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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1973
Page
1
A quirky classified item notes a bank and underwriter mentioned alongside free kittens. The ad cites a contact number 1:27-S991 and offers one mongrel mix kittens, part Persian and part Tabby, available to interested callers.
Ronald Beyant Colley 26 of 538 Decker Drive No 16 was charged with armed robbery after allegedly taking $15 from Manuel Perez 21 at the Starlite Lounge lot on Alexander Drive at 2 30 am Thursday. Police said Colley offered help, produced a gun, grabbed cash, then fled. a gun matching Perez’s description was found in Colley’s car. The case awaits magistrate filing.
Anahabac McCormick Oil and Gas Corp of Houston seeks a US Army Corps permit to dredge two channels and a basin at Cross Bayou about four and a half miles southwest of Wallisville. Public comment is due to the Galveston District by August 31.
A watch is reported found at the corner of North Street and Bayway Drive next to the Big Chief Store. The item description notes one wristwatch and any owner inquiries should contact local authorities.
Baytown Parks Board and school officials weigh an agreement to share costs for lighting two tennis courts at the Baytown Sports Complex. The plan, requiring city council approval, would have the city pay electricity while the school district funds fixtures. Dopson notes lighting must support night play and cost projections range from 60 to 88 cents per hour. The board also reviews park renovations at Westwood Tejas Duke Hill and a possible Goose Creek trail easement. Lifeguard shortages threaten Roseland Park pool operations as school starts.
The United Steelworkers and major basic steel companies extend the expedited arbitration procedure to August 1, 1997. Officials say the program, begun in 1971, speeds grievance decisions within 48 hours, uses informal hearings, and helps reduce backlogs.
London AP report notes Prince Charles, aboard the frigate Minerva in the Caribbean, has a new hobby diving and has retrieved musket balls from a 17th century Spanish wreck off Colombia. He also explored a British Virgin Islands 1887 shipwreck and writes of it in The World Underwater Book to be issued by the British Sub-aqua Club.
Two Lee College real estate courses are planned for fall: Real Estate Principles and Real Estate Brokerage. Classes run 16 weeks with schedules starting Sept 4 for Principles and Sept 6 for Brokerage. Instructors are Erwin Wilbanks for Brokerage and Stanley Walter for Principles.
Authors Robert A. Steinkamp Kenneth W. Bartz and Robert A. van Brederode from Esso Research and Engineering Co. plastics laboratories Baytown present a paper Now Polyolefins for Reinforced and Laminated Composites in the June SPE Journal issue.
A semi recluse, Joe Ralph Bliss 61, was found dead Thursday in his Creger Hotel room at 107 W Pearce. He had not been seen since Monday and failed to pay rent. The body was sent to Ben Taub for autopsy as investigation continues. Dr James Sammons, Harris County Medical Examiner, pronounced him dead at the scene.
The equalization board set Exxon Pipelyne Co property at 1 433 230. Baytown city board cut Exxon values by 2 8 million within city limits. School board upheld assessments on industrial property with Brownwood peninsula and Texas Avenue adjustments.
A Philadelphia Zoo row over union jurisdiction sparked a picket by Painters Local 55 alongside Charlie the chimp, with a court injunction sought to halt the action. Meanwhile sea lions help cut food costs by selling fish to visitors as the zoo’s weekly bill rises. Migrating robins will receive police escort in New Brunswick blueberry fields to prevent shooting amid a government refusal to issue permits and an international welfare group monitoring the situation.
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