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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1971

Page

2

Noon Stock Quotes From Various Companies And Indices

A draft of stock quotations lists numerous companies and percent changes from a noon reading. Firms include Chrysler, General Motors, DuPont, Exxon, Ford, Texaco, Shell, IBM, Dow components, Gulf States, Halliburton, Penn Central, Texaco, and many others with varied gains and losses.

Chrysler Corp Columbia Gas Delta Air Diamond Shamrock Dow Chem Dresser Ind Ethyl Corp Extendicare Foremost McKesson Erec DuPont General Motors Paso Nat Gas Ford Gen Tel & To Gen Tire Georgia-Pacific Getty Gillette Evens Gordon’s Greyhound Gue Gulf States Houston L&p Inland Steel Interlake Steel Jones & Laugh Kerr-McGee Kraft Foods S. Kresge Ling-Temco-Vought MacDonald-Douglas Magnavox Marathon Oi Monsanto Nat Distillers , Occidental Petro Penn Central R. Ro Pepsi Cola Eeeer Phillips Pet RCA Ceeeeiaee Raytheon Roan Select Om Schlumberger Sears Shell Sperry-Rand Stan Cal Stan Ind Stan - Joo Stan Oil Ohio Stauffer Chem Sun Oil Syntex Eee Taft Broadcast Technicolor Teledyne Tenneco Texaco Texas Eastern Texas Gulf Sur Transamerica Traveler's Ins Hernion Carbide Union Oil Cal United Aircraft Upjohn U. S. Steel Westinghouse Xerox Vanes Dow Indus

Funeral Notices for Harry K. Johnson and Thomas Jeffer son Barron

Funeral services were held for Harry K. Johnson 64 of Highlands at Trinity Episcopal Church with burial in San Jacinto Memorial Park. Survivors include wife Clotelle and children. In a separate notice Thomas Jeffer son Barron 78 of Highlands had 10 a.m. services at Larthman Highlands Chapel followed by a graveside at Old Waverly Cemetery Willis. Survivors include five sons a daughter and extended family.

Harry K. Johnson Battlebell Highlands Trinity Episcopal Church P. Walter Henckell Vears Johnson San Jacinto Memorial Park Cemetery Earth Iman Funeral Home Highlands Rotary Club Clotelle Johnson Harry K. Johnson III Harriett Day Baytown Jacquelin Kellam Ada Jane Troxell Kate Slack Roanoke Josh Christopher Kellam Luther Walter Choate Kenny Day Larry Troxell Jack Kellam Dan Golden T. J. Barron Thomas Jefferson Barron N. Main Larthman Highlands Chapel Barron Humble Oil and Refining Co G. T. Barron Pasadena D. T. Barron Lewis Barron Houston T. J. Barron Jr Dan M. Barron Cassie Krag Oklahoma City Martin Barron Lafayette Old Waverly Cemetery Willis Earthman Highlands Funeral Home

Proxmire challenges broad military spending reform stance

The AP report notes Sen. William Proxmire opposing neo isolationist charges and questioning numerous military spending policies. It also covers a cordial reception for the U.S. table tennis team and three American newsmen by Chinese officials from the Hong Kong border to Peking.

Washington William Proxmire Peking Hong Kong U.S

Vega minicars recalled for correctable defects at dealers

Detroit AP report says about 23,300 Vega cars built before the UAW strike are to be brought to dealers for free repairs. fixes include vinyl rear-seat brackets, new choke lever, improved wiper transmission, gas caps, fuel neck seal, and underbody clearance adjustments. About 150,000 Vegas produced. repairs completed on post resumption cars.

Detroit General Motors A. GM Vegas United Auto Workers

Rites Held For Wife Of Baytown Teacher

Mrs. Kay Grohe Bauman 27 wife of Baytown Junior High science teacher Eugene Bauman died after a long illness. She had lived in Falfurrias 25 years, taught in McAllen, and was buried at Falfurrias Park after services at First United Methodist Church Falfurrias. Survivors include her husband, parents Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Grobe, two brothers Eugene Grobe El Paso and James Grobe Houston, and grandmother Mrs. B. G. Laxson of Tait.

Falfurrias Kay Grohe Bauman Baytown Eugene Bauman

Marti Finishes Third at Magnolia State Golf Classic

Fred Marti of Baytown shot a 273 to finish third in the Magnolia State Golf Classic in Hattiesburg, Miss. He posted rounds of 69 68 71 65 and was three strokes behind the winner who totaled 270. Roy Pace of Longview won $7,000, with Marti earning $2,623.

Hastiesburg, Miss Fred Marti Baytown Marti Roy Pace Longview

Attend Funeral for Mrs. Rosalie Skrabanek in El Campo

Mrs. Rosalie Skrabanek of El Campo died Wednesday. Her daughter Mrs. Adolf Pat Kalisek of Baytown attended the funeral and has returned home after the services.

Adolf Pat) Kalisek Alexander Baytown Rosalie Skrabanek el Campo Skrabanek

Troops struggle amid battle near Fire Base 6 and Ca Mau

U S military reports show heavy fighting as about 100 to 150 men from the 11th Brigade of the Amer ican Division join a rescue effort. North Vietnamese forces attack the lead column with rocket grenades and small arms, while U S helicopter gunships fighters and bombers respond. One helicopter crewman is killed two wounded and ten American infantrymen die with six wounded in the ambush. Three other U S aircraft are shot down nationwide with additional losses near Fire Base 6 and eastern Cambodia. South Vietnamese casualties are reported as six wounded with significant enemy losses claimed after air and artillery strikes. A Vietnamese communique notes 18 anti aircraft guns and two mortars destroyed near Highway 7. U S and South Vietnamese patrol boats sink a 160 foot North Vietnamese trawler loaded with ammunition in a sea clash off Ca Mau.

