The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 109, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 8, 1981 Page: 1 of 50
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The grandson of Gen.
Sam Houston’s former
slave and muleskin-
ner, Joe McGhee,
gave Channel view
land for the area’s
first school for black
children. Its life is
chronicled today in
History Highlights.
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Inside Today
The Baytown Sun Invites
MR. & MRS. RANDY YOUNG
Baytown
To8ee
“EARTHBOUND”
At The Brunson Theater
(This Pass Good Thrc^ugh March 18)
(This Pass Good For 2 People)
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Sun Unveils All-Conference
Junior College Cage Squad
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Volume 59, No. 109
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OVER 60,000 READERS EVERY DAY
Sunday, March 8, 1981
Baytown, Texas 77520
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Poles Indict Dissidents; Russian Intervention Feared
WARSAW, Poland (API - The
leaders of Solidarity, Poland’s largest
independent union, meet today to
discuss their next move after a govern-
ment crackdown on dissidents, ap-
parently spurred by Moscow’s latest de-,
mand that Polish communists “liquidate
the perils” facing the regime.
The crackdown came as Polish troops
poured out of their barracks, Friday ap-
parently en route to spring maneuvers
with Soviet forces. Western observers
said,such maneuvers are normal this
time of year, but Reagan administration
officials, recalling Wednesday’s sharp
Kremlin threat to Poland, said they were
concerned about the possibility of
military intervention.
Solidarity leaders called today’s
urgent meeting to discuss the five-hour
detention Thursday of Poland’s leading
dissident, Jacek Huron, chief of the
Committee for Social Self-Defense, or
KOR, and a key adviser to the Solidarity
leadership. Union sources said he was
told he faces new charges of slandering
February Permits Fall
Nearly $2 Million Shy
Of January Valuations
By JIM GOLDING
Building permit values totaled 16,156,809, but total
for February dropped by
almost $2 million compared
with January's record $8.1
million
Weather
And Tides
PARTLY CLOUDY
weather is predicted Sun-
day. The low temperature
Saturday night will be in
the upper 40s while the
high &unday will be in the
middle 60s.
TIDES SUNDAY for
waters fronting Baytown
will be high at 9:56 a.m.
and 10:23 pun. and low at
3:48 a.m. and 4:21 p.m.
Tides Monday will be high
at 11:08 a.m. and 10:43
p.m. and low at 4:33 a.m.
and5:07p.m.
SUNRISE Sunday will be
at 6:41 a.m and sunset at
6:25 p.m. Sunrise Monday
will be at 6:39 a.m. and
sunsetat6:26p.m.
February building values
values for both months are
running almost three times
the 1980 amount for the
same time; $14,285,164 for
1981 compared with
$5,384,467 in 1980.
Commercial buildings ac-
counted for the largest
value amount in February
Baytown issued 19 permits
at a value of $4,120,334
Half that value,
$2,076,184, is represented by
a shopping center that will
be built for Brienwolf
Corp., Houston, at Garth
and Baker which will in-
clude a Kroger’s and a
Super X drug store
Eleven permits were
issued to these San Jacinto
Mall businesses: House of
Fabric, Van Nuys, Calif.,
$38,000; Small World Shop,
Denver, Colo., $24,000;
China Belle, Dallas, $48,000.
Also, T-Shirts, Houston,
$16,000; Peanut Shack,
Winston-Salem, N.C.,
$21,900; Kathy Young,
Baytown, for Merle Nor-
man lease, $20,250.
Also, Royal Optical, no
address given, $20,000;
Rankin Inc., Austin, for
Chelsea Street Pub,
$72,000; House of Jeans
Junction, Austin (two per-
mits) $52,000 and $56,000;
Bud’s Bar B-Que, no ad-
dress given, $45,300.
(See PERMITS, Page 2-A)
the state and was ordered to report to
police on Tuesdays and Thursdays, the
same days that Solidarity leaders and
advisers hold their meetings.
It was presumed the union leadership
also would discuss the government’s at-
tempt Friday to serve a summons on a
second KOR member and its indictment
of four members of another dissident
group.
Unconfirmed rumors ih Warsaw said
Solidarity leader Lech Walesa would see
Poland’s premier and defense chief,
IK
Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, before to- chapter. Michnik refused to accept the
day’s union meeting. summons, which ordered him to appear
Meanwhile, the local Solidarity before a state prosecutor on Monday.
chapterJn Lodz, on strike alert since Solidarity leaders immediately placed
Wednesday over the firing of five union him under* the protection of “worker
members, agreed to put off a scheduled guards,” a union spokesman said,
meeting today on a possible strike until
after Solidarity’s national leadership
session.
