The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 254, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 25, 1985 Page: 2 of 36
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THE BAYTOWN SUN
Sunday, August 25, 19*5
Thunderstorm delays space shuttle launch
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.
(AP) A fast-developing
thunderstorm rolling over the
. . launch area just nine minutes
[ before scheduled liftoff forced
Jtostponement Saturday of space
shuttle Discovery’s launch on a
. mission in which space-walking
astronauts will try to “jump-
■start” a dead satellite.
NASA said another launch at-
tempt will be made Sunday mor-
ning, with the launching set for
6:57 a.m. Baytown time.
The skies above Cape
Canaveral had been clear for
several hours when black
thunderclouds moved in from
the south.
The launch team had only a 34-
mlnute window — from 7:38 a.m.
to 8:12 a.m. Baytown time — to
launch Discovery. Hoping the
storm would clear out, the clock
was counted down to the five-
minute mark, where another
hold was called.
The clouds were beginning to
break up, but when it became
clear they would not quit the
area In time, launch director
Bob Sleek called off the effort for
the day. The launch window is
determined by several factors,
including the time that three
communications satellites are to
be deployed by the astronauts
and by the position of the disabl-
ed satellite they will try to
rescue.
The five astronauts had been
In the shuttle cabin for more
than two hours when the count-
down was halted. They were to
return to crew quarters to await
another try Sunday.
Ironically, 20 minutes after the
Police beat
Officers investigate
poisoning of terrier
Baytown police are in- w »
vestigating the poisoning of a /A lV 1 fW-;
dog valued at $200.
A Baytown man told police
Friday that the dog, a fox ter-
rier, had been sick and ultimate-
ly died.
An autopsy showed that the
animal had been poisoned.
The man, who lives in Chapar-
; ral Village, said he had two other
dogs. One disappeared about
three weeks ago while the other,
a pregnant female, got sick and
died two weeks ago.
scrub was called, skies above
the launch pad were clear again.
NASA does not want to launch
In rain because It could damage
the shuttle’s fragile heat-
resistant tiles. And clouds could
block the astronauts’ view of a
runway In case there as trouble
early in the flight and they had to
make an emergency landing
back here.
To avoid possible launch pro-
blems like those Challenger suf-
fered last month, each of
Discovery’s three main engines
was fitted with improved sen-
sors to measure the temperature
on high-pressure fuel pumps.
During Challenger’s July 29
launch, two sensors falsely In-
dicated an engine pump was
overheating and one engine was
shut down by a computer, but
the remaining engines had
enough power to reach orbit.
The shuttle crew, including
commander Joe Engle and pilot
Dick Covey will launch several
satellites and guide Discovery
through two days of maneuvers
to track down the disabled Syn-
com 3 satellite.
Space walkers James van
Hoften and Bill Fisher will move
into the open cargo bay and van
Hoften will grab the 15,500-
pound, $85 million satellite with
his gloved hands to stop its slow
rotation.
'Mike Lounge, operating the
ship’s 50-foot robot arm from in-
side the cabin, will grip Syncom
and hold it steady while Fisher,
a physician, attempts to repair it
with some space-age “bypass
surgery.”
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Shots fired
BB pellets were fired through
the kitchen window, of Fire Sta-
tion 6 on Massey-Tompkins Road
! shortly after midnight Friday.
No- one was injured, police
said.
Burglaries, thefts
; Two vehicles were burglarized
i Thursday or Friday whilejprk-
.'ed in the 1700 block of mwie
] School Road.
Twenty cassette tapes and a
leather case valued at $190 were
taken out of one of the vehicles
while an equalizer and two
speakers worth $259 were taken
out of the other.
Two residences in the 900
block of Northwood were
burglarized sometime between
Thursday and Saturday.
A video cassette recorder
valued at $489 was taken from
•ne of the residences while four
hurricane glasses and change
worth $200 were taken from the
second.
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THE GREEN LINE
A LEBANESE Soldier checks cars on the Green
Line dividing East and West Beirut Saturday
shortly before all crossings closed once again
because of reported sectarian kidnappings on both
sides of the line. Twelve days of fierce artillery
duels between Christian and Moslem militias
left 321 people dead and more than 1,100 wounded.
(AP photo)
Commissioners meet Monday
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Chambers agenda includes hospital
By KRIg ISAACSON
ANAHUAC
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Chambers
DayCare
> 'JONES ROAD Day Care Center,
s 1409 Jones Road in Highlands is
taking registration from 9 a.m.
‘ to 5 p.m. through Aug. 28. Day
; care hours are 6:30 a.m. to 6
• p.m. and transportation is pro-
» vided. For more information call
I 426-6635 or 427-3700.
GED, ABE registration
GREATER ST. Luke’s Baptist
Church, 1409 Jones Road in
Highlands, is taking registration
for Adult Basic Education and
General Equivalency Degree
classes from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
through Aug. 28. ABE classes
will meet Tuesdays and
t „ Thursdays and GED classes will
/ Support group meet INtoidays and Wednesdays,
i CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE For m^ infqon^Sf, Call 427-
» Pulmonary Disease Support 0280 or 427-3700.
; Group will meet at 4 p.m. Aug. 26 rni wine dav
; at the San Jacinto Professional Ud* _____ _
f Budding Plaza classroom. Lucy FIREFIGHTERS FROM the
j Guidry of the Red Cross, James* Baytown Volunteer Fire Depart-
County Commissioners sCouft
will meet at 9:30 a.m. Mq$day at
the dounty courthouse.
Among the topics to be
discussed at the meeting will be
the sale or lease of the Chambers
Memorial Hospital building,
owned by the county.
