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Terrorists hijack Pan Am jet, shoot American
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — York said they were told the said the hijack leader, identified
Four Arabs armed with machine wounded passenger was alive, only as Mustafa.
guns and explosives Friday seiz- Pan Am said 41 other Americans Civil Aviation Administration free Palestinian hijackers jailed Mirza said the gunmen wanted
' ed a Pan Am jumbo jet with were believed on, the New York- director general Khurshid Man- inLamaca. the American crew to include so-
______ - ^—gar Mirza, who was negotiating The three-member Pan Am meone who spoke Arabic. Of-
The gunmen, who security of- with the hijackers from the con- flight crew escaped through an ficials had said earlier that the fered to fly a plane to Cyprus “
the hijackers were disarmed
first.
Officials quoted Mustafa as ed for an hour, Parf Am officials but we have to depend on others
saying the gunmen wanted to said.
for this
Pan Am officials at the airport
said the American captain of-
about 400 people aboard at bound Boeing 747!
Karachi airport and demanded
an American crew fly them to ficials said were Palestinians, trol tower, said they demanded emergency Jiatch when the hijackers wanted an Arabic
Cyprus. Pakistani officials said told Pakistani officials by radio an American flight crew come gunmen seized the plane. Mirza speaking flight crew,
the gunmen killed an American they had planted explosives on aboard and fly the plane to said the hijackers set a deadline
passenger and wounded three the plane
airport workers.
Mirza said he told the hi- The gunmen, dressed as air-
of 7 p.m. (10 a m. EDT) for a jackers that Pakistan was port security guards, opened fire
“No American -should ap- In exchange, they offered to flight crew to come on board, but discussing the matter with the as they seized Flight 73 at about
However, both State Depart- proach the aircraft. Otherwise Release “at least the women and did not specify what they would United States, and asked them to 5 a m. (9 p.m. EDT Thursday)
ment officials in Washington and we will give them a tough fight, children and perhaps more,” do if the demand was not met. be patient, telling them, “We are after it arrived from Bombay en
a Pan Am spokeswoman in New We will riot commit suicide,” Mirzasaid. „ • The deadline later was extend- doing our best to get you a crew, route to West Germany
Cyprus.
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Crosby court brief
claims violations of
order unintentional
Partial finish
of Loop 201
set for 1987
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Loop 201 between Hunter
/ Street aqd the Southern Pacific
Railroad is slated for completion
.........in -the seeohd quarter of 1987 —
almost a year earlier than proj-
ected, a spokeswoman for the
State Department of Highways
and Public Transportation said
Janelle Gbur, administrative
supervisor for District 12 office
of the highway department, said
construction of this 2.4 mile sec-
tion of Loop 201 is running “ a bit
ahead of schedule”* and now is
__about 45 percent complete._____
Initially, this portion of the
project was slated for comple-
tion in early 1988, according to
Ms. Gbuifc
McKinney and James Inc. of
Waco was awarded the contract
in September 1985 for Oils por-
tion of the project. Estimated
cost is $10.2 million.
Williams Brothers of Houston
was . ^awarded" a contract -hi
January last year to complete
- the 1.7 mile section of Spur 201
, • from the Southern Pacific
Railroad Tracks to Ferry Road.
The contract also calls for the
widening of a portion of Highway
146 from two to six lanes.
(See PART, Page 9-A)
Jobless rate drops
for third month , .
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By DONNA PURDY
superintendent, that trustees did
CROSBY — Ip its rebuttal not receive “until some years
brief submitted to federal court, later.” -----'—
the Crosby „ School * District
claims it was not aware of the the stipulation In the 1970 court
stipulation in a court order to order that requires all future
report all construction to the construction plans of the district
court for approval.
Jeff Davis, the district’s legal ‘ the court to assure compliance
adviser, states in an affidavit he with the intent of the desegrega-
was not aware a middle school tion order,
was built when he requested the
court in 1982 to dissolve the 1970 in the letter about paragraph 7, *
court order on desegregation.
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The letter makes referencejto
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be submitted and approved by
“The import of the comment
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.paragraph 7 is that part of the ~
Although, the district violated original order requiring that
the court order,' as discovered in plans be submitted), was Missed
a 1985 Texas Education Agency by the, superintendent and he
investigation of the Crosby failed to appreciate the need to
district, it- did so unknowingly, report on the addition of the new
Davis explained in the brief.,
“The suggestion of an inten-
tional violation of the order is un- school required a restructuring
warranted,” the attorney con- of the grades in the district that 7|
tinued in the brief. “Crosby ISD resulted in a shift of grades from .
believes that after a full eviden- the Drew Campus to the middle
tiary hearing, the court would and high school campuses on
conclude that there was no inten- ~ Farm Road 2100.
tional effort to avoid' the re- ' Davis said plans for the new
quirements of the court order. ” elementary school were submit-
Davis included a copy of a 1982 ted to the court once he and the
letter sent to Tom Miksch, therf (See CROSBY, Page 9-A)
middle school,” the brief states.
Construction of the middle
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August rainfall average
slightly bejow normal
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WASHINGTON (AP) -
Civilian joblessness, falling for
the third straight month, drop-
ped to 6:8 pertent in August as a
six-month slide in manufactur-
ing employment ended, the
government said today.
Emplo
The August rainfall average Refinery, Texas Eastern
for Baytown was only 0.55 of an Transmissions Co.. (4227 Decker
inch below the August norm of Drive) and City Hall — recorded
4.67 inches, according to figures more than the normal 4.12-inch
provided by Baytown Emergen- August average, The East
District plant recorded the most
Rainfall totals are measured rain —5.12 inches..
at W - Baytown locations and 'IW olher five reportirig sta- .
averaged to generate the mon- tions
thly rainfall average.
BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS
cy Management.
THURSDAY WAS a day for both greetings and Institute at> Southwest Texas State University,
farewells in Hie eity; Mayer EmmettHatt©,top Inbottoaapbeto; “Erttrtaiiwr^lytDiNretQr ~
left, was among many to attend the open house manager, extends best wishes to Lee College In-
for the City Hall Annex, located in the old post terim President Robert Larsson, center, during
office building, 220 W. Defee. Also pictured, a farewell reception for Larsson at the college,
from left, are Keith Dougherty, Baytown police Also pictured are Reggie Brewer, LG regent,
officer; Sgt. Russell Liles, supervisor for the and Katherine Yates, LC cooperative office
Baytown Crime Prevention Unit which is training instructor. ^ ..... • _
located at the annex; and Leland Wood, pro- _---—(Stmstaff photos by Angie Bracey
gram director for the Texas Crime Prevention and Carrie Pryor)
to a record
ild,
.000 as 240,000 to 275,000
Fire Station 6 (on
Massey-Tompkins Road at
Five reporting stations — the Chaparral Village subdivision),
East District sewage treatment" 115 Cabaniss, 319 Harvey, the
plant (along Cedar Bayou near Central District sewage treat-
Cedar Bayou Road), the West ment plant (on West Main) and
District sewage treatment plant Chevron’s Cedar Bayou plant —
(on Interstate 10 near the Spur recorded less than the normal
330 exit), Exxon’s Baytown August average.
jobs were created last month’,
the Labor Department said.
That sent the unemployment
rate down 0.1 percentage point to
its lowest level since January.
The unemployment rate Has
fallen 0.5 percentage point since
May-.-..............
Emergency Management Plan under revision
Pearce Street Journal - •
Gain without pain
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and response — of the state tion and preserving continuity of
guidelines, but must cover omis- government,
sions in disaster recovery and
mitigation facets, said Hicker- Thomas has been named utility
son. He said mitigation involves director. During, emergency
flood management, drainage, situations and in related mat-
building codes ahd other such ters, Thomas, Baytown Area
programs which can decrease Water Authority plant manager,
effects of, or even prevent, a will communicate with officials
disaster.
Areas to be addressed more
thoroughly in the revisions in- weakness of the National
elude strengthening and increas- Emergency Management Pin-
ing readiness, maintaining gram lies in the fact that the
direction and control of a situa- (See EMERGENCY, Page 9-A)
The Baytown Emergency ministrative expense. There is,
Management Plan, approved therefore, considerable incen-
Aug. 28 by City Council, is being tive to make the necessary revi-
revised to meet state and federal sion, ’ ’ Hickerson said,
standards.
The additions to the plan not
only will improve the plan, but ,
also will allow* Baytown to
Jk n^%W T%TV\ receive federal funds, according
W to Fletcher Hickerson, Baytown
* 1 Emergency Management coor-
ff/IWV dinalor *
J |T|r “Baytown receives about,
; $17,000 per year in matching
funds for personnel and ad- ed two facets — preparedness
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There was this senior citizen,
84, bragging about his good
health.
“And to think,” he said. “I did
it without jogging.” ——
In a move already made, Herb
Baytown will closely follow the
state emergency management
format in adding to the city plan,
said Hickerson, Because state
guidelines are so, thorough,
meeting them also will cause
Baytown to meet federal stan-
dards, he indicated.
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of all utOities, said Hickerson.
“Both the strength and the
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KIMA SULLINGER and Carol
Terry treat a friend to a special
lunch.. . Heather Repp enjoys
r going back to school. .. Eddie
and Sondra Going plan a
weekend trip. WASHINGTON (AP) — As remain far, apart on "Star prison in Moscow facing a possi- for Daniloff’s release. He said
Jeanne Sapp gets an official U.S. and Soviet experts open a Wars,” the potentialuse of space ble spy trial. “failure to resolve this satisfac-
esoirt .. . Steve Herman tells new round of nuclear weapons to defend against attacking Charles E. Redman, a State torily cannot help but have a
spooky stories ... June Morris talks, the Reagan administra- missiles. Department spokesman, in- negative effect on U:S.-Soviet
learns to relax ... Linda tion is preparing to scale back its The talks at the State Depart- dicated on Thursday the U.S. relations.”
Beckett builds a good campfire, proposal for a 50 percent reduc- ment over two days are designed delegation would bring up the ar- Another U.S. official said the
Doris Wellman gives herself tion in globe-girdling weapons, a to clarify the U.S. and Soviet rest of the U.S. News & World Soviets had failed to respond to a
an unusual birthday present... U.S. official said. positions before negotiations Report correspondent. U.S. proposal to free Daniloff in
John Hart brings civilization to The aim is to strike a deal with resume in Geneva on Sept. 18. “The issue is being raised at exchange for an understanding
the outdoors ..! Eileen Wallace the^SstJats. whose most recent The talks went ahead even all appropriate diplomatic con- that Gennadiy F. Zakharov, a
has car trouble ... Katherine position (galls for more modest while Nicholas Daniloff, an tacts,” he said. Soviet physicist arrested in New
cutbacks. Even so, the two sides American reporter, remained in " Redman renewed the U S. call (See DELEGATIONS,
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U.S., Soviet delegations open talks on nuclear weapons
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WEATHER
PARTLY CLOUDY Skies with
a low temperature in the mid-
70s with a 20 percent chance of
thundershowers are predicted
for Friday night. Saturday’s
forecast cads for cloudy skies
with a high in the low 90s iutd a
X percent chance of thunder-
showers. In the 24-hour period
ending at 8 a.m. Friday, the
recorded low was 78
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 264, Ed. 1 Friday, September 5, 1986, newspaper, September 5, 1986; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1153612/m1/1/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.