The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 58, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 8, 1986 Page: 1 of 42
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Volume 64, No. 58
Telephone Number: 422-8302
Wednesday, January 8, 1986
Baytown, Texas 77520
Motion for H
dismissal H
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to be tried for murder VNI
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Baytown City Council Thurs- used for a minimum of three to 1
day is expected to award a con- five years,
tract to McCall and Son Contrac- If the city obtains a park-and-
tors of Houston for construction ride site, Houston’s Metropolitan s
L of a new/fire station at the in- Transit Authority can consider a j
Jk tersection of 10th and East Fayle proposal to provide service on a 1
Hll streets. contractual basis, according to 1
j* Metro officials.
[' McCall and Son Contractors Council will also consider a J
I * has submitted the low bid of proposal to authorize city crews !
Hp $364,000. to construct a 12-inch water line 1
S Council, however, will con- on Raccoon Drive and Cedar r
^ I sider additional furniture and Bayou-Lynchburg Road at an 1
W5 fixtures that would boost the estimated cost of $153,000.
amount of the contract to
$396,950.
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By BRUCE GUYNN
LIVINGSTON - A Polk Coun-
ty state district judge Tuesday
denied a defense motion to
dismiss a murder indictment
against Hurley Fontenot, charg-
ed with the slaying of Hull-
Daisetta Junior School coach
Billy Mac Fleming.
Judge John Martin of the Se-
cond Ninth District Court also
denied a second defense motion
to supress evidence in the case.
Martin denied the motions
following a more than hour-long
hearing in his chambers late
Tuesday morning.
In his request for dismissal of THE COLLINS children, from left, Tommy, 8; temperatures dipping to the mid-20s by Wednesday
the charge, Defense Attorney Billie, 10; Mickie, 7; and Jesse, 6; cuddle up as night. The children attend Ashbel Smith Elemen-
Dick DeGuerin cited "the inten- they share a quiet but chilly moment before school tary School. Their parents are Michael and Joan Garth and Cedar Bayou- cilman Perry Simmons, District
tional or grossly negligent con- Wednesday morning. The wintery weather is ex- Collins of Baytown. Lynchburg roads and a fire 4 Councilman Jimmy Johnson
duct of the state. pectod to continue throughout the day with (Sun staff photo by Carrie Pryor) department administration and District 5 Councilman
The request notes "scrap- building on Wye Drive. Gerald Dickens expire this year,
ings,” containing a substance /^ll 1 1 _ 1 • In other business, councilmen Candidate filing begins Jan. 20
believed to be human blood. I .mQIYI hprC I T| 11 T“| will consider a resolution, re- and ends Feb. 19.
were taken from the undercar- ^ii**-»***-'V'J- C? V/llvUH v questing the aid of the Texas In other business, Suzanne
riage and from the camper shell -t- Department of Highways and Matthews is scheduled to appear
of the defendant’s vehicle j - > # % Public Transportation in before City Council.
These scrapings were /lirf*fl tn fpcf nnntfHYIinfitf*n SMI fit fUmdlTt locatin8 state-owned property Mrs. Matthews, owner of
transferred to slides Defense at- *1*111 lUlGO IO IGol CUIlldllllllalull OUll ClL all JJUl L for a park-and-ride lot for Suzanne’s Cakerv. 7125 Bayway ;
tomeys claim they had no access Baytown. DrivC3 has expressed concern ‘
to these slides. "V By KRIS ISAACSON Commission has given the coun- In July and October, Texas The request would be filed about gas vapors in the vicinity
ANAHUAC — Chambers ty approximately 90 days in Water Commission represen- with the District 12 engineer’s of- of her store. ' .
flee of the highway department.
City Council voted 4-3 in July consider a proposal to use Zi
to pursue plans to establish a $10,712 in contingency funds to j
park-and-ride service to renovate the old post office at 220
downtown Houston. w. Defee to house the police j
Baytown officials believe the department’s crime prevention J
ideal location for a park-and- unit,
ride lot is near the intersection of
Spur 330 (Decker Drive) and In-
terstate 10.
