The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 071, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 31, 1978 Page: 1 of 24
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New State Representative Prepares . To Take Office - -
.‘Communication With People’ Is Goal Of Ed Emmett
By MIKE FINLEY
Ed Emmett doesn’t take the
oath of office to become State
Representative from District 78
until Jan. 9, but that doesn’t
mean he’s sitting back and let-
ting time pass.
He’s busy, very busy, in fact,
fixing up loose ends so he will be
ready to report to Austin at the
beginning of the next legislative
spssinn - ;
Emmett became the first
Republican to serve District 78
when he broke a 12-year hold of
Democratic incumbent Joe
Allen in the Nov. 7 general elec-
tion.
“The main thing I’m doing
now is setting up a system
where all the people in the dis-
trict can be in constant contact
with their state representative,”
Emmett said. “Through the ^ .
same system I want to keep peo-
ple in East Harris County up to
date on what’s going on in Aus-
tin.
“To me, communication is the
key to government’s ability to be
responsive to the people’s
needs.”
Once the session begins,
Emmett said, he will open a
‘fulltime office in Austin while at
the same time trying to maintain
offices on a regular schedule in
•Baytown, Crosby and his
homeport of Kingwood.
The Baytown office will be at
207 W. Pearce; the Crosby
address will be 5621 Main, and
the Kingwood office will be at
1110 Kingwood Drive.
“I want the people to feel that
I am responding to their needs
and working on their needs,”
Emmett said. "I’m not saying
I’ll be able to accomplish those
needs, but I plan to put forth
plenty of effort”.
Emmett’s top priority at the
moment, and he admits it could
change as the Legislature begins
work, is transportation. And he
feels he’s ready to meet the
challenge.
“One of my major concerns
will be finding ways to bring
needed improvements to the
area,” He said. “I have already
met with the State Department
of Highways and Transportation
and will meet with the Depart-
ment of Public Safety.
"I am putting together a brief-
ing package that will graphically
show the need for improvement
in transportation in the area,” he
continued. “In developing this
package I plan to be working
with the Baytown Chamber of
Commerce, the Crosby Chamber
of Commerce, the East Harris
Commuter Association and
anyone else who has an interest
in promoting improved transpor-
tation facilities.”
Emmett said in addition to
seeking transportation im-
provements, he plans to in-
troduce bills dealing with tran-
„ The Baytown Sun Invites
~MRr ANDMRS. DAN FOWLER--
Baytown
To Sc€
"EVERY WHICH WAY BUT LOOSE”
At The Brunson Theater
(This Pass Good Through Jan. 13)
file Paptoton g>un
Prayer Bowl
CHRISTIAN BENEVOLENCE Volume 57, No. 71
Association will sponsor a'“New
Year Prayer Bowl” at 10 a.m.
Monday at Mount Olive Baptist
Church. The Revs. G:S. Mat-
thew and A,N. Franklin will lead
the preaching and singing.
JP Swearing-In
JUSTICE OF the Peace N.O.
“Pookie” Morrison will be
sworn in to his third term of of-
fice at 9 a.m. Monday in his
Harris ' County Courthouse
Annex courtroom, 701 Baker.
The ceremony and reception
following are open to the public.
His office will be open all-day
Monday. ,______
Items Needed > „
THE BAYTOWN Jaycees have
started an emergency drive for
items of all kinds for Joan and
Buck Bucanon of Crosby, whose
TioM'te
Thursday night. For more infor-
mation, call Wanda Messer at
427-7685 or Jaycee John
Sherman at 427-2618. ‘
Gets Degree
DEBBIE DeLOACH, daughter
of Mr.' and Mrs. Johnny
DeLoach Jr. of 609 Grantham,
has graduated from Southwest
Texas State University with a
bachelor of science in education,
degree with a major in jour-
nalism. ; " '
Telephone Number: 422-8302
MORE THAN 60,000 READERS EVERY DAY
Sunday/December 31,1978
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sportation and motor vehicle
operators.
“I want to establish a system
whereby a person’s driver’s
license can be revoked by. ad-
ministrative action after a set
number of offenses in a certain
period of time,” Emmett said.
“I want to come up with a law
that will keep repeat violators
off the street and I ward to make
it administrative action.”
