The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 83, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 14, 1979 Page: 1 of 28
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The Baytown Son Invites
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Candidate Coffee
DR. AND MRS. Robert E. Hill
will host a coffee for Position 1
school board candidate Paul
Hall at their home, 2514 E.
Cedar Bayou-Lynchburg, at
p.m. Monday.
Drug Program -
A PANEL OF teenagers will dis-
cuss ‘"their experiences with
drugs at 7:30 p.m. Monday at
Grace United Methodist Church,
where Palmer Drug Abuse
Program will present its second
in a series of free sessions for
r parents who seek help in dealing
with their children’s drug
. problems.
Reunion Meeting
ROBERT E. LEE Class of 1969
will hold a reunionmeeting-from
2-4 p.m. Sunday at 810
Meadowbrook. For more infor-
mation, ca ll 422-2825.
Baiter Bottleneck
TRAFFIC CONGESTION on
Baker Road, between Decker
Drive and Garth Road will be
discussed by Baytown Planning
Commission at 7 p.m, Monday at
• city hall. New officers will be
elected. '
$34 Million Is Tagged
^For Brown wood Project
fl| 80 Pet. CB Bridge In Project ■ -
Of Funds Spur 55 Construction
Needed §£e Clearing Starts
, V NEW TRAFFIC SIGNAL GOING UP
This one at Defee and Pruett will connect with future signal at Sterling and Pruett
(Sun staff photo by Keith Thompson)
.....
Safety Council
cSSSXnM^ $363,000 In Contracts Awaded
day at Newby’s Restaurant, an-
nounced Chairman
Navarre.
Bicycle Club
BaY TOWN BICYCLE Club will
meet at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at
Galveston County Park on
Highway 3 at League City.
Starter will be Chuck Brant.
First Phase Of Signal Work
In City Due By Late Spring
Things are “looking up1
Baytown’s traffic signal scene
with a whole lot of work going
off in the 1975 bond program to
w, - modernize - and interconnect
Weather I lights on major thoroughfares,.
With “good luck, good
weather and timely arrival of
equipment,” the first phase of
the traffic signal improvements
should near completion by April
or May, predicts Jim Sanders,
assistant director of planning
and traffic, k
And Tides
CLEARING AND colder with
a temperature range from the
mid-20s to the upper 40s
through Sunday is the Baytown
area Weekend,; weather
—forecast:"-----------——
SUNDAY TIDES for waters
fronting the-City of Baytown:
Highs at +6:04 a.m. and 11:07
?)p.m.; lows at +2:02 a.m. and
3:15 p.m. Tides for Monday:
Highs at +6:40 a.m. and 11:36
; p.m.; lows at +2:34 a.m. and
3:47 p.m.
SUNRISE SUNDAY at 7:16
a.m.; sunset at 5:41 p.m.
SUNRISE MONDAY at 7:16
a.m.; sunset at 5:42 p.m. *
+ Denotes weak tides
in statewide highway safety im- Cedar BayoU Road; Nprth Main
provement program. from Texas to Massey-
Federal funds, representing 70 Tompkins; North Pruett from
percent of the cost, are es- Texas to Park, and Decker Drive
timated at 5166,000 while the from Texas to Garth Road,
.city’s JO. percent share .Ml be.. Newsignalsin this first phase
$49,800. are scheduled at Airhart and
Also, in February or March, a Market; Baker and North Main;
state contract will be awarded to Pruett at Defee and Sterling,
interconnect lights on Decker and Commerce at Defee and
Drive from Rollingbrook to Sterling.
Baker Road. . Improvements to
In the first phase of im-signals in this phase are on Alex-
provements in the city’s bond ander at East Texas; East Fayle
_______ masi
arms are being installed to
eliminate overhanging lights.
.“We’re using mast arms ex-
cept in places where it is
physically impossible,” Sanders
explained.
A total of $363,000 in contracts
have been awarded by city coun-
cil for the first phase.
Another contract will be let in
March by the State Department
of Highways and Public Tran-
sportation in a joint venture with provements consists of replacing
the city.
The city received final
approval from the highway
8 Res
24.99
sIMMFz
I ppip^ipipp are being installed. and William; North Mini at Wil-
der Section 219 of thp Federal Routes interconnected will be liam and Hines; North Main al
Mifipiway-Aet-as pari of tte AteamderDfive from TaartP MOrterand'Cetfar Bayou Reid
+ BANGKOK, Thai-
land - Last-ditch fight-
ing was reported today
between holdouts of the
toppkitf regime and Viet-
namese troops..in north-
western Cambodia, but
thej\ew leaders were al-
ready making plans to
preserve Cambodia’s na?
tional symbol, the tem-
ples of Angkor.
