The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 264, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 16, 1977 Page: 1 of 12
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Official in Hospital
CHAMBERS COUNTY Com-
missioner Sid Desormeaux of
Anahuac has been admitted to |
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
for tests He is in Room 406
Exxon Annuitants
EXXON ANNUITANTS will
meet at 10 a m. Wednesday at
the Community Building. Assis-
tant Atty. Gen. Joe Chumley will
speak about new consumer j
protection laws
Athletic Forms
HORACE MANN seventh and 1
eighth grade athletes need to 1
pick up physical forms in the ]
school office between 8:30 a.m.
and 3 p.m. Tuesday-Friday.
Football practice will begin th$ ’
first day of school.
Teen Reporters
STUDENTS INTERESTED
representing their schools as
Baytown Sun Teen Reporters for
the coming school year should
write their qualifications, grades
and reasons for wanting the job
and send the letters to Lynn
Hughes, P. 0. Box 90, Baytown
77520. Reporters will be chosen
from area high schools, junior
schools and Lee College at the
end of August.
Band Party
STERLING BAND party will be
held from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday
at Roseland Park. Band
members are asked to bring an
ice chest. For more information,
call 573-1946,
Paging ‘Frosh’
ROBERT E. LEE High School
will have freshman orientation
beginning at 1:30 p. m. Thursday
at the school.
Brock, Going Runoff
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Date Is Set Aug. 27 ;
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Absentee OUR WORLD Two-Cent Tax Cut -
Vote Opens
Thursday
NEW POLICE JACKETS
“WE’RE THE POLICE,” these new jackets the Baytown Police Department recently bought
proclaim. Sgt. Morris Gill, left, is fitted for one of the blue and white windbreaker-type jackets by
Police Chief R. H. (Bo) Turner. Turner said the department received 18 of the jackets, which will be
used by undercover officers and detectives on police raids in an effort to identify the officers as
policemen. Turner said the jackets have already been used a few times and will be issued to officers
for raids when they are needed.
(Sun staff photo by Chris Hill)
4Maybe Next Year’ - -
Crosby Teachers Denied
Help On Surety Rate Hike
By D’EVA LUTHRINGER
The school board runoff elec-
tion will be held Saturday, Aug
27. when Mrs Gay McFarland
Brock and Incumbent W D
(Bill) Going will face each other
a second time
They were in a three-way race
with Robert Kirkley for the
Position 5 board seat until Satur-
day.
Mrs Brock polled the most
votes of the three candidates in
that race, but did not get a ma-
jority, thus throwing her into a
runoff with Going, who tallied
the second most votes in that
position, '
The counts in the Position 5
race tallied 1.566 for Mrs Brock.
1,082 for Going and 796 for
Kirkley.
I FROM AP WIRES
$559,687 City Budget
OK’d At Mont Belvieu
Weather
And Tides
PARTLY • t '\
PARTLY CLOUDY and warm
~wlth a 28 per cent chance of
mostly daytime thundershow-
ers is the Baytown area weath-
er forecast. Low expected
Tuesday night, low 70s; high
Wednesday, mid-90s.
BAYTOWN TIDES for
Wednesday: Highs at li:21
a.m. and 11:09 p.m.; lows at
4:39 a.m. and 5:25 p.m.
SUNRISE WEDNESDAY at
6:50 a.m.; sunset at 8:01 p.m.
By MURIEL SCOTT
CROSBY (Sp) - The Crosby Teachers
Association ICTA)«appealed to school trustees5
Monday to help defray the cost of rising in-
surance premiums for the coming year, but was
told 'maybe next year."
Robert Johnson, CTA president, told the
board premiums for teachers will increase by
about 50 per cent for the 1977-78 school year.
The cost for a family plan will go from $60.54 a
month to $92.98.
Johnson said the teachers' organization has
been looking into alternative group plans. The
plan offering the best rate requires school board
participation.
The plan, offered $y the Texas State
Teachers' Association, would require the school
board to pay $20.02 monthly for each enrolled
staff member.
The cost to a teacher in the family plan would
be $65.28 with board help
Johnson said the cost to the district would be
$240.24 annually for each of the 200 staff
members who decided to enroll in the plan. A
total of 67 people are now participating in the
plan.
Acknowledging that the request was being
madf the day before the district's budget
healing. Johnson said. "I apologize for bringing
it to you so late:" <■
* He said the rate increase and recommenda-
tion for a new insurance company occurred at
the last minute. He said CTA is faced with a
Sept. 1 renewal deadline.
At this time, the school district is not involved
in providing insurance for teachers and other
staff members, but Trustee Jake McAllister said
. he believes it would be a good idea.
However, he said it would require more study
before the board can decide which policy is
best.
Board President Jerry Prochazka said, "The
board is interested in taking care of the staff.