Public education, crime and
(See ED, Page 2-A)
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WATER LINE PROBLEMS
Library Qualifies
STERLING MUNICIPAL RA[N[ WASN'T the only source.kwater in GravwOod Friday. When a water main broke in front of
Library is one “ 703 Maplewood, a veritable lake formed on the street. Norman Dykes, public works director and
city engineer, told The Sun plans are being made to replace the deteriorated, cast iron water pipe
with a new asbestos cement pipe. He recalled the old line broke twice in November on Maplewood.
There are three other worn-out water lines in Graywood but the one on Maplewood, he said, “is giv-
ing us the most trouble.” He hopes to replace the line in 30 to 60 days. >
(Sun staff photo by Keith Thompson)
libraries that have qualified for
membership in the Houston
Area Library System.. Each
system member must meet cer-
tain criteria concerning per
capita local support, number of
volumes and staff.
Weather
AndTides
CLOUDY WITH a 50 percent
chance of rain and turning
colder with a temperature
range from near 40'to the
upper 40s is the Baytown area
weekend - weather forecast.
Outlook for New Year’s Day,
cloudy and cold and rainy.
SUNDAY TIDES for waters
fronting the City of Baytown:
Highs at +6:39 a.m: and 11:26
p.m.; lows at +2:18 a.m. and
3:41 p.m. Tides *for Monday:
High at +7129 a.m.; lows at
+3:15 a.m. and 4:29 p.m.
SUNRISE SUNDAY at 7:15
a.m.; sunset at 5:30 p.m. —
SUNRISE MONDAY at 7:15
a.m.; sunset at 5:31 p.m.
+ Denotes weak tides
Fonteno To Take Oath Of
Office In Ceremony Here
By CINDY HORSWELL
Breaking with tradition,
Harris County Commissioner
Jim Fonteno Will take the oath
of office at 5 p.m. Tuesday at the
Baytown Community Building.
It will mack the first time in
recent memory that the
ceremony will have been held
somewhere other than the down-
town Houston county
courthouse. "...
Meanwhile, all other county
officials elected to office Nov. 7,
including County Judge Jon
Lindsay, will be sworn in Mon-
day.
By gleaning 5S.percent.of the
vote, Fonteiio avoided a runoff
in the Democratic primary, and
was uncontested in the Nov. 7
general election.
the senmcitizensin Precinct 2
The president of the Baytown
chapter of the Texas Senior
Citizens Association, E.C.
“Smoky” Wood, will administer
the oathtef office for Fonteno’s
second term,
Having Wood administer the
oath, is in keeping with Fon
teno’s tradition of selecting a
senior citizen to do the-honors,
Mrs. Frances Nadolney, a North
Shore senior citizen, adminis-
tered the oath of office'for his
first term.
Among the senior citizen
programs with which Fonteno
has been involved are.:
• Liaison officer for the
Harris County Senior Citizens
Nutrition Project for the past
four years. *
• Honorary member of the
Texas Senior Citizen Association
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JIM FONTENO
thf^arcTof3Southern New- jj®*1 at ^ College, will provide|and organizer of ^ annual con.
spapers Inc., will serve as master | entertainment. ^ vention to be held in Houston,
of ceremonies and Glen Waller, Fonteno said that Tuesday s! • Co-sponsor of the Senior
Idirector of community informa- ceremony would be dedicated to< (See FONTENO, Page 2-A) _
Woody k Out
As Cdach At
Ohio State
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP)
— Woody Hayes, Ohio State’s
legendary football coach, says
he has resigned, but university
officials say # “Was fired
today. v*~3r|--
Hugh Hindman/ the
Buckeye’s athletic director,
said he and college president
Harold Enarson reached the
decision shortly after Hayes
apparently had slugged a
Oemsen player, in the.waning,
moments of a 17-15 Gator
Bowl loss Friday night. -J
Hindman, who was hired by
Hayes as an assistant coach at
Ohio State, called it probably
the toughest decision he will
ever have to make. "Biit that’s
the way life is,” he said.
Hayes, 65, college football’s
second winningest active
coach with 238 victories, was
unavailable for immediate
comment. He was en route
Back to Columbus, Ohio on a
chartered team airplane. -
Hayes called Columbus
Dispatch Sports Editor Paul
Hornung from Florida before
departing and told Hornung
that he bad resigned. 1 ^
In a copyright story, the
paper said Hayes ^ declined
further comment.
