The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 266, Ed. 1 Friday, August 8, 1986 Page: 4 of 16
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THE BAYTOWN SUN
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Friday, Annual 8, 1986
Jack Anderson
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Doubts delay project
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By the time the State Depart legislation to force a White
House reversal, which could
The six- ' pose the * Proposed Chancery
year, multimilllon-dollar effort Plan.” The anguished memo ment finally fired the contrac-
to build a new American Em- read in part: tor, in January 1985, there was compound the embarrassment.
‘‘An 18- to 20-story tower . . . only a three- to four-story shell ttmb-c- Hmi,
(is) inappropriate to a low pro- ot a building. A department ot- ™ANG1NJU "hU'E
tile U.S government official ficial explained that it bad taken ned were FWdlnandend Imelda
CSJUSa' f£3 —.Z IdSKJS
Like U S. policy, the embassy He mff'Z £ ‘ ^ EHSn^StS
project began with the best of in- especially sensitive not to ap- Even while the search for a J thp Manila 'em8
, , . tentions.lt was originally to be a pear to be‘pulling the strings’on new contractor was going on, the e L . . . ,UH„.
Americans should welcome a national crusade by gleaming 20-story tower - a puppet government in Egypt.” old argument over height was °assy in la e uinema
private and .government interests against drug abuse, modelt by the standards of The 20-story tower “would be a revived. A few high-rise , arco/L T m the highest
which will give the problem top national priority. Chicago’s or Manhattan’s visible symbol of an overwhelm- , buildings had been erected in ^ansiuon c dto“h
Deserving or not, the Keagri to bee. w«S ^-Uj
criticized for expending money and manpower to help at i0W) drab sHyline of Cairo. subject of public comment and make a taller embassy less con- pines goals an pr
least two other nations battle the drug scourge. There wag no doubt of the need ridicule... and at worst a poten- spicuous. And the number of em- repeated that the leaders 01 tne
Now President Reagan has launched a drive against for a new and larger em- tial lightning rod for demonstra- bassy employees had grown. (Reagan) f
drugs affecting both supply and demand. Efforts must* bassy. In the. afteripath of the tions or more serious pro- In the end, though, the depart- glve" . ,,r
be aimed at affecting the supply and reducing the de- Camp David accords - and the bicms.” mentdecidedtostick withthe16- WP? v
° billions in U.S. aid that were the The bureaucrats in story plan, with perhaps a
pric^ of the agreement — the Washington chewed their nails makeshift 17th floor added. A
U.S. mission in Cairo quickly for a while^ffd decided the em- Japanese/American consortium
nation’s anti-drug campaign to be another short-term, grew to more than 1,000 people, bassy man was right: . The got the contract, and work is pro-
government offensive but rather a full-scale national one of the biggest American out- building should be lower. They eeeding apace. But the price tag
push enlisting aid from the federal government and posts in ...the world. Embassy decided that 16 stories would be is now,$40 million.
‘•TJn/ita into ..... ........-.....' . , ; , , employees scattered in smaller . compatible with the desired low
pnvaxeimerescs. , n buildings all over Cairo wouid bo -prbfile. and bids were inVited: UNDER THE DOME: Gdngres-
The thrust Of such a, program IS bound to have an et- brought together in a single, effi- An Egyptian contractor was siona.l Democrats are quietly
feet on the international drug traffic since it Will concen- cient Office building. chdsen in 1982. The embassy gloating over President
trate on supply as well as demand. But second thoughts soon would cost about $27 million, and Reagan’s decision to scrap the
One Of the purposes Of the U.S. government when it came into Foggy Bottom on little be finished by January 1986. unratified SALT II treaty: It’s
atjrppd tn hpln Rnlivia dpstrov drue Drocessinfi installa- cat feet’ following attacks on It soon became obvious that not that they .agree with his
agreed to help BOl via destroy.processing lnsicii d Amerjcan embassies in Xehran the contractor wasn’t up to the view; they believe it’s a serious
tions In that country was to help curtail foreign Ship Islamabad and Tripoli,-and the tusk. State Department and mistake. But they’re convinced
ments. . . assassination of Egyptian Presi- General Accounting Office that it was a serious political
When announcing the national war on drugs, Presi- dent Anwar Sadat in 1981. documents obtained by our gaffe that could cost the
‘ ~ dent Reagan listed six goals and said he would soon pro- The doubters wondered if an associate Lucette Lagnado listed Republicans dearly at the polls
virlp Hptnilc nftpr* ^ full administration debate over imposing high-rise embassy the ‘‘classic signs” of trouble: this fall. The public supports
vide details alter a lull admjIJIStrAUfflJ ' would 1) present too tempting a subcontractors and workers adherence to SALT II provi-
specilic programs. target for terrorists, and 2) of- complaining of not being paid, a sions, as do most members of
The president offered to take drug tests, along With jend sensitive Egyptians. A halt to the contractor's contribu- Congress — including
members Of his Cabinet if it would help set an example, senior diplomat in the Cairo em- tions to Egyptian social security, Republicans. Hoping to add salt
He made blear the program goal is not to jail users but bassv wrote a memo to and a noticeable slowdowhTn ac- : to Reagan’s setf-inflicted wound,
to help free them from drugs Washington titled: "Why I Op- tual construction. the Democrats plan to introduce day's story
WASHINGTON
Welcome war
on drug abuse
bassy in Cairo is a near-perfect
symbol of the United States’ on-
again, off-again Middle East
policy: hagridden by doubts,
beset by fear of offending,
hopelessly hesitant.
