The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 135, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 5, 1984 Page: 1 of 35
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Baytown, Texas 77520
Thursday, April 5, 1984
Volume 62, No. 135
Telephone Number: 422-8302
Voting day nears here
More than 25,000 eligible
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More than 25,000 people will be
eligible to vote in the Baytown
City Council and the Lee College
Board of Regents elections
Saturday.
There are 25,145 registered
voters in the city of Baytown
while there are 29,600 registered
voters in the Lee College
District.
The college district includes
portions of Chambers County
and Highlands as well as
Baytown.
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Last year, 2,618 ballots were
cast In the Baytown city election
while 2,031 persons vote& in the
1982 municipal election. A total
of 2,414 persons voted in the Lee
College election two years ago.
In the Baytown city council
election, incumbent Perry Sim-
mons will face Tony Campos in
the race for District 1 coun-
cilman while Gerald Dickens,
the current officeholder, will
face Joe Lorenz in the contest for
District 5.
Incumbent Jimmy Johnson is
running unopposed for District 4
councilman.
Vying for three at large posi-
tions on the Lee College Board of
Regents are incumbents John
Adams and Bruce Causey. Other
candidates are Dr. Walter But-
trick, Don Coffey, Mario
Delgado and Mike Finley.
Laura Woods, the third incum-
bent, did not file for re-election.
A total of 126 absentee ballots
were cast in the city election
while 157 absentee votes were
cast in the regents election.
Absentee voting ended Tuesday.
Two years ago, 24 absentee
votes were cast in the Baytown
city election while 117jyere cast
in the regents election.
In recent years, there has been
about a 10 percent voter turnout
in both regular elections.
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Lorenz: Mention of lawsuit ‘a ploy’
Council hopeful decries ‘character assassination’
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By DAVID BYFORD
Mention of a pending lawsuit
at a League of Women Voters
political rally was a “political
ploy,” Baytown City Council
hopeful Joe Lorenz charged
Wednesday.
Lorenz is a party in the Mollie-
Knowlton Civic Association’s
lawsuit against Brockman
Builders Inc. and the Baytown
Housing Authority.
Lorenz said he and other
homeowners living near Bay
Terrace, a Brockman-built sub-
sidized housing complex on
Nolan Road, protest that the
complex was built without a
public hearing ever being held.
In a class-action lawsuit,
which includes all residents liv-
ing in a one-half mile radius of
the complex, plaintiffs are ask-
ing for $2 million in compen-
satory damages.
Not holding a public hearing is
a violation of the Texas Open
Public Meetings Act, Lorenz
claims.
Douglas Sandvig, attorney for
the civic association, said the
group he represents has sued the
following parties: the Louisiana-
based Brockman Builders, Inc.;
Ralph Brockman; Baytown
Limited Partnership, which was
formed by Ralph Brockman; the
Baytown Housing Authority;
and the Baytown Properties
Management and Development
Corporation.
“The plaintiffs have not sued
the city of Baytown,” Sandvig
said, adding that the Housing
Authority is a political entity
separate from the city.
City Attorney Randy Strong,
for the most part agreeing with
Sandvig’s stand, said Wednes-
day, “We’re not liable for their
(the Housing Authority’s) ac-
tions.”
After the, civic association’s
suit, Brockman filed a counter
claim against the civic associa-
tion and a cross-action against
the city.
“They (the city) are a third-
party defendant because
Brockman added them as a
defendant,” said Lorenz, who
vows that the civic association’s
suit is not against the city, but
with the housing authority.
Sandvig said the Brockman
defendants did sue the city,
along with nine other third-party
defendants, including the United
States of America.
Lorenz said the mention of the
lawsuit at a Tuesday League of
Women Voters political rally
was a “character assassination
based on a lie.”
“It was a political ploy that
just shocked my boots,” Lorenz
said.
His opponent, District 5 Coun-
cilman Gerald Dickens denies
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instigating the issue.
“I didn’t bring it up,” he said. CROCKETT ELEMENTARY School fifth-graders send messages a-
“I couldn’t write the question sail in a balloon release. With the past few days’ strong winds, some
and turn it in while I was sitting of the balloons most likely made some impressive voyages,
up there (behind the podium).
