The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 186, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 13, 1979 Page: 1 of 28
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The Baytown Sun Invites
MR. AND MRS. KENNETH BUIE
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'LOVE AT FIRST BITE"
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Baytown, Texas, 77520 / v Sunday > May 1J, 1979.
By WANDA ORTON
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Council Awaiting Report
Cost For
y.
space rights” - is being.
funds, and the cost ;of would come from thejexas tt^iP^gjaort-— . ^ ^ ..y& the
ccnirpe'n s~a TfrTg 'v f'Ti e'^ AeronauticaTCommission. An appraisal figure on madebyGeraidTeelofthe
available on the'city’s price privately-owned Humphrey Items connected with thebnying improvements at Houston -^irm ot ^Dominy,
.....fagon a municipal airport',' ' Airportproposed airport that are ttre existing airport irmst pe Fmrd, McPherson & imi.
Baytown City Council will Estimated total cost of not eligible for grants obtained before council can City Manager -Frits,
set the date for a bond issue projects for which grants would amount to $254,276. '■ call a bond election. Lanham hopes the ap-
at its next meeting May 24. will be provided is The city’s share then No federal funds are- pratsal wiU be completed
Three factor* are" in- $4,687,100. t)f that amount, woflWcome to $1,116,696 on available to participate in by toe May 24 cotmcil
5 vetoed - the city’s 20 the Federal Aviation ‘financing the new airport. the Humphrey Airport cost, meeting. Although the rAA
percent share of a federal Agency would provide An added cost would be An .appraisal ; on the ha§ not set a deadline wr
grant on the project; the $3,749,680, and the city’s; compensating Humphrey improvements - the- obtaining the city s 20
cos,t of construction items' .share would be $862,420. in Airport which would be put structures,-runway and an percent share of the cost of
not .eligible for federal addition, a $75,000-grant out of business by a intangible item called “air the. to^nm^^ ffl^tber
local funds will be 1.
available, City Manager •
Fritz Lanham told Hie Sun.
In order for toe FAA to •
allocate funds for the new
Bid Opening Stations Cut Back Hours -
On (’if y
be in June. Lanham
acknowledge > it will be
difficult--to arrange the
election that soon.
A SPECIAL DA Y FOR MOTHER
’’ITS YOUR DAY* MOM, and here are flowers to show how much we love you,” Alicia, left,
and Jennifer tell their mother, Mrs. JJ.Burianek. The family lives atiMfetM Sunday is
Mother’s Day.a time when families around the nation set aside .their busy schedules to honor
mom and say thanks for all the things^^oesiorthemyear^retmtf; "*
. (Sun staff photo by Glenn Folkes)
Wide Spread In Baytown
receive bids at 6:30 p.m. ^ , __ _ • v *• ___ - - . • .
May 24 at its nexl ineeting By UZCRUTHIRDS paid if he could get all the He added he will not limit HUMPHREY AIRPORT
on the sale of $2,880,000 in While Californians line up gas he did before rationing, gasoline purchases, that he J,P. “Jim.” Hutchison,
bonds. - - ' for hours at service stations He saidtoe amount he sells would prefer closing his vice president of Busch,
This sale will “wrap up” open , a check of gasoline now is less, costs him more, station to stretch supplies. * Hutchison & Associates,
the 1975 capital im- stations here shows his profits are lower and his Maples also said he had reminded city council
provements program and Bavtonians are toot yet 'rent is higher. . not had. any instances of Thursday night the FAA
will provide funds for, road . having-towaittofillup. Laughlin said his station customers trying"to hoard has , determinedHumphrey
construction, sanitary not feelingsuch a crunch. was, open 24 hours before gasoline. '' Airport should be shut down
sewers, drainage im- Gasoline is available — rationing, but he is only A spokesman for Har- if a city airport is built
provements and Rark for a price - and service open from 6 a.m. to “ sjx or die’s Conoco at 5227 High- because of a conflict in. air
development. station owners are no seven at night now.” way 90 in Crosby said the space.
Tom Masterson, vice • happier about toe situation He is also closed on station’s sales were down, Councilman Allen Can-
president of Underwood, than their customers.. Sunday. He added that he and put the blame on high non commented, “It looks
Neuhaus & Co. of Houston, W.N. Laughlin, owner of did not run out of gas the gasoline prices. like there might be a wedge
has advised the city to Laughlin’s Exxon on In- end of last month because The station was out of gas there to get additional
proceed with the bond sale, <■ terstate 10, said operating he had curtailed his hours.- Thursday; but received a funding (FAA participation
City Manager Fritz costs have been Cutting into »T.J. Maples, owner of delivery in time to open fpr in the cost of huyltig
Lanham told council - his profits. Mantes’ Gulf at 1514 W business Friday . —--- -- -HumBhrevAitwt)- -
“There - - - “Fwasnotified that mv Crosby-Lynchbure Road, “We’ve cut back our Hutchison responded,
chTnge inf the bond price (wholesale) is going said he ran out of gas about hours,” he said. “They (the “They said they could not •
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Bofs Charged
In Sun Fire
Home Tour
BAY,AREA
when relaying the fiscal, tost six weeks, that makes remained closed until his trying to force the little T two airports Could not co-
Backin escrars
--------Two juvenile boys sent to alexander Drive and Ward said Laughlin. “Now, it's a cent more this month, “------Asked--if--he had con- deadlocked in 3-3 tie.
