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Fltteen Cenh For (
Bert Says He Meets
Standards Of Carter
Sen. Tower Lashes Out - -
Horse Show Set
.....Fjir Associa*
tion will sponsor the second in a
series of five all-trophy play
nights at 5 p m. Saturday at the
Baytown Fairgrounds on North
Main. For more information,
call 424-1056.
tt Hospital ~r
MRS.R. X. (Geneva) Turner is a
patient in Room 850-B at Twelve
Oaks Hospital in Houston follow-
ing eye surgery Thursday. She
can have visitors.
Blood Drive
GULF COAST Regional Blood
Center's Bloodmoblle will be
stationed from 8:30 a.m. to 3
p.m. Sunday at St. Joseph s
•.•Junior High, 1811 Carolina.
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Ford Promoted
MARINE PFC. Horace Ford,
son of Horace Ford. Sr. of Mont
Belvieu, has been meritoriously
promoted to his present rank
upon graduation from recruit
training at the Marine Corps
Recruit Depot in San Diego.
Calif.
Greek To Me
SHERRI DICKEY, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Dickey of
Baytown, has pledged Alpha Phi
sorority at Teaas Tech Univer-
sity. She was elected junior pan-
hellenic delegate for her pledge
class.
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The Energy Policy:
Its Taxing Problems
"in my opinion, the President 's crude oil tax
proposal'is little more than a scheme for back-
door financing of questionable federal programs
that could not otherwise stand the test. It is a
massive tax program masquerading as an
energy proposal," Tower said
Tower complained that the tax bill before the
Senate Finance Committee contains no signifi-
nSaESJC T ""X iZJTt i^ves which touk* lead to additional
billion expected to accumulate in the Treasury
(EDITOR’S NOTE: This ii the last la a
series of stories from a national energy con-
ference In Washington, sponsored fn Gulf
Oil Corp. and featuring speakers in the
energy field. The Sun's Muriel Scott was
there.)
By MURIEL SCOTT
WASHINGTON (Sp) - Whether to tax
by 1985 because of such a tax are anxmg com-
plex issues Congress must deal with in studying
President Carter’s energy policy proposals
An administration spokesman said the tax is
needed to raise the price of oil to replacement
costs to reduce consumption and c|p|jmpor-
tation of foreign oil.
The House has already passed its version of
the crude oil equalization tax provision, which
would raise the controlled price of domestic oil
in stages to the current world oil price by 1980.
"Considering that the real price of oil will
continue to be controlled at an artificially low
level and considering the manner'in which
crude oil taxes will be rebated to consumers. I
find it extremely difficult to understand just
how consumers are going to be able to figure
out what is the ’real value of oil.'
" I think it is clear that the crude oil tax
proposal of the President will have little, if any,
impact on' consumption of petroleum
products," Tower said.
Tower has introduced legislation designed to
reform the present law governing regulation of
domestic crude oil production and to provide
for a gradual phase-out of |m|| federal price
.The money would be rebated to taxpayers
through income tax credits and special caab ____|_________
payments to adults who don’t die income tax ceilings on domestic oil, with total decontrol set
forms. for June 1,1979.
" The oil taxes would add about eight cento a It doesn’t make any sense to raise the coat of
gallon to gasoline and other oil product prices energy and not have it go back Into energy'
by 1961. production," Tower said.
The Senate ip expected to fiercely debate the A spokesman for the American Petroleum In-
oil tax issue, as some senators would prefer to stitute, Charles J. DiBona, agrees, "We ad-
see the tax bonanza channeled back to oil com- vocate the gradual or phased removal of con-
panies as a production incentive, while others trols on crude oil over an approximately four-
oppose the plan totally. . year period."
One of its opponents, Sen. John Tower of Tex- Sen. Lloyd Bentsen of Texas has said he will
as, calls the tax proposal ijjogical, move to increase production of some wells by
counterproductive and destructive. (See ENERGY, Page 2-A)
Overdraft
Defense
.
Continues
*’ WASHINGTON (AP) - In-
sisting that "I have done more
than stay narrowly within the
law," Bert Lance testified today
that his conduct both as a banker
and as budget director meets thl —
high ethical standards set by
President Carter for members of
his administration
Pressed by a Republican
senator about his overdrawn
checking accounts in Calhoun,
Ga„ lance replied - as he has!
insisted earlier - that the issue ,
wasn't a matter of ethics. J
"In a place like Calhoun. |
where you have a practice of
overdrafts... overdrafts as such
is not an ugly word,” Lance told
Sen William V. Roth, R-Del.
