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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1968
Page
1
Socks, a chief sergeant at arms for the convention, notes this is the first national convention with a professional police background in the role. He says his insistence led to the fence around convention hall and to a counterfeit resistant convention.
Officials refuse to discuss expected demonstrations while warning against symbols like Swastikas and the hammer and sickle. Pickets face limits though no permits are required, as groups including Cuban organizers, Cuban widows, and various peace demonstrators plan events at Convention Hall and Miami Stadium ahead of the convention.
Mrs Justen J Jenson will attend funeral services in Clifton Texas for her sister Mrs C T Jenson. Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery Cranfills Gap. Survivors include nieces and nephews in Baytown Houston and Anahuac.
Partly cloudy and warm weekend in the Bay town area with mid 70s temperatures. Galveston tides note high and low times for Saturday Sunday and Monday, including 2 12 a m high and 5 32 p m low on Saturday. The rest of the items mention people and social notes without a central event.
Baytown police Saturday sought an alleged horse thief after Ben Hraughton reported his Pal omino mare valued at 250 dollars missing from a pasture behind the airport at Baker Road and North Main. The three year old horse weighs about 900 pounds and stands 14 hands high.
Baytown civic beautification groups plan billboard signs to highlight points of interest and draw attention to city areas. Cochairmen Bud Blackburn and Suzi Powers outlined a coordinating committee with neighborhood subgroups to coordinate with City Manager Fritz Lanham and Scouts for remedial action. The effort targets East and West Texas Avenue, the Highway 146 medians, and Alexander Drive, aiming to pave the meridian and plant oaks, plus a clean up paint up fix up week to haul away large items.
Three Baytown golfers Charles Reilly Buzzy Magourik and Price Boothe earned spots in the Texas State Junior Championship at Hermano Park Golf Course. Reilly shot a 72 to finish second behind Deer Park's Johnny Dilly, while Magourik and Boothe each posted 74.
The school board plans a formal hearing on its proposed 1963 69 budget with total expenditures rising to about 14.5 million dollars. The 1967 68 budget likely exceeds 7 million in operating expenses, with a 450 thousand increase. Property valuations in the district rise by 22 million to 317 million, mostly from land value increases. If approved, the tax rate would stay at 1.775, with operating expenses up three and a half cents and debt service down the same amount. Instruction would receive 5,303,435 dollars, about 74.87 percent of operating expenses. The board will consider Memorial Stadium field house addition bids, new personnel, and resignations.
State Rep. Joe Allen of Bay Town was named a member of the television committee of the Texas Bill of Rights Foundation for 1968 69. He will help select topics for TV shows and recruit panelists. The foundation is a non partisan group promoting free public discussion. Appointment was made jointly by W. V. Ballew Jr president and Joel B. Coolidge chairman of the board.
Czechoslovakia moves toward continued liberalization as leaders on both sides reach agreement on a declaration of principles. Sirhan Sirhan's defense seeks new tactics to lessen potential penalties if convicted in Kennedy assassination case. Johnson rests at Texas ranch during Congress recess as political row looms. Major forces push steel price war toward greater government and industry pressure. Grand jury probes Flowers case in Birmingham alleging conspiracy to wrongfully obtain payments while he was Alabama attorney general. U S bombers strike Da Nang area to deter attacks on Da Nang and Hue.
Former Pasadena Texas officials and six others faced 16 indictments over 83 416 dollars taken from city funds. Three Harris County judges dismissed charges after a key witness became unavailable. Indicted: former Mayors James L Brammer Conner Whitaker Police Chief Varreece Berry attorneys N A Smith J Carrigan Postmaster Trey Crawford and Grace Brammer wife of Brammer. Perjury charge against Aubrey Holmes was also dropped.
In Miami Beach Texas 56 delegates prepare for the first official vote on Nixon versus Reagan. Delegates show 29 Nixon, 5 Reagan, 12 uncommitted with about 40 Nixon and 16 Reagan supported in preliminary tallies. Texans hold key posts at pre convention hearings and will host events at the Barcelona hotel.
Baytown participates in a $400,000 study by the Houston-Galveston Area Council covering eight counties including Montgomery Waller Friend Brazoria Galveston Chambers Liberty and Harris. Funded by a Texas Water Quality Board grant the 18 month to two year project focuses on collection treatment and disposal of liquid wastes with emphasis on Lake Houston and the Clear Creek Basin. The effort stems from three merge applications and Baytown Mayor Lea Cravey signed to coordinate while HGAC plans to attach the plan to future actions.
Julius Glickman a Houston attorney and former UT student body president has been named a legislative aide by Congressman Bob Eckhardt. He will do research and liaison work in Washington. Glickman graduated cum laude from UT Austin in 1962 with a BA and from UT Law in 1966. He has practiced with Brown Kronzer Abraham Watkins and Steely in Houston and is active in the Houston Junior Bar Association the Houston Bar Association and both the Texas and American Trial Lawyers Associations. He is a Big Brothers volunteer and worked with UT exchange programs for Latin American and African students.
REL cheerleaders depart Sunday for Southern Methodist University for a week long camp. They will compete for ribbons and the spirit stick, the event’s top honor, with Misa Ethel Wrichi as sponsor. Top row features Hobby Hinsey and Ann Saunders, bottom row includes David Ellis Betsy Phillips Shirley Bishop and Calvin Heating.
In Miami Beach Nixon and Rockefeller prepare to present credentials and shape delegate support. Nixon backers press southern delegates to resist early moves toward Reagan while Reagan aides push aggressive outreach. Romney Rhodes Agnew and Michigan Ohio Maryland figures swirl as campaign forces jockey for position ahead of conventions.
Walter C. Gray, 100, of Highlands died Thursday in a Baytown hospital. Funeral services were held Saturday at the First Baptist Church in Highlands with Rev. Bonner Masness officiating. Interment at Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Survivors include his wife Ollie Gray, a daughter A A Hudins, two stepsons Harold and Jessé Davis, a sister Merle Downing, and eight grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren. Gray was a retired contractor.
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