This is something we should consider for the
future as a fringe benefit. But it takes a lot of
thinking and checking to do it right. To come up
with it at this late date and ask the board to do
something is expecting too much of the board
He added.' I think the board would be getting
itself into a comer by providing befefits for
some and not for others
McAllister told Johnson, "I feel by next year
we will have an insurance program.
Trustee Elsie Luquette asked a
from the Texas Association of School Boards to
come to to next month's meeting to discuss an
insurance plan that group offers.
Mrs. Helen (Bees) Barolak
was sworn in u a school
trustee Monday night, follow-
ing her Saturday defeat of Bob
Dnice for the Position 7 spot
on the board.
It is unusual that trustees
are sworn in one at a time but
Willie Moreno, who won his
race against Dennis Hancock
Saturday, was not in town
Monday night to take the oath
of office.
In swearing in Mrs. Barolak,
school attorney Rick Peebles
noted that he had rarely sworn
in trustees one at a time.
He drew laughter when he
said the reading of the oath
"usually sounds something like
a Methodist responsive
reading,”
+ YEW YORK — Lawyers
for David Berko* in entered a
plea of innocent at his ar-
raignment today on charges of
murder oud assault in the Son
of Sam killing case. They said
he would plead iunoeeut by
reason of insanity if he ia
brought to trial.
+ IONN, West Germany —
The Weal German govern*
menl may refuse Italy's .re-
quest to hand oyer a Nazi war
criminal who escaped from an
Italian hospital in a suitrase
because the ronstitutioa for-
bids extradition of German oa-
tionals, the justice Ministry
said today.
+ AUSTIN - Two leading
candidates to be Tern "water
caar," supervising the new
state department of water re-
sources, were eliminated from
contention today. Hugh Yin-
tis, director of the Texas Wa-
ter Qualify Board, informed
his staff in a memo that he had
been rejected for the post.
James M. Rose, head of the
Texas Water Development
Board staff, implied that he
had been offered the position
but said he was leaving state
government to start his own
business.____
By LYNN HUGHES
MONT BELVIEU (Sp) - Mont Behneu City
Council Monday night approved a total 1977-71
budget of $556,817 and a twocent tax cut for
reudenti. after lengthy discussion on what
capital improvement programs should be
accepted for the coming year
A public hearing on the budget was set for
Aug. 29 at dty hall
Included in the new budget ia a tax cut from
58 cents per $100 aaseiMd valuation, based on 20
per cent of assessed value, to 56 cents per $100
assessed valuation. The S6 cent Me is expected
to bring revenue of at least $258,803, based on SB
per cent collection But Mayor Sam Goat said
the city "always collects almost 10x> per cent."
The new budget calls for a total of $74,825 in
administrative expenses; $125,000 water-sewer
department expenses, $19,100 community ser-
vices; $16:500 parks department expenses; $18,-
375 irr fixed charges and $37,587 in debt service.
Capital outlay expenditures totaled $288,500,
with $68,500 set aside for water lines to a com-
munity swimming pool; $6,000 for a new trod
for the water department; $30,000 (or drainage;
r$&|00 (or ingjMtefag and planning; $50,000
for a park partition or park improvements.
Mayor Goss (old the council the dty couls
could eiped about $110,000 in franchise
revenue; $57,000 in water and sewer revenue;
W,WI In revenue atNifai tads ai the fax
collections. • • -'ll -:
In other coonril action, Wayne Smith of
Langford Engineers told the coundl bis firm Is
near the point of seeking bids for construction
of the community iwtmrmng pool sad aaind if
the coundl would like to run a water Mae t* a
ball park near the pool site,
Goss told Smith the requert would have to ha
made to county offhrtala. since the park ia on
county land.
The coundl also, at tha request of Smith,
decided not to request federal fundi radar tha
federal grant is approved.
The federal grant will cover UR stittoni. force
mains (both In those arms) and tha sewaga
treatment plant expaniion, as well as rehabiWa-
tion work on existing fadhtta. But Smith mM
the city was t§r down the Rat of fcdarM
priorities, so chances of being approved tori
Step 2 grant were slim
If (he federal pant were
Isting facility would be
gallons par day to HO,
servea
2,000.
were approved, the at
expanded from 200,OOf
par day to NO,060 gallons per (fay fa
projected population of 8.150 by tha year
Police Chief Seeks Three
More Officers, Six Cars -
Chamhers Sejiior Cities
Want Share Of Revenue $$
(EDITOR'S NOTE: At a
public hearing Monday,
Chambers County residents
came up with many
suggestions on how more than
$380,000 in revenue-sharing
funds should be spent during
1978. This is the first of a series
dealing with the requests.) '
ANAHUAC (Sp) - How to
spend more than $300,000.
