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Play Day
BAYTOWN YOUTH Fair and
Livestock Association will hold
an open play day beginning at 10
a.m. Saturday at the fairgrounds.
To register, call Fred Sweeney at
427-8877.
Knights Of Columbus
NEW MEMBERS of the San
Jacinto Council 2788 Knights of
Columbus have received their
admission degree. They were
Dennis Araujo, Ronnie Naiser,
Kenneth Naiser, Doroteo Cantu,
George Cushman and Frankie
LeBIanc.
New Deputies
CHAMBERS COUNTY Sheriff's
Department has hired two new
deputies. Marcus L. Walker will
join the staff at Anahuac, and E.
R. Hardy will work out of Mont
Belvieu.
Consumer Price Hike
Blamed On Food, Fuel
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Drivers Licenses
TEXAS DEPARTMENT of
Public Safety drivers license of-
fice, 120 Park, will be closed
Monday .in honor of
Washington's birthday.
Mack Named
KAREN MACK, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Eugene J. Mack of 2312
Morning Drive, has been named
photography editor of the
University of Houston Cougar.
She was also invited to join the
senior honor society, Mortar
Board.
TAKING THE OATH
HARRY HARTMAN, right, takes his oath of office as a new member of the Baytown Area Water
Authority Board. City Atty. Neel Richardson administered the oath at the BAWA Board meeting
Thursday at city hall. Hartman replaces Paul Jason, who resigned because of a job transfer.
(Sun staff photo by Glenn Folkes)
‘Fair Trial’ Was Hub Of
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McManus Continuance Bid
Weather
And Tides
PARTLY CLOUDY and mild
Friday night and decreasing
cloudiness and turning cooler
late Saturday afternoon is the
Baytown * area weather
forecast: Low expected Friday
night, upper 50s; high Satur-
day, low 70s.
BAYTOWN TIDES for Satur-
day; Highs at 8:54 a.m. and
10:12 p.m.; lows at 3:24 a.m.
and 3:36 p.m.
SUNRISE FRIDAY at 6:58
a.m.; sunset at 6:13 p.m.
MOUND
GAY BROCK stands outside
with the baby . . . Diane John-
son and Reba Parker take in a
school board meeting... Char-
lene Juenger, David Barth,
Hardy Power, Robert Van Natta
arid' Connie, Fielder do a good
job. - . " .
. Charles Forque proud of the
Robert t. Lee Band’s perfor-
mance in Minnesota ,. . . Jinf
Pledger runs an errand for Dean
By LYNN HUGHES
HOUSTON (Sp) - — Four witnesses who
testified in a hearing for continuance of the
capital murder trial of Vernon E. McManus
Thursday told State District Judge I. D.
McMaster they did not feel McManus would
receive a fair trial if it began March 7, as
scheduled, because of recent publicity about the
case and financial problems in his defense.
Judge McMaster overruled motions to have
the trial delayed, as requested by Attorneys Don
Smith and Mark Vela, who represent McManus.
The trial will begin as scheduled March 7 in
McMastqjjs 179th District Court.
Among those who testified at the hearing
Thursday was Smith, who told the court that a
surprise guiltv plea by Paula Cantrell Derese.
who was also charged with capital murder in the
case, generated a large amount of publicity that
was not favorable to McManus.
Derese plead guilty in January in State
District Judge Joseph Guarino’s court after jury
selection had already been completed for her
capital murder trial. She plead guilty to* two *
reduced counts of first degree murder in return.
for a promise to testify in McManus’ trial.
Smith told the court that because of Derese’s
surprise action, more investigation is needed to
strengthen McManus’ defense, but a private in-
vestigator hired to do the work required pay-
ment before the investigation, which McManus
has been uiiable"t8 provide. -—
Smith said Jim Mitchum, an investigator with
Diamond Investigations, had worked on the
case, but the investigation was still “somewhat
embryonic at this point,” He explained Mitchum
ceased. Jjis investigation until he is paid by
McManus, but the defendant’s family needed an
additional 30 or more days to come up with the
money.
