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Medical Tests Show Duckworth Held No Gun
Reports reteased from Harris County Medical Ex- The chase involved about 30 cars from Harris ment have begun an inquiry into the shooting
^ra.oHiCTFrittoy jndteate Mark County Sheriff’s Department, Houston PnHee, the The circumstances , surrounding Duckworth's
Chemical tests performed on his hands by the Mercury Drive where a motorist told a Houston opened fire,
medical examiner’s office showed no indication police officer a man in Duckworth’s car pointed a Ms. Hollaway said she saw the shooting and that
Duckworth had handled a metal weapon the night he gun at him, Harris County officials said last week. Duckworth got out of his truck and began to raise his
was killed. The officer determined the car to be stolen and hands over his head, possibly as if he was giving
Since the No.v. 28 shooting, investigators have gave pursuit when the driver ran a red light. Harris himself up.
maintained that Duckworth fired a pistol at officers County and Department of Public Safety officers Larry Londa, another witness, said he was about 15
during a high-speed chase that lasted 30 minutes joined the chase. feet away from Duckworth when the shooting oc-
from toe outskirts of Houston through Channelview During the chase, Duckworth’s friend, David Lee curred. Londa said he heard officers warn
and,Highlands. Jones of Channel view, bailed out of the car but was Duckworth-not to get out of his truck. Ms. Hollowav
Divers at San Jacinto River apparently have turn- later arrested and charged with assault and evading said she did not hear the warning
ed up about four guns near the bridge on interstate i° arrest. ...... ' Ms. Holloway said she saw only one officer shoot
East, but there have been no links to Duckworth, ae- A Harris County spokesman said all units reported Duckworth and heard only three shots Londa said
cording to an assistant district attorney for Harris , Duckworth had fired on the officers. *--------.........
County. The chase ended in the 11600 block of FM 2100
A friend who was with Duckworth during the early where rear tire on Duckworth’s truck was shot as his
stages of the chase insists that Duckworth had no gun truck plowed through a police blockade. “
ffiaTnlght. * . Investigators from the FBI and Justice Depart-
side of his body, probably with a pistol.
It also said Medical Examiner Dr. Joseph
■Jachimczyk removed four shotgun pellets from the
victim — one from the left side of his head, one from
the left side of his face and two from his left, upper
arm.
Ballistics tests are being conducted to determine
how many different weapons were used to fire those
shots. More than two dozen shots were fired at him
by_ various officers during the chase, but in-
vestigators believe none of those hit him _____________-_______
Jachimczyk said no alcohol was in Duckworth’s
LC Fund
Drive In
Full Swing
Paul Edwards, chairman of a
10-member committee is staging
a year-end finance drive to add a
minimuiTi of$25,0Q6to the LeC
College Foundation scholarship
fund, which will bring assets of
the foundation to $100,000.
This increase is mandatory
because of inflation, increased
costs of college entry, and
variables in interest on the foun-
dation’s capital. The economy has
created a need to help more
students.
Edwards has appointed Fred
Hartman chairman of the drive
committee' Serving as his aides
are Knox'Beavers, Dr. Donald L.
Brunson and C. Randall Busch,
- representing-Lee College ay
ministration.
First reports on the Lee College
Scholarship Fund drive have net-
ted a figure of $10,705.
This announcement was made
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he saw at least three officers with their guns trained bloodstream at the time of his death, but he did
on Duckworth when hegot out of the truck. discover traces of alcohol in a blood clot that formed
Sit, there was one shot and then a real short in Duckworth’s head when he was shot. v
pause,” Londa said. “Then it was like fireworks. “The alcohol level indicated he had Hie equivalent
There were several more shots going off all at once. I of abeer or a beer and a half,” Jachimczyk said.
High Tech High Schools
* Students Use Computers To Study Options
j 1
STEPHEN THOMAS, finds that
Robert E. Lee High School is very
using the computer terminal at
f simple with the help of other Lee
ByLISAOCKER
Baytown’s high school students
now have all the information they
need to decide what they want to
do after high school — and it is all
at their fingertips, literally.
' Computer terminals tied into a
“huge” terminal at Region • IV
were installed about two weeks
ago in guidance offices at Lee and
Sterling high schools, explains
Deputy Superintendent Curtis
Herring.
Just about anything the student
wants to know about a particular
school, job or branch of the armed
service is available.
All the student does is plug in a
certain code for four-year col-
leges in Texas, for example, and
then all the information he could
want without actually walking
around the campus is printed out
before his eyes. He may keep the
printout for future reference.
Herring expiates that among
others, there are files on job
listings, graduate programs, ma-
jors and financial aid.
' A student may even dial up a
specific job and will be given in-
formation on salary ranges, re-
quired aptitudes and the pro-
jected employment outlook, Herr-
ing says.
