Community events and notices from Baytown area listings
Local groups announce a chicken fry hosted by Girl Scout Troop 1701 at 1101 N. Pruett from 1 to 6 pm Saturday with a $1 box including half a chicken slaw bread and fries. Brigadoon tickets go on sale downtown April 19 and 26 for May 2 and 3 performances by Sterling High. Family Night at Central Baptist Church features Mickey Bonner and Ted Roe on Friday at 7:30 pm. Baytown Little Theater auditions for The Moon Is Blue on Sunday and Monday at 3 and 7:30 pm directed by Don Riddick. Bayshore Wagon Wheels square dancers meet Saturday 8 pm at Knights of Pythias Hall hosted by Mr. and Mrs. George Courtney. Coady Community residents urged to attend a meeting April 19 at 5:30 pm at Coady Baptist Church on proposed city dump. Jessie Pumphrey Elementary School bid opening set for April 24 at 4 pm in the School Administration Building. Weather: fair skies through Saturday with warmer temperatures. Morgan's Point tides Saturday with highs 1:37 am and 5:55 pm, lows 4:25 am and 6:19 pm.
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Aim
N. Pruett
Lamar-Alamo
Dad’s Club
Coady
Coady Baptist Church
Linda Ferrell
Baytown
Baytown Fair Grounds
Pat Casey
Joe Roeder Sr
Pruett
Lee College Chapter
Future Secretaries Association
Baytown State Bank
Baytown Sun says congratulations and community notices
The Baytown Sun recalls local life with notes of congratulations for the Elgin Garretts and Bob Chase on their new grandson John Paul Savell, updates on Dorothy Dickens rose growing, a finalist for Secretary of the Year Frances Lewis, and a Senior Citizens Club birthday. Also listed are Shirley Warner visiting, Jack Jackson aiding, Mrs. Fannett recovering from flu, Sandra Freeman headed to the Baytown Youth Fair, and Selma Newton celebrating another birthday.
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Elgin Garretts
Bob
John Paul Savell
Baytown
Dorothy Dickens
Cave Kamiick
Texas-Louisiana Division of
National Secretaries Association
Leslie Couch
Frances Lewis
E. C. Wood
Senior Citizens Club
Shirley Warner
Jack Jackson
Dick Fannett
Sandra Freeman
Selma Newton
Baytown Sun
Selma
Texas Voters Decide On Liquor By The Drink Initiative
Texas lawmakers praise a near party line vote approving a constitutional amendment to allow liquor by the drink, sending the measure to voters on November 3 1970. The Senate 21 10 and House 101 44 favor clear the way for campaign stances ahead of the Aug 5 ballot drawing and potential welfare and pay raise proposals. Democratic support narrowly edged Republican backing in a parallel referendum showing nonbinding support for the plan.
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Austin
Texas
House
Senate
Gus Mutscher
Martin Dies Jr
Aggie Muster Here Is On San Jacinto Day
Texas A M former students in Baytown and their wives will muster on April 21 at 7:30 p m at Wyatts Cafeteria. Muster chairman Richard E Rains Jr says about 300 Aggies live in Baytown. The tradition began in 1903 with the Corps of Cadets paying homage to Texans who defeated the Mexican Army in 1836.
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Texas A&m
Baytown
San Jacinto
Wyatts
Richard E. Rains Jr
A&m
Rains
Corps
Immediate sale reported for Highlands ad blitz
Harold Cunningham of Highlands testifies that an April 14 ad produced two articles sold within three days. The notice urges readers to place ads to sell or trade any item, citing motor and air conditioner listings and contact details.
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Harold Cunningham
Highlands
Delegates Named Here At Boys and Girls State Selections
Robert E. Lee and Sterling High Schools named delegates to Girls State and Boys State. REL will send Pamela Herring and Susan McPhail with alternates Deborah Davison and Jo Ellen Thorpe. Sterling's Girls State attendees include Jo Ellen Thorpe and Deborah Davison. Boys State attendees from REL are Lee Armstrong and John E. Moore Jr. Alternates are George Whitaker and Eugene Lovering and Robert Bullard with two more alternates listed.
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Robert E. Lee
Rass
Sterling
Girls State
Pamela Herring
W. C. Herring
Circle
Susan McPhail
Sam ¥. McPhail
Craw Road
Jo Ellen Thorpe
C. M. ‘Thorpe Jr
Ivie Lee
Deborah Denise Davison
Burt J. Davison
E. James
Lee Armstrong
Henry Armstrong
Idlewood
John E. Moore Jr
John E. Moore
Washington
Boys State I
George Whitaker
George E. Whitaker
N. Circle
Eugene Lovering
Eugene H. Lovering
St. Andrews
Robert Bullard
Robert H. Bullard
Lloyd
Penalty phase opens in Sirhan Sirhan trial in LA
The penalty phase begins Monday in Los Angeles for Sirhan Sirhan who was found guilty of first degree murder in the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Sirhan's father in Occupied Jordan vows revenge if his son is executed as police guard strategic sites amid political unrest in Czechoslovakia and across the Middle East.