To simply say overdrafts
constitute an unethical situation,
that is not the case."
"There was no attempt to
hide, no attempt to cover-up, no
attempt not to disclose
anything," Lance said of the con-
troversy over his Calhoun check-
ing account ‘ "
Roth began his questioning by
quoting Carter’s statement that
staying narrowly within the-lawj-
would not be enough to :
the ethical standards o
BAYTOWN WOMAN DIES IN KAR WRECK ON BAYWAY
Acrideat happened four Nocks south of the scene of Baytown’s second fatality last Friday
111 irgtlll by Muriel Scott i
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Weather
And Tides
Inquest Sought In Death
Of S. Africa Black Leader
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JOHANNESBURG, Southldied Monday after three weeks' front of Biko family doctors, and
FAIR AND mild Friday night
'Ind partly warm
(AP) -r Angered white detention on a charge of writing
students, blade rationalists. and pamphlets encouraging an-
churchmen across South Africa tigovemment activity. The
planned memorial services today government said he had eaten
for Steve Biko, the^tock leader i nothing for eight days, but his
who died in a prison hospital. OTow rejected (fie assertion
Demands rose for a special i
Saturday is the Baytown area quest into his death. or officially restricted to King
minority govern- Williams Town for the last four
down on the first years, was the 21st black to die
nee Thursday as in police custody in 18 months.
.37 " riot police with dogs arrested 1,- • "This is the big one. the one
RAYTOWN TIDES for Satur- 200 black student mourners at they can’t get away with,”
weather forecast. Low ex-
pected Friday night, near TBj
high Saturday, near 90. -S I
day: Highs at 12:44 a.m.
11:01 a.m.; lows at 6 a.m
6:23 p,m.
SUNRISE SATURDAY at 7:97
a.m.; sunset at 7:25 p.m.
a_u*
the University of Fort Hare.
were detained under the Riotous at the predominantly white
Assemblies Act, which requires University of Cape Town. “This
official sanction for riiost public is tbe death they will not be able
gatherings. It has been in force to explain away.”
since protests against South Prisons Minister James T.
Africa’s* apartheid system Kruger turned down depiands
erupted in black communities for a special inquest into Biko’s
throughout the country last year, death. He said, inquests by
•ficient. Such
-Biko, at 30 the country !s
Biko. who had beett"banned'
magistrates are sufficient.
the results were expected next
week.
Kruger told the provincial con-
gress of the ruling National party
Wednesday that Biko was not
TO:r3»ri?rifftravsi!ros^
during his hunger strike because
guards would have been accused
of brutality. He said it was
Biko's "democratic right" to
refuse to eat.
That statement was con-
tradicted Thursday by a
liberal newspaper editor Donald spokesman fpr the minister, who
of his
ministration.
Lance responded that he had
met that test and "certainly, I
have done more than stay
narrowly within the law.i’
During his appearance Thur-
sday, Lance said the question ef
whether he had withheld infor-
mation from the committee,
when his nomination as budget
director was’before the panel
last January, was the most
serious of the issues raised
against him.
Lance insisted he had told the
committee staff about his finan-
cial dealings, including the
overdrafts, during his banking
RH
Lance’s assertion prompted or not
Sen. Jacob K. Javits, R-N.Y,, to
say he thought members Of the
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AMBULANCE AND POLICE CAR COLLIDE ON WAY TO ACCIDENT SCENE
Officer Ronald Moyer sustained minor Injuries in Baker and Decker wreck
(Sun staff photo by Glenn Folkes)
Woman, 74, Is Dead After
Three-Car Accident Here
By LYNN HUGHES ,
A three-car collision involving
a school bus Thursday in the| southbound on Bay way in the In-
8400 block of Bayway ended in side lane when she lost control
the death of a 74-year-old of her car and went into the
nan, but Baytown northbound lanes, where her car
In the first wreck, Officer J E. the bus and the car also escaped
Erikson said Bittick
with Lange.
