The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 92, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 25, 1978 Page: 1 of 26
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t The Haitown .Sun Invite
MR. AND MRS. TOMMY FERGUSON
Baytown
To See
"THE GAUNTLET” ^
At The Brunson Theater
(This Pass Good Through Fob. 4)
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Volume Si, No. 92
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* Kiwanis Luncheon
K1WANIS CLUB A Baytown
will meet at noon Thursday at
Holiday Inn Mrs Carmel Nor-
ton, health and physical educa-1
tion coordinator for the school |
district, will be the speaker.
Little League
NORTH LEAGUE Uttle League
will meet at 7 :30 p,m. Thursday 1
at the Community Building to I
elect its board of directors.,
Sales Tax . m
FIRST SALES tax payment,to
the city ih 1970 is $73,067.61. A
•check'in this amount has been
rebated to the city by the office I
of the state comptroller.
Moved to Room
BAYTOWN Policewoman i
Shirley Turner has been moved;
from the intensive care unit to
Room 216 at Gulf Coast Hospital
and can have visitors. By MURIEL SCOTT to be known as the city's plann- Mayor Tom Gentry said, “I
——r—i---;—In a workshop - sessionj mg[area.---—---jdon’t think there is any way tir
MORE THAN 60,000 READERS EVERY DAY
Wednesday, January 25, 1971
Baytown, Taxas, 77520
Fifteen Cents Per Copy
Council Feels Original Territory Too Large - -
City May Reduce Area
For Building • Control
Swimmers Sought
ANYONE INTERESTED
Tuesday, Baytown City Council
in members agreed to look at the recommended the planning area going to be faced with annexing developer creating a subdivision
forming a group to swim two ProP°sed s**e ot Baytown's
nights a weeks in an indoor pool! designated planning area and
should call 428-2262, after 5:30 P°ssibl-V reduce ll
p.m.
Channelview Map
The commission
had
recommended that the city
council require Baytown
A MAP Of* Channelview is being development standards, such as
prepared, but it won t be finish- concrete streets with curbs and
include property north of the
city limits and south of
Wallisville Road, • west of
„ . J Highway 146 and east of the San
The Planning Commission had Jacinto River, excluding Mont
^ .... ... ETJ
Most city council members ex-
ed until April. Persons in-
terested in advertising on the
road map should contact the
Chamber of Commerce there at
455-3806.
About Airport
ANYONE INTERESTED, in
plans for a municipal airport is
invited to the Baytown City
Council meeting at 6:30 p. m.
Thursday. Information about a
study will be provided at the
meeting.
Methodist Men
METHODIST MEN of Cedar
Bayou United Methodist Church
gutters, in part of the city's ex-
traterritorial jurisdiction (ETJ),
pressed the opinion that the
suggested planning area was too
large and agreed to study reduc-
ed boundaries.
the world the City of Baytown is
hardly any of this property
within a reasonable amount of
time.
"We should only get involved
with the number of acres the city
feels it might annex in the near
future. We should leave to future
councils to extend these boun-
daries out." Gentry said.
Gentry noted that Baytown
lias not annexed land aggressive-
fyurttie past. He quBtlonww
propriety of Baytown forcing a
at North Main and Wallisville
Hoad to conform to Baytown
standards when that area might
never be annexed.
I'ouncilwoman Mary
Elizabeth Wilbanks questioned
whether the city could respond
with services to such a large area
in the near future.
She also expressed concern
Lions Club Hears Report - -
Bridge Near Tunnel Said
At Least 10 Years Away
Bv RICK VERNACI
__ The first car may not cross the Baytown
will hold it's first meeting of1978 bridge over the Houston Ship Channel until
at 7 p.m. Thursday with a
church-wide covered dish supper
in the Busch Family .Center. Dr.
John Wesley Hardt, district
superintendent of the Houston
East District, will be the
speaker. —7---------
Weather
And Tides
5ssss*»»;
-FREEZE
DECREASING cloudiness
with a freeze Wednesday night
and sunny and not so cold
Thursday is the Baytown area
weather forecast. Low ex-
pected Wednesday night, mid-
20; high Thursday, low 50s.
THURSDAY TIDES for
waters fronting the City of
Baytown: Highs at + 7:07 a.m.
and 11:14 p.m ; lows at+2:23
a.m. and 3:46 p.m. f
SUNRISE THURSDAY at 7:13
a.m.; sunset at 5:52 p.m.
+ Denotes weak tides
1988. and the span will probably have cost more
than $100 million — five times more than the
price tag for the Loop 610 bridge over the
waterway. -
Dick Rabat, a public affairs officer for the
Texas Department of Highways and Public
Transportation, gave that news to a luncheon
meeting of the Baytown Lions Club Tuesday. He
toid the group that the first $100,000 for the pro-
ject has already been committed to begin work
on preliminary studies,
The bridge would probably be built within 300
World
Today
j From AP Wires
+ FORT LAUDERDALE,
Fla. — Muriel Humphrey was
appointed today by Minnesota
Gov. Rudy Perpich to the li,S.
