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Baby Gaining
TONYA KAY Eastman. 10-day-
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Tommy Eastman of 1702
Sterling, is "doing fine" in Texas
Children's Hospital in Houston.
She still weighs under two
pounds, but is gaining weight.
Kiwanis Meet
KIWANIS CLUB-of. Baytown.-
will meet at noon Thursday at
the Holiday Inn. Capt. James
Thompson of the Bajiown Fire
Department will discuss smoke
detectors.
Retired Teachers
BAYTOWN AREA Retired
Teachers will meet at 11:30 a.m.
Thursday at Wyatt's Cafeteria.
Location Changed
WOOSTER GARDEN Club will
meet at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at
the home of Mrs. Vernon
Ploeger, 5114 Ashwood. This is a
new location.
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SEWER LINE MALFUNCTION
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Houston To Baytown
Busing ‘Not Likely’
Class Reunion
PLANNING SESSION for the
20-year class reunion for the
Robert E. Lee Class of 1957 will
be held at 7:30 p.m. Monday at
Charlie Brown’s, 2201 Decker
Drive.
Cubs Meet . -
CUB SCOUT Pack 101 will have
its Blue and Gold Banquet at 7
p.m. Thursday at Memorial Bap-
tist Church, 600 W. Sterling.
In Hospital
BILL THORNTON is a patient
in Room 412 at San Jacinto
Hospital. He can have visitors.
A SEWER LINE failure has caused this huge hole in the road on Bayshore Drive near Schreck.
Public Works Director Ivan Langford III says repairing the sewer line will be a “major operation"
because the line under the road is from 12 to 14 feet. deqp. Crews will make the repairs as soon as
possible. As far as can be determined, the sewer line failure has caused no sewer stoppages in
homes in Brownwood.
(Sun staff photo by Glenn Folkes)
Exxon Hearing Testimony - -
Baytown Ambulance Driver
Describes Scene At Blast
Plan Has
No Force
Of Law
By D’EVA LUTHRINGER
Baytown school officials aren't
worried about a U.S. Civil Rights
Commission report indicating in-
ner city children in large
metropolitan areas should be
bused to schools in outlying
areas,
However, I haven’t read the
report - just the news story,
which is a condensation of a
large report," Asst. Supt. Barry
Nettles $aid.
Larger Deficit Than Ford's - -
Revisions In Jimmy
Tax Plan Under Study
Weather
And Tides
HOUSTON (Sp) - Jess
Navarre of the Baytown Am-
bulance—Service testified
Wednesday that he was called
to Exxon’s Baytown Refinery
soon after the 2 a.m. Jan. 27
explosion at Exxon’s Docks to
pick up a casualty.
Navarre said at the U.S,
Coast Guard hearing he took
' Jua" Vasq“ez’ S° »r¥ The report Edwards made to
jured and burned uUhe first the control room of the leak was
tried to go forward, but the se-|busy” until the explosion. He
cond blast convinced him to go had no problem with his walkie
aft. At the third blast he climbed talkie unit.
FAIR AND cold Wednesday
night before turning, warmer
Thursday is the Baytown area
weather forecast. Low ex-
pected Wednesday night,
upper 30s; high Thursday,
upper 60s.
BAYTOWN TIDES for Thurs-
day: Highs at 7:05 a.m. ajid
9:27 p.m.; lows at 2:17 a.m.
and 2:18 p.m. ,
SUNRISE THURSDAY at 7
a.m.; sunset at 6:12 p.m.
blast, to San Jacinto Methodist
Hospital.
down a wire, jo the dock and
went with other men to the
Baytown Community Building,,
The stream of fluid, he said,
caught fire in the first big flame
before he had time to trace its
source or ascertain its nature.
the only use of radio contact he
made during the watch he
nex^day6 he* waif cah d *t* characterized as "ver>’ quiet, notl
locate and remove three
bodies from the tugboat
Nathan B. He said the only
sign of burns was an acrylic
jacket worn by one of the men.
Ordinary seaman Jose De any time soon.
Pina, 57, of South Dartmouth,
Mass., said he was in the
bathroom when Torjusen con-
tacted him by radio from the
control room after Edwards sent
word of the liquid on deck. He
did not answer immediately, but
the second time Torjusen called
he replied that he would be on
deck right away.
(See EXXON, Page 2-A)
AROUND
By BETSY WEBBER
HOUSTON (SpT—~A'seaman
aboard the Exxon San Ffancisco
testified Tuesday at a U. S. Coast
Guard hearing that he saw fluid
running down the deck of the
■ship seconds before a blast rock-
ed the ship and dock, sinking a
tug moored at the dock in early
morning hours of Jan. 27.
