The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 166, Ed. 1 Friday, April 25, 1975 Page: 3 of 36
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Suicide prevention' centers
across the country report an
apparent increase in suicide
and suicidal behavior as a re-
sult of the faltering economy.
center And since about Octo-
ber. she said, "The type or pro-
file of the caller who is suicidal
is changing somewhat "
The new caller, she said, is
the blue-collar worker recently
cause for the first time eco-
nomic failure is staring them in
the face "
been collected yet, but „
spokesman for the’ National In-
stitute of Mental Health in
Washington says a partial sur-
vey indicates that the annual
suicide rate is above 12 per
100,000 population, compared
with 10 per 100,000 annuallv in
the 1960s In 1932, at the height
of the Great Depression, there
were 17.4 suicides per 100,000.
"We have noticed an in-
crease. a decided increase in
suicidal deaths due to financial
pressure and unemployment, as
well as in suicidal thoughts and
attempts," said Dr. Bruce Dan-
to, a psychiatrist who heads the
Suicide Prevention and Drug
Information Center in Detroit,
hard hit by auto industry lay-
offs______—
Dantos observations were
echoed at suicide prevention
iters
lanta. Ga.; Gainesville, Fla.;
San Mateo, Calif., Boston, New
York, and other cities,
The suicidal calls have in-
creased ... whether it's
thoughts or threats," said Pat
Higginbotham of the Nashwlle
man with two cars, a mort-
gage, one or two college-age
children; a man who has never
been without a job before.
In the Atlanta area, the
Emergency Mental Health
Service of the Fulton County
Health Department experienced
a 46 per cent increase in emer-
gency calls between the last
quarter of 1973 and the last
quarter of 1974 About one-third
of the calls involved suicide or
suicide attempts.
Dr. Joseph Thigpen of the
Gainesville suicide center said
his area experienced its biggest
increase ever in suicidal behav-
ior in 1973, which he called "a
period of uncertainty, of am-
bivalence, when people were
asking. ’Are things going to get
worse’’ Are things going to fall
apart'’"'
- ■■ Since- 4973. he-said.We arr
getting a lot more self-injury
and suicide behavior based on
economic crises ... that is to
say, people who are not able to
meet their monthly bills.*who
are. josing their jobs for the
first time and are panicked be-
Several psychiatrists said
these observations, if confirmed
later by hard statistics, bear •
out the classical theory of sui-
cide formulated by psychologist
Emil Durkheim at the turn of
the century
According to the theory, sui-
cides tend to decrease during a
war, when people join together
in a common cause, but in-
crease at a time of economic
crisis when society becomes
fragmented.
"A lot of people's identity is
wrapped up in their jobs," said
Dr Perry Ottenberg, a psy-
chiatrist ai -the. Universitjr of
Pennsylvania.. "Take the job
away and you've taken away
their security and self esteem
... This is commonly followed
by guilt. The sad part is a re-
sponsible person who loses a
job blames himself^-——-
BAYTOWN SUN
Friday, April 25, 1975
$70 Million Chemical
Plant Set At Bayport
arts smoking
Mi ta boys
RELIGIOUS MATERIALS will be distributed by volunteers, trom ten, Mrs. Joyce Clavenna, Mrs.
Zenobia Lemelle and Mrs. Mary Bradshaw, in a census planned for Sunday by St. John Catholic
Church. Robert Muller, cochairman of the census, passes out house lists and materials to the group,
which will rover an area north of Spur 291 in Baytown. Purpose of the census is to contact unaffili-
ated and Catholic families to inform them of the new parish facilities. The congregation now meets
91 lempuran quarters in Pumpbrey School. As open house is planned for Sunday, May Ik.
BAYPORT iSpi - AJ70 mil-
lion plant tor the manufacture of
paraquat herbicide will be built
in the Bayport complex, it was
announced Thursday by Ed-
ward J, Goett, president and
chief fttetjnvf ornTSmericss;
the regional management com-
pany with lesponsibility for ICI
Group activities in North Cen
tral and South America.
