The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 62, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 13, 1987 Page: 5 of 15
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THE BAYTOWN SUN
Tuesday, January 13, 1987
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Iran bombed oil facility
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Job threat?
WASHINGTON - Ayatollah Khomeini has astonishing 80 percent of the emirates’ army CIA LAWYERS: For various reasons, the;
become the bully of the Persian Gulf, and his is made up of foreigners, and the officer CIA routinely uses lawyers to set up its;
neighbors are afraid to stand up to him. ' corps includes men of 29 different -ha- “front” corporations. A Maryland lawyer;
In November!, for example, Iranian tionalities, who must communicate with helped set up the CIA arms shipping com-;
Tf rn ov r>nmp ac a cumrisp in rnanv neonle that a Texas warplanes mounted a deliberate attack on an each other in English. pany, Associated Traders, which we have
It may come as a surprise to many people mat a I exas of£shore oir facility of the United Arab As if that weren’t more than enough to written about. And former intelligence
Poll has revealed that most Ot me group questioned do Emirates, killing five workers and wounding dissuade the UAE from standing up to Iran analyst John Marks has revealed that the.
not view illegal aliens as a threat to take away jobs. 26 more. Yet the government of the emirates over the unprovoked attack on the oil facili- CIA used a Washington, D.C., law firm in the;
What may nottie a surprise is that Texans are increas- didn’t dare accuse Iran openly of the pro- ty, there is also a potential fifth column of 1960s to set up Zenith Technical Enterprise in
ing their support for bilingual education in State schools, vocation. frightening proportions already in place in Miami. Zenith’s assignment was to
according to the poll, which is considered a fairly ac- There wafs "° doubt in the minds ofUAE the sheikdoms. The 30,000 to 40,000 Shiite assassinate Cuban leader Fidel Castro,
aiwiuuig iu n, y , j government officials that Iran was to blame Moslems living m the northern areas across ' ;
curate gauge Of public opqaion. for the attack, which was the most serious on the Persian Gulf from Iran could be incited CHECKUP ON DOCTORS: A recent in--
Apparently, the so-called “silent majority,” which is a non-combatant since the Iranian-Iraqi war by the Khomeini’s fundamentalist mullahs vestigation by the Veterans Administration
sometimes heard from in polls and elections, exerted an> began more than six years ago. In fact, Dale into open revolt, or at least into welcoming a inspector general has gotten results that!
unexpected influence on results of the Statewide poll. Van Atta saw a classified diplomatic cable possible Iranian invasion. should relieve the anxieties of ailing
Texans “Some L>eoDle*rom tde UAE government in Abu Dhabi In iact, pro-Iranian Irouhlemakers have veterans and their families. The inspector
„ . , , .. , „ ,,___. -.r! declaring that the emirates had determined been arrested in recent years with weapons general found that doctors who had been
think illegal aliens from Mexico tend to take away jobs the attackers were Iranian. and plans for the overthrow of the ruling disciplined by state medical societies had lit-
from U.S. citizens. Others think they usually take jobs The cable was sent on Nov. 25, the day the sheiks in the name of Khomeini’s Islamic tie trouble signing on with the VA, because
Americans don’t want. What do you think?” UAE oil terminal was bombed. Yet the revolution. “There is no question that (Ira- , the agency’s Department of Medicine and
Only 29 percent said illegal aliens take jobstaway from emirates’ only public announcement nian agents) could make things happen if Surgery didn’t always check every state in
AmOT;„„nc while half coin fhpv tflkp inhc: Ampriranc deplored the attack by planes identified only they were told to,” the Western diplomat told which the physician had practiced. There
Americans, While nan said iney taKe jODS Americans as «foreign>v Van Atta. wasn’t even a policy on hiring or keeping
don t want, and 15 percent said tney do DOtn. A Western diplomat was not surprised at And so the fearful sheiks of the United doctors who had been found wanting by their
Texans whose jobs might be most affected by Illegal £be Abu Dhabi government’s refusal to iden- Arab Emirates have tried somewhat peers. The VA now has an agreement with
workers, such as low income people, seemed more pro- tify the attackers. “Even if they had final desperately to maintain neutrality in the the Federation of State Medical Boards to
fo say illegal aliens take jobs away from U.S. 'proof, they would not admit it publicly,” the Persian Gulf war. Their hopes are With their check all job-seeking doctors,
wnrkprs ,/•/ diplomat explained, because the attack fellow Arabs, the Iraqis, and, in the early
* , * f- liiral'v in 'tiiaagi alionc “represents a serious escalation of the war part of the war, the UAE gave Bagdad $1.5 IT’S A SMALL thing, to be sure, but we L-
