The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 210, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1992 Page: 2 of 16
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THE BAYTOWN SUN
Thursday, July 2, 1992
SUNSPOTS
Police beat
Stroke group
The Baytown Stroke Group
will not be meeting this week.
Free swimming
There will be free swimming
at Lakewood Pool on Greenbriar
from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. July 4.
WWII veterans
Questionnaires that were sent
to World War II veterans need
to be in by July 15 for the 50th
Anniversary Directory at Lee
College. Anyone needing a form
or more information should call
Brenda Cooper at 425-6370 or
424-2430.
July 4th Parade
All alumni and present mem-
bers of the Robert E. Lee High
School band are invited to play
in the July 4th Parade. Rehear-
sals will be held from 6:30-8
p.m. July 2-3 at REL. For more
information, call A1 Peoples at
427-6382.
Cars, pars
The Chambers County Golf
Course Oldsmobile Scramble
will be held at noon July 17.
Call 409-267-3236 for
information.
Five men, juvenile detained
Randall’s to buy
Tom Thumb-Page
HOUSTON (AP) — A merger between Randall’s and the Tom
Thumb-Page supermarkets will make it the second largest grocery
chain in the state.
Randall’s Management Coiporation Inc. of Houston said Wednes-
day it had agreed to terms to acquire Cullum Companies Inc. of
Dallas, which operates the Tom Thumb stores.
Each company posted more than $1 billion in revenues during
their recent fiscal years, ending June 27. Together, that revenue
would put the new chain behind only San Antonio-based H.E.B. in
the state.
“It’ll certainly help us as far as purchasing power and we will
remain even more competitive,” Bob Onstead, Randall’s chairman
and chief executive officer, said.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Randall’s Management operates Randall’s Food and Drugs and
Randall’s Flagship stores in Houston and other Southeast Texas
towns. Besides Tom Thumb-Page Food and Drug Centers, Cullum
operates Tom Thumb Supermarkets, page Super Drugs, Simon Da-
vid Gourmet Food Stores and Drugs Plus discount drug stores in
Dallas, Fort Worth and Austin.
“For the past several years, the management of Randall’s and
Cullum have talked about the advantages of joining together,” On-
stead said. “Now in a few short weeks, our dream will come true.
All of us at Randall’s look forward to working with the great Tom
Thumb family of employees.”
Cullum is expected to continue operating as an independent leg of
the merged group.
Randall’s, which is Houston’s leading supermarket chain, plans to
acquire all the issued and outstanding common stock of Cullum.
MONT BELVIEU — Four
Houston men, 20-29 years old,
were arrested and one juvenile
was taken into custody in Mont
Belvieu early Thursday in con-
nection with the theft of two
vehicles, police said.
One of the vehicles was sto-
len from a Mont Belvieu apart-
ment complex while the other
was stolen in Houston and dri-
ven to Mont Belvieu, police
said.
The suspects were taken into
custody by a Mont Belvieu
police officer who said he
noticed five men standing
around the two vehicles in the
parking lot of a closed business
at 2 a.m. After checking the
vehicles’ license plate numbers,
the officer learned the vehicles
were stolen, and detained the
suspects.
The men were charged with
burglary of a motor vehicle and
unauthorized use of a motor
vehicle, police said. The adults
were transported to the Cham-
bers County Jail. The juvenile
was turned over to juvenile
authorities.
AUTO THEFTS
Baytown police reported
vehicles stolen. Wednesday from
the 3200 block of Nebraska,
from the Exxon contractors’
parking lot at Baytown Avenue
and Bayway and from 3120
Decker.
Officers also investigated two
cases — in the 300 block of
Barnes and at 4601 Village
Lane — where someone appa-
rently tried to steal vehicles but
failed, leaving broken windows
and steering columns behind.
BURGLARIES/THEFTS
—Someone broke into a
house in the 3200 block of Iowa
and ransacked several rooms,
according to a Tuesday report.
Total loss is unknown.
—Cedar Bayou Junior School
was the scene of a crime for the
second time in less than a week.
Sometime Monday night or ear-
ly Tuesday, someone stole
numerous tools from a tool box
left at a building construction
site at the school. Loss is
unknown. Over the weekend,
the school was burglarized and
vandalized.
