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Baytonians plan to appeal
USX action on Texas Works
Chamber, Shields vow to get plant reopened
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ByBRUCEGUYNN
The Baytown-West Chambers ly idled. >
County ECTwmtcOevelopmCTt Although this--status does-not
FoctfidatTon and the Chamber of
Commerce will work to reopen
the Texas. Works plant, officials
said Thursday. , „
Mike Shields, executive direc-
tor of the economic development
foundation, said representatives
of his organization plan to meet
with USX officials soon to find
out the company's exact inten-
tions for the plant.
After discerning the' com-
pany’s intentions. efforts .will be
made to reopen the facility,
either under the management of
USX or some other company.
-Shields said.
‘‘What we care about are the
jobs,” Shields said.
4 The executive committee of
the economic development foun-
dation met Thursday morning
and discussed" the situation at
' the Texas Works plant. V
Shields said the mood of the
five-member committee was one
pi concern, but optimism^ \
The meeting came one day chamber and the economic
after David M. Roderick, chair- development foundation “want
man of USX, announced that the to work with USX people- to
pipe and melt mills at the Texas reopen that facility.”
Ms. Wheeler said it is “critical
for us to say to them, ‘this is’**,
Works Plant had been indefinite-
shields said the impact of the
apply to the plate mill, Roderick
noted the company’s Gary plant Idling of the Texas Works plant
produces enough plate to meet ^as ^een demonstrated during
the recent work stoppage in
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current customer orders.
. .About 850 emplpyees. in-
cluding 100. supervisors, are on
the payroll at the Texas Works chamber, said he was surprised
plant. Jlleven Sobat, public af- by Wednesday’s announcement.
„ fairs manager for USX’s “I understand this to be One of
Houston office, said “300 or less” the newer plants,” White said. '
are associated with the plate
mill at the plant. , —
Roderick Cited economic con- * parison with other steel
siderations for idling a portion of' manufacturing facilities, but he
the plant. However, he said the sa'b it has not been particularly
prospects for the plant reopen- profitable, describing it as a
ing are “remote.” “continual dog.”
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Steelworkers were ruled eligi-
ble to receive 26 weeks of
unemployment benefits last fall.
For most workers, these
benefits are running out.
Ira McNeil, assistant regional
director for the Texas Employ-
ment Commission in Houston,
indicated it will be another six
months before jobjess
steelworkers might be eligible to ' *
receive additional unemploy-
ment Benefits.
The announcement came just
after the Steelworkers union
ratified a new contract ending a
six-month work stoppage at
USX’s steel manufacturing
facilities nationwide.
STABILIZING THE CREEK BANKS
HARRIS COUNTY crews work to stabilize the tion of a carwash located near the stream has
ty offfcials expect the
banks of Goose CreettStream, just east of Garth been endangered.
Road. According to Bob Cline, executive assls- project will require a total of 60 working days to
tant for Precinct 2 Commissioner Jim Fonteio, complete. ^ _
heavy winter rains have eroded the north bank
of the stream to such a degree that the founds-
Tracey Wheeler, executive
director of the Baytown
.Chamber of Commerce, said the
(Sun staff photo by Angie Bracey),
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Clements proposes
increase in taxes
Representatives react
differently td speech
AUSTIN (AP) — Although the - In presenting his pkih to the ing the fuel tax to 13 cents,
budget he has presented to the „.jyegislature, Clements alsOs.enj The extra $2.9 billion is the
Legislature will require a $2.9 dorsed keeping the higher level limit for any tax bill sent him by
billion tax increase, Gov. Bill of tax reyenues that began Jan. 1 the Legislature/ Clements said!
Clements says he will offer no when “temporary'*’ sales and will Veto any plarf that* in-
apologies motor fuel tax increases took ef* creases revenues above current
“I’m proud of the plan. I have feet. --4 levels ... 1 will veto a $5.8 billion
no apologies to make for the
plan. I think it’s in tune with the
people of this state." Clements
said after delivering his State of
the State address Wednesday.