Tt the local governments don't want it. then Senate seat left vacant bv the
tunnel is one of the kinks that have to be worked
out before the bridge is built. Rabat said one of
the solutions being considered is to offer the
tunnel to local governments which would then
responsible for maintaining it.
they will probably plug it," he said.
Rabat showed the group a film prepared by
the highway department on the building of the
610 bridge to give thepi some idea of the enor-
mity of the project. Laid end-to-end, the foun-
dations for the structure would stretch more
than nine miles and contain about 23,000 cubic
yards of cement.
According to US. Coast Guard specifications,
feet of the Eiaytown-La Porte Tunnel, Rabat the bridge had to provjde a 600-toot width over
" 1 ■ — th tower at least 130 feet
said and added that the state would nd't wa'nt to ■' the channel and had t
above the highesttide.
"A bridge similar to the one you’ve seen will
(See BRIDGE, Page 2-A)
keep the tunnel because it costs so much to
maintain.
He told the group that what to do with a used
Flu Bug’ Hits Schools;
Absentee Rale At 14 Pet.
Gulf Coast Hospital represen-1 weather and illness keep a lot of
By D’EVA LUTHRINGER
The "flu bug" has come to
Baytown and has taken its toll of
students and teachers in the
school district....... —Man
AROUND
Baytown Medical Center
Hospital reports about 10 per
cent of* its patients were ad-
mitted with “flu or flu-like
ailments, but that is not con-
sidered abnormally high for this
time of year, a hospita’l source
(said;----------------.—+-—- ”-_
tatives said pediatricians are see-
ing a lot more of the respiratory
illnesses among children.
Sail Jacirito Mgjhodii
Hospital did not have a report by
presstime, i ’ - ... ■ -
Ttye real indicator seems to be
school absenteeism, which was
about 14 per cent ,Monday.
That is double the average 7
per cent absenteeism on a nor-
mal day, but not out of line with
I this time of year when eold:
students out of School, Asst.
Supt. Barry Nettles said
The lowest absentee figure for
onday was 8.61 per 4tst said the fl
cent at Stephen F. Austin
Elementary and the highest was
22.31 per cent at Ross Sterling
High School. -
Sterling had 491 students8 out
of school Monday arid Robert E.
Lee reported 321 were absent.
(See 'FLU,'Page t-k)
death of her husband Hubert.
She will serve until a special
election is held next Novem-
ber. ’
t
+ AU STIN — An assistant
vice president of the Bank of
Victoria testified today a $4,-
000 loan .on Don Yarbrough’s
1974 Chevrolet was written off
as a bad debt. Barbara Gilley
testified oulside the presence
of the jury hearing perjury
charges against the former,
Texas Supreme Court justice.
+ YELLOWKNIFE, North-
west Territories — Specially
(hat adopting such a large plann-
ing area would encourage
"finger-like growth." spreading
the city too thin.
Bill Cornelius, director of
planning and traffic, told the
council the city will probably
annex land north of Interstate 10
"in the not too distant future"
for the site of a surface water
treatment plant.
City Manager Fritz Lanham
toid the council that prior to the
mid-1960s, cities in Texas bad
unlimited power to annex, but
no control over land just outside
its limits.
Because cities were annexing
large amounts of vacant land to
control- development around
them, the Texas Legislature took
some: of the annexing power
away, Lanham said. Now cities
can annex only 10 percent of
their total square miles,
However, Lanham said, the
legislature also gave cities1
authority to regulate their ETJ,
eliminating the need to annex
large surrounding areas any
more.
“So I think it is important for
Baytown to have . subdivision
regulations and entoreethem in
part of the-ETJ, " Lanham said.
COLD WEATHER APPARENTLY DOESN’T BOTHER TAMMY HARR, If
youngster and herbofn mlt bus ride to school
(Sun staff photo by Glenn Folkes)
The Sun Returns, But A
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Freeze Is On Its Way Here,
nuclear-powered Soviet satel-
lite that burned up over north-
west Canada, officials said to-
day. But a West German scien-
left a 200-mile-long“ radition
cloud in the atmosphere.
+ NEW ORLEANS - A
Simon And Payne Get New
huge lighting fixture crashed
two stories to the Superdome
floor, causing emergency re; comply with Houston subdivi-
pairs to Be made to two sim-
ilar fixtures and triggering
skill another claim against the'
people who built the $163 mil-
Assignments At Refinery
lion sports palace, the Associ-
ated Press learned, .
