The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 7, 1985 Page: 1 of 34
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MORE THAN 79.009 READERSEVFRY DAY
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Mont Belvieu to take legal action
Evacuated residents return;
cause of blast investigated
THE SKELETAL ruins at car* Uttar the part
tog tot of Warren Petroleum The beat from Turn
day s explosions and fire* ignited the gaaoline in
the can and c aimed them to Mow up
Sun staff photo by Carrie Pryor
By KRIS ISAACSON
MONT BELVIEU - Mayor
Fred Miller Mid the city of Mont
Belvieu will take aggressive
legal action against industry m
the wake >' Tuesday # explo
•tons at the Warren Petroleum
facility
T»* rare.under of reektenu
•vacuatec those living closest
to Warn1: *ere allowed to
return o■ their homes at 4 pm
Wednesdai
In a sp<\ ;a meeting W ednes-
day mam City ( ouncil did not
decide «•. • • er t w:h single out
Chevror parent company of
Warren Petroleum or -
include other companies in its ef
fort to secure a buy-out of pro-
perty near the industrial portion
of the city
Miller has said that a buyout
of homeowner# living in the area
would cost industry bet
w*en «u and fw mtiriotr^ The
ultimate goal Is to get the people
off The H 11. Miller said
We have tried working with
these people time and time
again Miller told a crowd of
about 175 people at the meeting
The onh avenue left at this
time is through the courts/ he
said _V__ -
Muter told ’he crowd that ar
Orr survivors file suit
Family seeks $40 million
unidentified industry spokesman
fold him to iue the basurds
We have waited and taken
their excuaes ami they've dime
nothing W> re tired of waiting
f re going to have to do some
pushing and shoving Industry
moved in on us we cttdn t move
tn on them Miller Mid
M '.Her also Mid that he was ex
tremely Mtisfied with efforts by
Warren, the Mont Belvieu Police
Department and the Barbers
HUi Fire Department in com
bating the fires that resulted
from Tuesday s explosions
The explosions the cause of
See EVACUATED Page 11 A
By BRUCE Gl’YNN
The relatives of a II year old
Baytown man, killed rn an expio
ston near the Lynchburg Ferry
j Monday have filed a law suit,
seeking MO mill ton in damages
Plaintiffs in the suit filed m
the 27oth District Court in
Houston are Floyd C Orr
P«CEyk Orr and Elaine Juanita
Kelly Who are Hated.as also ac
tmg on behalf of Candace K Orr
Da vid, L Orr and Floyd Charles
TbepUtnUHs are identified as
relatives of Steven Orr of
Baytown who was killed m the
explosion of a barge Monday
morning
Defendants ui the iawsuit are
Petroleum gripping Inc and
Hollvwgod Marine In,
Orr and a 56 year oid
Highlands man AG Howe,
were both employees of
Petroleum Stripping Inc Howeii
was also killed in the explosion
of fhe barge owned rv.
Horn wood Marine Inc
Orr»relatives are seeking tae
million tn actual damages and
tan million in punitive damages
The suit claims negligence
charging that Orr wasn't warned
•bout the explosive propers;
’> of the barge and fha' ’he x
lira wasn t provided with a Mfe
place lo wort
Fred Gehhardt, executive vice
presideni of Hollywood Marine
declined comment on the suit
Mickey Williams, operations
manager for Petroleum Stnpp
ing Inc coukto t be reachert
Thursday morning; But another
PSl official said the company
had no comment
Judge Peter Soiito W ednesday
granted a temporary restraining
order barring officials from
destroying or altering the barge
according to Baytown Attorney
Glenn Vickery who it represer
ting die Orr family
Vickery Mid a hearing wtli oe
held at 9am Not 13 on a re
quest to change the restraining
order to a permanent injunction
Coaat Guard officials are coo
ttnumg to investigate a possible
cause of the explosion
Lt Commander Steve Sheefc
who is heading the investigation
said one possible cause if the ex
plosion could have been a static
electricity discharge from a pipe
used to remove residual
chemicals from the barge
Other possible causes of the
explosion could have been a
■park from a metallic tool or a
cigarette, Shssk indicated
Sbssk said a finding on
whether static eiectncity was
the cause of the explosion will he
determined next week
The explosion injured several
other persons and damaged cars
and broke wtndows on the Lyn
chburg Ferry and at buildings on
shore
The terry was shut .down for
about four hours Monday morn
mg
Anonymous caller savs
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terrorists to kill hostages
BEIRUT Lebanon AP An anonym his telephone caller
said Thursday the terrorist group Islamic Jihad woqtd •
'■mg xcjuad the American hoMages • t*
because indirect negotiations with the t rut*-,- Mate'- nad reach
ed a dead end
A later anonymous call claimed the Americans had been kill
ed and dumped at a specified location but police said thex
’<>und no bodies there
Sat Americans are missing tn Beirut Islamic Jihad believed
comprised of fundamentalist Shiite Moslem followers of Iran s
Ayatollah Ruhotlah Khomeini ha> laid it u ready killed or>-
American and is holding the other * ve
There was no way to authenticate either cill made to the ef
lice it a Western news agency :r Beirut apparent i> bv dtf
ferent men The hews agency made ajeacgcr# of the original
caller s statement available to The Associated Press
We have decided the foiiow ng the execution m -he
i See ANONYMOUS Page n A.