Anglos appear to, be more likely to say illegal aliens they do not want t0 face» billion a year in aid The amount has since wonder if Ma Bell’s operators could change
take jobs away from Americans. I he poll show^q 32 per- The reason the UAE doesn’t want to been cut because of the drop in oil prices and their spiel when we dial a number that has
cent believe that, compared to 27 percent Of blacks and Challenge Iran is that the Maine-sized group resulting retrenchment. been either changed or disconnected. They
17 percent Of Hispanics. On the other hand, most of seven oil-rich sheikdoms is inherently But the sheiks have also tried to stay now say, “The number you have reached;
HiSDanics or 64 percent of those polled, perceive that il- fearful> weak and helpless, afraid of the friendly with Iran. Tehran maintains a ...” That’s the point of course: It’s a
i «i v n’ct^o inhcnnnnoelwmank ayatollah’s terrorists and powerless before diplomatic residence in the emirates, and number we haven t reached, and we find it
legal aliens taKejODS no one ei&ewcquh. his military might. substantial trade between the two nations irritating to be told that we have. How about,
In East Texas, 32 percent say undocumented workers The armed forces of the United Arab continues, though not at the same levelas “The number you dialed...” or just a
take away jobs, while in South Texas, 25 percent think Emirates number only about 46,000 troops on before the war. The sheiks have tried to straightforward: “I’m sorry, that number
that way. paper, including a 2,000-man air force and a negotiate an end to the bloodletting — but .. .”? C’mon, Ma.
More than half Of those interviewed 54 percent, favor 1,000-man navy. It has a handful of American failing that, they are determined to placate
Hawk missiles and French Exocets. But an the Iranian bully.
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From The Baytown Sun files,
this is the way it was:
55 YEARS AGO
Members of the Baytown Bap-
tist and Methodist churches
stage an Anti-Saloon League
mock trial at the Baptist Church.
The Rev. E.R. Couch acts as
judge in the trial with Rodger
Read playing the defendant.
E.L. Alford plays the part of the
bootlegger; F.E. Kelly, the
sheriff; Ira Lee Harper, deputy
sheriff; Ruby New, court
reporter; Mrs. L.W. Cornelius,
star witness; R.E. Pitts, cor-
oner; Mrs. Knox Bunting, the
defendant’s mother; Tina Mae
Lawrence, widow of the deceas-
ed. Jurors are portrayed by
R.W.- 'Richardson, C.E.
Rodecape, H.A. Hardin, R.L.
Kilpatrick, E. Woodruff, J.M.
Douglas, O.C. Thompson, C.W.
Smalling, W.A. Orton, J.P.
^ Royder, L.R. Futvoye and R.L.
Long. The prosecuting attorney
istheRev. B.O. Power.
50 YEARS AGO
StuaH Motor Co., Hudson-
Terraplane dealer, moves to a *
In 1978, former Vice President new location at 407 W. Texas.
Hubert H. Humphrey died in Maggie Dell Lawrence is wor- TnTh e .
Waverly, Minn.,.attheageof 66. thy ad visor and Dorothy During the next couple of various committees over the last
Ten years ago: French Prune Honeycutt, worthy associate ad- arg our scb0ol board is going several years. Jim has visibly to balance a strong, challenging \
Minister Raymond Barre re- visor, in. the Goose Creek ^ tackje some very tough.......indicated his interest in educa- program with a diversified, sup- ;
jected criticism of his country s Chapter, Order of Rainbow for cj,ajjengeS- The most difficult tion through his cooperative at- plemental program to stretch ;
decision to free suspected Girls. • • fe* challenge will be to maintain the titude with school'personnel and and strengthen all students. 1
Palestinian guerrilla leader Abu 40 YEARS AGO quality education that pur through" unselfish commitment trust his experienced, ad-
Daoud two days earlier. Wyatt Hastings and A.G. children now have and at the of time and energy. ministrative background to get •
One year ago: President Lestarjette are tpp award wm- same time reduce our budget; It The election of Jim Maple to the moat out of every dollar in
Reagan opened a week of obser- ners at the annual Cedar Bayou is jmperative that ouf Board not the Goose Creek Board of the GCCCISD budget^I urge you
vances leading to the birthday of High School football banquet. cut educational programs at the Trustees would be a continuation fo vote/for quality education for
slain jbivil rights leader Martin Hastings wins the John M. expenseof our children. of the finfrteadership that we the every indent by voting for Jim ;
Luther King Junior, an anniver- Kilgore Award while the W.T. There is a man that has a per- citizens-of Baytown have en- Maple,
sary which is now a national Busch Award goes to Lestar- sonai commitment to maintain- joyed historically,
holiday. v CaPta,ns of tke tea™ were jng the excellence that we have
Today ’s Birthdays’: Actor Cotton Bowman, Tom .Clayton, jn Goose Creek ISD. His name is
Robert Stack is 68. Hollywood Happy- Harrington and curtis James Maple. Over the past nine
Election judges for the con-
solidation election in Goose
Creek will be Fred Pittman, Box
99, at Thad Felton Ford Agency
and G.W. Mallory, Box 100, at
Wilkenfeld’s Furniture Store.
