Rotary Speaker Focus On Nature in Baytown
Dr John Treten speaks at Baytown Rotary luncheon on nature topics at noon Wednesday in Ramada Tower Center Max Souby serves as program chairman. Baytown Camera Club meets 730 pm Tuesday in Mockingbird Room Civic Center with a black and white print contest. Taxpayers Association meets 730 pm Tuesday to discuss Who What When and Why. Call B B Williams for details. Tickets for The Solid Gold Cadillac at Baytown Little Theater remain available sponsored by Court Mater Dei Catholic Daughters. Lamar PTA meets 730 pm Tuesday elementary school auditorium with a fifth grade play See the Flag. RTA Retired Teachers Association meets 4 pm Thursday at Sterling Municipal Library. Weather forecast predicts rain Tuesday and Wednesday with light morning showers and tides lowering in Brownwood area. Lakewood Civic Association meets 730 pm Thursday at Lakewood Clubhouse to discuss property valuations with R E Kelley from city tax office speaking.
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Rotary
John Treten
Baytown
Ramda Tower Center
Max Souby
Court Mater Dei of the Catholic Daughters
4. B. Phillips
Local notes spotlight Baytown figures and events
A Baytown scene highlights student and theater life. Ross Sterling High replaces a found Vanity Fair at the library. Mont Belvieu council minutes face a decline to be read. Robert Hodges celebrates University of Texas admission as a Lee senior. Pat Grandy leads Baytown Little Theater in Solid Gold Cadillac, and Jean Halter collects awards at both high schools. Casual scenes include Gary Garner’s rasp berry shirt and Tommy Gentry’s lavender choice, with Margie Zeglin examining new sewing pattern books as Stennet Druce notes a friend’s honk.
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Robert Hodges
University of Texas
Robert E. Lee
Pat Grandy
Baytown Little Theater
Dale Adams
Jean Halter
Gary Garner
Tommy Gentry
Texas moves to legalize liquor by the drink in open saloons
The Texas legislature advanced the liquor by the drink bill with Senate approval of House changes. Governor Preston Smith is expected to sign. The measure, likely to take effect mid-June, reduces the mixed beverage permit fee and clears the way for open saloon sales to whisky drinkers.
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Austin
Texas
Senate
House
Preston Smith
Joe Christie
el Paso
Christie
Weather and Tides Baytown Area Forecast
Cloudy and mild with scattered showers in Baytown area. Tuesday temperatures in upper 60s to upper 70s. Morgan's Point tides Wednesday high tide 11 01 am lows 32 31 am and 12 19 pm. Wednesday sunrise 6 49 am sunset 6 52 pm.
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Baytown
Morgan's Point
Day Rites On Battleship Texas for San Jacinto
San Jacinto Day ceremonies start 11 a.m. Wednesday aboard the Battleship Texas at the San Jacinto Battleground Park. Morning events by Battleship Texas Commission honor 200 Boy Scouts retracing Gen. Houston's route. Afternoon program 1:30 p.m. by the San Jacinto Chapter of the SRT honors Texas and Mexican patriots with leaders including Judge Reagan Cartwright Frank Tritico and Sher man Kendall in attendance.
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San Jacinto
Texas
San Jacinto Battleground
Battleship Texas Commission
Lloyd Gregory
Battleground
The
Sons and Daughters of the Republic of Texas
Sundial
Sam Houston
Gonzales
Ross Sterng High School
South Houston
Saigon Forces Move Into A Shan Valley
AP reports U S and South Vietnamese battalions enter the A Shan Valley with no enemy contact. Phnom Penh observers view Lon Nol’s resignation as cabinet cleanout move. Lt Col Frank Miller reassigned after criticizing the Laotian invasion. Senate subcommittee finds drug abuse rising in armed forces with no clear combat impact.
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Saigon
U.S
A Shan
Phnom Penh
Lon Nol
Nixon
Frank Miller
Washington
Senate
Grandpa Sam’s Prediction Comes True
Grandfather Sam Alford correctly forecast that his grandson Justin Cody Byers would be born as a boy in Austin at St David’s Hospital. The baby weighed seven pounds eight ounces and arrived at 2:44 a.m. Tuesday. Parents are Roger and Mrs. Byers. grandparents include Katherine Alford and Pat Byers.
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Sam Alford
Justin Cody Byers
Wimberly
Sam
Justin Cody
Roger Byers
St. David's Hospital
Austin
Katherine Alford
Baytown
Pat Byers
Theft of Tape Deck and Two Tapes at College Lot
Police report a tape deck and two tapes valued at 139.99 dollars were stolen from a car in the Lee College parking lot. The owner is Bruce Travis, 3184 Park.
