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^ . When ,Bayt0*n voters
Sun Election were asked the $?i-mil|ion
question again.JCuesday,
■they catrte up with the same ' A total of 4,967 voters par-School and Box 165/at
answer — "no" to. a bond licipated in , the election, Travis School,
issue for the U,S Corps Of representing 22 2;percent of Mayor Emmett Hutto,
Engineers evacuation pro- the qualified number of who was at city-hall'when
ject: ................frr. 22.424:—......- - jhe election
' The issue was defeated , , • . .Tuesday night, expressed
, by 675 ballots compared ,n . J.u ^ e ec,lon: ^hlch disappointment in the
4 the ellgible voters wlrtr the ut6 voies ihar^^o 6 a^port issue.
bothered to cast a ballot made lhe difference in the drew S-fM voters
Tuesday In the unsuccessful duly 24 elec- The same three. voting
Brownwood bond election (|0n There Were 2,827 precincts tfiat approved the
- anq. even that Is good in voters (56.7 percenti issue Tuesday were those
Baytown, compared to against the proposition that favored it in the first
elections here during the Tuesday while 2,142 (43.3 election - Box 13 at Burnet
recent past — after-toe- percentiwerefbr.it. * School. Box 28 at Pumphrey
election Interest may
“SJ'^Tp T«For Of Brownwood
The Sun's 3000 N. Main
temporary location,
telephones began to ring
And they didn't quit for
hours.
"1 have covered many
~mr election/* ■ said-
veteran Sun staffer, "but
never have I seen
anything like this ”
At times, the four
reporters manning the
phones were answering
two^alls at a time .It was
that hectic, especially in
the first 90 minutes or so
Best estimates were
that The Sun received
close to 1,000 calls, which
Isn’t bad when you con-
sider that jiist under 5.000
people took time to vote
The issue was defeated
by 675 votes.
Upgrading Area Is Next Question
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lion, primarily’ because of that has to be "done on a
the lacR of attention it has regular basis.” v
Hutto said he doubted
Referring to deflated seriously that city .council
market .vsiues in thesub-
division, Hutjtoalso pointfidito keep barges from
out that expenditures jn operating in Brownwood...
In the months andt~BrewnWood "wiirexceed the :-or any other commercial
venture for that matter.” ____!
He noted the city has no
"And add1 to all this The zoning ajid that deed"
cost to the taxpayers for the restrictions no longer are in
frequent move-outs caused effect in Brownwood -
by high tides and the "I just wish we could
cleanup work and patching devote all our energy and
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JSenr lMO ~
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received in the past.’
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While only 22 percent of
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years ahead,” he said, "cl- amount o! revenue the city
ty council will have Jorfeceives in taxes
weigh the’ basic services
necessary for the operation
of the city. ' Obviously,
Brownwood will require
considerably more atten-
ANDTHE "POT" WENTTUMBLING DOWN
Harris County prisoners and deputies load marijuana into 200-ton ladle
(Sun staff photo by Chuck Yarborough)
50 Tons And What Do Yon
‘Grass’ Fire At USS.
had four terrific rains this
past ye%T hut flooding in
- other areas can be handled
w*i t h . d r a i na ge im-
provements."
V In Goose Creek Stream,
for example, the county has .
— a-$?miHion contract under
way to improve the water-
^rlffersliMTJr^
Hutto added, "I just wonder
if the people would have.
he had raised by lhe okayed that if-they had
evacuation issue. "The city neen given an Opportunity
wavnht (air about the cost tnvnipnntt "
estimates to upgrade "'
Brownwood '1 think City
Manager Fritz Lanham in-
flated that cost- to ent
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Steve Hebert Says He May
By CHUCK YARBOROUGH quest of the federal Drug forcemeat agencies in the
By Wednesdav.afternoon. Enforcement Admimstra Dec 19 seizure of the* Mr
, some’ 50 ions of marijuana tion, said Dane Harris. USS Jake " -, -1 %
U S Steel's Texas Works
A DEA iigent. who asked j the stuff were confiscated
that hts name hot be used, j in the raid, which climated
satd the’drug was part of a: a six month investigation,
haul collected by DEA. That figure made it the
agents and 12 othenjaw en-lsePond-iafgestj "bust'-' in
i5piiiii£»liw.iiii'iii,ilii—''Texas history.' the DEA
Sfimfsaid -1
In - the end 34 people
wound bp behind bars, in-
cluding one Houston man
the DEA agPht said the
destination of the- marl
juana “Was unknown H€
_i,h.ere
A 200l(m capacity fur
• pace at the plant was used
• to hum live w eed at the in-
terpreted the vote to be a
no confidence’ vote for the
city administration If the
city is not able to solve the
^problem in some way that
is acceptable, then I think
that indicates there should
be some changes in the ad-
ministration. • ‘
"At this' point, unless a
formidable candidate
•Now Jb.at>e have saitUcorries forward, I will pro-
i,’ we must also, lendoabfy announce for the
election 6f mayor next
year," \ r-
In. the past few weeks,
Hebert said he had learned
Stevd Hebert. Baytown -ing but in this case, we have
attorney .and former solved no problem We.have
.municipal judgewho leri op- accomplished nothing more
position to Tuesday’s bond than -to say ’no’ a second
issue, told The Sun he is time ",
considering running, for
mayor when Emmett O
Hutto’* term expires in the
spring'qf 1981 ; - .