Able Seaman Richard
Edwards, 58, of Catonsville,
Md„ said he was walking the
ship’s deck about eVen with No.
1 port tank being loaded with
Exxon regular gasQline when he
(JEORGIE ROBERTS says she ?oted some fluid running in a
does not spoil her adopted
Police Report: 7,822
Tickets, 11 Fatalities
trend is away from busing as a
tool in integration and this
report is only from a committee,
he said.
It would have no force of law
and the committee would have
to influence the courts if busing
is to be required from the inner
city, he added.
However, over the years there
have been- numerous busing
plans submitted to achieve in-
tegration and some have includ-
ed crossing school district lines.
“And, anything is possible,”
Nettles said.
However, he feels patrons in
suburbia would oppose such bus-
ing and said he doesn’t feel the
district would see such busing
WASHINGTON (AP) — Taxwriters in
Congress are considering whether to take Presi-
dent Carter’s proposed 650-per-person rebates
away from upper income taxpayers and give a
few dollars more to those in lower brackets.
That is one of the alternatives that the con-
gressional tax staff lias outlined for the House
Ways and Means Committee, which starts work
today on the tax proposals in Carter’s 631.2
billion economic stimulus plan.
Meanwhile, a published report said Carter
The U.S. Supreme Court’s plans to propose increasing the deficit for fiscal
1978 by $11 billion to 614 billion above levels
The 119-page report stated:
“While elsewhere much
progress has been made in
desegregating public schools, it
is these children in the cities
more than any others who have
iave
yet to reap any benefit from thep*
McManus Motion?
Attorneys for Vernon E. McManus, who has
been indicted for the July 24 murders of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Cantrell of Baytown, filed a mo-
tion for continuance of the trial in State District
Judge I. D. McMaster’s 179th District Court
Tuesday.
The motion, which asks that the trial for
McManus be delayed from the original starting
date of March 7, indicated McManus' attorneys
need more time to investigate and prepare their
case.
The motion hearing will be held at 9 a.m.
Thursday in McMaster’s court.
A co-defendant in the murder case, Paula
Cantrell Derese, 26, daughter of the Cantrells,
plead guilty to two lesser charges of first degree
murder in State District Judge Joseph
Guarino’s court in January. *
Mrs. Derese agreed to testify against
McManus in his capital murder trial in return
for the guilty plea to the lesser charges.
children . . . Hazel Steadham
back at work parttime . . .
Kathryn George makes an early
morning phone call. . . Ronnie
Hughes gives an uplifting Valen-
tine present.'
Charlotte Franklin from
Liberty is now working in
Baytown . . . Janet Brewer try-
ing to organize her new office
.’. . Catherine Butler is a friend-
ly driver. . . Randall Pitts feel
1 friend in need ... Molly Fuller
anxiously counting the days until
her big event. . . Cedar Bayou
Methodist Church’s Choir
Angels sing like angels in a-
Houston concert.
The Rev. Clyde Thomas stops
for a chat while shopping
Theresa Hebert complains of
running into a "bee” bush .
4Wendy Collard makes a good
secretary. '
,,i, Charles Church laughs at a rid-
dle . . . Alita Middleton makes a
suggestion .,.. Mai J<
" hands out a surprisei
* . Busch waves hello.
Georgie Smith spreads cheer
■ 1 with a warm L J -
smile ...
delivers the message ~
M Frances Erwin wonders where
four to six inch stream down, to
the scuppers. He reported the were non-collision; 30 involved
e:__i mi.:__i xtr_____tv nPflPStmnS’ Am MS OPPIIITpH nn
find to Third Mate Wayne Bruce
Torjusen on duty in the control
room .
It was about midway through
his 12 to 4 a.m. watch, he said.
Torjusen told him to open the
scuppers, he said.
Seconds later the blast oc-
By LYNN HUGHES.
Eleven persons died in traffic
accidents in Baytown in 1976,
and Baytown police issued
total of 7,822 traffic tickets dur-
ing the year, according to fig-
ures released by the Baytown
Police Department.
Police Chief R. H. (Bo) Turner
said there were 462 major ac-
cidents involving injuries during
the year, and 1,834 minor ac-
cidents not involving injuries, ^es
for a total of 2,296 wrecks during infjuence pf ^ and n m
Turner said 55 of the accidents
volved motorcycles. Another 13
accidents involved bicycles; 187
involved fixed objects like light
posts, fences and building?; 309
involved parked cars and 651
only involved one car;'
The highest number of
wrecks, 1,594, involved two cars,
while 74 accidents included
three cars.
There were 200 cases of driv-
ing while intoxicated; three
pedestrians; and 285 occurred on
private property.
