The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 136, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 9, 1985 Page: 2 of 20
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THE BAYTOWN SUN
Tuesday, April 9, 1985
Police Beat
Decomposed body
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DAYTON — The badly decom-
posed body of an unidentified
man was found floating in a rice
canal about six miles west of
Dayton around noon Monday,
Liberty County Sheriff E.W.
“Sonny” Applebe said.
Sheriff’s deputies are treating
the death as a possible homicide.
“There was an "apparent
wound to the chest area. That’s
what makes us think it’s a
murder,” said Applebe.
An official ruling on the cause
of death is pending the outcome
of an autopsy at the Harris Coun-
ty Medical Examiner’s Office.
Justice of the Peace Glen Prater
ordered the autopsy.
Applebe said a worker at
Seaberg Farm discovered the
body in a canal near Wolf Road
off of Farm Road 1960. The body
was floating face up. Usually in
drowning cases the body is found
-floating face down, Applebe
said.
wearing only blue jeans and
work boots, the sheriff said.
Deputies hope to have the man
identified within the next few
days.
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Applebe said no identification
was found on the victim, who is
believed to have been dead from
three to five days.
The body was so badly decom-
posed that it was difficult to
determine what caused the
wound to his chest, Applebe said.
The victim is described as a
medium built, white male in his
20s, about 5 feet, 10 inches tall.
Applebe said the man was
Baytown policejnvestigateda
handful of thefts, and a van-
dalism case during a quiet Mon-
day. They included:
+ Theft of a spare tire from a
truck parked in the 3100 block of
Decker Drive Monday. It was
worth $105.
+ Theft of a tool box and tools
from a house in the 600 block of
Bowie during the weekend. It
was worth $400.
+ Theft of a spare tire and
wheel from a truck parked in the
4700 block of Decker Drive Mon-
day. They were worth $205.
+ Damage to the windshield
of a car parked in the 700 block of
West Baker Road Monday.
Damage was estimated at $200.
THESE SOPHOMORES and juniors from Ross S. Sterling High
School took honors at the District 10 Texas Education Agency/Voca-
tional Opportunity Clubs of Texas Contest at Hitchcock High School.
Winners are, from left, Mark Vetter, third places in starter
rebuilding and prepared speech; Kevin Clark, a member of the open-
ing ceremonies team which took third place; Shannon Comeaux,
third place, small engine troubleshooting; William Horning, third
place, extemporaneous speaking; Stephanie McWhorter, outstan-
ding VOCT student of the year; James Hale, first place, small engine
troubleshooting; Bruce Hart an, second place, small engine
troubleshooting; Gabriel Lopez, second place, starter rebuilding;
Jimmy Sewell, fourth place starter rebuilding; and Mark Cowin,
member of the third-place opening ceremony team. The RSS Small
Engine Repair Chapter 446 took outstanding chapter of the year and
RSS sponsor Vernon McGee, not pictured, was named outstanding
vocational shop teacher of the year.
(Sun staff photo by Carrie Pryor)
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SPOTS
HOSPITAL VOTE -
From Page 1
Chambers County Courthouse,
most in favor of a hospital
district.
County Clerk Norma
“Beanie” Rowland certified a
petition with 419 names — a
number sufficient to warrant the
calling of an election.
County Judge Alma Lois
Turner described the boundaries
of the district as being roughly
the same as the boundaries of
the Anahuac School District.
However, proposed hospital
district boundaries would ex-
clude southeastern sections of
the school district’s boundary
and “pick up” a small amount of
land outside of the school
district’s eastern boundary. -
The hospital district boundary
would include county voting
precincts 1, 2, 3, 9 and 6, Mrs.
Turner said. This includes
Hankamer, Wallisville,
Anahuac, Oak Island, Double
Bayou and Smith Point.
Persons owning property
within the boundary would be
subjected to a maximum proper-
ty tax of 20 cents per $100 valua-
tion.
“We as a court ({Chambers
County Commissioners Court)
cannot ignore these petitions,”
the county, judge said, address-
ina tho “U/o’rn fm/inrt
predicted that $632,000 in county
funds will be needed if the
hospital is to operate throughout
the year. In 1984, the hospital
received $340,000 id county
allotments.
