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THE BAYTOWN SUN
Monday, February 11, 1991
3-A
Nearness of university
important, Stauffer says
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
By David Mohlman
of The Baytown Sun
The nearness of the Univer-
sity of Houston-Clear Lake to
Baytown makes the university
.important, not only for educa-
tion but also for business here,
according to Dr. Thomas M.
Stauffer, university president.
“We’re only 20 minutes
away,” Stauffer told Baytown
Chamber of Commerce on Fri-
day. “Once the (Fred Hartman)
bridge is done, it’ll probably be
15 minutes.
“We’re close by and we care
about what happens in this
community.’’
Helping lead the university is
a 40-member citizen-based
development and advisory coun-
cil which has started various
outreach efforts, Stauffer said.
Baytown was targeted first, he
noted, with invitations offered
to community leaders and visits
made a few months ago.
Enrollment was 7,600 this fall
at the university, which has a
service area that includes sever-
al Houston area community
colleges, according to Stauffer.
About half of those students are
pursuing a master’s degree or
doctorate, he indicated.
Among the rest, 327 indicated
they live at a Baytown address,
with 257 transferring directly
from Lee College, Stauffer said.
With 85-90 percent of these
students also returning^ to a
Baytown address, the education
they receive at Clear Lake
becomes a benefit to the city, he
said.
The university has been iden-
tified as a national model for the
relationships it has developed
with community colleges in its
region, Stauffer said. About
three-fourths of the students at
Clear Lake previously attended
a community college in this
area, he said.
The university’s research
programs “dove tail” into the
community, providing benefits
to industry, according to Stauf-
fer. As an example, he men-
tioned that projects by the UH-
CL computer science depart-
ment have helped E*xon
improve control and monitoring
of processes at company facili-
ties.
Another example of research
by the university involves a
drug now in clinical trials in
South America, Stauffer said.
The drug, developed by a UH-
CL researcher, fights the deve-
lopment of memory deficits in
persons suffering from Alz-
heimer’s disease. Early results
of the tests, conducted with the
cooperatiorf of the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration, are
“highly promising,” Stauffer
said.
For several years, demand has
been sufficient for business and
other programs offered at Clear
Lake to support a physical pre-
sence by the university in Bay-
town, according to Stauffer.
“That is still an intent,” he
said, citing lack of funds as the
chief roadblock. “As soon as the
resouce picture improves, we
would like to do that.”
In addition to the benefit
provided to hundreds of people
who would attend classes, the
UH-CL presence in Baytown
would be a marketing plus for
industrial development, Stauffer
told chamber members. When
corporate officials evaluate sites
for potential growth, a universi-
ty presence is usually one of the
factors near the top of the list,
he indicated.
Stauffer encouraged chamber
members to do what they can to
support growth by the university
into Baytown.
DESER'
y STORM
Bombing destroys bridge
DHAHRAN, Saudi Arabia
(AP) — An allied raid Monday
destroyed a major Baghdad
bridge, and U.S. officials said Ir-
aqi jets' that fled to Iran pose
little threat because their pijots
are inexperienced and they can-
not be kept combat-ready.
In other action, U.S. and Brit-
ish aircraft Monday teamed up
to destroy an Iraqi patrol boat
off Kuwait and American pilots
on “Scud patrol” claimed likely
hits on five Iraqi missile
launchers, allied military offi-
cials said.
Iraq claimed Monday that ci-
vilian areas had been targeted in
57 overnight air raids by the all-
ies, and vowed the the U.S.-led
coalition would “pay ... in pools
of blood.”
In an indication of the war’s
toll on Iraq’s army, the Baghdad
government announced Monday
that it will begin drafting ail
17-year-old males. In early Ja-
nuary, Iraq lowered the con-
scription age from 18 to 17, but
only for youths not in school.
In the Saudi capital of Riy-
adh, U.S. military officials said
Monday that more than half of
Iraq’s air force is believed out of
commission, including those
planes that have fled to Iran —
147 by their count.
The officials, speaking on
condition of anonymity, also
said Iraq was playing a “shell
game” with its remaining air-
craft, putting some in hardened
concrete shelters dairfagetL irr
earlier air strikes while hiding
others in civilian and wooded
areas.
No Iraqi planes are known to
have fled into Iran in the last
few days, the officials said.
They said 147 Iraqi planes were
in Iran — including 121 combat
planes, many of them among
Saddam Hussein’s best
That represents about one-
fifth of the estimated 600 air-
craft Baghdad was believed to
have at the war’s outset. The all-
ies' say they’ve' downed 34
Photo by Kathorino FotWoman
Yellow Ribbon Week
Nancy Hefner Hawks receives a proclamation from
Mayor Emmett Hutto proclaiming the week of Feb. 10-16
as Yellow Ribbon Week. Through the joint efforts of con-
cerned volunteers within the Baytown community, a "Pro-
ject Desert Support” rally will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday
at Stallworth Stadium. Those planning to attend may
bring Valentines and letters to be mailed to service per-
sonnel deployed in the Persian Gulf. The program will
end with a solo performance of "God Bless the USA” by
Alan Green and a 10-minute fireworks display. The gates
will open, at 6 p.m.
planes and confirmed the de-
struction of another 99 on the
ground.