Baytown builder Joe Ayior
provided city council with es-
timated costs of developing j.|
subdivision within Baytown,
following-the city’s subdivision!
ordinance, compared with
developing one just outside the
city, along county guidelines.
Ayior said the biggest cost
difference.......stemTfrom.....the.....
Baytown's requirement for con- The teasing sun darted in and out of breaking
crete streets with curbs and clouds early Wednesday and paid a visit to -
gutters.' ■_ ~ • Baytown, and if the weatherman is correct,
In the county, a lot can be we'll be seeing more and more sunbeams for
developed for $1,513.46 and the next few days.
A spokesman at National Weather Service
said a freeze is in store for the Baytown area
Wednesday night, but that decreasing
cloudiness should be in full-swing by late
Wednesday and-by Thursday the slin should be
pack on the job fulltime overseeing life in the
. | Officially, National Weather Service called for
builders are developing $66,300 a |0w Wednesday night in the mid-20s, with a
high Thursday in the Iow 50s._
And, oh, yes, perhaps the best news otail i no .
rain for a tew days;
would sell for $6,300. In
Baytown, development costs for
that same lot would be $2,775.61,
Ayior said, and it would sell.for
510,200,
Ayior said it is not economical
equipped search planes have t0 build a house selling for $40,
detected no radiation from the 000 on the more expensive lot, so
homes within Baytown;
About 85 percent ot our sales
are in the S40.0QO range, so you
can see how this is affecting
sales,"
Mayor Gentry noted, "in
Harris County, it is only, within
our ETJ that you can put in a
subdivision without-curbs and
, gutters 77——-r.. . , —
He explained that subdivisions
within Houston’s ETJ must
sion replations.
Other changes the proposed
new—subdivision ordinance
would effect include:
• Redefining subdivisions to
allow division of land by metes
(See CITY, Page 2 At
less-than half an inch from 8 a.m Tuesday to 8
a m. Wednesday, but the rajps from the last
week still left the city in a "state of damp."
Meanwhile, an area of snow moved across
portions oi -North Texas early Wednesday, ac-
cording to the Associated Press, but forecasters
said all precipitation would end during the.day
across the entire stater -
Other sections of the country were not so
lucky ■■A,, waiiamg:;, trend initr-Meond-day-
esulted in flash flood watches due to melting Williston, N.D.
snow across the Tennessee Valley and much of
the Southeast.
Flash flood watches were In effect over
Alabama, northern Georgia, eastern Tennessee,
the Carolines, southwestern Virginia and West
Virginia. ^
Light rain extended northward into the A|>
palachians arid Ohio valley, with some freezing
rain in Pennsylvania.
The Gulf Coast systeif spread snow from the
Texas Panhandle across Oklahoma into the mid-
dle Mississippi Valley. There was also some
snow in northwestern Indiana, Lower Michigan
and northern New York.
A surge ol arctic air moved south through the
northern Plains, dropping temperatures along
Montana and Wyoming with gusts up to 40 miles
-an hour creating a lot oi blowing and drifting
snow. Wind chill factors in North Dakota were
50-below zero to 60-below zero Tuesday.
Rain was forecast across western Washington
state today, arid from eastern Texas through the
lower Mississippi valley. Thunderstorms were
Early morning temperatures around the na-
tion ranged from 73 in Fort Lauderdale and
WesrPaTmticachf ITa to ninebolow-iere in...
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CINDY ELDRIDGE is trim-
ming down . . . Dorothy Frazer
ties the knot. .Ro^rt Austin Steve Simon, acoorditlMorlCajter' Oil Co.’s coal liquefad-
gets serious. . . DeAnn ™tcv' iin Exxon USA s headquarters re-tion plant to be built in Bav-
eU gets a ticket for talking. Fgmiig department, will become town,
manager of the technical divi- Simon, a native of Spring-
sion at the Baytown Refinery on field,'“Mo., received a bachelor's
Feb. j. Refinery Manager Ron '
Haddock has announced.
ell gets a ticket for talking,
- - Kristin Bush proud of her new-
desk . . . Anne Sullivan makes
M-important phone calls. . . Rod
t Caulk catches flu while in New
Orleans for the big game.
" - - Warren and Deanna Johnson
tell exciting tales from their trip
to the Super BoyHN. . . Jan
technical manager at the refin-
ery, will become manager of
degree in civil engineering from
Duke University in 1965, and a
R. E. (Bob) Payne, current master’s degree in business ad-
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Wasson gets showered with lots ;f;
of goodies.
Carol Yokimcus glad to be
back out of the snow. . , Jackie
Curry and Mike Leiman see an
Orange Crush in Houston , ;
Dottie Tickner brings in a
magazine with a feature story
about husband Ray.
Jesse Cole reports to his "of-
fice regularly in spite of rain
and cold . . Ervel and Pauline
Elswick visit son Bob in Houston
before he moves to Jackson.