“Everytime I’ve walked by a
guidance office,” Herring says,
“there have been kids using the
computers.” ......... --
^ince the system ^relatively
new, the full potential has not as
yet been realized.
Alton Phillips, a guidance
Counselor at Sterling, says the
students’ interest is still being
developed.
“It’s kind of exciting,” Phillips
says. “It used to be that we had to
get the address and write off for
catalogues, and now all we do is
push a few buttons.”
On one particular day, he said
there had been four students who
(See COMPUTER, Page 2-A)
by the Lee College business of-
fice.
Several hundred Baytown per-
sons, including trustees
themselves, LC regents past and
present, and the entire college
faculty, as well as alumni, have
been approached for immediate
contributions to this fund.
- (See LC, Page 2-A).
Pearce Street Jourate-
* Matchmaker
Dear Exxon, Annuitant or
Survivor:
Do you realize teat for every $1
you contribute to Lee College, Ex-
xon will match it with $3?
How can you fail to respond
with a few bucks when it may
mean the push a youngster needs
to go to college.
--FH
AROUND
TOWN
RICK RIGGS is good at games
^ . . Doris Elaine Lewis and
Sharon Scott are new members of
Kappa Delta Pi, tee education
honor society at tee University of
Houston/Clear Lake City.
Cody Carr greets a friend in tee.
grocery store ... Willie Walker
helps out... Peggy Power calls
/about a special event ... Janet
Jones is cheerful, as always.
* Claude Bailey comments on tee
aftermath of Texas’ first execu-
tion in nearly two decades ...
E.H. Gregory Jr. does a good job'
manicuring his leaf-filled yard.
Elizabeth and David Roberson
love to shop..Floydella Rogers
has a friend over for coffee ...
Linda and Carl Collins build a
chicken coop.
Charlie Harlow says he doesn’t
,f want to talk about it ... Gerald
Lund helps plan a photo.
“ By CAROL FOSTER
Baytown Medical Center’s'pro-
posed $8 million renovation pro-
gram will be opposed by San
Jacinto Methodist Hospital Mon-
day in a Texas Health Facilities
Commission Bearing in Austin.
Bill Hyslop, administrator of
Baytown Medical Center, said he
expects the application to be ap-
proved. The application gained
unanimous approval from
Houston-Galveston Health
Systems Agency.
The proposal does not increase
the number of patient beds from
the 191-bed now available but will
Medical’s Expansion Will Opposed
add new sefvlcesand reallocate hospital include personnel, phar- Baytown Medical Center will re-
existing space. macy, maintenance, recovery, quire “considerable justifica-
Hyslop said an obstetrics wing materials management, tion” because the facility is only
and drug and alcohol abuse treat- mechanical area and house- 10 years old. A report released by
ment areas,will be added if the keeping. Dr. George M. Fleming, ex-
application is approved. Operating room and recovery ecutive director, contends there is
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quality of care provided by .toe......
hospitals in the Greater Baytown
trade area.
Patient costs are not expected
to increase because of the expan-
sion..“|te rate increases are built---_
TJasicaHy we will be correcting
some deficiencies in the existing
building. We will also have a fully
contained psychiatric unit that
will offer complete substance
abuse treatment. We feel this is a
badly needed service in this
area,” he said.
Ancillary and support depart-
ments that will be located or ex-
panded into the new rear of the
room areas 'will be increased.
Also enlarging will be radiology,
physical therapy, pharmacy and
administrative offices.
The hospital is owned by
Hjimana of Texas; Inc. Financing
will be donefcy/the corporation
and amortized over a number of
years.
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
officials say the expansion of
no need to duplicate facilities
already in place.
The report cites the fact
Baytown Medical Center volun-
tarily dropped obstetrical service
in 1975 and that record^ show a
declining total area birth rate.
The report’s summary con-
cludes a duplication of existing
sendees will burden a recessed
economy and impair the overall
into the plan. We plan to pay for
the addition by increased patient
volumn,” Hyslop said. The
hospital’s year-end occupancy
rate was 64 percent.
A rate increase is projected in
the application, however, Hyslop
said it is based on inflation factors
and that construction costs are
not built to- An example of pro-
(See HOSPITAL, Page 2-A)
Church News ..........6-8C
Classified .............2-5D
Comics......... — — 5B
Crossword Puzzle.......5B
Dimension.............1-2B
Editorial____________ 4A
Fire News...............2k
Movie Theaters..........4B
Police Beat..............2A
School Lunches..........5A
Sports............... 1-2,5C
Youth Booth.............8A
WEATHER
WET AND cold is the
weekend forecast with a 70
percent chance of rain
Saturday dropping to 30 per-
cent at night. High Saturday
will be 60 with a low 40s tem-
peratures at night. Sunday’s
high will be in the mid-50s.
Winds will be northwesterly
Saturday 5-10 mph increas-
ing to 10-15 mph at night.