More than 30 Chambers Coun-
ty residents met in White
Memorial Park Monday to give
County Judge Guy C. Jackson III
some help with that problem.
Chambers County will receive
about $311,000 in federal
revenue-sharing funds for 1978,
and Jackson held a public hear.-,
ing for ideas of how Chambers
County residents want that
money spent.
Ideas included a senior
citizens center for the west side
which was built with more than would be*uied to store supplies
$500,000 in revenue-sharing
funds, a solid waste disposal site,
airport land and a computer
The county has also given
allotments to volunteer fire
departments, bought a van for a
senior citizens project and
purchased new automobiles for
the sheriff's department.
Judge Jackson said about the
only purpose for which the funds
could not be used was to reduce
taxes. "The money is supposed
to do enhancement things,” be
said. “Build things you ordinari-
ly couldn’t build through normal
operating funds.”
Mrs. J.W. Guest of Beach City
asked that some of the money be
used to construct a senior
citizens center on the west side
of the county.
She said 85 senior citizens west
of the Trinity River are on a
and to provide a place for older
folks to meet and participate in
activities, Mrs. Guest Said, "We
need it real bad
BETH SLAGLE is a welcome
addition to Dimension. . .
Katrinka Magouirk and Sandy
Yolland play some tennis. . .
the .Paul Harvards enjoy a trip to
Florida.
Catherine Butler and sons
(Weston, Gregory and Zachary)
vacation in San Antonio .. .
Linda Gail Steadham becoming
one of the prettiest little girls in
Mont Belvieu
Cedar Bayou Junior School
cheerleaders enjoy cheerleader
camp at Sam Houston State
University ... Ray Swofford
argues that his tie is not burnt
orange, but coral colored.
Don't ask Lanaj^Simmons
about automobiles with sun
roofs ... Mr. and Mrs. W.B.
Stripling enjoy their tour of
-HE.
Absentee voting will begin
Thursday in the superintend-
ents office in the School Ad-
ministration Building and will
continue until 5 p.m. next Tues-
day.
The vote on the runoff election
call was 4-0 at a Monday night
board meeting set to canvass the
represent Saturday night returns.
Going abstained in that vote
and two trustees - Wayne
Hanson and Willie Moreno -
were not there.
The election results were can-
vassed and the official tallies are
+ AUSTIN - Stair Rrp.
Jor Wyatt Jr., D-Yictoria, said
today hr has plans to run for
lhr congressional srkt hold
now by U.S. Rrp. John Young,
Democrat of Corpus Christi.
+ DALLAS — Dawn re-
vealed clear to partly tloudy
skies over Texas today, but ib-
other round ol scattered thun-
derstorms mustered lor an
evening assnult.
■ ■ !■ PALESTINE — Tenti-
Trustees will reorganize the
By WANDA ORTON
Three additional officers will
enable Baytown Police Depart
patrol
emphasis” program, Chief R. H
(Bo) Turner told thd dty coundl
Monday night at a budget work
session. , „
Turner said -the new officers
will be used as "floaters” to
answer a variety of calls, In-
cluding reports of vandalism in
neighborhoods and litjer com-,
plaints.
"To my regret,” he added,
sometimes now we are running
calls 30 minutes late. We can't
staff to maximum but we could
alleviate the delays, particularly
on the night patrol.1'
Turner stressed the need to in-
.......
board - elect officers
the runoff election.
Following the meeting, Going
issued the following statement
concerning the election
“I’d like to take this oppor-
tunity to thank my friends for
wu u . their support and the work they
With such a center, some of. /j™ . . . ’
the senior citizens might be able^ve done for me dunn«
today irfW murder trial at f.
W, Powers, who is accused of
billing a t-year-old Houston
Memorial
Rites Set For
been charged to scores of the veterans. The black
is a graduate ol Prairie Vtesr
A6M College
-So about the first 'of
September we probably will
have our first Mack police officer
here," Turner (told. oMousty
pleased, T'
Councilman Emmett 0. Hutto
agreed about the need to man
more patrolmen into
neighborhoods.
Turner,' also is proportag to
preventive" patrol. It helps.be add a beutereuit rank for tha
to a private landfill
city’s Coady Landfill
operation, Baytown
dump items for
free )-
The Crime Prevention Unit,.
Turner continued, keeps
statistics on when and where
most complaints are being
reported in the city.
With more officers. Turner
hopes to put more emphasis on
pointed nut, for residents to sae
patrof cars; driving by in their
neighborhood
The department is running six
men short now but these .vacan-
cies may be filled is the result of
the recent ClyU Service exam
prftetf property. This problem wh(MT«dethni5!MUawi^
has increaiir, he noted, since before five points were added to
detective dtvttoo. This (fagNE
menl division now is supervfaed
by a sergeant bat tbe respon-
sibilities are targaeaoagb to rw-
qmre the supervision of a.higher
ranking officer. In Turner's
opinion, .
in iddNIn to thafts
(Sae POUCE, Page 2-A)
- ■
to secure additional income by
making ceramic pieces to sell,
she said. “It would help them a
lot
Senior citizens need outside
activities so they are not "just
sitting around their homes.” she
said
Mrs. Guest saidshe would like
a place for them to meet several
times a week. "Eventually, we
would like to move into a food
program where we could sell
meals to them,” she said.