Seven accidents involved
trains, 93 were cleared hit-and-
run wrecks and 196 were un-
cleared hit-and-runs.
A total of 705 persons were
hurt in accidents during the
curred and Edwards said he ^ear’ and ^ wrec^s *n" dle, traffic clerk.
promise” of equal educational
opportunity--------------
“The problem is growing
worse, not better” as “the boun-
daries between cities and sub-
urbs have become not merely
political dividing lines, but
barriers that separate people by
race and economic class,” said
the report issued Tuesday.
The commission, which accus-
ed President Ford of trying to
“curb” court-ordered busing,
said last summer its study show-
ed busing to integrate was work-
ing smoothly in most cities.
Critics said the study was rigg-
ed in favor of busing.
In its latest report, based on
the three-year study, the com-
mission rejected claims that in-
tegrating schools across city and
suburban borders would require
more busing, long trips and
tremendous administrative
problems.
Travel time could be reduced
and school district mergers have
long been commonplace, the
panel said.
(See BUSING, Page 2-A)
of driving while the driver’s
license, was suspended,
Turner, said officers made 1,-
587 arrests or citations at the
scene' of accidents and total
property damage, other than
that done to automobiles, Pearce Street Journal - -
amounted-to 653,831.
The year-end traffic report
was prepared by Sherri Hunt,
recommended by the Ford administration in its
final budget.
The Washington Post said today the Carter
administration estimates receipts at just under
6400 billion and expenditures approaching 6460
billion. Former President Gerald R. Ford's
budget envisioned receipts of 6393 billion and
expenditures of 6440 billion.
The Ways and Means Committee, where all
tax legislation must originate, is likely to use the
President's tax proposals as the vehicle for ex-
tending existing general tax cuts through next
year.
The President’s tax plan calls for a flat 650 for
nearly all Americans regardless of income.
The tax staff said that phasing out the rebate
for those with gross incomes between 625,000
and 635,000 would reduce the refund’s total by
6818 million. The revenue saved could.increase
the rebates for those making less than 625,000 to
$54, the staff said. Persons with an income of
$30,000 would get 625 rebates, but those earning
more than $35,000 would get nothing.
Or, the staff said, the rebates could be raised
to $57 for those making below $10,000, $53.50 for
those at the $12,500 level, $50 for those making
between $15,000 and $25,000 and then phasing it
out by $35,000.
The committee also may reshape other tax
parts of Carter’s two-year stimulus program.
Changes are expected in the package’s business
tax portions.
However, Ways and Means is generally ex-
pected to stay close to Carter’s recommended
total of $22 billion worth of plans over two years
involving taxes and rebates.0
Non-tax items in the President’s package,
such as job-creating programs, are being handl-
ed by other committees, which are likely to in-
crease the spending levels.
OUR WORLD
+ LONDON — Foreign Sec-
retary Anthony ' Cropland,
fighting for his life since suf-
fering a massive stroke, was
reported in critical condition
today bv the hospital and the
Foreign Office.
+ DALLAS — Skies were
nearly cloudless and Texans
awoke to uniformly cool
weather today.
+ JERUSALEM - Sccre-
tary of State Cyrus Vance and
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin
met for an hour and 20 min-
utes today, and afterward the
Israeli leader told reporters he
was "very very satisfied" with
the discussion:
+ AUSTIN — Texas House
members returned today to
their city boy-country boy bat-
tle over proposals to tax farm__
land according to its produc-
tivity.
First Meeting Set Friday - -
Accreditation Panel Is
Appointed In CV District
+ EDWARDS AIR FORCE
BASE, Calif. — The Space
Shuttle Enterprise and its 747
jumbo jet partner have a go-
ahead for Friday’s first piggy-
back Right.
* By MURIEL SCOTT
CHANNELVIEW (Sp) - A
committee of Channelview
teachers, administrators, stu-
dents and parents has been
named to establish broad district
goals for a five^ear accredita-
tion plan, Supt. B.HTHgmblen
told school trustees Tuesday*: '
Hamblen said each school dis-
trict in Texas is participating in
the accreditation plan, due to
new standards established by the
Texas. Education Agency,
After broad goals are es-
tablished, the, administration
will set specific goals and study
the district to see if the goals are
being met, Hamblen said.
Each phase of the plan will be
brought to the board of trustees
for discussion .and adoption,
Hamblen said.
Members of the accreditation
committee are: * .
Hamblen, Harvey S. Brown,
assispitSuperintendent; E. V.
tary.s Roger Martin, principal;
Mrs. Millie Murray,-teacher; and
Mrs. Jean Hughes and Mrs.
