The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 291, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 14, 1980 Page: 1 of 54
fifty four pages : ill. ; page 18 x 12 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
Clear lake.....15
...... 9
Port Arthur____.21
RobertE.lee... 6
Barkers Hill.... 281 Crosby....... 14 la Porte......23 Deer Park
0 C.E. King.
Austin IB).....13
,
..
Texas City
HatyTaylor.... 0
Cbannelvie*.... 15 Sooth Houston... 14 Spring...
Spriog Woods... 0 Galena Park
The Baytown Sun Invites
MR. AND MRS. TOBY BOND
Baytown
To See
“SMOKEY & THE BANDIT II”
At The Brunson Theater
(This Pass Good Through Sept. 24)
(Pass Good For 2 People)
1 *
file Paptoton &tm
YOUR HOME
OVER 60.04MB READERS EVERY DA\
Volume 58. No. 291
Telephone Number: 422-8302
—
Sumlm. Septemlu r 14. 1980
Raytown. Texan 77320
25 Cent* Per Copy
Council’s Criticism Of Traffic Panel Absenteeism Is Called Unfair
By WANDA Of it 4-
In the wake of city council s criticism
about absenteeism, on the. Traffic Com-
mission, only one’rrtefnbet wlflW retur
ning to the reorganized citfreift'panel
ndmed to a one-year term
After a closed meeting Thursday
night, council unanimously elected four
new members to the Commission.
Robert Carr, a banker with Texas Na-
tional Bank; C.P. White, an accountant
with Cecil Bobbitt’s firm, and Vernon said when contacted by The Gun. “The
Hill, an Exxon annuitant, were ap- Traffic Commission has come under a
pointed to two-year, tetris, Former lot of undeserved flak, m •
v Councilman T.E. "Tommy” Cook, an .;, “I was gTad The Sun pnntadthat story
, Exxon engineer,, will serve a ot^yeUr'.. .about absenteeism,at oouncil meetings',
tS
.....
ivii 11 i Tmtiii ii i i'~ .....i i< ' -xx«T xi> nIm -<iwmii>i'm«'iiijni»nhmirtirni-
reorganized the structure of the said “f told city council when I came He continued, "I don't alve a damn I
exclude.the Chairman of here 14 years ago that before I’d let really don’t. I told 'pm 1 didn't care to be
the position that Navarre represented '■^m^doors. 1 ' * * bltterabouf this at all ^d°n * W8nt t0 1)6 '
Under, the, former structure of the "1 have a.lot of thinc^to do andl don’t ■ Richardson agreed with Navarre that * !l
Chemical Americas; Jess Navarre, Tiftsday's Sun that said 22 absentees 1981 and Nav.arre’s term would have the Traffic Commission He added,^Of course that (the
owner-operator-of the Baytown ’Am- Have been counted'out of 23 council lasted until the Safety Council elected a Richardson’s initial response to coun- absentee rate at council meetinas) Is no
bulance Service; F A. Richardson, a meetings since January. Of fiv&Traffic new chairman. Mrs. Clayton’s term ex- ell’s action: excuse for members not to izo to Traffic
developer, and Pete Golla, an Exxon Commission meetings this year, nine ‘ended to August 1981. I ..You know what ^ can do _ and Commission meetings but most of us are
I „ ... * absentees were recorded “I will not play politics when it comes jou can print it In big . letters and business people and some things come
— j J^J^l hurt over this, Navarre At its Aug. 26 meeting council to the safety of our citizens," Navarre underline it." *. (SeeCOUNCIL, Page2-B)
; +
No Survivors Spotted
In Bahamas Air Crash
OTS
School Trustees
SCHOOL TRUSTEES will
meet in special session at
6:30 p.m. Monday at the
School Administration
Building
assi
for the rebuilding
Baytown Junior School.
