The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 171, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 1, 1977 Page: 1 of 28
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The Baytown Sun Invites
MR. AND MRS. HALBERT R. HANSON
Baytown
To See
“Assault On Paradise’
At The Brunson Theater
(This Pass Good Through May 11)
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toniey’s offices left Houston on a 6:45 p.m. Fri- call McManus in the jail had been unsuccessful. Sources had said it would take a week to 10’
day flight for Jacksonville, arriving there about The jail has a policy forbidding prisoners to days to get the defendant back to Houston if ex-
10 pm, sources said. . .. accept calls. tradition proceedings had jo beheld,
ig Florida FBI officials participated in the arrest However, McManus called Smith about mid- McManus was caught off guard when he was
r Mined to bedming, he with Detective Sam Montemayor of the morning Saturday, it vyas learned. arrested and put up no fight, sources said.
Baytown department, Tommy Thomas of the That was when the decision was made to He later was said to be in “good spirits" »d H
at the Sea Ranch Mold m sheriffs department and Assistant District Atty. waive extradition. tlejailertdld the Sun McManus seemed to be .
s learned the L- H. (Stu) Stewart and district attorney in- An extradition hearing had been set for 8 a.m. “cooperative” during the short time he had
' instigator Mark Argo. . Sunday, according to the jailer, who predicted it seen him.
PHI RHP Nkt Otgat- The jail official,,said two attempts by would be continued until the early part of the
He was being held without bond in Duval Jacksonville received iHfannatnto $m Htetotf ♦liafteteyteeBgataiigttkt^ McManus’attorney, Don Smith of Baytown, to week if McManus fought his return to Texas.
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wac wanted far mfcr
County Jail on a federal fugitive
Vernon McManus, who disappeared last charges were filed there, aonritegtean i
weekend just before testimony was to begin in jn that jail in Jacksonville,
his capital murder trial Monday, was captured Jacksonvflle P»yh is I~
without resistances a motel in the resort com- ViUe.
munity of Jacksonville Beach, Fla., about 4 a.m.
Saturday (Baytown time)..4
He will not fight extradition and was expected
to be returned to Houston late Saturday or but it was believed she was
sometime Sunday, sources said.
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McManus is a co-defendant m the July 24
(See McMANUS, Page 2-A) •
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Airport Study Is Stalled
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Bridge Over Ship Channel
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Will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday at
2405 French Place, home of
Evelyn Sanders, for a business
meeting and discussion of the
“Awkwardness of Being A
Divorced-Widowed Single.”
In Hospital
MRS. FRANK (Mary) Abbott of
414 Homan is a patient in the in-
tensive care unit of San Jacinto
Hospital.
Ceramics Exhibition
GWEN ALTWEIN, a Lee Col-
lege student will be featured in a
one person ceramics exhibition
Sunday through Friday at the
Lee College Fine Arts Building,
501 S. Pruett. An opening recep-
tion will be held from 2 p.m. to 5
Sunday
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Registration for the summer
driver education program will be
held Tuesday at Robert E. Lee
and Thursday at Ross S. Sterling
announced Kevin Lounsberry,
education director for the
district. —^---------
Headquarters for the behind-
the-wheel phase will be REL
while classroom instruction will
be given at Sterling.
First session for behind-the-
wheel training will be held May
30-June 21, including one Satur-
day session on June 4.
Second session will be June 22-
July 15 with a Saturday session
on June 25.
Third session will be July 18-
Aug. 2.
Sessions will be scheduled
from 7 to 8 a.m.; 8:05 to 9:05
a.m.;9:10 to 10:10 a.m.; 10:15 to
11:15 a.m.; 11:20 a.m. to 12:20 p.
m. and 12:25 to 1:25 p. m.
“Students should remember
they cannot miss any classes,”
Lounsberry said. “They are re-
quired by state regulation to get
six hours of behind-the-wheel
and six hours of observation.”
'. May 31-June 21 will be the
fust session for classroom phase
of driver education. Second ses-
sion will be June 22-July 15.
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aC tetedB was stalled. The council tabled
ant i* mane ar exceed the action an tbe grant offer for a
studv for $45,000 from the Fed-
By WANDA ORTON
Baytown City Council is urg- mons said,
ing the State Department of
Highways and Public Tran- EfaMHtek
portation to proceed with that plans for Beh«v. $Sntet
plans for a bridge across the over the channel ate
Houston Ship Channel near the again. ” The project ted ten a
Baytown-La Porte Tunnel.
