The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, December 7, 1984 Page: 1 of 25
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MORE THAN 70,000 READERS EVERY DAY
Volume 63, No. 32
Telephone Number: 422-8302
Friday, December 7, 1984
Baytown, Texas 77520
25 Cents Per Copy
Unemployment drops
to 7.2% in November
fell from 7.5 percent to 7.1 per-
cent in June. The jobless rate,
however, bounced back to 7.5
percent and stayed in that range
through October.
An alternate unemployment
rate, which combines the 114-
million civilian labor force with
the roughly 1.7 million members
of the, armed forces stationed in
the United States, fell even more
dramatically, from 7.3* percent
to 7.0 percent.
Since national civilian
joblessness hit a post-
Depression peak of 10.7 percent
in November 1982, with more
than 12 million people listed as
unemployed, some 6.8 million
jobs have been created, prin-
cipally service jobs in areas
such as retail, hotel, restaurant,
WASHINGTON (AP) -
Civilian joblessness fell to 7.2
percent last month, the first
drop since June, as the creation
of roughly 300,000 jobs pushed
American employment to an all-
time high, the government said
Friday.
With a record 105.9 million
Americans holding jobs, the
labor force resumed its
dramatic improvement after a
four-month period of practically
standstill unemployment, the
Labor Department said.
As overall employment set a
record, the ranks of those of-
ficially listed as jobless plunged
by approximately 275,000, from
8.43 million to 8.15 million.
The November report was the
brightest since unemployment
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that since November 1983, when Lg
the jobless rate was 8.4 percent, fl
total employment has grown by Tp
3.2 million while the roster of the
unemployed has shrunk by 1.3 '
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In testimony prepared for f j
delivery to the congressional IIP
Joint Economic Committee, the ®
director of labor statistics, Janet
L. Norwood, noted that a
separate survey of business
establishments not used in com-
piling the unemployment rate
showed the addition of about
300,000 jobs in November, ap-
proximating the job-growth
figures reflected in the depart-
ment’s random survey of 60,000
households that is used to com-
pile the unemployment rate.
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ONPARADE
Freeze blankets Baytown
Naina jor pmyeiiLseausedby weather
| DESPITE COLD temperatures,
r-;.3L. crowd turned out Thursday—
’ night to watch the annual
Baytown Christmas parade
sponsored by the Baytown Parks
and Recreation Department.
The parade began with Mayor
Allen Cannon lighting the old oak
tree on Texas Avenue. From
there participants marched
down Market Street to Robert E.
Lee High School. In the pietiire
on the left, Debbie, top, apd
Natalie Debbie Hicks watch In i
awe, floats, decorated cars and ! j
marching ensembles. In the t<|p
picture, Santa, aboard |a
Baytown Fire Department truck
driven by Capt. Bernard Olivje
waves to onlookers. Santa was'
surrounded by -cheerleaders
from Robert E. Lee High School.
Best float award went to Roush
Dance Studio; Girl Scout Troop
7109 was second place winner; j
and Gentry Junior School Art I
- Department took third plage 1
honors. Best decorated car or
truck went to Sexson Automotive
and Tire Co.; Burger King won
second; and Fiesta Patrias won
third. The REL Band was named •
the best marching band with j
Ross S. Sterling High School
Band taking second-place
honors. The Sterling Stars was
named the best drum and bugle
corps with the REL Brigadiers
taking second-place honors.
(Sun staff photos by
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system over the Texas coastal
plains that kept warmer,
moisture-laden air in the Gulf of
Mexico.
Morning lows across the state
were in the 20s and 30s. Ex-
tremes were 23 degrees at both
Junction and Longview and 41 at
McAllen, the National Weather
Service said.
Dallas, Stephenville and El
Paso recorded 30 degree
readings while temperatures
dipped to 33 at Abilene, 31 at
Lubbock, 28 at Midland and San
Antonio, 29 at Austin and 39 at
Brownsville.
Friday’s overnight low fell far
short of the record of 19 set in
1950.
The weather service said
temperatures dipped below
freezing at 3:30 a.m. Friday and
remained there for nearly four
hours.
Baytown city officials
reported no major weather-
related problems overnight.
A warming trend is predicted
to begin Friday. The low Satur-
day morning is expected to be in
the 40s while the afternoon high
is predicted to be in the 60s.
Friday’s chilly conditions
were caused by a high pressure
Sub-freezing temperatures
blanketed the Baytown area Fri-
day morning, making conditions
uncomfortable but causing no
major problems, authorities
said.
A low of 28 degrees was
recorded at the city of
Baytown’s West District Waste
Water Treatment plant Friday
morning.
The National Weather Service
in Alvin recorded a low of 27
degrees at 6:30 a.m. Readings at
other areas were Intercontinen-
tal Airport, 27; downtown
Houston, 32; and Hobby Airport,
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Hijackers break off talks
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The hijackers’ latest threat, authorities send a fresh flight
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The hijackers who have shot issued Thursday night, was to crew aboard to replace the pilot,
and killed at least three hostages start killing Kuwaiti passengers co-pilot and the flight engineer,
— two believed to be U.S. of- unless 14 prisoners held in who was released because of
ficials
airliner in Tehran postponed said. The prisoners are believed . said,
their deadline for executing to be those convicted in the bom-
more Friday, demanded a doc- bing of U.S. and French targets been reported killed since the
tor and broke off talks, Iran’s in Kuwait last year.<
news agency said.
aboard a Kuwaiti Kuwaiti jails were freed, IRNA heart trouble, the news agency
At least three people have
plane was hijacked Tuesday
Kuwait has rejected the de- while on a flight from Kuwait to
The Islamic Republic News mand and appealed to Syria, Pakistan, via the United Arab
Agency said the deadline, set for Algeria and Pakistan, all Emirates. Originally, there
7 a.m. (10:30 p.m. EST Thurs- Moslem countries on good terms were 161 passengers and crew on
day), passed without incident with Iran, to secure release of board, but 99 have been reported
and contact with the Tehran air- the hostages,
port control tower was cut an
hour later.
