The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 279, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 23, 1986 Page: 1 of 14
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Volume 64, No. 279
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Tuesday, September 23, 1986
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Trustees
stymied by
hiring goal
Baytown’s
jobless
rate down
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ByBRUCEGUYNN
Baytown’s unemployment
rate dropped 0.3 percent to l&T
< percent between July and
4AJigust. according - to figures
y released by the Texas Employ-
ment Commission Tuesday.
Figures? show 5,136 Baytonians
were unemployed out of a work
w force of 31,815 for a jobless rate
of 16.1 percent.
Revised figures for July show
• 5,311 were unemployed out of a
labor pool of 32'437 for a rate of
• 16 4 percent. '.
The slight drop in Baytown’s
unemployment rate "reflected a
state and area trend.
Terence Travland, a TEC
analyst, said the slight decline in
unemployment probably reflects
seasonal adjustments.
Many students seeking sum-
mer work may have dropped out
of the job market in August,
causing the unemployment rate
to drop slightly, Tfavland ex-
plained.
Nevertheless. Travland said
TEC officials are encouraged
that unemployment rates have
leveled off after sharp increases
over the past few months. ■■■,<■
However, Travland said it
would be premature to speculate
, that the bottom of the current
recession has been reached.
Listed below are employment
figures for the Baytown area for
August. Corresponding statistics
for the previous month are listed
in parentheses
Harris County — labor force:
1,4 36,54 3 ( 1,463,327) ;
unemployed: 155,248 (160,541);
percentage: 10.8(11.0).
Houston — jabor force: 960,145
(998,508); unemployed; 867,759
(882,314); percentage: 11.5
(11.6).
Chambers County — labor
- force :' 8,505 (8.62 1 ) ;
unemployed: 1,014 (945);
percentage: 11.9(11.0).
Liberty County — labor force:
28,555 ( 29,037); unemployed:
3,324 (3,382); percentage: 11.6
‘(11.6).
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By LINNEA SCHLOBOHM
An air of tension and long meeting, and reaffirmed at the
periods of silence marked the beginning of discussion on the
discussion, as once again issue, that the administration
Baytown school trustees could wording did not satisfy him.
A motion, made by Smith, and
seconded .by trustee' Helen
At issue was a request by “Bees” Barolak, to add the
trustee David Smith to include in phrase “with emphasis on
the board goals a statement ex- recruitment and placement of
pressing the district’s desire to qualified minorities, with em-
hire more minority employees. phasis on job classifications
After trustees could not settle—where they—are—under
on wording of such a goal two represented,” to the hiring goal
weeks ago, Superintendent Bill bailed by a vote of 2-4.
Kennedy said the administration Smith and Mrs Barolak voted
would draft a statement for for the motion while trustees
board consideration. Tom Mayo, Wanda Ellis, Tom
The statement presented at Gentry and Richard Heyen op-
Monday’s board meeting added - posed it.
the words “without regard to “Why?” was Smith’s response
race, color or creed” to the to the vote,
already stated goal of employing “I share fully that we need
and maintaining the most more minorities, but we have
outstanding personnel available. (See TRUSTEES, Page 9-A)
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CHEVRON’S CEDAR Bayou plant is the first In- manager, and Charley Underman, campaign
dustry to exceed its goal in the current United chairman. Chevron employees contributed in
Wayof-Baytown campaign. John W. Sylvester, exces^bf their goal of $35,000.
right, executive director, presents a Certificate (Sun staff photo by Carrie Pryor)
of Award to Larry Lucchesi, left, who is plant ---------r ■
Pablo Street residents seek relocation help
By DAVID MOHLMAN
MONT BELVIEU -T Although
Pablo Strpet residents recently
accepted a buyout offer from
Warren Petroleum. “. . . we’re
still having problems
cording to a spokesman for the
residents.
