Tran-
Uiam, cashier The directors for
1978 are Mn. Charles Jones Sr.;
C. T Joseph Jr.; J. W Gust; H
H. McCollum; and McCorquo-
dale
ROSS-'
Beach City
BEACH CITY City Council will
have a special called meetling at
p m Thursday at the Wat
Chambers County Community
Building A review of the city
marshal’s joh description and an
order for city elections will be
discussed. "
HAY FI A/A I
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CL056 €NC0UNTER5
Of THE THIRD KIND
The result, now appearing in
600 newspapers, was "Hi
Lola," with Walker supply
ing the ideas and Browne the
cartoon figures "We've been
together 24 yean and have nev-
er had a written contract."
Browne's work-a-day world
consists of turning out turn car-
toon strips seven days a-week,
weeks out of the year, with
timeuut fortunes or vwa-
HAV PLAZA 2
His regular studio is in
the cellar of 1* H
IT'S THE WORLD S GREATEST GAME
(ASD n SURF A/NT FOOTBALL >
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The ockfe, on tht 9Mt art
iWitton, Conn.,
ihome
Hagar's mail has been steady
land heavy Browne did one
{where Hagar was about to at-,
jttek a oastle wtien the king
'cried out" "My taper. 1H
{speak for me," A tiny hole
{opened in a turret and a lawyer
jbeggn to read the riot act to
jRagtr, accusing Mm of teem*
{pus. breaking and entering,
burglary and a whole com-
ipendium of crime. "Right on,"
•ed Hagar’s own warriors
r tdigf had the filial wurd
"He‘s expensive, hoi he’s
IfBOd,
“Lawyers all oyer the coun-
jtrv. induMag Gov Connolly
{wrote tn asMni tarttat panel.”
jm-alls ftnwne “It was one of
! the few nice gags ever written
i about the protesfon. "
j Oeresiowaliy women write
angry tetters to Hagar "He is
’a bit of.a chauvinist,’' admits
this creator "But one woman
f s . srilrtreA —-w—
j WuO nuswok lap www
(for ravish wrote in to ce
jthat ri$e is never fto. I agree
K or tinned From Page 1)
council chamben at dty half
City staffers who will give ulks
are Mike Weaver, who will dis-
cuss past bond programs and the
growfh of the city; Bobby
Kountree, parks and recreation
Katherine Morin, the "Keep
America Beautiful" program;
Police Chief R H "Bo" Turner,
police operations Also, Dty
Councilman K, C "Jack" Kim-
mons will discuss the role of a
eounil member; T
Students will be given the op-
portunity to ask questions.
The mock city council meeting
HM Choir Concert
HORACE MANN Junior School
Choir will perform at Green
Acres Nursing Home at 10:30
am. Friday.
A&M Mothers "
TEXAS A&M Mothers Club will
meet at 7:30 p.m ’Thursday.at
thel’ommumtyBuildnig.
will start at 2.30 p. m It will be
conducted by Jim Baroiak.
mayor, and council members
Lynn Woods, Russell Ackerman,
Karen Laird, Donald Atherton,
Sharia Sinclair and Steven Moor-
man
Duplicate Bridge
DUPLICATE BRIDGE class at
Lee College will begin at 7 p.m
Wednesday in the Social
Sciences Building cafeteria. Mrs
Jack Furbee will be the teacher.
Eagles Meet ,\ "
FRATERNAL ORDER
Eagles’ Tuesday meeting
been rescheduled for 8 p.m.
Comfmini-
Thursday at Wooster
ty Building on Bayway Drive.
CITY COUNCIL - -
On this statistical indicator
as on others, Uncle Sam rests a
heavy hand on the scales, as
Julius Shiskin, commissioner of
labor statistics, revealed in ma-
terial prepared for Congress.
"It should be noted," he said,
“that the January figures from
the household survey (one. of
two • surveys conducted as a
base for the nufhbers) are not
p.m. Wednesday at Goose Creek strictly comparable with prior
months."
Why’ Because of an increase
BIG DAY comes
April for
An
The NASA physicist Is one
of the candidal
lies for the
six American scientist
spots aboard the first Spa-
eelab due for selection in
April. - :
It'Rathwcd-Frwn Page 11 .
+ Consider Entex request for fuel cost ad-
justment
(¥ Authonte contract with Perry Walker
Hoines for water and services to Timber Ridge.
+ Adopt i ..............
land.
new mnilations’dh subdivision of
Hagar new carries off wom-
en, and never bashed them
over the bead. He's a family
man When he toots a town,
he's always going around look-
ing for a sue M dress for his
Vv III
+ .Amend motor veMele code to authoriie
parking of recreational vehfetes on the street at
■night by issuing teinporary permits.
+ Approve change ordw in contract for East
District Sewage Treatment Plant sludge
dewatering facilities. ; -'v -
+ Purchare five acres on Bust) Road for park.
+ Purchase a winch truck
+ Consider resolution setting forth the desire
of city council to pursue development of an air-
port
4 Approve -proposed thoroughfare safety
After committee reports and 'unfinished
business, the council will have an executive ses-
sion on personnel and legal matters The
meettag will begin at 6:30 p. m.
‘HILL’
Judge to chaise the dates of the
Youth Project Show to May 5
6 to thereby show a better
S Ml the youth of
Chambers County. "
Choate said any person
to add Ms name to the
iteon should contact him
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utM ' Hepresented nationally by
'uWtcatRi
in the sample and "some im-
provements- in the estimation
procedures.” And because "we
have introduced a procedural
improvement in the current
method."
" The changes announced a
month earlier, in January,
were of even more substance,
These modifications, you may
recall.-were for the month of
December, when the jobless
rate dived from 6.9 percent to
6.4 percent.
Well, not really. It is true
that the December rate was 6.4
potent, the commissioner said,
but the drop was more modest,
from 6.7 percent, not from 6.9
percent.
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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/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.