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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1972
Page
1
Wayne Connally candidate for Texas lieutenant governor will not appear in Baytown on Tuesday. He will address student government representatives at Lae Coblewe. A reception is planned at Hatnade Tower Crater where the public is invited. Dinner Meeting follows. ACH Cie Associated Cai hnt Winner fee.
James Lawrence Hurt of Harvard was injured at 2:05 pm Saturday while bicycling in the southbound lane of S Highway 146 when a car driven by Georgia Welch Hoilston of Groves struck as he started to cross after hesitating. Police report states no charges.
The Baytown school board debated raising deductibles in a new insurance policy and naming a replacement on the insurance advisory committee. Trustees delayed action over a potential conflict of interest involving James Ellis and Bob Kalbitz. The agenda includes trips policy, three year lease for the insurer of record, bids on concession rights, PE supplies, art items, and football gear. Tickets for the Baytown Human Relations Council Banquet are sold out.
A report describes a new sport of kiting with a daring young man soaring over Tor rance California. Kites weigh 30 to 40 pounds and builders use bamboo and plastic sheets. A turning start and kite man show the craft in action.
The Hartke Burke bill seeks limits on foreign investment and capital outflow as lawmakers and unions clash over whether multinationals destroy U S jobs by seeking low-wage labor abroad or create more opportunities by boosting foreign economies and future U S exports. Hearings could decide which view holds.
Overstreet recalls a 1934 summer night when Clyde and Bonnie arrived in a new Ford V4. He quotes Clyde saying to fill it up as they sped away. The boss followed but was warned away when Clyde drew a gun. Overstreet plans for his son to take over next year amid ongoing auto repair challenges.
Funeral services for Cecil Phillips Sr., 74, were scheduled Monday morning at Earthman's Funeral Home Chapel with Andy Dooley of Missouri Street Church of Christ officiating. He a Baytown resident for 15 years and a former automobile salesman died Saturday in a Baytown hospital. Survived by wife, son Cecil Phillips Jr., daughter Mrs. A. J. Korenek, three brothers, one sister, five grandchildren. Burial in Memory Gardens.
Nine U S ships pounded North Vietnamese positions in the DMZ’s southern half. Enemy shore batteries hit the destroyers John R. Craig and Ronan causing hull damage on the Craig and light shrapnel hits on the Ronan. No casualties reported.
In Illinois the Department of Conservation outlines a new concept of nature preserves protecting original lands. The Illinois Nature Preserve Commission cites 410 acres in Jasper and Marion counties as home to prairie chickens. The list of at risk species includes 31 fish, the alligator gar, the chorus frog, 15 reptiles, 46 birds led by upland plover, 16 mammals such as bobcats. The white tailed jack rabbit remains in a small northwest group.
In Sao Paulo a 180000 dollar Simba Safari opens as the first lion park on the continent. 23 free roaming lions share 1.8 miles of paved road with visitors paying about five dollars to ride through in their cars. Lions are fenced yet roam freely on a 3400 foot inland plateau near the Sao Paulo Zoo with imports from other zoos.
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