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Volume 55, No. 70
Telephone Number: 422-1302
Monday, January 3,1977
Baytown, Texas, 77520
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’OTS
Free Seminar
LEE COLLEGE will hold a free
public seminar on "First Aid for
Sewing Machines" from 10 a.m.-
noqn and 7-9 p.m. Thursday in
Room 222 in the Tech-Voc
Building. It is sponsored by the
home' economics department
and will be taught by Mrs. Doris
Hunter.
New Officers
BAYTOWN PLANNING Com-
mission will elect hew officers at
7 p.m. Monday at city hall
Commercial land use data also
will be considered., ■
f ‘Hill’ Council “.
MdNT BELVIEU City Council
will meet at 6:30 p.m, Monday at
city hall. Municipal swimming ■
pool Site will be discussed.
Boy Scouts
BOY SCOUT 'Troop 142 has
changed its meeting dates. It will
meet Tuesdays instead of Mon-
days and v^il resume meetings
at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Knights,
of Columbus Hall. .. . , j
Carter Opens Talks On
ReshapingGovemment
FOOTBALL AND FOOD
THIS WAS THE scene during the holiday weekend, when football and food reigned supreme. No
photograph of William Collier of 2500 E: James was available Monday morning, and It's probably
just as well. William felt like most of the rest of us Monday, back to work, back to the everyday
norm after two straight holiday weekends. Well, it was fun while it lasted. (Sun staff photo by Rick
McCauley), -r-^—•—
rooks,
Lance In
Plains
PLAINS,. Ga. (API. ,
President-elect- Carter is focus-
ing aijeW on • government
reorganization, one of his major
campaign promises.
The President-elect js meeting
today with Thomas B. "Bert"
Lance, his nominee as director
of the Office gf Management and
Budget, and Chairman Jacjc
Brooks',-D-Tex., of the Hpuse
January Rain
RAY DREYER measured ft
inch of rain Jan. 1 and 2 at his
home, 208 E. Francis.
Meeting Scheduled
PARENTS WITHOUT Partners
Will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday at
2404- Mockingbird. ■ Buenger
Dicfaon will speak. Phone 422-
8313 or 427-3144'for more infor-
, motion,/ ; ", ■ ,
Not One’ .Absentee Vote
Is Cast In Water Election
Weather
And Tides
■i.
PARTLY CLOUDY to cloudy
and mild Monday night,
becoming windy with a 20 per
cent chancq for rain Tuesday
the Baytown area weather
forecast. Low expected Mon-
day' night, mid-40s; high.,
Tuesday , upper 60s. v
BAYTOWN TIDES for
Tuesday : Highs at +4:31 a.m.
anjd 10 p.m.f lows at +1^7
p.m. and 1:33 p.m. —*
mittee.
The Brooks^ommittee.andits
Senate counterpart, chaired by
Sen Abraham Ribicoff, DConn.,
would act oh any legislation em-
bodying Cartel^,_campaign
pledge, to- reduce drastically the
nujnber of federal agencies,
,, . H • . • ,» ... boards, commissions and com-
By WANDA ORTON • » from Lake Livingston. The water is1o be sold to mjttees -
If absentee voting is any gauge of voter‘in-' BAWA by the City of Houston for 13 cents per
terest, the-surface'water election Jan. .15 will 1.000 gallons - . y' ,
draw an extremely light turnout. * \ ' If the Jam 15 election is apprqyecL BAWA will
City Secretary Eileen Hall reports “not one sell revenue bonds to finance the construction
absentee ballot was cast last week. Absentee . 0f a surface water treatment plant. According to
voting began last Monday and will extend to" , engineering estimates, the plant could be in
Jan. 11. The voting machine is located in the : operation by early'1980. Construction would in-
city hall conference room and hours are 8 a.m. ' dude water lines connecting the plant to’the.
to 5 p. m, each weekday. . , .water distribution system of Baytown.
H tW BAWA election fails, the city must
+ AUSTIN - The traffic
death count in Texas over the
New Year’s holiday stood at It
today, which is far short of the
43 predicted. Nationwide, the
count was at 305.
