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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1973
Page
1
Treasury Secretary George P. Shultz told ABCs Is sues and Answers that adjusting daily meals can ease high food costs. He admitted personal overindulgence and noted his wife often points out the grocery bill. The comment came as part of a broader discussion on cost of living.
Baytown police investigate a rape claim involving a 27 year old pregnant housewife seven months along. The assailants were two men who allegedly hid in a closet of her apartment after a night at a club. Charges await further investigation and medical exams at Ben Tauh Hospital.
Texas drillers reported 13 oil and 17 gas discoveries in late July, boosting year totals to 125 oil and 202 gas discoveries. Kilgore Kilgore district led oil finds. Corpus Christi and San Antonio districts contributed multiple gas discoveries amidst 82 dry holes. Oil wells completed reached 2,514 this year. gas completions 1,351. total wells drilled 3,865.
Funeral services for Atan Acio Hinojosa 78 of 1133 Beach will be held at 2:30 p.m. at Earthman Funeral Home Chapel and 3 p.m. at Guadalupe Catholic Church Tuesday. Hinojosa a 60 year Baytown resident died Sunday in a Baytown hospital retired from Exxon He is survived by his wife six daughters two sons a brother a sister and dozens of grandchildren and great grandchildren Pallbearers listed Arrangements are under Earthman Funeral Home. Also noted Henry Martin Staffa 68 of 35H Barbers Hill Road Crosby died Saturday in a Dayton nursing home with a rosary Sunday at Earthman Highlands and a Mass Monday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church Crosby. A separate incident reported a two inch pipeline near Baker Road by Garth Road burst Sunday spraying water across the street and on passing motorists Water supply cut off around 4 p.m. Sunday after the leak was reported Officials suspect heavy equipment caused the rupture.
Obituary notes Poddle Lost Staffa a retired superintendent with Harris County Water District No 1. Survived by wife Mary Staffa Crosby three daughters Wilma Sirocka Jeraldine Kram pota Crosby Thelma Wilson Highlands a brother Frank Staffa Orchard three sisters Rosie Dusek Rosenberg Lena Vick Orchard Bessie Tulley Houston and eleven grandchildren. Burial planned in Memory Gardens of Baytown. Funeral arrangements under Earthman Highlands Funeral Home.
Tom Sawyer a musical adaptation of Mark Twain opens Wednesday at Brunson. Readers Digest and United Artists present the film, with Sherman brothers as songwriters. Starring Johnny Whitaker Celeste Holm Jeff East and Warren Oates, based on The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
A Crosby Sports Association street dance from 8 p.m. to midnight Wednesday in downtown Crosby raises funds for the Crosby Baseball Association. Admission is $1 per person.
Rep. Joe Allen of Baytown was named to the Harris County House delegation committee to study land subsidence in the Houston Galveston area. Speaker Danie l Mantel praised efforts to address subsidence as land sinks inland and threatens San Jacinto area landmarks and coastal lands.
Channelview (Sp) The Channelview Historical Society announces E. C. Taber Commodore Flotilla 67 US Coast Guard Auxiliary as lead skipper for the Sept 6 and 9 San Jacinto River Fair and Water Festival. Taber sails Playgirl a 45 foot private craft from River Terrace Park to Riverside Inn.
Our World Today reports 20 008 people gathered at the Hiroshima site for the 28th anniversary of the 1945 U S atomic bombing. The dispatch covers other world events from Dallas to Athens and Princeton with brief war and economic notes.
Baytown police seek a party-goer suspected of stealing 500 dollars in cash and checks from under a mattress at the Fehring Enco host home on Market Street. The cash and checks were reportedly taken from a green sack during a party with several attendees unknown to the hosts.
A fire on Friday afternoon at 516 Scott destroyed the box springs of a bed. Fire officials said children playing with matches on the bed caused the minor damage and no injuries were reported.
Harris County sheriff deputies sought identification of a white male, 25 to 35, killed when struck by a car on Interstate 10 near Crosby Lynchburg Road. Norman Neuhauser of Houston drove westbound. the pedestrian attempted to cross. medical examiner pronounced death at the scene. body mutilation hampered ID. Fingerprint identification planned. no charges against Neuhauser.
Services for Betty Sue Flournoy 24 of Channelview will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Lindeman Chapel Clarksville Funeral Home burial in Boxelder Cemetery Annona Tex She died Sunday from injuries in a wreck near Tyler July 30 in which her three year old son Jeffrey was killed She had been hospitalized in Tyler since the accident She was wife of Forest Flournoy of Champion Paper Co They lived at 911 Coolidge Channelview She is survived by her husband her mother Florence Posey Annona two sisters Rosemary Posey Avery and Shirley Ann Posey Annona and a brother Thomas Posey Edgewood
James Baisden 18 of Westwego La a former Baytown resident was fatally injured when his car flipped while turning onto a Marrero city street Saturday morning. The vehicle struck another car and no other injuries were reported.
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