Far
CONGRATULATIONS TO Steve
Dabkowski, Philip Hirschkop *
-and Michael Sullivan for a job
well done. Who are they? What
did they do? Dabkowski is an
outspoken critic of political ex-
tremisi Lyndon LaRouche Jrr, '
whose supporters claimed
Dabkowski had defamed them —
$2 million worth. Kirschkop and
Sullivan are Washington
lawyers who took Dabkowski’s
case — Sullivanjdid itjiro bono —
and won. Loudon County (Va.)
Circuit Court Judge Carlton
Penn threw the suit out of court
on grounds that Dabkowski had
not libeled the plaintiff. All Of ...
which shows that the best way to
handle the LaRouches of this
world is to stand up to them.
mapd, he said.
Also, the president stressed, he does not intend for the
George
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Joseph Sprat assisted United Feature Syn-
dicate columnist Jack-Anderson in writing to-
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From The Baytown Sun files,
this'is the way it Was:
55 YEARS AGO
Market Street Road to
Houston is opened to traffic to-
day. Repairs made in the
highway during the past week
" now provide an unbroken ribbon
of concrete from the intersection
of Crosby-Lynchburg Road to
Houston.
Joe Noland and Lee Sloan, of
the Trinity Bay Co are develop-
ing property on Tri-City Beach A A Draeger announces
Road. I he lots have clear titles, Baytown Methodist Church will nouoces his coaching lineup
they say. pointing out that only publish, a brochure to acquaint which includes Pete Sultis as
tbree transfers of deeds have members with plans for a new-
been made since the Mexican church building,
land .grants- The property is
near the old Sam Houston home-
stead on Houston Point which
was destroyed by fire.
Mr. and Mrs. H.W. Kilpatrick
of the Smart Shoppe are on a
buying trip in Dallas.
50 YEARS AGO
Mark Carter speaks in favor of
,a charter amendment to make
• -■ the post of city marshal elective
in Goose Creek. - .....
RoXie and Emma Kern host a Guy Brookshire, co-owner of
dinner at their home, 115 Elm, the Eat-a-Bite Cafe in Pelly, has
for the KXYZ Blue Ridge - a big collection of war souvenirs,. Mrs. Joe Huggins Jr. leads the
Playboys, who played for a to,remind him of 33 months he children’s story hour at Sterling
dance later at Pelly City Halh spent in the Pacific as a Marine. Municipal Library. Story hour is
sponsored by the Baytown Ser-
Glenn McCarthy’s wildcat oil be built across Cedar Bayou at
well In Chambers County eight the end’ of East James for
miles from Goose Creek is pro- $260,000, provided it does not ex-
cluding at the rate of 16 barrels ceed 30 feet ,in height, reports
an hour through a'/H-inch choke. Mayor R.H. Pruett. He was
named by the Chamber of Com-
Baytown Oilers receive a merce Highway Committee to
$3,500 check as the winner of the study the bridge proposal.
Houston Post Tournament Title.
Individual prizes of $100 go to
Heinie Schpble for the best
fielding and Red Biggers for best
pitching
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40 YEARS AGO
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Cedar Bayou Junibr High
Band presents a concert at
Roseland Park. Paula Stricklin
is drum major.
REL Coach Dan Stallworth an-
first assistant and line coach;
Henry Armstrong, defense and
assistant line, coach; John
Adams', backfield; Frank
James, chief scout; Beverly
Ro.ekhold. trainer; ‘Roland
Kudla, junior varsity line; Jay
Bolinger, junior varsity
backfield; Paul Bill Kern,
suicide squad backfield; Don
Goose Creek after serving as a xreuhardt, suicide squad line,
pilot in the war. —®
Willie Moreno is a guest at a ........A ' 20 YEARS AGO '
About 4,000,, people tour the
new Sterling High School during rl -A*.
a two-day open house, 1 TPS
In view of mounting juvenile
delinquency, School Superinten-
dent George Gentry and the
school board step up the counsel-
ing programs -in senior and
junior high schools.
Emmett Hutto returns to
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and Mrs.