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Government Operations Com- *
+ MADRID, Spain — An
execution deadline reported
for royal adviser Antonio Ma-
ria de-Oriol passed-without
OUR WORLD Ptens Outlined - -
[FROM AP WIRES,
Busy Agenda Is Facing
Ford In Final 17 Days
Last month; Sen. Henry M.
Jackson, D-Wash., said after
meeting here with Carter that he
was going to talk tt Brooks
andRibicoff about a Cartel plan
to amalgamate the federal
government s energy-related ac-
tivities.
city will.enter into a water suppiy surface water dwith plans t0 conwrt fronVwe„ wafer
rSy W y - ‘o surface w^er' ..... ' *' ‘
The propesition in the “for or against" ilec- 2 jg b™er if the city buildsthe surface
........
creatr a hew Department of
Energy and Natural Re-mirres
to surface water because of land, subsidence, that would give a Cabinet slot to
City and BAWA officials have determined the' former Defense Secretary James
cost will be higher if the city builds-tbe surface R- nam{l(f {V ^rter’
water treatment plant. Revenue bonds can be ” "
If carried out, this would c‘a^ sa*4 a* 1ea8* one two
£***■■« >» « m
SUNRISE TUESDAY at 7:18
a.m.; Sunset at 5:36 p:m.
+ Denotes weak tides. _
sourcesZh withTnind wdhout SlundS . ing consultation from^he Lockfbod, Andrews
of the authority. .and Newman. In addit.on is being obtained
XConserving, storing, transporting, tr'eating from legal advice Bullbnght*and Jaworski.
and purifying untreated water, and, ' . .BAWA-costs have been absorbed by the City
3 Distributing, selling and delivering treated of Baytown since the authority was created by
water to the city. • . the State.Legislature. The city, will be reim-
• BAWA has negotiated for a supply bf*ravC bursed. however, when BAWA actually goes
Trinity River- water through the Coastal In- into the. business of buying, treating and’ selling
dustrial Water Authority conveyance system water.
his White House assistant for
.......„.
Carter went. to. the regional
Jiuspital in .neighboring:
. Americus, Ga„ Sunday after-
1 noon to, visit his mother. Lillian,' ;;
Carter; who is suffering froqg .^
arthritis. '
Crosby Had Its Share Of
'Mom
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Trouble With HEW In 1976
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put on legal hold Because HEW -When enrolljjient figures for
fiv MURIEL SCOTT
CROSBY tSp)Crosby
school officials had more than
their fair share of problems with
federal agencies during 1976 as
hgir codes and special, education
classes came under bureaucratic
said the -.district had an
"overinclusion of .minority
students in EMR classes " .
.- FLOYP WILLIAMS and son
. Drew go hunting* and bag some
; teal and geese; Brigette
’ Beayers,-: Robin Perkins and
College.''. .Melissa Blair comes
io Baytown for a visit. + ’
Mrs. W. P, Duplissey proud
son Gary's aclrieyemenfs. . .
Rodney Marshall ..and grand-
father. G. B. Hollingshead, talk
about their trip with the
Baytown Boys Choir to
Monterrey. M’ex. K
Aleta Middleton smiles a
scrutiny. ' s
A five-month struggle with the
LS.-. Department of Health,
Educauon and Welfare'(HEW)
beg'an in April when trustees
upheld an administrative deci-
sion placing a seventh, grade boy
in-school suspension- for
urn- tn Hnun- hfc Iiair mif
failure- to have his hair cut;
The parents took thfeir case to
HEW. which, informed the capacity.
____________ ______________ decided portable buildings
~Troy Marler. director.of in- would meet the district’s im-
struction, metwith HEW
representatives and detailed
tow testing for placement in
EMR classes is conducted by the
Harris ‘County department of
Education v ^ following ;*^exas
Education Agency guidelines-.
The district finally received
$95,865 fyom HEW after the
legal hold was removed, and the
remedial reading and math
laboratories were restored to full
:,r/
black bishop of the African
mediate needs.