The Rev. Ferd Dawson ID,
pastor. of the First United
Methodist Church in Anahuac,
thanked the court for its past
during
campaign
lc Teacher
“I would ah^Jike to thank all
tbe voters for their support of
the district and let them know I
appreciate their taking the time
to vote, whoever they voted
for.”
‘Fire, Fun, Reading' Next
In Council Budget Session
Pearce Street Journal - -
TN Twtin Mr*
la this era of jogging, social
tennis ad'4aA* synthetic
health practices, this is a good
time to review tbe philosophy
A memorial service for Henry
Austin, a Lee College economics
instructor who died July 18 after
having a heart attack during a
class, will be held at 2 p.m. Sun-
day in Walter Rundell
| Auditorium at LC.
At that time, the establish-
ment of the Henry M. Austin
Scholarship Fund wiD be an-
nounced.
Many of Austin's colleagues,
friends and former students
have expressed interest in the esr
Dallas called the Traveling Tex-
ans ,.. Jimmy Knight and
family thank everyone from
Grace Methodist Church for
tbpir involvement and concern
after Ins swimming accident
Mrs. Cm Hazelton bad
fiiN family reunion h:. James
and Tommy Save prove that the
age of chivalry is not gone when
they help a stranded aoMrt
baseball facilities for the. youth
Of the county, communication
radios for county ambulances,
additions to the county's new
golf course, improvement of the
park noth of the Anahuac
courthouse and a historical
sessment of Fort Anahuac.
In toe past, revenue-sharing
inds in Chambers County have
the new go# tome
half of’ those are couples "
■ No building size or cost es-
timate was provided with the re-
citizen project.
The county
used revenue-
sharing funds to buya on fpr fog-
use in the project to transport
building aged, per*** to medical
Pnpto StHi Bak
"The People Helpers’
SlfMgfl 48-mu
; NtftarafctCftarf*
Member EMC.
facilities for needed treatment.
The court baa aba paid $489
monthly for the driver’s salary
and communication costa. ■
I Dawson said in the last
the van has taken more than
000
tablishment of such a fund in his over the current
memory, Paul Price, LC city Manager Fritz
academic dean, said. ...
Those who wish to contribute
to tbe furtfl may do so by trailing
or personally presenting Dm
donation in the LC business of-
fice in RundeD HaR. PO Box $11,
Baytown 775*.
Checks should be
lyabte to the Lee
U
Donors will
Fire department, parks and
recreation and Sterling
Municipal Library budget
proposals will be reviewed by in the proposed budget,
their department beads for
Baytown City Council’s second
budget work starting at 6 p. m.
Tuesday at dty hall.
In a four-hour session Monday
night, coundi members looked
over public works, police,
finance department and dty
coundl budgets for the new
fiscal year.
Total expenditures in the
balanced budget of $14,109,434
reflect an increase of $2,906,839
year 's budget
Fritz Lahham
explained two-thirds of tbe in-
crease would result from
f°SSoutiay, $510,000; bond-
$110,000;;
, wide-awake total
CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK
ANOTfixtSTCQ. fait
salaries, $600,000; Baytown Area
Water Authority bonds, $493,-
000. These amount to $1,913,000
BAWA has reimbursed tbe
city for past expenditures.
Lanham explained, and even-
tually will pay for its bonded in-
debtedness and operating ex-
penses through revenue from tbe
sale of treated surface water
Mayor Tom Gentry wanted to
know “at what time'will BAWA
begin to rowls own boat - pqr
its own way?
"AndkgzlJy, Wwdovroget dfc^t
But BAWA wffl have edher
atomers"
Lanham. who also semi as
general manager of BAWA, told
t)w council ht will clarify the ac-
counting procedures and report
back to them about tbe matter/
One of the reasooi the
ministration is recommend^
increase water bills in the i
budget is to begin paying oflt
20-year revenue bonds issued b
BAWA. SO far BAWA has sol
$1,250,000 in revenue I
But water trills need to be in-
creased also to meet the
Wo thb volume of expenditures
(on hooded indebtedness);
without thfs^owbN N
money? It's an indirect expe
J’S,^
now wc can
yewage^
Sewer rates, bused on the
■ to "recoup” tbe
Idttures. “As long as
they are , (See COUNCIL, Page $-A)
N9K 25°o OFF
Tg]!
FASHJON CLEANERS I
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