WASHINGTON (Sp) - U.S.
Rep. Bob Eckhardt and U.S.
Sen. Lloyd Bentsen Friday an-,, .... . .... ,
nounced President Carter had "g a trad toward-a new bridge m
included 534 million for the re Spur 55 c<)n1tra.ctj bmldin6 ,a
Rrownwodd evacuation project temporary road between Tri-
in the 1980 fiscal year budget. W Bcefch Road 8,1(1 Cedar
The funds represent the 835,011 Stream,
federal gpvernment’s share of Ed Seymore, resident
the 80 percent' of the total
total pro- engineer with the State Depart-
ject coat. In addition, it will be ment of Highways and PublfcJ'T^vl^'
necessary for Baytown voters to | Transportation, says the tern-
+ MADRID, Spain -
Bombs blasted two fed
eral policemen to their
deaths today and within
hours a top Basque guer-
rillaleader- wassubma-
chine-gunned and seri-
ously wounded just
across Spain’s border
with FTance, police said.
at East James; Ward Road at
cables have been installed for in- licfBnve; James'BbweDnvi
terconnecting lights on Alex- at Cedar Bayou Road,
ander Drive, and all overhead in- Also; North Main at Fayle and
terconnections have been install- Ward Road; North Pruett at
ed along North Main and North West Texas, West Lobit and
Pruett. Park.
About 50 percent of the labor Other improvements are
contract has been completed in located on Lee Drive and Market
the first phase. The city bought and West Main, and on Decker
the equipment for the lights and Drive at West Lobit and
contracted the installation work. Memorial Drive.
The first phase of im- STATE CONTRACT
+ PORT ARTHUR -
A union spokesman said
local issues must be re-
solved before approxi-
mately 2,600 refinery
workers idled by a walk-
existing out ^ Gulf Oil Corp.’s
huge facility here vote on
a new national contract
J settlement
In the future state contract,
old control equipment and signal there will be newinstallations on
heads and interconnecting North Main at Bob Smith Road
for progressive traffic and Park and improvements to
STATE REP. Ed Emmett is in-|
traduced as the newest member
of the Baytown Chamber of
-Riddick,
ssistant Supt. Nettles Is
[Honored By State Group
Construction workers are blaz- bridge and dirt work on the West I and will be a concrete and steel
Chambers County side. structure.
Spur 55 will be finished on the The main span will consist of a
West Chambers side in the se-1 steel plate girder while the rest
cond contract.
Cost of the first phase of con-
struction is 56,878,049.33. By the
time the entire spur is com-
pleted, total cost is expected to
approve 58.5 million in bonds for porary road will enable the con-
the local share of 20 percent, tractor to move equipment to
Carter’s recommendation, of the site of (he future 52-foot high
course, must be approved by bridge over -Cedar. Bayou
Congress, but a spokesman injstream
Bentsen’s office Friday seemed
confident this would be no I “The work on the bridge will
problem. In a telephone inter-start as soon as the work road is
view, he pointed out Congress finished, probably around the
usually “adds projects to the|first.of February,” he said,
overall budget proposed by the
On the Harris County side, the
spur will extend from Highway
146 in the vicinity of Holiday-Inn
See PICTURE, Page 10-A
to Cedar Bayoii‘stream south of
items out of it.”
Roselaod Park.
The construction of the bridge
accounts for a major part of the
contract. The bridge will be 2,-
807 feet long, havg( a vertical
U1 uui jvvi imvy^ a
Chattanooga, Tenn., is the clearance of 52 feet and a
general contractor for the first horizontal clearance of 150 feet.
of the bridge will be concrete,
Seymore said.
He hopes the bridge will be
completed by the spring of 1980.
“As soon as the bridge is com-
pleted,"-he said, „‘rwe wiff "
probably advertise for the se-
cond phase of Spur 55 on the
West Clambers side.”
The bridge cannot be used un-
til the West Chambers side of the
Spuf is completed. It wijl be
barricaded until then.
The“spur will extend from the
idge to connect with Farm*
Road 1405 in West Chambers'
County.
Only 16 water projects were phase 0f Spur 55 which will in-
okayed by tarter (or the next Inndp a finished road on the|mjlJiavUwo lanes, ft will have
side, the new a 10-foot shoulder on each side
fiscal year, with Brownwood ne- Harris County'
ing one of them.
