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THE BAYTOWN SUN
Twiday, March 25, 197S
Pelly Denies He Promised
Not To Seek Re-election
H&ry
ni<s he ever promised anyone he
would not Seek reelection to his
city council seat if he get the
county post
[enry (Pelly) Dittman de- conflict. Dittman emphasized, is
that his post is not a decision-
making job and he receives no
salary as a rtty councilman.
Also, he said the county attor-
ney and city attorney have ad-
vised him there is no conflict in
the county position and serving
on the city council.
All of these opinions, he con-
tinued,. from "knowledgeable
people" should leave no doubts
in the minds of the voters and
"I originally did say I would
not seek re-election," Dittman
said, "but I changed my mind
and I think anyone is entitled to
change his mind.” .
^ He reconsidered running
again, he explained, because of
calls he had from citizens asking
him to run for a second term in ___ .... ------
one Call-in mmgmtW
; i t • . , "r In&tn kciip ___i____l
people have tp phone Dittman
in Houston
There is no problem in mak
ing a call to Houston, Dittman
responded. “After all, it is not
long distance
He painted out Mayor Tom
Gentry's insurance business
keeps him in Houston a great
deal and that former Council-
man Allen, Canqpn worked
Pasadena for a ship channel in-
dustry. - r, . v '
There have been many
mett Hutto, has mentioned that (problem .for citizens
/ particular: he said, from a city
employe who told him he had
done more for the city than any
... other, council member and that
he would "let down lots of peo-
ple if he did not seek re-elec
lion
"That was a deciding factor in
changing my mind." Djttman re-
called.
Responding to charges of
conflict of interest" with
county job and serving on-the
council. Dittman asked. "Is it a
conflict of interest to be
torested in both Baytown and
Harris County?
The city and the county are
not m competition, he said
The only interest idiave -
this is certainly n/conflict
io serve Baytoin and Harris) than $500,000. That compared
County, to the tjyst of my abjl-
aty
Dittman said the mayor of Ke-
closed issue.
One of his opponents
members held jobs outside the
city and this has never posed a
Loan Defaults Now A
Problem Of Banks
NEW' YORK (AP) - The
Citizens & Southern National
Bank of Georgia, one of the na
tion's largest, was forced last
year to write off $33 million in
loans it had made to businesses
and individuals.
The unprecedented number of
defaults forced C&S to reduce
at>d its 1974 earnings from banking
js operations to a net profit of less
mah also is a building inspector
lor Galveston County. Galves
ton County Judge Ray Holbrook
told him there was*no conflict of
unterest* for the Kemah mayor
and that he could see no prob-
lem in Dittman's having a con-
flict of interest.
Dittman also said Chambers
Coifnty .Judge Oscar F, Nelson
Jr told him essentially the same ports released in recent weeks
thing
. The reason there can be no
Presidential
Bill Hearing
Is Wednesday
rard Bank of Philadelphia,
The Federal Deposit insur-
Frank **.«*.
crat from Baytown, reminds
everyone "interested in who is
going to be the next President
to attend a Texas Senate hear
ing Wednesday on the Presi
dential Preference Primary bill.
He said the committee hear-
ing on the bill will be held at 3
p.m. in the Senate chamber com-
mittee room.
As proposed by Sen. Don
Adams, the bill does not list
names of presidential candidat-
es. Yates said
"It only has a slate of dele-
gates — handpicked from be-
hind closed dqprs, rv?nd.;y4)u
vote 'on those convention dele-
gates."
"If you want the candidates
names on the ballot, attend this
hearing and let your senators
kpow.", Yates advised
people who help people
help themselves
TgRBY A CO.
/HITS
( voon k*t***)
SEARLING AT DECKER
427-9595
with $18 million in declared'
1973 earnings from banking op-
erations. which “are principally profit because they had been
loans
Roughly, ohe-third or mofe of
the nation's 14,000 commercial
banks made similar write-offs
against 1974 profits largely be-
cause of loan defaults caused
by the recession. They were
write-offs that reduced profits
by. as much as 30 per cent or
more, according to earnings be-
Among the banks involved in
the write-offs were First Na
tional Bank of Atlanta, the
North Carolina National 'Bank,
First. National Bank in Ten-
nessee, Crocker National Bank,
First Pennsylvania, Union
nal figures, but analysts esti-
mate that banks wrote off near-
ly $2 billion in bad loans last
year - a record. It was nearly
$800 million more than in 1973.