In that 35-minute speech,
Clements unveiled his long-
awaited state budget, proposing pireon Aug. 31,,
a “hold-the-line" spending plan Bui Clements said in his 35 the governor’s executive assis-
arid acknowledging the need to minute speech and gt a subse- tant — said Clements wanted
keep $2.9 billion from temporary quent news conference that the Texans to “fully realize Mark
tax increases approved last extra $2.9 billion raised by those White gave them (he tax in-
year.
“The time is past for business needed after Aug. 31.
as usual, for the old politics of He said he would sign legisla- is, in fact, temporary.”
tax, tax, tax, spend, spend, tion to keep that additional On Wednesday, Clements
spend,” Clements said. “The money flowing into the state defended his decision to rely on
simple fact is that this budget treasury. , -
—holds 4he Bne *on govemment Clements said he favors “I made it very clear in the
spending while we get our restructuring the sales tax campaign... that there would be
economy moving again.’’
By BRUCE GUYNN These taxes include a 5-cent the teacher retirement fund,
Baytown’s representatives gasoline charge scheduled to Watson, on the other hand,
in Austin had mixed reactions expire in August.
Wednesday to GoV. gjill Polumbo said he is opposed proposed cuts to vocational
Clements’ plans for relieving to making these taxes perma- education. -
nent because he expects the Polumbo said he is opposed
state’s economy to rebound to a move that might lead to an
increase in .the number of
Clements called for a students in a classroom,
broadening of taxes to include Green and Polumbo both in-
services and commodities that dicated they favor the gover-
nor’s proposal -to create
Watson said he supports the regional detention centers near
concept of extending taxes, but-urban areas for criminal of-
indicated this should be done fenders,
with caution.
Polumbo and Watson both years, he has supported the
“He (Clements) didn’t tell us —said they support Clements’ concept of detention centers ■
(anything) but a lot of gob- proposal to reduce the penalty for non-violent first offenders. , „
bledygook,” said Watson. for failure to comply with the The only persons who should
Baytown’s representatives controversial "no pass, no be plaoed in prison are persons ’
all Indicated they can support play” rule to three weeks. - guilty of violent crimes and se-
some parts of Clements’ pro- *.■ Under the current rule, conrinffenders Pnlnmho said,—
gram while opposing others.—’4 students failing one dr rfiore Watson, however, questioned
Green said he will have to subjects in a grading period whether Clements' proposal
think about Clements’proposal are barred from participating would be acceptable to U.S.
to make permanent the “tern- , in sports and other extracur- District Judge William Wayne
porary’’.taxes approved by the ricular activities for six weeks. Justice, who has ordered the
Green said he can’t support state to avoid overcrowding in
Clements' proposal to cut into its prison .system.
said he is opposed to Clements’
the state’s financial woes:
State Sen. Gene Green, D-
Houston. said he thought the
Republican governor’s speech
was a good starting point and
that ,jt was generally well-
given and well-received. •
However, State Reps. Tony
Polumbo. D-Houston. and Ed
• Watson. D-Deer Park., both
said they felt the speech was
too vague. -
Those hikes , — -passed by tax hike.”
lawmakers last fall and signed
by White - raised the sales tax estimated that lawmakers face a
rate from 4*4 percent to 5‘4 per- $5.8 billion deficit over the next
cent and lifted the motor fuel tax 30 months,
from 10 cents per gallon to 15
cents. They are scheduled to eX- signed it, Clements’ campaign
manager George Bayoud — now
eventually.
Comptroller Bob Bullock has
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are currently exempt.
On Oct. 1, one day after White
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Polumbo said- for. several
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temporary levies still will be crease and Bill Clements is the
one candidate who will ensure it
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the ex Ira revenue
system to lower the rate — to no newtoxes i* this fiscal year,
Clements proposed total spen- perhaps 4 percent or 4.5 percent but that I had an open mind and I
fling for 1988-89 of $36.87 billion, — while expanding the base to had not yet considered what the
an increase of $766 million over include services not now taxed, circumstances would be for the
He also voiced support for lower- next biennium,” Clements said
special session of the
Legislature last year.
