The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 257, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 5, 1979 Page: 1 of 44
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Breaking Up The Game
Lakewood's longest-
running Frtibee match la
breaking up this week
when Eric Rallaback
moves with his family to
California.
The 16-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred
RaUsback, 204 Post Oak.
Eric has been a frequent
Frlsbee thrower with
Thomas Lipscomb, 10-
year-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. T.G. Lipscomb, 511
N. Burnet
These Frlsbee partners
have been pals since they
both played saxophone In
the RoberfE. Lee Band.
Now an outstanding stu-
dent at the University of
Kansas, Thomas gained
fame here as a fantastic
sax soloist with "Help Me
Make It Through the
Night" as his trademark
tune.
He's encouraged Eric In
his music, too, and hates
to aee his fellow musician-
Frlsbee partner move
away. "He's Just like a
brother to me," Thomas
says.
(Sun staff photos by Scott
Singleton)
THE LAST PITCHING SHOW
Frlsbee Is airborne by navigator Eric RaUsback
KEEP’EM FLYING
Thomas Lipscomb returns the Frlsbee In an expert
brckward maneuver
CATCHER IN THESKY
Frlsbee stays aloft as Eric receives "over and under”
Federal Aid
FLOOD VICTIMS must ap-
ply for federal assistance
by 6 p.m. Saturday at the
Community Building,
because the center will be
closed down by 7 p.m.
Apartment dwellers are
eligible for aid as well as
borne owners.
Choir Sings
TERRY JACKSON and the
Interfaith Choir will per-
form at 3 p.m. Sunday at
Washington Chapel Baptist
Church. 2201 James Road.
OB Tour
SAN JACINTO Methodist
Hospital will conduct an
obstetrics orientation and
tour at 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
Propsective parents will
meet in the San Jacinto
Medical Plaza classroom.
Weather
And Tides
MOSTLY FAIR except for
a 20 percent chance of
thundershowers and a
temperature range from
the low 70s to the mid-90s through Friday,
is the Baytown area
weekend weather
forecast.
Bear Band
CEDAR BAYOU Junior
High band members will
begin practice Monday
Eighth graders will prac
tice from 8 to 10:30 a.m.
Seventh graders will prac-
tice from 10:30 am. to
noon.
Lee Band
SUMMER REHEARSALS
for the Robert E. Lee High
band will begin at 8 a m.
Monday in the band room.
Rehearsals will begin at 8
a m. each day. All REL
band members should at-
tend.
BJS Band
BAYTOWN JUNIOR
School's eighth grade band
will begin summer prac-
tices with a session from
7:30-9 a.m. Monday at the
school.
Band Practice
HIGHLANDS JUNIOR
School band practice begins
Monday. Eighth ^grade
band will practice from 9 to
11 a.m. and the seventh
grade band will meet from
noon to 2 p.m. Monday
SUNDAY TIDES for
waters fronting the City of
Baytown: Highs at 9:06
a.m. and +4:08 p.m.;
lows at 12:48 a.m. and +
12:47 p.m. Monday Tides:
Highs at 9:42 a.m. and +
5:18 p.m.; lows at 1:39
a.m. and +l:23p.m.
SUNRISE SUNDAY at
6:41 a.m.; sunset at 8:09
p.m.
SUNRISE MONDAY at
6:42 a.m.; sunset at 8:09
p.m.
+ Denotes weak tides
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OVER 60.000 READERS EVERY DAY
Sunday. August 5. 1979
Telephone Number: 422-8302
25 Cents Per Copy
*4 Divers Studying Depth
Of Massive Oil Slick
SHINDIG TICKETS
TICKET SALES chairmen Claudia Walker, left, and
Norene Davis organize sales stategy for the Goose
Creek Shindig Aug. 17 and 18. Proceeds will benefit the
. Sterling Band Association.
(Sun staff photo by Glenn Folkes)
Lamar 1st, 2nd, 3rd Grades
Above Norm In Test Scores
BILLIE HINTON says you
can’t get away from people
you know no matter how far
you travel — even in
Calgary, Canada ... Edna
Sides and Katherine Yates
get new offices ... Bettie
Bennett takes a long-
planned vacation which
threatened to be canceled.
Ray and Willie Mae
Morgan go to Las Vegas by
way of Yellowstone Na-
tional Park ... Dick
Hallum is a nice person to
work with ... Jack and
Nelwyn Collum spend their
vacation working on their
retirement home in
Kilgore.
Floyd Williams says, bor-
row money . . . Doug Dugat
compares hall tile, but
Judge Alma Lois Turner
refuses to comment ...
Gene Zunker makes some
copies ... Beanie Rowland
doesn’t have any nickels. •
Check On,
BONUS -
CHECKING
Citi*e?,?8«nk
Trust Co.
