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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1968
Page
1
Partly cloudy and continued cool conditions forecast in the Baytown area for Friday and Saturday. Temperatures expected to range from the low 60s to the high 70s with tides at Galveston peaking early Saturday morning and late afternoon.
National Homor Society conducts a book drive to send paperback books to servicemen in Vietnam. Donors may bring books to the main office or contact Jimmy Sheats at 424 7154. Revival Services at CENTRAL BAPTIST Church in King at Bowie held nightly at 7 30 pm led by Evangelist Mike McMahon and singer Glenn Walker. Rev Jim R Brown pastor. Crosby School District hearing set May 1 in Washington D C on whether federal funds will be used to desegregate facilities. Joe Reynolds to represent the district. board president James Ewell cites HEW guidelines issues. Bond defeat and plan changes discussed. Supt G R Perkins notes about 126 000 in federal aid this year. EMGFA Fred R Lemley Jr serving aboard Carrier WSS America en route to Vietnam. home December. Baytown Lions to compete in Texas Lions Bowling Assn tournament in Arlington. Members listed.
Ward Road residents won a temporary victory at the city council meeting by opposing an esplanade as Ward Road is widened to four lanes. They favor sidewalks and a two 2 foot lane design without an esplanade, citing surveys showing most fronting property owners oppose the esplanade. The council weighed safety vs. cost to property owners, with potential assessments for curbs and gutters if sidewalks are installed.
Higher education faced a Friday morning disruption at Lee College as a 7 200 volt cable in an underground conduit exploded at 1 am. All electrical service was halted while Comptroller Alvin Miles said Sunbags continued almost as usual. Officials hoped power would be restored over the weekend and the cause remained undetermined at that time.
Baytown council divided 2 to 1 Thursday night over extending city sewer service to the Baytown Opportunity School. The project would require tapping fees and pro rated costs, estimated at 3470.60 with 2163 refunded to other area property owners. Council members debated funding help from the school district as they discussed a new ordinance affecting extensions to the sewer system.
Lee College voters may cast absentee ballots through May 10 in Alvin Miles office. Only property owners may vote in the college portion on May 14 as two bond and tax measures reach voters. A $994,000 bond would expand facilities and address costs of two buildings from a prior issue, while an eight cent MOE tax hike would raise the maintenance cap from 20 cents to support enrollment growth.
Mr and Mrs A J Hruby have gone to Columbus to attend the funeral of her father Ote Gimat. Lee Freeman, recovering from hip surgery in Baytown Hospital Room 295, can have visitors. He is the son of Morris Freeman of Highlands. Mrs Sweet Penny misses friends while in San Jacinto Methodist Hospital. Minnie Schnell sends belated birthday wishes. Debbie Gieger stars in Robert E Lee High School production Sid Abner. Dove Ward and Mildred Grant show new hairdos. Fred Bednarski Jr Ralph Kunz and Betty Jo White judge final competition in the National Leadership Conference of the DECA meeting May 24 in Houston.
Tickets for the 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday performances of Lil Abner at Robert E. Lee High School Auditorium are $1.50 at the door. Starring Pegg Hi as Daisy Mae and Charles Strauss as Lil Abner, the cast includes Mike Davis, Cynthia Anderson, Lewin Clarke, Rusty Brockman and many others under director Lowell Majors with Jay Hester as assistant.
A Harris County tally shows 25,781 eligible voters across 19 east Harris precincts and two Channelview precincts. Precinct 249 Bowie School box has about 2,877 voters, Channelview Precinct 220 about 2,616, and Alamo Precinct 12 about 2,613. Precincts 249, 220, and 12 lead the list.
Absentee voting in the May 14 special election to fill Glenn Vickery’s state legislative seat is under County Clerk R E Tur Tintine. Nine candidates vie for District 23 Place 1 after Vickery’s resignation to accept appointment as justice of the peace of Precinct 3 by the Harris County Commissioners Court. Candidates are Gilbert Ash Gilbert Patrick Davis Dan Howell George F Kilman II Kenneth B Kirch Clyde Miller R C Nick Nichols E B Swanson and Charles A Turner. Absentee voting runs through May 10.
Mayor Cravey criticized bid handling at Thursday night meeting over a new motor grader. City engineer Morton defended selecting Caterpillar despite highest bid of 26156, arguing it best meets needs and would be traded in an Austin Western. Cravey urged fair bidding, noting the process should not favor one make.
Absentee voting for the May 4 Democratic and Republican primaries ends at 5 p.m. Monday. Voting is at the fire station at Caroline and Preston, across from the Harris County Courthouse and Jail in Houston. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday and 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Ballots mailed must arrive by Monday. New residents to Harris County may vote a limited ballot if they have lived in the state one year.
Police Chief Blair W. Mann said 167 traffic tickets have been issued since Friday April 18 in a continuing drive on speeders. He added 28 people have been jailed since April 19 on various charges as officers keep watch for radar black boxes.
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