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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1973
Page
1
In Sue's class a 9 year old boy and a three year old girl attend morning sessions. A 100 year driver says he learned to drive late in life. The course aims to shift attitudes toward driving and raise awareness for accident prevention.
Students from Sterling and Habert High Schools won in the annual speech tests as part of the CC program. The event took place at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon meeting at Holiday Inn. John of the chamber president noted the content showcased youth speaking talent and praised efforts by committee chairs Chappell and WoC for arranging the program.
A local charity event titled a minor league style dinger will be held at Cedar Tan Restaurant in Highlands on Wednesday. Proceeds benefit the Little League Highlands. Tickets are $1 for children and $1.50 for adults.
Funeral services for Mrs Irmgard Charlotte Frieda Wilson 46 of 703 S Seventh were conducted at 2 0 pm Tuesday at Paul A Lee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Billy Joe Tate officiating. A native of Germany she lived in Baytown 24 years dying at 4 15 am Sunday in a local hospital. Survived by husband Luis A Wilson and son Dewitt Louis three daughters and two grandchildren. burial Cedar Crest Cemetery. Pallbearers named. Arrangements by Paul A Lee Funeral Home.
Calling all cute little girls may enter the Little Miss Exxon contest at the annual Exxon employees picnic on May 3. Contestants must be ages three to five and related to Exxon Realty, Exxon Chemical or the Research and Engineering Co. Phone Kathy Wait at 427 5710 ext 3615 during the day or 427 4852 at night. Deadline for entries is Friday.
The council considers a sequence of contracts and projects including paint purchases for traffic control, land development for open space, and potential library materials funding from revenue sharing. It pledges to Housing and Urban Development for Goose Creek and Bayland Parks protection, and reviews a sewer main project along Fompkins Road.
The National Safety Council aims to train three million drivers annually through the Defensive Driving Course, with over four million having already completed it. Baytown hosts Defensive Driving Week led by Robert Feinberg of the Baytown Traffic Safety Council, urging motorists to reduce errors and boost safety belt use. The 1973 campaign seeks widespread participation, citing a 40 percent drop in some collisions and substantial injury and fatality reductions. Contact Lee College at 427 6611 or Feinberg at 422 292 to enroll.
Dr Thomas cautioned that education should not be treated as a mere curriculum of subjects and professors. Dr Stevens urged institutions to define educator expectations before evaluating faculty while noting time pressures from research and service. Ray Powler forecast steady Texas college enrollments despite lower birth rates and pointed to funding challenges. Miles Schultze outlined new federal guidelines on equal employment in colleges and universities.
New Met second baseman Felix Millan hails from Rio Piedras Puerto Rico the hometown of the late Roberto Clemente. The report highlights Millan's origins and ties to Clemente in Puerto Rico baseball lore.
Mayor Glen Walker and Mayor Bill Black will testify at 9 a.m. Wednesday in Austin before the House Natural Resources Committee on State Rep. Joe Allen's bill to control groundwater withdrawals and halt land subsidence.
Baytown Parks and Recreation sponsors an Easter egg hunt at 1 p m Saturday on the Roseland Park softball field for children under 10. More than 3000 pieces of candy and prize coupons will be hidden. Children should bring their own baskets.
An extensive NSC study of over 8,000 graduates from 88 agencies across 26 states found self reported accidents among defensive driving course graduates dropped by nearly one third in the year after completion while moving violations fell by about one fourth.
Over four weeks Baytown area hospitals used 127 units of blood with nearly half sourced from outside the city. Houston blood bank has borrowed blood to meet demand as hospitals shift from purchased to donated blood to improve transfusion quality. Lee College volunteers praised for helping the donor drive while service charges for collection and deferral remain. The 21 day shelf life limits blood use, with some waste turned into derivatives.
Boston dispatch notes Smithsonian magazine challenges Longfellow myth of Paul Revere. Historian Richard W. O’Neill contends Revere did ride but did not sight lantern signals or warn Hancock. article cites own account and criticism from Barnstable descendant.
Atty Gen Kreindienst asserts executive privilege remains a constitutionally founded and vital principle of American government. A spring storm threatens weakened Mississippi levees and flooding near Toledo on Lake Erie. Ephraim Katchalski elected Israel's fourth president in contested election. International observers suspended helicopter flights in South Vietnam to monitor ceasefire violations. NATO nations urged cooperative research on solar and geothermal energy sources. National War College warns against overreliance on foreign energy. Pablo Picasso's body moved for burial near Aix en Provence.
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