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Pack 111 Meets
€UB SCOUT Pack 101 will hold
600 V Sterling Those interested
. in joining should attend
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LEE COLLEGE President
Robert Cloud and Public tnfor-
mation Director Glen Walker
mil discuss Lee College as a
total community asset at the
noon Friday meeting ol Baytown
Chamber of Commerce at Holi-
day inn.
Arnett Hospitalized
MRS SANDY Arnett of 115
Julie Ann Villa is in Room 109at!
Gulf Coast Hospital and may
have visitors. . 7
Horse Show Winners
TEE JAY MAXIE, owned by
L H Richetson of Baytown, was
named reserve champion
stallion in the Texas Rice
Festival Open Horse Show in
Winnie Pooh Porter of Mont
flvieu. riding Play Sum Last
13 age group.
Red Cross Course
THE DAYTOWN Chapter of the
American Red Cross will offer
an advenced lifesaving class
from 4 to 6 p.m. Mondays and
Wednesdays for five weeks
beginning Wednesday,
register, call 427-3114 or 422-
9319.
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Planning Ahead
BAYTOWN PLANNING Com-
mission will discuss proposed
revisions in the subdivision or-
dinance at 7 p. m Monday at city
hall and will consider ratifica-
tion on action taken to grant
preliminary approval for
Brighton Oak Subdivision
U.S. Economic Rise
Shows Hike In August
Inside
The Sun
THE DAY THE SUN WENT DARK
SUN REPORTER Rick Vemaci held on to his belief in the "power of the printed word Wednesday
afternoon despite a power failure at The Baytown Sun. When the lights went out, Rick attempted to
write by candlelight. Electrical power was restored shortly before 5 p.m. when a guy wire was re-
paired on a utility pole in The Sun parking lot. The wire had been struck by a car, resulting in an
"eclipse” at The Sun for about 30 minutes. Most phones were out of service but Rick moved to a
desk where phone calls continued to come in. Meanwhile his co-worker. Muriel Scott, grabbed a
camera and tripod and captured the candlelight writer on film. Camera bugs will be interested to
know Muriel shot the dark scene with the camera lens opened at 1.4 and at a speed of one-eighth of
a second.
Classified .....
Comics .......
Dimension ____
Editorial......
Markets.......
Obituaries.....
School Lunches
Sports ........
TV Log .......
Senators Will Compromise
On Natural Gas Price Vote
Our
World
Today
Tim APWW*
+ WASHINGTON - Presi-
dent Tarter today signed
til billion farm bill that hr
described as "a good invest-
men!" although it is more ex-
pensive than hr had in mind.
+ MOSCOW - The Soviet
government launched a new
space station, Solynl 4, today,
Tass announced.
+ AUS1TA, Co. - Clif-
ford Roberts, coloonder of the
Masters Golf Tournament, was
found dead today at the Au-
gusta National Golf Club, the
vjfliio ol a self-inflicted gun-
shot wound, club officials said.
+ NEW YORK - A 14-
month ban on flights by the
supersonic Concorde jetliner
at Kennedy Airport was lifted
today by the 2nd U S. fcurt of «
Weathfcr
And Tides
¥air
WASHINGTON (AP) - Two
senators who led a marathon
filibuster which helped tie up
Senate action on natural gas
pricing for two weeks said today
they would reluctantly vote for a
compromise offered by Majority
Leader Robert Byrd.
Democratic Sens. James
Abourezk of South Dakota and
Howard Metzenbaum of Ohio
said they would support a plan
which keeps federal controls on
gas, but would allow more of the
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FAIR AND mild Thursday
night and partly cloudy and
warm Friday is the Baytown
area weather forecast. Low ex-
pected Thursday Bight, tow
70s: high Friday, low 90s.
BAYTOWN TIDES for
Friday: High at +8:46 a.m.;
iows at +3:29 a.m. and 5:13
p.m.
SUNRISE FRIDAY at 7:14
a.m.: sunset at 7:99 p.m. '
fuel to be sold at higher price
levels.
But Abourezk and Metzen-
baum said they would vote for
the compromise only if it re-
mains unamended by senators
sympathetic to the natural gas
producers.
Both said they would support
the new proposal worked up by
both Byrd and §en. Henry M
Jackson. D-Wash., with hopes
that a House-Senate conference
committee would cut down a
Purchasing Agent
For City Resigns
Don Cooke, purchasing agent advance professionally
$2.03 price ceiling on each thou-
sand cubic of gas
“I don't approve of it," Met-
Appeals. The court said the
mitish-French jet would have
to conform to federal noiae
standards.
