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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1965
Page
2
Fifteen questions directed at sixteen mayoral and council candidates address zoning land sales, livestock bans, property taxes, park funding, traffic safety, band improvements, city staffing and contracts. The issue set previews topics likely to shape the April 6 city election and future budgeting.
Marine PFC James E. Martin, son of Mr and Mrs Harry J Martin of 1207 S Pruett, serves with the 7th Motor Transport Battalion, First Marine Division at Camp Pendleton California.
Funeral services for Elmer Lawrence Wilder of Baytown will be held at 2 pm Friday at Paul A. Lee Funeral Home. A Baytown resident since 1725 he died Wednesday in a nursing home. He was a carpenter born in Arachia Texas and belonged to Central Baptist Church. Survivors include his widow two daughters two stepdaughters a son and ten grandchildren. Reverends Jim Brown and Mervin Crow will officiate. Burial will be in Rest Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers listed.
The Du Pont La Perte Plant hosts a 7 PM Friday safety program at the high school auditorium for employees families. The event features the Meglee of Fire and demonstrations by engineers from the U S Bureau of Mines. Tom Chase and John Snodgrass will speak, Gene Bell will MC, and refreshments follow. This marks a family oriented safety effort expanding off site.
A civil rights march near Camden City Hall was halted after smoke bombs were tossed by auxiliary police and a mayor restrained demonstrators near the Camden Academy campus. About 45 marchers, including pupils, dispersed after prayers and school classes were dismissed amid ongoing racial tensions.
SEAMEN Recruits Michael A Wilder and William L Barnes of Baytown have begun nine weeks of basic training in San Diego California. Wilder’s parents are Mr and Mrs Leonard A Wilder of 2007 Olive Street and Barnes’ late parents are Mr and Mrs William L Barnes of 420 Peart Street.
Pvt. Clausell E. Scott Jr. and wife Patricia live at 714 Broadway Ila Porte. He entered the Army in September 1964 and has been assigned as a medic to the 82nd Airborne Division at Fort Bragg North Carolina. Scott is a graduate of G W Carver High School.
Reisie urges refinery and marketing sectors to seek fair prices reflecting material, manufacture, and service costs. He notes refining inputs fell while prices for gasoline remain a good buy despite 40 years of similar pump prices. He stresses gasoline’s value and calls for a basis of operation that yields reasonable profits for a healthy, free economy.
Voter comments discuss potential savings and lower tax rates while keeping city quality. Several speakers endorse bonds and appointing citizen committees, urging careful department reviews before budget changes and stressing equal protection for all residents.
Neutralist leaders meet with U S officials amid Viet Nam talks. Secretary of State Dulles remarks and Johnson administration positions frame the discussions while Bam Taylor returns from Saigon and signals continued policy. Ambassadors and UN officials discuss nonaligned peace efforts and potential peacemaking roles.
Campaigns center on who will replace Supt. George H. Gentry after his ouster by the new board majority. Savell Stark Victory and DeHoyos back the majority's stance while other candidates run independently with shared support. A statewide hearing before the State Commission of Education on April 12 could influence runoff outcomes.
CARL D. FULKERSON of Long Beach California longtime Baytonian was killed in a traffic mishap at 7 20 p m Wednesday Funeral arrangements were pending Thursday Survivors include his wife and two stepchildren of Long Beach a sister Mrs J W Smith and two brothers Roy Fulkerson and Horace Fulkerson all of Bassen
WAL BOYLE recounts memories of a bygone era noting how memory works, then sketches 1921 social changes such as prohibition era medicine, in a humorous nostalgic column. He recalls yacht ownership by John Barrymore, barber hair tonic smells, and everyday life losses like grocery checks and leashless dogs.
Dr. Wilson’s Baytown visit followed Supt. Gentry’s firing two years before his contract end. He met with officials and suggested a Southern Association inquiry may study local procedures and their effect on teacher retention and student education. A team could spend a week examining public schools and the College if needed.
Baytown police were called Wednesday about drag racing and speeding on Schilling Road. Additional complaints included cattle roaming on Bob Smith Road and youths throwing beer cans behind a service station on Highway 146. A man was taken by ambulance to a hospital at 5:52 PM from Jerry's Lounge, suffering insulin shock.
THETA Kappa will sponsor a cake sale at multiple Baytown locations from 9 20 a m to 2 p m Saturday with proceeds benefiting the group. MISS ELENORA ALEXANDER will speak at 7 30 p m Tuesday on Grade School Libraries at the Baytown League of Women Voters meeting at Citizens National Bank. Two Baytown area students earned Southwestern University academic honors, Elizabeth Mather Phelps and Jimmy Gilbert Redd, for the first semester. The Texas State Council of Knights of Columbus is sponsoring an essay contest for high school students on The Ideology of Democracy with San Jacinto Council 788 assisting.
Women of all Saints Episcopal Church host a plant sale at 435 S Burnet featuring shrubs, day lilies, tomatoes and more from 7 am to 9 pm Friday. A Red Cross senior lifesaving course begins Tuesday at Lee College as Baytown League of Women Voters sponsors pool safety classes from 7 to 9:20 pm. Open to anyone older who can pass the swimming test, with no instruction fee and a small use fee for the pool. questions directed to individuals or to the league chair.
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