The Bellaire & Southwestern Texan (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 10, 1971 Page: 1 of 38
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Police To Update Communications^
Within the next several months
the Bellaire Police Department
will have access to three compu-
ters to aid them in their fight
against raising crime in the su-
burbs.
Department spokesman Capt.
J.H. Wheatley said Bellaire will
be receiving equipment shortly
that will tie the department into
computers located at the Houston
Police Department, the Texas
Department, the Texas Depart-
ment of Public Safety motor ve-
hicle division and the National
Crime Information Center in
Washington D.C.
“This system places a vast a-
mount of information at our finger
tip and represents a great step
forward in the prevention of
crime,” Wheatley said.
One the sytem is set up, he said
a message could be sent to Wash-
ington and a reply received with-
in 4 to 5 seconds.
“For example a Bellaire offi-
cer calls in the license number
of a vehicle. We sent it in to the
National Crime Information Cen-
ter and we get a hit which may
show the car was used in an arm-
ed robbery in South Carolina and
all occupants are considered dan-
gerous. The officer would know
how to approach the occupants.”
Not having the information,
Wheatley said, was how officers
get killed.
Bellaire will lease the equip-
ment needed according to Wheat-
ley, however the city is applying
for a grant to pay for additional
personnel needed to operate the
system.
PLEASE SEE PAGE 11
57 tickets so far
NINE YEAR OLD BENIMCT ANDERS pops a foul ball up during
the American league Baseball tryouts held last Saturday. The Na-
,'onal, and American Leagues will hold tryouts again, Saturday
March 13 from 9-12 for the National and 1 to 4 for the American
6agUe' - Photo by Jim Burrough
Dog Owners Feeling Bite
A graduate of Texas A&M Uni-
versity, Engleman has also been
awarded the Bronze Star, Viet-
namese Cross of Gallantry, Army
Commendation Medal, Combat
Infrantry Badge and Parachute
Wings.
No. I again
BELLAIRE OFFICER HONORED - As his wife and parents look
on, Lt. Carl H. Engleman, receives congratulations following
ceremonies in which he was presented the Silver Star for action
in Vietnam. Presenting the award was Maj. Gen. Kenneth Orr
commanding general of Brooks Army Medical Center.
Bellaire Officer Receives
Silver Star At Brooke
Lt. Carl H. Engleman, the son
of Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Engleman,
5311 Grand Lake, was presented
the nation’s third highest award
for gallentry, the Silver Star, in
ceremonies at Brooke ArmyMe-
dical Center where he is re-
covering from wounds sustained
in Vietnam.
Although wounded, Engleman,
who was serving as a platoon lea-
der with the 23rd Infrantry Divi-
sion, continued to lead his men in
assults against strong enemy
positions. He refused medical
treatement until his men had dri-
ven the enemy off
He also pulled a wounded sol-
dier to safety in spite of intense
tire, directed air and artillery
support and medical evacuation
helicopters into the area.
Chamber Sponsors
3rd Annual
Baseball Toutny
The Bellaire Cardinals anc
the Aldine Mustangs meet Fri-
day at 2 p.m. on Butler stadium
in a replay of the Class 4-A
baseball championship in the
Bellaire dog owners are begin-
ning to find out that the city
means business about tire new dog
control ordinance as 57 tickets
for violation of the ordinance
have been handed out since the
first of the year.
The large increase in tickets
is dur to the addition of one
more humane officer which
means a dog catcher is on duty
in the city now seven days a
week, from sunrise to sunset.
Evidently Bellaire dog owners
have been bending the ordinance
a little and allowing their dogs
to run loose on weekends only,
knowing the humane officer only
worked on week days last year.
So far this year approximate-
ly 700 new dog tags required
by the ordinance have been sold
and, according to Bellaire Police
Chief Hamilton this represents
about a 100 percent increase in
sales over the whole of last year.
’You don’t see many
running loose anymore’
Bellaire police have process-
ed 147 requests for tags in a nine
day period following the begin-
ning of distribution of a letter
to each home in Bellaire which
explained the ordinance. A re-
turn envelope was included with
the letter that allowed dog own-
ers to get tags by simply mail-
ing in the $1 fee and their ani-
mal’s vaccination certificate.
City Health Officer Charles
Hinze said Thursday that the
whole city had not yet been cov-
ered by city employees distri-
buting the letter and return en-
velope but that so far putting out
the envelopes has really helped.
Most of the 57 tickets issued
have two charges; $5forallowing
the dog to roam free and $10 for
not having a new city tag. Hinze
poited out that another $2 per
day was added to the fine if the
animal was impounded.
The new ordinance requiring
all animals to have the new tags
after the first of the yea and get-
ting another tag when their rabies
vaccination expires has meant a
hardships to several owners,
Hinze said.
One woman got her first tag
in August of 1970 when her dog
turned six months old. Then,
after the first of the year she
she got another tag as required
by the ordinance. At that time she
was told the tag expired on the
date her dog’s rabies vaccination
expired and she would have to get
another tag inAugustof this year.
Hinze said.such cases were un-
avoidable in' the change over.
Westbury DE Named State's Best
For the second consecutive
year the Westbury Distributive
Education Chapter was named
the top chapter in Texas at the
■state conference held in Ft. Worth
March 5 and 6.
Judy Cowart, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Cowart, 5738
Wigton, chairman of the West-
bury committee that prepared the
chapter’s notebook for competi-
tion received the award at the
concluding banquet session held
Saturday night.
Two other Westbury students,
Harold Williams and Cynthia Me-
Kim; were named the outstanding
D.E. students in the state and
received scholarships from the
Houston Retail Merchants Asso-
ciation. Williams, who was elec-
ted state president last year and
ball Tournament. - - ll4ms 53U stillbrooke. Miss Mc-
PLEASE SEE PAGE 11
;, 5311 Stillbrooke. MissMc-
Kim is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C.M. McKim, 5454 Still-
brooke.
Tessa McKim, the daughter
of Mrs. Jo McKim, 5543 Gas-
mer, -also received a two year
scholarship.
Other winners from Westbury
include Pat Rembert, the daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. K.H, ftem-
bert, 5811 Cheena, who took first
place in distribution Manual eom-
peiition; Tessa McKim, first
place winner in marketing man-
ual competition: Judy Cowart,
first place in studies in market-
ing competition; and Teri Smai-
strla, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs, R.N. Smaistrla, 5614 Bel-
rose, first place in studies in
marketing
The Westbury creative mar-
keting project, chaired by Ma-
rella Tabcrt, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs G.E. Tabert, and Robin
Lockard, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Lockard, 5403Queens-
loch, took second place.
Eileen Voss,' the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Voss,
11502 Endicott, won second with
her marketing projectas did Cin-
dy McKim.
Williams will go on to repre-
sent the state of Texas at the Na-
tional DE Conference to be held
later this spring and is a no-
minee (or the office of national
president.
More than 1600 student, leaders
and faculty advisors represent-
ing some 16,000 DE students state
wide, met in Ft. Worth for the 25th
Annual State Leadership Confer-
ence.
Distributive Education oper-
ates through the nation’s public
schools to attract young people
to careers in marketing and dis-
tribution.
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LT. TOM BELL of the Houston
Police Department’s Narcotics
Division points to drug parapher-
nalia during his talk before the
Women’s Society of the Bellaire
Methodist Church. See story on
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Royal, B. E. & Cronin, Carolyn. The Bellaire & Southwestern Texan (Bellaire, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 1, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 10, 1971, newspaper, March 10, 1971; Bellaire, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth567725/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Bellaire Friends Library & Historical Society.