“That was a question from the
audience. I want it to be very
clear that I refuse to engage in
any character assassination. ”
Dickens added. “But the fact
stands that he has a $2 million
lawsuit filed against the
Baytown Housing Authority.
This is filed against an adjunct
of the city. That’s what brought
the city into it, as I understand
(Sun staff photo by Carrie Pryor)
56 competing for
Relay Queen title
Fifty-six senior girls from school, will also be announced.
Baytown schools will compete in One queen will be selected and
the 1984 Rockhold Relay Queen will preside over both schools.
Presenting trophies and
flowers to the finalists and
proximately 6:30 p.m. Saturday crowning the 1984 queen will be
, * ,, J „ at Memorial Stadium, following last year's queen. Michelle
feet until 1981,” Coffey cot**, have been some "down and up” competition in the Rockhold Swint.
fluctuations over the period. Relays, a track meet involving School-sponsors for the contest
Causey noted that because of Baytown’s Robert E. Lee and are Alicia Talley and Shirley
homestead exemptions and tax Ross S. Sterling high schools and Wright for RSS and Linda
breaks for senior citizens most 21 other high school teams. Bryant for REL
Baytown residents are now pay- Judges for the queen contest The contestants for 1984
mm.tSSuinC0!}egetau,eS' will be Tom Tellez, a track star Rockhold Relay Queen and their
We have been able to do this for the University of Houston: individual sponsoring organiza-
while our enrollment was going Carl and Carol Lewis, also track tions ‘are: Candy Rulon, spon
up 25 percent,’ said Causey. stars for UH and top contenders sored by the Sterling Stars;
Adams noted that the tax rate jn track for the 1984 Summer Relies McWhirter. sponsored by
Olympics; and the UH track the REL Lioness Club: Steffanie
coach, Dorothy Doolittle.
Ten finalists, five from each National Honor Society;, and
exemptions, re-evaluations and Baytown high school, will be an- Lisa Rios, sponsored by the REL
the increase in the overall ap- nounced by the judges. A Brigadiers
praised value of the college queen’s coqrt of four duchesses,
district, according to Adams.
it.”
LC candidates disagree on tax rate
Contest set for Saturday.
The contest will be held a Lap-
Don Coffey, a candidate for
the Lee College Board of
Regents, says he disagrees with
incumbents Bruce Causey and
John Adams, who maintain that
the college tax rate is no higher
than it was six years ago.
Both Coffey and Causey
agreed that in 1978 the college
tax rate was 14 cents per $100
valuation taken at 48 percent of
market value.
In 1979, the tax rate was 12%
cents and in 1980 it was 15'/2
cents per $100 valuation. In 1981,
the tax rate was changed to its
current level of 7.44 cents per
$100 valuation after a 100 percent
assessment ratio was adopted,
Coffey and Causey agreed.
But Coffey maintains) the tax'
rate is actually higher now than
it was six years ago while
Causey maintains it is not.
“If the incumbents are going
to continually state there has not
been a tax rate increase during
their terms, it needs to be
brought to the public’s attention
that there was a 24 percent in-
crease in taxes in 1980,” Coffey
said.
“This had nothing to do with
the change in assessment
values. The 100 percent assess-
ment ratio did not come into ef-
tinued.
“The bottom line is that the
tax rate is higher now then when
the incumbents were elected, ’ ’
Coffey concluded.
But Causey said residents of
the college district “are actually
paying less in taxes to the col-
lege than six years.ago. ”
“In response to the reference
that taxes were increased in
1980, that, is correct but taxes
had been decreased the year
before, ” Causey said.
He concluded that the tax rate
isn’t higher now than it was six
years ago even though there
is “only a piece of the pie.”