In a packed
trol of her car. so the result* of
Lance began his testimony Thiir- Patrolman Ronald W. Moser, 29,
sday, Calmly reading from a of 715 E. Alford, was hurt when
prepared statement for dose to his patrol car was hit by an am- ?" Jut<W ar* be nf a™ted
two hours. He said he did balance driven by Edward A. Iff* the accldenl ll iff *
nothing wrong in building up a Christensen at the intersection
persenal financial empire, now ofrBaker and Decker, Both were
provide details and Kruger was
unavailable for comment.
Biko s death produced renew-
ed calls'at the United Nations for
South Africa’s expulsion from
was struck by a school bui
driven by William E Brentzel of
Mayhaw. After the initial im*
the Bittick car was struck
224 M
pact,
again by another northbound car
driven by Bedinger Craig of 1010
E.- Wallisviile in Highlands
wwuw Bittick may ha^
In the related accident, Officer
Moser was "shaken up" police
said, and was taken to Gulf
Coast Hospital by police am-
bulance
Officer Mike Mueller, who In-
vestigated the 3:34 p.m. wreck,
said both the ambulance and
patrol car were westbound on
Decker when Moser blocked Ihe
intersection, thinking (he am-
butonee was going to make a Islt
turn onto Baker to head to the
Mueller said the ambulance
continued westbound on Decker
and was unable to stop, striking
the rear quarterpanel of the
the high Khool P«roi car. '
No charges were Bled in that
(See WRECK, Page 2-A)
police said, and the drivers of
Rome members of the Senate
panel had indicated they would
concentrate their cross-exam-
ination on the question of
whether Lance misled the cob)*
foremost young black leader, fan inquest was conducted in the
the world organization-a move mittee about his financial af-
blocked by Western members of fain, before the panel recom-
’ Council last year,
GENEVA (MRS. J. T.) Badgett
drops by to say hello. . . Jewel
Ziriax. who has moved with her
family to Rye, returns to Bay-
town to, visit old friends and co-
workers
County Commissioners Court rate that was tenativeiy
Dan Saveli looks sporty in a Thursday approved the 1977 in July
county tax rolls with a record
total assessed valuation of f 10.96
marking a $3.39 billion
over last year,
new jump suit. . Laverri Full-
er wonders what kind of jury sys-
tem they have in the Carolinas
. Former longtime Bay-
Ionian Rufus Honeycutt recov-
ers from pneumonia
Maxine Gammon gets locked
in and almost misses the __ __
Ganders: . Barb Young drops valuation increase :
by Tbe Sun. .Robert Jenkizr ■ - * -
. forgets a name
/Congratulations are sent to
Fred and Betty Sims who recent-
ly celebrated their 25th wedding
anniversary . . . Former Bayto-
nian Douglas L. Cowey wishes
hisBaytown-friends-w^.?:
Gordon and Lillie Speer talk
football with friends. . . Billie
Blythe wonders what everyone
wore before blue jeans. ZJ
County Assessments Up
By $3-39 Billion In 77
HOUSTON (Sp) - Harris (assessed valuation, the same I scaring money is avail:
mended that he be confirmed, to
-head the Office of Management
and Budget for. President Car-
ter.
that "*I disclosed ... the various
financial matters which now
are the focus of this hearing.”
A change in the assessment
ratio from 25 to 32 per cent of
market value of taxable property
accounted for $2.12 billion of the
Hie valuation hike will cause
county to have a year-end
surplus, which County Judge
Jon Lindsay said would be need-
ed to help pay for the new jail. It
was added that the tax rate
might be lowered after the jail is
completed
Commissioners
Court
week adopted a county and state miffiwS in jail
tax rate of $1.94 for each $100 of
Full Trest
HIM
money is available now.
JAIL SITE TABLED
Commissioners Court put off
action for a week on moving the
proposed site of the new county
jail one block north to a county-
owned parking lot.
Owners of the present site
north of the Criminal Courts
Building are contesting the
$1.44 million awarded initially in
The expected cost of the new a condemns tidfi'Heartng-
jail is in the range of $35 to $40
million. Of that amount, only $18
previously budgeted
revenue
^ wide-awake Ml
CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK
AND TRUST CO UicJ
j 25% OFF
DRY CLEANING
With This AS
Tkr« Ssflwbr
\FA3MQN CLEANERS
! 300 f JAMES 422-2411
b
pf a cover-up were "perhaps
the most fundamental charge to
be discussed at this hearing."
me county has given the
an ultimatum to acci '
award or the jail would
built somewhere else.