A resolution to that effect
won unanimous approval, and
Councilman E. C. (Jack) Kim-
mons expressed the hope the
resolution will be followed up
with an organized, community-
wide effort.
we need the
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das are not auto objected to the term
%«hte and the new airport" in the grant
dormant, she said.
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with expanding an existing air-
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project is acronqdsted
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tfiteagfe«t«|i It says new' and doesn’t
make any bones about it,”
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flow of traffic will onoK te-
at tear nght-af- Hutto said.
bemve the City Manager Fritz Lanham
celt the wwd “new” would not
exclude the purchase of an ex-
the istmg airport. Hutto, however.
tSee CITY, ftge 2-A)
increase through the mwnwm
“We need to organize and to La Porte Tunnel with am-
promote this through the tinued devetojanen: af ttete$
Chamber of Commerce and channel. Bayport mAmrm
other organizations and let complex and otter dune) m- 'satec”
those people (in Austin) know dustries During pear mrft.-
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DR. .RONALD Hilyer of 3400
Shady Hill Lane has been
nominated for the Dictionary of
International Biography from
Cambridge, England. ’
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“MISS MAY” WITH QUEEN OF HEARTS
Tami Queen, REL sophomore who’s pretty enough to be a May Queen, says a merry month is “in
the cards"
Weather
And Tides
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(Sun staff photo by Rick McCauley)
HL&P Rate OK
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Classes will be held from 7:30
to 9:30 a. m and from 9:45 to
11:45 a. m. Classroom instruc-
tion consists of a minimum of 32
hours i
Students taking classroom
driver education in the summer
will be charge a fee of $15. This
is the same amount charged for
summer school sub-
refund will be given
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Have No Fear . . . You’ll
Not Be Bored During May
CLOUDY TO partly cloudy
with a 30 per cent chance of
thunderstorms
temperature range from the
upper 60s to the low 80s is the
Baytown * area
weather forecast.
BAYTOWN TIDES for Sun-
day. Highs at 8:26 a.m. and
7:29 p.m.; lows at*f:36 Cm.
and 2:18 p.m. Tides for Mon
day: highs at 9:21 a.m. and
7:56 p.m.; lows at 2:11 a.m.
and 3:13 p.m.
SUNRISE SUNDAY at 6:39.
a.m.; sunset at 7:58 p.m.
SUNRISE MONDAY at 6:38
a.m.; sunset at 7:59 p.m.
A city councilman s attempt to stop higher bilk a V* te
Houston Lighting and Power Co. went “oat fite t ]0r.'
Ted Kloesel's motion to disallow the May
day night died for lack of a second
“It's not on the agenda." Kloesel said
councils four-hour meeting But I want to tm Item- ter
crease for HL&P.”
According to information supplied the cftv bs tee
♦any. light bilb will increase by* 42 in May bilk tr fe Tte
average residential customer using 1.M6 tete—M—I tea
.• April bilb for thu usage were $31 49
The base rate changed from $25.52 u> 12742
resumption of the summer rate schedule m efieei
through October The lower winter rite will he
November through April •
Fuel cost adjustment for 1.000 kilowatt-tan
from $4 42 to $5 It while coat of service “
ed from 5 cents to 14 cents The 5 per cent i
from $150 to $1.66
City Atty Neel Richardson explained if the prapnM! hft ten
: wtte «mo1 and HLAP left then earning
and
a
terttetei
for HUP
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weekend
Each month
aon to jaa&fy the coming
Mark it up in May:
Senior Citizens Day, Exxon
Day, Eddie Huron Day, gradua
tion exercises, picnics, music,
art. . .
regular
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all
will be from noon to 5 p. m. Sun-
Remedy," a country-western
band, May 29.
£edar Bayou Junior' School
*'tinted adiacwmnl
i packets for
i writ month but the hatter is not
jerts
day
after classes start
pleasure, ratchtoe coSrt'b^^Pres*mac°n«rt May
17 in the Community Building
Auditorium.
The fee for behind-the-wheel
is $30 If the student informs the
school in a reasonable amount of
time before classes start, his fee
may be refunded
If the student shows up for the
first class in behind-the-wheel
training and does not attend any
more classes or misses more
than one class, he will not
receive a refund
non marked the first tone a
Horace Mann Junior School
Band at 2 p. m. Sunday in the
outdoor theater at Bicentennial
Bad to reject the com
No MAYbe about it - May
will be 3 many-splendored
Some 600 guests are expected
to gather at Roseland Park May
7 for Senior Citizens Celebration
Day, sponsored by Lee College
Continuing Education Divbion
and Baytown Parks and Recrea-
tion Department.
