The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 280, Ed. 1 Monday, September 1, 1980 Page: 1 of 16
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The Baytown Sun Invites
MR. AND MRS. DONQUEEN
Baytown
To
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Volume 58, No. 280
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Monday. September 1. 1980
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Heart Surgery
LEROY ALBRIGHT of
Baytown is doing fine after
open heart surgery in
Methodist Hospital in
aom 663
a visitors. —
Services Fending
FUNERAL SERVICES for
& Katharine Elizabeth
Koestner,. 69, of 423 W.
Pearce are pending at Paul
U. Lee Funeral Home. She
died Sunday in a Baytown
hospital.
Welcome Back
SENIOR CITIZENS at Lee
College will hold "-Jheir
welcome back party at 9:30
a.m. Tuesday.- - *
Register Late
LEE COLLEGE late,
registration .begins Tues-
day. Call the Records Of-
X flee at 427-5611 for more in-
.....formation.- • »- •». '
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Reagan On Offensive As
Fall Campaign Heats Up
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Returns
TajSouth
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NEW, YORK CAP)
President. Carter courted
the heart of the- old Con
federacy and-the power of
the union today as both he
and Republican challenger
Ronald Reagan . literally
made picnics.of their Labop
Day kickoff for the /fall
campaign.
Reagan, for his part, pro-
mised "a bigger pie, with
bigger slices, for
everyone
City Still Awaiting
‘Fed’ Fund Renewal
• based on past experience.
City Manager Fritz
ding $325,650 in revenue
sharing funds on the West
District Sewage Treatment
Plant as part of the city’s
share in the project,.
The revenue sharing
ed the program,” said City fuhds would be combined
..... * with .1970 bond funds to
Weather
And Tides
By LYNN HUGHES
A lot, of things'will be dif-
ferent for youngsters enter-
PARTLY CLOUDY and inghigh school Tuesday.
PAK1LY CLOUDY and if they, a re ninth graders
-,,,hot. with a 30 percent 0E ^ students, they will
chance of mainly after- ,meet new teachers, new-
noon thundershowers
• w, through- .Tuesday is the
Baytown area weather
/forecast. Low expected
Monday night,, mid-70s;
high Tuesday, mid-90s.
TUESDAY TIDES for
waters fronting the City of
Baytown: Highs at 5:58
a.m. and +11:50 a.m,;;'
lows at +9:19 a.m. and
10:22p.m..,
SUNRISE TUESDAY at
6:59 a.m.; sunset at 7:43
p.m. . . ... ,;
+ Denotes weak tides
friends and be introduced to
pew courses not- taught at
the elementary or junior funded by the district
M1SSSEPTEMBER
IT’S BACK TO school time, and«The Sun’s Miss September, Lib Thiele, is ready for
classes at Robert E. Lee, where she is a senior.\The daughter of the Rev. Dr. and
Mrs. W. Edward Thiele, Lib will be studying extra hard this year, since she plans to
attend Houston Baptist University next year. She is president pf Keywanettes,
secretary of the band and a member of Junior Engineering Technical Society.
Suri staff photo by Audrey Ueckert)
School Days
Students Report Here Tuesdav
Manager: Fritz Lahham
match -a grant from the
bandwagon has bogged
down recently while ventur
ing into foreign policy, .put
himself back ’ on the
domestic offensive with
broadsides aimed at
Carter’s “litany of despair
of broken promises” for the
American worker.
But Reagan, in remarks
prepared for a gathering on
the shores of New Jersey —
and with the Statue of
Liberty as his backdrop
also took the occasion to
salute “those brave
Workers in ;Pol and...-under-
XV..IC Wt xn vue’Sett&w 5>R»
the senior citizens’/ nutri-
tion. center; $15,009'for the,
Baytown Historical
Museum; $50,000 (for sliplin-
ing sewer pipe.
And for the first time, the
administration- recom-
mends spending revenue
sharing funds for the audit
House Committees
Federal law requires
cities to hold two hearings,
he explained. Th'e first
hearing was conducted by
the city manager "July 16
and the second hearing was
held byjity council Tuesday
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For planning purposes,
the city has used $500,000 as
The proposed allocation
Protection Agency for the
West Sewer District pro-
ject. .. , ------
In addition, Lanham pro-
poses $25,000 for demolition
of dilapidated buildings
$6,000 for facilities for the this year would be $5,000
handicapped, at city hall
$S;850 • for fans-and feriSewer- p rojeci
facilities for the handicap-
ped* at the Baytown Com-
munity Building,
Also, $25,000 for new
water meters; $20,000 for
Although two public hear-
ings have’been held on
federal revenue sharing Lanham recommends spen-library books; $15,000 for
funds, the City of Baytown
,is wafting-for word from
•Washington on whether the
annual allocations will be
renewed.