Not' since 1970 and 1971, the
period of the Penn Central fail-
have loan losses been a
major issue for the nation’s
banks. Before that, there was
concern over loan losses in 1960
and 1961, when Fidel Castro na-
tionalized American investment
in Cuba. But last year was the
first since the Great Depression
in which loan defaults involved
a broad spectrum of businesses
and Tndiyidttfls.
The banks themselves do not
provide statistics explaining
ho defaulted. But one tn-
iwtfbn of their troubles comes
from Dunn & Bradstreet, a
leading credit rating firm. It
reports that the debts of com-
panies which failed in 1974 to-
taled $3 billion, or 46 per'cent
higher than in 1973.
Officials at many banks say
they expect 1975 to be another
bad year for loans, their princi-
pal business, if the recession
continues. •
C&S, for example, said it is
restating earnings fof 1972 and
1973 to increase by $22 million
the bank’s reserve to cover
loan defaults. T\e bank, the na-
tion’s 37th largest, had lost $15
million in loan defaults in 1973
but these losses had not shown
written off against
fund.
That reserve fund had
dined to $3.2 million last De-
cember, forcing C&S to cut into
earnings to cover the 1974 loan
losses. Now 1972 and 1973 earn-
ings have been restated and re-
duced to' create a new' reserve
fund totaling $27 million
loan - Ipsses.
In the five-year period
through 1973, other major
banks have experienced simi
declines in reserve funds for
loan losses. These banks
dude Bank of America whose
fund dropped from $202 million
iSuper-Loud Rock Is
Termed ‘Hazardous’
CALIFORNIA, Pa. (API -
Super-loud rock music
health hazard and may be ille-
under certain conditions,
according to a safety consult-
ant.
Randall Davidson, who heads
a private firm here called the
International Safety Institute,
says he has measured the
sound levels at hundreds of
and discotheques
country.
nightclubs-
acrossftil
spectors to Investigate an esti-
mated 2.4 million places of]
business for all types of safety
hazards, and loud musk
nightclubs isn’t a high priority,
he said
Scientists have said for sot
time that noise levels attained]
by loud rock bands may cause|
hearing loss. Dr. David Li]
scomb, director of the noise
search laboratory at the Uni-
versity of Tennessee in Knox-
level ’ between the
rumble of a subway train and
the roar of a jet plane at
takeoff.
In numbers, that comes out
above the allowable limit of 115
decibels for 15 minutes sped
fied under the federal Occupa-
tional Safety and Health Stand-
ards Act of 1970, he says.
Discotheque patrons are not
ljupijs oftety play at a ydte^ays a dgnificant nui
of people with measurable
hearing loss were found in test-
ing more than 7,000 young
people since 1967.
They have the hearing of a
40-year-old person,” he said.
Dr. Ken Stewart, director of
the Environmental Acoustics
Program at the University of
Pittsburgh, said the sound as-
saults the 6,000 or so nerve
covered by the law, but club cells in each ear and kills some
employes are/
I’ve seen kids who would
come Out of those places and
not be able to hear for two or
three days,” said Davidson. “It
causes high blood pressure, mi-
graine headaches and all the
off irreplaceably.
CROSBY WATER-SEWER JOBS UNDERWAY
Projects To Cost $2.8 Million
stomach problems that
along with being upset.”
Dr. F.A. Van Atta, senior sci-
Cop For 59
Years Calls
It ‘Quits’
ALBANY, N.Y. <AP)
Construction Begins On
Two Crosby MUD Projects
entist of the Labor Department won’t say I’ve loved every day
division charged with enforcing
the act, said strict enforcement
of noise standards ' in dis-
cotheques isn’t likely, however.