. +WASHINGTON - Israe-
li Foreign Minister Moshe Day
an said today the Unite? States
for the City of Baytown for 11 ‘/a
years, will resign Ck:t. 12 to
become the purchasing super-
visor at Oxirane Chemical Co. at
Bayport
I leave with a tremendous
amount of mixed emotions
AROUND
We have the finest city staff
and city council we’ve ever had
and I've thoroughly enjoyed
working with these people. I
believe we have the best
Cooke recently earned the cer-
tified, purchasing 'officer cer-
tificate conferred by the
National Purchasing Institute. A
native of Lynchburg, he
graduated fremDeer Park High
School- in 1956, attended Lee
College. Sam Houston State
University and received his
bachelor's degree from Lamar
University.
He and his wife, Neli, have a
daughter, Kelli, and the family
s- KERRY BARRY gets senti-
mental about killing her first teal
... Lisa Keyes and Dianne
Platt 's boating expedition proves
exciting. . Lenay Robison finds
her name mispelled again.
Rosie Glumm is busy with
Halloween plans. . . Edwin and
Dallas Arable modestly accept
compliments .. Joe Mahalik
checks on a roof problem . . .
Maria Kretschmar takes a quick
tour through The Sun building
. Shirley Masterson is well in-
formed. - ‘j
Emma Lee and Joe Sanches Cooke
get ready; to move to their new
home in Newport. •« Ann Deel
organizes a wedding. .
and Greg Mr Pike play some ten-
nis Vera Pratt jumps her
battery from! a tractor to her car
relations with all the city lives at 1710 Kilgore. Mrs. Cboke
departments that we’ve ever had works at Texas Olefins
and all this has made my deci-
sion quite difficult."
Cooke acknowledged a higher
salary was part of his decision
but was not the main basis for it,
‘The key reason I accepted the
new position is for professional
development. I want to learn
neyv facets of purchasing
because purchasing is my life.”
Cooke regrets he will have to
who can’t ride at the 1977 March
resign his office in tile National 0f Dimes Bike-a-thon which will
than total deregulation
Byrd said he was not sure the
Senate would be able to vote to-
day on the compromise, which
shows promise of breaking an
impasse which has tied up the
Senate for nine days on the same
issue.
Before voting on the plan, the
Senate went to work on a com-
plicated parlimentary maneuver
designed by Byrd to brush aside
some 400 proposed amendments
to the bill.
Jackson's move was an’ at-
tempt to break the filibuster
that teJsept the Senate from
choosing between President
Carter's proposal to retain
price controls on natural gas
and an industry-backed plan to
lift them.
But the compromise engi-
neered by Jackson and Byrd
was fragile. While Senate lead:
ers were optimistic, there was , ■ ..........,i
no guarantee the impasse cooldji^ g 1
be broken.
Jackson, chairman of the
Senate Energy Committee, un-
veiled the plan Wednesday
night shortly before the Senate
recessed after meeting nonstop
for more than 37 hours,
Bike-A-Thon Slated
Here On Saturday
Baytown area cyclists willlraising event, reminds cyclists
have a .chance to assist those not to ride more than two
Mrs. Hugh' Osborne brings
in a report .... Miss Davida
Thompson’ answers some ques-
tions. ,
Jerre and Wallace J;
return from a fun-filled vacation
in Hawaii Delbert Oliver
goes car shopping. ., Barbara
‘ Jones attends a reading con-
ference in Houston
Purchasing Institute when he
leave hi! municipal job. He had
been recently reappointed a
director in this organization of
wjrich he is a charter member,
He and his family will con-
tinue to live in Baytown and
he will, help his
successors city hall in any way
he can.
His " immediate supervisor,
inance Director J. B. LeFevre,
id The Sun Cooke may be hard
to replace/"We hate to lose
him.” he sajd, "but we re glad to'
see him take an opportunity to
be held Saturday at Stallworth
Stadium.
Riders in the event, which
raises money to help fight birth
defects, 'will register at the
stadium at 8 a.m. Saturday
before setting out on the 50-mile
route.