The site would have space for
about 100 vehicles and would be
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The project was proposed in
the city’s 1981 capital im-
Projections on the cost of the provements program,
building have ranged from
$265,000 to $405,000.
Bond funds will be used to positions on City Council
build this and another station at
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CUDDLE UP
Council is also expected to call
an election for April 5 to fill three
The terms of District 1 Coun-
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McCcchan an analyst with the rnunty flftmmissimyws rmin which to test and dispose of pm- tatives took samples at the site.
Department of Public Safety. took preliminary steps toward perty that has been con- In the July samples, it was
testified that he threw away the cleanup of toxic pesticides at laminated by deadly pesticides, revealed during the meeting,
“ these slides after making his fin- the countys airport in Ahahuac County Judge Alma Lois high levels of toxaphene were
- dings and that it is his usual Commissioners unanimously Turner said “this has developed found. In the October samples,
practice to discard such slides voted, in a special meeting Tues- into a major problem and con- high levels of DDT and some
*rh« Hie day to hire the firm of NUS Inc cern for the county and must be chloradene were found.
I n” of Houlton to d© samplingand taken care of immediately.” The<5e chemicals have.been at
^L^ mwn the^w He did not testing of portions of ground at County Engineer R.T. Pin- the airport site for years, ac-
nased upon tne taw. Me aia not t^e airport. . chback Jr. said the contamina- cording to Pinchback. “I am not
elaborate The (jeeisiem was made based tion is suspected in a 100-square- sure when the chemicals were
Prosecution and defense at- on the fact that the Texas Water foot area,
torneys began questioning 96
prospective jurors, who said
they heard or read news reports
» pertaining to the highly-
publicized case
Selection of a jury is expected
to take at least the remainder of
this, week to complete.
Testimony in the trial is ex-
pected to begin Monday.
Twenty-four prospective
jurors were interviewed Tues-
day with six being excused.
Potential jurors are being inter-
viewed individually to' discern
whether they have formed any
opinions regarding the guilt or
In other action, council will
Council is also expected to:
+Hear an update from the
Sesquicentennial Commission
(See CITY, Page 7-A)
(See CHAMBERS, Page 7-A)
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Foundation budget set
Board picks charter officers
Reagan cuts off trade
with ‘flaky’ leader
Directors agreed to meet
Johnny Jennings, board \
By DAVID MOHLMAN
The Board of Directors of the regularly at 4 p.m. on the fourth member from West Chambers j
Baytown Area-West Chambers Monday of each month. The next County, said, “I think you’re go- j
County Economic Deve/opment meeting will be Jan. 27 at the ing to get a good reception from j
Foundation named officers for Chamber of Commerce building. (See BOARD, Page 7-A)
1986, set a regular meeting At their next, meeting, direc------------
schedule and adopted a tentative tors hope to vote on a proposal
budget at an organizational for raising funds to operate the
meeting Tuesday. foundation and a proposal to J
On the recommendation of„ begin a search for an executive J
nominating committee chair- director. m
man Emmett Hutto, mayor of During discussion of the ■
Baytown, directors elected Jim budget and its funding, Schaefer ■
Schaefgr, district manager of said, “This organization exists ■
Houston Lighting & Power Co., to broaden the economic base in ■
as board chairman; Fritz and around the city of Baytown. 1
Lanham, Baytown city Ultimately, that will affect all of ■
manager, and Richard Rabinow, us.” 1
plant fhanager of Exxon’s Economic growth means more
Baytown Refinery, as vice businesses that will create jobs,
chairmen; Tracey Wheeler, ex- pay taxes and provide services -
ecutive vice president of to the community, /said
Baytown Chamber of Com- Schaefer. He said he hopes
merce, as secretary; and Mark businesses in West Chambers
Tiller, certified public accoun- County will feel equally as
tant with Tiller, Ratliff, Tiller & welcome in the foundation as
businesses in Baytown. _ ~
WASHINGTON (AP>
Khadafy ''•flaky" and “a barbarian," President Reagan
ordered all American companies and workers to quit doing
business in Libya and get out by the end of the month to show
the United States won’t tolerate terrorism.