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Baytown.
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members.
30 YEARS AGO
A suspension type bridge can viee League.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia — One of the r- Saskatchewan offers an ebullient young
stars of Expo 86 is Roger Kuptana, a resident of a woman on stage who interacts with a*fjlm on 4
remote island community in the Northwest Ter- screen directly behind her, as well as visits to a
ritories called Sachs Harbor. It’s almost 1,700 simulated potash mill and a mock-up of a grain
elevator._______
In contrast, the pavilions of the world’s threg
superpowers are disappointing and many other na-
Berry's
World
Today a
• miles north of here in the Arctic Ocean.
. — Kuptana isn’t actually at the world’s fair, but a
In hlCtarV striking still photograph.in the Northwest Ter-
II I. l llOvv^ijr ritories
snow-coveYe'd tundra far north of the Arctic Circle. More than 50 nations —. from major countries to
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS .-His contribution is a quotation beneath the photo 15 island principalities in the Caribbean and South
Today is.Friday, Aug. 8, the that makes city dwellers pause in reflection: “You PaHlic ,;rare.JBxpo,l< partldt>ariu,
220th day of 1986. There are 14§ think we are lonely when we are out on the land. I offer dreary industrial exhibits or routine promo-
days left in the year. ’telfyou, it’s the people in the cities who are lone- tions for tourist trade.
Today’s highlight in history:
On Aug. 8, 1974, President
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Expo is a world-class exposition in a cosmo- Canada apparently tried harder than most cor-
Richard M. Nixon announced in politan city. It boasts, for example, of participation porate exhibitors and the results are dazzling:
a nationally broadcast address by the United States, the Soviet Union and the Peo- One of the airlines’ first planes, a Lockheed L:
that he would resign his office at pie’s Republic of China — an accomplishment un- 10A, is in the exhibit hall. At the beginning of a
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noon the following day. Nixon’s matched by any of the 23
decision to resign followed fur- held in North America.
ther erosion of his support in the But Expo 86 is western Canada’s world’s fair, start a^it appears to prepare for a takeoff. ’
—■ wake of new revelations con- presenting a special Opportunity for the people of The showcase of Canadian folklife offers not only
, nected to the Watergate scandal, the sparsely populated western provinces and captivating performances by spirited young artists
On this date: territories to tell their story to the world but also grilled salmon and buffalo burgers far
In 1588, English sea forces especially to the smug big-city visitors from Mon- superior to the food at the McDonald’s and Orange
under Sir Francis Drake treal, Toronto and other urban areas in eastern Julius emporiums.
destroyed the Spanish Armada Canada. The cuisine at the, restaurants in the Swiss,
in a battle off France. _ ■ Those provinces and territories have made an Czech and several other national pavilions is also
In 1815, ,Napoleon Bonaparte extraordinary effort to proviefe compelling presen- superb — but that’s one of the few instances in
Managing Editor set sailJor St: Helena to spend tations at their pavilions'. Some outstanding ex- which Canada’s effort has been matched
News Editor the remainder, of hiS d4ys in ex- . amples: - * What Expo 86 does best shatter the distorted
—The Northwest Territories offers not only stereotype of western Canada — the popular albeit
In 1844, Brigham Young was striking still photographs of Inuit and Indian inaccurate image of what one magazine here
chosen to head the Mormon natives but also a breathtaking film and displays recently described as “semi-mythical Canada^
Church following the, death of that effectively use everything from photomurals that cold, Wildland of moose and bounties.”
to animal pelts.
In 1945, President Harry S. — The host province of British Columbia outdoes
Truman signed the United Na- itself with three separate pavilions that offer
__ i_______2_________animated shipping crates, a spectacular three-
_ , i^PTOi,^«ciu.i^^T^>^0ny^di^d*c™di«d«i.or In 1973, Vice President Spiro screen movie-and a filmed tour of the province
■x,. otheo^' credited irithis paom msuxoineMot womontou.nr^n pybi«h«i he.e.n r,<jms ■>» -»ubi.ca»ion x. Aghew branded as “damned hosted by a 12-year^)ld girl.
oTcii oth. mon- ^"^i^hTwx lies” reports he had taken - Alberta, home of what is arguably the world’s
u kickbacks from government best rodeo, the Calgary Stampede, dazzles its
contracts in Maryland. He vow- visitors with a filmed chuck-wagon race displayed
ed not to resign..
ing the past 50 years, the plane’s engines seem to
“My insurance premiums have gone OUTTA
SIGHT!” _
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Editor and Publisher
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Editor and Publisher, 19501974
Leon Brown.....
Fred Hornberger
Fred Hartman .
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Advertising Director
Bill Cornwell.
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 266, Ed. 1 Friday, August 8, 1986, newspaper, August 8, 1986; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1152751/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.