The plant will be operated by
ICI United States. Inc., a subsi-
diary of ICI Americas
Robert P Barnett, president
of ICI United States, construc-
tion will begin later this year
with completion scheduled (or
mid-1977. The general contrac-
tor is M. W Kellogg Co., head-
quarters in Houston The plant
will have about 200 employes
The new facility, coupled with
expansions now in progress else-
where, will about triple world-
wide capacity for this agricul-
tural chemical, Barnett said
Paraquat musl now be im-
ported into the U.S., and rapidly
Increasing demand led to the de-
cision lo manufacture in this
country The II,S is the largest
single market for the product,
which is now sold in more than
100 countries
Syrians cast ttieir
bread on water
In ancient Syria, people
raised bread wheat in earthen
jars.
At the start of a new year,
the young shoots were taken
to a river and cast into the wa-
ter resulting in the phrase,
“casting bread on water," to
return as answers to prayers.
— CNS
NEW YORK - In 1974, the
proport jn of girls 12 to 16
years of age smoking at least
one dgif’tte a week actually
outnumb' i cd that of boys, ac-
cording to « Health Ineurance
Institute analysis of govern-
ment reports.
While su years ago only
half as many girls as boys be-
tween 12 and 18 smoked ciga-
rettes, today there is practi-
cally no difference. - CNS
CANDLE
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Save on these
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separates
We interrupt this column for a I could buy that kind of gun for
commercial. ' $30.
; rwas standing at a checkout But there was
counter in a .Baytown super- The next Friday afternoon _
market last Wednesday with cof- guv Walked in the office with an
fee and mayonnaise coupons EnlwicTiOSmpeHecTconK
dipped from' our newspaper. He handed me the gun and I
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two items Started me to think- j, J%ot him to cOmefc me just
• .skilled people take typewriters,
ana put logeuier sometnmg lot
everybody in town to hold, in
their.lianas ana be up {(Taste
with what's going on.
summer of
fashion fun
Sale 11.20
iww itnio. aunwu.iiig.iu mum- ryn mm to come jo me jusi
ing about our daily newspaper, li/e the supermarket girt me to
' The Baytown Sun ■ if ing the coupons for the coffee
.....H a person is..asked why' he and. mayonnaise'to them.
reads The Sun he most likely will We both needed something
answer. ' I've been .taking it for and the best place we knewjaf to
yqars; it has become a haBit: get R'was: thmagfrthe pages of
.Ask me the same'question and The Baytown Sun.
mv answer will be a bit lengthy. There ar%90 of us here on Me-
Thc Baytown Sun is tfle heart- morial Drive-in Baytown doing
beat of the commurtity in which our best to get all 16,480 paid
!i0 people keep pumping 26 days subscribers what they want,
a month, 313 days a year. For 10 cents a day, delivered
Rif. $14 Stripe and belted
Silk
Orig. $11. Pull-on pants of
polyester in a good assort-
ment of basic and fashion -
colors •
. dings. Jrirthd^;. garage sales..
groceries. Name it, and it will be
■ in The Sun. «
' Last winter I needed ti deer ri-
fle, and ran an ad in our classi-
■ lied sec|k>n under Articles Wan-
* Ted 'Willpay$30fora British30.3
Enfield. My friends tojd me I
was nuls. that there was no way
Mental Health, ,
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Help By Phone
HOUSTON -fSp? ’ - Informa-
tion and assistance for Harris
JCPenney
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Sizes Petite 6-16,
Average 8-20,
Tall 10-20.. *
Professionally trained and by hand. I don't knovy how-you
can beat it, *■" * *
Lindsay Would
: Use Federal
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Wmmmrnm
Now s6.40,12.00
Rig. $8 lo $15 Save on these cool,
-Ofeezy lwopiecefs. You ltfimHots
of great styles Jo choose from in .
mtsses and jttntor sizes Belted shirts-
over Jamaica styie^BhorTs je
knits forjuniors .with hooded J-style
tops, beachycottorrterry suifTTand
many, many rnofe. MostTri carefree
polyester and pelyester/cotton
blends. So hurr/lp. And get set for a
beautituisummer:
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cjrf’arks
HOUSTON Sp r Harris
County Judge xJoA Lindsay has
announced that a' $961,000 grant
is available' to Harris County
from the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development un-
der the recently enacted Com-
munity Development Act.