Water will be provided at
checkpoints along the way and
Jack-In-The-Box will provide
soft' drinks at the end of the
route. i ’
abreast, to ride with the flow of
traffic and obey all traffic
signals, to signal intent to stop
turn or pass and to stay to the
side of the road when stopped.
Cyclists who turn in their
money to the March9* Dimes by
Oct. 17 will be eligible to win
various prizes including a Varsi
ty bicycle donated by Baytown
Schwinn Cyclery.
Proceeds from the event will
help support March of Dimes
research, public education and
community service.
ito-LaVonw ; Hanee, presF designed: TofFghtBirth
dent of the Baytown Bicycle
Club and chairman of the fund-|fi65-5555,
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For riiore information, call
the Pilextinians at Middle East
peace talks would not be
represented by the Palestine
Liberation Organization.
+ WASHINGTON - The"
Carter administration is re-
stating efforts to require both
houses of Congress to vote ap-
proval before the Ptnaminian
government can be given con-
trol of the Canal Zone. Ally.
Gen. Griffin Bell Was called
before the Senate Foreign Re-
fations Committee'-today to
present thejustice Depart-
ment’s official legal opinion
that only the Senile needs |o
approve the Panama Canal
treaty.
+ WASHINGTON - Two
of the
‘agencies coufd nut out of mon-
ey this weekend unleof^the
House and Senate resolve their
differences over paying for
abortions with federil funds.
A conference committee set a
meeting today after postpon-
ing Wednesday's session when
a House Appropriations Com-
More $$$
Spent By
Industry
WASHINGTON (API - A
government index of future eco-
nomic trends showed a sharp up-
turn in August as industries
decided to spend more money on
their factories, the Commerce
Department said today.
The index of leading i
dirators row eight-tenths of
per cent after a two-tenths of a
per cent increase in July and
declines of two-tenths of a per
cent in both June and May.
Most encouraging to econo-
mists was a rise of three-tenths
of a per cent in contracts and
orders for plants and equipment,
That means industries are
building more factories and will
be able to turn out more
products, possibly leading
more jobs. *—
However, the index did not in-
dicate an improved job outlook
because the layoff rate was un-
changed in August and the
average work week declined
The Commerce Department
Heart Attack Blamed
Jesse James, State
Treasurer, Is Dead
ndex had dropped three months
in a row. but it subsequently
changed its July figure from a
drop of two-tenths of a per cent
to an increase of two-tenths. The
main reason was improvement
net business formation,
another sign of busineu con-
fidence
any improvement in the econo-
my will have to come from
spending by businesses on new
equipment and capital because
consumer spending may have
reached its peak.
Also contributing to the in-
AUSTIN (AP) - Jesse James. I hearty." Stevens said
the rocky old man with a train! The treasurer's death gives
Gov Dolph Briscoe another top
elective position to fill by ap-
robber's name who had served
as state treasurer since 1941.
died in i local hospital early to- pomtment. pending the outcome
day following a heart attack of next year's elections His ap-
pointee would have an in-
cumbent's built-in advantage In
a race for treasurer nest year
James would have been 73 on
Oct. 10
A hospital spokesman said
death came at about 12:15 a.m
"He was token to the hospital
last night after a fresh heart
attack. He had a long history of
coronary heart ditease He died
of the heart attack early this
morning," said his physician,
Dr Robert Anderson.
Morris Stevens, the treas-
ury's chief clerk and James's
right hand man since 1948, said
James's death came unexpect-
edly, despite more than a year
of poor health.
‘He was at the banking
board yesterday afternoon, in
good spirits and hale and re-election
"I'm better than I ever have
been My gum are cocked," he
said in an interview last month
Some potential candidates, in*
* fact, were afraid t
James, despite
age and poor health. I
his strong name identification
and his proven ability to «-
James himself first came to hutet » campaign.
office by gubernatorial appoint
ment when Gov. Coke Steven-
son named him to replace
Charles Lockhart, who resigned
tut treasurer in 1941. James had
been Lockhart's top assistant
Doctors amputated most of
James's left leg In January be-
cause of a blocked artery, and
he suffered from diabetes
After the operation, he came to
the office infrequently and
I CsinMOdics, in
I to run Jpinst
his advanced
ilth, because of
Bui candidates were lint:
listen that he was running for
Texas National Stock
Plan, Director Told
inmg
with
up. nevertheless, storting with
Harry Ledbetter, a former
Texas AliM football player who
had been one of Comptroller
Bob Bullock's top assistants.
