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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1968
Page
1
Baytown residents face a long-standing parking meter problem with short spaces on Texas Avenue and meters on Defoe and Sterling. Citizens and officials advocate a study, possible removal or relocation of meters, and note revenue fluctuations from 1947 onward. The issue affects turnover and parking behavior citywide.
SGT Albert L Fortune son of Mrs Jor H Goode Sr of 318 5th La Porte re enlisted in the US Air Force at Laughlin AFB Texas He is a command post specialist with the Air Training Command He attended La Porte High School and completed diploma requirements after entering the Air Force His wife Judith Green from England gospel meetings led by Charles Hodges Ft Worth and Tex Stevens Houston will be held at Highlands Church of Christ 214 Clear Lake Rd services at 10 am and 7 pm with Hodges as speaker and Stevens as song reader Bay town forecast cloudy with southerly winds 26 to 20 mph Saturday high near 80s tides in Galveston listed for Sunday and Monday.
The Sun misnamed James D. Francis as John Francis in Friday coverage. Francis, a ginner, received an automobile donation facilitated by the Humble Employees Credit Union.
Nancy and Bob Hale head to Dallas for the weekend while Gene House John Wallace and Joe Pat Kelly enjoy a Galveston surfing weekend. Birthdays anniversaries and family reunions appear as Mrs R H Cavalay celebrates with kin and Buddy Barber attends his daughter’s christening. Visitors include E A Hursts in Dallas and Hawaii orchids arrive for Patsy Hightower.
Baytown resurfacing of Baker Road from North Main to Decker Drive and Bayway Drive work near finish. Each project costs $10,000 to Harris County and has been underway about two weeks with base work, left turn lane adds, and paving in progress.
A writer laments tax filing delays and a faulty payroll computer that skims funds from paychecks. After months of checks and a mystery W2, he questions whether the machine is misallocating earnings, while office staff confirm payroll accuracy as he considers quitting work.
Ground breaking set for 10 a.m. Monday on a new CIT Corp office building at Fifth and East Texas in Baytown. The 35 by 76 foot structure will be built by Miss Evelyn Robson on the Robson home site, with Pruett Construction erecting it and the parking lot between East Texas and East Pefee. James A. Davis is architect. CIT officials John A. Jordan John Paul and Carl Lehman will attend. The firm, in Baytown 14 years from 512 East Texas, grew from four to 14 staff as a move to larger quarters followed a study of growth. Civic officials are invited.
Dr. Gubler warns Dugway Proving Ground testing could trigger a mass human disaster. He cites wind patterns from Skull Valley to Tooele and Salt Lake City on March 13, linking sheep deaths to nerve agent spraying. Army admits nerve agent release, veterinarians and investigators support health risk concerns.
Ralph Abernathy pledges SCLC to continue Martin Luther King Jr's legacy including the Poor People’s Campaign in Washington. McNamara quietly backs Kennedy’s 1968 bid while the Johnsons gather in Texas for Easter. Kansas City endures curfew and violence as racial unrest subsides with six killed.
Langford described improvements on Road and North Main extending to Ross Sterling High School. Drainage enhancements will occur east of North Main and south of Massey Tompkins Road as part of the flood project.
U S B52 bombers, unseen from the ground, killed about 200 Viet Cong soldiers in a saturation raid over Vinh Binh Province in the Mekong Delta. Ground sweeps followed four hours later, marking the largest single mission toll for B52s in Vietnam to date.
FBI agents press the search for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. assassin as Ramsey Clark vows full resources and officials say substantial physical evidence exists. Investigations span Memphis and Birmingham with agents questioning residents and reviewing composite sketches of a white suspect.
In a Palm Sunday style note the chief priests push for Jesus crucifixion as Pilate questions Him and offers to release Barabbas while the crowd demands Barabbas release and Jesus crucifixion follows.
A Lee College Committee led by retiring regent Bill Strickler asks for volunteers and cash to promote a bond election totaling 90 000 dollars, with a May 14 vote. If approved, the college would also receive a 407 000 dollar federal grant and an eight cent tax hike for maintenance and operation.
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