Meeting Scheduled Monday - -
Panel To Reconsider
Subdivision Plan OK
It’s “second timecedure provided that such
around” for Briarcreek, shall not be in conflict with
Section 1, on the Baytown the laws applicable to the
D -.j- ■_ _ , Planning Commission.Commission ... A quorum
Building to review the agenda Monday night. shall consist of a majority
a^gnment of an architect commissioners will of the entire membershipof
reconsider preliminary ap- the Commission and any
proval of plans for the sub- issue to be voted on shall be
City Council
CITY COUNCIL will have
an executive session on
salaries at 5:30 p.m. Mon-
day, followed by a work ses-i At its Aug.. 18 meeting,
sion on the budget. The the Commission' okayed
meeting will be held in the
conference room at city
hall,
RSS Reunion
MEMBERS OF the Ross S.
Sterling Class of 1971 in-
terested in organizing a
class reunion will meet at
7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the
home of Sandy Latham
3813 Ca
Rister, *3813 Canterbury.
For more information, call
422-3827. *
Tompkins Road because Ci-
ty Attorney Randy Strong
has ruled its last vote was
invalid.
preliminary plans by two
votes while five other
members in attendance
abstained from voting.
Strong says, in
memorandum to Commis-
sion Chairman Jon pfennig,
that four votes were re-
quired for approval of any
issue. “The two votes cast
AROUND
WN
■ r’:;:
in favor of approval of
Briarcreek were not suffi-
cient to gi ve approval of the
Commission, and the ap-
proval given is ineffective
and void.”
Strong cites Section 2-52
of the Code of Ordinances
that states in part :
“The Commission is em-
powered to establish its
parliamentary pro-
requiring a left turn shelter (
lane for southbound traffic
on North Main.
Bailey has had the pro-
posed plan redrawn to have
corner lots conform to the
subdivision ordinance,
reported Bill Cornelius,
division north of Massey-resolved by a majority of director of planning and
Tnmnlrinc PnoH Kanonca Pi. fhneo nroconf ” Axnffin
those present.”
There are plans for 111
lots and two commercial
reserves on 36.692 acres in
the first section of Briar-
Creek. fieveloper Jim
Bailey has asked permis-
sion to cut a median on
North Main in the vicinity
traffic.
When the plat was
reviewed at the -last,
meeting, plans included ex-
ceptions to the ordinance —
the size of comer lots and
the width of a street.
In the regard to street
width, Cornelius said, “We
of an entrance to the sub- do not see any particular
division.
City council has postpon-
ed action on the median cut
but has voiced interest in
Inside
The Sun
Church News......4-7B
Classified .........1-7D
Comics.............. 5A
Dimension.....IB
Editorial... ____4A
Obituaries......2A
School Lunches..... 2A
Sports .........1I-4C
Television Log____6-8C
problem with allowing the
intersection offset to be less
than 125 feet.”
Commissioners Monday
33 Aboard
In Driving
Rainstorm
MIAMI (AP) — A charter
plane carrying 33 people
plunged into the Atlantic
Ocean late.Friday as it was
making an instrument ap-
proach to an airport in
Freeport. Bahamas, in a
driving rainstorm, the U S.
Coast Guard said.
K1WANIANS BA TTLE LEUKEMIA
THE KIWANIS CLUB of Baytown has.“rededicated its
efforts, fund-raising and otherwise," in 4he fight
No survivors had been gainst leukemia, and to ttiat end is selling tickets to
spotted,’ the Coast Guard ^ annual Busch Garden Fish Fry, off 1-10, Sept. 27-28.
Proceeds will go to the Ronald McDonald House pro-
ject. M.A. “Buddie” Currie, second from right, sells
tickets to, from left, the Rev. Mlkel McClain, nr iim
said.
The wreckage of, the
plane,- a life raft and 12
bodies were located in the
water about 50 miles east of
West Palm Beach, said
Coast Guard Petty Officer
1st etass Carlos Martinez.