Smith also asked that more evidence be
forwarded to defense attorneys for analysis by '
Dr. Bob Wier, who was hired to assist the
defense in the review of scientific evidence. Dr.
Wier was not at Thursday’s hearing, a point
,. prosecutor L. H. (Stu) Stewart brought up when
he told, the court he felt the defense had
presented insufficient evidence to warrant a
continuance,
Smith said he had been denied access to
several evidentiary items, including clothing
worn by the Cantrells at the time of their deaths
and clothing allegedly found in McManus' car.
However, he said, Dr. Wier requested payment
for his services, which McManus’ was not
prepared to immediately pay.
“The additional funds should be available (to
McManus) within the next 30 days so we can
complete our investigation and evidence
analysis," Smith told the court.
He said McManus' mother was trying to sell a
piece of- property in order to come up with the
money. Armour McManus, the defendant’s
Biggest
Surge In
18 Months
WASHINGTON (AP)
Sharply higher prices for food
and fuel drove consumer prices
up eight-tenths of a per cent in
January, the biggest monthly
inflationary surge in 18 months,
the government said today.
In addition, the Labor De-
partment indicated there could
be worse news in months ahead
since it said its January price
index failed jo reflect the full
price impact of severe winter
weather that has affected muc|i
of the nation.
The January price report was
certain to add to fears that in-
flation may be much worse this
year than in 1976, when prices
rose only a moderate 4.8 per
cent.
The Labor Department said
food prices alone rose nine-
tenths of a per cent in January,
more than in all of 1976 when
they were up six-tenths of a per
cent. Prices rose for most types
of foods purchased in grocery
stores, it said.---------
Prices of commodities, in-
cluding fuel oil, autos and
clothing, advanced seven-tenths
of a per cent last month, and
prices of services, including
natural gas and electricity,
jumped ahead nine-tenths of a
per cent.
brother, told the court defense costs have been
handled by his personal savings, proceeds from
McManus’ late father’s insurance and private
income. -
Another witness. David Evans of Baytown
OUR WORLD
+ WASHINGTON — A Jus-
tice Department task {nrer
found no evidence tlut the FBI
was implicated in the Border
of Dr. Martin Luther King Ir-
ani concluded that tie FBI in*
vestigation of the asstafet-
tion was thorough and hoaesL
The task force today released
a report of its findings after
reviewing more than 2NJN
FBI documents and interview-
ing about 40 witnesses.
+ BUENOS AIRES, Argen-
tina — A bomb exploded on an
airport runway today jast 21
seconds after Argentine Presi-
dent Gen. Jorge Videla took off
from an adjacent strip,
government said.
$12,900 Per Year *
Bob, Brooks Vote To
Adjourn; Pay Hike In
WASHINGTON tSp) - U S. Rep. Bob
Eddardt ami lT & Sen Lloyd Bentsen.
Democrats, m m favor of the pay raises in
Ooagres tok U S, Sen John Tower, a
Repohikm. is aptost *12.900 hike in pay.
Etttmdt was ame of 1# Texas congressmen
who voted to adjom for the weekend Thur-
sday. then*, along the 28 per cent pay raise
go wto effect without a recorded vote by the
Hnse. ■■
U S Hep Jack Brooks, who represents
Ckamfeen Center and part of East Harris Coun-
ty. also voted to dywiL
* to a Stater vole on the question last week.
Tower voted, in effect, against the pay raise.
Bewtsen voted far d by voting to table the
nesototHW that would have killed it.
U. S Rep Boh Gammage. who voted against.
'Some pay raise is probably
in order, but the amount is a little bit exher-
bitant. I knew what the job paid when I ran for
it.”