Miss
s i
J. STEVE 1
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ministration from Northwest-
ern in 1967.:
He joined Exxon as an ac-
counting analyst at the Baton
Rouge Refinery in 1967. He be-
gan a series of engineering as-
, signments in 1970, and became a
supervisor in the engineering
group in 1972. Simon moved to
the refining department in the
edmpany’s Houston headquar-
ters in 1975.
Payne, a native of Wichita
Falls, joined the Baytown Re-
finery technical division in 1949
after receiving a degree in
| chemical engineering from Tex-
He held various engneering
assignments during the next few
yean, add was named a super-
vising engineer in 1961. He be-
came fuels superintendent at
Baytown in 1966, process super-
intendent w 1969. wefthes was
named technical division man-
ager in 1970.
Beginning Aug. 1 of last year,
Payne was on a three-month spe-
cial assignment in headquar-
ters, He was the refining depart-
ment's representative on a task
force studying activities associ-
ated with compliance with gov-
ernmental regulations.
Oyster Fry
Tickets Are
Now On Sale
w-
Mr
MM''’
«7*3
Tickets are on sale for the
i3ayshore Rod, Reel and Gun
Club's annual oyster fry Feb. 3.
Because of inflation, the club
is asking for a donation of $4 per
plate this year.
Tickets may be obtained at the
,Exxon Credit Union, B&B
Printers in Highlands,
Lynchburg Feed Store and from
Shirley Archer at Citizens
National Bank, Ike Hall at
Peoples State Bank, Bess Wolfe
at U. S. Steel, Larry Waddell at
Mobay Chemical, Kathy Denton
at Exxon Production, Dan
Edwards at Baytown Motors,
Jerre Jackson at First American
Things look groat
X for 78
STATE BANK
Into F.U.C.
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Pearce Street Journal - -
Dsipar In Thi M
Did you notice that direct
benefit payments to individ-
uals in President Carter's pro-
posed $500 billion budget are
projected to cost 37 cents of
each budget dbllar?
Every other federal func-
tion in the budget takes a back
seat to the direct benefit pay-
ments, including money for na-
tional defense, which will re-
quire 24 cents of each budget
dollar.
Even with all the money the
federal government will re-
ceive to finance this budget, if
approved by Congresa, it still
caU* for a $60 billion dollar
defied, up fZMUoa from the
previous budget.
How long can we continue to
live beyond our means?
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City To Receive Revisions
To Electrical Ordinance
■
eliminating issuance .of tank installing yield/signs and stop
-Jig
■ 11 -j
s; •
. ——
By WANDA ORTON
Baytown City Council will try
to make "connections' ’ again on
an electrical ordinance Thursday
night. ^
After repealing a new or-
dinance, the council reverted to
previdl
. one on electrical
regulations until revisions cogld
be made. Recommendations on
revisions to the code will be
presented by the Electrical
Board at the council meeting
Appointments to the
Electrical Board also will be
considered. . jj|j||||||
Other items on the agenda for
the 6:30 p. m. meeting are
+ Houston Lighting & Power
reposed bills for February
+ Carter Oil Co. application
for a temporary industrial dis-
trict exemption as provided by
the city's industrial district
dations on removing turning
restrictions at various locations;
P0NTIACS/6MC
$17 5 WB FACTORY
I IV MV9ICE TOTAL
CARRELL-OITTNAA
^Hold pubik
bearing on status of airport
study at 7 p. m.;
+ Resolution'calling the city
election for April L
+ Repeal ordinance
Inside
The Sun
Classified
HUB
... 5A
Dimension ......,...8-9A
Editorial...... 4A
Markets.......... ... 2A
Obituaries...........118
School Lunches.......3A
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TV Log...............iA ,
Comics .
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Channel Construction Co, for
sliplining contract.
+ Consider traffic recommen-
n- ' It
+ Award contract for con-
struction of the Kilgore Road
and Mockingbird Lane storm if i
sewer. ,
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wide-awake Ml
CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK
AHP TRUST CO . f o i c
+ Award contract for con-
struction of Country Club Oaks
water lines. ” ‘
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+ Receive a recommendation
on rejecting bids lor the
neighborhood center at the
Baytown Sports Complex and
redesigning and the center.
+ Authorize final payment to
M. S. Young for city hall air-
"" ling and heating
renovation. if
+ Purchase buoys for bays.
+ Authorize application for 1 - If
Young Adult Conservation Corps
grant. -
+ Approve going out for bids
for fir? hose nozzle for aerial
ladder trucks.
After committee reports and
unfinished business, tbe council
will recess into executive session
to discuss personnel matters.
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 92, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 25, 1978, newspaper, January 25, 1978; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1074245/m1/1/: accessed June 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.