Air conditioning for Drew
Junior High and .1 the ih-
termediate school as well as for
the elementary. cafeteria was
purchased by trustees for more
than,’ $20,000 * after, several
children could not study because
Former Baytonians Mr. and school board (he. district was One item cut from (he ESA A
i of violating.Title TX-which forbids Ipfjng was publication of the
descrimlnatiohj on the basis’ of I high - _ school ■ .newspaper
sex . "•1 r "Cougar's Roar,
Jfuring the -ensuing five Students staffers scrambled to
months, five boys were kept put come up with a cheaper way to
of school rather than cut their
cheerful hello"/. Randall Pitts loss of federal funds'andpossible
gives Mie Rose Ann quite a- court .aption. trustees-approved a
hair while, the debate continued,, up with the solution of using thi
In September, under threat of school s mimeograph machine.
Christmas present. . Jackie
fWler a new Baytown resident
- . ' . William C(>[lier phones The
Sun with some information . .
Charles Standatd and Wesley-,
ncfCDmseOalrTOTt? Tor 'the ttir
trict in-a close 4-3 vote. a ■
Hicks lend a helping hand
f Mrs. Harvey ;09tten r
some larrupin' duck gumbo
. „ .. Jbc Barth-fooks sharp in a
bpwjer hq't . Kitty Allen
gtoos as .'die. grows v . . Jean,
Joublapc spin? the wheel of for-
tune . Steve Sims wheels
and .deals. . / ; ■ i -
Friends, happy to see Beth
McKay up and aroupd again. :
Michael Heflgy Jr. goes to New
(Weans for New^ekEs Eve
Avis Stovall, former Baytonian,
is looking (or a,homelier
stuffy/- . .....
Wiring is being' done now-and
the units are expected to be in-
stalled by March.
In October, the’old two-story
high school building on
Runnebprg Road was the victim
qf suspected arson.
A 15-year-old girl was charged
Trustees had many difficult
items-to ponderarid discuss dm-
«^W6Hfleludiflg‘!4t«w^e''deW
-Officials- also sw^ited out 2+Sebruar^ to' October,
receiving Emergency School Aid ,r)Js^s VidoptedTfacilites use
He reported she . was “just
fine," and that he found her con-
dition “the best I've seen her
yet." . '• . 2’ *
The President-elect said- he
had spent.part of Sunday work--
ing on his -inaugural address.
Asked How he Was progressing,
Carter said • he. had “just
|star]ed." ' *. J
__With Rosalynn and daughter
Amy. Carter went to the Plains
Baptist Church services here
Sunday with four black guests,-
today, and police sources said
tliey believed the death threat
.1.1. . ’ ’ ’
+ BOSTON — Fires in
seven states claimed at least 45
lives during the New Year's
weekend and damaged Bos-
ton’s Old North Church. Offi-
fatal fires in Chicago may have
been arson. V V ’ ...
+ Bangkok, Thailand-
Crown Prince Vajiralongkofn
WASHINGTON (AP) - Presi-
dent Ford, back in the White
House after his last scheduled
flight on the presidential jet Air
Force One.'ls planning a busy
final 1,7 days’ as the nation’s chief
executive. , ‘ ' * .
The President and Mrs. Ford
returned'to Washington on Sun-
day: night after a two-week
Christmas and New Year's vaca-
tion at Vail, Colo.
During the flight from Vail,
Mrs. Ford told reporters aboard
Air'Force. One that she feels a
"sense of relaxation’' now that
Ford’s two-aiid-one-half year
term is coming to an-end.,
"I am just very happy to have
a well, happy husband to spend a
few years; enjoying ( life
together," she Said. “I would
have been very happy if he had
won but I wasn't completely dis-
traught over the outcome. Of the
election,” she added. '
The President, who skied
nearly every day at the mountain
resort, promised . repoiters
before he Jeft for Washington
that he would be an active leader
during his final days in office.
"Because Fm President until
Jan. 26," he Explained. Jimmy
Carter is inaugurated Jan'. 20.
—Send to' Congress his
recommendation for a tax cut,
expected to total about $10
billion for individuals, plus tax
breaks for corporations.
Congress is not expected to go
along, instead leaving'any tax
cut deeifion to Jimmy Carter
when he lakes, office, '
Funds For
Police Work
Are Doubled
Funds. for STEP - Selective
-'.-Decide-whether to recon-.
sidOr granting blanket amnesty
to Vietnam-era draft Alders
and military deserters. He is un-
likely to alter his previous stand
against such a blanket pardon or V .
amnesty. ' '. • ./
-Introduce legislation pro-” -.