In his opitfion. the defeat
ot the bond issue represents
a negative reaction in lhe
city administration.-and he^
feels the city, needs "new
direeHon."
But he' also said he could
not enjoy the opposition's
victory at the-polls because
he knew no problem had
been sol ved ,
"There is always a cer-
tain satisfaction in prevail- •"Some, people haVe-.-tn2
;:w~
_ But on a philosophical
note, the mayor .added,
VTomorrow we’ll keep go-
ing on, coping with pro-
blems like we always have
with dogs running loose,
‘busted" garbage, bags’and
broken sewer lines, Life
goeson.” „ ":
-In regard to needed
capital improvements in
Brownwood, he expects
theSd Wltl be included in a
bond issue this year.
Councilman Fred Philips
explained the reason‘ for
holding the evacuation elec- v
tion early irt the year was to
gel direction from the
voters on what to do with
Brownwood. "We wanted to
know whether Brownwood.
should* be included in a
future capital - im-‘
provements^ program We „
are rupning "out of bond
money ip. the,1975 bond pro-
grain." .
| SPOTS,
"I think for th'e opposition
to stand back and enjoy a
victery.would be a disgrace
to Bpytown and would be in-
dicative of an irresponsible
attitude. '
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coujage people, to vote for
iheissue."
Hebert also criticized
plans for. the West Sewer
District Which did hot .in-
clude the sewer-system in
Brownwood.
"1 think Lanham just
took voters for granted and
thought they Would follow
his recommendations
without question.”
. Hebert denied a charge
he, had circulated half-
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would not'disclose how of-)
ficiaisiearned of the boat’s
^fesencp orof its cargo, __
, DEA officials said the
decision to burh the mari-
juana in a steei 'plant was
made" because of the
capacity of furnaces and its
extensive exhaust system
When the pot went up in
j smoke, there was no odor ol
marijuana One official,
however, said (he wind
direction could determine
the mood of Baytown for
days to come
The burning of the . pot
won't lead to any sweeping
changes ‘in. the steel in-
dustry. at least according
to Victor Glass,. general
superintendent of the plant
.’'We didn:f produee any
marijuana alloy steel,"
Glass quipped. " •; ~
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In Hospital
Candidates’ Forum
0 Sl^'STAFFER Linda For- CITIZENS UNITED for
tune ts.in.Roqm 21 IBaJ Gulf. Education fCUE> will.pr.e-,
x ' Coast Hospital 'af ter senJ-^e-tTrdida t e^for
surgery Tuesday She can Baytown school., boarci of
have -visitors and is. ex trustees .in a-puhlic forum
—^ pected -tor-^remaih -m-the at 7 30 ym Thursday-at
hospital until Thursday oriFirst Christian Church. 2j)l
, Forrest “ '
whatever support we can to
solve the problem. „Per-
sonalh^rvvas ribt against
the buy out in^Browjiw'ood
but was against the bohd
issue and the way it.was
presented I still hold to
Our
World
Today
a lot and that he plans to
continue studying city
ISsues:
• He said hfe never received
«Mhe answers to questions
that
F riday
Free BP Check
B A YTOWN SK N IOR
Citizens Cl.ub. wii! have its
regular -luncheon meeting
at 2 p nrtrhursdaY at’fhe
Community- Building A
representative of the
Visiting Nurses Association
will be at the meeting to
give free blood pressure
checks, .. -X
Time Change
CITY. COUNCIL’S regular
1 meeting will'start at. 5 p m -1
" Thursday instead- of (i 30
•- pm because of -the
Houston-Galveston Area
> - - Council meeting .-Conh'
■ cilwoman Mfry Kjjzabefh
___.Wilbanks will be mstalWi
,—-aa-. secretary-ffeasurei: of;
the H-.GAC Thursday night -
Appointments
DueDiscussion
By Council
Man Suspected Of Be
Baseball Bandit ’ Caught
From AP Wires 11
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- There, has been
“some movement”
toward release of the
American hostages
now in their 67th day
of captivity; but
freedom is, still
weeks away, a top
Iranian official said’
today.