On Friday, police in the city of
Poland’s official PAP news agency
later announced that four members of
the nationalist Confederation of Indepen-
Wroclaw tried to serve a summons on dent Poland, or KPN, were indicted for
KOR member Adam Michnik, who was attempting to interfere in the “basic
there to address the local Solidarity political interests of Poland."
PAP identified them as KPN leader
Bobert Moczulski, 51, Romuald
Szeremitiewow, 36, Tadeusz Stanski, 33,
and Tadeusz Jandziszak, 39.
Moczulski was jailed in September on
charges of slandering the state in a West
German news magazine interview in
which he discussed the possibility of
Poland’s withdrawal from the Warsaw
Pact. At least two of the other anti-Soviet
KPN members were known to have been
arrested before Friday’s indictments.
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GIVING AT THE OFFICE
BAYTOWN EXXON Refinery Manager Marshall the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
Sprigg was among the first people to give blood at the Bill Senn, chemical plant manager, and Marie
company-wide blood drive underway at the refinery Walbrink, president of the International Association of
and chemical plant. Lending moral support, from left, Machinists and Aerospace Workers Lodge No. 1051,
Vrere LaNell Stuart, president of the Baytown also were among the first to give in the campaign
Employees Federation; Dan Willson, refinery chair- More than 300 pints of blood were given the first three
man, Jan Stockstill, refinery employee relations head; days of the drive. The drive will continue through
Cle Bell, team leader of the Gulf Coast Regional Blood March 20. Russ Potee is coordinating the effort for the
Center; Henry Stephenson, representing Gulf Coast In- chemical plant,
dustrial Workers Union; and John Owens, representing
Flood Insurance
New Federal Policies Show Hikes Up To 300%
about two million policies across the house, five-cents per $100 on contents
country, should bring in another $40 and a $15 policy preparation fee, which
million »to $42 million a year, Couglin goes to the hational program. Minimum
estimated. premium was $25.
In Baytown, thousands of Zone C
MARIO DELGADO does
some packing ... R.N
“Hottie” Bailey comes to
the rescue again ... Steve
Griffin ahd Jerry Andrus
are real professionals ■.*?
Lucy Walton discusses the
attributes of bold type.
Carolyn Hildebrand coor-
dinates long distance calls
... Vicki Michalsky is first
with some information
Ivas Montgomery is a man
of many talents.
Bill Gates solves a pro-
blem ... Bobby Lintelman
makes a suggestion ...
Steve Carroll pleased with
a photo ... Margaret
Johnson of Ffeeport per-
forms in a play. She's a
former Sun Staffer
Sally Bird returns a pen-
cil.
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By LYNN HUGHES But Baytonlans aren’t alone in the
Area homeowners may be “drowning high-priced flood insurance pinch. Thq.
in their tears” this year as renewal cost of National Flood Insurance policies
notices for National Flood Insurance went up 32 percent this year - the first
policies arrive in the mail, heralding in- increase since the coverage began in in oayiuwn, uiousanas ui v. Under the new rates, charges will be
creases of as much as 300 percent in 1968. The increase is blamed on the pro- homeowners will be stunned by their .io-cents per $100 valuation for the
$uums. gram’s attempts to cut its debt to the bills for renewal of flood insurance. first $35,000 on .the house; five-cents per
ironically, while rates for Zone C Treasury. Ms. Sturrock said most aren’t aware $ioo valuation over $35 000 $20 policy
homes (in areas less likely to flood than Since its inception, the program has of the increased rates until they receive preparation fee.
low-lying areas) have skyrocketed, borrowed $1.2 billion from the Treasury, renewal notices some 25 days before ~
rates charged homeowners in Zone A biit has so far only been able to trim that their policies expire. ; eW ra*®s for contents in a Zone C
areas like Brownwood, some waterfront debt to about $500 million, according to Rates charged during past years for home are 15-cents per $100 value for the
and other low-lying areas have dropped H. Joseph Couglin Jr., acting assistant homes in Zone C areas, which comprises worth of contents. Above
considerably, explained Sally Sturrock, administrator for insurance operations, the majority of Baytown homes, were as J1;”000, cantents>rates are 15-centsper
office manager for Bob Kalbitz In- The new rates for the government- follows: IltKI value or °ne_story homes; and 10-
surance Agency. __backed flood insurance, applicable on «One-cent per $100 valuation on the (See FLOOD, Page 2-A)
‘Go-Texan ’ Group Here Adds
Because of the over-
whelming support Bayto-
nians gave its two fund-
raising projects, The
Baytown Area. Go-Texan
Committee of the Houston
Livestock Show and Rodeo
has voted to award two ad-
ditional agriculture-related
scholarships this spring
and to participate in the
Baytown Fair Association
auction March 19.
