The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 056, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 4, 1984 Page: 1 of 59
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Navy shows what kind of country this
Lt. Robert O. Goodman Jr., pro- is.”
claiming “God Bless America,”
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after a month in Syrian captivity,
then headed for a White House
reception with the Democratic
presidential hopeful who
negotiated his release.
“I would just like to say I ap-
preciate all the support I re-
ceived,” Goodman said after he
and Jesse Jackson stepped out of
a military transport jet provided
. by President Reagan.
Jackson and Goodman were to
meet with Reagan at the White
House later Wednesday.
As Jackson and Goodman left
the blue and white plane at 5:35
a m Baytown time, they raised
their clasped hands amid cheers
from more than 200 well-wishers
and the rousing sounds of a local
high school band which had come
to nearby Andrews Air Force
Base. »"
Goodman, dressed in his crisp
Navy uniform, received hugs
from his Wife and family. In brief
conhnients on the airport tarmac,
Goodman said he had “received Goodman went immediately to set aside time to meet with BAYTOWN YOUNGSTERS returned to school Tues- and Mrs. Ernest Gray of 3120 Decker Drive.
60,000 pieces of mail and to me nearby Bethesda Naval Hospital Jackson and Goodman in the Oval day after the long holiday break. Getting aboard No.
that’s awesome, and to me that for a brief check-up. was to re- Office after their arrival. 91 is Lajewelle Gray, the 9-year-old daughter of Mr
enter the facility for several days
of tests after his visit with "
Reagan.
The bombadier-navigator was *
freed by the Syrians Tuesday, a
month after his Navy attack jet ■
was shot down over Syrian- |
controlled central Lebanon. The r
plane’s pilot, Mark Lange, was I
killed in the Dec. 4 raid, which I
was in retaliation for Syrian anti- |
aircraft attacks on U.S. recon-
naissance flights. '
Dressed in a crisp blue Navy
uniform, Goodman smiled and
waved to reporters from the tar-
mac as he strided about 100 feet to
the sparkling blue and white
VC137, which was dispatched
from Andrews Air Force Base to
carry him and Jackson on the
final leg of their return flight.
Speaking to reporters while en
route to Frankfurt, Goodman said
captors had shouted and
waved guns at'him during his im-
The civil rights leader praised prisonment in Syria.
Reagan for not interferring with Reagan, who a week ago re-
his efforts, and said: ’This mis- fused to accept telephone calls
sion was a political risk, not a from Jackson and warned that
moral-risk. R-wftsthe right thing Jackson’s' Mission could harm
todo Goodman’s chances for release,
“1 thought daily about the PDW
experience that 1 had been
trained to withstand, and the type
of POW experience the guys had
to experience in Vietnam,” said
Goodman, 27, a bombardier-
navigator from Virginia Beach,
Va„ whose attack jet was shot
down by the Syrians on Dec. 4.
“I would like to take from that
experience and say one quote
which one man said when he
came back from Vietnam — and
that was ‘God Bless America. ’”
Jackson, in his remarks,
praised Syrian President Hafez
Assad for “helping to break the
cycle of pain.” He also com-
plimented State Department of-
ficials and Sen. Charles Percy, R-
111., for assisting in the efforts to
negotiate Goodman’s release.
Percy is chairman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee.
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VACATIONS OVER
(Sun staff photo by Carrie P.jyor)
Israel Hits Guerrilla Bases
73 Die In Devastating Air Strike In Lebanon
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Israeli jets
Construction Here
Skyrockets In ’83
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The Israeli military command in Tel Aviv civlians in their figures while the state radio
blasted pro-Iranian guerrilla strongholds in said, as it had after previous raids,I that the included both civilians and militiamen. ’
east Lebanon’s Bekaa UaHey Wednesday, and targets served as guerrilla training camps The Syrian communique charged that trie
a prominent Moslem militia leader said at and launching sites for anti-Israeli attacks, raiding jets dropped delayed action time
least 73 people were killed in a devastating dir The command said the planes’ pilots reported bombs to inflict heavy casualties in the target
direct hits on the targets, about 31 miles east, areas east and south of Baalebek, about); 7.5
" of Beirut, but its communique did not mention miles from the Syrian border.
