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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1969
Page
1
North Korea said its air force shot down a large modern reconnaissance aircraft over its air space. Meanwhile the U S Defense Department reported a four engine Navy EC121 recon plane missing near Japan with 31 aboard.
Mrs E J Schaffer seeks a copy of swalnut maple pie recipe missing from the Sun women's department files and asks anyone with a copy to call 422 2213. The item notes various local social mentions including Mrs Cleve Dickens visiting Carrizoi Springs, Eva Galling praised for Red Cross work, Mattie Howard honored at Kerrville library, and a Houston Opera and Ballet Tour of Europe trip by Mrs Gordon Farned and her sister. Wade Callum crutches, Mrs D F Hotchkiss visiting sister J M Douglas.
A 16 year old girl told Euless police she was raped and nearly hanged in a wooded area. Two men Thomas Flippen 24 and Mark Lundquist 14 were charged with assault to murder. The girl was rescued by a motorist and later treated for injuries at an Euless hospital. police found nude hanging pictures in Flippen's pickup.
The Academy Awards celebrate Streisand and Hepburn sharing the stage for a historic second time in 41 years, making Hepburn the first to win three Oscars. Meanwhile a spate of events unfolds from a deadly police shootout to a bank closure and campus strikes.
The Baytown Youth Fair and Rodeo Association hosts its three day event at the Baytown Fair Grounds one mile north of Interstate 10 on North Main. Approved by the Southwestern Rodeo Association for the first time, the rodeo draws about 250 entrants with events in bareback riding calf roping steer wrestling saddle bronc riding bull riding and girls barrel races. Each performance offers 25 dollars added money, and entry details plus books are available 2 to 6 p.m. Wednesday at Anderson's Shoe and Saddie Shop for those holding a 1969 SRA card or permit. The rodeo is produced by the D. J. Rodeo Co. of Deer.
Fairground workers prepare as Chapman guarantees top bucking stock for the rodeo. Nightly performances feature Pasadena Riding Club Sam Houston Quadrille and Deer Park riding clubs. The rodeo committee led by Tommy Kimmey invites all to attend the fair and rodeo with events starting Wednesday from 4 to 8 p.m. livestock check-in, weigh-in for scramble calves and steers at 9 p.m. Wednesday, and a 2 p.m. Thursday start for the first events.
Texas senators moved toward final talks on 1970 7 state spending. a 10 man conference committee will decide on a general appropriations bill of 3.72 billion, with the Senate proposing 5.77 billion earlier. The House debated a constitutional amendment for annual sessions, a liquor by the drink vote, and pay raises for legislators, while a wave of amendments failed.
Friends and supporters of State Sen. Chet Brooks of Baytown Pasadena Deer Park and La Porte will honor him at a testimonial dinner at 7 p.m. Friday April 25 in the San Jacinto College Student Center. Public invited. Tickets are 10 dollars. patron donors pay 50 dollars per plate. Tickets available from Preston Pendergrass Baytown Sun managing editor and former colleague.
The San Jacinto TB and Respiratory Diseases Association will bring a Mobile X-ray Unit to Baytown and East Harris County for a two week health survey starting April 28. Sponsored by the Baytown Service League, the program will screen adults for $1.50 and students for $1, with no one under 12 X-rayed. Odis Muennink notes food handlers must have yearly chest X-rays by local and state law, while Thad Fennema cites early detection benefits for pulmonary illness.
U S Sen John G Tower of Texas says he will seek funds for a Baytown levee feasibility study in this year’s public works appropriations bill. He notes the Corps of Engineers estimates the survey at 40000 dollars and cites prior support from Sen Ralph Yarborough and Rep Bob Eckhardt. The levee would protect Brownwood from tidal flooding. a 1968 preliminary study found it feasible.
Baytown Jaycees will install new officers May 2 at the annual banquet at the Tower. New officers include Ernest Hauser as president, Rick Peebles and Erwin Wilbanks as vice presidents, Bil Darling as secretary, and David Kadjar as treasurer. Directors are Richard Harris, Jesse Kirkpatrick, Mike Mustafa, Wesley Rasbeary, Neel Richardson and Danny Sutton. Projects include a tennis tournament, safe driving road event, Labor Day rest stop, Christmas shopping tour for needy children, and distribution of Baytown Sun soldiers in Viet Nam copies, plus support for the Cerebral Palsy Center and the Opportunity Center.
Volunteers will deliver pre-school clinic registration forms to parents of children entering public school in September. Clinics run May 12 at Second Baptist Church and May 13-16 at Memorial Baptist Church with tests for speech vision and hearing. Pre-registration runs until April 22 with immunization and birth certificate info included.
The Texas House approved by voice vote a bill by Rep. Joe Allen to establish a Baytown Levee District. The measure moves to the Senate, sponsored by Sen. Chet Brooks, with Gov. Preston Smith’s signature anticipated by month’s end.
A farewell spring fiesta titled A Little Bit of Mexico marks the final event at DeZavala Elementary, 41 years old, as the school closes next year. The PTA offers free admission, serves Mexican dishes for 1, and funds scholarships already planned. construction of Jessie B. Pumphrey Elementary nearby is to begin, with bids open, to open next year.
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