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Lee College
Bruce Travis
Park
May Draft Call Here Can Use Numbers Up To 125
Betsy Webber reports Baytown Selective Service Board 63 will use draft lottery numbers up to 125 for May. Induction numbers 44 and pre induction physicals 203 are planned with two officials quoted on the current and upcoming calls. Pentagon limits and Texas totals are outlined with potential June adjustments and surplus college students affecting calls.
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Betsy Webber
Baytown
Lorna M. McCraw
Baytown Selective Service Board
Abigail Frazier
Pentagon
Texas
Acres of convenient parking at no service charge
Local notice highlights ample parking options and warns there is no service charge on checking accounts.
Expansion plan okayed for Crosby High School
Crosby School Board authorized Architect Matt Howard to draft expansion plans for Crosby High School for the 1971 72 year using funds of 139000 from a 1969 70 appropriation. The move followed parliamentary maneuvering and a legal opinion confirming Howard's binding contract, while a separate bond program cost estimates were prepared by Wylie Vale.
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Johnella Boynton Crosby
Matt Howard
Crosby School Board
Crosby High School
Howard
Jerry Prochazka
H. G. Harrington
Joe Reynolds
Oliver Thompson
Blaine Corman
Wylie Vale
Prochazka
Crosby High
Crosby
Weekly Charter Committee to meet weekly in Baytown
Beginning Tuesday night April 27 the Baytown City Charter Committee will meet weekly. Subcommittees will report on Articles 1 2 3 4 and 9. Co chairmen Wilson and Forque lead meetings with specialists to clarify legal points and resolve conflicts with state laws.
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Baytown
B E
Ben) Wilson
Wilson
Charles Forque
Youth Fair Auction Brings In Record Total Of $11 395
Baytown Youth Fair and Rodeo raised a total of 11295 for youths auctioning items. Grand champion steer Verna Brown sold for 1850 then was donated back and resold at 640, with 360 added for a scholarship in memory of Leslie D Wilburn. Bank purchases and donations supported rabbits chickens capons and pigs, with multiple donors aiding P TEC and local lodges.
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Linda Cassity
Baytown
Lewis Wilburn
Verna Brown
Wilburn
Leslie D. Wilburn
Verna
Tim Prater
Citizens National Bank
Eddie Gray
Dean Mackterey
Robert Hill
DeWayne Oliver
Gene Richardson
Darryl Henson
First National Bank
Leslie Ann Ludtke
Cedar Bayou Masonic Lodge
Danny Stang
Granville Laughlin
Johnny Ludtke
Douglas Hall
Barrows
Jeff Maxwell
Cedar Bayou Lodge
J. W. Singer
James A. (Bitsy) Davis
Spell Enco
W. W. Rossow
Their Day In The Sun Their Day In The Sun
Their Day In The Sun features a photo page on the land of litter showing city dumps of trash auto parts building materials burned lumber old newspapers and garbage. Seventeen Baytown cindermen will compete in the Class 4A Region II track meet at Butler Stadium Houston on Saturday aiming for a state meet berth in Austin on May 8.
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Lake Houston
the Sun
Baytown
Houston
Butler Stadium
Austin
Supreme Court Upholds Desegregation Busing Ruling
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that desegregation can include busing to achieve integration and that fixed racial quotas are not required in all schools. Chief Justice Burger stated that desegregation need not mirror the overall district’s racial makeup, while allowing limited use of ratios in Charlotte, North Carolina. The decision also found North Carolina’s antibus ing law unconstitutional for hindering unitary school systems.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Warren E. Burger
Burger
Charlotte
Mecklenburg County
N.C
District Court
Mobile County
Ala
Clarke County
Earl Warren
North Carolina
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Camera Club
Baytown Camera Club
Civic Center
Baytown ‘Taxpayers Association
B. B. Williams
Lamar
PTA
RTA
Baytown Area Retired Teachers Association
Sterling Municipal Library
Brownwood
Lakewood
Lakewood Civic Association
R. E. Kelley
City Tax Office
Robert Lavergne
Vanity Fair
William Thackery
Bayshore Drive
Ross Sterling High School Library
Douglas Dugat
Mont Belvieu
Buster Treade
Margie Zeglin
Stenette Druce
Peoples State Bank
F.D
Harris County
Alexander Deussen
Lake Houston Spillway
West Main
Battleship Texas
Reagan Cartwright
SRT
Frank Tritico
Order of San Jacinto
Sherman Kendall
SAT
John J. Herrerra
Lulac Council
Our World
T Baytown State Bank
F.G
Eared Daan
Tae Citieens National Bank
Acena
Bayer
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