County commissioners are
threatening to close the finan-
cially burdening hospital unless
the district can be created.
Resignations of the hospital’s
Board of Managers and chief ad-
ministrator, with the exception
of board member Voygt Warren
of Anahuac, became effective on
March 26. Commissioners are
currently replacing those board
members who resigned, with the
new board to serve until the
district is formed.
Welch services
SERVICES FOR Clarence H.
Welch, 58, of La Porte were
scheduled for Tuesday. Welch
died Sunday at an area hospital.
Victims needed
VOLUNTEERS ARE needed to
act as victims in Baytown’s an-
nual mass casualty exercise
scheduled for the morning of
April 13. Groups are invited to
participate, but children must be
accompanied by at least one
adult. Those interested may call
Baytown Emergency Manage-
ment at 422-8281.
Polumbo rally
STATE REP. Tony Polumbo, a
candidate for District 6 State
senator, will open his campaign
headquarters at 1384 Federal
Road between 4 and 8 p.m. April
11. Cake and refreshments will
be served.
La Porte council
NEWLY ELECTED city of-
ficials will be sworn into office
during a special meeting of the
La Porte City Council at 6 p.m.
April 10 at City Hall. A workshop
session will follow the special
meeting.
Car fire
A 1977 Chevrolet, belonging to
Antonia Rivera of Anahuac, sus-
Logo contest \
RESIDENTS IN ftipnt Belvieu
may enter the Sesquicentennial
logo contest. Cash prizes will be
awarded, and the deadline for
entries is May i. For more infor-
mation, call 576-6003, 576-6036 or
576-2266. - '
Crusaders sought
PERSONS INTERESTED in
assisting with the American
Cancer Society’s Residential
Crusade April 18-28 should con-
tact Karol Waldman at 427-0305
or Linda Cottar at 427-9150.
tained $1,500 damage when it
caught fire Monday afternoon at ~
the intersection of Garth and
Baker roads, a spokeswoman for
the Baytown Fire Department
said. The fire started from a-
malfunction in the engine com- ~
partment. Firefighters from Sta- ,
tion 6 extinguished the fire.
O’BRIEN - -
From Page 1
ing the crowd. “We’re trying to
follow the law on this, and as
soon as I hear from Austin, I’ll
put out the news.”
Jackson expects the district’s
opponents to make a showing at
the polls.
“This (the opposition) centers
on the financial aspects of it,” he
said, “but not necessarily the big
landowners.”
Early .in 1985, Methodist
Health Care Systems, Chambers
Memorial’s Consultants.
and as a businessman,” Royal
said.
O’Brien was on the boards of
directors of Citizens Bank &
Trust Co. and Baytown’s YMCA.
He was a past president of Ducks
Unlimited and a member of
Trinity Episcopal Church.
He was also on the first board
of directors for the Baytown
Area Water Authority.
_0’Brien is survived by his
wife, Lucy O’Brien; son, David
O’Brien;-, daughter, Kelli
O’Brien; mother, Willie Mae
O’Brien: and aunt and uncle,
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Tucker, ajl of
Baytown.
Pallbearers will be Bill
Stolhandske, Rick Wolfean, Dr.
M.W. Wolfean, Fred Bednarski,
John C. Echols, Connie
Magouirk, Jay Eshbach and
Joe Bednarski.
Directors of Citizens Bank &
Trust Co. will serve as honorary
pallbearers.
Wrecker complaints
BAYTOWN’S AUTO Wrecker
Committee will hold public hear-
ings beginning at 4:30 p.m. April
10 in the conference room at City
Hall to hear complaints against
Taylor’s and Shirley’s wrecker
services.
Hill runoff
BARBERS HILL School Board
has set May 4 as the date for a
runoff election between incum-
bent Woodrow Carroll and Judy
Leggett for Position 6 and in-
cumbent M.Q. Bradford and Er-
nie Battle for Position 7.
