The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 146, Ed. 1 Monday, April 19, 1982 Page: 1 of 29
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Israeli Troops Prepare To
Force Squatters From Sinai
YAMIT, Occupied Sinai (AP) —
Israeli troops are preparing to
force out thousands of squatters
opposing return of the Sinai to
Egypt. But a dozen extremists
barricaded in a bomb shelter
threatened to kill themselves if
the soldiers tried to move them.
Busloads of troops arrived Sun-
day in Yamit, in the northeast
Sinai on the Mediterranean coast,
to begin the evacuation of some
2,000 Jews opposed to the aban-
donment of the last of the set-
tlements Israel established after
it captured the Sinai in the 1967
Arab-Israeli War.
The last third of the territory
still in Israeli hands is scheduled
to be returned to Egypt next Sun-
day in accordance with the 1979
Camp David peace treaty. The
other two-thirds was handed back
in 1980.
All civilians in the territory
were ordered back to Israel on
March 31. Maj. Gen. Haim Erez,
military commander ofr~the
evacuation in Yamit, said he
hoped the 2,000 who refused to
leave the town would, do so
peacefully.
“If not, we’ll find a way to
evacuate them without anything
happening that we don’t want,”
he said.
The ultra-nationalists in the
bomb shelter, most of them
believed to be Americans aged 17
to 25, sent out a note Sunday say-
ing if the troops tried to evict
them, one of them would commit
suicide every two hours, and the
last one alive would open fire on
the troops.
"We are ready and willing to
fight and die to prevent this
sacrilege (of withdrawal) from
taking place," the six-page
message said. "We cannot and
will not be taken from this shelter
alive.”
They were the only ones of
those remaining who threatened
violent resistance. Israeli
authorities said they were
members of the Kach movement,
led by American Rabbi Meir
Kahane, and included at least two
women.
Meanwhile, engineers cut off
Yamit’s phones and razed
buildings in the town’s small in-
dustrial areas. ■
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State
Walter Stoessel returned to
Jerusalem'from Cairo, continuing
his efforts to insure the transfer of
the territory on schedule despite
Israeli charges that Egypt
violated provisions of the Camp
David treaty. ■
Israeli officials said the han-
dover appeared no longer in doubt
because of Egyptian promises
during the past week.
Keep America Beautiful Week Begins
Activities included in
Baytown’s first Keep America
Beautiful Week began -Sunday
and will continue through Satur-
day.
Monday’s activities involved
municipal operations, and Tues-
day, senior citizens will be involv-
ed in activities.
Sunday was Church Emphasis
Day, “spotlighting the respon-
sibility of the world’s people to
keep the earth clean and
beautiful,’’ says Jo Roosa, coor-
dinator of the Baytown Clean City
Commission, which is sponsoring
the event.
Wednesday’s activities will be’
devoted to beautification, and
Thursday, Keep America
Beautiful activities will go to the
schools.
The Chamber of Commerce will
hear- a speaker from Clean
Houston on Friday.
Saturday, the traditiohal Keep
America Beautiful Day, the Clean
City Commission will allow
citizens to dispose of trash, brush
and unwanted household items
free of charge at the old Sears
parking lot.
Also, Scouts and service clubs
Saturday will help pick up litter
along city streets.
Keep America Beautiful Week
developed after 11 years of obser-
vance of Keep America Beautiful
Day.
labor, schools, government, the
media, voluntary organizations
and private citizens can work
together to improve the physical
quality of life,” Mrs. Roosa says.
In 1981, the Clean City Commis-
sion received a national award for
its involvement .in clean-up ac-
tivities.
‘The week is set aside to re-
mind the nation that industry,
Groups and organizations that
want to get involved in clean-up
work can contact Mrs. Roosa at
427-7002.
Texas Tales
Area History Highlight Of Baytonian ’s New Book
By WANDA ORTON
Fay Venable of Baytown is the
co-author of a book, “Texas,
Yesterday and Today,” which in-
cludes photographs of Baytown
industrial scenes.
Geared for young readers, the
book abounds with information
about state history, geography,
weather, industry and cities in
Texas.
its geography chapter,
tas, Yesterday and Today”
shows a photograph of off-shore
drilling in Tabbs Bay near the
Goose Creek oil field. The in-
dustry section includes Exxon’s
Club and
Church.