..... The highway department's
Like the new road, the bridge District 20, headquartered it) \
Beaumont^ is in charge of the
project, 1 " ■
Tax Election Shortcomings
sS^Ss Area’s Prosperity Tied To
the next few months. I A *
With approval on both the
federal and local level, the first
homes in the subdivision could
JSSUS33) ,
1980 Although the economic out-
look for the Houston region is
Jerry Woodward, project brighter than in any other part of
ingineer with the U.S. Corps of the nation, the horizon could be
Engineers in Galveston, told The darkened by the consequences of
Sun the 534 million allocation tax relief elections,
from the federal government This was the “Outlook 1979
will enable the corps to proceed message presented to Baytown
+ TRIPOLI, Libya -
Four hijackers who com-
mandeered an Air Tunis
jetliner to Tripoli freed
the plane’s eight crew
members today only
hours after releasing all
75 passengers, officials
said.
More Cold
funds each time the federal I by Leonard Patiflp, executive
budget is being prepared. vice president of me Houston
Both Eckhardt^ and Bentsen Chamber of Commerce,
have urged the funds during He spoke specifically about
preparation of Carter’s budget, the Houston tax referendum
Eckhardt wrote Carter a letter which, until it is resolved, is
last November while Bentsen leaving that city’s Triple-A bond
made a phone call to the White | rating hanging in balance.
Rouse- — “Without question, the inten-
"I am delighted the project |80,15 of 8,6 k* relief proponents
has entered this final stage," |are .well-meaning. However, cit
Eckhardt told The Sun Friday. even the most well-meaning of po:
“It is very gratifying that this intentions could result in dis-
year we may finally see the astrous consequences if all possi-
i'i Weather Is
Word Here
Tcb-iffiS^raSyp™
; Terri Coker transfers from Lee
College to Stephen F. Austin
' State University in Nacogdoches,
By D’EVA TURNER
Assistant School Supt. Barry
Diane Johnson spied by a
friend at the School Administra-
tion Building. . . Anne Sullivan
arranges publicity for a can-
didate forum . . . Rox Ann
ToUeson finds a funny face note
in her car.
Rocky Tappan has a bout with
flu. r; Don freuhardt provides
a news tip... Bill Farmer busi-
ly preparing for an upcoming
Jneeting.,
Olivia Bailey proud of
telephone she got for ha-
birthday ... Paul Jaubert and
Peter Winslow plan a poetry
workshop.
made outstanding con-
tributions to Texas schools in the
area of personnel work.
He was one of four nominees.
Others were Robbie Collins,
Dallas assistant superintendent;
Bill Nelson, Northeast San An-
tonio district assistant superin-
tendent; ami Mrs. Magnolia Mc-
Cullough, who is in charge of
teacher certification for,. Texas
Education Agency.
Nettles, who said he was
pleased with his selection, said
the be was surprised because he felt
Mrs. McCullough would win.
In fact, he said, he voted for
Mrs. McCullough because he felt
she had made tremendous con-
tributions to the state education They consider this a
in the area of personnel.
Nettles Jgs been chosen by
members" of the Texas Associa-
tion of School Personnel Ad-
ministrators^ to receive the membenhip dthe ^^tion
group’s award to a person who and membmareall neonl*
Despite his modesty, others
noted that Nettles was chosen in
an election of the total
ahd that members are all people
who work in the area of per-
sonnel.
Nettles, who is immediate
past president of Texas Associa-
tion of School Personnel Ad-
ministrators (TASPA) - which
presented him the award - has
worked extensively in personnel
areas with the Gulf Coast
Association of School Personnel
Administrators, TASPA and
American Association of School
Personnel Administrators.
A / graduate of Baytown
schools, Nettles obtained
bachelor’s and master’s degrees
at the University of Texas and
has almost completed work for a
doctorate degree.
- After teaching one year in
Mexia, he returned to Baytown
in 1956 and has been teacher,
coach, principal, assistant depu-
ty superintendent, deputy
(See NETTLES, Page 2-A)
It’s going to beajsuhny Sun-
day, but that’s only half the
weather picture for Baytown.
Windy and cold will also be the
order of the day wiihj
temperatures expected to only
Presideflt’sproposetfbudget.’
In his letter-to the President,
Eckhardt had pointed out that
losses from a major storm in
Brownwood could exceed the]
cost of permanently solving the
problem by moving the residents
from the flood-prone area.