The County has until May 15 to
make formal application for the
‘unds.
Judge Lindsay said, "If the
Sale 13.60
Rig. $17 Classic belted shirt
jacket of dogbleknit polyester.
Lots of colors to choose from,
sizes 8 to 18.
Unit -Offering
used for park, development."
>t'U IIM |WII* ucvciupiiicm.
The proposed application is
being prepared by Commission-
ei' Court Coordinator Dick Hay
| craft. It will be presented to the
( oiintv: residents is available court for review during its week-
1 through'"the countyriMentah ly meeting, Monday, ftayetsft
Sale 8.00
wan nmrpsr*
fitting pants in polyester knit. Lots
of solid colors in sizes 8 to 18
Health and Mental Retardation
, Authority by dialing a phone
numberL
In its "A
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■Hi 'Alternatives" pro-
’ gram, the authority is ready-to
provide service to people need-
ing help with how to deal with
sex. parent conflicts, alcohol-
' ism, drug abuse, involvement in
community activity and expres-
sing feelings Marriage-counset-
- »-ing is available. '
The number to dial is 526-3504.
„ "Nobody said your decisions
would be easy." is the approach
y for. people who are finding deci-
. sp-making confusing.
Older people may feel. I'm
expected to just get out-of tlje
Way" Biit aatHority counselors
believe older people have more
latent .good idearqttd.....expert-
.ence than anyone else, .
They ask. 'Are you sure you
just waat to Sit there"" MICHAEL CRAIG ..Springer,.,
Parents .of a new;balfy have son 0f Mr. and Mrs. SamSpr,
special problems the authority
can help with. The problems are
compounded if the baby is men-
tally retarded.
Many parents find the kids are
inger of .118 Caldwell, cele-
brates his sixth birthday Fri-
day. He has a brother Jimmy,
4. Grandparents are Mrs. De-
lores Springer, Elm* Spring-
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* driving them up'a wad. Several er aiuj jvir. and Mrs. Elmer
answers areTradrforthdsewho Rohrbaoher af of Phoenix’.
''He,] fi2ft=2504r . Art/ Crput.vrandnarenLs ate
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' dial 52fl^0i*
.Child abuse..lega
iragement and corifbet are
areas the authority is interested .
... Great-grandparents ar.e
Tand Mrs. John Geaye of
.. Ariz.
in and readv i" lielji with me '"‘nn i
• I - Literature phone counseling p«-'firsrtimd in Decembeb-
or appointments foj further 191i by Roald Amundsen, Nor-
counseling wiil be provided. - Jwcgian explorer;' ^ -- I'
20% off men’s
knit sportshirts. \
Sale 5.60
Reg. 7.00 .''Mercs polyeqter'cotton
interlock stitch knit shirt. Short.
, sieevd styllhg, embroidered motif_
' on pocket.'
Sale 4.80
Reg. $6. Carefree polyester kllil .
mock turtleneck for men. Short
Sleeved .with buttoned chest,
Sale 5.60
Reg. $7. Polyester knit sportshirt
with placket front, short sleeves.
Long point fashion.collar Con-
trasting stripes'
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Junior TuT
sizzler sets,
special _t
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♦ashion's bur baiter style-junior,
.sizzlersin a-bnlbam eokeckon
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. polyester in checks and
prints iryfight colorations
with matching p^nties
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 166, Ed. 1 Friday, April 25, 1975, newspaper, April 25, 1975; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1105322/m1/3/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.