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(EDITOR’S NOTE: This
is the 10th in a 13-part
series on scores of Iowa
Basic Skills Tests, which
show achievement of
Baytown’s first through
fifth graders.)
By D’EVA TURNER
Lamar Elementary first
through third graders were
above average in every
category - a year or more
ahead in some areas —
while fourth graders were
behind the norms in four
areas and fifth graders
were slightly behind in one.
The fifth grade category
showing a deficit was
graphs and it Was only one-
tenth of one month behind
the norm.
Fourth graders also were
only one-tenth of a month
behind the norm in graphs
but they were one and six-
tenths .months below
average in math concepts,
math problems and math
total score.
Fourth graders also fail-
ed to achieve normal gains
between spring 1978 and
1979 tests in all categories.
The following are scores
by grades:
FIRST GRADE
Lamar first graders were
tested in March, making
the norm for that test 1-7.0
(first grade, seventh
month).
They exceeded the norm
in every test category, hit-
ting above second grade en-
try level in each area.
Their lowest score was in
spelling and their highest
was in word analysis.
Their reading score hit
above second grade, third
month and their math score
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was almost second grade,
one and one-half months.
Their overall score was 2-
2.1 (second grade, two and
one-tenths months), which
is five and one-tenth mon-
ths above average.
Here are their scores:
•VOCABULARY - 2-0.9
(second grade, nine-tenths
of one month).
•WORD ANALYSIS - 2-
4.6 (second grade, four and
six-tenths months).
•READING-2-3.1.
•SPELLING - 2-0.6. I
•MATH TOTAL-2-1.3.
Math Concepts - 2-
1.7.
Math Problems - 2-
0.7.
SECOND GRADE
Second graders at Lamar
exceeded norm in every
category, soaring a year or
more ahead in reading,
spelling, capitalization and
punctuation.
Their overall test battery
score last spring was third
grade, two and seven-
(See LAMAR, Page6-B)
Rites Held For
W.C. Williams, 81
Funeral services for W.C.I He is survived by his
Williams of 1311 S. Pruett wife, Lenora Williams of
were held Saturday after-! Baytown; two daughters,
noon at Central Baptist
Church with the Revs. E.R.
Burns and Billy Joe Tate of-
ficiating.
Williams, a Baytown resi-
dent 59 years, died Thurs-
day in a Baytown hospital.
He owned and operated
Williams Grocery here for
51 years. He was a member
of Central Baptist Church
and served as a deacon 40
years. He was also a
member of Masonic Lodge
No. 1192 AF&AM.
Williams, a former
mayor of Pelly, was a Pelly
fire commissioner and
water commissioner.
After Baytown’s in-
corporation, Williams serv-
ed on the public housing
board, the study committee
for the Baytown-La Porte
Tunnel and was a city coun-
cilman.
INSURANCE
CANCELLED?
Rent-a-Car see
Jesse Vinson
Barbara Jean Lee of
Baytown and Christine
Williams Palmer of Clute;
two sisters, Mrs. Dollie
Staple of Baytown and Opal
Stiffel of Highlands; and
one brother, B.D. Williams
of Nacogdoches.
He is also survived by
three granchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
Burial was in Cedar Crest *"'*
Cemetery with graveside
services conducted by
Masonic Lodge No. 1192.
Pallbearers were F.A.
Palmer III, M.L. Ramsey,
Ron Palmer, Harlan
Roberts, James Suber and
Ray Lemmon,
Honorary pallbearers
were L.F. McFarland, A.V.
Barber, W.P. Lamb, Cecil
Anderson and the deacons
of Central Baptist Church.
‘Floating
Barricade’
Is Ready
CORPUS CHRISTI
Texas (AP) — Divers from
a University of Texas
vessel sit out today to study
a Mexican oil slick that
scientists say will ooze into
U.S. waters Sunday.
A National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administra-
tion plane flew over the nor
them Mexican coast Friday
and found that thick oil had
washed ashore on beaches
30 miles south of the U.S.
border.
The scientists have
predicted the gooey crude
could spill onto South Texas
beaches Tuesday.
NOAA spokesman Carl
Posey said Friday the div
ing team will go into the
slick to determine its depth.
Officials here have express-
ed fear some of the oil may
be seeping north
undetected below the
surface.
The oil is gushing from
the Mexican well Iztoc I
that blew out on June 3.
Mexican Naval Capt. Jose
Orozco said the runaway
Bay of Campeche well is
now spitting out 20,000 bar-
rels of oil a day and may not
be tapped until
mid-September.