Other factors that need to be
taken into consideration include
Sneed, sponsored by the Sterling
Also. Julie Johnson, sponsored
(See INMATES, Page 2-A)
consisting of two girls from each
Louisiana, Florida inmates executed
First time in many years two put to death in same day
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Florida boy, bragged about his the number of executions that Supreme Court, all rejected
A Florida child killer and; the crimes and said Wednesday he have taken place this year. ■ clemency bids,
murderer of two teen-agers on a was still eager to molest little In Florida. Goode expressed Sonnier was convicted of pum-
Louisiana lover’s lane were elec- boys. last-minute remorse and said, T ping three bullets each into
trocuted Thursday, marking the At the Louisiana State Prison apologize to my parents, “before Loretta Bourque 18. and her
first time since reinstatement of in Angola, Elmo Patrick Son- receiving a 90-second jolt of 2,000 fiance, David LeBlanc, 16.
the death penalty that two ex- nier, 35, died in the state’s elec- volts. He died at 7:08 a.m., the Thursday, moments before a
ecutions were carried out on the trie chair as the fathers of both governor’s offic^said. black hood was slipped over his
same day. of his teen-age victims watched. ■ ^Sonnier insisted to the end that head, Sonnier looked toward the
In Florida, Arthur F. Goode One of the fathers granted his younger brother had commit- witness room and directly into
III was put to death shortly after forgiveness. ted the Nov. 5, 1977, murders of the eyes of Lloyd LeBlanc.
7 a.m. at .the Florida State The executions were the 17th the sweethearts abducted from a "Mr. LeBlanc, 1 have no
Prison near Starke. Goode, 30. and 18th since the U.S Supreme lonely lover’s lane. But Loui- hatred in my heart
who was condemned for the 1976 Court reinstated the death penal- siana Gov. Edwin Edwards and ask your forgiveness,' ‘ he said
sex slaying of’ a 9-year-old ty in 1976. They brought to seven five courts, including the U.S.
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LEONARD RAY Hooper,
visiting on spring break from
Missouri, Wishes Barbers Hill
was a college town so he could
get a peanut buster parfait after
10:30 p.m.
Everette" Soileau are looking
foward to having new neighbors
in Mont Belvieu.
Former Sun Staffer Sherri
Dickey visits with Neil Sedaka
and his son, Mark, on a recent
Concorde flight from Paris to
New York . . . Helen Burns and
Eva Jane Johnston receive
Easter flower arrangements . . .
Tami Thomas goes shopping and
comes, back with more than she
expected.
. Paul Roehner of Crosby offers
som§ automotive advice ...
Margaret Dunnqan makes a
mean banana pudding ...
Cheryl Mickelson shows off her
new car.
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Jaw of oldest human ancestor found
WEATHER
FAIR AND WARMER is
ancestors — known as hominids 25 percent more. ’ ’
— are thought to have split off
The researchers were uncer- from the forebears of modern
vard University and the Na-
Researchers Thursday announ- tional Museums of Kenya,
ced the discovery of a scrap of
jawbone they believe to be the tain whether the jawbone was apes,
oldest fossil of a direct human from k newly discovered
ancestor ever found, a 5 million- species, or an older sample of jaw piece is that it is both clearly called Australopithecus afaren-
year-old clue that vypuld extepd the oldest known species from a hominid and it seems to be sis. "*wKs'
mas’s family tree back by 1,.....which humans are directly reasonably dated at 5 million » Until now, the oldest . *
million years. descended. ' years.” saidDavid Pilbearh; a discovered remains of
The 2-inch fragment, which “ But they believed the-fossil Harvard anthropologist, “That Australopithecus afarensis were
contains two molar teeth, was would help fill in the misty pushes the. oldest undoubted about 4 million years old! The
found in Kenya in February on period more than 3.5 million hominids back another million speefes has Been widely
an expedition sponsored by Har- years ago when mankind’s years — not very nyish, but it’s cepted as the oldest hominid.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP)
Pilbeam. who was in charge of
the research program, said the
newly found fossil is similar to a
species of human ancestor
the forecast (or the
Baytown area through Fri-
day. Temperatures are ex-
pected to be near 50
degrees Thursday night
and in the upper 70s Fri-
day. From 8 a.m; Wednes-
day to 8 a m. Thursday, a
jolfetf 5° degrees and a
“What is important about this
high of 72 degrees were
recorded. •
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