U. S. Rep. W. R. Poage. who also voted
against adjournment said he dislikes the
procedure by which congressional pay is in-
creased. Under the law, a citizens' commisnoa
meets every four years to recommend new pay
scales. Unless the President, the House of the
Senate act to veto by Feb 20. the raises take
effect automatically.
Poage said Congress ought to be willing to
sacrifice to help curb inflation, and he feared
that a group which voted itself such a raise
would exercise little control over other areas of
federal spending.
Eckhardt, who was in Canada Friday, could
not be reached for comment by The Sun.
£ Judge’s Ruling: Gulf Coast
£ Being Asked To Sacrifice?
miuuier witness, uaviu CiVans ui oaytuwn, - , • , >
told the court he had known the McManus fami- creaset^ nine-tenths of a per
ly more than 25 years and the Cantrell family
about 15 years.
He said the Cantrell murders were the topic
of conversation at several private businesses, as
increase in the Consumer Price
Index in January was double
the December increase and the
largest monthly price rise since
July of 1975 when the index'in
+ WASHINGTON - Pres-
dent Carter said today
would have no immed.... NE1 YORK iAPY - The de-
statement about a report that ^ s cancei-
the CIA secretly funneled mil- hag d* federal. government s
lions of dollars over two dr- jfitot «1 ami natal gas leases
j m tbb AZbetr Oreaa has stir- ment's $113 billion sale of mid-
Atlantic leases to 39 oil com-
cent.
Although economists expect
prices for 1977 will increase be-
tween 5 and 6 per cent, the
ued for the full year at that
rate, would translate into a 9.6
well as between friends. Evans told the court he ^arJu^r5' pnee hikes, if contin-
had heard the case discussed in clubs,
restaurants, the news media and through gossip. . , ,, .
"There has been a tremendous amount of m^a*e ‘n Pru'f
publicity which was adverse to McManus arid
others and it has all been bad. I don’t feel
(McManus) could receive a fair trial if tried
March 7,” Evans related,
Evans said he had talked to “thousands” of
people about the case and all indications were
thaJ public opinion was against McManus.
Roger D. Howard, who has lived in Baytown
about 20 months, agreed with Evans, commen-
ting, “All the heavy publicity about McManus is
detrimental-to him because everyone you talk to
talks about it. If the trial were delayed, 1 think
(See‘FAIR TRIAL,’Page 2-A)
Moscow: Human Rights
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In Russia ‘Its Business’
MOSCOW (AP) - The Soviet
ambassador has told a top U.S.
State Department official that
Moscow rejects attempts to in-
Cherry . . ; Ray Swofford likes terfere in. its internal affairs on
having things copied on both the human rights issue, the So-
sides of the page.
Mary Ann Shumate shows off
— new scanner, a gift from hubby,
Howard . . . Joy Ralls looks
Sharp, as. usual,. • • Cynthia
Moore talks about camouflages
used by short women.
Robert Kirkley likes to know
about agendas in advance . . .
Effie Littlefield complains about
being forgotten even before her
birthday arrives . . . Thelma
Carroll looking for a hobby. ‘
Marjean Nelson shares infor-
mation ablput a friend . . . Ron
pel should attend meetings
Ummel
to protect himself from being prisoners,
elected as an officer.. Trey
Tolleson enjoys learning songs
from “Oklahoma!”'
ference in each other’s affairs,
viet news, agency Tass said to- as is said in basic Soviet-Amer-
day.
In a report from Washington,
Tass said that on Thursday So-
viet Ambassador Anatoly F.
Dobrynin called on' Arthur
Hartman, who is acting secre-
tary of state while Cyrus R.
Vance is in the Middle East.
It was not clear in the Tass
dispatch whether the meeting
came before or afterit was dis-
closed that President Carter
promised in a letter to Soviet
dissident Andrei D. Sakharov to
help
Carter in a personal letter to
Sakharov delivered Thursday
said'human rights is a “central
t me {jiuiLi^ies ui concern' of his administration,
g n t y and noninter- and he would use his “good of-
fices to seek the release of pris-
oners of conscience.
