The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 276, Ed. 1 Monday, September 19, 1983 Page: 2 of 42
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MontUy, September 19, 1983
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Baytown Man Burned
During Fire At Home
Police Beat
Seven Juvei
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A 21-year-old Baytown man was Juveniles poured charcoal lighter
treated and released from fluid on the carpet in an bedroom
Baytown Medical Center Hospital closet In Apartment 153 and set it
... . _ j '"" ........... ................ , for burns he received In a fire* on fire.
Highlands League Jail Bids Sunday morning.
HIGHLANDS LITTLE League LIBERTY COUNTY Commis Howard Grant of 3422 McKln- floor area In the bedroom,
will have a general meeting at 7 Stoners will meet at 2 p m Sept, ney No. 19 was burned on his right Firefighters from Station 3
p ni Sept. 20 at Highlands Com- it In the county courthouse to arm and leg in a fire at his home, were dispatched to the scene with
munity Center New officers will open bids for construction of the A spokeswoman for Baytown Station 4, the department’s ladder
be elected and the board will new jail annex. The Sl.2 million Fire Department said the fire truck and District 3 and 4
discuss fund-raising projects. ahnex was designed by Houston started in the kitchen and spread volunteers acting as backup
architect Christopher DIStefano resulting in 16,000 In damages to units,
and will be located on Fannin the mobile home. Station 6 firemen extinguished
Street. Firefighters from Station 6 ex- a trash fire Saturday afternoon at
tlngulshed the blare with Station 4 602River Bend.
. firefighters and District 6 and 4
A REGULAR meeting of the volunteers working as backup LIBERTY
Liberty School Board will be held unit8 a house, which was in the pro-
at 7 p.m. Sept. 19 at the Ad- Cause of the blaze is under in- cess of being built, In the South
ministration Building, 1600 vestigation by the fire marshal's Liberty Oil Field burned Satur-
Grand. Amendments to the 1983- o((ice day night.
84 budget will be discussed. Three Juveniles are being blam- The house was heavily involved
PlaH RawmHnn ed for a fire Sunday afternoon in flames when firefighters from
naa rteccPuon that resulted in 11,000 damage to the Liberty Fire Department ar-
FORMER NURSING students an apartment at Apartment rived, Mike Hay, fire marshal
and friends of Merrel Lee Platt center, 301 Tri-City Beach Road,
are Invited to attend a reception a spokeswoman for the
inherhonorfrom2:30to3:30p.m. Baytown department said the inginvestigated.
Sept. 21 at Lee College’s
Technical-Vocational Building
BAYTOWN COMMUNITY Conference Room 1.
Chorus will hold Its second - . rnrn. As part of its study of “Women
rehearsal for the fall season at 7 vu'c Fa Under Texas Law ” the Leacue of
p.m. Sept. 19 in the Rehearsal 'SAN JACINTQ Service Corps will Women Voters 0’f Ba tow* wlll
Hall of the Music Building at Lee hold a board of directors meeting m0et at 7:30 p m Tuesday in the
College. Male voices are needed, at 10 a.m. Sept. 20 in the ftast floor Pecan Room o{ ^ Baytown Com-
State Troopers Anyone interested in singing is in- den of San Jacinto Methodist munity Building, 2407 Market.
vlted- Hospital. Keynote speaker for the even-
HOUSTON (Sp) - Baytonian qp • TO/ ing will be Nancy Westerfeld,
John A. Andreassen, 28, 1703 I wen fiennH 1 HP' WHSTPS director of the Harris County
Gillette, was pronounced dead at l-UJ-g ” d-CJl-V/O Domestic Relations Office,
the scene of a one-car accident located in Houston. Ms.