“We need a location (on which
to relocate) and we're looking
for places,” Claude Hamilton,
one of 22 Pablo Street
homeowners, told City Council
on Monday. ", . . we solicit the
help of.;. council to see if there
is any program that is ap- residents from remaining wjthin their homes, Hamilton told coun- get aid from- any program that
propriating funds that might Mont Belvieu city limits. '
help us in relocating “or street
building.5”
cil. However, restrictions of—may be available. When the
Hamilton told council *the various subdivisions in the area residents first moved to Pablo
residents feel they need to move would not allow the homes to be Street, after Warren purchased
Although, as a group, they to an undeveloped area. The moved onto lots within the sub- their land and constructed part
were not satisfied with theifLof- residents are considering a divisions, he indicated.
fer, Pablo Street residents last move to an area off Farm Road “We would love to be in our ci- there, a grant from the Depart-
week signed buyout contracts 3360 (Eagle Drive extension), ty because this has been a great ment of Housing and Urban
with Warren, a subsidiary of between Cherry Point Drive and city for us,” said Hamilton. “We Development provided sewage
Chevron. The contracts included Farm Road 565, Hamilton said love Pablo Street — it has been facilities, he noted,
provisions that all the residents latar.- “And, of course, we’re the most peaceful community I Mayor Fred Miller pledged
must move and that they must looking at other areas, too,” he know of..------ council’s help in obtaining HUD
relocate at least two miles from added. However, given the fact the grants or any other aid available
where they now. live. The two- Some Pablo Street residents residents must move, Hamilton to the residents as they plan
mile restriction may exclude the wish not to rebuild, but to move asked counoiLto help residents their move.
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of its Mont Belvieu complex
USX considers restructuring
Takeover rumors spark jump in stock value
Davis resigns position
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on Mont Belvieu Council
, Texas-»labor force: 8,128,600 PITTSBURGH, (AP >- Break- that a restructuring of the steel senior economist»for phase
(8.279,300); unemployed: 740,000 ing a rponth-lohg silence, USX and energy giant might take the Econometrics.
e: 9.1 (9.3). Corp. announced a 30-day study form of a stock buyback, a Bradford said USX already
Austin and Palm had~ the ol~a wide range of restructui- spinoff of. Its oil and gas opera--has takeover defenses in place, -
state’s lowest unemployment ing alternatives”, to increase the tions to shareholders, or the sale including a staggered board of
rates — 5.8 percent — among price of its stock amid heavy of its ailing steel business, directors and the recent acquisi-
major metropolitan areas.
McAUen-Edinburgh-Mission takeover attempts ' '
continued to have the state’s
highest rate — 19.9 percent.
Austin’s and Dallas’
MONT BELVIEU — Another member of City Council has
resigned after selling his home and property to the Mont
Belvieu Program.
Councilman A.B. Davis on Monday submitted his resigna-
tion, effective Oct. 13. Davis is building a home about five miles
east of the city. ,
The first council member to resign after deciding to sell his
home was C. J. Cotten, who has moved to La Grange.
Davis said, “I hate having to leave the; city of Mont Belvieu,
but that’s the decision I’ve made'”. '
Mayor Fred Miller noted Davis has given 19 years of service
as a councilman. "We’re losing a lot Of history and a lot of help
here on the council,” he said.
Miller said council will name a replacement for Davis, whose
term expires in 1988.
Also expiring in 1988 is the term of Barbers Hill High School
principal John Halh On Aug. 4, council named Hall to complete
Cotten’sterm. '
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tion of Texas Oil & Gas Corp.,
which greatly increased the
"The management of USX “(USX) could do any of a number of shares outstanding,
believes that the market value of dozen different things. That’s standard & Poor’s on Monday
its shares has not reflected the „why it s 8°ing to take them 30 reduced “with negative implica-
value of the corporation’s assets days to fi8ure out- Merrill tions” its ratings on debts by
and businesses,” the companv Uvnch analyst Charles Bradford USX and two subsidiaries, citing
said Monday. said “They also want to in- the takeover threats and USX’s
Wall Street analysts have crease uncertainty for anyone restructuring study.
buying the stock. An investor
could be left out on a limb.”
trading and escalating rumors of among other possibilities.