Nationwide, there are 800 in-
Bank of Los Angeles and Gl- to $181, million in the five-year
'' “ * ' ....... period; First National City
Bank of New York, from $268
to $219 million; Chemical Bank
of (9ew York, from $112 to $89
million, and Bankers Trust Co.
in New York, from $89 “to $72
million.
Without earnings, or special
reserves, banks Would have to
sell off capital to cover loan
losses, or appeal to the Federal
Reserve Board. It acts as a loa-
ner of last resort to troubled
banks until a problem is
solved.
The rising loan losses disturb
some watchdogs.
An increase in doubtful
loans is of consequence because
it raises questions about solven-
cy," Arthur Bums, chairman of
the Federal Reserve Board
told bankers in a speech late
last year. “Maintenance of sol-
vency is closely linked
course, to the adequacy of capi
tal and the reserves for loss
Examiners classify seriously
delinquent loans as substan-
dard, doubtful or lost.
From Sun Files
New City Fire Plugs
In News Here In ’35
From Baytown Sun files, this
is the way it was 40 and 30 apd 20
years ago.
MARCH 25, 1955
Baytown Utilities Corp, re
ports new fire plugs will be in-
stalled in Baytown to lower fire
insurance rate. First plug will be
placed in front of Baytown Bap-
tist Church
Victor Dias emcees,annual
banquet of Robert E. Lee Pub-
lic Speaking Club at the Crystal
Cafe in Goose Creek.
MARCH 25, 1945
Humble Oil and Refining Co.
gives free tickets to double-
feature at Arcadia theater - a
warm film, "The Fighting Lady”
and the "Humble Highlights."
The Humble film shows the Bil-
lion Gallon Day celebration
which commemorated the pro-
duction of 1 billion gallons of fin-
ished 100-octane aviation gaso- [t
line at Humble's Baytown Re-
finery,. ' . ?
MARCH 25, 1955
Two youths return lawn mow-
er stolen, from Little League
field after they hear qbout-the
theft. The boys discovered the
mower in thegtty dump, says Ed
Panowich, president of the Jay-
cees s
City Council okays construc-
tion of Linwood subdivision in
Brownwood. Council also votes
for a steel fence to be built in the
rear of the city jail to store cars
that belong to persons arrested.
The Rev, J. R. Woods, pastor
of Assembly of God Church on
Highway 146. pleads with the
council for a water line, com-
menting. "We haven't enough
water to baptize our new con-
verts: i • .
By BETSY WEBBER
CROSBY, (Sp) -4-' Construction
has begun on two contracts in
the $2,8 million water-sewer pro-
ject in Crosby Municipal Utility
District, Marlin Parker, distirct
manager, said.
The project is to be com-
pleted in 200 working days after
liar March 6 and Parker said he ex-
’ pects both systems to be opera-
tiqnal by the end of 1975
Funds for the projects came
from two bond issues totaling
$1.3 million and federal En-
vironmental Protection Agency
grant funds of $1.5 million
Three existing- water systems
have been bought from T. E
Reidland, E. C. Runneburg and
John Rogge for $125,000
bonds bought by Crosby State
Bank, Parker said.
The district has 581 water
customers, but is' not providing
sewer service until facilities are
provided.
Parker said officials of Harris
County Health Department, Tex-
Water Quality Board and
Dr. Walter A. Quebed’eaux Jr.,
director or Harris CountyJPollu-
tion Control Department have
visited the district to see what is
being done.
They are unhappy about our
septic tanks and sewage in- the
ditches, but they recognize we
are working toward a solution. I
showed them what we are doing
and they understand it can’t be
M* done overnight.""'
Official Interest in the district
developed when a permit was
sought for effluent'into San Ja
cinto River, Parker said
Marlen Corp. of Beaumont is
prime contractor on contrScts A
and D with Rogers Under-
ground Utility Inc. of Beau
mont, subcontractor.
Contract A for $661,159.35, is
sewer service in the area
north of Southern' Pacific Rail-
rQad tracks.
’Contract D, $309,647.10. is for
sewer lines from Reidland off
Farm Road 2100 to Highway 90.
catches side streets in the
area, Parker said. This contract
was let Feb. 20 to the low of sev-
eral-bidders.,
CONTRACT B
Contract B, $455,525, with
Marathon Mischer Co. of Hous-
ton covers sewer lines in a pie-
shaped area south of the rail
road tracks out Kemohan and
Runneburg to Highway 90.