20 YEARS AGO
Construction startSon Wyatt’s
Cafeteria on Market next to the
TG&Y store. The cafeteria will
be built at an estimated cost of
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became .the first black Cabinet
member when he was appointed
Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development by President Lyn-
don B. Johnson.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Today is Tuesday, Jan. 13, the
13th day of 1987. There ,are 352
days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
Five years ago, on Jan. 13,
1982, an Air Florida 737 taking
off in a snowstorm crashed into
Washington D.C.’s 14th Street
Bridge and fell into the Potomac
River, killing 78 people.
On this date:
In 1733, James Oglethorpe and
some 130 English colonists arriv-
ed at Charleston,-S.C., to settle
in present-day Georgia.
In 1864, composer Stephen
Foster died in a New York
hospital.
In 1898, Emile Zola’s famous
defense of CapL Alfred Dreyfus,
“J’accuse;” was published in
Paris. ,
- In 1906, the first advertise-
ment for a radio, a Telimco sell- columnist Army Archerd is 68.
Actress-singer-dancer Gwen
Verdon is 62. Actress Frances
In 1941, novelist James Joyce Sternhagen is 57. Actor-director
Charles Nelson Reilly is 56.
Thought for Today: “I am
Ernie Kovacs died in a car crash always ready to learn, but I do
in West Los Angeles
In 1966, Robert C. Weaver Sir Winston Churchill.
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To The Sun:
As a friend and supporter of '
GCCISD taxpayers have an David Smith, I know he can meet ;
opportunity to elect a highly the challenges confronting our
competent and caring individual youth today. These challenges
to the Board of Trustees in the will require them to depend on a
trained stock of professionals
who will be able to break new
ground and pave,new trails in *
education, in law, in politics and l
government, in business, in vir- ;
Gl£
— years, James has been involved
in education in various
capacities. James has par-
ticipated in field trips, judged
history fairs, as well as lectured
to classes. Outside the
classroom he has served on
several district plannihg com-
mittees with our school Ad-
ministrators. We need\ a person
on the board who has first Kand
To The Sun:
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tific American.
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died
In 1962, television comedian
candidacy of Jim Maple.
During six of my seven years
teaching in GCCISD, I was for-
tunate to have either Missy’ or
Maura Maple as a student. As a
parent, Jim displayed his in- tually every dimension of life,
terest in what we were studying I know that David Smith is a
by sending in related newspaper man that cares a lot about the
or magazine articles or by serv- present and future of our youth,
Ing as a resource himself, I’m by trying to change some of the
certain other teachers will agree past and at the same time trying
that Jim’s concern extends to make It as comfortable as
beyond his daughters to the en- possible,
tire clqss. He was always a very In support of David Smith to
informed and supportive parent. the school board I’d like to quote
Jim further lives his interest him. “Perhaps there is no single
in education by His willing and - institution that can be as
active participation on many decisive over the future of our
school-related cojnmittees. youth as public (school) educa-
When I worked with him or the tion.”
District Advisory Committee for Cast your vote for David Smith
the GATE program, he was tp be suretof a vote for an honest,
always prepared, willing to qprlng and independent thinking
listen and ask the tough but man for our future and the
necessary questions to focus at- future of our children,
tention on the issue and
dedicated to seeing a project
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experience in education as well
as the enthusiasm for quality
education. When you go to the
polls on Jan. 17, please vote for
James Maple for Position 7.
Richard Provost
9711 Forest Hollow
,$118,000.
. U.S. Rep Bob Eckhardt will
hold a series of public meetings
On
Editor and Publisher
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Fred Hortmon .
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Editor and Publisher, 1950 1974 here to discuss problems on local
and national levels.
State Rep. Joe Allen is ap-
Associote Monoging Editor pointed to six committees by
House Speaker Ben Barnes.
EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT
Monaging Editor
Wondo Orton
Romona Merrill
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ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT
To The Sun:
The citizens of Baytown enjoy
educational leadership from our
school board. We are fortunate
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 62, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 13, 1987, newspaper, January 13, 1987; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1153559/m1/5/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.