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Woodhollow Apartments.
The woman and her six-
year-old daughter wqre.
asleep whpn the child
awoke screaming, police
weretolej,.
TRF woman sSid she saw
Gibson lying on the floor
beside her bed, so she grab-
bed her daughter and a ,25:
caliber pistol she kept hidi
den under, her pillow aftd fl-
ed to the living room
A number of appoint-
ments, including those of
•the municipal court jduge
and alternate.judge, will be
discussed in a closed ses-
sion by Baytown City Court-
ed Thursday night.
The two-year terms of
Judge Raymond Donnelly
and his .alternate, Roy „ - , . .. ...
Fuller, are expiring this hospital to ftermano
month . Hospital rn Houston
Council also will cohsjder Wednesday mprning **for
appointments to the Com- ,r®atment 9f aCl6381 three
m,unity Development 25-caliber gunshot wounds
Board, Audit. Committee t0 cliest ®nd arm’
and Clean City Commis-
sion. . *. :
Another item docketed
for the closed session is
land-acquisition for right-
of-way for theEa^t District
sqnitary sewer trunkline. ’
Marshall Williams said.
Police believe Gibson is
the man who has broken in-
to many Baytown homes
during the pas} several
years, wearing nothing but
a baseball’cap and socks,
thereby earning The
nickname "The Baseball
Bandit" from police.
But Gibson “struck out”
about 5:25 a m. Wednesday
when he allegedly entered a
25-year,-old Baytown Gibsfln.followed her. she
woman's apartihent at said, and-she tried to pro-
tect herself *and her
daughter in a corner behind
a chair. When Gibson grab-
bed her arm, she said she
fired the gun at him.six
times^striking him at least
three timcsiirthcehezrt andCPearee Street Journal----r=--
R.L. "Bob" Smith, who recently reappointed to the arm, police were told. ■'
has served as Pet. 3 Justice judicial planning commit*g (See MAN, Page4-D) -Ajur A8W r Fiends • —
of the Peace, Position T, teeby the Supreme Court. • . ~ fCN) — We
sinceJuly 1973,.has filed for ~ sinith hasalso served on' were a breakfast guest
election as 165th District var*j0US commmittees of ^ (before the Pittsburgh
the -Hmistftn-Bar-Assoeitr- game! of-Mayor J4m Me- *'•-
tion as well as serving in S H Conn, and we learned what
various community ac- V S makes the mayor’s office
tick.
fM The most powerful per
f' sons weeantacted were Ms.
Cherry Davis, his honor’s
, secretary, and policeman
'4 Terry Stockton, an old Spr-
ing Branch boy and career
officer now to charge of
parking around some of the
JEANSHEPHERD
Jean Shepherd, president
'oi Brownwood Civic
Association, said, "We did f ;
the best we could to put the . /
factf before the voters. The
issue was voted down the
second time, -and we will . ,
have toitiive with the conse-
quences and so will they,, . ;
“Uthink the city is welj • f
aware it is ftofler ~aif en-
forcement order (on sewer-
standards! and some action T 4
wjll have to be taken im- -
mediately on sewer iines
and other unlivable condi-.
tions in Brownwood. ^
"We’ve tried to put up
(See PROJECT, Page 4-D)
An early Wednesday
Shooting case led Baytown
police’on a search that end-
ed in'the yapture of a man
police believe is Baytown’s
"Baseball-Bandit.’’ ,' T
Lloyd Lester Gibson 111:
34. of 5403 Vae was transfer-
red from Gulf Coast
La LecheMeet
BAYTOWN LA LECHK
League will. meqL.at_9 45
: a=m=-Thursday>t-8Ti. Sui^
nybrook in Allenbrook sub
divisioftr^For details, con-
ta’ct League leader Sue
Kearnsat 458-3544-
Rites Pending
FUNERAL SERVICES for
Lqhi Litton, T7j of 521 ft.