(See MAY, Page 2-A)
an the aftnte. he said he always
are on the
month
Park
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Now for the details
Arts and Crafts Festival, spon-
sored by Baytown Parks and
Recreation Department, will
brighten the firkt day of May at
the Civic Center Plaza Hours
to
Other concerts booked at
Bicentennial Park in May will be
by the Ross S. Sterling Band.
May 8, Robert E. Lee Band,
May 15; Baytown Junior School
Band, May 22; “Hornet
Ute «<«>ch
it on the agemb for acton if
AROi
n ww/ if Lounsberry added this
Runaway Well reminder to parenb “Studenb
should not drive their own car to
[ ' ■■ >i • driver education classes unless
In \orth Sea ,hr* are accompanied by a
Is Capped
Out Since Dec. 13 - -
Two Baytonians Winners
In National Merit Program
Youth Ordered Back To
School In Hair Dispute
licensed driver who b 18 or
BILL BURGE and ion David are
perfect hosts at an Ice hockey
Pearce Sfreef Journal ■ ■
A Look Aftor 30 Yurt
STAVANGER Norway (AP)
game
Two Baytown boys have been
named recipients of lour year
college-sponsored scholarships
in the National Merit program 4
Kevin M Johnson of 1802 Jfl
Richardson, a Ross Sterling flM
student, will, receive a HI
scholarship to Rice University H]
Frink Teny i secretaries are
happy with his observance of
NsUonsI Secretaries Week , .
Dan Sevage tells about his house
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A Robert E Lee student, wtaw
John dr Lemd, Americas
AelomeMie Association big
<f oil Mo
have asked the federal
vestigite the legality of the hair rode ft tte #
school dutrlrt, wai totd In court Frktoy he mat
return to school and obey the hair nte
The hearing was held in the court ofJtawe of
the Peace N 0 iPookie) Mormon to Baytown
Mrs James Roae of 214 Sterling,
the youth who will turn 17 in abowt a
would not then be subject to Use troasry tow..
told The Sun the youngster would have Ite tear
af
to te
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wig to W ishing ton and a Bay-
in the worts
Robert E Lee Future
Karmen of America members
excited because their total
hark tola tow* Friday after 11
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that
and F Lee Thomison of 208
ahaeace af J9 yean.
a
date off the
monies from sales al the
John A., a Robert E. Lee senior,!
will receive a scholarship to the
University of Houston
College sponsored scholar-
ships are offered wtth the stipu-
lation that recipients must use
them at the sponsoring inaUtu-
He Hied Uqm (lab oysten,
of
teMtog,” a
m toff repo
Baytown Youth Fair reached
what may be a record for the
Mtoterae« IBs Baytosva a
to
a
club *- $11,078
Wante Smith looking pretty,
as usual ,. Tommy Standard
at Gorvalr
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raise on top c*
He was saddened nni\ h\
cut and would be In school
tit.
tee aw
The
boy
mhe
at
tmwidijj
II, when he was sent home loteve Ite Itercte to
^^^Hto the pspa to
saapttelaw TVs test off the
Convention in
l L FUIler is happy with her
lions
This was after a
The amounts range from $250
Taylar. They charted ear me-
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meeting at which the
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to $1,500 per year and avenge
asripai latere more this mom
new car.
trustees to change the hair rode
$750 pelr year
The amount of each
scholarship la not announced
Judy Fisher talks basketball
Baba Smith makes a request
, Sandy Stmpaon gets a reply
from President Cuter ,,. Dr.
was denied and the
Education and
The request«
the US Health.
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code la to violation of Title IX.
HEW officials said they would
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LEE THOMISON
award for which the student ana
considered.
Kevin, who plans (o study pre-
medicine. is a member of Ute
National Honor Society, Spintih
Club. Science Cub and a alto
a one player in the area
He also has band awards
He will be a magna cum laude
graduate
^ KEVIN JOHNSON I
L«. who plans to itudy
ifin*ertng, la a member of the
Society, French
National Honor Society and
American Field Service *
He waia Baytown delegate to
the International Order of
Oddfellowi United Natiom ,
Pilgrimage for Youth
because it la partially based on
ef thrweti
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the financial need of (he student,
which la considered confidential
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 171, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 1, 1977, newspaper, May 1, 1977; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1144860/m1/1/: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.