Carolyn Aswell, parents.
Also, at Channelview High
School, Troy Cooper, principal;
tor; and Allen Hall, vocational
director.
Also, at Schochler Primary,
Ben Cooher, principal; Mrs.
June Bettes, teacher; and Mrs.
Barbara Conecny and Mrs. Billie
Trainer, parents.
Also, at DeZavala Elementary,
Dossie Bruce, principal; Mrs.
Pat Schuler, teacher; and Mrs.
Phyllis Kelley and Mrs. Dora
Lopez, parents. will be at 1 p.m. Friday in the,
Also, at Viola >Cobb Elemen-|high school library.
Marquez, special services direc- Don Florus, teacher; the Rev.
',n', A,,“" Byron Allen and Jack Gray,
parents; and Ronda Bible and |
Dan Mims, students.
Also, at Crockett Junior High,
Ray .Maddry, principal; David
Doolittle, teacher: Mrs. Phillip
Aguillard and Mrs. Rollan
Hackett, parents; and Brian
Simmons and 'Lean Nunley,
students.
The committee’s first meeting
Shoe On Tin Other Fool?
Charities To Benefit From
Wooster Lions Oyster Fry
her book is.
While the Wooster Lions are
cooking up oysters Friday and
you’re enjoying them at their
oyster fry, mongy will be raised
for many causes. "'~’''fc^*“*i
k want the people to know
where the money iS going
because our club supports
numerous civic and charity pro-
jects,”; says Jimmy Carroll, a
Wooster Lion and veteramoyster
fry worker. . - V - i '
He said proceeds from the
hug and friendly 33.50 tickets will go tp, the
Gayle Standard Lighthptise for the Blind, the
Crippled Children’s Camp in
Kerrville, the eye bank in
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Houston, Crippled Children’s
Society in Baytown and Baytown
Opportunity School.
Also, Wooster Lions give two
scholarships each year —one to
a Sterling graduate and one to a
Lee graudate. And they donate
to the Boy Scouts and Wooster
Emergency Corps.
, The dub joins with
Lidns in'District 2-S-2 to finahee
patients, tee than 300 of these
successful operations have been
performed, Carroll noted.
The oyster fry will be held
from 11 a.m. to2 p. m. and4 to8 the
Houston, kidnej' bank . in p.m. Friday at the Bayshore oh so good!
if>'7
Rod, Reel and Gun Club, 3223
Minnesota.
Eddie Huron will be the chef
and Carroll will make his famous
red hot sauce. The menu in- 'Aithe end ijf the month
eludes oysters, french fries,
pickels and crackers.
The oysters from Smith Point,
by the way, have been given a
"clean bill of health” by the
state game warden so oyster fans
1 have no need to be concerned
Telephone companies now
charge so much per inquiry for
operator assistance.
In other words, you pay for
your failure to know the num-
ber you want.
Why WOUtdff’titbe just as
fair for telephone users to keep
a record of the times an opera-
tor says, “There has been a
temporary equipment break-
down. Your call, can not be
completed. Will you please
dial again or ask the Operator
for assistance. This is a re-
irdlng.”
should
pany f6F its faihires;'
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+ NEW YORK - Gasoline
prices started rising late last
month and will probably con-
tinue to rise'through the sum-'*
mer, oil industry experts say.
+ PASADENA, Calif. — Sci-
entists plan to instruct the
Viking 1 Mars lander to dig a
one-foot-deep hole in search of
large amounts of oxygen in the
surface of the Red Planet.
+ WASHINGTON - This
winter's frigid weather in the
eastern two-thirds of the coun-
try so far has been the coldest
"since the founding of the Re-
public," the National Weath-
er Service says.
about the recent publicity on bad
fiysters.
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toy wide-awake
CmZENS NATIONAL BANK
AND TRUS't CO. fd.ix.
Reminder:
Tax Office
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BAYTOWN SUN carrier Ricky Ward.sonofMr. and Mrs. J.w! Bain of Baytown, takes careful aim
at the Gold Seal Contest board, part of a Sun subscription drive to increase circulation through new
subscriptions. Sun carriers-gdt one chance to throw a dart for a prize each time the carrier gets a
If you go to a travel agency
on West Texas Avenue, think-
North to Baker Road.
Many county customers are
still under the impression the
tax office is located on the
downtown stem, according to
the number of visitors at the
space now occupied by a travel
agency. .
* But the tax office is w )ije - . .-.---'I
new Harrjs County Courthouse
Annex across the street from
Ross S. Sterling High School
on Baker Road.
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 108, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 16, 1977, newspaper, February 16, 1977; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1074587/m1/1/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.