(See BAYTOWN’S, Page 9-A)
Pearce Street Journal - -
“Typically, such actions
reduce creditor protection
“Certainly there is a concern levels,” Standard & Poor’s said.
estimated USX’s value at up to
$40 per share. The1 stock closed
Collective bargaining with a unchanged at $25,124 a share in
new wrinkle resulted when a New York Stock Exchange com1 by management tq^jme up with “These are already low in the
bright young student, represen- positelrading on Monday after a plan to convince existing case of USX due to a heavy debt
ting his entire class, told the *nore than 13.6 million shares shareholders they can enhance burden and questionable pro-
teacher he would’ like to changed hands values better than any white spects for energy and steel
negotiate a test ban. WaU Street has speculated knight," said John Jacobson,
Open negotiations?
Consumer
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prices rise
0.2 percent
(See USX, Page 9-A)
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District curriculum study planned
AROUND
TOWN
By LINNEA SCHLOBOHM without first studying cur- ministrators and board
Students and taxpayers of riculum members alike
Baytown, in addition to teachers At Monday.s school ^ard
and administrators, are goingto meetjng, Townley summarized ing” and trustee Tom Gentry
JOANNE YORK always ready 06 asKea “ nelp chart the futare the findings of a 43-page report said he is convinced the board
—for a good golf game . . . Bill *iour?e of educa-pn In thls that points to a variety of pro-
Bandy hears good news about a blem areas within BaytOwn consultants to work with person-
friend He’d forgotten ... Bob 2^'*tenw JB,“ Kennedy sch00ls. But he emphasized that nel to identify district needs.
Druce comes to the rescue once fai.1 on^a-v.^a ’5 "1 present the report reflects only a “cur- When the need for some type
again. ‘° fthe scthooJ board recommen- sory” examination of this “ °f study was identified in April,
Shawna Thomas shares some a 10n® ,for fQrmulatmg such a district and should serve as a the boafd discussed the possibili-
special time with other^ . . . Joe
CampbeHeaHs home with great ^nts Baytown The report recoimnends
- sZlfuntSseaheadmk’86ab°Ut Formation of the committee replacing several facilities, in
some fun things ahead in 86. primary recommendation particular Harlem Elementary
Dot Ganson rewarded for be- was a pnmary recommenaation g remodeling others
tne so friendly Paula Roe en of a six-member consultant “cno°‘' ana remodeling others.
^ tJr.” f™up T-5& T?xas„sti!e
Kare„ Va.es buy schedule XdSmlXaSuSLM S ££
keeps her happy ana ready for a fac|] jties here -— 7^ ranges planning, but Townley
augh . However, John Townley,' a also Pra'sed the educational
Brenda Gardner has a new former school superintendent system here. i .
Con-
sumer prices rose 0.2 percent in
August as higher prices for food
and clothing offset fresh declines •
in gasoline costs, the govern-
ment reported Tuesday.
Even with the slight jump,
which followed a month of flat
prices, consumer costs have
risen at an annual rate of just 0.1 .
percent this year.
While energy prices in those*
eight months have fallen at an
annual rate of 25.8 percent, all -
other retail prices, lumped
together, have risen at a 3.7 per-
cent rate. vl_
Prices had falien 0.2 percent
through July.
For all of 1986, analysts con-
tinue to predict that consumer
prices will rise by 2 percent or
less, well below the 3.8 percent
(See CONSUMER, Page »-A)
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, ty of hiring a professional firm to
do the work. Cost estimates for
that approach varied from
$50,000 to $98,000.
Kennedy set the cost of this
study at under $10,000.
“I am more convinced than
ever that we took the right
course,” said Gentry, “We ac-
complished what I had in mind.
We got good information at a
________ ____________nominal expense.” __J_
... . now a professor at NTSU “We didn’t spend a lot of time When the consultant team
d »» l? 3 tr encl ’ ’ \"eann! fading the team of consultants, in the report bragging on you began its work. Townley recall-
^ruitt nas a new after-hours told school trustees a district You have more good than bad.” „
_^?lout !, - cannot study facility needs The report was hailed by ad- (See DISTRICT, Page 9-A)
starting point for further study.
WEATHER
PARTLY CLOUDY skies with
a low temperature in the mid-
70s and a 20 percent chance of
rain are predicted for Tuesday
night. Wednesday's forecast
calls for partly cloudy skies
with a high in the low 90s and a
50 percent chance of thunder-
showers. In the 24 -hour period
ending at 8 a m Tuesday, the
recorded tow temperature was
72 degrees with a high of 90
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