The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 309, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 9, 1975 Page: 1 of 19
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®ie faptohm i>un
MORE THAN 60,000 READERS EVERY DAY
Telephone Number:,422*8302
Thursday, October 9, 1975
Baytown, Texas, 77520
C4.*
SHE GAVE
right; is the first memberof the
East Harris County Medieal Society Auxiliary to receive the
gallon donor pin from the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center for
having donated a gallon of blood. Mrs, Melvin D. Haley, left, is
auxiliary chairman for the volunteer assistance program. Other
auxiliary members who help the blood donor program are Mrs.
Richard Atkins, a state officer in blood bank work; Mrs. J. J.
Burianek, Mrs. William Holder, Mrs.. Drew Williams and Mrs.
KeUy Morris. Bjood is drawn from noon to 5:30 p.m. every
-;i,J < ■■oasr-tftjspttai •
(Sun staff photo by Glenn Folkes) 1__'
Brownw()od~Evacuati()ti Plan Is
Back In Washington For Action
Forecast Not Challenged- jEngilieers Not A Drop In Sight
500,000 Would Lose Jobs Dry Rain Gauges Mark
In Natural Gas Shortage • kJSS
Fifteen Cents Per Copy
WASHINGTON (AP)
; looming natural, gas shortage
winter. The Federal Power
Commission says either bill
many .as j;i£Q(ili help reduce Jte shflitage HaJtay,
Gospel Singing
THERE WIEL.he a gospel sing-
ing session at 7:30p.m. Friday at
. Central Assembly of God Church
m the .comer-of Naero -and Pru-
ett. Evewone is- welcome
WWI Barracks ‘
BAYTOWN- BARRACKS 3481,
Veterans of World War 1 will
i meet at 2 p.m-
.-■•ifeiCoiWpfty-
- -regular monthly business meet-
Off7—C\—oA -“T^g-Rw-ladies Auxiliary wall
tiirice Closed . also -meet at the same timeand
TKE DPS driver's- license'place
half" million 'Americans out. of
work in a matter of weeks un-
less Congress and the Ford ad-
ministration , can reach a com-
promise on national energy pol-
icy.
Congressional testimony has1 , > ;
rmdicated some 506,000 workers Argentina tXO(tlLS
' to manageable proportions
' Republicans* are seeking ar
end tcfall price controls on nat-
: ural gas. •' -
Democrats have pushed for
emerge
would
By WANDA ORTON ■
.. ,| The Board of Engineers for
.-^gislafion that -Rivers and-•• - Harbors in
ermit gas-short. states i^sWngton. Js reviewing' the
ducmg- states; mainjy L°u“-,jdatioh on allocating $16.98
siana. Oklahoma-and Texas, for: K „„i____
Unusual Weather Here
By BETSY WEBBER, imported rainfall for September last rainfall to be .01 of an inch
n 'matter ...what set (if 9f 80 mi'h- 3 85 jnchesion Sept: 16 Their total 'for
statistics you go by Baytown below- the normal 4.85 inches, i Sentembe
■ ..... .. RHMH f_-rT—___ „„..r---------------- -j RPt— ^-^..Septemjyerwas 165 inches, «>m-
siana, Oklaltoma-apd Texas, for j evacuate and Relocatei-aregjyeather has been unusually No rain has been recorded so far j pared with last year's 8.02 inches
about J1.25 per unit That price:about i,500 residents from the dry sjnce mid-September -amP-m October and none is forecast.:and a four-year average for
is almost 150 per cent above the, Brownwood area. problems have resulted. —Weather records kept at Exx- September of 5.74 inches,
current controlled price. The regional office of the The National Weather Service Ion's Baytown Refinery show th$ Exxon’s records show a slack-
"‘Corps in Dallas announced-; ------------ "---------------------—......-Gening rainfall in August with 2.49
may be out of jobs when .the
Friday at anticipated natural gas short-
predictions the layoffs could be-
gtn-.soon after-Nov. 1
Hospital Patient
bureau at 120 Park will be closed
Monday m observance of Colum-
nborma?hiis. SaT* r“Ume: JAMIE STURROCK, son of Mr
. :__Vii/ ' and Mrs. Earl Sturrock bf 112 N. , . .- . . ,
ColutabusDar- ~ ^ ■
.. SAN JACINTO Council No.- 2788.: Mrs. R J- (Bob). Kalbitz, 114
No, one in Congress has chal-
lenged the prediction, but nei-
ther Republicans 'nor Demo-
crats in the Senate have, in-
dicated willingness to budge
from , their positions oh energy
the~Democratie-controlled Con-
gress at odds with President
sor the annual Columbus,
celebration Sunday -at the KC
hall and grounds,'2600 W Main.; REL Chapter
Barbecued dinners will be serv- REL AD(;LT (liapter
ed and there will be fun booths,. American Field
musical ’entertainment and auc-!meet at 7 :30 p.m
turns. ------ the testing room jit. the high;
Each side has its own pro-
*; posed solution for the gas short-
I age forecast for 14 states this they find somewhere to go
Dallas announced
.Wednesday it had released the
repo'rt to: * the board in
Washington
$1.62 Million Action
(3HfeMi:Rcfwgce6 Okays-'-Fee-.