early Sunday in the 15,000 block of rp • g~\£ T? •__■ Tl/I__■ •__ Westerfeld’s office is responsible
Interstate 10. I 0131C Ut _F lFSl 1t1661111^ for enforcing current child sup-
Andreassen’s 1982 Datsun was A w u 1 C9 port laws,
traveling at a high rate of speed HOUSTON (Sp) — emergency responses tions is the respon- T _ _ _ _ _ ™ ^,
at about 1:05 a.m., a Department The state senate in the case of ac- sibility of the state, Ippri lonTI r»Q Ifl W1Mz I HpC
of Public Safety spokeman said, committee on natural cidents,” said San- saidSantiesteban. He JUIIII UctlllWlIl, LflCO
when he lost control for an
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Burglaries
The resulting blaze burned the
Police are Investigating the
burglaries of two businesses
which occurred sometime Sunday
tlon
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. T“.i n. .. or early Monday in the 3500 block
0,Market Street
outside Horace Mann Junior Officers estimated 380 damage
School after the incident. They to a window and a wall at the St.
were counseled and released to Vincent de Paul store at 3509
P8™®**- , „. Market. Burglars ransacked the ocrvico*
The girls were walking home ,tore, but apparently took SERVICES FOR Mary Valden
from Horace Mann Junior School nothing police said Bethea, 88, of Houston will be held
when they were attacked by the while at the store, police spot- at 11 «■">• Tuesday at Church of
group of boys In the vicinity Of ted a displaced air conditioning the Holy Cross In Uniontown, Ala.
South Pruett and American unit from Club 21 bar at 3515 Mrs. Bethea Is the mother of Sam
Market.
§r Damage and property loss at
for help and chased the boys the club was estimated at 31,350. Lewis Services
Damage to sheetrock In the SERVICES FOR Dolores Marie
waU todicated bur8lars were at- M> 0f Houston will be held
po*nted tempting to enter the drug store at 9 am. Tuesday at Our Lady of
out uie group of boys. next door, Investigating officers Mt Carmei church In Houston.
said. There was no entry to the Mrs ^ls Is the daughter of
drug store, however. Marte A. Barkis of Liberty.
In an unrelated burglary, police^^^^^^^l^^^^^H
Two children and an adult were said 37,589 worth of Items were Community Chorus
injured in two automobile ac- stolen from a house in the 700
cidents during the weekend.
Alfred Woods, 36, and Shape
Kyle Woods, 3, both of Deer Park, microwave oven, coins, jewelry,
were treated and released from guns, tools and a cable television
Baytown Medical Center after the selector box
4:14 p.m. Sunday accident.
Police said the driver of the
other car, Teresa L. Williford of
27 Cotton Bayou Manor, was east-
bound on Massey-Tompkins
Road, attempted to turn north-
bound onto Highway 146 and pull-
ed into Woods’ car, southbound on
Highway 146.
Ms. Williford was charged with
failure to yield right of way leav-
ing a stop sign.
Following another accident at
9:44 a.m. Saturday, Jared
Sullivan, 2, of Crosby, was treated
and released from Gulf Coast
Hospital.
Michael J. Sullivan, also of
Crosby, was driving westbound
on the Interstate 10 access road
when Clifford Harville of 105
Ashby, driving a dump truck, ran „
| the red light at Garth Road. The Chambers CoUIttV
dump truck slid into the path of J
Sullivan’s car, police said. ANAHUAC (Sp)
Harville was ticketed for run-
ning the red light.
Polk*
boys
Liberty Schools
streets, they told poijce.
Residents heard their screams
R. Bethea of Baytown
Mid
He said cause of the blaze is be-
Three Injured
League Schedules Meeting
block of Alford sometime Sept. 11.
Stolen items Included a
Ms. Westerfeld actively sup-
ported and gave testimony at the
public hearings in Austin, which
were responsible for getting the
proposed amendment concerning
garnishment of wages for child
support on the Nov. 8 ballot.