Morgan’s Point
NEWLY ELECTED Position 5
Councilman Jack Maxwell will
be sworn into office when the
Morgan’s Point City Council
meets in regular session at 7:30
p.m. April 10 at City Hall.
Tribute planned
ERNESTINE BRIGHT will be L
honored at a dinner by the"
American Diabetes Association •.
at 7 p.m. April 13 at the Goose
Creek Country Club. Friends ,
planning to attend should call
Peggy Hager, 523-9673, by April
10. Proceeds frpm the $15 tickets
will go to the American Diabetes ;>
Association. >,
Garden club meeting
THE PLUMWOOD-Eva Maude
Garden Club will meet at 9:30
a.m. April 10 at the home of Pete
Whitted, 1802 Amy.
Humana auxiliary
HUMANA HOSPITAL Auxiliary
will hold a' regular meeting to
elect new officers at 10 a.m.
April 10 at the hospital annex.
Cancer crusade
VOLUNTEERS ARE needed to
help with the American Cancer
Society’s April Business Fun-
draising Crusade. Contact co-
chairmen David Jentho at 424-
2586 or Jon Pfennig at 422-8166.
Lifesaving lessons
THE RED Cross advanced
swimming lifesaving class will -
begin at 5 p.m. April 10 at the
Lee College pool. For more in-
formation, call the Red Cross of-
fice at 427-3114.
Seminar limited due to government rules
Yon Bulow jurors
warned against media
PROVIDENCE; R.I. (AP) -
A judge warned potential jurors
in Claus von Bulow’s retrial to
avoid media accounts of the case
but most were familiar with the
saga of the socialite accused of
twice trying to kill his wife.
Only five of about 90 Pro-
vidence and Bristol county
residents raised their hands
Monday wheq Superior Court
Judge Corinne P. Grande asked
during the first day of jury selec-
tion who had never read or heard
about the highly publicized case.
No jurors were seated Monday.
-—Ms. Grande dismissed 29
potential jurors from a pool of
115, saying the expected eight- to
10-week trial would be too much
of a hardship on them. Those ex-
cused included people who had
vacation plans and a man get-
ting married.
Eighteen people raised their
hands when asked if they had ,,
opinions mi von Bulow’s guilt or
Innocence.
The judge planned to hear a
joint request Tuesday by the pro-
secution and defense to bar
reporters when attorneys ask
potential jurors whether they or
family members have been vic-
tims of crime.
Attorney Joseph V. Cavanagh
Jr., representing The Pro-
vidence Journal, The Associated
Press and other media organiza-
tions, said he would argue
against the motion.
Von Bulow, 58, was convicted
in 1982 of two counts of trying to
kill Martha “Sunny” von Bulow
with insulin injections at their
Newport mansion* m_1979 and.
1980. The convictions were over-
turned by the Rhode Island
Supreme Court last year on state
constitutional grounds.
Mrs. von Bulow, 53, heiress to
a Pittsburgh utilities fortune
estimated at $75 million, has
been in an irreversible coma
since December 1980.
Ms. Grande did not rule on a
prosecution request to sequester
the j^ry.
WASHINGTON (AP) - One
member demanded his money
back, and went home, rather
than submit to the Defense
Department rules. Others
wouldn’t sign the government
form?, passing up major ses-
sions of the conference they had
come to attend.
And officers of the Society of
Photo-Optical Instrumentation
Engineers, expecting 600 or
more people at their symposium
this week, found that because of
government rules, only five
papers could be delivered in one
day’s program instead of the 13
that had been scheduled.
They salvaged their program ,,
only by agreeing to restrictions
that limit the open exchange
characteristic of scientific
groups.
“We are almost forced to put
on a closed meeting,” said War-
ren Smith of Santa Barbara,
Calif., past president of the
society.
What brought this about is a
government clampdown, under
a new law, on discussion of
technical data at conferences
such as the one being held by
SPIE. The Pentagon worries the.
information will flow to un-
friendly countries; the engineers
and scientists fret they are being
cut off from a free and necessary
exchange of information.