11Th Brigade Americal Jungted U.S Central Highlands Cambodia Highway 7 Ca Mau

Thieves Busy On Weekend In Baytown

Police investigate a series of weekend thefts in Baytown including a $125 television from Larry Cryer at 200% E Wright a $120 tape deck from J L Henderson at Ross Sterling High School lot a $100 mower and 100 foot cord from Hampton Bayou Avenue garage a $61 hedge trimmer and garden hose from Helen James behind her house and a 1968 Pontiac Tempest stolen from West James and Commerce near U Totem Store reported by John P McCartney at 7710 Highway 146.

Larry Wayne Cryer E. Wright J. L. Henderson Ross Sterling High School Hampton Herbert Bayou Avenue Helen James Michigan John P. McCartney Highway 146 West James and Commerce

City Museum Board Okayed By Council

The Baytown city council approved a seven member advisory board for the new Historical Museum. Members include I M Jones Jo Ann Kelley Albert Fanestiel Mrs John Brunson W C Jackson Mrs Sybil Jordan and Robert P Kelley. Jones said initial display cases arrived for the lobby of the Community Center as the first step toward a permanent museum for Baytown area artifacts.

Baytown New Historical Museum Board I. M. (Deacon) Jones Jo Ann Kelley Albert Fanestiel John Brunson W. C. Jackson Sybil Jordan Robert P. Kelley Jones Baytown ‘Area

Fire destroys shed at Cedar Bayou Methodist Church

A storage shed at Cedar Bayou Methodist Church on Ferry Road was destroyed by a fire at 3 37 p m Saturday. Baytown Fire Department says the blaze started as a trash fire that got out of control.

Cedar Bayou Methodist Church Ferry Road Baytown

Nixon Critics Attack Economic Policy On Labor and Banks

New York AP reports AFL-CIO President Meany accused the Nixon administration of a double standard favoring big business while labor shoulders the economic burden. House Speaker Carl Albert denounced “do nothing” policies as Heller urged tax cuts and public works. Supreme Court ruling bars commercial banks from mutual funds. observers expect a congressional push to expand banking access to mutual fund assets.

New York Afl-Cio George Meany Senate Meany Carl Albert House Albert Walter Heller Council of Economic Advisers Nixon Congress Heller Supreme Court First National City Bank of New York

Indiana bans phosphate detergents first in nation

Indiana lawmakers ban most phosphate laundry and industrial detergents with thresholds by weight, effective 1972 for 32 percent or less and 1973 for under 3 percent. Violators face up to 1000 dollar fines and potential injunctions. a few in-plant uses allowed with board approval. Conservationists warn phosphates fuel algae blooms that deplete oxygen and kill fish, linked to Lake Erie declines.

Indianapolis Ind Indiana Edgar D. Whitcomb Indiana General Assembly State Stream Pollution Control Board Donald L. Park Park Muncie Liminetics Milwaukee, Wis State Stream Pollution Control, Board Lake Erie

Baytown Man Injured In Car Wreck

A. R. Vasquez, 21, of 320 E. Murrill, suffered serious injuries in a one car crash at 6:28 a.m. Sunday in the 1200 block of West Texas. He was taken to Gulf Coast Hospital by Baytown Ambulance Service after losing control at high speed and hitting a culvert. Patrolman W. R. Harper investigated.

A. R. Vasquez E. Murrill Gulf Coast Hospital West Texas Vasquez Baytown W. R. Harper

West Texans Set Class On Weather Woes

Plainview Texas AP directors of the Plains Weather Improvement Association vote to run rainfall stimulation with hail suppression. The plan covers 2000 square miles in Hale Saint Floyd Crosby Castro Swisher and Lubbock counties costing about 20000 for rainmaking and 130000 for hail suppression. Atmospherics Inc will operate both programs using silver iodide. Funding comes from landowners at 32 cents per acre and city homes at 25 dollars each. Participation is voluntary amid drought concerns and prior rain disputes.

Plainview Tex Plains Weathe Improvement Association Southwest Hale Saint Floyd Crosby Castro Swishe Lubbock

Landry Family Visits Son at West Point Plebe Weekend

Mr and Mrs Gerald F Landry of 1703 Alabama visited their son Alan at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point during the Plebe Parent Weekend activities.

Gerald F Landry Alabama Alan U.S Military Academy Wes Point

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Citizens National Basic and Underwood, Neuhaus and Co Allis Chalmers Arlan Anaconda Eee Ashland Feeetenee Atlantic Richfield Tae Bendix Beth Steel Heene Tebe Lels Adi Carrier Corp Celanese Ceres Rock Hudson Angie Dickinson Telly Savalasi Prettey Calder Marshall Tiwagey Oal Idee Movielab MBO Ali MacGraw Ryan O'Neal A Homward Genshy Arthur Hiller John Marley Ray Milland Arthur Willer Howard G Minsky Deremm Cokor David Golden Francis Tania Shawnes Weatherly J. W. Weatherly Decker Harvey West J. W. Campbell Baytonian Edgar Bounds Dixie Watson Betty Bridwell Joyce Marks Jo Ann Adcox Lakewood Beauty Salon Bayway Dr City Museum Board Pruett Greenville, del Ouse Holly Inn Citizens OF Texas Savings Laei Mney
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