The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 062, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 20, 1978 Page: 1 of 46
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The Baytown Sun Invites
MR. AND MRS. W.V. LAWRENCE
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To See v'
“GREASE”
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MORE THAN 60,000., READERS EVERY DAY
KIWANIS CLUB of Baytown ARRANGEMENTS, FOR John
will meet at noon Thursday at
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Holiday Inn. Dr. Melson Herwig, pending at Earthman Funeral
curator of fishes at Hermann
Zoo in Houston, will be the
speaker.
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Hendricks Dies 7
FUNERAL SERVICES for
Thonjas Elmer Hendricks, 65, of
Normangee, formerly of
Baytown; were held Tuesday in
' Normangee. Survived by his h
wife, Wilma Hendricks; one son,
Kenneth Hendricks, both of Nor-
mangee; and one daughter,
Wanda 'Thompson of Houston,
he died Sunday.
Home. An Exxon annuitant, he
died Tuesday.
AAWA Board
BAYTOWN AREA
N. Leslie, 71, of 508 William are
Water
Authority Board will meet at
9:30 a m..Thursday.. A progress
report will be given on the sur-
face water treatment plant being
built on Thompson Road.
Seniors Party
BAYTOWN SENIOR Citizens
Nutrition Center will hold Its
Christmas party at 11 a m.
_ Thursday at First Presbyterian
Church, 1715 Market. '
In Mass Murder Case
MIKE GRAXIOLA, left, The Sun’s display advertising promotion
manager, presents four tickets to the Bluebonnet Bowl to Gary
Clement of 423 Corley, winner of The Sun’s football contest. The
game will pit University of Georgia against Stanford University
New Year’s Eve at the Astrodome.
(Sun Staff Photo by Glenn Folkes)
Goodfellow Drive Inches
Toward The $6,000 Goal
Henley
Retrial
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Possible
AUSTIN (Sp) - The Texas
Court of Criminal Appeals
Wednesday reversed the 1974
multiple murder convictions of
Elmer Wayne Henley, convicted
in the 1973 Houston mass sex
slayings.
In another of one of the
nation's most dramatic
crimes-the Huntsville prison
siege in late'July and early
August 1974—the appellate court
.$5,243.34
Classified ..
Comics ....
Dimension ,
Editorial ......
Markets.....
Obituaries.—
School Lunches
Sports .........
TV Log.......
Previous
Contributions'.
Mrs. B.L. Warford,
vjn Lieu of
Christmas Cards 5.00
In Memory of __:-------
H.B. “Habpy;”;
Kitzman Sr.10.00
Mr. and Mrs.
Curtis Walker,
In Memory of
Gerald W. Walker $
Cedar Bayou Past
Alice Bazzoon .. . . $ 10.00
$
Matrons Club ... $
In Memory of
....."10'11A I My Father,
Jess Moore
10.00
5.00
...... 4A
.....14B
...... 9B
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.....1-2B
...... 5A
Weather
And Tides
......$ 10.00
In Memory of —"
Mr. and Mrs.
Louis VanMeldert .$ - ■ 10.00
Mr. and Mrs. ^
LaDon S. Coffev.. $ 100.00
: Kenneth, Kathryn,
Karen, Kim,
Kristi and
‘ Keith Scheffler,
in Lieu of
Christmas Cards.. $
| Mrs. Charlie
.$
10.00
10.00
Shepherd...
COOLER WITH a 30 percent Terry and
chance of thundershowers it'
ezxbsss' ojodpel™ .
Baytown area weather fore- By the time Christmas Pay ar- spirit of the Goodfellow drive.
Mr. and Mrs.
E.E. Hartleib, -—.
In Lieu of local
Christmas Cards.. $ 15.00
Gwen and
Glenn Wilson .;... $ 20.00
Oifton and
Alaina Donato,
In Memory of
Leo Donato Sr.... $
John and
Geraldine McKee. $
• Anonymous........$
Cecil and
Lois Phillips,
In Memory of
Our Fathers,
M.M. McNulty Sr.
and Cecil Phillips
Sr. ............ ;$
Bess and
Howard Northey .$
Mr.and Mrs.
Clark Botkin,
In Lieu of
Christmas Cards. .$
Mr. and Mrs. L.L.
Herrington and
Dawn, In lieu of
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10.00
15.00
3.00
10.00
Christmas Cards
The Robert E.
Greenawalt Family $ 20.00
Jessie Lee Pumphrey$ 5.00
Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Gaines Garrett,
In Lieu of -T4_xr+!_irl
Christmas Cards.. $ 25.00
Mr. and Mrs.