“We are just delighted to
be able to Increase our
scholarship fund and to
take part in a cause as wor-
thy as the Baytown Fair
auction,” Gwen Pillow,
chairman of the Go-Texan
group, said in making the
announcement.
The people of Baytown
and the surrounding area
gave us tremendous back-
ing at our Goose Creek Chili
Cookoff and our Go-Tetan
Dance, and now Baytown
youngsters will reap the
benefits."
After expenses, the two students at Ross S. Sterling I w i 11 be aiding sixli?ylhe Baytown Fair auc- The‘Biggies*
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events cleared $8,353, with
$6,463 of that total coming
from the chili cookoff, the
chairman reported
With the success of the
two projects, the Go-Texan
committee added two $500
scholarships for Lee Col-
lege students who are stu-
dying for or who wUl enter
an agriculture field
The Go-Texan group
already awards two $1,000
scholarships annually to
and Robert E. Lee
The 1980 winners of the
$1,000 awards were Bruce
Fanestlel, a Sterling
cause, and we urge other
associations and businesses
in the Baytown area to par-
graduate who is using the bring to approximately tidpate,
scholarship assistance at
Texas State Technical In-
stitute in Waco, and REL- youth in little more than a
ex Thomas Kohler, now a year’s time.
student at Blinn College in
Brenham.
“When all our scholar-
ships are awarded this spr-
ing," Mrs. Pillow said, “We
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youngsters In their pursuit tion. It’s an extremely good
of a college education.
In addition, the money to
be spent at the auction will
$7,000 the amount of money
in the hands of Baytown
With the additional
monies raised,” Mrs,
Pillow continued, “Our
committee felt strongly
that we wanted to take part
SAN JACINTO
FORD PfUGEOl
"We are proud that our
committee can contribute
something in the way of
financial aid to these fine
young people,” Mrs. Pillow
said, “And we owe a huge
thanks to the people of
(See GO, Pags 2-A)
Coming Monday:
Chamber Banquet
More than 500 Baytown Chamber of Commerce
members, then* guests and others will fill the Com-
munity Building at 7:30 p.m. Monday as the annual
CC banquet gets under way.
F.J. Spencer, president of International Manage-
ment, is keynote speaker at the event. Born in Bom-
bay, India, Spencer has lived in the U.S. since he was
19. “One cannot truly appreciate this beautiful coun-
try we live in unless he has lived under some other
form of government, ” he say§.
Awards will be given to outgoing chamber board
members and committee chairmen, and Com-
modore Club life memberships will be given to five
outstanding Commodore Club members.
Outgoing board president R.E. Peterson will
deliver the annual report of chamber activities and
the install incoming president Marshall Sprigg,
plant manager at Exxon Co. USA’s Baytown
Refinery.
The Baytown CC has adopted the U.S. Chamber of
Commerce motto, “Let’s Rebuild America In The
’80s,” and Monday night’s banquet will focus on that
patriotic theme.
Progress Edition
The Baytown Sun’s annual progress edition will be
“hot off the press” Monday, with a 72-page special
section devoted to people and places in Baytown and
the surrounding region. 'V,
Combined with the regular 20-page edition, The
Sun’s Monday issue will contain whopping 92 pages.
Jhe Progress Edition coincides each year with the
annual Baytown Chamber of Commerce banquet.
The 1981 gala of the Baytown Chamber will be held
Monday night at the Community Budding.
Stories and photos about industries in the Progress
Edition will point to the continuing industrial boom
in the bay area.
And the Progress spotlight beams on cities and
schools in Baytown and surrounding area and the of-
ficials, elected and administrative, who are “mak-.
tag things happen” with their new ideas and devotion
to public service. J
Stories about Chamber of Commerce leaders ia
BaytnwnancTsurrounding communities are also pro-
!ed in this edition.
Sun staffers and photographers have been busy
preparing the Progress Edition for the past many
weeks. ',
Don’t miss it — Progress Edition, dateline March
9, Baytown Sun.
Pearce Street Journal -
A renowned economist
worries about a nation-
wide upsurge in the
number of $100 bills being
placed in circulation.
It could be that people
are having to spend the
"bigglea,” their last
hedge against Inflation.
WaQ, they used to be
“biggies.’’
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 109, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 8, 1981, newspaper, March 8, 1981; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1095718/m1/1/?q=1966+yearbook+north+texas+state+university: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.