Addressing a national television audience at his first White
House news conference in nearly four months, Reagan an-
, nounced Tuesday night there was "irrefutable evidence” of
Khadafy’s involvement in the Dec. 27 airport massacres in
Rome and Vienna and called on the European allies "to join
with us in isolating him."
He promised unspecified *• further steps will be taken”, if the
latest round of U.S. sanctions fails to end Khadafy’s terrorist
activities. '
The president refused to disclose his evidence against the Li-
byan leader, saying. "There are things that should not be
revealed." . r~__;
“Burl can assure you that we have the evidence,” Reagan
> told a questioner.
An administration official, speaking on condition he not be
identified, said the evidence includes Tunisian passports that
were said to have been confiscated by Libyan authorities. The
passports then “found their way into the hands of those who
perpetrated these acts” in which 19 people, including five
4 4 (See REAGAN, Page 7-A)
Calling Libyan leader Moammar
(See MOTION, Page 7-A)
Pearee Street Journal -
Mass'or mess?
Modern meteorologists are
always predicting an sarctic
mass will invade the Gulf Coast.
They should be more specific
and call It an arctic mess.
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AROUND
TOWN
JIM SCHAEFER
Jentho, as treasurer,
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RALPH WOOSTER of Lamar
University is among the history
experts interviewed on the
“Lone Star” series on Channel 8.
Wooster is a member of a
pioneer Baytown family.
Don Simmon^, a former
—Baytonian, is stilTplaying Santa-
Claus in DeRidder and Alexan-
dria, La. He recently visited
members of his family in
Baytown ..
gives a nice compliment.
Jobless rate dips to 6.9 percent
WEATHER
CLOUDY SKIES and cold
temperatures are forecast
for the Baytown area
Wednesday night with the
low expected to be in the
mid-20s. There is a 30-
percent chance of
thunderstorms, some mix-
ed with freezing rain.
Thursday's forecast calls
for decreasing cloudiness
with a high in the mid-40s
along with a 20-percent
chance of thunderstorms.
In the 24-hour period en-
ding at 8a.m. Wednesday,
million, the Labor Department ment rate, showed an increase of
Civilian unemployment eased said. At the same time, the ranks 320,000 jobs last month, to 99.1
downward to 6.9 percent last of the unemployed shrank from million, with the bulk of the im-
provement coming in the service
area.
Over the last year, according
to this business survey, some 3
million jobs were added to non-
farm payrolls. In that same
time, some 640,000 jobs were
created in retail trade, with the
strongest growth coming in the
grocery store and restaurant in-
dustries.
The size of the nation’s labor
force, which includes those look-
ing for work as well as those on
the job, expanded by 1.8 million
over the last year, toe depart-
WASHINGTON (AP)
month, the lowest rate since 8,161,000108,023,000.
April 1980, the government
Teported Wednesday in the labor
market’s best showing of Ronald
Reagan’s presidency.
The small 0.1 percentage point
improvement from November’s
Bobby and Jana Rountree are rate resulted from the creation
Brunella of 237,000 jobs, accompanied by
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics
.did say that although two
separate job surveys showed
substantial job growth in 1985,
the gains were less than those
recorded in the prior two years,
when the economy was in a more
robust period of recovery from
toe 1981-82 recession.
The last time seasonally-
adjusted civilian unemployment
was below 7 percent was during
the presidency of Jimmy Carter.
A separate, business payroll
survey, which is not used in the
compilation of toe unemploy-
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Carter helps a sick friend ... December, aided by strong
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telephone call. reached an all-time high of 108.2
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 58, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 8, 1986, newspaper, January 8, 1986; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1153264/m1/1/?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.