the county juvenile £ “i. d« miiiion for toe fl^ rate- They’re trying to said Maples„/‘‘and .1 sirred getting out of toe Noting for appraisal of
• detention center in Houston S’ rLtrirt sanitary .force us out of business.” thinM’R-be/out seven or business, he laughed and improvements only wer^
after admitting they line-ran (W He said the new rate was eightdaysbefore Memorial said he couldn’t afford “the Mayor fcmmett O. Hutto/
burglarized and, set «»* to ‘ f0r development of parks. about what he would have. Day (May30).” . ' (See GAS, Page 2-A) (See COST, Page 2-A)
’Real Cod’
BAYTOWN’S ROW nf 54 _ ..........................
came'do* tp the3record ' Frid^^'schoof‘^officiSs
, j - . ...... . _______ . It ^ reported that the’ v
degrees is expected to Baytown Historical until they appeared before Another New York firm,
ore the bond sale is -
In Hospital
has destroyed his garden. •
^Cafitfens frate About Raw !§ewage
Cify crewsXere-^leaning “Please keep children from and didn’t know if it problems have been going
anholes Friday to correct away! Raw sewage.” was-on public or private on about seven years, off
raw sewage problemairt the Douglass became furious property so we asked one of and on, “but here lately ft is
vicim^y 8 of Mississippi, Friday morning when city' the crew? to, pick ft Up. cont{nupus. The raw
*—- - a the About 15 minutes-later, sewage1 tuns into ratorm
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recovering from burgery in Site'S CiF^e^ went over to tl^-^ who t^tfeliggjfe
San Jacinto Methodist not say Friday whether the officials in the two bopd- being done a day too soon Municipal Service Center had it .sitting outside the he sfeysWraw
Coffee and Tour
- GULFO AST •Hospital San Jacinto Methodist not say Friday whether the officials in toe two bopd- being done a day too soon Municipal service center had-it .s
Auxilary will hos,t a coffee Hospital; Room 415, and detention hearing had been rating-firms. suit mate residents who ami beat my--fist on the building. . .
and tour for prospective can have visitors. - " held Lanham felt the current have been complaining to desk. I wasn t there when “He showed the receipt “There’s no way you’re
parents at 3 p.m. Sunday in Tfie boys had not been to rating wbs not upgraded by thes city]abput tte stench they took it, and l asked from the lumber company going tfteatouttf a gird®
the conference rodm - - , school since Tuesday because toe city’s reap- and health hazards of raw them to bring it back and where he bought the that has been contaminated
^smce^T^ay Y jjj ,fn sewage on their property puT it back where it wis.” materials for the sign. We with humandisposal.”
• 8 y V - - A sign of these trying . ggrjLAiidersom assistant. took .toe sign back and.......He related repeated calls
times has been posted by public works direcjpr, told installed it where he had it to the city. “I told them the
J.A. Douglass, .1900 The Sun, ‘.‘We didift know placed.” stffik was getting......
Mississippi. It says: where The sign had come Douglass says toe sewage could not bear 11.”“
school since Tuesday, bec.ause toe city’s reap-
- following the 15-year-dld’s praisal/program is , in
Sorority arrest Tuesday night and progress. The massive
will hold a “fifties” party the 14-year-old’s arrest revaluation of taxablp
on Saturday, May 19, not Wednesday, property throughout the
May -12 as stated in But, they attended city is “not a reality yet,”
school officials said.: i? expected to be completed
- -School sources did not iir 1980: The atoi istob^sg
hearing had beenheidr ■ market vMues as mandated
The boys are accused of in the January city charter
“friends a beautiful CLEAR AND cool at night offices IboutVato^May 2, J '
scrapbook prepared .by and sunny andmild during stealing several items and
Pioneer Students Club m the day with a temperature setting fires which caused
range from toe low 50sI to riamagps rangin- ■-*-
thousands of doll
After taking Statements
memory of the,’ school
drefftcl^^frrsr“stopefin* the upper 70S is me
tendent, ««late John F. Baytown area weekend
Crawford . . Mary Lou weather forecast
Nahas arops by The Sun's
from the boys,
about the Baytown Boys Baytown: Highs at 11:42
a.m and —7:28 p.m.; lows
at 3:50 a.m, and —3:45 p.m.
Tides for Monday: Highs at
12:37 p.m and-7:53 p.m.;
-lows at 4:30 a.m. and—4:42
p.m.
Choir. ^
Hobart Enoch makes
arrangements for a picture
... j(athy Keeler gets a
lesson in optimism .-. .
Dale Battle says, “Never
mind”. . •
Mike Einkauf narrowly
Children- play in- his
backyard, he ' ^aid^ ex-
pressing concern about
health hazards of raw
.sewage. “I have been
policing it and bytog to
keep them away tort-ft’s
getting to beJoo Big of a
, problem;”
Cindy Cisneros, 1909 a
Durain-Ferry Road, says
her yard is full of stagnant
water. “It’s sewafe-^ nM
rainwater;” •
The Cisneros famUy has
ved in a trailer near the
Loop 201 intersection for
** two years. She say* aegh'-
bors told her toe problems
existed before they moved
there. . .
The mother of two young
children, Mrs. Cisneros
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- - SUNRISE SUNDA'Y at 6:28 ...... R
misses the weed eater a.n.; sunsetat8:04p.m. *. Dimensipn,........l-2B
- EtiW-Ford-gets to-go-to- a - suhrbe MONDAY at".;
~~ meeting alone ~ La a nr^^ins^, 7A
Porte Police .Chief Herbert p jj
•Herbie” Freeman attends
a meeting in Baytown. ;
Pleasure Bdat
■ loans!
says she will not let them
play outside because oftoe
raw sewage. “It's not safe'
for children." ^_______
explained a lot
of debris, bricks and other
materials got into the main
during construction of Loop
(See RAW, Page 2-A)
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 186, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 13, 1979, newspaper, May 13, 1979; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1074386/m1/1/: accessed June 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.