At the end of Tuesday’s
meeting, the Baytown League
will be asked to concur with a
statement supporting means of
enforcing court orders concern-
ing child support, including the
assignment of wages.
added that Texas HOUSTON (Sp) - for which she served of the University of
cannot afford to Graveside service^ as vice president In Texas,
delegate away the were to be held Mon- 1962. She was mother- She is survived by
safety of its citizens, day for Jean John In-law of former her daughter, Jean
Santiesteban said Baldwin, 92, of Texas Govt Price Houston Daniel of
that although Texas Houston and La Porte Daniel and a great- Liberty; two
has established pro- at Forest Park granddaughter of daughters, Mrs.
cedures for dealing Lawndale Cemetery Texas hero Sam James G. Sargent of
with spill cleanups, in Houston with Dr. Houston,
there Is concern David R. Murph of- Mrs. Baldwin also Dudley B. Foy Jr. of
was a member of the Corpus Christ!; one
Mrs. Baldwin died Daughters of the son, Jack Baldwin of
Republic of Texas Houston; and two
and a member of sisters, Mrs. Paul
Kappa Kappa Gam- Strong add Mrs. Grif-
ma Social Sorority. fith C. Evans of
She was a member of Mariposa, Calif.
First Presbyterian
Church of Houston 14 grandchildren and
and a 1913 graduate 18 great-grandchildren.
. resources will hold tiesteban.
unknown reason, swerving left Off ^ {irst of a ge,^ of
the paved surface. statewide hearings to
The vehicle returned to the focus on the transpor-
highway and rolled once landing tation of hazardous f*ssi™ desi8"ati"S
with the wheels up. wastes at 10 a.m. £*???:
He was pronounced dead by a Thursday in Rice 1 * Wa,
life flight doctor and transported University's “R” "esources responsi-
to the Harris County Morgue. Room. b*e lor emergency
“While a stronger
law was passed last
Houston and Mrs.
coordination of state
The purpose of the resources in the
Two he*™!!8 ls to assess event of a spill,” said
burglaries were reported on the
west side of Chairs County ^ of the
during the weekend, said Sheriff n« dan«or S SL. ?'
C.E. “Chuck” Morris. - potential of waste
transportation, said assure public safety
State Sen. Tati San- in light ofjthe increas-
tiesteban of El Paso. ing knowledge we are
receiving on just how
dangerous these
hazardous wastes
about adequate plan- ficiaUng.
ning for transporta-
tion irrthe first place. Saturday in, a
“In addition to Baytown hospital
chemical wastes,
radioactive wastes
also represent a
health hazard,” San- member of the State
tiesteban added. He Democratic Ex-
said he hopes the ecutive Committee,
hearing will result in t-—-
a consensus on il
statutory framework !
following a long 111-
Three Arrested
ness.
She was a former
A 14-foot aluminum boat and a
25 horsepower motor, owned by
Two men were being held at Don Harris of Dayton were stolen
- Baytown Jail after police caught from under the Old River bridge ‘‘There is
them allegedly burglarizing a car on Farm Road 1409 Sunday, Mor- widespread public
at a local dealership. ris said. There was no estimate on concerp that Texas
Bond was set at 32,000 apiece the value of the items. law regarding hazaf-
for 19-year-olds, Ron Clyde Alpha Private School on dous materials
Bentley of 414 Douglas and Highway 146, south of Interstate transportation is a
Christopher Wade Lucas of 305 10, reported the theft of a televi- ‘patchwork adopted to regulate transportation pro-
Caldwell. Police also arrested a gion, VCR and typewriter regulatory scheme’ hazardous waste blems of hazardous,
16-year-old, who was counseled sometime during the weekend, which does not pro- transportation, the chemical and low-
andreleasedto a relative. The items were reported missing vide sufficient coor- ultimate enforce- level radioactive
Officer L.P. Bush reported early Monday. There was no dination of the ment of these regula- waste,
spotting a man sitting in 8 car estimate of their value,
parked at Bayshore Motors, 2113
Market, at about 3:30 a.m, Satur-
Also surviving are
are.’
Although federal that will enable
laws have been Texas to address the
Montgomery V\ford
NUCLEAR FREEZE * •
A 1980 Cadillac stolen from
Houston was recovered Friday,
. said Morris. Owned by Robert G.