Some of the fleeing planes
were apparently flown by pilots
so inexperienced that “they
didn’t know what' to do when
our radar was lqcked on, they
didn’t go into the proper evasive
action strategy” to avoid being
hit, the officials said.
The sinking of the Iraqi patrol
boat early Monday was de-
scribed by Britisfrofficials as~
the Royal Navy’s first nighttime
success against Iraq. In the at-
tack, a Lynx helicopter fired two
Sea Skua missiles into a Soviet-
built Zhuk fast patrol boat, leav-
ing it foundering.
• Then American aircraft —
which had first spotted the ves-
sel about three-quarters of a
mile from its hiding place on
Faylakah Island — moved in for
the kill, flames from the burning
boat lighting up the sky, a pool,
report said.
Commander Adrian Nance of
the HMS Cardiff, the Lynx’s
mother ship, praised the team-
work of U.S. and British units in
the northern Persian Gulf. “Sad-
dam Hussein’s navy has no-
where to hide,” he said.
Little of that navy is believed
-to be left afloat, ________
The military officials in Riy-
adh cited pilot reports as saying
three of the'1 mobile Scud missile
launchers believed destroyed in
the past two days were in west-
ern Iraq, Where they could take
aim at Israel.
The other two were in south-
ern Iraq, a launching ground for
rocket attacks on Saudi,, Arabia,
said the officials.
Though U.S. commanders
have described the Scud as more
' of a terror weapon than a signif-
icant military threat, Iraq’s mo-
bile Scud launchers have been
prime targets in the nearly
month-old air war.
That onslaught pressed on
Monday — aided by good visi-
bility — amid signs that many
military officials believe a major
ground .assault, is two pr three
weeks away.
One senior U.S. commander
pointed Sunday to tfte need to
move more soldiers and equip-
ment into place along the front,
saying it could take up to a
month. Underscoring that,
Ml-Al main battle tanks — a
key weapon in any ground war
— were being shipped north
Monday along Saudi supply
routes.
The Baghdad government’s
conscription order for 17-year-
olds ' was read Monday over
Baghdad radio. The teen-agers
were ordered to report beginning
Friday.
The latest Iraqi military com-
munique, also read over the ra-
dio, claimed civilian areas were
hit in Monday’s allied attacks.
JACKSON
Charlie W. Jackson, 85; of
Baytown was found dead in his
home Sunday, Feb. 10, 1991.
Services are pending at Navarre-
Lee Funerad Home.
BROWN
John Burt Brown, 52, of Bay-
«town died Sunday, Feb. 10,
1991, in a Baytown hospital.
Services are pending at Johnson
and Frazier Funeral Home.
ROBERTSON
Services for Bill Robertson,
62, of Dayton will be held at 3
p.m. Monday, Feb. 11, 1991, at
Sterling Funeral Chapel with the
Rev. Bill Taylor officiating.
Robertson died Saturday, Feb.
9, at a hospital in Galveston.
He was bom in Archer City
and had been a resident of Day-
ton for the past 18 years. He was
secretary of the Harris County
Medical Association and was
past president and a member of
the Southeast Rotary Club in
Houston.
He is survived by his wife,
Mary Robertson of Dayton;
mother, Valma Robertson of 01-
ney; daughters, Suzie Patterson
of Grand Prairie and Marci Mor-
land of Austin; sons, Jim of Lib-
erty, Gary of New Waverly,
Terry of Dayton and Mark of
Sound Horn, Fla.; brother, War-
ren Robertson of Washington;
18 grandchildren; and two great-
grandchildren.
Burial will be at the Palms
Memorial Park Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Phillip
Cleveland, Leroy Chance,
Jimmy Walker, Jack Webb, Jack
Smith and Jimmy Douglas.
Honorary pallbearers will be
Pete Redepenning, Richard
“Dick” Ross and Sam Tigner.
Services are under the direc-
tion of Sterling Funeral Home.
BURCH
Services for Bay M. Burch,
70, of Liberty will be held at 10
a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, 1991, at
Trinity Assembly Church of
Liberty with the Rev. Adolph
Johnson officiating.
Burch died Sunday, Feb. 10,
in a Liberty hospital.
He was bom in Evadale and
had been a resident of Liberty
for 65 years. He was the retired
owner of Burch’s Fish Market
and a member of Trinity As-
sembly Church. He had served
in the U-.S, Coast Guard. __....
He is survived by his wife,
Violet Burch; sons, Shelton
Burch Sr.,' Jimmy Burch, Dennis
Burch, Lester Burch,. John
Burch, Aaron Burch and James
Burch, all of Liberty, Oscar
Burch and Buddy Burch, both of
Dayton; daughters, Brenda
Chapman and Edna Anderson,
both of Dayton; sister, Mildred
LaFrance of Liberty; 37 grand--
children; and 10 great-
grandchildren.
Burial, will be at Palms Me-
morial Park in Dayton.
Pallbearers will be Shelton
Burch Jr., Jimmy Keith Burch,
Craig Burch, Sonny Burch,
Randy Eckiss, Jack Farmer,
Ricky Eckiss, Dennis Burch Jr.
and John Burch Jr.
Honorary pallbearers will be
Russell LaFrance, Bill LaF-
rance, Eddie Burch, Daniel
Burch and Randy Chapman.
Services are under the direc-
tion of Sterling Funeral Home in
Dayton.
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