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Sirhas Bishara Sirhan
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
Los Angeles
Sirhan Bishara
Sirhan
Taiyebeh
Jordan
Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubcek
Communist Party
Baytown Seeks City Manager as Three Applicants Interviewed
City council committee will interview three of more than 20 applicants from within a 200 mile radius for the Baytown city manager post. No local candidate. acting manager J B LeFevre to report final choice to council.
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Baytown
Don Fullam
Seaborn Cravey
Hallum
Texas Municipal League
Hullum
Fritz _ Lanham
Texas
Preston Smith
J. B. LeFevre
LeFevre
Brooks Bills Pass Senate in Three Measures
In Austin, Senator Chet Brooks saw Senate passage for three of his bills. SB 98 would bolster cosmetology career training in public schools, SB 269 would create a Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education Commission, and SB 424 would remove the freeholder householder juror requirement.
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Austin
Chet Brooks
Senate
Commission On
Texas
Texas Education Agency
State Board of Cosmetology
Cosmetology Board
Commission On Fire Protection
State Commission On Law Enforcement
Brooks
Sen. Brooks
Doc Satterwhite Named Bank of Baytown Public Relations Director
T L Doc Satterwhite after 40 years at Baytown Refinery has become accounts director for Bank of Baytown. He retires from Humble Dec 31 and will represent the new bank in Kmart Plaza, engaging Baytown business professionals and workers. President L A Hill Jr. praised his long Baytown ties and friendships.
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T. L
Doc) Satterwhite
Baytown
Bank of Baytown
Humble
Satterwhite
Kmart Plaza
L. A. Hill Jr
Doc
Bank
Hill
Houston surgeon resigns to join Ochsner Clinic
Dr. Robert Bloodwell a heart transplant surgeon resigns as assistant professor of surgery at Baylor College of Medicine to become a clinical heart surgeon at New Orleans Ochsner Clinic. Singer Nancy Ames of Houston will perform at the Young Texans for Decency rally on April 27.
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Houston
Robert Bloodwell
Baylor College of Medicine
New Orleans
Ochsner Clinic
Nancy Ames
Nixon says Vietnam peace prospects improve and North Korea flights protected
President Nixon told a news conference that prospects for peace in Vietnam have significantly improved and that reconnaissance flights by U S planes off North Korea will be continued and protected. He said he is somewhat optimistic about Southeast Asia but not considering a unilateral withdrawal, and he misspoke when referencing South Korea instead of South Vietnam.
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Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
North Korea
Southeast Asia
U.S
South Vietnam
South Korea
Korea
Navy
Youth Fair and Rodeo Bring Big Fun to Baytown Grounds
Baytown Youth Fair and Rodeo continues through Saturday at the Baytown Fair Grounds with a downtown parade opening the festivities. Prizes were awarded for parade entries from public school and high school divisions, and booths offer a chicken lunch for a dollar. The event features a Southwestern Rodeo Association sanctioned rodeo with more than 200 contestants and over five thousand dollars in prize money, plus an open horse show on Saturday morning with multiple age groups and several performance and halter events.
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Baytown
Southwestern Rodeo Association
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Central Baptist Church
King and Bowie
Mickey Bonner
Ted Roe
Jim Brown
BLT
Little Theater
Don Riddick
Bayshore Wagon Wheels
Knights of Pythias Hall
George Courtney
Lloyd Miller
Courtney
Jessie Pumphrey
Baker Road
Fairway Drive
Morgan's Point
Gov. Smith
Baytown Levee
Rep
Joe Allen
Aggie
Baytown San
William E. Seymore
L. D. Seymore
Bellview
Duane K. Blakeney
Sam W. Blakeney
McFarland
Cosa Nostra
Mayor’s Advisory Committee On Crime and Delinquency
Pentagon
North Korean
Sea of Japan
Israel
Jordan River
U.S. Treasury
Collinsville
Richard A. Lauchli
Illinois Minutemen
Texas Instrument
Dallas
Mekong Delta
State
T. L. Satterwhite
Robert Hines
Lamar Kelley
Immayoral
Glen Walker
Hultum
Albert Fanestiel
Walker
Future Farmers of America
Fairgrounds
At & P
Terry Crawford
Liberty Bazaar
TVE
Wallisville Road
Liberty
Citizens National Bank & Trust Co
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