Congresshas not reneW
“at ?aliln a?
jovernment on this v>ew today in . the
federal govi
program. Ih the past, this
audit expenditure has come
out of the regular budget, -t
The audit cost for'the
revenue sharing program
For the West District
four
separate contracts — total-
ing more than $5 million -
(See CITY, Page 2-A)
, Communist domination
schools to follow a quarter three terms Occurred in the Thus Reagan, who has
been: severely criticized for
his own remarks on China
and Vietnam, made it clear
to the state’s many
residents; of Eastern Euro-
pean heritage that there
win be no repetition of the
plan, or four 12-week terms,
Under that plan, districts
could ‘hold school year-
round if they chose, but the
faltoof 1972, Robert E. Lee
High School and Cedar
Bayou Junior School were
chosen as so-called test
Tax Roll, Tax Rate To Get
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Council Attention Tuesday
state would only fund three1 schools to see how the
of those quarters. The system worked out
fourth, if a district chose td\, At REL, students attend
hold it. would be wholly ed80-minute ctasses^uringjmonumental'gaffe by the
high level
But for all secondary
students, one thing will, be
universally different — the
school year will once again
after eight years of ex-
perimentation. be divided
into-the two-semester
system. .
In fact, all over the state,
students will be attending
school two 18-week-long
semesters ,each year
marking the first time since
1971 that all. districts in the
state are‘.'together.” - ■
According to Dr. Jim
Lewis, director of. secon-
dary education here, the
semester roulette began
when the Texas Legislature'
passed permissive legisla-
tion in 1971, allowing
I’m not sure. parents,
here would have accepted'
year-round school,” Dr.
Lewis explained. “The stu-
dent would only gd three
termg. bqt he could also
choose to go during all four
terms if he .^wanted to
graduate. early! On the
other hand, he could chose'
the winter months for vaca<
tion, instead of waiting until
the traditional summer
-vacation,” Lefts added.
But because; it would be
costly, mainly due to
building utilization and
teacher expenses, most
districts chose to hold three
sessions “ each year. Ih
Baytown, those were called
trimesters.
When the transition to
a four-period sphool day
Because 'courses" counted
one credit each toward
graduation, a student was
required' to earn 63 class
credits in order to receive
his diploma.
The reaction from
students and parents to the
new system., was. favorable,
so it was adopted at Ross S.
Sterling High School in
1973. But another twist was
added - a fifth period at
the end of the day, which
■would allow youngsters to
accumulate more,credits to
graduate early.1 ’ ‘
In 1977-78 school, year,{-‘“““j‘
classes were ’sbortlned to 6
55 minutes each and g sixth
period was added to the
day. .. •;
(See S.CHOOL, Page 2-A)
previous Republican
nominee, Gerald R. Ford. •
It was Ford, remember,
who insisted in a debate
with Carter in 1976 that
Poland did not suffer Soviet
domination, He later
retracted the remark, but
only after allowing it to
fester for some time,
(Carter;-Taunclijng a week-
long series of forays outside
the-White Houpe, made his.
first stop a return to the
Deep South, the bedrock of
his 1976 election and a,
region he almost certainly
must hold if he is to win
By WANDA ORTON
Soon after Labor Day,
Baytown City Council Tues-
day morning will return to
labor on the-budget
before most folks go to
Work,
notice in The Baytown Sun,
notings each council
member’s vote on the ten-
tative tax rate.
- 'That’s why it’s impor-
tant for all council
members to be present at
Qrk, ... memners to be present at industries are appraised
An “early bird” session this meeting," C~ity by -the Dallas jfirn), of
CV Trustees OK $13 Million
Budget And Lower Tax Rate
CARTER MILLER donates
tapes on historical pro-
grams to the library.!
Old friends enjoy visiting
with Joe Tate and Paul Him
ton .. . The Baptist Young
Women oLg^ntral Baptist
Church relish their first
reunion.