- * ■ ■ should not lake the boatd ‘too ................ ................t ,. .... ,: ^
Hold UN Hotfages-gttSSs For WeU Water
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina
(AP) — About a dozen armed
Chilean refugees, including two
inches tallied, compared with
4.34 last year'and a four year
; avereage of 3.56 inches.
I. M. (Deacon) Jones at 321 W.
; Republic got a total-of 1.6'inches,
■ isr-
j in October and 4,55 inches in
August.'' "'
He measured .10.2 inches last
ptember with a total of 64.51
Hie group burst into the of- The .board will receive written CLEAR LAKE CITY (Sp>—A idustries, would have had to 4*Syl'nc t'es Jor year
communications fromriterested ^ 0f 12 cents per 1,000 j the most under the graded-'scale teptember, compared with 44.9
fices of-the U.N. High Commis- ..... . _ - ^ „.v
......— ............t sion for Refugees at- midday pereons until.Nov ' Tnese.com- gallons of underground water plan but customers of municipal inches so ar ln 1975
women, held five Haifafi N». Wednesday, demanding that the ?uni a oni, , f _ - ' ’pumped in Harris and Galveston; water systems would have paid The driest year recorded in the
U.N. take the refugees to an-.1ressed t° the Board of Engl- bounties Was approved Wednes- only about .12 cents more a last decade by H. G. Work, who
otter country.because day' by the Harris- Galveston monjh on the average. __ used to keep a rain gauge for
Argentine aulhormes• ia. .irge^ .• ---| I WhMs sei-tor-oS yfeir',]tBrittU6jl^Jr MosqiiRo'.C6ritrol
let them leave the country lfitma. ,should not repeat natalal pfe- Tite fee, charged only on wellsDirectors said thev allow ofilyrDistrict tft- Baytown was 1974
The group spokesman men-:vlou - presentetl at PublR'hear krger than five inches in (See PANEL, Page 2) (See RALNLESS, Page 2)
uia^ici u, , ... —“tioned Sweden and-Belgium but:111®!'- ... diameter, is expected to produce^----——^-. .: . -: . ... : ~——-—•—
|3^»;House Panel Suggests' Set ■ Thursday
Weather
And Tides
school.
Display Set
Gas Tax Deduction
A BICENTENNIAL emblem of
rhodocrositte;, sodolite and'qusrtz
we-must respond in kind.’
WASHINGTON (AP) — Some |plificatiori deduction” which
motorists may no longer be i would substitute .'a lump-sum
able to deduct state gqsolme ; figure for miscellaneous deduc-
hurotiherwSe dew* tTpaiifly ^'Kk an<i Mlheral W'i»m tedenil taxes jtidns listed on itemized
cloudy and "warm through Fri-, den^' ^>11* displayed at a show if Congres approves a proposal | forms. But they voted 17 to 6 to but ejght WQraen and one of-the
day is the Baytown area sPons()rec^ ty the club and the by the House Ways and Means repeal the nonbusiness itemizedimen an Argentine wno suF
we'atheUfl«ca$ULow .ex- Park* and. RecredU°hr^pf1 Commute Ideductiot, thaUaUows taxpayers^ an epiieptic altac)(. TCre
pected Thursday night,^mid Iment'from 1 toTpift-^tarday The committee met Wednes-|to write off the state tarthe^-freed. The-grcratrspekes-
OOsrhigh,Friday, mid 80s,* . • • mn:tokhnwAssociated,Press
BAY TOWN TIDES fur tef ' to sfpnfy tar returns The »««><•« »- .............. %
”+16*35 a ni; Father Dies ....._ billion tax reduction to the mil-
"We-'are simpljrwaiting;' he bfn*fit? R>-he derived from the (Chuck)
and ar? guarding only ,n|!K^“"“J rZltP and UawdTwolll opptsecnir
turns as a precautionary ffleaa-lf?..in.l!1F r^seo.repon., {ixedx^e. They supported a fee
in the revised report
ure, but if-police-use violence i I Pawlik said a representative
For Baytown Pioneer
Mrs J Edgar (Ruth) Pearce,(several. Pearce brothers and a
?’*'#*** ^ ^ther-in-law named- 0, M.
i» 1^0 gallons for those I™1 died in- Houston Pearce wha founded Texas Iron
The Galveston staff ma.N the disUnce from the su6bsiding|of Geo H. Lewis and Sons When Goose Creek Township
a.m. and 7:43 p.m.