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current levels.
Rain totals
4.19 inches
in January
10.9 percent rise recorded
Pearce Street Journal--
Taxing subject
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Lee College spring enrollment up
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One dissident heatedly defend-
ed tax reform.
He said it was fair. It takes ad-
vantage of everybody.
By DAVID MOHLMAN
Spring semester enrollment at key to Lee College’s future is
Lee College is up liW^p
over last year, LC Presi/fi
vian Blevins announced(W
Mrs. Blevins stressed that the
Even if those persons later
move to Houston or Dallas. "I
think we can ill afford not to
educate (them).”.
The LC chief executive asked
Rotarians to help the college in
any way they can.
When people say Lt, Gov. Bill
Hobby is working to spare
higher education from state
budget Cuts, "they’re not talking
about community colleges and
you need to know that.” said
Mrs. Blevins. Community col-
leges are not connected with
higher education, she said.
The 1986-87 LC budget is less
than $15 million “and they're
talking about right now. a $2
million cut for Lee College,”
said Mrs. Blevins. She said the
cut most likely will be about 10
percent ($800,000 to $900,008).
“We need your help in keeping
that cut as small as possible
It’s really
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Rainfall for January 1987
averaged 0.78 of an inch more
than normal, according to
figures provided by Baytown
Emergency Management.
Baytown avqraged 4.19 inches
of rain during January, com-
pared to a normal average of
3.41 inches. The monthly
average is calculated from rain-
fall totals measured at nine loca:
tions throughout Baytown.
The least amount of rain for
the month — 3.37 inches — fell at
the West District sewage treat-
ment plant, on Interstate 10 near
the Spur SO tDecker Drive) ar-
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| “We exist to serve students.”
not to provide jobs or to offer
certain programs, ” she said.
To serve the community the
best way it can, the college must
be ready to eliminate programs
that no longer help citizens," said
Mrs. Blevins.
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In her address to the Baytown
Rotary Club. Mrs. Blevins also
said that contact hours, the
BOB DAVES coordinates a sue- number of hours students spend
cessful project ... William and in the classroom with an instruc-
Jim Strangmeier spend a day in tor, are 13.2 percent greater than
Houston . . . Jane Larson renews last spring,
an acquaintance.
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College officials are exploring
new programs such as court
reporting, dental assistance and
child management and are con-
sidering getting new instructors
to teach those courses, she said.
The increased figures are
Paul Touchet talks about significant because the state
calendars ... Ed Macaluso pro- bases community college fun-
vides a news tip ... Allen Can- ding on the number of contact
non attends a meeting
~ Paul Schlegel fills in ...
LVther Bright discusses crease in enrollment to the hard
photography ... Lois Snead work of college employees,
stops by The Sun. “I’m a roaiiat,” she said I stated
Bill Hurst is always a good believe that these figures did not
scout ... Connie Dunham happen by accident."
always has a smile .. Gordon
WEATHER
PARTLY CLOUDY skies, with
a 10-percent chance of early
evening showers and a low
temperature near SO Is the
forecast for Thursday night
Friday is expected to be partly
cloudy, with a high in the km
60s horn 1 a m Wednesday
tota m Thursday, a high of 74
hours.
Mrs. Blevins credited the in-
“I think we have a commit-
ment to do that," Mrs. Blevins
it.
The most rain’rell at Exxon's
Baytown Refinery, where 5.72
inches was recorded during
January. Much of that total
came on Jan 17,t when 2.37 in-
ches of rain fell at the refinery
Unemployed persons or per-
sons who never have worked
"need the opportunity to learn
and a low of 53 degrees were
“Wecan’t get into a gloom and
reported in the Bayto*n area
LaGrange and Jim Jones are doom mode.” she added "We do skills and to acquire
have control ever our
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new members
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 82, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 5, 1987, newspaper, February 5, 1987; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1154300/m1/1/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.