Contract C. $442.813.75,.with
T. Construction of Houston,
is for sewer lines behind Crosby
State Bank, including Church
Street and Nelson Addition to
Highway 90.
Contract E. $366,500, for se-
wage treatment plant and lift
stations* js with Lee Rowe of
Houston, i^uitii and Shumway.of
Houston ate subcontractors for
tlMdjis. **„•
the ’’water improvement
project, the contract for distri-
bution system and plant site,
$394,505.10, went to M. Law-
rence Park of Bryan. Brazos Val-
ley Utility is subcontractor.
Contract for the water boos-
ter plant with a 125,000-gallon
greundlevel storage tank was let
to Brazos- Valley Utility for
$50,506. There were four bid-
ders on this contract, Parker
said.
Parker was hired as district
manager Dec. He has lived in
Crosby since 1959 when he was
assigned there as a patrolman
with Texas Department of Pub-
lic Safety.
A native of Houston, Parker,
48, has operated a backhoe and
bulldozer laying water and se-
wer lines for individuals since
1968. He left the Department of
Public Safety in 1966
His certification includes a C
certificate in water and 60 hours
schooling toward B certification
that he expects to get before the
sewer system is operational in
Crosby. -
Texas Water Rights Commis-
sion rules and regulations are
the guiding principlesfor his job,
he said.
The district jte hired John
Kolbe as maintenance man and
Annette Rundziehier as secre-
tary. A native of Kirbyville, she.
came to Crosby when she mar-
ried Bob, who is sales manager
at Keating Ford. , ’
Kolbe is from Cypress and
runs a grocery store in the area.
Geologist Spepulates
Earth ‘Bombarded’
HOUSTON (API - A geolo-
gist says the continents of the
earth may have been born dur-
ing massive meteorite bomb-
ardments which left the moon
and other terrestrial planets
pock marked and scarred.
Dr. J.W. Head, a geologist at
Brown University, speculated
that this splitting of the earth’s
crust could have been the begin
ning of the drifting of the Conti-
nents.
Head commented at a news
conference following the end of
the sixth Lunar Science Confer-
ence at Johnson Space Center.
The bombardment of the
moon, Mars, Mercury and
Venus and possibly the earth
SUSAN GALE Hoffman,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James H. Hoffman Jr. of Cove,
celebrates her first birthday
Tuesday. Grandparents are
Mr, and Mrs. E. J. Freeman
Jr. of Mont Belvieu and Mrs.
Eola maley of Cove. Great-
grandparents* are Mrs. E. J.
Freeman,Sr. and Mr. and Mrs.
J. E. Peet, all of Mont Bel-
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took place about 3.8 billion
years ago, many scientists now
believe.
“This may have been when
the continents were bom
Head said.
The moon did not break up
into earth like continents be-
cause the crust was too thick,
he said The earth's crust was
not only thinner, he said, but
there was a great deal of activ-
ity, probably a semi-solid mass
churning about in the planet’s
intenor.
In another interview, Dr.
Harrison H. Schmitt said this
country has little choice but to
be in a crisis situation as far as
energy is concerned until at
least 1985:’’
Schmitt, the only geologist to
have explored the moon, now is
the assistant administrator of
the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration for ener-
gy-
He was a member of the
Apollo 17 crew, the last to visit
the moon.
CATHERINE DIANNE Her-
ring, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Carey L. Herring of 527 Hill-
hurst, celebrated her third
birthday on Saturday. Grand-’
parents- are Mrs. Sue Cade of
Baytown and Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Herring of Madisonville.
Great-grandmother ' is Mrs.
Josie Roberts of Madisonville.
on the force,” remarked Alba-
ny patrolman John “Jack
Reohr as he retired after near-
ly 59 years of active duty.
I’ll go beyond that. I’ve
loved every minute of it,” the
88-year-old policeman added
Reohr, who had a police
beat” until relatively recently,
when he became an attendant
at Albany Police Court, joined
the force during World War I.
