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aptoton MORE THAN 70,000 READERS EVERY DAY Volume 64, No. 17 Telephone Number: 422-8302 Wednesday, November 20, 1985 Baytown, Texas 77520 25 Cents Per Copy County eyes million referendum By BRUCE GUYNN HOUSTON Harris County commissioners took steps Tuesday toward calling a $500 million bond referendum for Feb. 25. Commissioners agreed to earmark $150 million for drainage and flood control. Figures for other segments of the proposed bond package are expected to be firmed up over the next few weeks.

Commissioners discussed allocating between $225 million and $250 million for road and bridge improvements. Another $75 million could go to the port authority and Astrodome officials have asked for about S50 million, according to Precinct 2 Commissioner Jim Fonteno. who represents the Baytown area. Fonteno said his executive assistant. Ed Denk.

is talking to representatives of cities in Precinct 2 as part of an effort to establish a list of priority projects to be included in the bond issue. Fonteno saici he expects to have this list completed by Dec. 5-10. County Judge Jon Lindsay said the bond package will probably be divided into three or four propositions that will be voted on separately. Commissioners don't expect passage of the bond package will require an increase in the current county tax rate of 47.8 cents per $100 assessed valuation.

"I could not support a bond issue with a tax increase," said Fonteno. "We have to do it within our budget," he added. In other business, commissioners named Dr. Thomas H. Hyslop as the new director of the Harris County Health Department.

Hyslop, who will assume his duties on Jan. 1, wil! succeed Dr. Francine Jensen, who retired in June after serving 12 years as director. A native of Fergus Falls, Hyslop, 47. is currently district medical director for the department of health and environmental control in Anderson.

S.C. Hyslop holds a bachelor's degree from Carleton College in Northfield, and a medical degree from the University of Rochester. He has been a public health adviser in Honduras and Colombia. He has held his current position for the past five years. BE A UTIFUL BOOMER NO BONES about it, Allyson Hutchins, 4, daughter of Frank and Barbara Hutchins, will enter her dog, Boomer, in the Doggy Fun Show at 11:30 a.m.

Saturday in the girls' gymnasium at Ross S. Sterling High School. The children's dog show will be part of the annual arts and crafts bazaar sponsored by RSS distributive education students. The show will include obedience and Frisbee demonstrations by the Baytown Kennel Club. The day's events will include arts and crafts booths, spaghetti dinners in the RSS cafeteria served by the Sterling Stars.

(Sun staff photo by Angie Bracey) Mary Stiles case Results of autopsy released By LINNEA SCHLOBOHM and LOUISE SHAW Autopsy results released Wednesday morning by the Harris County medical examiner reveal that 11-year-old Mary Stiles died of two stab wounds to the neck, manual strangulation and asphyxiation. "She actually died of three things," Dr. Joseph Jachimcyzk said. He said the Baytown girl, who disappeared Halloween night and whose body was found Nov. 9, was stabbed four times in the neck and once in the right forearm.

Two of the neck wounds were fatal, he said. The medical examiner said death was also caused by asphyxiation due to "a foreign object down her throat," but he refused to elaborate on what the (See RESULTS, Page 7-A) Summit termed 'very lively' SUttw 4- Classified Comics Puzzle Dimension 1 Editorial Markets Movie Theaters Obituaries Police Beat School Menus Sports Teen Times Weather -D 6-A fi-A A 5-A 5-A 2-A 8-A --t-C WEATHER CLOUDY SKIES and coo! temperatures with a low in the low 50s are forecast for the Baytown area Wednesday night along with a 30- percent chance of thunderstorms. Thursday's forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures with a high in the low 70s and a 30-percent chance of thunderstorms. In the 24- hour period ending at 8 a.m. Wednesday, a high of ff-f degrees and a low of 51 degrees were recorded along with .02 of an inch of rainfall.

GENEVA (AP) President Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev resumed their highly personal diplomacy Wednesday at a second round of summit talks described as "very lively" and focusing on "all the problems of concern to the Soviet and American people." Reagan was quoted by his spokesman as saying, "Our differences are serious but so is our commitment to improving understanding." While keeping secret whether they have made headway in reducing tensions. Gorbachev said one question being discussed was whether he would visit the United States. Reagan said he would welcome such a visit but that "it hasn't been agreed to." The two leaders conferred at the Soviet mission, and again met without aides for more than an hour, accompanied only by interpreters. The session had been scheduled to last 15 minutes. The Soviets, meanwhile, made preparations for Gorbachev to hold a news conference Thursday at the Soyiet mission after the summit.

Presidential spokesman Larry Speakes declined to say whether Reagan also would hold a news conference, adding that the schedule for Thursday still was being worked out. Answering questions as they posed for pictures, Gorbachev said the meeting "is going on in a very careful, responsible way with all the problems of concern to the Soviet and American peo- (See SUMMIT, Page 7-A) YMCA sets building fund drive By DAVID MOHLiMAN Baytown's YMCA officially began a capital drive Tuesday to fund a room addition to the existing YMCA building at 201 Wye Drive. Officials hope to raise $150.000. S100.000 of which will be eligible for matching funds from the YMCA of the Greater Houston Area, for a total of $250.000. Revisions and rejuvenations to the existing building are also planned as part of the project.

These will be in addition to the in immediate im- provements that were started in July and are almost complete. Pete Sultis is chairman of the campaign's steering committee. Sultis, who retired in July 1985 after 38 years with the Baytown School District, was a charter member of the YMCA and served on the Board of Management from 1967-1969. "The main reason I'm going to be involved is that all the funds are going to stay in Baytown 100 percent, "said Sultis. In addition to Sultis, Mayor Emmett Hutto, Tom Gentry and Ken Goedeke are on the steering committee.

