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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1965
Page
1
Sun Spots Jamboree announces a Youth talent contest for ages eight to eighteen to run in conjunction with Highlands Jamboree on August 27. Entry details list AW DL Morgan and George Bryant with phone numbers 426-2528 and 426-3815 for interested participants.
MRS RAYMOND L. Ashley of Highlands is in Baytown Hospital Room 206. Elmer R Harris and family return from a Nova Scotia camping trip. Hal Ricketson and Morrison back to work after a camp-house project near Livingston. Summers to UT Austin after study in Mexico. Dave Moore visits Sun building. Mrs Blaurine Chaddick recuperating after surgery at St Luke's Houston. Berta Burgess recovering after surgery at St Joseph's Houston. Flo Young seeks information on missing Siamese cat Beauty.
A London Ontario man found his car damaged with two notes on the windshield. One note claimed the writer would report the license in use, while the other described a moss-green Ponti a four door sedan, with a young couple occupying it. The suspects are a curly haired man with glasses and a blond woman. Police broadcast the vehicle description and occupants.
Baytown schools will lower the passing mark to D effective in September, with grades 60 to 69 passing and below 50 failing. George H. Gentry announced at a school board meeting, as trustees unanimously approved the change to address differences among students. C J M Stuart noted the move is a healing approach and may reflect practices in other districts.
A Baytown survey asks citizens to serve on a nine member Lee College Board of Regents to be named by the school trustees. Two nominees Jack Kimmons and Teoreel Satterwhite have agreed to serve. The selection follows a 5 2 school board vote and may be challenged in court.
Lenora Pruitt, a 20 year old photographer from Fort Worth, says James Cross invited her to his apartment for changing after seeing him near a university pool. She photographed men swimming and said Cross appeared nonchalant after the disappearances of two women.
Baytown Rescue Corps and Wooster Emergency Corps volunteers searched Trinity Bay after three fishermen reported missing Monday evening. Leon Hicks and Sam Morton from 1813 Maryland street and Ulysses Harris of Garrison Texas were found on a small island under a teepee fashioned from a 12 foot aluminum boat. The trio were located about an hour and a half after the alarm was raised when Mrs Morton contacted the Wooster unit. They left between 2 and 3 p.m. Monday before the weather turned. Lovie Bishop, Wooster Corps chief, said the men were safe on the island about a half mile from shore.
An explosion and fire at the Titan II missile complex near Rock, Arkansas, left 53 dead, with rescue teams pulling bodies from a 155 foot silo as water was pumped out. Surge of civilians’ identities withheld by Peter Kiewit and Son Co. officials.
Funeral services for Wilfred J. Navarre 34 will be held Wednesday morning at Oakdale Catholic Church Oakdale La Burial under direction of Ardein Funeral Home Navarre a Baytown resident died Saturday of a heart attack in San Pablo California He was an electrical superintendent on a Foster Wheeler construction job in Richmond California His body was flown to Houston then Oakdale He was a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers in Baytown later Galveston in the consolidation He is survived by his wife a daughter Cindy Ray Navarre two sons Randy Navarre Raymond Navarre two sisters Mrs J C Hoffith Baytown Mrs Noah Kingston Nederland four brothers Vick Navarre Baytown Alec Navarre Houston Joe Navarre Georgia Walter Navarre Crowley La and two grandchildren Charlotte and Tiny Ray Navarre Houston plus many nieces and nephews
Senior Citizens Club in Baytown reports pre registrations for six driver re education classes for residents 50 and over are over half filled before September. Classes, taught by a State Public Safety representative, emphasize freeway driving traffic safety and highway signs with no test required. Mayor Szaborn Cravey commended the program in a letter urging city support and assistance to expand similar efforts statewide.
In federal court in Austin the U S Justice Department sues to strike down Texas poll tax voting requirement. Senate Judiciary Committee approves Johnson nominees Abe Fortas to Supreme Court and Thurgood Marshall to solicitor general. Crew member of Frank Sinatra's chartered yacht reportedly drowns off Martha's Vineyard. Missing man Robert Goldfach, 23, from New Rochelle New York.
Lee College enrollment prep urges students to secure registration permits now as classes fill quickly. Dean Walter Rundell says permits are issued fast and early registration ensures access to desired classes. Regular registration is Sept 8 and 9 with pre registration Aug 12 and 19 already filled. schedules and catalogs available in the registrar’s office.
Miami Florida AP reports Ramirez, a Cuban seaman, confessed to killing eight crew members aboard the Seven Seas before escape. He said he killed five crewmen including the cook and was moved to a Coast Guard boat and later to a merchant ship. Investigators described a bloodstained deck and a trail toward the engine room. The only survivor was Elvin Burywaise, 17, a crewman.
A heated school board meeting devolved into a shouting clash as Hill and Trustee Parkinson argued with Beavers over electing or appointing the board of regents. The session, described as the stormiest since the new majority took power, ended with threats of action in the next election. A tape recorder demo attracted attention amid the turmoil.
Houston group reelects Gayle Jr as secretary while Cecil E. Burney of Corpus Christi serves on the board of governors. Fort Worth attorney Henry E. Kerry is elected district representative to the Young Lawyers section representing Texas Arkansas and Oklahoma along with nearby states.
A board of regents voted 4 to 2 to govern Lee College. Judge Bill Elliott noted the action invoked Article 2815 and questioned its legality while stating Setundaison district had not met the required 30 percent threshold. The county judge warned the plan may be challenged.
A 3,000 mile journey unfolds as Don Cunningham and C L Freeman with families depart near Douglas in a wagon train from Texas to British Columbia in an ambitious private plane and supply trek.
The school board hired seven new public school teachers and one administrator Monday night. New hires include Donald L. McWhirter for drama at Robert E. Lee High School. Drusilla F. Smith for fifth grade at San Jacinto Elementary. Donna D. Band for English at Horace Mann Juries High. Mary Gail Hanks for math at REL. Judith Ann McMaster at Zavalla Elementary. Mary Elizabeth Wilbanks for REL. and Michael E. Roberson for industrial arts at REL. James A. Miller named geology instructor at Lee College, replacing Red W. Reel. Resignations: Ruth Compton of Highlands Junior High. James B. Warner. David Richards of REL.
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