The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 284, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 29, 1985 Page: 1 of 36
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Subsidence manager
urges Wallisville OK
BY DONNA PURDY
Baytown urgently needs to
support the Wallisville Reser-
voir Project, according to
Ronald J. Neighbors, general
manager of the Har-
ris/Galveston Coastal Sub-
sidence District.
Neighbors, speaking at the
Baytown Chamber of Com-
merce’s luncheon Friday, said
that in order for the subsidence
district to reach its goals, the
Wallisville project must emerge
from its current litigation as a
viable surface water source.
The availability of surface
water is what allowed Baytown,
Galveston County ahd much of
Southeast Houston to convert to
a 90-percent surface water, 10-
percent groundwater ratio in the
past five years, Neighbors said.
Since 1973, an injunction has
been in effect on the Wallisville
project banning the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers from com-
pleting the reservoir. Several en-
vironmental groups had pro-
tested the project’s construction.
The case is in Federal District
Judge Carl O. Bue’s court.
Neighbors reminded the
Chamber of Commerce that i
other areas continue to pi
groundwater because therb'ls n_
other water source (readily-^,
available, Baytown’s subsidence
levels can In fact be adversely
affected.
Right now approximately 150
million gallons of water a day
must be released by Houston to
flush the Trinity River free of
salt water for irrigation,
Neighbors said.
That amount could come from
the Wallisville project, which
would free 150 million gallons of
surface water a day for
Houston’s use, he said.
In/addition, the Wallisville
RespWoir could provide an addi-
tional - 150 million gallons of
ter a day for other uses, he
(See SUBSIDENCE, Page »-A)
COMPANY GOAL REACHED
EXXON CHEMICAL Technology Center
employees have surpassed their United Way goal
by 117 percent with a total contribution of $37,590.
Dan Willson, left, United Way’s general campaign
manager, congratulates Gary Thomas, center, the
campaign chairman at the center, and Dwight
Lohkamp, the center’s co-chairman. The 1985
United Way goal is $895,000 and was determined
during the summer by the Allocations Committee,
which reviewed the requests of 23 United Way
agencies. j
(Sun staff photo by Angie Bracey)
Testimony finished
DeBlanc final arguments Monday
Baytown sending tax bills
By WANDA ORTON
Property owners in the city of
Baytown will receive their tax
bills no later than Oct. 15, says
Paul Storck, tax collector.
The bills will show no change
in the tax rate — it’s still59 cent^
per $100 valuation. The tax rate
was set Thursday by Baytown
City Council when it adopted the
budget of $32,167,637.
The tax rate of 59 cents in-
cludes nearly 20 cents for debt
service to pay off bonds sold for
capital improvements. This slice
of the tax pie is expected to yield
more than $3.28 million in
revenue.
A total of $6.5 million in
revenue will come from the re-
maining 39 cents in the tax rate.
This amount goes into the
general fund maintenance and
operation.
The tax rate will generate a
total of $9.8 million in revenue.
When the budget was approv-
ed, Councilman Fred Philips
commented it was his seventh
budget since he’s served on the
council and that it has been the
the most difficult one of all.
Mayor Emmett Hutto said he
wanted to express appreciation
to City Manager Fritz Lanham
and the city staff for their “hard
work and dedication” during the
budget sessions.
The new budget includes an in-
crease of $1 in garbage collec-
tion bills. Instead of $8 a month,
residents will pay $9. The fee for
senior citizens will increase to
$6.25.
City Finance Director Ken
Mitchell says this increase will
show up for the first time in bills
sent out in the latter part of Oc-
tober. The city includes water,
sewer and garbage fees in one
billing.
Water meters are being read
now in Cycle 2 for September,
Mitchell said. Customers in Cy-
cle 1 next month will be the first
to get, the bills with the. higher
garbage rates.
In additiopjo the city budget,
council members gave final ap-
proval to the Baytown Area
Water Authority’s budget of $3.7
million.
By DAVID MOHLMAN
LIBERTY - Closing
arguments are expected to begin
Monday in the trial of David
Wayne DeBlanc, accused of
capital murder in the Feb. 18,
1983, slaying of the Rev. Henry
Bouchie at Our Mother of Mercy
Catholic Church in Ames.
Now that jurors have heard all
the'testimony, presiding Judge
Clarence Cain will officially
read the charges against
DeBlanc to the jury on Monday
morning. Closing statements
will then begin, with the prosecu-
tion going first.
Jury deliberations, which
follow the closing statements,
could begin as early as Monday
afternoon.
Prosecutors rested their case
just before lunch Wednesday
while the defense rested in the
late afternoon that same day.
Defense attorneys called only
two witnesses — Linda Denise
Rudd and Thelma Fountain. Ms.
Rudd was DeBlanc’s girlfriend
around the time of Bouchie’s
murder and Ms. Fountain is a
resident of Ames.
Ms. Fountain said she saw
Owen Jackson, a cousin of Arl-
ington Gary Mark,, with a gun on
the night of Bouchie’s death.
Mark is also charged with
capital murder in the case.
Thursday morning, pro-
secutors called Jackson to the
witness stand. It was revealed
that the gun Jackson had was a
.38-caliber pistol.
Next, Texas Ranger Joe
Haroldson told the jury that it is
impossible for a .41-caliber car-
tridge, the type with which the
priest was killed, to be fired
from a .38-caliber gun.
FirearmS’fexpert Glen Johnson
testified Tuesday “it would be
most unlikely” that the .41-
caliber bullet recovered from
Bouchie’s body was fired from
any other gun than a .44-caliber
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Sale arrival
Baseballer Pete Rose has been
very much In the sports news
here of late. One of his worship-
pers said he figured Pete was the
first man in history to slide head-
first into the maternity ward.