—A television and an antique
rocking chair were among the
items stolen from a residence on
Hines Street sometime Wednes-
day. Loss is estimated at $630.
—A resident on North Jones
Street reported more than $500
cash stolen Wednesday.
—Speakers valued at $175
were reported stolen from a
vehicle parked in the 7400 block
of Lone Oak sometime Tuesday
night.
—A $400 loss was reported
from the burglary of a vehicle
parked at 3120 Decker Wednes-
day.
TRAFFIC
—Two people were injured in
a hit-and-run accident in the
1100 block of Massey-Tomp-
kins Road Wednesday. Neither
injury was life-threatening,
according to police.
—One minor injury occurred
in a separate accident on the
same road, police said, when
two vehicles collided on Mas-
sey-Tompkins and McKinney.
—Other Wednesday traffic
accidents included a car that ran
into a church at the comer of
Carver and Turner Streets: a
collision at the intersection of
East Defee and North Main that
involved two moving vehicles, a
building and a parked car; and
collisions at the intersections of
Loop 201 and North Alexander
and Loop 201 and Missouri.
CRIME SCENE
During the 24 hours between
Wednesday and Thursday
mornings, Baytown police
handled 172 complaints and
investigated incidents that
included 10 burglaries, six
thefts, seven auto thefts, two
cases of vandalism, four assaults
and one case of illegal weapons
possession. Officers also
answered dozens of calls about
fireworks and gunfire.
Clinton promises key perot’s running mate
Hispanic appointees may be hard decision
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SAN ANTONIO (AP) —
Hispanic political leaders are
praising Democratic presidential
candidate Bill Ginton for get-
ting them involved in his cam-
paign early in the election
season.
And Ginton is promising to
appoint Hispanics to key federal
posts.
Clinton met with Hispanic
leaders from several states Wed-
nesday after a speech to the
League of United Latin Ameri-
can Citizens.
“I think the Hispanic voters of
America are going to have a lot
of influence on this election not
only because of their numbers,
but they are concentrated largely
in 10 states,” Clinton said. “In
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(Hwy. 146)
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Miracle Restoration Fellowship
Mission Shelter Food & Clothes
Bank 1615 S. Pruett Baytown, TX
77520
URGENTI Your financial donation is
needed now. Every penny you give
goes to feed the hungty, clothe the
needy & house the homeless. Every
penny you give is tax deductible. UR-
GENTI Food of every kind needed!
Clothes of every kind and size, Bibles, a
refrigerator, gas stove, towels, wash
cloths and cookware are also needed. A
pick-up and a good car are desperately
needed. Send your financial support
today to the above address or drop it by
the mission, it is URGENTLY needed
today. Call (713) 422-0783, after 4p.m.
call 421-2363. We want to hear from
you. Our prayer is that God may bless
you for what you give. 1 John 3:17
this sort of race, I think their in-
fluence is going to be very
considerable.”
Clinton met privately with
Hispanic congressional mem-
bers, state officials and others
for about 90 minutes at a San
Antonio hotel.
“It began cordial. It ended en-
thusiastic,” former San Antonio
mayor Henry Cisneros said.
“This kind of coordination nor-
mally comes very late in the
campaign.”
The Hispanic officials, in-
cluding U.S. Rep. Bill Richard-
son, D-N.M., U.S. Rep. Esteban
Torres, D-Calif., and most of the
Hispanic Texas state legislators,
said Hispanics will be involved
at the top level of the Clinton
campaign.
“The purpose of the meeting
was to mobilize national his-
panic support,” Richardson said.
In his speech to about 500
LULAC members, Ginton em-
phasized education and family
values and said he would con-
sider Hispanics for cabinet posi-
tions, White House jobs and
judgeships, including possibly
the Supreme Court.
“The old adage, ‘Mi casa, su
casa’ will be true when my
house is the White House,”
Ginton said.
LULAC, a Hispanic rights or-
ganization, does not make politi-
cal endorsements. About 90 per-
cent of its members are Demo-
crats and about 10 percent are
Republicans, said national
league president Jose Velez.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ross Perot’s faltering poll num-
bers could make his selection of a running mate more difficult,
political analysts suggest. He will likely make his choice be-
tween the two major-party conventions and the circulating
names range from Paul Tsongas to Sally Ride.