He took part in raids on a half
dozen stills during the Prohibi-
tion era and once, in the late
1920s, was pistol-whipped and
punched by three men he came
upon as they were holding up a
restaurant.
In that incident, Reohr says
a gunman pushed his pistol into
the policeman’s mouth and
pulled the trigger. The gun mis-
fired. Before‘“the trio was ar-
rested by other officers, Reohr
suffered a broken nose and
scalp cuts requiring eight
stitches.
I learned then and there
that one cop can’t handle three
men at once,” he muses
Reohr came to know dozens
of residents of Albahy’s South
End during his years on the
street, especially children. One
was an infant girl, one of 11
children in her family, who was
bom with a damaged eye.
TARA EVELYN Bufkin.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd L. Boston Jr. M Chan-
nelview and Thomas E. Buf-
kin of Houston celebrates jier
second birthday Tuesday with
a party. She has two sisters
Tami 8, and Sherri 7 and a
brother Greg, 6. Grandpar-
ents are N. B. Bufkin of Bay-
town, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Perk-
ins of Crosby, Mr. and Mrs. D.
S. LaFour of Raywood, Floyd
L. Boston Sr: and Mrs. Billie
Kirchner, all of Pasadena.
Great-grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. W. R. Perkins, Mrs.
Dessie Dugat, all of Crosby,
Mrs. Rena Jewett of Houston
and Mrs. F. T. Boston of Pasa-
dena.
RICHARD EDWARD HAR-
BERS, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Richard H. Harbers of 211 Ha-
rold, celebrates his First birth-
day Tuesday. Grandparents
are Mrs. Laura Mills, Calvin
Mills and Emery Harbers, all
Baytown. Great-grandpar-
ents are Mrs. Agnes Single-
tary, Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Har-
bers, and Mrs. Ester Shef-
field, allofBaytown._
Attend Church
He said after 1985 “we should
be in a transition period;” Dur-
ing this period the country will
be converting to the use of
more and more coal and nude-
power “or perhaps some-
thing’ as yet undefined,” he
said.
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Plano has somethin
boosting the success t
Coming into and
north of Dallas on Hi
large signs saying “W<
ing Tradition.
The signs go on to s
district champions 131
also won three state cl
and Wi'v
I had a strange exp
from Durant, Okla.,
started fiddling with
some country and west
stumb!ed®onto Radio
based, of all places,
To my surprise, the
the state high school
thought I would lister
full well I would mort
tion in 10 or 15 miles.
It didn’t happen. I k
to Conroe.
In case you are in
Clinton defeated Grui
Class A title and bes
first state championslii
Little Cyclones of Ames
title game.
Lincoln went undefe
the announcer forgot
what its final record w
« One of the best trad
the Gulf Coast could
nual Baytown Relays,
Sterling track coac
pecting some 30 to 401
cinder carnival.
Cardii
ForBil
. ST. PETERSBURG
i API - If the St. Louis
nals win the National
pennant in 1975, U cou
duee a comeback aw;
Bob Gibson.
Paraphrased, such a p
means the Cards ar
that heavily on the
.gence of Gibson as a
pitcher to ascend such
heights.
Gibson, who was handi
severely by the effects
yious knee surgery
struggled painfully to coi
sub-par 11-13 record.
But, if his early
spring training is an indi
me two-time Cy Young
winner may be prepared
his illustrious career
flourish.
"Gibson has pitched
this spring than he has ti
three springs," declaret
Kennedy, the Cards
director, only last week.
"I'm confident some
other starters, will begin
ing around," Manager
Schoendienst noted,
son's still the guy you
the most."
Last summer's late
right-hander Lynn McGli
16-12. and chronic control
lems encountered by lett-
er Claude Osteen, 9-11,
the importance of
starting role.
And the Cards, who
again narrowly missed di
honors in the NL
more hopeful than certaii
Bob Forsch, 7-4, will
and John Curtis, 10-14, wi
prove, ' •*
Henry
17reaso
should
for inca
Reason 12. C
specially train
abreast of all
will do our bet
return. And th
check it for ac
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