Gas leak drives out
Liberty residents
By DAVID MOHLMAN
LIBERTY A two-block
radius near the intersection of
-Trinity and Ohio streets remain
‘.ed evacuated Thursday rnornmg
as the result of a natural gas
leak ,
Gas began leaking about 2
pm Wednesday as workers
prepared to dismantle a derrick
that had been used to drill an oil
weU at the site, said Liberty
Police Chief Paul Staton
The gas is leaking from
around the casing that supports
the hole drilled for the well Mid
• Staton
Judge denies request
by former RSS players
The evacuation which was for
a six block radius around the
site until about 6 p re Wednes
day is strictly a precaution said
•
In a situation like this he ex
plained theres alwarys a
potential for a problem iwithone
has developed ..
Staton said when gas began
leaking sand supporting the
drilling rig ami well was being
biowr out causing the structure
to sink and lean siightly
A Liberty firefighter said the
See GAS, Page tl-A
By LINNEA SCHLOBOHM
Two former members of the
- - ver ng “H gr schoo
football team, Michael Maxey
and Kevin Johnson will definite
ly not be rejoining the Ranger s
varsity squad when the teem
meets Pasadena Dobte Friday
for ta fina. game of the regular
season
U S District Court Judge
James DeAnda has denied a mo-
tion for a preliminary injunction
reinstating the two nip the
school s football program
The lawsuit filed Sept *
against the Baytowr Sonoo
District RSS Assistant Prm
ctpai Janie 'Christian and RSS
Athletic Director William Bun
dy. claim* Maxey and Johnson
were deprived of their constitu
tkmal rights by being barred
from participation tn football,
that they were not afforded pro-
per due process and. that the
disciplinary action against them
was based on the uncor
roborated evidence of a third
student.
Maxey and Johnson were
Sea JUDGE. Page 11 A
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Peercs Street Journal -
Political pairings
President Reagan and Vice
President Bush may have been
lucky that opponent Walter Mon
dale had Geraldine Ferraro on
the ticket
Whet if Mandate s running
mate had bean Mlse Kathy*
-rn
Japanese end 2-day visit
Clowned
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WEATHER
BA YTOMASS CAS expect
fair skies and coot
Comics
.. <M
temperatures with a to«
Crossword Puzaie
$-A
near SO degrees Thursday
Dimension
ARM
right Friday's forecast
Edit oriel
4-A
cells for mostly sunnv
Markets
3-A
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emperatures with a high
Movie Theaters
SB
Obituaries
,5-A
in the mid 70s In a 24 hour
Police Best
2-A
period ending at $ a m
School Menus
7 A
Thursday a high at H
Sports
l-S-B
degrees and a low of S3
Television Log
9-B
degrees were recorded
Weather
3 A
with no rainfall
Educators impressed
A
AROUND
TOWN
ADAM ALBRIGHT takes a nap
after work Robert Kaon
mates ■ new friend ., Scott
Burns awaits the big day
A T Fellows and Anita
Metemer commended for their
quick work to setting up the Red
Cross Shelter when Mont
Behrteu was evacuated . .
Shirley Bynum seta up a photo
Trtcia Fayte Ray Byford and
Jay WUson do great In their first
attempt at lea skating.
mi Spear doas some fancy Gy
tag Paul KaUey rum into an
otd friend ,. , BUI and Mariana*
Martto prepare to weJcome
tv Kratet doas some painting
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By UNNEA SCHLOBOHM
The high degree of in-
dividualized instruction in
Baytown schools Impressed
Japanese educators (hiring the
first day of a two-day educa
ttonal exchange visit to the
Baytown School District
Shunichi Hongu supertoten
dent of the Fukuahima Board of
Education and leader of the i»-
member delegation said that to
Japan the educational emphasis
has been on imparting large
•mounts of knowledge to groups
of students rather than on in-
dividual development
He Mid educa ton are now
feeling there may be a need for
more individual attention and
development
We team from hare about
more emphasis on the ability of
each student Hongu Mid
Ha said aducators in Japan are
seeing a demand for more flex
Mltty la education for dif-
ferent kinds of people
the future
•iso see a greater emphasis on
creativity
We may have to cut back on
math and science — tn the
future." Hongu Mid
The team of Japanese
teachers, principal* and ad-
ministrators received there in-
itial welcome to Baytown at a
breakfast Wednesday morning
at the Holiday Inn where
, Superintendent Bill Kennedy
and School Board President
Wanda Ellis presented the group
with Baytown T-shirts
After hearing an overview of
the Baytown instructional pro-
gram from Deputy Superinten-
dent Mite Madleort the group
visited Crockett Elementary
School and Gentry Junior
School
The on-site vtetts were fottow-
ed by presentations on
Baytown’s counseling physical
ethicatton. audto-vtsuaJ tnatruc
tton and tlfe-tong earning pro-
gram*
J' *n aiteiM iwmiIiwi si line
(See EDUCATORS. Hm U-A)
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SHUNICHI HONGU left.
Futaahtaa, Board ef 1
Baytown T-shirt Cram
nedy and School Roan
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 7, 1985, newspaper, November 7, 1985; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1074262/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.