Members of the YMCA Board of Management serving on the steering committee are Chairman Mike McAlister, Vice Chairman Jim Schaefer, Mary Brown, Gwenn Casey, Jim Hutchison and Earl Parker. Also on the committee is YMCA Executive Director Merie Hunt. Sultis is excited about prospects for the YMCA with the return of Mrs. Hunt, who Sultis knew during her previous employment with the Baytown YMCA. "She's another reason I took the chairmanship (of the steering committee), said Sultis.

"With her leadership, I think it's really going to take off." Sultis was among the group of citizens which met in 1955 to form the Baytown YMCA. By mid-1957, through the efforts of this group, the co-op store on Market Street had been purchased, a director hired and several youth programs initiated. A 1964 capital drive funded construction of the YMCA's pre(See YMCA, Page 7-A) Pearce Street Journal Flash of light Lee College music people are working so hard on their Gala presentation it has been suggested that the first money raised at the Dec. 9 dinner be used to fund a music scholarship. That's not a bad idea.

-FH AROUND TOWN STEWART proud to win tennis shoes and a sun-visor Charlie Leonard of Mont Belvieu is the subject of another Guidepost magazine story written by his grandson, Mike Verde. Called "10 Minutes Before Christmas," it will appear in the December issue. John J. Johs teJls about a games party planned by the Humble Pioneer Club Alta Church's cats get into the spirit of the hunting season Flora Jackson reports a great time was had by all at the reunion of the Sew and Chatter Club. Jean Rosenbaum makes plans to register voters Karel Bruce returns from France and England Olivia McKinney joins a new club.

Pauline Henderson looks pretty in red Bilfphilips verifies information Eileen Wallace enjoys a few days off. Incumbent announces candidacy Gentry files for re-election to board Tom Gentry filed Tuesday for re-election to a third term as Position 3 trustee on the Baytown School Board. Gentry, 50, served in Baytown city government from 1972 until 1978, first as a councilman and later as mayor. He resigned from the mayor's 'office on April 10, 1978, but two years later, he successfully ran for a spot on the school board. "I had always been interested in the school business," said Gentry.

"I grew up in a school family." Gentry's father, George H. Gentry, was a school superintendent. His mother taught in the Baytown school system. Gentry, who works in the insurance business, is a graduate of Robert E. Lee High School.

He attended Southern Methodist University on a football scholarship, majoring in business administration. Gentry attends Memorial Baptist Church. He and his wife, Shirley, have four children, all of whom are grown. "We have a very fine school system and school district, have had and will continue to have," said Gentry. Problems that exist here are not peculiar to Baytown schools, he said.

Answering a question about new ideas he may have for the district if re-elected. Gentry said, "The school board will be in a position of reacting to outside forces in the next couple of years rather than creating new programs and coming up with new ideas for the district." Gentry said the passage of House Bill 72 and other legislation in Austin and the revaluing of property by the county appraisal district are among outside influences the school board has had to react to and must continue to react to. Gentry said he hopes for modifications in legislation so administrators can deal more effectively with persons caught selling drugs. "I find it difficult to understand how administrators could be put in a position of having to catch someone selling drugs more than once before being able to remove that person from campus," he said. He also said twice a year teacher evaluations have required a disproportionate amount of time of administrators, forcing them to compromise the performance of other administrative functions.

Gentry said overall he favors what has been done through House Bill 72. ''They (legislators) have made some very progressive contributions," he said, "but it appears they have gone to the extreme and, up to now. refuse to admit it and adjust the errors that exist in the legislation." In working for changes, Gentry said the local board appealed to the state school board. "We were able to get an inter(See GENTRY, Page 7-A) Kate spares Texas Florida prepares for storm NEW ORLEANS Barring an unforseen change, Hurricane Kate isn't expected to pose a threat to Baytown or the Texas Gulf Coast, a spokesman for the National Weather Service in Alvin said Wednesday. At 7 a.m.

Wednesday, the storm was at 25.3 north latitude and 85.4 west longitude, placing it about 300 miles south of Apaiachicola in the Florida panhandle. The storm was moving northwest at 10-15 miles per hour with sustained winds as high as 115 miles per hour, the weather service spokesman said. Weather service officials said the most likely landfall point is Panama City or Apaiachicola in the Florida panhandle. Landfall could occur late Thursday or early Friday. Weather service officials said the storm doesn't appear to (See KATE, Page 7-A) Warren files petition to move pending lawsuits TOM GENTRY ANAHUAC (AP) Attorneys for Warren Petroleum Co.

filed petitions to move two lawsuits pending against the company in state district court to a federal district court in Galveston. Attorney Robert Malinak also filed responses Monday on behalf of the company denying responsibility for the Nov. 5 explosion. The blast, which killed two workers, was the result of "an unavoidable accident," the petitions says. Malinak declined comment Tuesday about the company's action, saying "we feel it is inappropriate to comment about litigation." The blast, which rocked the city of Mont Belvieu, killed James Hoffman, 41, of Cove, and Richard Duncan, 25, of Baytown, both welding company (See WARREN, Page 7-A) cwisnus aw AVAN.AKEMW Tow HOMMtOWH y-SAVE jwn town "WilMthrlm" ZTttM.Ml UZ-BB BAYTOWN'S NO.

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