The exchange of letters be-
the U.S.S.R. and the U.S.A. in
the interests of the two peoples
only when they rest on mutual
respect for the principles of
soverei
ican documents.”
However, the Tass dispatch tween a Soviet dissident and an
made no specific reference to
suspended negotiations on a
new nuclear arms agreement,
which Carter and Soviet Com-
munist party leader Leonid I.
Brezhnev have said they hope
to resume quickly. . '■<
The Soviet side, Tass said, or the official media, however,
“resolutely rejects attempts to
interfere under a thought-up
pretext of ‘defending human
uiei u. octiuidiuv iu rights’ in its internal affairs, in
release of political matters that fall within the in-
ternal competence of the
states.” :
Peoples Stale Bank
“The People Helpers”
2615 tort* St.
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Member FD.I.C.
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The, Dobrynin call on Hart-
man appeared to link progress
on such outstandinf
the strategic arms
talks - SALT - with Washing-
ton’s attitude on human rights'
in the Soviet Union.
The Tass dispatch said: “Re-
ioris of peaceful co&dstence
and constructive cooperation prisoners and their fairiilies in
the piast two and a half years.
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In answer to Carter's letter,
iues as Sakharov asked “the American
tion president’s help on behalf of
!-l three ailing dissidents.
The three Include Alexander
Ginzburg, through whom exiled
author Alexander Solzhenil
develop fruitfully between
The Index in January stood at
175.3 of the 1967 average of 100,
meaning that goods which cost
$100 ten years ago had risen to
$175.30.
A rare decline in food prices
during 1976 kept the over-all
figures lower than they would
have been otherwise. Food
prices are expected to resume
a more normal upward trend
this year, especially in the
wake of winter crop damage.
Another indication that con-
sumer prices will rise at a
slightly faster rate this year is
the trend of wholesale prices,
which 'in recent months has
been slightly ahead of con-
sumer prices. Wholesale prices
rose five-tenths of -1 per cent in
January after increases of six
tenths of 1 per cent in each of
the two previous months.
Wholesale price trends even-
tually are. reflectedsin the
prices consumers pay.
sein. Asked by reporters
whether he wanted «. «*- ^ M B the old conflict
ment on the report, Cam* and the
said: “No. Jody (Press Sec**- need tor energy The second is
tarv Jody Powell) wiU have a the heM .taekf by petroleum
- statement later about it” IP™*""! «*** Lo«“-
asked to sacrifice for others,
The ruling Thursday by U.S.
District Judge Jack Weinstein
nullifying the Interior Depart-
panies last summer comes at a
critical time.
Exxon USA officials in
Houston called the court ruling derway.
of significant reserves of oil and
natural gas, and the industry has
the capability ^nd dedication to
conduct its operations in an en-
vironmentally safemanner.
“This decision could unduly
delay exploration programs, and
we would hope for prompt ac-
tion to allow drilling to get un-
most unfortunate.” The state-
ment, said, “This offshore area
sana, that they, are being holds-promise for the discovery
Barbers Hill Trustees’
Election Set For April 2
American president, which the
U.S, Embassy said was un-
precedented. was expected to
heighten the U.S.-Soviet conflict
over human rights in the Soviet
Union. There was no immediate
comment from Soviet officials
■ the official media, however.
Meanwhile, President Nicolae
Ceausescu of Romania criti-
cized human rights activists in
his country and elsewhere in
the Soviet Bloc as “traitors to
their countries.” Observers
saifd Ceausescu’s remarks
Thursday to a worker?' con-
vention were aimed at author
Paul Goma and seven other Ro-
manian? who complained publi-
cly -about the lack bf civil
rights in their country. 1
In hfc reply to Carter, Sakha-
_ r asked ifo president's help
in' arranging bail for the ailing
Ginzburg ■ J- ,
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Pearce Street Journal - -
Mom Is EXTRA Special
Most mothers ^ould make
great city editors.-The begrizzl-
ed editor bAS a sixth sense that
enables him to bring every
wprld event into the town (no
matter how small) in which he
works.