Dorothy Willis disap:
pears . . . Shirley Bynum
does some detective Work
... Dr. George Fleming
gives a history lesson
Beaumont Art League
member Jewell Fuller
spends picturesque days
and deligh|ful nights in Old
Mexico" . ■ Tony Riddle
- likes a good story.
Katherine'Moral) Hohis,
former 31-year resident of
Baytown, returns after 16
* years in Kirbyville . • .
Leeann Taylor and Renee
Tallant hang wallpaper.
BAHO Wit'S -
CONVENIENT
BANKI
Citi*c"?*«nk
Trust Co. . , -
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By steve Patterson
, CHANNELVIEW (Sp) -
Channelview school
trusteed have lowered the
district’s. Tax rate from
$1.55 to $1.45 per $100 Of
assessed valuation and
adopted a $13,367,445
budget for the
school year.
The new budget is
$1,971,208-less than last
year’s. r
A leveling-off of new con-
struction was given credit
for the lower budget and the
break for Channelview tax-
payers.
Assistant Supt. Roger
Murray presented the
budget to the board and
answered questions from
the audience. •
Most of the money,
$7,499,760, will go to pay
salaries. Other allocations:
•$2,382,092 for operations.
•$577,778 for tarnsporta-
tion.
•$1,135,622 for pricipal and
1980-81 interest on bonds.
•$i,'618,330 for, capital
outlay. ' •* ,
$153,863 froitoted*
grams. , 1 +
Murray pointed outoto
board members that the
amount of time it takes to
apply for federal funds an<)
details .involved does not
appear to be as beneficial to
the district as the money
received from state and
locBl funds.
Rent-A-Car
Hiqh Wood fed
1801 DKkir 422*8121
federal pro-
Murray also presented
the 1979-80 budget for
amendments. Last year’s
operating expense of
$8,733,546 had to be ad-
justed upward to $8,919,899
which Murray discribed as
being, “Pretty darn close.”
The new $1.45 tax rate
was figured on the basis of
$1.23 for operations and 22
cents for debt service.
Although the tax rate was
lowered, the assessment
atio of 80 percent of
mAgJtet value has not
chan:
'HOURS MON.-THUR 9-8
FRI.-SAT. 9-6
61-2W.Texas'_ 427-5831
However,.by
district will coll
1981 the
:ect taxes on
100 percent of market .value
of property in accordance
with state law._ -
4 BOB HAMRIC *
NOBODY BEATS A )
BOB HAMRIC DEAL!
After an afternoon picnic
in Tuscumbia, Ala., ap an-
nual affair which attracts
Visitors from *' Tennessee
and Mississippi as well as
several Alabama com-
munities, Carter was head-
ed back to the White House
to play host to an outdoor
gathering of 1,000 labor
leaders.
Though Reagan clearly
has cut into the Carter’s
grip upon the South, most
union leaders are returning
to the president’s fold after
many had bolted In favor of
Sen, Edward M. Kennedy
will start at 6:15 a:m. at ci-
ty hall for council to accept
the tax roll and to vote on a
tentative tax'rate for the
1980-8+budget year.
The proposed tax rate is
$1.35 per $100 of .assessed
valuation —. a nine-cent
reduction in the current
rate of 11.44’. Taxes are
assessed on half toe full
market value of property.
Council also plans, to
review-the proposed expen-
ditures-and revenue in toe
municipal court ’ budget
with Judge Raymond Don-
nelly during this meeting.
In compliance with pro-
cedures in toe state’s new
trtith in taxation”-law, the
city must publish a tax rate
Pearce Street Journal - -
1$ Encouragement
This henpecked hus-
band was dragging on his
dutiful wife.
“She always en-
courages me,” he said.
“As a for instance, when I
start to write a check, she
always says, ‘write on,
man.’ ”
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Movies
.Sports • Specials
pTer
427-5607
X
Manager Fritz Lanham
emphasized. “Their votes
on the tentative tax ' rate
must be published.”
Because-of various con-
flicts in schedules, council
decided, the 6:15 a.m.
meeting-Tuesday would be
the only time ajl members
could get together, im-
mediately after the Labor
Day weekend .
With the new fiscal .year
approaching an Get../1
beginning, a tight schedule
must be followed for the ci-
ty to meet deadlines tor
newspaper notices and1 the
tax rate.hearing.
Crowding the calendar
w,as Wednesday’s final
meeting of the Board of
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S»"1'/
Equalization. Because in-
dustrial appraisals were
running later than usual, it
was not possible for toe
board to reconvene on an
earlier date.