POsin£.that Puerto Rico be ad-
mitted as the 51st state. This
proposal, made Friday, has been
met by considerable opposition
both in Congress and in Puerto
Rico. - , " /
-Decid? whether to recom-
mend significant pay raises for- — -
members of Congress and 2,500
high federal officials. Ford has
indicated he might .leave this
Traffic Enforcement Program decision up to Carter.
— have been stepped up.
A grant for the traffic safet;
program has been doubled, an-
nounced Bill Cornelius, director
of planning and traffic. The city
will get $42,854 instead of
$21,430, Cornelius learned this
week.
The President atsb must com- -
plete three documents , the State
of ‘ the Union message to
Congress by Jan. 12. the fiscal
1978 budget to ,be sent Jan. 17
and qh-economic, message to be
sent a day or two later.
Republican politics also will
figure prominently op Ford’s.
agenda. 4
marHe?-lyTTrat enmiln'toJiiffir Dwme- the dosing . weete.
the first royal weddine to he Ford will: P by ggt. Don'Baker, got under-
televised in^Thiiliiid * '■ -"Direct the end of govern: way .Saturday. The grant has
The grant will be used to; pay
police officers overtime to con-
centrate on ’"traffic problems The t Republican ..National^
funds; CoffimiioiM
Cornelius says it will be possible
for the officers to tfeyote six days
a week instead of three to STEP.
I be, pro^iiiiiL to be supervised
month to select a successor to
Mary Louise Smith, who is
resigning 3s chairman.
Ford plans to hqld a second
thg 1976-77 school year did not Methodist Episcopal Church, cal Commission saidi
jive up to expectations,-trustees who was a leading figure in the ' A # - ••
, ■-«•«--- neighboring crossroads, of
Archery, where Carter gfgw up.
They were accompanied By t-w®
bishops of that church.
other blacks who’ came, by
themselves to the Plains,Baptist
Church: they represented the
largest number of blacks to >at-
parents complained that flip tend services there since thB
the Buildings were too.hot and m“nJIember
has no black members p-
ment controls on gasoline prices,
The move, expected Tuesday,
probably will meet strong op-
position in Congress^
Required By Law
televised in Thailand.
-......,
+ NEW YORK - Two
Episcopal women have been
ordained priests in official'
church ceremonies, and a
third, ordained against church
rules 2'/! years age, has been
officially recognized as a
priest. ' “ '
+ BONHAM - The Sam
RayBurit house, “ho^daee^Tlo;, ,.,mi
of the late speaker of the l.S.
bgen approved-by’the Office of
Traffic Safety in the?State,-De-
part ment of Highways and Pub-
lic Transportation.
Republican summit meeting this
week, -with Vice President
Nelson A. Rockefeller, former
Texas' Gov. John - B. Connaliy '
and* former; California Gov.
Ronald Reagan.
Public Meet Is Slated On
District Facilities
A public hearing will be held
at 7 p/m. Jari. 27 at city hall on
the proposed West Sewer
District facilities.
Thursday,; the Texas' HirtoH., : sewage treatment
+ -SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico
— Ignoring President Ford’s
Togefter with a eoupleyof statehood proposal in his in*
linr Kloulre urHrtv noma ■ Kxt ......J.l D D.‘ '
augural address, Puerto Rico’s
Gov. Carlos Barcelo says his
first priority is still revival of
sagging economy.