+ Denotes weak tides
HORACE LAMBERT. 68, of lions of Americans who itemize
Citronelle; Ala., father of Gloria deductions each year.
Cole of 3515 E. Cedar .Bayou- But by the time the meeting
Lynchburg, died- at 5:15 a m. was over, the committee had
Thursday .at his hom'd after a Turned the proposed tax cut
long illness. Services will be held into a $5?5 million tax increase.
Saturday morning' at.- DavB . Contaittee members were
Funeral’Rome in atronelle. I considering a new ,-"sim-
20b To Take Part
with the national energ .policy.
The deduction lowers the price
of gasoline- for taxpayers who
itemize deductions." the panel
was told by its staff, tax
by telephone the hostages were
l-wil'
But He said the remaining lm-^K
tages would be killed if police ®”
tried umove in,
gtetnber^
amed the steps
area:
' Directors
Burial will be in Forest Park
for final approval'^ fee said .persons and
1 report is forwarded to onso'csses most affected tiy,sub- Lawndale Cemetery
just south of Texas Avenue.
Robert- Muiier.-chief of the 50inffflef
.. , , commission office and one oflorw1i
peris, who estimated that elimi- tbe- bostages,. said in a telp-
natmg the deduction could re- hone i,jte„rew ' :
matter. is-being dealt with '■
Genava by the high jromr
jsioner for refugees with the
sidehce already suffer financially ^ Pearce was born Feb 12
the Board of Engineers from subsidence and a higher fee. m in yoakurn and-moved to
es the review, .it will would be an undue burden. A
,,, . . Baytown, with her husband in
its findings and fee would be easier to han- 1919 after five years of mar-
dations to the Chief of dle administratively, they also •
said. • • • -
PEGGY WEBBER i« glgd
somebody likes her paintings but!
wishes” they-liked them well!
enough to pay for them before!
'. taking them from a display,
Area Bikers Ride Saturday
spective governments
; with Argentina, but perhaps))
lothers later.”
_____and state Heavy water users, such as+Humble.
have to gjve' Houston Ship ^ fTiimiwI in I ITiljgoVi
Uie govefnonrf S. '. w.;. ‘ 7“ ““
-win go ^AUFtoadf ClosM - ^
ny and then L
nl and
Therefore, the street was nam-
ed Pearce. .; .
About : 40 years' ago the,
Pearces moved Texas Iron
riage. They had previously lived fWorks t(! Houston and the
in Houston and movedW-'from tf a^0, ^vted ^
arce was one1
Edgar and Ruth Pearce had
(See RITES, Page 2)
imi
John McGill calls a friend for in-
formation I ... ' ~"T: ' (Vi... ■' VV::..„_
An anniversary '.‘night on the Bicycle riders in the American Baytown merchants
town' for Km and Margie Fin-jHeart -Association Cyclethon businessmen. ■- ,
ley is two days late because ofjSaturday wilf bg competing for r Top’Vinners will bethose who
football. What else? / valuable prizes donated by rage the most money m pledges
The San sports staff rtuiy not~V J for the miles^they ride in the
he thepretttof anywhere, but1 it; giiM SViirWvc . VcVciethoh. About zw riders are
ought1 be eukuied1 :(expected m'uHtipIli':Marting at
Sandwiches, pizzas, blankets
and cigarettes were sent up to au
j~ri J the eighth-floor; penthouse of- Df
ht||: but | bills
hhg
and programs on heart disease
:. Persons interested in riding in
the Cyclethon or sponsoring a s
rider may phorfe McIntosh at il
424-7885. ~ ;
Street Fighting In Beirut
60 Dead, 200 Hurt
; BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) -| 'Armed men are every-f Lebanon's civil strife stems
Private armies of .Christians!where,” Beirut ' Radio an-.trom 'effmts- by Moslems,' their
(and Moslems battled in the:nounced. "AU roads are closed, numbers jwellwi by Palestinian
(streets of Beirut today as Pre- There is no change in the situ- guerrillas whom they support
asuught- Syrian mediation-tow--
^“"'""“NeW-CB Qub
Prues m -the age bracket of ID.
Maintain
■iiiil......
' That's because the-, staff tr, . w
„ceiyed a bouqufei of "blue andsii- 1||
"vet flower- from the Ranger
B(»ster Cltib in hpnot of home- » « j •
co*ng *t Maryland
Ralph Jenkins, acquires the; . , * ...... savmgs accounts and
Jicw nickname of Hufus'.while. . Mrs.' William. G. (Betty) sa""8s _!”nd:. : . ^.iKafllO GOniHCt.