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AROUND
TOWN
DEBBIE HILL is back at work
. . . Richie Epperson ex-
periences a Turn A&M yell
practice . . . Gary Flynt tries a
new look . . . Richard Tunstall
drops in for breakfast.
Cindy Vargas waves to a
friend... Cheryl Lawton makes
some puppets copie.tQ life
Paula O’Brien is busy selling
tickets . . . Bob Kalbitz is sur-
prised with a party that he’ll
never forget.
Juli Hogue says hello to a
friend . . . Logan and Ryann Fox
invite a friend over for lunch...
Segrid Baugh stays busy.
Marti Hayes and Marion Huff
are always helpful . . . Chuck
Anderson gets everything
organized .. . Sharon Butler
calls for help... Linda Gulledge
looks pretty in pastels.
Chevron plans expansion
Chevron Chemical Co. has an-
nounced plans for a 50 million
pounds per year expansion of its
Cedar Bayou alpha olefins plant.
The expansion, slated to begin
early next year, is expected to be
completed and onstream during
the third quarter. Annual
capacity at the facility will be
boosted from 200 million to 250
million pounds.
“This represents the second
phase of Chevron’s plans to ex-
pand its commitment to the
growing worldwide alpha olefins
marketplace,” George T. Scott,
vice president of Chevron
Chemical and general manager
of the company’s Olefins and
Derivatives Division, said.
He noted that an incremental
50-million-pound expansion com-
pleted three years ago brought
the Cedar Bayou plant to jts cur-
rent capacity. “This expansion
will enable us to continue supply-
ing the growing market for
alpha olefins used in
polyethylene comonomers,
detergent intermediates, syn-
thetic lubricants and lube oil ad-
ditives,” Scott said.
According to company of-
ficials, process engineering for
the alpha olefins expansion at
Cedar Bayou will be furnished
by Chevron’s own engineering
staff. Construction contracts
have not yet been awarded.
Expansion of the plant will in-
clude both the addition of reac-
tion capacity to the existing
plant, as well as “de-
bottlenecking” of fractionating
towers.
Chevron officials said the
capacity expansion will also con-
firm the engineering required
f6r a new and larger plant,
which could come onstream in
the late 1980s.
Chevron Chemical Co. is a unit
of Chevron Corp. Chevron
Chemical’s Olefins and
Derivatives Division is head-
quartered in Houston.
McManus hearing re-scheduled
BY KRIS ISAACSON
HOUSTON - An Oct. 9 hear-
ing date has been set for defense
attorneys to present a motion to
dismiss the case against Vernon
McManus, who was convicted of
killing Baytown electrical con-
tractor Paul Harvey Cantrell.
McManus was convicted in
May 1977 for the July 24, 1976,
murder of Cantrell and was
given the death sentence. Can-
trell’s wife, Mary, was also
found dead at the scene — she
had been strangled and her
throat slashed.
McManus’ conviction was
overturned in May 1983 by a
federal court judge, who agreed
with defense contentions that
two jurors had been improperly
rejected from the jury panel.
* During McManus’ trial, the
jury found that he had conspired
with Paula Cantrell Derese, the
daughter of the slain couple, to
kill the couple for insurance and
estate proceeds.
Mrs. Derese was also charged
with capital murder, but later
pleaded guilty to a reduced
charge of first-degree murder in
exchange for a life prison
sentence.
McManus has been in the Har-
ris County Jail since his convic-
tion was overturned in 1983.
During a hearing Friday, Jim
Levine, former prosecutor in the
original trial, was to have taken
the witness stand, but was late in
(See McMANUS, Page 9-A)
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WEATHER '
PARTLY CLOUDY skies
and a 20 percent chance Of
thundershowers is forecast
for the Baytown area
Saturday night. Sunday’s
forecast calls for partly
cloudy skies with a 20-
percent chance of thunder-
showers and high reaching
the mid-80s. In the 24-hour
period ending at 8 a.m.
Saturday, a high of 82
degrees, a low of 61
degrees and no rainfall was
recorded.
Bulldog special revolver.
The final evidence heard by
the jury regarded Bernard
Young and the circumstances of
his testimony. Young testified
earlier in the trial that he and
DeBlanc were “best friends”
and said DeBlanc bragged about
killing Bouchie.
Prosecutors had agreed to
help Young regarding a forgery
charge he is facing in Harris
County.
Defense attorneys questioned
Young Thursday about a $50,000
reward they claimed he ex-
pected to split with other state
witnesses.1 *■
Young said he merely asked
defense attorney Craig
Washington Wednesday night if
Washington knew anything
about such a reward.
Washington then produced a
tape recording of the conversa-
tion, which was entered as
evidence.
Adair won’t
run again
for office
Official to pursue
other avenues
West Chambers County ^Com-
missioner Carolyn Adair’ sayS
she will not seek re-election in
1986.
“I like working in the public
capacity so I am going to pursue
some of the avenues that have
been made available to me,” she
said.
Mrs. Adair, 38^ became a coun-
ty commissioner four years ago
when she defeated incumbent
Douglas Dugat. She represents
Precinct 4, Which includes Cove
and Beach City.
A native Baytonian, she has
worked previously as a legal
secretary, production statisti-
cian and commercial real estate
appraiser.
She says her main priority is
her 10-year-old daughter, Alison.
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 284, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 29, 1985, newspaper, September 29, 1985; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1075024/m1/1/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.