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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1968
Page
1
The Baytown Police Department begins its annual tow in of abandoned cars on city streets with owners of cars not on private property urged to move them. Police Chief Blair Mann notes it is illegal to work on cars on streets.
The Baytown forecast calls for continued cloudiness and scattered showers with little temperature change. Highs and lows will range from the upper 60s to the upper 70s Tuesday into Wednesday. Galveston tides show highs at 2:24 a.m. and 2:36 p.m. with lows at 3:42 a.m. and 8:48 p.m.
BOB MILLER of Gatesville, son in law of the L W Kellys, is the new mayor. Former Ann Kelly’s husband, he leads a town expanding its civic life as residents note his family ties and local roots. Dr Richard Strahan and his sons spend the weekend at Six Flags. Teresa Moore finds a locked door at the Community Building and must walk through a wedding reception in her queenly costume. The Jester's Mistake provokes local chatter as Merle Boyle comments on her long eyelashes. Sammy Smith unveils pink gloves with yellow polka dots. Charles Scott ages in Brefoot in The Park at Baytown Site Theater. Pat Grandy learns about foreign delicacies. Eva McMurray, Baytown artist, has a painting in the Neches River Art Festival in Beaumont. Melvin Alford becomes the 190th member of Evening Optimist Club, chartered in 1954.
Mrs. P. R. Weatherspoon reports seven bicycles stolen from her Bayton residence over 14 months. Bicycles vanished from garage and yard, including daylight thefts on April 13 and April 20 while she was home. None recovered. insurer may cancel. Police notified. beware offers of nearly new bicycles.
The Associated Press notes that on Sunday clocks jump from 2 a.m. to 3 a.m. gaining daylight each day until October 27. At 3 p.m. workers will see 5 p.m. while daylight saving applies. On October 27 clocks fall back to 1 a.m. Government says the extra hour helps yard work.
The school board approved a plan to allow eighth grade junior school teams to join a new Channel District league with Deer Park and Pasadena junior schools. The 61 vote, with Trustee Mrs. Karl W. Orryshek dissenting, ends years of intra-district play and aims to boost competitiveness and varsity readiness.
Lowell Lammers urged the school board to consider Astro Turf for Stallworth Stadium surf, citing injury reduction and lower maintenance. He noted Monsanto offers a five year full replacement guarantee, field testing in Indiana and Seattle, and a potential 15 to 26 year lifespan with an 1 inch crown for drainage.
A 12 teacher and 3 administration member Educational Advisory Council would be formed in the district next fall if the school board approves a committee’s policy. The panel would offer ideas on curriculum programs building design class sizes equipment and orientation. Trustees heard the proposal Monday night led by Paul Parkinson with James Ellis and Troy Peterson. The plan favors teachers as professional consultants but avoids a formal agreement. It would extend privileges to secretaries clerks cafeteria staff maintenance and transport, with further review by the board.
Baytonians should set clocks ahead one hour before bed Saturday as daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday. Texas and 46 other states observe DST under the Federal Uniform Time Act. Arizona and Hawaii exempt. Indiana's clocks remain unsettled. the Department of Transportation enforces the law. Proponents cite transport needs. opponents include drive-in owners. children enjoy longer evenings for play.
Anson Jones Elementary moves next fall from its 43 year old building to Carver School to house Ner vo students in grades one through eight. Harlem Elementary remains the only all Negro school in the district while officials plan to end racial status. Gentry recommends Air conditioning savings and media center use, with Carver expanded for offices, cafeteria, and library.
Eugene Locke, Dallas attorney and former ambassador to Pakistan and South Vietnam, will arrive in Bay Town Wednesday at 2 p.m. for a gubernatorial campaign stop. A coffee reception from 3 to 4 p.m. at Civic Center invites the public to meet him in a come as you are event, according to Houston headquarters.
Houston AP reports a two hour four alarm fire on the city’s South Side destroyed two two story office buildings. The blaze started in the rear of one building and spread through the roof to the adjacent structure housing the Houston Heart Association and Lloyd Gregory & Associates, a public relations firm.
Mrs. T F Odom 43 and her daughter Denise Annette 15 of 2403 Belvedere were injured at 2:10 pm Monday at the Southern Pacific Railroad crossing on Airhart Drive. Both were not believed seriously hurt. Miss Odom said the tank car movement was unclear as the car, uncoupled from the engine, coasted through. Mrs. Odom and her daughter were taken to San Jacinto Methodist Hospital with Mrs. Odom later reported in good condition. The mishap occurred about 60 feet south of Dayton Street. Miss Odom said the tank car moved slowly east while her car traveled south on Richart. A citation for disregarding a flagman was issued to Miss Odom. Heavier damage was noted on the Odom car.
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