The aircraft had reported
a “rough engine” as it tax-
ied for takeoff from West
Palm Beach International
Airport and returned to the
terminal,' aceording to
Federal Aviation Ad-
ministration. The 3b
Lewis and the Rev. Jim Owen. Tickets are 15 for adults
and *2.50 for children. Serving times will benoon to 6
p.m. both days. Currie and his wife Martha lost a child
to leukemia, as did feliotv Kiwanlan Steve Crocker and
wife Joan. (Sun staff photo by Angie Bracey)
night also will be asked to min*s>irauon. i ne so
give final approval to the Pasien8ers loft the plane
and the three-member crew
then did a “high-speed taxi
on the runway as a way of
testing'’ the engines,” said
FA A spokesman Jack
Barker in Atlanta.
replatting of Decker Ter-
race, a subdivision near
Craigmont. All engineering
regulations have been met,
said Cornelius, and no addi-
tional land will be required
by the Harris County Flood
Control District. Plans call
for 185 lots dn 36.208 acres.
The meeting will be held
at 7 p.m. in the conference
room at city hall.
SHARI LLOYD' will be
missed at city hall. She’s
resigned as secretary to the
city manager to move to
» Columbus . Fire Lt. Ber-
nard Olive is back on the
job after a stay in the
hospital . . . Erin SaOage,
daughter of Dan and Chris
Savage, shows artistic
talent at the early age of 20
months.
Jimmy Knight is sent get
well wishes from family
and friends.
Linda Blevins feels she
deserves a medal
Michael Plato refuses to
rise early ... Shirley Gen-
* Weaver earn
f-
Ernie and Georgia
neighbors... Flora Wilhite
brags on a library patron
who has been generous in
donating microfilm of cen-
sus records;
The plane then picked its
passengers aifti took off for
the 70 mile flight at 8:20
p.m., 20 minutes behind
schedule. :.
There'had been no indica-
tion of trouble from the
pilot prior to the crash
about 3,000 feet from the
Freeport runwav. ~.......... •
Cmdr. Jim Sutherland of
CB Methodist Pastor Is
Named Assistant To Bishop
The Rev. Ernest Phifer, Luke’s United Methodist
pastor at Cedar Bayou
Methodist Church, has been
promoted to Texas Con-
ference Provost, which
administrative assistant to
Bishop Finis Crutchfield
and director of the program
council.
Rev. Phifer’s appoint-
ment is effective Oct. 1. :
He will be replaced in
Cedar Bayou’s pulpit by the
Rev. Frank Richardson Jr.,
who is now serving St.
Church in Kilgore.
His appointment at Cedar
Bayou is also effective Oct.
1, Phifer said.. Rev.
Richardson’s*first sermon
is scheduled for Sunday,
Oct. 5.
Rjchardson has been in
Kilgore seven years. His
father, the Rev. Frank
Richardson Sr., at one time
was district superintendent
of the Galveston District,
which is now the Houston
East District. Cedar Bayou
is a member of the Houston
East District.
"The new job is a
challenge,” Phifer said.
“Certainly, I hate to leave
the friends of the church
and Baytown, which have
been most enjoyable.
“I have thoroughly en-
joyed living here and work-
ing withthe people, not only
at the church, but in the city
as wen.".
Phifer said no decision
(SeeCB, Page2-B)
REV. ERNEST PHIFER
-
7 Baytown Police Officers
*
Attend Certification Course
unar. Jim bumeriana ot ..
the Coast Guard’s Miami new Bay town,
air station said the DC-3 police o f.cers are among 17
ilane owned by Florida1™ enforcement officers
lommuter Airlines drop^f«nd,nB the lastJfh?ur
ed into the ocean at 9:05,fesc P°l‘ce ^certification
jp.m. EDT F r ida y, course m be offered by tl
moments after it was Baytown Police Academy
cleared for landing at the .
Bahamas airport.
- »>- .
BAYTOWN'S
CONVENIENT
Ci(i*'LsB«„k
Trusi Co.
KILL SERVICE BANK EPIC
CALLING ALL BOYS ■
BAYTOWN BOYS Choir is recruiting boys eight to 14 years old for its sixth season.
Boys and their parents interested in the choir will have an opportunity to meet with
Mrs. Mattyebelle M. Durkee, choir director, from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at St. Paul’s
United Methodist Church, 7915 BayWay Drive.'Learning about the choir are, from
left, Dwight Herbert, Andy Miller and James Thiele- Mrs. Durkee helps out.
v V< -os _(Sun Staff Fhoto by Audrey Ueckert)
* 80BHAMRIC *
NOBODY BEATS A
BOBHAMRIC DEAL!