On the local level, city offic,»w,
have estimated that the cost to
charter amendment in Houston
would limit the property tax to
one-half percent of market value
- 50 cents on each 5100 valua-
tion.
This would not provide suf-
ficient funds to pay off the city’s
bonded indebtedness, let alone
provide local services required
The business climate of our”
state is strong - fiscally conser-
vative - and we can look to the
new governor to continue the
policy of making Texas a good
state for business development.”
“Responsible community
leaders have an obligation — and
even a vested interest - in help-
- accommodate Houston’s ing to assure a favorable climate
growing population, said Patillo.
He quoted Melvin Maddocks
The Christian Science
Monitor, who warned that
shutting off local revenue
sources would transfer more of
the cost to the state and would
weaken local government.
for business so that livability can
be improved. One vitajy impor-
tant way to discharge that
responsibility is to have a clear
understanding of possible conse-
quences of all governmental
proposals - local tax referenda,
bond elections, legislation - and
to communicate that informa-
‘The strength of government tjon wisely before an election.
— ...... —*hof a ^ gives ail citizens an oppor-
tunity to make the’best possible
Patillo decisions on matters affecting
their future.”
is important to the strength of a
city and to a city’s drawing
iwer fo& business,”
stated, “Investors are concerned
One Killed, 2 Arrested As
Chase Ends In Chambers
By CINDY HORSWELL
put the Brownwood subdivision! “ ^ *luj *as
back into-shape - renovatine descnbed as a “Sugarland Ex-
Temperatures in the mid-20s w;it(,r lines anri thp spwpr svstpm 1 Press." some 20 police units
ggjjj™ Saturday andjandrebuilding roads
Although the
eekend temperatures
below normal, they are “not un-
common for this time 'of the
year,” said a National Weather
Service spokesman in Houston.
. Iy would surpass the cost of local
^P601™ funding required for evlcuating
“ m the area.
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Bombs Awiy!
A Houstonian was bragging
on his home town as one of the
world’s leading aviation cen-
ters now served by 24 airlines,
nvolved in a running gun-
battle down 1-10 Friday after-
noon that ended in the fatal
shooting of a savings and loan
robbery suspect near the Jen-
kins Road exit.
Two alleged accomplices of
the slain bandit refused to iden-
tity his body, according to Beau-
mont Police Lt. Harold Eng-
strom.
Although police believe them
to be aliases, the accomplices
era daily to foreign lands.
“You can breakfast la Hous-
ton, lunch aloft over the At-
lantic and eat dinner in
Rome,” he said prondty.
And from the wings came
this remarks, “and your bags
will be in Buenos Aires.”'
• FH
According to Lt. Ehgstrom,
the First Savings and Loan As-
sociation at 2002 N. 11th in,:
Beaumont was robbed of an un-
disclosed amount of money
around 12:18 p.m.
Two men, armed with a .38
caliber pistol and a shotgun, en-
tered the building and ordered
“everybody to lie down on the
floor,” Lt. Engstrom said, while
a third man waited outside in a
stolen get-away car,
The two inside then pilfered
the cash boxes and ran to the
car," he said. “A passing truck-
er saw them and alerted police
IQ of which take their custom- gave their namw as Kenneth'on'.h“ CB radio, giving a de-
Tm not sure how many units
there were. There were Beau-
Wayne Louis and Johnny Land
Randell Cook, both of Houston.
Each has been arraigned in LTD Ford, he
Judge Mary Dugat’s court in ceeding 100 mph. C
Winnie on charges of attempted
capital murder of a police offi-
cer and aggravated armed rob-
bery.
Bond has been set at 5150,000
apiece.
scription of the car.”
'Hie trio then fled in a blue
ex-
spotted
the suspects west of Winnie in
Chambers County, barreling
down 1-10, the officer said.
era, Chambers County deputies
and constables, Jefferson Coun-
ty officers and highway patrol. I
guess there were at least 20
cars,” said Chambers County
Sheriff Doil Pounds.
Pounds said his offices set up
a freeway blockade close to the
Winnie area.
“But the suspects’ car sailed
through and failed to stop. The
trio just sped around us,” he
said.
A witness to the chase, Kyle
Fullick of Baytown, said he was
coming west on MO when the
suspects “flewjjy me like I was
He said a DPS trooper waved
him over, and a. string of patrol
can passed him.
“It was like the Sugarland Ex-
Before long, numberous law press (a police chase movie). Of-
ficers were coming from all di-
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 57, No. 83, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 14, 1979, newspaper, January 14, 1979; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1074924/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.