First Presbyterian
FAY VENABLE
Fay’s writing partner is Sibyl
Hancock of Pasadena,' who is
working with her now on a book
about Louisiana. •
In addiUori,_ITy"E^Hfing a “
juvenile book about rocks. This
book will be published by Eakin
Press, which printed the Texas
book.
A resident of Baytown 45 years,
Fay is a member of the Baytown
Gem and Mineral Club, Camera
Harris County’s Woodfarest
Branch five years.
She also, taught school 10 years.
Last year she assisted in the
Gifted and Talented Education
program in Crosby schools, tutor-
ing a student jn creative writing.
Fay has three children, Dr.
Virginia Kidd, who is on the facul-
ty at Sacramento State Universi-
she enrolled in a . ty in California; Rosemary Mur-
She also belongs to the
Associated Authors of Children’s
Literature, Houston Writers
Workshop, Texas Press Women
and National Federation of Press
Women. •
Fay began writing in the early
1950s when
Tele;«H 100 dfber articles and’ Johi^, a Brown & Root
and stories have been published employee in Baytown.
in nationwide publications.
A former librarian, she was on
the Lee College-staff .five years
and headed the library staff at
Virginia has followed in her
mother’s footsteps as a writer,
having had a number of plays and
articles published.
Pearce Street Journal -
Travel Log
A modem commentary: we
read about the man who made it
from Paris to New York in less
time than it took to get from, the
NY airport to his Manhatten of-
fice. ’ . •
--FH
AROUND
>TOWN
E.E. STANER tells about a wor-
thwhile project .. . Ohtis Ivey
needs an elephant to help dispose
of her supply of peanuts.
Elma Shannon receives a
beautiful bouquet of purple roses
during a hospital stay ... Selena
Webb is great at ad-libbing .
Council Names Board,
Commission Members
Baytown City Council has ap-
pointed 10 members to serve on
.city boards and commissions.
Perry Walker, chairman of the
Planning Commission, and Hank
Tarski were reappointed to that
commission. Mike Finley was ap-
pointed to replace Leslie Couch-
The Planning Commission
meets at 7 p.m. on the first and
third Mondays of each month in
the conference room at City Hall.
Becky Clayton, chairman, and
Tommy E. Cook, vice chairman,
were reappointed to the Traffic
Commission, which meets at 7
p.m. on the fourth Tuesday of
each month in the conference
room at City Hall.
For- the Baytown Housing
Authority Board, the council
reappointed Norma Wilder,
chairman, and David C. Gunn. A
new member is Peter C. Alfaro,
who replaces Tony Campos.
Mrs. Wilder, Gunn and Alfaro
will also serve on the Baytown
Housing Finance Corp. Board,
which meets when necessary at
the BHA office at 805 Nazro.
Also, the council reappointed
Bill Blake and Gary Walker to the
Auto Wrecker Committee. That
committee meets when necessary
in the conference room at City
Hall. *
JOHN WINKELMAN, a "victim” in Saturday’s mass casualty
exercise, is carried to a waiting ambulance by Tech. Sgt. Ron
Bentley and 1st Lt. James Morton, of M.A.S.H. 4077th, a unit of
the World War II Re-enactment Society. Winkelman is an eighth
grader at Cedar Bayou Junior School.
(Sun staff photo by Jim Golding)
Life-Saving Lessons
Fill Disaster Drill
By JIM GOLDING *
Baytown’s mass casualty ex-
ercise Saturday involved 97
“victims” with injuries that in-
cluded broken limbs, severe
burns, and cuts and bruises
and tested emergency agen-
cies on their ability to cope
with a disaster.
And some unforeseen actual
emergencies — a motorcycle
accident, a heart attack vic-
tim, a fire at Exxon, a fire at
Bailiff, a ship reportedly in
distress in Galveston Bay 20
miles offshore, a bomb threat
at Houston Intercontinental
Airport and* the rainy, drizzly
weather -- added to the
realism of the event.
At San Jacinto Methodist
Hospital, ambulances brought
in the heart attack victim and
the motorcycle accident vic-
tims,. but hospital emergency
staff members handled those
situations in stride along with
the mass casualty victims.
I
highest in several years, said
Emergency Management and
Preparedness Coordinator
Fletcher Hickerson. In 1981,
only 12 volunteers took part in
the exercise.