Environmental Protec-
tion Agency spokesman
Roger Meachum said more
than 15,000 feet of floating
barricade is ready for use
in the Brownsville area on
the southern tip of Texas. A
decision may be made
today as to when to put the
floating fence in place.
m
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Our
World
Today
From AP Wires
+ TEHR^I, Iran -
Official voting trends
being made public to-
day are expected to
show Islamic fun-
damentalists loyal to
Ayatollah Ruhollah
Khomeini
dominating the
assembly that will
write Iran’s post-
revolutionary con-
stitution.
+ DALLAS - Wide
scattered showers
and thunderstorms
were forecast today
for most sections of
Texas.
+ AUSTIN - A total
of 2,197 persons have
died in Texas traffic
accidents this year,
an increase of 11
from this time last
year, the Depart-
ment of Public Safe-
ty has reported.
$18.714,609.77 Collected ■ ■
Late School Taxes Here
Total Almost $290,000
Almost $290,000 in taxes One positive note,
levied by the school district however, is that collections
this year were above those
last year.
Muth said 98.41 percent of
the taxes levied this year
were collected, compared
with 98.31 percent collected
last year.
Collections in current
taxes this year have been
$18,714,609.77.
This is in addition to col-
lections of $195,288.86 in
this year were not paid and
became delinquent July 1,
Tax Assessor-Collector
John Muth reported.
This will be added to the
$499,605 in delinquent tax
levies which have ac-
cumulated since the district
was formed, leaving the
district with a total of
$788,614.51 in delinquent
taxes on the books.
delinquent taxes plus
$52,411.85 in penalties and
interests on delinquent
taxes, placing the total col-
lected this year at
$18,962,310.48.
Of the $87,166.11 collected
during June in current and
delinquent taxes and
penalties and interests,
$5,713.75 was collected by
school attorneys, who were
paid a 15 percent fee of
$857.06 for their services.
Pearce Street Journal -
Wall-To-Wall Moon
Since we live in NASA
country where moon trips
are planned and
monitored, here is some
moon trivia that should fit
in well on this hot August
weekend.
Did you know that the
Great Wall of China is the
only man-created thing
that can be seen from the
moon?
~FH
Get Tough On Crime, Cut
Spending, Area Poll Says
W.C. WILLIAMS
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ByLYNN HUGHES
Voters in Sen. Walter
Mengden’s 13th legislative
district followed a pretty
conservative line in items
ranging from the state’s
right to appeal in criminal
cases to abortion on de-
mand in a recent question-
naire distributed by the
senator.
Earlier this year,
Mengden sent the question-
naires to voters in his
district in an effort to solicit
views on a wide range of
subjects, including crime,
drugs, the spending of
budget surplus, public
education, abortion and
euthanasia, pollution, elec-
constitutional percent in favor, 15.2 per-
cent against.
•End "temporary insani-
ty" defense: 80.1 percent in
favor, 19.9 percent against.
•Let state take deposi-
tions: 90.7 percent in favor,
9.3 percent against.
•Require pawnbrokers to
take photos of persons sell-
ing items over $50 : 79.1 per-
cent in favor, 20.9 percent
against.
•Prohibit obscene ac-
tivities where alcohol is
served: 71.4 percent in
favor, 28.6 percent against.
DRUGS
Legalize marijuana:
23.5 percent in favor, 76.5
(See GET, Page6-B)
tion laws,
revision and other
miscellaneous items.
This week, results of the
questionnaire, to which
more than 24,000 respond-
ed, were sent to voters.
Mengden said the
response received “may
make it the largest
legislative questionnaire
ever compiled in Texas.”
Tabulations compiled by
Mengden’s staff looked like
this:
CRIME
•State right to appeal (in
cases which have been ad-
judicated): 87.3 percent in
favor, 12.7 percent against.
•Use of wiretapping: 84.8
Leaders 01 Teacher Groups
Here Opposed To Fund Cuts
The presidents of two
Baytown teacher organiza-
tions disagreed with voters
in Legislative District 13,
who turned thumbs down to
using state budget surplus
for teachers’ pay raises,
higher education and public
schools in a questionnaire
distributed by Sen. Walter
Mengden recently.
In the poll, to which more
than 24,000 responded, the
use of budget surplus for
public schools rated 37.9
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percent against.
Using portions of the
budget surplus for
teachers’ pay raises also
fared about the same — 48.1
percent were in favor and
51.9 percent were against.
Use of surplus budget
funds for higher education
was lower on the scale, with
32.9 percent in favor and
67.1 percent against.
Sandra Northcutt, presi-
dent of the Baytown Educa-
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feels. I am not in total
agreement.
“I believe there are needs
in public education. A state
that has the resources that
Texas has should be more
than 48 percent in favor of
teacher pay raises. We are
about third in the nation as
far as per capita wealth is
concerned, yet our teachers
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 257, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 5, 1979, newspaper, August 5, 1979; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1075087/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.