02 Apr 1972
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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1972
Page
1
Eight candidates vie for three city council seats in a low key campaign ending Tuesday. The contest features little controversy with posters as the main display. Incumbent Allen Cannon of District 5 runs unopposed for a full term. Polls open 7 am to 7 pm with results by 9 pm.
Easter sunrise services are planned for 6 30 a m Sunday at Roseland Park with a message to be delivered by Gene Lovering Jr. Other notes cover district insurance claims, election work, and local civic events as Baytown prepares for Easter.
Saigon reports the U S Military Command says more than 2 080 American troops will be phased out as part of Nixon withdrawal program. Total U S strength in Vietnam sits just under 190 080 and declines about 1 090 per day. Nixon orders cut to 9 088 troops in 30 days.
James W. Hughes Potentate of Arabia Temple Shrine will lead the Baytown Shrine Club parade starting at 2 30 p m on Saturday April 8 The event opens the 29th annual crippled children's pageant at 7 p m that night at Robert E Lee High School auditorium Dave Sherron pageant chair says Ross Sterling High School and Horace Mann Junior School bands and other entries will join Shrine units from Houston including the drum and bugle corps and the Motorcorps Tickets for the pageant are 1 each and can be bought from any Shriner or at the door Proceeds benefit the Shrine Crippled Children's Hospital in Houston Baytown children have received treatment there The first Shriner hospital opened in 1822 and 18 more have since been added plus three Shriner Burns institutes including Galveston M L Griffith is president of the Baytown Shrine Club.
Slow turnout marked the Lee College regent race with only a small fraction of the 1,700 voters casting ballots in several precincts. Reports from Precincts 100 13 32 149 and 250 note low four hour tallies and scattered results as eleven candidates vie for the three at large seats.
Sun staffers collected 191 awards in the state contest and earned several first place honors. Glenn Piennig won for feature stories on food and home items plus fashion photography, Audrey Maeser for radio and library promotions, Muril Hart for an editorial on a school board dispute, Mrs. Hemphill for a feature on Rosemary Kent and for fashion coverage, Mrs. Orton for pollution articles and a Lumus Dodge fire photo, with third place given to several others. National winners will be announced at a June awards banquet in Seattle during the National Press Women's convention.
In Milwaukee and across Wisconsin, Democratic candidates court diverse supporters as McGovern campaigns with athletes for a push in the pivotal primary. Humphrey Lindsay and Muskie emphasize home-state and cross-party appeal while Wallace energizes supporters with rallies. Muskie cites advantages in voter identification and manpower from home states.
State Senator Barbara Jordan of Houston is the main speaker at the Baytown Human Relations Council banquet April 1 at the Baytown Community Building. Tickets are $3 and sold by HRC members. reservations via Frank Hinds or Nancy Neavel. She runs in the May 6 Democratic primary for the 18th Congressional District against Curtis Graves and others. Jordan, from District 11 since 1956, is noted as a pioneer black woman state senator and first to preside over a Texas Senate and chair a major committee.
A Crosby Spin-A hearing on Texas Ecologists Inc. permit for an industrial waste plant shifts to April 28 in Crosby at the American Legion Hall. Two waste disposal proposals target Cedar Bayou area near Crosby, with a separate 500 acre municipal landfill in Harris County. Public concerns arise over bonding, drainage, and wintry marshland suitability.
Mild days and cool nights forecast for Easter weekend in Baytown with a temperature range from mid 40s to high 60s. Morgan's Point tides Sunday highs at 2 15 am and 6 07 pm lows at 4 46 am and 6 pm. Monday highs at 2 18 am and 7 40 pm. low at 8 21 am. Sunday rise 6 09 am and set 6 41 pm.
Mont Belvieu high school scene highlights Valedictorian Johnelle Roelse and salutatorian Danny Lott among Barbers Hill High School’s top seniors. Debut student leaders include Debbie Sylwia, NHS contributors, and notable athletic and academic honors across football, basketball, track, golf, and drum major roles.
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