Rainfall for Friday was .03
of an inch. Friday’s high of
65 degrees rose from an ear-
ly morning low of 48.
Community Sustains Goodfellow Efforts
Previous Balance....... $2,086.25
Janis & Ginger
Goldschmeding...... .. 20.00
“In memory of Susan Burt”
Burch & Tressie White...... 40.00
“In loving memory of Mr. &
Mrs. W.H. Nealy & Mrs. Em-
ma Wiggins”
Lisa Ann Moellenkamp
k Stacy Lynn Sammons.... 5.00
Shelia & Peter Baird........15.00
“In loving memory of our
father, Richard A. Baird”
Jack Parker..... ..........15.00
“In loving memory of my
grandparents, Mr. & Mrs. Silas
H. Gaddy”
Anitra Torres...............10.00
“In memory of
Janet Young” ............ 25.00
Jim, Beverly; Mike & Alicia
Ainsworth................20.00
Mr. & Mrs. J.G! Baldridge .. 25.00
“In lieu of local Christmas
Cards”
Stephen F. Austin Elem.,
PTA................ 10.00
Sarah & Johnnie Savage .... 25.00
Mirabeau B. Lamar PtA ... 50.00
Cedar Bayou Past
Matrons Club.............10.00
Dr. & Mrs. H. Carl
Messerschmidt Jr.........25.00
“In honor of Anne Fain
Messerschmidt & -N. Brian
Messerschmidt”
Mrs. R.L. Jones.............25.00
“In memory of R.L. (Bob)
Jones”
Beta Sigma Phi -
Kappa Kappa Chapter.... 25.00
Mrs. Joy Blalock....... .....5.00
“In memory of my husband,
Joy Blalock”
Baytown Grandmother
Club, No. 346..............10.00
Anonymous.............. 50.00
“In loving memory of Jane &
Charles Reynolds”
Anonymous........ 100.00
TOTAL.............$2,569.25
By CHIEF GOODFELLOW
\ The annual Goodfellow Christ-
mas Fund Drive, entering its 51st
year, is universally accepted in
Baytown as an institution that has
served its purpose well.
The drive draws support from
all segments of the community.
Some of the contributors were
once recipients and now are
among the Goodfellows’ strongest
supporters.
Baytonians have a reputation
for responding to worthy causes,
(See GOODFELLOWS, Page 2-A)
Accurate Count Of County Vehicles Sought
By FRIEDA BEATY
HOUSTON (Sp) - In an at-
tempt to keep up with county
vehicles, Harris County Commis-
sioners Court has instructed tee
coUnty auditor and purchasing
agent to work together to form an
accurate list.
Precinct 1 Commissioner Tom
Bass pointed out Thursday tee
county is having problems deter-
mining the number of cars in tee
county’s fleet.
Since the appointment of James
Thompson as director of the vehi-
cle maintenance center, Bass
says, Thompson has noted
numerous deficiencies in tee
county’s system of acquiring,
operating, maintaining and
disposing of county vehicles.
Bass says many of tee deficien-
cies are a byproduct of the nature
of county government where the
county tends to look at the fleets
on a departmental level rather
than in one large county fleet.
Bass claims the county doesn’t
have an accurate count of tee
number of cars in the county
fleet. “The county auditor has one
figure and the departent head a
second,” he says.
The Inventory of the cars
changes regularly as new cars
are purchased and old cars are
auctioned, he explained and
pointed out the purchasing
agent’s records indicate the coun-
ty has 821 vehicles as of Oct. 3
With tee auditor’s records show-
ing an inventory of 788 as of Nov.
4.
Although the dates are not tee
same, Bass says he is confident
that the time frame does not ac-
count for the total discrepancy.
Bass says several departments
request replacement cars but fail
to get rid of the old cars. “With
the old vehicle maintenance pro-
gram it was fairly easy for
departments to take advantage of
the system.”
He pointed out several depart-
ments verified teat keeping a car
that was to be replaced was not an
uncommon practice.
To correct tee problem, Bass
says, all new vehicles will be pick-
ed up by the vehicle maintenance
center and Thompson will
distribute teem. Thompson will
also make sure the replacement
vehicles are turned in
simultaneously.
To eliminate the entire pro-
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Jim Fonteno suggested everyone
with a car should'be placed on a
car allowance. Commissioner
Bob Eckels strongly agreed with
Fonteno.
Other recommendations pro-
posed by Bass and approved by
tee court include:
+ Addressing the request for
new cars on a department-by-de-
partment basis in January
similar to the way positions are
considered. The request will be
noted as replacement or addition
to the fleet. The new policy will
place a tighter control on on the
growth of tee fleet. y
+ Budget all cars in a special
reserve account so tee money will
not be mixed with other property
and equipment funds.
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your bank."
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 37, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 12, 1982, newspaper, December 12, 1982; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1074521/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.