Industries are appraised
Thomas, Y. Pickett Co
while other appraisal work
ig handled by the city tax of-
flee..' ' • •
In ftast years the board
has completed its work by
lat’e July or early August:;,
City council cannot ac-
cept the tax* roll — \jhe
backbone of toe budget -
until the board has wrapped
up its annual hearings and
certified the roll.
‘HEARING
A tax rate hearing will be
held during council’s Sept.
11 regular meeting. This
will, mark the.first time for
a tax rate hearing separate-
ly from the city’s routine
hearings on toe budget and
(See TAX, Page 2-A)
IliiP3
World
Today
From AP Wires
+ WASHINGTON
— A third-world war,
“is inevitable,” says
C hin e s e Vice
Premier Deng
Xiaoping. ‘'’‘The war j
is inevitable because/
the super powers ex/
ist and because their
imperialism exists;”
Washington Post j
-I- MOSCOW '-J.
Moscow- Rjadio
broadcast the . first
Soviet report today
of the strike settle-
ment in Poland but
made no mention of
the political gains
won by workers in
the neighboring com-
munist nation.
+ LONDON — The-----
dollar fell against all
major currencies in
early trading today,
while the British,
pound reached its
highest le#4tin 5Vz - -r
years. /
+ LOS ANGELES
— The strike by -
67,6(jo actors that has
crippled the film and'
television industry
during, one of its
busiest seasons
heads into its 43rd r
day today, eclipsing
the longest-ever
Scfeen Actors Guild
walkout against the
$1:5 billion industry. X.
Lee College s Tax Board
Gets Scolding By Regents
By SUSAN CUMMINGS-HASTIE
Lee College Board of
Regents learned that toe
district’s tax equalization
board will • not adjourn
before the LC regents1
meeting on Sept. 25, forcing
regents to wait until tlieir
October meeting to set the
1980-81 tax rate.
Bettie Bennett, LC
business manager, said she
had received that informa
tion at 4 p.m. Thursday and
tax officials were
unavailable for more in
formation.
“We’re paying the bills
herfc and I think the people
who are paying the bills
deserve some explanation
for these delays," said
Regent Leonard Stasney,
commenting.on the lack of
communication from the
equalization board during
the past 60 dijys.
“I think we’ll owe our
'taxpayers an explanation
on delay of .their- tax
statements, too,” Regent
Alden Weaver ptit in.
“We’ve been left out in toe
dark.” ' j
Dr. Henry Dismukes,
board chairman, assured
the board he would “get a
letter off” to toe tax board
on the matter.
Because regular registra-
tion ended at 7 p.m;,Thurs-
day, enrollment figures
were unavailable, Dr.
Robert Cloud, LC presi-
dent, told toe board._
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^ FURNITURE
WAREHOUSE
6800 Baywoy Drive 424 7023
2Remaining
Yictims Of
Explosion Dip
HOUSTON (Sp) - Tlfe
two remaining victims of
Friday’s explosion at the
PlAcid "Refining £o. plant
near Mont Belvieu have
died. *
David Steck, 28, died
Saturday morning and
Baytonian Billy Stephens,
29, died Sunday afternoon
in Hermann Hospital. Both
were Baytonians.
The first victim, Frank
Weekly, 28, of DayTomuied
Property insurance, Friday afternoomThebody
was sent to Florida for ser-
However, pre-enrollment
figures are up 20 percent
over last year, he said.
Board action included
amendment of the 1979-80
budget to reflect board afc-
tion and approval of bids on
$63,373 annually for the
next three years. ,
•Cosmetology supplies
,181, /
•Custodial supplies
$16,755.
•Electrical supplies;
$6,471.
Paper and print sup1
plies, $21,682.
Welding equipment,
$13,041’,
Welding supplies
$13,023._
Quicksilver
21 HOUR BANKI
pr=: First
rG American
vices and burial.
All three were operators
and were the only
employees at the plant
when the explosion oc-
curred. Hospital officials
said the men suffered se-
cond and third degree
burns over 80 to 100 percent
of their bodies.
Arrangements have been
made with Earthman
Funeral home to send
(See VICTIMS, Page 2-A)
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BUILDING SUPPLY JINTIR5
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 280, Ed. 1 Monday, September 1, 1980, newspaper, September 1, 1980; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1095647/m1/1/?q=%22~1~1~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.