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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1972
Page
2
Edmund Burke Chase II, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Chase, 910 Red Berry Hill, Baytown, marked his third birthday on Sunday. He has a brother Wally Chase and grandparents Rob Chase, Baytown, and Elgie Garrett, Trinity, plus great grandparents Ethel Garrett of Baylawn and EN Dickens of Woodville.
Chauncy D. Yeager 72 of Baytown died in a Baytown hospital. He was born in Artesia New Mexico and lived here 45 years a Saybolt Co. lab technician and WWI veteran. Survived by wife Nora and stepdaughter, sister and brother, two stepgrandchildren. Graveside service 11 a.m. Monday at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery. Antonia Elizabeth Slovacek 65 of Crosby died in a Houston hospital. Lifelong Crosby resident, survived by three sons Calvin Johnny Frankie. four daughters Gladys Ruth. a brother Albert Franta. sisters and many relatives. Service 2 p.m. Sunday at Crosby Brethren Church. Burial SPJST Cemetery Crosby. Earthman Highlands Funeral Home directing. Pallbearers listed.
Ronald K. McCraw son of Mr and Mrs F McCraw of 1902 Lindenwood has been invited to present his paper The Psychological Effects of a Special Summer Camp on Juvenile Diabetics and their Parents at UTMB National Research Forum in Galveston in April 2022. He will also present at the Texas Diabetes Association in San Antonio on May 14 and the Society for Pediatric Research in Washington DC May 24 26. McCraw works as a research technician in the division of child and adolescent psychiatry at UT Medical Branch.
Funeral services for William Lewis 67 of 405 Acadian Barrett Station are set for 1 30 p m Sunday at Shiloh Baptist Church. He died Sunday 11 15 a m in a Baytown hospital after living in Barrett Station 25 years. He leaves wife Rosie Lee Lewis sister Leroy Burden and brothers Louis Lewis and Robert Lewis. Burial will be Evergreen Cemetery with pallbearers named.
Our World From AP Wires reports Saigon confirms the withdrawal of 45 small U S Army units totaling 1,599 men as part of a continuing force reduction amid a North Vietnamese offensive. In New York three major steel firms including U S Steel join Bethlehem Steel in rolling steel price freezes for the remainder of the year.
Baytown riders dominate day with multiple top finishes as Highlands led by George Griffin captures two wins in seventh grade dash events at Memorial Stadium. Cedar Bayou, Horace Mann, and Baytown follow in overall standings in Bay Area League meet.
On April 16 1947 the Grandcamp explosion killed 576 people and injured 5000 in Texas City. Twenty five years later most residents avoid memorials while the city rebuilt, with a mass grave for unidentified dead and a memorial for fallen firemen.
Houston readers faced dialing trouble Friday after a major cable cut near Magnolia and Interstate 10 disrupted Houston to Baytown service. About 10 percent of lines worked until restoration to Baytown at 5 15 pm and to the west office at 7 pm.
Hearing continues as Alligator Bayou remains navigable obstruction. Government fails to provide report. A copy of the opinion surfaced but referred to a different Alligator Bayou near Port Arthur. Suit seeks permanent injunction against further cooling pond construction and removal of illegally built structures.
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