The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 12, 1985 Page: 1 of 61
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Volume 64, No. 36
Telephone Number: 422-8302
MORE THAN 70,000 READERS EVERY DAY
Thursday, December 12, 1985
Baytown, Texas 77520
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Reagan ready to sign
balanced-budget plan
Bill sets limit on national debt
DOING THE DIRTY WORK
EMPLOYEES OF R.W. McKinney and T.L. James
Co. Inc. are laying sewer pipe along the right of
way where Loop 201 will be constructed. Here, men
are working between Pruett and North Main
streets. One construction phase, slated for comple-
tion by the fall of 1987, for the six-lane divided
highway will extend Loop 201 from near Spur 330
(Decker Drive) to the Southern Pacific railroad
tracks, just west of Nolan Road. The other phase,
also In progress, is scheduled for completion by the
fall of 1968 and will extend the highway from the
railroad tracks to Ferry Road near Highway 146.
(Sun staff photo by Angie Bracey)
$7 million bond proposed
Referendum set in Dayton
DAYTON — Voters living in
the Dayton School District will
decide Saturday if nearly $7
million in proposed im-
provements for the district will
become reality.
The bontf election will be held
from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Woodrow
Wilson Junior High library.
“We've had very good recep-
tion in the community,” said
Superintendent Will Moore.
“Different groups have invited
us out to explain the bond issue."
Two propositions will appear
on the ballot
Proposition 1 is for (4 million
to be spent for improvements on
all existing campuses and for the
purchase of a future school site
on Farm Road 321.
Proposition 2 is for 32.9 million
to be spent for an athletic com-
plex to be built on Farm Road
321.
In addition to the purchase of a
new school site, money In Prp-
position 1 would be spent for con-
struction of 34 new classrooms
(10 at Stephen F. Austin Elemen-
tary, 12 at Dr. E.R. Richter
Elementary, two at Woodrow
Wilson Junior High and 10 at
Dayton High School) and two
high school science labs.
Among other items in Proposi-
tion 1 are enclosure of play and
activity areas at Austin and
Richter elementaries, a new roof
for the original portion of Austin,
general repairs and painting
throughout Colbert Elementary,
additional parking spaces at the
high school and asbestos
removal from existing buildings.
Proposition 2, a proposed
athletic complex, includes a
(See BOND, Page 7-A)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi-
dent Reagan was set Thursday
to sign landmark legislation set-
ting the national debt limit at
more than $2 trillion while man-
dating an end to federal budget
deficits by fiscal 1991.
A White House statement said
the president would sign the
measure “first thing in the mor-
ning” as a battle-weary Con-
gress struggled to finish work
for the year on needed money
bills.
U.S. Rep. Jack Fields, who
represents the Baytown area,
hailed the bill as “the biggest
victory for the American
worker” and the “most signific-
cant piece of legislation” since
he has been in Congress.
Fields, R-Humble, said the bill
could ultimately lead to “some
significant tax reductions.”
The new legislation will force
Congress to make some “tough
decisions,” Fields said.
But “families, churches and
companies in Baytown” also
have to make “tough spending
decisions,” Fields added.
It will force Congress to
establish spending priorities, he
continued.
According to Fields, the bill
had strong bi-partisan support
even though “all the big
spenders were wailing.”
Opponents of the bill argued
that Congress should be permit-
ted to reduce the deficit on its
own.
But Fields, a supporter of the
balanced-budget amendment,
said that without this legislation,
Congress would never reduce
the federal deficit.
In the House, meanwhile,
legislators considered whether
to revive Reagan’s battered plan
to overhaul the federal tax laws
after it suffered a stinging 223-
202 setback on Wednesday.
As for the other major bills on
the agenda, negotiators for the
House and Senate met privately
for several hours on Wednesday
in hopes of working out a farm
bill that would satisfy both
lawmakers and administration
officials worried about the cost.
More meetings were planned
Thursday.
The negotiators said they had
reached tentative agreement on
the key issue of crop subsidies
for farmers, but postponed a for-
mal vote overnight. But if
ratified, the tentative accord
would presumably pave the way
for overall agreement on the
massive farm measure.
House and Senate officials also
reported progress on the critical
issue of a stopgap spending bill
to finance most government pro-
grams for the rest of the fiscal
.year. Even so, they said the
critical areas of defense spen-
ding, foreign aid and Interior
Department funding remained
unresolved.