In early June, Anahuac-area
voters voted to create a hospital
district.
Voters also voted to increase
taxes in order to save the finan-
cially ailing hospital, which was
live within the boundaries of the
Anahuac School District.
Commissioners and hospital
district trustees are working tor-
ward a Sept. 1 date for the
transfer of the hospital to the
district.
Also in connection with the
hospital, the court will hear the
hospital’s claim docket which
will request an unknown amount
of funds.
Commissioners Court will also,
discuss a cut-off date for the
claim dockets so that the com-
missioners can have ample time
to look over the dockets.
request to obtain the legal ser-
vices of the Galveston law firm
of Mills, Shirley, McMicken and
Eckel to represent the county in
the recent lawsuit filed against
the county and Chambers Coun-
ty Sheriff C.E.“Chuck” Morris
by five sheriff’s deputies.
The court will also have an ex-
ecutive session on personnel and
pending litigation.
They will also consider giving
final approval to the Country
Meadows subdivision in West
Chambers County.
|J West Germany
worried about
its security
BONN, West Germany (AP)w
— A political foe of Chancellor
Helmut Kohl said the defection
of a top counter-spy could be a
disaster If he identifies under-
cover agents, and newspapers
said some agents already were
being pulled from East Ger-
many.
Gerhard Jahn, a leader of the
opposition Social Democrat Par-
ty, said Friday that tlfe defection
to East Germany of Hans
Joachim Tiedge could have
“disastrous consequences” for
West German security if he
reveals the names of West Ger-
man agents in the Soviet Bloc.
A government spokesman said
officials feared his defection
would endanger agents in East
Gerrtiany.
East Germany’s official ADN
news agency announced earlier
Friday that Tiedge, who had
been in charge of counter-
espionage aimed at East Ger-
many, had crossed the border
and was seeking asylum. He had
been missing since Monday.
Government sources said
counter-espionage experts and
Interior Ministry offidflls were
slated to meet in emergency ses-
sions Saturday to assess the ef-
fects of Tiedge’s defection.
Two West German
newspapers known for their
government contacts said of-
ficials were trying to arrange
the return of undercover agents
in East Germany.
Hamburg’s Bild newspaper,
quoting sources in Bonn,
reported that two important
West German agents in East
Germany had fled to West Berlin
because Tiedge was about to ex-
pose them.
going -to need an ..estimated -At the- Aug. 12 meeting,
; Parson of Houston Lighting &
> Power Co., and Dr. Louis B.
| Hughes of San Jacinto Hospital
; will speak on “Hurricane
* Preparedness.” Hughes will also
* talk about “Bronchiectasis.”
>
; Late registration
' LEE COLLEGE late registra-
» tion continues through Sept. 4.
! Hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on
? Aug. 26 and 27, and 9 a.m. to 4:30
> p.m. on Aug. 28, 29 and 30. Also 9
; a.m. to 7 p.m. Sept. 3 and 9 a.m.
; to 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 4. For more
• information call Lee College 425-
» 6393 or 425-6384.
Crosby class reunion
j CROSBY HIGH School classes of
I 1937 through 1941 will have a
• class reunion at 5 p.m. Oct. 26 at
1 Wyatt’s Cafeteria. Reservations
J should be made by Oct. 15 by
I calling Millie Lawless at 328-
| 2852, Ray Harvey at 422-5933 or
- Evelyn Meiss 328-2634.
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ment will be collecting monies
for muscular dystrophy from 10
a.m. to 9 p.m. Aug. 25 at San
Jacinto Mall. The firefighters
will be located in the community
booth of the mall.
Storage structure
A FIRE CAUSED approximate-
ly $1,000 damage Friday to a
storage building at 6610 Stein-
man. The fire was the result of
children playing with a flare,
said a fire department
spokesman.
La Porte night
THE CITY of La Porte Parks
and Recreation Department is
sponsoring La Porte Community
Night at the Astrodome beginn-
ing at 7:35 p.m. Sept. 7. The
Astros will be playing the Pitt-
sburgh Pirates. To purchase
tickets, which are at a 50-cent
discount, stop “by the Parks and
Recreation Office, 2963 North
23rd or call 471-5020, Ext. 422.
$632,000 in order to remain open
throughout 1985.
In the June 8 election, voters
decided to increase taxes to a
maximum of 20 cents per $100
valuation with the taxes being
levied against the people who
Precinct 1 County Commissioner
Kenneth Bettis ask that a cut-off
date be set, so that he could have
more than a few minutes before
the court meetings to review the
dockets.
The court will also consider a
Brush, trash pickup slated
Brush pickup for Baytown for
the week of Aug. 26-30 will begin
in Ridgewood Addition and will
continue to Glen Arbor, Morrell
Park, Wilburn Addition,
Graywood, Pruett Addition,
West Texas Avenue, Oak Addi-
tion;Lee Heights, Pelly,
Southwest Addition, Britton
Cravens, Old Baytown, Central
Heights, Busch Terrace, Airhart
Drive, Wooster, Brownwood and
Lakewood.
Items should be out by 7:30
a.m. Monday. City trucks will
make each street once. Brush
and trash should not be placed
under trees or high wires.
Appliances and unwanted
household items will be picked
up with the exception of ashes
and building materials such as
lumber and roofing materials. -
Trash should be placed ip, a
disposable container secured so
that it cannot be scattered or
blown. Appliances and other
trash items should be placed in a
separate pile from brush and
limbs.
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 254, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 25, 1985, newspaper, August 25, 1985; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1074487/m1/2/: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.