“We learned some valuable
lessons today,” Hickerson
said. “And we found out we
could work in actual emergen-
cy situations.” *
The entire exercise involved
550 persons from 36 organiza-
tions and about seven city
departments.
The exercise was termed a
success by Hickerson, official
observers and spokesmen of
the various groups involved.
The scenario^ included
treating and transporting the
victims in the aftermath of a
hurricane with 100 mph winds
and 15-foot tides, which spawn-
ed a tornado that destroyed a
hypothetical apartment com-
plex at the Globe parking lot at
Garth and Decker.
The ability of medical per-
sonnel, hospital staffs and am-
bulance services was tested.
He said problems en-
countered included some
radios that didn’t operate pro-
perly, persons at the Emergen-
cy Operations Center (EOC)
and at the hospitals not know-
ing how to use medical radios,
not enough persons knowing
how to operate the phone
system at city hall, tie-ups in
off-loading- stretchers at
hospitals and participating
units waiting for calls for
assistance instead of reporting
in to EOC.
Hickerson said the city’s
mobile command post, “was a
big help and simplified pro-
cedures.” , , •
Initial procedures in the ex-
ercise, involved medical triage
— classifying victims ac-
cording to their injuries and
setting a priority system for
transporting them to hospitals.
Baytown health officer Dr.
C.A. Riser said the triage
operations “worked ver
ery well.
Cross nursing volunteers with
the success of the triage. “The
nursing staff was the main
backbone in the triage suc-
cess. *It relieved emefgency
medical techffFcians for
assistance in transporting vic-
tims,” he said,’
While all the victims were
treated and rushed to the three
area hospitals within 55
minutes of the start of the exer-
cise, Hickerson explained that
in a real disaster, the pro-
cedures would take longer.
“The time frame was speeded
up and we took some short-
cuts,” he said!
Tom Ryan, chief of
Emergency Management for
Department of Public Safety
District 2A, who observed the
exercise, said the mass casual-
ty exercise was conducted very
well. ■
He said Baytown was the on-
ly community to hold a drill in
connection with hypothetical
“Hurricane Polly”, which the
DPS had conducted earlier in
the week.
LP's First Woman Mayor Elected
Cline To Take Office Wednesday
Keith Cummings makes his debut
“Garfield” is more than a
comic strip to Kris Simmons.
F/letcher Hickerson stays
busy... The John Petrashes and
Roland Zavodnys visited with the
Clarence Schimas, former Bayto-
nians, in Woodville... Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Kqrr took the
dogwood tour in Woodville.
Hoppy Wakefield proves to be
the best barbecuer in Tex-
as. .. Geraldine Dittfurth shows
off a new hair style.
WEATHER
A 40 PERCENT chance of
thunderstorms is expected
through Tuesday morning.
A cold front will arrive by
early Tuesday. Monday
night’s low will be in the
mid-60s. Tuesday’s high will
be in the mid 70s. Saturday’s
low was 53. The high was 80.
Sunday’s low was 62 and 80
was the high.
By FRIEDA BEATY
LA PORTE (Sp) - The city’s
first woman mayor, Virginia
Cline, will preside for the first
time Wednesday after taking her
Oath of office at a La Porte City
Council meeting.
Mrs. Cline was elected here
Saturday when she narrowly
defeated incumbent Mayor J.J.
Meza in a runoff battle.
A homemaker, Mrs. Cline is a
former city secretary and city
council member. She won 1,011
votes while Meza’s garnered 926.
Mrs. Cline served three terms
on the council between 1975 and
1981 and worked as city secretary
for five years.
Meza has served as mayor for
six years and is currently under
indictment on a misdemeanor
charge of falsifying gover
tal, records. He is accu
tampering with docui
relating to his attendance
enforcement training class.’5
In the runoff race for
District 2 council seat, Jc
Longley will be the only incu
bent out of five to return to
council. He defeated E.F. “Red”
Westen by 132 to 9T votes.
SCHOOL BOARD
D.O. Laird won the Position 3
seat on the La Porte School Board
in Saturday’s runoff.
Laird, 64, a retired research
technician, collected 1,17? votes
to win the seat oyer John
Albanese. Laird will complete the
unexpired term of trustee Frank
lass, who resigned in February.
Albanese, 39, manager of ad-
inistrative. services for Lonza,
Inc. and president of the La
Porte-Bayshore Chamber of Com-
merce, received 1,055 votes.
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