Recent polls show Perot’s ascendancy to have halted. They
also show an increase in his negatives following a barrage of
Republican criticism of his character and his record.
That could change the dynamics of Perot’s vice presidential
selection process and perhaps dry up the pool of some potential
choices, according to some analysts and political veterans.
James Squires, Perot’s spokesman and a key adviser, says
selecting a vice presidential candidate “is certainly one of his
main goals and one of his main interests.”
Squires said there is “not yet a short list” but that various
lists are now being compiled.
Ride, a former astronaut, is the latest addition to the specula-
tion. She currently is director of the California Space Institute
at the University of California at San Diego. She did not return
a phone call.
Also believed to be high on the list of contenders is Tsongas,
who quit the Democratic presidential race earlier this year; for-
mer baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth and former United
Nations ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick.
Perot has gone out of his way to compliment both Ueberroth
and Tsongas in recent days — Ueberroth for his leadership of a
committee that is overseeing the rebuilding of riot-tom Los
Angeles neighborhoods, and Tsongas for his economic ideas.
Perot met with Tsongas, a former Massachusetts senator, last
week during a visit to Hartford, Conn. And he waved a copy of
Tsongas’ economic program during an appearance on a net-
work call-in show.
The day after the meeting with Perot, Tsongas told a group
of supporters he had no intention of leaving the Democratic
Party.
Squires would not comment on any of the names.
He said the Texas billionaire would likely announce the full
ticket between the July 13-16 Democratic convention and the
Aug. 17-20 GOP convention.
Perot had planned to announce his choice after the major-
party conventions. But about half a dozen states require that a
permanent ticket be ntrnied before Aug. 20, Squires said.
Perot has named retired Adm. James Stockdale, a former
Vietnam prisoner of war, as an interim running mate to meet
initial ballot requirements in some states.
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LOW: 5:12 a.m., +5:02 p.m.
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SUNRISE: 6:25 a.m.
SUNSET: 8:26 p.m.
Unemployment rate
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The
nation’s unemployment rate
surged to 7.8 percent in June,
the highest level in more than
eight years, as the weak eco-
nomy proved unable to absorb
an influx of job seekers, the
government said Thursday.
The Labor Department said
the June rate was a seasonally
adjusted 0.3 percentage points
higher than the May level of 7.5
percent and 0.6 percentage
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points above the April number.
The June rate was the highest
since March 1984.
President Bush said Thursday
that the surge in the unemploy-
ment rate to its highest level in
eight years “is not good news.”
But he praised the Fed for re-
sponding with a cut in a key in-
terest rate.
The Federal Reserve Thurs-
day slashed its key discount rate
from 3.5 percent to 3.0 percent.
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AT&T....................44%
Amoco....................47 yt
Armco........................
Ashland...................27
Atlantic Rich............108%
Beth. Steel................ 15>/.
CG&E......................
Chevron................. 667s
Dial Corp.................35%
Dow Chem...............57y4
Dresser Ind............... 91/.
DSHRM.................. ir/i
Du Pont ..................5i
Ethyl Corp................26%
Exxon....................61V,
Ford......................45
General Electric..........7g>/,
General Motors.......... 42’/.
G.R............................
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Halliburton...............27
HCA......................21%
Houston Industries........44%
Humana..................21
IBM......................98%
Kimberly Clarke..........58%
Kmart....................23%
Kroger.................... 15
Lubrizol..................70%
Lyondell Petro. Chem .... 22%
Maxus Energy Corp.......6%
Mobil..................... 61%
Monsanto.................56
Occidental Petro.......... 19%
Panhandle Eastern........ 16%
Phillips Petro.............24%
Pin Wst.................. 18%
Quantum Chem. Corp.... 18
Royal Dutch..............89
Sch'umberger.............63%
Sears.....................39%
Southern Co..............35%
Sterling Chemical..........4
Sun Oil...................25%
Tenneco..................36%
Texaco.................... 62%
Unilever................. 109
Upjohn...................32%
USX Corp................29%
Walgreens...............34%
Wal-Mart.................54%
Woolworth................28%
Xerox.....................71%
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Dow Change........(UP) 14.18
Silver.....................4.030
Gold.....................343.55
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Dobbs, Gary. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 210, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1992, newspaper, July 2, 1992; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1019632/m1/2/?q=aRCHIVES: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.