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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1971
Page
1
Obituary notices for Mrs Lillie Badgett Mrs Barbara Prather and Bruce Waldrop list services in Baytown Texas with burial in Memory Gardens and San Jacinto Memorial Park. Survivors include spouses children siblings and other relatives with funeral directions and pallbearers.
Sen. Proxmire called the latest wholesale price report gloomy as prices rose at the fastest seasonal pace in 15 years while farm prices fell 2.2 percent signaling possible consumer relief. The White House noted both good and bad elements in the data. The index reached 114.6 percent of the 1967 level, meaning $114.60 for $100 of 1967 goods.
Miss Gertrude Small Wood reports $120 stolen from her purse. Police say the theft happened Thursday afternoon at her apartment.
The Baytown district plans to apply for about 50000 to help adjust desegregation efforts. An advisory council will include blacks Mexican Americans and whites with half of members having district students and half from minority groups. Members are nonprofit community sponsors from groups such as HCCAA Harlem PTA NAACP Baytown Human Relations Council and others.
The Fort Worth council hears from experts on plastic plumbing safety. Ragan cites Houston limits on plastic pipes for water while using it for drains and gas service. Leaks and pipe failures due to bad water are discussed as a potential motive to adopt plastic piping with data from other cities planned for the next meeting.
Barbara Jean Prather 43 a long time Baytown resident died at 1 40 pm Thursday in a local hospital after becoming ill at her home earlier that day An autopsy is planned She was found unconscious by her husband at 10 am Thursday Survivors include her husband Raymond Prather of Baytown two sons Joe and Jay Prather of St Louis Mo her mother Mrs Fay Gordon of Donna and Price of Taylorville Bi
Senate approves a comprehensive bill seen as a milestone in election funding reform and sends it to the House for a fate in the next session. Leaders plan a monthlong summer break while agencies face funding through October 15.
Courses covering witchcraft and Bible study join offerings. Students choose Romeo and Juliet paired with West Side Story, and a popular social studies selection titled A History of Baytown highlights the new curriculum.
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