An existing stopgap spending
bill expires at midnight, but of-
ficials said they thought the two
houses could agree on a simple
one or two-day extension to tide
federal agencies over while the
long-term plan is worked out.
The House measure calls for
3268.8 billion for the Pentagon
(See REAGAN, Page 7-A)
Plane explodes in mid-air, kills 258
TEA monitors Baytown schools
By LINNEA SCHLOBOHM
Sixteen members of the Texas
Education Agency will wrap up
a week-long accreditation
monitoring visit to the Baytown
School District Friday.
— The evaluation, conducted
every three years, is part of the
State Board of Education’s
regular accreditation process.
Thts is the first time, however,
that the district will be judged on
bow well it is complying with the
new education reform guidelines
mandated by HB 72.
Superintendent Bill Kennedy
called the visit “the most
thorough evaluation" Baytown
has received from the state.
The monitoring visit began
Monday with a conference at the
school district administration of-
fice during which the team
heard a comprehensive over-
view of all aspects of the educa-
tion process in Baytown.
Tuesday the TEA represen-
tatives began the on-site evalua-
tion process that continued
through Thursday and included
visits to every campus in the
district.
The process will conclude Fri-
day with an exit interview with
district administrators.
Kennedy said a complete writ-
ten evalualfon reporils expected
within 30 days.
In the past, the superintendent
said, TEA visits have generally
been conducted by five-
member teams and were a
maximum of three days in
length with only selective cam-
(See TEA, Page 7-A)
GANDER, Newfoundland
(AP) — A DC-8 charter carrying
about 250 U.S. servicemen from
the Middle East home for
Christmas burst into flames and
crashed Thursday shortly after
ta$eoff from Gander Interna-
tional Airport, killing all aboard,
officials and witnesses said.
The plane was carrying
members of the 101st Airborne
assigned to the Sinai peacekeep-
ing force back to Fort Campbell,
Ky., where the unit is head-
quartered, the Pentagon said. It
had stopped in Cologne, West
Germany, for refueling.
The Pentagon said there were
more than 250 military person-
nel aboard, but no dependents,
from the division,- which had
been on peacekeeping duty since
July.
Maj. Kenneth Miller of Cana-
dian. Search and Rescue
reported in a telephone inter-
view with The Associated Press
from Halifax, Nova Scotia that
250 passengers and eight
crewmembers were killed in the
crash.
Miller also told Canadian
Press, “All we know is that there
were no survivors.” He said his
information came from the
Gander control center.
CBC radio said its radio cor-
respondent at the scene, Ed
Pike, quoted witnesses as saying
the plane exploded, lighting up
the sky.
“We were driving to work ...
when we saw this big explosion
... and it dived down very quick-
ly. In a matter of seconds, it was
gone,” said Ann Hurley, a near-
by resident.
The Hopkinsville (Ky.) New
Era reported Wednesday that a
detachment of more than 200
soldiers from the 3rd Battalion,
502nd Infantry, 101st Airborne
Division, was due at the local
post Thursday at 9 a.m. CST.
Federal Aviation Administra-
tion spokesman Vedder Steed in
Atlanta, Ga., said the plane
belonged to Arrow Air, a Miami-
based charter firm. „
Gander airport manager John
Pittman told the AP by
telephone that the plane went
down about a quarter-mile from
the airport.
When asked if there was a fire
aboard, he said “yes.”
In Ottawa, a Transport
Canada spokesman said a crash
operations center was set up at
about 6 a.m., about 45 minutes
after first word of the crash was
received.
The airport was overcast with
light snow and light winds at the
time of the crash, according to
the aviation weather report.
There had been light, freezing
drizzle a few hours earlier.
Gander International Airport
is located approximately 150
miles northwest of St. John’s,
the capital of Newfoundland on
Canada’s Atlantic seaboard. It is
often used by planes traveling
between North America and
Europe.
The DC-8 is a four-engine jet
manufactured by McDonnell
Douglas.
Pearce Street Journal - -
Loyal lenders
Sad to say, we live in a world
where many workers hate their
companies and their bosses.
Not so Lee College loyal hired
hands.
Over half of the 50-buck-plate
supporters of the LC gala to pro-
vide scholarships were people
attached to the college.
To which we say, “bravo.”
-FH
Goodfellow drive continues
Memorial gifts a timely gesture
By CHlifc GOODFELLOW
If you are following the
Goodfellow stories and the list of
contributors, you have seen that
many persons contribute in
memory of another person or
persons.
Most of us have been touched
by someone else in a special way
during our lives. We all have our
“personal heroes.”