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ANTI-SHAH PROTESTS NOT LIMITED TO IRAN
Manila site of this demonstration by students, who pause for prayer
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Shah Discussing Plans To
Leave Iran, .Report Ji8Yg__
CARLA BUSH has yet to deliver
her five-pound lasagne Christ-
mas present to a friend. . . Ann
Sue Walker gives news of a
friend ... . Dorothy Bagett helps
out with a dance.
Bruce Morris enjoys
homy on leave from the air force
. . Sue Peery entertains out-of-
town guest ... Eddie Sargent at its Jan, 11 meeting,
is counting the days until the
.new year.
Lucille Puderbaugh makes the
best candy. .,. Rebecca Johnson
sends her sister one of the many
(hings she forgot during Christ-
mas.
Curtis and Iva Lee Walker
celebrate 38 yean of marriage
Saturday.
Rick and Marsha French of
Austin make Christmas visits to
their parents, Baytonians Mr.
and Mn. James French and Mr.
and Mn. James Hebert ....
R.X Turner exdted over news
he passed his state real estate
City To Consider Purchase
Of 15 New Cars For Police
New police cars will be getting; for the police department,
on the road soon. y
Baytown City Council will con-
sider the purchase of 13 patrol
cars and two cars for detectives
Purchasing Agent Tony Riddle
told T^e Sun he will recommend
the total bid of 197,285 for the 15
vehicles from Bob Hamric
Chevrolet.
The vehicles, with a 116-inch
wheel base, are Chevrolet Im-
palas. These have a larger wheel
base than cars bought last year.
Two other bids came from
Hugh Wood Ford and Vinson
Baytown Dodge for the new
cars.
Cost of each patrol car from
Hamric Chevrolet will be $6,499
The detectives’ cars will cost $6,-
399 each.
The main difference in the
priceof the patrol and detective
cars, Riddle explained, is the
cost of paint. The patrol can will
bepainted the official city colors
ffjrlue and white.
Riddle said bids for the fire
rescue vehicle will be received
Jan. 3. Similar to a vehicle oh
the TV show, “Emergency,” it
will replace the fire captain’s
van and will contain special
rescue equipment.
On Jan. 5 the city will receive
bids for new water pumps and
for a magnetic tape recorder-
reproducer system. The latter
will be used in the police depart-
ment to record all phone calls
and radio calls, Riddle said, in
order to keep an accurate record
of what is transmitted. ■ -
HAPPY
HEW YEAR!
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Our
World
+ JAKARTA, Indo-
nesia - A Vietnamese
official said today thou-
sands, of, refugees are
fleeing his country be-
cause .they were spoiled
by the previous, regime
and are reluctant parti-
cipants in the develop-
ment of Communist Viet-
nam.
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ploded today in a crowd-
ed bakery and delicates-
sen in the coastal resort
town of Swakopmund,
injuring at least 37 per-
sons, police here re-
ported. < 1
+ AUSTIN — The av>
erage calendar day at
lowable of Texas oil pro-
duction as of Jan . 1 is
3,649,105 barrels, the
Texas Rairoad Commis-
sion reports.
+ CORPUS CHRISTI
— Navy frogmen were
searching in the murky
waters of Corpus Christi
Bay today for the sub-
merged wreckage of a jet
trainer thought to en-
tomb one of the plane’s
two pilots.
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - The shah was discuss-
ing with Parliament leaders today a facesaving
plan for him to leave Iran for his “annual winter
vacation” if a new civihattgovernment restores
order, palace sources said.
Heavier-than-usual military patrols swept the
capital today as bands of chanting protesters
roamed the streets. Automatic weapons fire
could-be heard, but there were no reports of4
casualties.
Sources said the plan being discussed would
remove Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi from
Iran, at least temporarily, without 'requiring
him to give up the Peacock Throne. The shah
might appoint a regency council to run the
country and his 413,000-man army while he is
away, sources said.
Ardeshir Zahedi, Iran's ambassador to
Washington, said the shah would not leave the
country if the chaos was continuing.
Opposition forces had called for a massive
march today to mark the first anniversary of a
clash between government troops and anti-shah
demonstrators in the city of Qum. Eleven
protesters died in the clash that marked the
beginning of protests and strikes that have loll-
ed at least 1,500 in Iran and halted the nation’s
oil production.
Palace spokesman Kambiz Yazdanpanah
denied1 the shah, Empress Farah and the rest of
the royal family had already left the country.