. 5wife .Sh)gley s last name was Crocker of Annandale, V»„ Ihizes fhr riders 16 andL - - ,
temporarily changed (0, Johnson! daughter of Glepn Harbour of older are tw° INspeed bicycles. The Bay Area CB'ers dub, a
Dave ^nd .Boniia Chandler Baytowhr believes she Could a f|ve-speed weycle. a 26-tnch - newly, formed CB radio club in)
...bnsL AjBtific.4tg»^n»i •^^SSdd’Soi »b!2ik£|
sharp-lookmg trenchcoat, . { BMhesdi, AW , hnwptx*l, • * David McIntosh, chairman of American Heart Association
Dmgley.fiqds but loo; wh^e she was recently a p»-: the Cycjethon. said the Baytown; V’clethon Saturday at Stallworth
l.iic she is ai the wrong harbenie tieat. .. . .. Unit of the Heart Association Stadium
- ibi-ligi Walker hits yn ti;i •Betty, the,wife -of n wtergn- ieontlnues to wteiverisquests for Sx checkpoints will -be Ideated
tfeter, Peggy ’Power n.yho pdfoe-] Vfhrihe (nnis coldneh told her stpr-up - forms and sponsor) a1on8 the 12-nule route”.Bike
•station Rick Keene has; did la «telephone cosvem- sheets " jndeS!. will- receive assktlBoe
triiubie lifting'{{u* ran .uifo the ttoo that immjcs and others ou ,.'A| ^ ^ fromclub members if necessary
holder ' ----- Wjtajf''' ‘ ' "
: L-Whfinger
r;
is [iroud nj her new lilile puiqn
Jrimrtte and Mike • Horne **
■ - + hottif until FYtday! .whenT
. Ifiev di.-p-n dir Hawaii toi three
ysviv
susasats ;;r
j RC St^wnwn Jr n p*
That Dade P*u Gleaa" ™r Baytown Ihut sponsors dent oftbe&ytown Unit of the
scteeniiip, eotirsea in
..yardwe p^ - MillefTd %
taatus^sclethon chairman j
President Hafez Assad in Dam-.several residential- areas Sni- establishment and a leftist
ascus. - per fire and bomb blasts tetro- struggle for a better economic
Unofficial estimates of easu- rized' suburbs outside the main; deaj fotvihe^ country’s mostly
[ties'in the past 24 hours-combat zones. - Moslemlawer class
igecf up to 60 dead and more Fires started in Wednesday's ; ^ , ' wetl.arnied
i&s& 0.« jxzsxs sn
the. season, stilied the gunfire gmes from Syria to help hard- hAs^toaned rome
for 40 minutes, sjjortly after pressed Lebanese craws • a,™y ,n
dawn. But strait fighting re- Government sources said Ka- f*0110® and secun5
Ijsumed as the sun rose ’ rami left for Damascus before forc« but- generally has stayed
______dawn in a last-ditch attemot to oul of fte
Arabize’’- thft coii-
IJtTE NEWS met with mediation from other SVeeTJournal-V ‘
v ■■ governments Would Serve Him Right
NEW YORK lAP!W. T In the bloodiest incident of -% - * ,
tyrant Co. ameftoced today ir Wednesday s day-long action, , a Maybe you didn’t know this, "
will close almost 'sill of Its twprtar shell' nppw Vnto but Pikes PVak »-MfMi|.Jbc j
Vstores west of the Mississippi crowd of worried citizens Who Zebulon: Pike, although he
j River. had gathered at a ;bakffy to never climbed th^ oow-fa-
The New York-based retail-1 UP on Dread, ktlling 14 mous Colorado mountain,
trving Jo reorganize under . and- >njurmg morrthan;'25. : Zeb first saw: the peak in :
. federal bankriiptev laws, said, Rocket-propellki gmiades, 1806, and it wasn't until 1820
' me cutback "reflects the cwn- *®’^ roortar sheifr ^ seaeraL that somebody made his way
pany 's objective to concen- flres m tf)eAloslem suburb of to the top.
Site its store locations where and % Christian , Cdme to think of it, the next
stronghold -of- Ashrafieh vateo guy+e eteib Pike's Peak may
the strongest consumer iud- ^ shelled heavily. a x fc pe thal Colorado kicker who
•.port'' : Black ^eiMtireptSf "^<1^ extra point that al-
drat at M I
im
lover! B«uu I
t» wthtai hit s i
'Tr
“ the company . ..
in"Massachusetts in 1S06 and !he ^ area;, ,
has alwavs been most heavilv Renewed' fighting also broke
y«#cea«w*..jn .*e...Nfrtk-
has 1.074 stores ,n.
i the neighboring
Reports lisf-
loweil Oklahoma to beat Colo-
| There are plenty Of Denver
and Boulder folks who would
like to see that young man
thrown from the highest point
• into the deepest gulch.
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 53, No. 309, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 9, 1975, newspaper, October 9, 1975; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1061483/m1/1/?q=%22songs~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.