Gaillard are pending at
Paul L .-Lee Funqral Home
Mrs • Litt«h4ied-Tuoii4ay!to..
aBaytown hospital -
In Hospital ‘
HENRIETTA* JOKDEN of
4605-NT-.Seventh%-inJtoom..
ssmr
Houston. She can have
visitors: ,
AROUND
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IV." Jhrside .
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Bahrain- - Saudi
Arabia today ex-
ecuted*; .63 of ^he
religious fanatics
who seizedThe Gran#
M osgu4l|L c a in
Noyemb'er, the Gulf
news agency
reported. The execu-
-si-tiens were annouilC" .
-art hu f hn -J.irii in The regular meeting will
etrTiy the Saudi in 5tart at 5 p ^. ancj wTlTbe
tenor ministry, The
•agencysaid in a
Tlrspatch from the
Saudi; capital of*
Riyadh. - ~ -
The Sun
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Dimension
Editorial ..
1 Markets!..
Obituaries.:...... 3A
School Lunches
Sports.!
Television Log
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/' PAR LEN E-MART IN
learns the“!hard w:ay about
,4. the hazards of not -putting
her car into "park”
Lewlg. Elder tgis a neW
• .moifstache ' —
- Although "Spott" ik from-
Lufkin. Suzanne Adams is
• ‘interested anyway
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District Judgeship
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...—^- -addf oaaod to -theManias of
Baytown, " came from
' students; at -the Texas
• ” School for the Deaf in
— Austin ■ These youngsters
expressed appreciation for
the 5503 raised by'Bayto!
nlans plus 12 cases of candy
and gum for their Yuiepar
ty- . t-
Sadonia LaPoint and
Johnny Kudelka send
f special thanks to Clarence
.Williams and the Baytown
Fire Depart melt for
Weather
And Tides
followed % the closed
meeting. Council will
recqnvene ip open session
to take action on any maL
ters that were discussed in
the closed meeting.
Agenda items for the
regujar meeting include:
- Receive petitions.
’ — City manners report.
; - HeiiV-Bloch will ap-
pear.
Consider ordinance
ameridingThe aircraft and
airport code to allow
helicopters to land at loca-
tions other than established
airfields.
' Award- contrap’t for
demolition of certain struc-
tures.
' (See CITY, Page 4-D)
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KiwaDiBMeel-;
jCLdurl. judge. ih-.the
Democratic primary!
A 1951. graduate of the
University, of Houston law
school, Smith served 64
years as ■ an assistant
district attorney and spent
10 years as a city attorney.
He also spent 15 years in
private law practice. ■
Smith was elected twice
as JP, and is first vice presi-
dent* of the Justice of the
Peace and Constables
Association of Texas.
He,is a’isovon the six-
member beard of directors
PARTLY CLOUDY and
warmer through Thurs- <
day is the Baytown area
weather forecast. Low ex-
pected Wednesday night,
upper 40s; high Thursday,
mid-60s.
BUDDY CURRIE will pre;.
sent a pfogram on gold and
stiver' markets at the
Kiwanis Club of- Baytown
luncheon at noon Thursday
at Holiday inn, ' -“■?
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+ CHICAGO -
Trading on the.na-
tion’s grain futures
markets is resuming
today following
President Carter's**
decision ^tp raise
grain support prices
in an effort to help
farmers" hurt when
the government Cut
exports to the-Soviet
Union.
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He is a past,chairman of TjPM
the board of tt^e North TV.
Shore YMCA, a past presir
dent of the North Shore !
Kiwanis Club and is a direc- %
tor of the North Channel
Area Chamber of Com- i
Bierce. ,—-—A
He and his wife Barbara
live in Woodforest and are,
members of South Main
Baptist Church. They have,;!
of the Justice of the Peaceltwo children and...stive *. ,
Tratoing Renter and was grandchildren!
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Calling All Clubs
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A ' NEW' localised slide THURSDAY TIDES for
presentation on Tile way waters fronting the City of
nting Baytown; Highs at
v a.m. and +2:01 p.m.;
lows at +7:28 a.m. and +
6:44 p.m.
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a house, owned by them, the Clean Pity System-is
William^ a neighbor! rush- now available.* Any' groQp
ed to-the fire wjth a garden interestd in seeing the pro-
hose to try putting "out the gram may call Donald
blaze before the fire depart- Smith of the Baytown Clean
ment arrived four minutes .City Commission at 427-
7002. " ' ,
Thanks a million to
Cherry and Terry, toe best
new friends we’ve made to
a long-time.
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SUNRISE THURSDAY at
7:18 a,m.; sunset at 5:40
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