Because most of our personal
heroes tend to be people who
wouldn’t think twice about help-
ing someone else, remembering
a hero from your life by giving to
the Goodfellow drive is a very
appropriate gesture.
AROUND
TOWN
MARJORIE HILDEBRAND’S
wassail recipe is a hit at a party
... Lucille Wilson and Minnie
Miner outdo themselves with
party refreshments.
Frances Duplantis shows off a
wall hanging she made for her By BRUCE GUYNN
son’s office ... Carol Poling CHANNELVIEW - Three
gives a beautiful Christmas men were arrested and 3750,000
meditation. in high-grade heroin was con-
Lucille Puderbaugh plans to fiscated in a drug bust in Chan-
entertain ... Blanche Duplantis nelview Wednesday, Houston
serves wassail ... Ida Griffith police said,
prepares to host a holiday dinner Sgt. John Pohlman identified
Heroes are persons who are
really no different from the rest
of us, they just do what has to be
done — rather than make ex-
cuses — when a need arises.
In that sense, all Goodfellows
are heroes. They look beyond ex-
cuses they, like everyone else,
could easily make and choose in-
stead to give.
Think about the people who
have made a difference in your
life. What sort of people are
they? Are they the kind of people
who wouldn’t hesitate to “give
you the shirt off their back?”
Would it be at all appropriate to
give to the Goodfellow drive in
their memory?
Be a hero for a needy Baytown
child this year.
Be a Goodfellow.
Mail your contribution today
to Chief Goodfellow, The
Baytown Sun, P.O. Box 90,
Baytown, Texas, 77522 or bring
your gift to The Sun office at 1301
Memorial Drive.
Previous Balance......32,053.18
J.L., Jo Ellen
& Darrell Brummet......25.00
“la memory of their son
and brother, James Kevin
Bnimmett"
Anonymous...............10.00
Anonymous................5.00
The David Smith Family.. 120.00
Farris R. Pagitt...........50.00
Mr. & Mrs. Williams
McGuire................30.00
“In memory of Odina
Lane”
Mr. & Mrs. Fletcher
Hickerson...............20.00
R.W. Matherne...........100.00
“In memory of bis father,
Bob Matherne”
Mrs. E.L. Bridges.........10.00
Mr. & Mrs. J.W. Roark.....50.00
Mr. & Mrs. Louis Zalesak.. 10.00
Total.......... 32,483.18
Three Channelview men arrested in drug raid
party.
the three suspects as Arturo P.
Ben Jelman says it’s going to Martinez, 36; Isaul S
be cold enough to freeze the tines Benavides, 31; and Simone
off Neptune’s trident.
Salinas, 41.
Martinez, who police describ-
ed as the head of a drug-dealing
operation, lives at a residence in
the 800 block of Spates Drive in
Channelview. The two other
suspects are also listed as living
at the same Channelview ad-
dress, police said.
All three men have been
charged with delivery of a con-
trolled substance. Bond on each
defendant is 31 million. Their
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cases have been assigned to
178th District Court, according
to the Harris County District
Clerk’s Office.
A preliminary hearing for the
three men has been set for Fri-
day, court records show.
Pohlman said the arrest of the
three suspects culminated a
nearly two-month undercover
operation.
Police confiscated 12 ounces of
heroin. Pohlman said the
suspects gave HKounces to the
undercover officers and another
two ounces was found in the
suspects’ vehicle.
Also found in the suspect vehi-
cle were 325,700 in cash and 3500
in food stamps, Pohlman said.
Officers said it is unusual to
confiscate this much heroin in a
drug bust.
Classified............3-7-D
Comics................5-B
Crossword Puzzle......5-B
Dimension...........2-3-B
Editorial..............4-A
Markets...............4-B
Movies................1-B
People—.............6-C
Police Beat............2-A
School Menus..........8-D
Sports . ............1-4-C
Television Log.........1-B
Weather...............3-A
WEATHER
BA YTONIANS CAN expect
mostly cloudy skies and
cool temperatures with a
low in the low 30s Thursday
night. There is a 30-percent
chance of thunderstorms.
Friday’s forecast calls for
cloudy skies and cool
temperatures with a high
temperature in the mid-
Ms. There is a 20-percent
chance of thunderstorms.
In the 24-hour period en-
ding at 8 a.m. Thursday, a
high of 50 degrees and a
low of 37 degrees were
recorded along with 1.70 in-
ches of rainfall.
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