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released. The remaining
The Arabic-speaking hi- hostages reportedly are tied in
jackers also demanded that
(See HIJACKERS, Page2-A)
Chambers has mosquito breakthrough
Pearce Street Journal - - ————
A comeback
AUSTIN (CN) - This capital
city, after two weeks of remorse
due to successive football losses
to Baylor and Texas A&M, is
seeking to regain its composure
Saturday when Hon. Lindon
Williams becomes governor for
a day.
We came up here early to at-
tend a board meeting and to
survey the situation to make cer-
tain our state senator will
receive justified adulation.
“It’s very cheap to build,” not have sophisticated mosquito-
Olson added, “and within 20 control measures, he said,
minutes you can convert virtual-
ly any crop-spraying aircraft in- department director, was in-
to an ace mosquito-fighting unit. strumental in constructing the
system. Development began in
1980-81. Some field trials have
been conducted in Chambers
County and other more intensive
trials' have been conducted in
Arkansas ricelands, under the
guidance of the Riceland Mos-
The system could be paf- quito Management Project,
ticularly useful in poor, develop- which is funded by the .U.S.
ing countries that currently do
By DAVID BYFORD
ANAHUAC - The Chambers
County Mosquito Control
Department has developed a
system for controlling mosquito
larvae that may have far-
reaching effects, an official with
the Texas Agricultural Experi-
ment Station predicts.
Calling the system “a boon be-
ing looked at all over the
United States,” Jimmy K. Olson,
TAES representative and pro-
fessor of entomology at Texas
A&M University, said, “The
system gives us a most effective
way to apply a very safe but ef-
fective toxin known as B.t’.i.
(Bacillus thuringiensis var.
israelensis), economically.
“This enables us to go after
the mosquito in its larval stage,
which is its more vulnerable
stage,” Olson said.
Experts agree that it makes
more sense to kill mosquitoes in
their larval stage, when they are
concentrated in smaller areas,
than when they are adults,
dissipated over larger areas.
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Matt Yates, mosquito control
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“The word has spread on
this,” he said. Olson expects the
system to “catch on” in the
United States, then, perhaps, in
other parts of the world plagued
by mosquitoes.
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Goodfellows help those who can’t buy gifts
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The Goodfellows? That’s us. Mr. & Mrs. Paul Winningham
All of us who contribute toward "In lieu oflocal Christmas
Cards’’.......................
Mr. & Mrs. LaDon Coffey ..... 100 00
The Jimmy Norton Family
‘ ‘In memory of Gary &
Jerry Prothro "..............
Mr. & Mrs. Harold Barber, Sr
“In memory of Mr. Bob
Ma theme”
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Gifts are fine, of course, for
those who can afford them.
By CHIEF GOODFELLOW
Think of some of your most
critical problems related to
Christmas-shopping.
You’ve just got to get that Cab-
bage Patch doll for little Susie.
Your husband must have that
watch.
The teen-boppy in the family
can't exist without new stereo
equipment.
Problems like those don’t
prevail in all families, however.
There are families who are more
concerned about finding food on
the table than putting gifts under
the tree on Christmas day. w
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SHIRLEY HYLTIN gets a
special new dog all the way from
Colorado after waiting for two
years ... Mark Castleberry ad-
mires a tree . . . Ted Olsen leads
his Spanish students in
Christmas carols.
25.00
the fund to buy presents for
needy children.
The sad truth is that there are
some people who cannot even af-
ford a tree, much less the
presents, for Christmas.
Here’s how:
20.00
Mail contributions to Chief
Ask them if they’re planning a Goodfellow, Baytown Sun, P.O.
merry Christmas for their Box 90, Baytown, Texas 77522. If
children and they may reply, you would prefer to bring your Madalene Church
“That’s for people who believe in donations to The Sun building, ‘In memory of Jim Church"
SantaClaus.” the address is 1301 Memorial James Bowie P.T. A.........
Otis & Lou Linder...........
L.J. Choate
“In memory of Mrs. L.J.
WEATHER
BA YTONIANS CAN expect
a warming trend as the
mercury is forecast to dip
to the low 40s Friday night.
Saturday will be fair and
warmer with temperatures
in the mid-60s.
10.00
Vickie and Dennis Krolczyk of
Channelview have guests, Neel
and Hazel Wright of Odessa. The
Krolczyks and the Wrights met
three years ago while they were
living in Algeria . . . Michelle
Holloway looks forward to being
in a big parade.
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25.00
Drive.
The happy truth is that there is
a Santa Claus. And Santa doesn’t Previous Balance..........$1,996.00
overlook the poor
the help he gets from
Goodfellows.
thanks to R.S.S. Future Homemakers
Choate”.
10.00
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 32, Ed. 1 Friday, December 7, 1984, newspaper, December 7, 1984; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1153882/m1/1/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.