South American ration* under
But Lance declared Thursday of rioters in Bogota early today civilian rule, accused union
.......... leaders of prompting a "sub-
versive upheaval” by rlght-and
left-wing extremists and called
Larace noted that allegations nationwide strike set off the their strike "a total failure as a
" ’ ’ J kg labor protest
as Colombia's" worst violence 1
since the 1948-1958 civil war
subsided. Labor leaders whose I
Pearce Street Journal - -
AUSTIN (CN) - In this
political land of high fantasy,
they say nothing is for real.
•But they are wrong.
The sweetest news In recent
* days has to be the action by the
U,S. Senate in suspending that
ban on saccharin.
BAYTOWN
SPORTS
TSRST
-AMU fMClft'
427-5685
How can you doubt the ef-
fectiveness of our democratic
way of life when statecraft is
thus demonstrated? -
Winston ChurcbiH was right
when he said our government
has many faults, but where are
» you going to find ibetter one.
FH
Fight. For Higher Wages
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Sets Off Bogata Violence
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - who leads one of only four returned to normal Thursday,
Police battled scattered groups " " ‘ " " '' ' " ‘
disturbances vowed to continue
agitating for higher wages.
Fifteen persons died and
more than t20 were injured in
but rioting and looting contin-
tied. Downtown Bogota was
relatively calm by late evening,
but groups of rioters in poor
districts and on the capital’s
outskirts ignored a citywide
dusk-to-dawn curfew and stoned
Labor leaders called the buses and military vehicles into
the morning hours.
Acting under a state of siege,
walkout a success, noting that
it had brought public trans-
portation to a standstill and
two days of looting and rioting STmost stores" Setoff* a J'army^Spi^s^S + XHICACQ - MJaarf
that began during a 4-hour and schools to clos€. Workers army troops t
NOW MS SWlSCr.fl Strike Wednesday against Pres-
ident Alfonso Lopez’ govern-
ment.
Lopez refused to yield to un-
ion deman* for 50 per cent
pay bikes to offset inflation
running at 48 per cent a year,
but the government agreed to
e talks with laboi feder-
novt roaolr
! Iv At rTvUltr-"
The 63-year-old president,
leaders promised more agita
tion.
Commerce and transportation
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Today
From AP Wires
+ WASHINGTON - hr-
mer Atty, Gen. John S. Witch-
ell net* artificial replace-
men! of his right hip beciuse
of degenerative arthritis, his
lawyer Mid today in s peti-
tion aaking his release from
prison. .
'7 + PARIS - Oper* singer
Maria Callas, S3, died today it
her home of natural causes,
the Pathe Marconi recording
company said. A Pathe Mar-
coni spokesman said the com-
pany had been notified of the
death by friends of the singer.
+ WASHINGTON - Presi-
dent Carter's tax-and-rehate
plan for reducing both oil im-
ports and gasoline consump-
tion ran up against Iresh op-
position today in the Senate.
The proposal, the conserva-
tion centerpiece of the Presi-
dent's energy plan, is opposed
by both Democratic Leader
Robert C Byrd of West Vir-
ginia and Russell B. Long, D-
La„ chairman of the Senate Fi-
nance Committee.
were arrested, and the presi-
dent ordered that they serve
280 days in jail
Lopez, serving the last year
of a four-year term, heads an
inflation-ridden government
troubled by unemployment,
strikes, student unrest, terrorist
kidnapings and assassinations,
official corruption and common
crime.
lombia. About 4,000 persons A'* owner Charles 0. Finley
— —j **■- ! rfnujM jo satisfactory condi-
tion today after a four-hour
operation lo replace a main
branch ol the artery supply-
ing blood to his heart.
PMfilos Ststs Bsnk
. “TheJ’eopieHelper&"-
2615 Market St. 422-8231
No tenrh* Charge .
Mtmbtrffrkfk -
+ WASHINGTON - Diet
sodas and other products eon-
^ taining :
remain on store shelves I
least another 18
the) probaht
ry a eaneer \
that printed on
"ages."
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