A force main will connect thp Secretary Eileen Hall at city
lift station and the new Ireat-hall• ' .
ment plant and wjll be installed Public hearings a;e required
along Bayway-Drive and Decker- by the Federal Water Pollution
.Drive.'. J (Bntrol Act. The proposed prof. - .•
efirssrsfa .
south of the Doint where the gill- area of: the present lBtL by a «rant Under. .Public
and -Wboster:^ , t~~‘ - have been drawn by the by
One of the purposes of the Langford Engineers of Houston, . .
hearing is to discus? the poten- consulting, firm, for sew«»pro-
tial potential environmental im- iects in the bond program... _
pact of the. projects and alter- The West Sewer District pro-
natives to them.* Additional in- jects will be financed in part by
formation on the proposed pro-, the remaining sewer' bonds in' ,
jects is available for inspection the 1970Capital improvements--
by the public in the office of City program
near the rest’stop on the south
side of l-lh
- The plant will replace the
Lakewood Sewage Treatment
Plant which is Seated between
the Lakewood and. Brqwnwood
will be built at the site of the
Lakewpcrd plant.’
get''the- news printed and gafne in the incident which caused
$12,718.21 smoke' 'and . fire
damage. Trustees sold the
building for. $100 to Dee Cun-
;Bg.4tl7'fe''focla4iqg*'lwW'-t«-'dek' <om-4t <jown and leveHte-lot--
.with non-school requests to use Before demolation began in
receiving Emergenoy scwooi Aia trusle^ adopted/facilites use nerstone opening cefofoony.
Act tESAAtfilnds until October- pgjj^- * made' exceptions-\to- Lists- of 'students 'and Masdns t
•Mteuconflraan-'ani^'atyutpie (^eni and adopted rrew policies tvom i»24.' local histnrv and a
„ ; , ^en5a!ly TjiO final'd.eeision was that ad-
Hilarded, (LMRl.^sses. ^ ^ i^inistrators - .shoul'd " decide'
"■ which outside groups may use
mathematics Jaborafopies^^was^ A bu.Id.ng program for Crosby - (See CRQ8fl¥’^ **1
...........“!! was' given a great deal of con-
PflOlllfl, fifaffl Rank* • sideration by trustees, who
+ , ^ debated whether to build extra
"The People Helpers" r classrooms as needed, buy por-
2615 HirkilSl.
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able dassmims or plunge into
onstruction of g new junior hfgh
early lJecemJjer;'’Masonic Lodge
No. 231 of Highlands(jeld a-cor-
Pearce Street-Journal - - ■
Roughing' The Watcher ]
Really. Wouldn't it have i
been nice if they had sched- *
uled all bowl games on 31 Dec,
"and >1 Jan. sp we could have,
gotten them ail out of the way
at one time.
building for $100 to Dee Cun- xhc way it was, and is, they
ningham. who has six months to i Spread them from 20 Dec. to 9
ionr if almim onrl Imaal. fiux.l/M___». _____ ■ ' - _______1_________
'.fotr.Tnrtf we twve toiaC me
iall American TIag were among
items ih the cornerstone,".
A school trustee relectiop an
have Jone the same job.
And,."' tve might add, ob-
tained the suijw results.
IThis ka wiinppf from a fan %
: M‘,
7ouI o|..sahd;wiChes. earlier des-
ignated for Super Bowl con-
sumption.
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Baytown’s
\;pc
. >l!he..be!pinge-st
bank in Baytown3
AND TRUST CO. fdic '
Rent-A-Car
Hu9hU!ood$oft)j
1801 Decker 422-8121 !
V'J:- FIRST BABY OF 1977 WRAPPED IN A WAR
Mr. and Mrs, George (tarcia and tins
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First Baby To
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Receive Gifts
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The New Year was quite
young when tiny Geot-ge Garcia
Jr made his appearance at 2:22
am. Saturday: the first baby
- ■ . horn in BavtoWn in 1977. ' ... .
; His parents are Mr. and Mrs.
George Garcia of 422 .E. Adoue
_ and they will receive gifts from
'Baytown merchants for their
young son - ■
George Jr weighed in at 7
rounds, 13 il ounces at Gulf
Coast Hospital ..^
Gifts His parents will receive
are $10 wortfi of fabrics from.
Solomon Fabnos.- 1909 N. • $rv;
^raett. a Johnson and .Johnsont
baby set. from. Scarborough's
Drug Store. 132 S Highway 146; ;
a $10 savings account from Texas, .,, V
National Bank. .1900 Qecker; a-
$.10 saving'account frbtnHarris
L’gupty Federal Say.ings...iii(l.:.^...-a.
■'(Sutn staff photo)
(See BABY. Page 2-A)
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