Yes, sir, that’s known as city
editing.
Mothers go city editors one
IrettCT. 'They relate every state,
national or International event
or tragedy to their own brood.
Maybe they wouldn’t be very
good mothers if they didn’t
-FH
By BETSY WEBBER
MONT BELVIEU <$p) — An etocttoD af tm
trustees has been set for April I by Barkers HI
School trustees. . v
Those whose toms Sjfife are Btoll Ftak
dent R. J. Austin ift Position! and UnvDfegsz
in Position 2.
Filing for candidacy for He posterns opened
Feb. 16 and will close 30 day* ptoi toHeetec-
tion. Candidates may file witb HefeB Gkns or
Anna Lee Cotten any school day tornw I atm
and 4 p.m. at the schod offices o> H*toD»iw
Drawing for place ontlieMkttol!eat4J5
p.m. March 2 in the school faostoess oHtc.
Absentee voting will be Md to He baonf
room at the' high school from 1 am to 4 pm
each school day beginrungtIwaOH toYmdvas
While the country endures
natural; gas shortages in to
worst- winter on record, the
Cartel1 Administration is hustl-
ing to formulate its policy to-
ward energy and drilling on the
Outer Continental Shelf
For many years after the fed-
eral government started leasing
its offshore lands in 1954, the
process, mbved along routinely
In recent years, however, nu-
merous kwsuto have at-
tempted to block the leasing on
environmental grounds.
One suit delayed a 1971 sale
in the .pulf of Mexico, but the
ruling Thursday was the first
time that a sale already con-
tinuing through the fourth day preceding the
election. w
Absentee clerk will be Mrs. C. J. Cotten with
Mrs. R. L. Cook and Mrs. J. W. Grimes as
deputies. —..—, .....
Mrs. Ella Mae Cotten will.be election judge at
the polls in the high school lobby and Mrs. Bob: ducted has been voided,
bie Hamilton will be alternate. ill.
At the Beach Qty Community Building poll-
ing place V^pion Lawrence will be election
judge and Pansy Lawrence, alternate. “
Tito board also hired Harry Granberry of Tex
as Securities Corp. as fiscal agent for a proposed
band program on Phase I of the 15-year school
building master plan,
A work toy slated on the school calendar for
March 18 was changed at'the last board'meeting
to March 31.
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ROTARY CLUB HONOREE
GEORGE GENTRY, cater, b puitoid HcPtori Haris Fellow medal by Knox Beavers as Mrs!
Gentry looks on IVpreMMtoaafiliOTtelwMtentoattbe RoUn Club’s sweetheart banquet
at Goose Creek Cootoy Clto.Gatey,^nkdM(tot(onr>or-elect of Rotary, became a Rotarian
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The most visible case of envi-
ronmental concern was the oil
spill in California’s Santa Bar-
bara Channel in January 1969,
after which the Interior Depart-
ment itself halted drilling. Just
last month, the department
gave the go-ahead for develop-
ment of existing leases there:
To be weighed against the en-
vironmental risk to marine life
and coastlines are the rewards
from the nearly 13,000 wells
drilled offshore in the past 20
years.
These have produced, more
than 3.8 billion barrels of oil
and more than 27 trillion cubic
feet of natural gas. Offshore
wells today account for abW
17 per cent of the country's oil
production and 20 per eent of
its gas production. ' *
About one-third of the coun-
try’s natural gas comes from
Louisiana, much of that from
He Gulf of Mexico, where fed-
eral offshore leasing began.
Gov. Edwin Edwards has
frequently berated North-
eastern states for not exploring
their coagtal waters.
Wrare
and have run out of patience,”
he said Thursday,., vowing to
find a way to rift* IfmAafg’, v J
production after hearing'ol the
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