C.N. Thomas,
In Lieu of
Christmas Cards.. $ 20.00
Cootiette Club
No. 628 2.00
Olga and Richard
Burnett Jr. ......$ 10.00
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20.00
Anonymous........$
Gerald M. Alien....!
Dr. and Mrs.
David G. Walker,
Ib Lieu of local —
Christmas Cards.. $
Marie Gaskin, ,
, In Memory of
Bob Gaskin ....,.$
The Jody Landers,
In Lieu of
10.00
5.00
30.00
5.00
reversed the convictio;
25 00 ,f>nac'° Cuevas, a convict found
guilty of killing a hostage in the
prison escape attempt.
The court, reversed Henley’s
case for possible retrial in San
Antonio, where the trial was
moved from Houston. A Bexar
County jury of six men and six
women convicted Henley, then
18, of six of the 27 slayings and
sentenced him to six consecutive
99-year sentences.
One of the mass murder vic-
tims was identified as James
Stanton Dreymala, 14-year-old
son of Lee College millwright in-
structor James Dreymala.
MSri«E Fuqua.$ 50.00iBpwever, Henley was not tried
qua . f ^ {()r D,;?ynfa!a.s death but {or the
deaths of six youths, five of
which were either neighbors or
friends of his. '
cast. Low expected Wednes-
day night, near 50; high Thurs-
day, mid-dOs.
waters fronting the City of
Baytown: Highs at 1:53 a.m.
and +10:32 a.m.; lows at
+6:41 a.m. and 6:48 p.ni-
SUNRISE WEDNESDAY at
7;ila.m.;sunset at 5:25 p.m._
+ Denotes weak tides
rives the 1978 Goodfellow goal
will have been reached, demon-
strating once again that Bayton-
iaris believe in sharing their good
TIDES for .fortune with those not so. for-
tunate.
Chief Goodfellow and his help-
ers were wrapping up loose ends
in the hectic rush to pack sever-
al hundred: gift bags and get
youngsters.
If you have never seen the look
on a child’s face when he sees all
the wonderful. things that go
t<with Christmas. you have missed
something in life.
Christmas Cards.. $ 30.00
Total ...........$5,763.34
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of toys and goodies is the true port enough will have been con-
This is especially true where
youngsters had been told by
their parents that Santa would
not come this Christmas
low,; Santa wifl.be there this
As this was being written, year as he has in past years and
" ■ ' ~ for uncounted years to come as
ceed, the goal.
Baytonians have never failed
to support the Goodfellow drive
to the fullest during its nearly .50
long as the Goodfellow spirit
prevails in Baytown.
As of noon Tuesday, less than
year’s drive over the $6,000 goal,
It was estimated at the outset
that this amount would beneed-
etHo take care of more children
than have needed Help in the
past.
Translated in a child's glow-: u is Chief Goodfellow’s hope predated and gratefully.
| ing face when he is handed a bag] that by the time you read this re-
tributed to reach, possibly ex-
cle Was found in a southwest
Houston boat storage stall where
17 of the bodies were found. The
boy was last seen riding his bicy-
cle near his Pasadena home, and
he was identified as one of the
murder victims 10 days after he
was reported missing.
In the reversal decision, the
court said Henley was denied
due process when District Judge
Preston H. Dial refused to allow
fflm to present evidence on a
motion to move the trial from
San Antonio., -
Henley was arrested after he
telephoned police in Pasadena '
met the goal.
Chief Goodfellow invites those
of you who haven’t made a con-
tribution this year to do so be-
ta needy $300 was needed to put this has Jie drive ends on: Christ- sand dunes near High
uoop’c ririvu nt/pr thf* tfi OHO final Eve. at Qam Rauhurn T-ake
Mail your gift to Chief Good-
fellow in Care of The Sun, P.O.
Box 90, Baytown, or drop it by
The Sun office, 1301 Memorial
Drive. Any amount will be ap- _
Key Watergate Figure - -
Haldeman Is Released
411
From Federal Prison
LOMPOC, Calif. (AP) - For-
, riier White House aide H.R. Hal-
+ NEJW DELHI,'In- deman walked out of prison
dia — two armed In-
dians hijacked a domes-
tic airliner with 132 peo-
ple aboard - today and
forced it to land, de-
manding the release
from jail of former
scandal or his one-time boss, for-
mer President Richard Nixon.