The information being
restricted is neither marked
“secret” nor is jt l^la,ssified,
SPIE officers said in interviews
Monday. It does, however, fall
under a 1984 law that gives the
Secretary of Defense the right to
withhold from public disclosure
“any technical data with
military or space application,”
to keep it from being exported.
Violators are subject to fine and
imprisonment.
Two weeks ago, after the SPIE
program had already been
printed, the Defense Depart-
ment objected that about two
dozen papers to be presented
contained such data.
To avoid having the paper*
withdrawn entirely, the govern-
ment and the society worked out
.an experimental conference for-
mat in which the affected papers
were moved to a semi-restricted
Department planned to station
guards at the door to restrict at-
tendance to American or Cana-
dian citizens with government
identification or those who had
signed an agreement not to
make public what they learned
at the sessions.
. Citizens of friendly countries
were required to submit a letter
to the Pentagon from their em-
bassies stating that information
gained would be protected from
unlawful export.
George Reynolds of Boston,
secretary of the society, quoted
one member as demanding his-
money back and saying “I’m not:
going to sign any export docu-"
ment to hear information that *
would limit my use of the in- -
formation in research.”
Members of the SPfE, who
work ip such fields as high
energy laser optics, “Star
Wars” technology, atmospheric;:
measurements and computer
and communications
technology, make up only about
25 percent of the attendees at the
symposium. The others work in-
related fields.
session.
For Tuesday’s “export-
controlled” meeting and two
later in the week, the Defense
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WEDNESDAY
HIGH: 3:21 p.m'
LOW: 6:03 a.m.
(Tides forecast are
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Sun
SUNRISE: 6:01 a.m.
SUNSET: 6:45p.m.
BAYTOWN ACUPUNCTURE
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If you have any of the following Ailments,
Please caV and make an appointment;____________ .
1) Quit Smoking, Weight lass,
Alopecia, Facelift.
i) Migraine Headache, Stiff neck.
Arthritis, Seiontiee, Paralysis,
3) Hearing lost, Tingling, Sines,
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Disorder, Hysteria.
DR. K.T. WANG
124 S. Alexander Or. (713) 420-2449
(la Weeice Shepphtf Ceater) Free Ceaseltatiea
NEW HOURS Monday-Saturday 10 o.m.-6 p.m.
At our time of bereavement, I wish to express our
deepest love and appreciation for the many prayers of-
fered by each of you during theWitness and loss of my
husband, Raymond J. Ripkowski. My sincere blessings
are extended to Monsignor J.P. O’Sullivan, St.
Joseph’s Catholic Church and Rev. Jim Ross, St.
Mark’s Methodist Church in o//iciating, the beauti/ul
floral offerings, food and other remembrances. His
kindness, love and thought/ulness for others shall
always remain in our hearts. ,
Mrs. Raymond J. Ripkowski
a - and Family
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Pasadena were
Tuesday at For
Funeral Home in
Gigstad, a li
Pasadena, died
Pasadena hospita
fif was a men
Methodist Churc
several branches
Order of Oddfe
Pasadena Odd/el
Canton No. 40,
campment No.
RebekahNo. 136.
He is survived b
Gigstad, o/ Past
Glenda Spruell o)
Leonard Alfred
tington; sisters,
Pasadena: Anna
Troup and Iris
Poynor; a brother
of La Porte; a
Marek and Jeren
Park.
A number of n
also survive.
Burial was to
Lawndale Cemeter
Arrangements
of Forest Park
Home.
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Services/or Rub
Baytown will be
Wednesday at
Home Chapel wi
Mattingly o//iciatii
Mrs. Clark die
Baytown hospital.
A 35-year resit
Mrs. Clark was
operator for San
Hospital. She was
of the Channelviev
Star.
She is survived I
Coleta Stephenson
Lawn
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new environmen
trying to impose,
trols on the vast
industry.
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unregulated
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Rep. James F
chairman of the c
committee of tb
Commerce Coma
Both Florio anc
the effort, Rep. H
D-Calif., chair
Energy and Con
subcommittee,
hopeful about acti
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 136, Ed. 1 Tuesday, April 9, 1985, newspaper, April 9, 1985; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1100473/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.