James Is survived by his wid-
ow. Zana. a daughter. Doris
Jenswald; two grandchildren;
and seven brothers and listen
Before joining Lockhart's
staff, James served In the
Texas House from-1933 to 1937
sawaaaassr'
While few Texans had much
idea what the treasurer's duties
Bank, has announced the elec-
tion of Dr. Aristides A. Trifiiio at
a member of the board of direc-
tors, while also announcing
first steps were token that will
result in a 10 per cent stock dlvf
three-tenths of a per cent In proved a annual mee n*
building permits and boosts in
the money supply, prices of raw
materials and liquid assets
Among figures declining were annual dividend, plus an
vendor performance and stock
price!
The August increase was the
largest since an increase of L?
per 'cent in March. In the past
five years, the biggest rise was a
3.1 per cent jump in June 1975
Bulletin
mittee meeting tied up some
members. ,
+ SENECA FALLS, N.Y. -
Kathrine Switzer, the first
woman ever to run in the Bos-
ton Marathon, kicked off the
first leg of the 2400-mile
Women's International Torch-
light Run today, leaving this
birthplace of the American
women's rights movement at
abflH«f|a.m.
+ DALLAS — Heavy, thun-
derstorms roamed across
northeastern sections of tfiCv*
Texas Panhandle, during the
Pea size hail was re*
parted
early in 1978
Wooten said that the bank will
continue to pay the t! per share
ditional 10-cqpt quarterly cash
dividend.
These steps are possible
because pf the
the bank during li
said.
Dr. Trifiiio is a native of the
Dominican Republic where he
attended medical school at the
University of Santo Domingo.
After winning a scholarship
from the U.S. State Depart-
ment, Dr. Trifiiio specialized in
DACCA, Bangladesh (AP) -
The Japanese government
agreed today to hind over $6 - _
million and nine prisoners to urology* CdumbiaUniver-
........ — — r------- u,-hn , the medical staff at Gulf Coast,
ransom 146 persons held Jws- and Baytown Medical Center and
toge by terrorists aboard a hi-
jacked Jspanese airliner at
Dacca airport. But the govern-
ment asked for an extension of
the hijackers' deadline for the
delivery.
From 1954 to
practiced urology, in the
Dominican Republic and from
DR ARISTIDES TRIFIUO
urologist assistant to a group of
certified urologists In Savannah
Ga.
Dr. Trifiiio, who started prac-
ticing in Baytown an §Sfe
Sen Jacinto Methodist Hospitals
1961 Trifiiio In Baytown and St. Joseph's
Hospital In Houston,
1961 to 1963 he served as alchlldren.
idea what
were, James's
came under Increasing criti-
cism in his later yean. He had
both Democratic and Republic
opponents in the 1974 election.
His Democratic opponent,
who cut James's normally huge
majority to 54 per cent, was
' Son Yarbrough, the same Don
Yarbrough who was elected to
the texas Supreme Court in
1976 but resigned under fire
this summer, ' v
Yarbfough and James's other
critics said James wasn't keep-
ing enough of the state's idle
funds in Interest-bearing time
deposits and maintained too
cozy a relationship with the
state's banks.
Criticism of James's money
management practices, in fact,
dated back to the early 1950s.
when the state auditor said the
state was getting too little in-
terest on its money. -
Jahtes apparently headed off "
Gov; Dolph Briscoe’s submis-
sion of a money management
bill to the July special legisla-
tive session by promising to put
more money into interest-bear-
ing accounts v
He kept his word. In less
creased by nearly $200 million,
to a total of $2 billion, and the
total has been rising ever since >*-
James always had enough
money for the kind of low-key
He is married and has three campaigns he ran, and he
didn’t need much.
Pearce Street Journal - -
- An IntillMtuil Void
Many years ago we had occa-
sion to ride along the country
roads in and out of Marlin.
Occasionally w* would see a
board nailed to a tree on which
was a most eloquent and
tersely-written notice.
I&merely said, "POSTED.”
Since then, we have worked
on innumerable newspapers,
have studied in five univer-
sities and never ‘til this good
day have we ever run across an
explanation of what
"POSTED” means.
The first person helping us
to void this blank in our in-
__ teliectual attainment ^ will
r.'I.j:-- ill, awarded a ticket to lart
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 302, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 29, 1977, newspaper, September 29, 1977; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1074827/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.