Haldeman. who has served 18
months of his
n . .. ... . r , sentence, planned to return to th'at made him “useless to the
Prime Minister Indira his Los Angeles home to spend world, a burden on society , liv-
Gandhi, authorities said.
-I- DALLAS — A small
commercial airliner with
seven persons.,Qn;W],
clipped a house and
crash-landed today in a
schoolyard empty, be-
cause of Christmas vaca-
tion, v':.^ ,
' ^ ft.- •. . ■_ * “
+ HOUSTON - Con-
vict Sal Florid left the
witness stand today af-
ter denying he expected
anything from the de-
fense for his testimony in
Christmas with his wife and four
childreifr Last'Christmas, he was
given a six^day furlough to be
with his family.
The Dreymala boy's red bicy- the murder conspiracy
shortly after dawn today, a pa-
rolee with a big smile but noth-
ing to say about the, Watergate justice and perjury.
The 52-year-old Haldeman,
remembered as the crew-cut,
tough-minded aide whose power
wus second only to Nixon's, was
convicted of obstruction of
When he sought release on
parole last June, the first time
; served 18 he was eligible, he said his in- , lne co-aeienaam,
l-to-4-year carceration was a futile exercise ormer Attorney Genera John
iwitwift «i».t .w- Mitchell, is due for parole Jan. -.
19. Later, Haldeman alluded to_.
ing a totally wasted life.-” ■ Nixon s guilt
months beyond the minimum
without explanation.
Co-defendant John Ehrlich-
man, Nixon's top domestic ad-
viser, was released from a fed-
eral prison^cgtnp_ *. Safford,
Ariz., last April-after serving 18
months.
The third co-defendant,
. - Haldeman has exposed
But the federal parole board remorse for his part in the
extended his sentence for six Watergate scandal.
Crosby MbHrThfeStens To
Call ACLU In School Case
By CINDY HORSWELL
CROSBY (Sp) - Threatening
to take her case to the American
Civil Liberties, Union, the
Tnoffier of a Crosby sixth grader
has protested the lack of alter-
will receive three "days of zeros
which cannot be made up," she
complained.
On Nov.'13, the assistant prin-
cipal at Drew Junior High
reported the sixth grader got
trial of millionaire de-
fendant Cullen Davis.
Bulletin
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -
The Israeli air force raided
Palestinian bases in Lebanon
today in retaliation for terror
operations in Israel, an army
spokesman announced.
chair.
native punishments afforded her into an argument with another
-in, - - --- — stuttenfjp*oj«n.'ftce^Hqf^fe
"T feel you're violating my
child's civil rights, because the
punishment does not fit the
crime,”' the mother told the
board in an open hearing.
However, the board voted un-
animously- to uphold the Three-
day suspension given her son in
lieu of three swats.
v+.'
not
tended suspension was
equivalent to three swats.
,.r “The suspension will go. down
Jon his permanent record, and he
quested the suspension be *
stricken from her son’s recwd
and he be permitted to make up
work missed.
ButThehoard rejected her re- -
quest. -
‘‘Nobody is gu^lioi^ whar ‘
happened hire,’’ s?id Trustee
Rudy Sikora. “I think we have to
The school official reported make a blanket rule, and we've
the sixth grader “took the situa
tion into his own hands”, and
dumped the other youth onto the
floor. .-. /’ • . ■■■■■-...■
Principal John David said
since the mother had prevented
the school from using corporal
punishment he took, the next the e^ienf thing“'to“do, but
ster* in the disnn inarv nroeess ____u.j___
punishmentMhe* the dS“nar>’ Process
sp, _
Contending the punishment
was “excessive,” the mother re-
got one.”
The mother insisted missing
lunch or making book report
could have provided alternate
methods of punishment.____________
"Apparently, the ad-
ministrators felt paddling was
which was three-days sus^-j^^^j^^^^^-
Board PresidenT’ ’ Jtry ~ - -
Prochazka.
(See CROSBY, Page 14-B)
homosexual torture ring.
« Henley then led officers to 27
bodies buried at Southwest Boat
Storage in southwestHouston, in
knowledged.
... . JIM LANKFORD gekjeft-be-
“ “ hind when his family goes out
for dinner . . . Robert Mer-
chant has some strong opinions
^ „ +oncernjng-«rtain con games,
Karol Dorris comes to the
Melode Johnson does
' ' -M^st-of her Christraasxhop-
Sng’ .. D'Eva Turner receives'
red roses, a birthday gift from
husband B^.