■ casualties.
„ By LISA OCKER
Despite an economic reces-
sion that finally hit Baytown
hard, construction here
skyrocketed in 1983.
Construction costs for the
year totaled more than $43
million, up more than 31 per-
cent over 1982's figures, city
building permits indicate.
The most striking increase in
development was in single-
family housing. More than $13
million worth, of homes were
built last year with construc-
contributing to .total construc-
tion cost was $1.4 million
church permits issued in 1983.
There were no churches built
in 1982.
Despite the year’s building,
boom,, construction- costs for
development permitted in
December totaling a.lmost
$853,000 wefe down more than
56 percept from {he same time
in 1982. Construction costs
dropped sharply almost 91 per-
qent . last month from
November's reqord-breaking
In 1983. 5,388 city-issued per-
Site work on large mits and licenses netted the ci-
developments, amounting to ty more than $205,000 in fees as
almost $2.2 million last year, compared with 1982’s 3,852 per-
more than doubled from the mits and licenses bringing in
previous year’s $983,000
Another significant increase (See CONSTRUCTION, Page 2-A)
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The state radio said a vocational training
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The state radio said several non-military had no independent means of verifying and a gas station were “obliterated” in the
building^ were hit and about 300 people casualty figures in such raids. town of Taibe. * *
wounded. It said Syrian forces surrounded the Berri spoke at his, Beirut command post The-pri vateiyowned Voice of Lebanon radio
targets around the ancient' city of Baalbek shortly after Lebanon’s state radio repprted station said Syrian helicopters flew dozens of
while civil defense squads searched the rubble 50 people were killed and 300 wounded in the casualties to- Syria for treatment because
of destroyed buildings for victims. air raid. . '* hospitals and clinics in Baalbek were “full to
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ful force among Lebanon’s 1 million Shiite mand in Damascus said thd'attack, Israel's"..........Beirut radio stations said,as many as 16
Moslems, said' the death toll was likely to second air strike in two days, left 17 civilians Israeli jets struck at positions identified' as
climb past 73 as search operations continued killed and . 106 wounded , in the Syrian- belonging to Shiite Moslem extremists and
in the Syrian-controlled valley. He appealed controlled valley. Ifanian Revolutionary Gflqfd
for blood donations to help those wounded in a There was no immediate explanation for the On Tuesday, Israeli warplanes1 bombed and
“monstrous massacre” and vowed to escalate differing casualty tolls put out by the Syrians strafed positions of Syrian-backed Palestinian
guerrilla warfare against Israel in occupied and the'Lebanese. Police sources in Beirut guerrillas in Lebanon’s- central mountains
said the Syrians might have referred only to near Bhamdoun, aboutH Smiles east of Beirut.
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By BRUCE GUYNN
Why can’t he recall with equal ding communities will elect a former congressman and am- tion for the seat held by Fields,
shill, president, a U.’S. senator, thferi ’ bassador. Krueger lost to Tower Also seeking the Democratic
How many times he’s told congressmen and other key of- by less than 12,000 votes in the nomination is Mark Hill, an at-
them? ficials in federal arid state elec- 1978 senatorial race. torney and the majority partner
Other Democratic candidates in Hill Oil and Gas Co.
Democratic candidates for
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Mdnqtebtf Fritz Lanham ex-
icte to recommend a finance
rector/candiraate for City Coun- '
1 (approval m/its meeting next
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are U.S. Rep. Kent Hance of Lub-
President Ronald Reagan is ex-
pected to announce later this hock, State Sen, Lloyd Doggett of Wilson’s congressional
month whether he will seek the Austin, appliance salesman Lloyd peckensi^f /
David I. Young of Richardson and retired ' school1 superintendent,
Harley Schlanger of Houston. and Bill Duncan, a Lufkin car
GOP candidates are U.S. Rep. dealer.