He questioned the driver who Lubkeman of Houston, the vehicle
told him he was waiting for was missing its tires and wheels S.D., chairman of the arms con-
friends. and parked in the middle of the trol subcommittee, said the ad-
;Bush said he saw two men run road at Lost Lake Oil Field along ministration “remains un-
from the car lot to a field. He the Trinity River, Morris said. prepared on this issue.”
handcuffed the driver of the car Percy, on the other hand, said
and had a jailer, who was DaytOIl that Kenneth L. Adelman, direc-
assisting him, stay with the first J tor of the Arms Control and Disar-
suspect while he searched the DAYTON (Sp) - Six people mament Agency, told him Friday
were injured in a two-car acci-
T
OUR CUSTOM
Democrat-sponsored resolution
designed to hold President
Reagan to a 60- to 90-day time
limit on the commitment of U.S.
Marines to the international
peacekeeping force in Lebanon.
The resolution would require the
president to get congressional ap-
proval for any longer stay; T;
The president has refused to in-
voke the time limits in the War
Powers Act, which requires the
president to notify Congress when.
American troops overseas are in
day.
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. ......„ , that “they felt they had made
While he was searching, the dent Sunday night in Dayton, said some very great progress” on the
other two returned to the car a spokesman for the police
where they were arrested by Of- department. “Several meetings with the ad- . t .
fleer R.G. Rhodes. A 1973 Volkswagon traveling ministration have led me to combat and to brhig them home
Police determined the men north on Farm Road 1409 Into believe the build-down is a wlthin 60 days unless the House,
were trying to take a radio from Dayton spun while turning a realistic proposal,” Percy said. and Senate allow them to remain,
one of the cars. Police reportedly curve in the road, hitting a 1977 whatever resolution the corn-
found a pair of pliers near the car. Oldsmobile. The motor of the mittee approves, he predicted, Howard H. Baker Jr., R-Tenn., in
The wires to the radio were cut, Volkswagon was thrown into the W0U]d state as its objective “to an attempt to break the Impasse,
but there was no damage to the back seat, pinning one of the oc- destroy every single nuclear says he will introduce a resolution
car or radio. -. - cupants, who had to be freed by weapon on Earth.” this week asking Congress to
the Jaws of Life. Percy also said the committee decide whether and how long the
Man Robbed Two ambulances from Life Sup- pians hearings sbon on a Marines are to remain,
port Team Ambulance Service .....————-—;
Jfce are investigating BJ3S„£J!etU* MASSIVE GROWTH--
robbery of a Baytown man they Kersting Hospital in Liberty. ______________ , >
found lying in hia Passengers Injured In the by at least 3 percent every year
DickuD truck, parked in the road- Volkswagon included David Lee From Page 1 and the sudden growth in the
wav at Baker and Garth roads Reed, 15, of Dayton, listed In .. _ tM_ „ district’s northern areas could
Sy Sunday ^ stable condition in the the Inten- those are the figures we use, cha„ge this radically.”
The victim’ told police he had sive Care Unit of Hermann sa„eSngKlames this year’s Herr,lng *aiduthe 301,001
left a night dub on Bayway Drive Hospital, where he was transfer- Herring oiames in“ y®~.3 owns land where new schools
and stopped at Wooster Baptist red by Life Flight; ToddQllis, 21, lo^er lig0^* °® JJL witJ could be built. He mentioned the
Chur chatabout 2:45 a.m. Synday of Highlands, transferred to John economic times, coupled with need for a new elementary school
to help mreeor four peoplework- Sealey Hospital, condition cau8edby Hur‘ in the mall area.
inrsantotoe men beat him uo ^Kr^Ka^ho^s “Wrecking at a shbrt-term “The board owns land (near the
He said the men beat him up ^^d^rmthe^r whowas ^ „%e sald notl new George Gentry junior
treated and released at Yetti ^ numbers have school) for a third high school
creased every day since school’s the need ever arises,” Herring
start on Aug. 29. “I don’t know added, “but there is no definite
why numbers wouldn’t Increase concern about It at this point.”
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The victim said he then got Kersttog.
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 276, Ed. 1 Monday, September 19, 1983, newspaper, September 19, 1983; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1152943/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.