Knits • Sports • Specials
TelePrompTer
427*5607
Rent-A-Car
Hv$h Ufeod tod
1801 Dtcxir 422-8121
ford, Dennis A. Hughes, Hardin County Sheriff’s Of-
Kevin F. Lawrence, James
L. Thornton and Richard L.
ir. Whitehead, all reeently-
ed BPDofficers.
peace officers will be re-
attending; are
Daniel W. Jackson, James
V. Smith and Karl P.
. Turner, all from Harris
quired to complete a County Constable’s Office,
minimum of 320 hours of r>~‘ -----" ^ ^------
“It was
ment approach, and the basic training, as establish-
Freeport tower cleared, but ed by the Texas Commis- '
the plane never showed"^----» —- ^
up,” Sutherland said. “The
FAA called us and that’s Law enforcement ad-
when we launched.” ministrators felt new police
4 Thw 'tamrw -R«,ihf,A ti ofBcers needed more train,
, Pe nalph B. jng, so the extra hours were
Johnson located wreckage, added The Baytown Police
and the Coast Guard cutter Academy will offer the ex-
CaDe Current snottwi 12 ___
Cape Current jotted 12
bodies. Martinez said.
A fixed-wing aircraft and 249-hour course, which
Coast Guard helicopters
also were heading for the
scene of the crash
HOURS MON-THUR 9-8
FR1-SAT9-6
. 612W. Texos 427-5831
panded course on Jan. 5.
Officers attending the.
began Monday, include
Michael A. Barnett, Raul
R Budd Jr., Roger A. Ctjf-
^ LAYNE'S
^ FURNITURE
WAREHOUSE
6800 Bay*ay Drive 424
Pearce Street Journal--
- Tragic End
You football fans may
enjoy knowing that the
first game bail awarded
to Dick Butkus suffered a
tragic fate. -
Mekateit. '
^ " -FH
Quicksilver
24 HOW IANK!
{^American
»it>wxr.Di.c
Peebler II, Crystal Beach
PD; Charles E. Rogers,
Weather
And Tides
WARM
fice.
Also, John F Connaly
Jr., El Lago PD; Richard
K. Davis, Polk County FAIR AND warm through
... m. uin vwumj » mu rwiv noun uuvu^ll
Sheriff’s Office; Robert B. Sunday Is the Baytown are® I]
DaaKIa*. TT .
weekend weather forecast.
Highs Sunday and Monday
Deer Park PD; and Hullett in the inid-90s; lows In the
E. Sumlin; Clcarlake low 70s. - \
Shores PD * ' - . -
Subject studied in the SUNDAY TIDES for waters
course include history and
* philosophy of law enforce-
ment and the U.S. Constitu-
tion, Texas Code of
Criminal Procedure and
Texas Penal Code. - at 1:55 -a.m. find 10:10
Also, narcotics and *.m.+; lows will be a^ 4:S7
drugs, liquor-control act,
juvenile law, civil law and
process, patrol procedures,
MCCOY’S
MNUNM 9)fKV OKIBB
fronting the City of
Baytown: Highs at 12:37
a.ni. and 11:23 a.m.; lows
at 5:58 a.m. and 6:25 p.m.
Monday, high tides will be
a.m.+ and 7:14 p.m,
SUNRISE SUNDAY at 7:05
domestic disturbances and sunset at 7:28 p.m.
field notetaking:* * • - ”
Others are arrest, search
and seizure, first aid, CPR,
(See POLICE, Page 2-B)
Sunrise Monday at 7:06
a.m.;sunsetat7:27p.m.-
-(-denotes weak tides.
>'
K-CAR
COMING SOON
25MPG, City 41 MPG, Hwy.
YiSW BAYTOWN DODGE
aiMrtet ta-1511
' v--'-L
NHHi
... -—-7- •
SppffSfpIfY
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 291, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 14, 1980, newspaper, September 14, 1980; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1095606/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.