Phil Gramm of College Station, The term' 6f state Senator Carl
U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Lake Parker, D-Port Arthur, also ex-
Jackson and Rob Mosbacher, a pires this year.
Houston businessman. ^ ~ .
The terms of U.S- Represen- which includes Liberty and
tatives Jack Fields, R-Humble, Chambers counties. Although he
Jack Brooks, D-Bgaumbnt, a^d has made no formal announce-
Charles*’Wilsonfu-Lufkin, will ment, Parker said he plans to
end in 1984.
Fields is congressman for
District 8, which includes state representatives Ed Em-
Baytown and much of nor- jmett, R-Kingwood, Anthony
theastern Harris County. Brooks Polumbo, D-Houston, Ed Watson,
i n„oh oninv Formal filing for the U.S. is congressman for District 9, D-Deer Park, and Mark Stiles, D-
o fu'j inP7 Sena^e seat to be vacated by which includes Chafnbers County. Beaumont. *
their Cabbage Paten Kias... Republican John Tower will start Wilson is representative for Emmett, Polumbo and Watson
Clayton, busy as ever, ta y Saturday and end Feb. 6. District 2, which includes Liberty represent districts 127, 128 and
delivers her church news eac Fjve Democrats have already County. 129, which include portions of
week announce^ plans to seek their Fields, Brooks and Wilson have Baytown. Stiles represents
David Bishop will perform in a party’s nomination for the Senate made no formal announcements District 21, including Liberty and
musical production at La Porte seat in the May 5 primary. Three concerning their candidacy. Chambers counties.
High School . .. Jeff Patterson candidates are vying for the GOP Don Buford, vice president of No opposition has surfaced
captures a snowman nomination. BPA Inc. and a former aid to ex- against any of these candidates.
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I choice for the position, however.
He said his candidate was chosen
from a field of 10.
The hunt for a successor to
replace former Finance Director
Pat Tobin began when Tobin
resigned in October. Tobin, who
had held the position for the past
four years, said in his letter of
resignation that he wished to
deVoje more time to his commer-
cial investments. "V
Another position still open is. ........
that of Baytown Area Wqtdri
Authority Plant Manager
Richard Bosley, who resigned to
go into private business.
Norman Dykes, director of
public works and city engineer,
said at least three persons have
applied for the posjtion.
He said city officials are
waiting for more response to an
advertisement in a January
writer journal before making a
decision.
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Obituaries........
Police Beat......
School Lunches ■ ■
Sports...........
Teen Times......
Television Log...
Word Of Mouth...
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Republican nomination.
No other Republican is seeking
the presidential nomination.
tt,tw nATTTD a Candidates for the Democratic
Pfho Presidential nomination are
attend the International Hair- {ormer vice presjdent Walter
dressers Convention ... CJ. Mondale, Sen. John Glenn of
Ganson does ^neighbor a good 0hio Sen Alan Crankon o{
deed ... Suzette Deakle never California, Sen. Gary Hart of Col-
returns her phone calls . • • <Jim orado, Sen. Earnest Hollings of
Kozak and famUy are missed dur- south Carolina, ex-Florida Gov.
ing the Christmas holidays ... pUben Askew, former Sen.
Beverly Skaggs apd Roy Fischer George McGovern of South
finally show their faces. Dakota and the Rev. Jesse
Jackson.
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WEATHER
PARTLY CLOUDY and
warmer is the forecast for
the Baytown area through
Thursday. Temperatures
qre expected near 40t
degrees' Wednesday night
and near 70 degrees Thurs-
day. From 8 a m. Tuesday
to 8 a.m. Wednesday, a low
of 48 degrees and a high of 62
degrees were recorded.
seek re-election.
Also seeking re-election are
Melissa Horton tells all.
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 62, No. 056, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 4, 1984, newspaper, January 4, 1984; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1153209/m1/1/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.