The shah’s mother arrived in Los Angles to-
day, aboard an Imperial Iranian Air Force Boe-
ing 747, said Los Angeles International Airport
spokesman John Smith. The queen mother,
believed to be in her 90s, was taken from the
plane on a strecher.
Zahedi said in Tehran that the shah’s mother,
reported to be suffering a heart ailment, left
Friday on one of her regular trips for medical
treatment. f"
All Systems Are Go For
First Baby Of 79 Contest
Who will be Baytown’s first
baby of the new year'
Whoever it is, the little tyke
local merchants,^ who sponsor 1979 ^11 receive the gifts,
the annual New Year baby con- Parents o{ ^
residents of the Baytown school
test. ■ -
Last year’s winner was Asiha
Rasheeda Stagg, daughter of
Betty Stagg of 16^ Elm. She
bowed in at San Jacinto
Methodist Hospital at 5:37 p.m,
Jan. 1.
The contest roles specify that
the baby must be born after mid-
night Dec. 31. The exact time of
birth must be registered by the
attending physician and the
hospital of birth.
Proof of birth must be given to
Hie Sun before 9 a.m. Tuesday.
The father or some authorised
agent is expected torall Tbe Sun
on or before Thursday to receive
district.
Inside
The Sun
Church News
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Comics ......
Dimension ...
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Editorial.....
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Obituaries....
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Sports.......
Gifts to be awarded are a case
authorization to claim the gifts.
If no baby has been bom in the
area and reported within the
------ .. contest time limit, it will be ex-
bomb ~#1S*252!
from Children’s World of Shoes
of Pampers from Texas Super
Foods; $10 worth of baby
supplies from Weingarten’s at
Alexander;, and the
Also, a 1979 birth year coin set
from Yesterday-Today Coins;
$25 savings account from Harris
County Federal Saving and
Loan; a $50 membership, if
eligible, or $10 cash from Exxon
Baytown Credit Union.
Other gifts are a silver baby
cup from Robson Jewelry Store
a $10 savings account at Texas
National Bank of Baytown; and
a Cosco baby seat from Bo-Peep
Shop in Bay Plaza Shopping
Center.
Oilier contest details can be
found on Pages 2 and 3-B.
Relations
‘Not In
The Cards’
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - U.S.
officials rejected Nationalist
Chinese President Chiang Ching-
kuo’s proposal for “govemment-
to-govemment”. relations
between Taiwan and America
after the • United States
recognizes Communist China, of- ,,/■
ficials said today. 7,
A diplomatic source said'the
U.S. government will have a
hand in creating an “entity” to
represent American interests
here, “but it will not be a branch
of the.....U.S. government.
Govemment-to-govemment
relations are not in the cards.”
Chiang, son oT
Nationalist leader Chiang
Kaishek, said Friday that
"govemment-to-govemment
level mechanisms” were
necessary because of the
complex nature of the activities
of mutual interest to our two
countries."
The United States will sever
diplomatic relations with
Taiwan when it recognizes the
People’s Republic of'China on
Jan. 1. The Nationalists set up
their island nation in 1949 after
being chased off the mainland
when the Communists came to
power there. ; „ , ;
Diplomatic sources, who ask-
ed not to be named, said the
American delegation that wound
up two days of talks here Friday
assured Taiwanese leaders that
the 59 U.S.-Taiwan economic
and jrade agreements wifi re- ,, /
main in effect after relations are
severed.
But the sources said relations
would be entirely unofficial, and
that there would be no "liaison - ”
office” in Taipei, such’as tbe
United States has had in Peking
for the past few years.
An American statement Fri-
day said talks would continue in
Taiwan and Washington in the
coming weeks. Chiang’s state-
ment said both countries agreed
that embassy staffs in Taipei and
Washington would continue , to
funriinnihmiigh FVhniarv 'Raw.
bassy officials said U.S. Am- ?.*
bassador Leonard Unger would -
leave Taiwan shortly after Jan. *
10. «
In Washington, Taiwan’s am-
bassador to the United States,
James Shen, said goodbye to his
friends in Congress Friday and
went home to Taiwan.
Pearce Street Journal - •
Now Ywr’s DffMtiM
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but highly educational note.
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definition of tbe very legal
word “litigant.”
A litigant is a person about
to give up Ms skin to save Us
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 071, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 31, 1978, newspaper, December 31, 1978; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1074501/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.