Fiscal Agent, Architect
Hired By ‘Hill’ trustees
\, By MIKE FINLEY
M5NT BELVIEU (Sp) — A
fiscal agent was hired and an . .
architect rehired by Barbers Hill total construction cost,
school trustees at their regular
monthly meeting Tuesday night.
... Ute fiscal agent is Harry
Linda and Toby Ferguson and Granberry of Texas Securities.
*■ “imrino Dr. Bill Farmer, superintendent Rrkar>rl
of schools, said Granberry,.who 12111 1Tnt
has worked for the -district J
before, will work as an advisor in 1/KUyS 0311(1
selling bonds if a proposed bond
Trip Funds
determined at another meeting, which will be purchased
son Waiter Wayne enjoying
the fireplace in their new
hoine. . .. Carol St. Clair and has
Cherie Laughlin reminisce about
the old days.
Anna'Lee Matthews makes a issue passes
big splash at the Methodist
Women's Christinas party
Five-year-old Beau Whitaker
If the bond issue passes, Perry
will be paid 6.5 percent of the
Trustees voted to spend $78,-
204 on four new school buses,
fit
at Sam Rayburn Lake.
The court opinion on his case
stated: ' ; _ . ; .
"Therefore, we are constrain-
(See MASS, Page 14-B)
Superior Coach. The deli'
date will be for the 1!
school year and the buses will
paid for out of next year1
budget, trustees said.
Trustees voted to raise the
priced adult lunches for school.
Pearce Street Journal
That's A Switch'
The irate husband was try-
ing to balance the fami' ' '
book. '
He waved it in the air and
screed to no avail.
His wife stopped him by say-
ing, “I did not overdraw, you
underdeposited.” :f~‘
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finds his Christmas presents another meeting, Farmer said,
earlier than planned
i
by making Christmas
decorations. . . Betty: Ganske
" with a party. . . Roxie
bakes some delicious
4
Cranberry’s fee is contingent
on whether the bond issue
personnel to 90 cents, up front 85
cents. This, Farmer said, puts
the district “in line with the
federal government.”
Hie new price schedule will
begin Jan. 2.
ipFarm Spell
lere Breaks
-V-V? ':
ll Records
accepted the resigna-
*tion of Pennijo Slay, a first and
School Beard vote to let the second pade special education
. ._. . Jtflm Peny was rehired as Barbers Hill High School Soar- teacher. Fanner said she plans
Joyce Mezzell shows her talent architect Jor Phase 3 of the ing Eagle Band go to Florida to get married. ^
school district's building in May for a performance at —
program with the understan- Disney World, but trustees There was discussion but no
ding, Farmer said, that if the kicked in $8,000 to help finance decision on naming a principal
proposed bond issue, fails he will the trip. \ for the new intermediate
be paid at an hourly wage to be The band will perform May school now unde construction
14 at Disney World in obser-
vance of Mickey Moose's 50th
birthday celebration. * *
School Supt Bill Fanner
said the band would raise the
remainder of the money need-
ed and that $3,010 has Mready
l>6€D collected.
Far But Bays
Around. Shop Baytown'
Citi**n® B«nk
Trust Co.
Rusagnawar
Us Vifss WP Vacation
VINSON
BAYTOWN DODGE
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TRUCK HEADQUARTERS
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BAYTOWN MOTOBS MC.
TNI. Taut 42-1111
ft’s begintiing to look a lot
like Christmas, ... right?
Right!
And in Baytown that oft-
times means springlike weath-
er. So it was tuesday as the
temperature hit a record high
of 81, breaking the mark of 78
set only last year ... at
Ctastmastime.
•* A spokesman for National
Weather Service told The Sun
Wednesday morning that
Baytoniiais could expect a 31
percent chance of thunder-
showers Wednesday night,
with an overnight low near 50.
He forecasts a high in the mid-^
60s for Tbanday. *
A White Christmas? Prob-
THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS GIFT?
WHAT CHILD, OR young-at-heart adult wouldn’t want one of are four to eight-weeks old, fat and frisky, The redemptioa fee b
these little bundles of love waiting for him under the Christinas $20 and sterilization vouchers are available to any Baytown
free on Christmas morning? Add a bright red bow nroond the resident. Thepitad b open from 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. on West
neck and the warmest present of all is ready. The dty dog pound Main, behind the sewage treatment plant,
is full of puppies waiting for someone to give them homes. Mitt,(Son staff photo by Thompson)
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 062, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 20, 1978, newspaper, December 20, 1978; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1074356/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.