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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1969
Page
1
San Jacinto Council No 2788 will host Chaplain's Night at the Knights of Columbus Hall Tuesday at 8 p.m. Community groups and local residents urged to attend the observance and join the meeting.
Ruth Richards misses in as school superintendent secretary. Judy Burnett celebrates birthday. Mrs Frances Lewis saves day. Nancy Savage out early. Mrs John Plunkett and Mrs Mary Ingersol travel for Pam Ingersoll’s Saturday wedding in Norwalk and Long Beach. Mrs Johnny Cutsinger shares photos from three years ago at her daughter’s wedding. Wallace Jacksons return from vacation. Connie Weaver reports to The Sun. Clyde Williams, wounded in Vietnam, writes his parents he has earned three Bronze Star Medals.
The school board postponed a decision on installing a water well at Stallworth Stadium delaying sod and planting for this football season. Architect Lammers says a firm completion date is needed and bids may be extended. the Aug. 25 meeting aims to resolve the issue.
The Baytown Health League seeks to move its clinic to 1921 W. Main on September 1 and house the Harris County Health Department Baytown office in the same building. County officials will consider the proposal after Dr. L. D. Farragut reviews it. lease on current facilities runs through December 31. The league aims to coordinate with San Jacinto Hospital, Planned Parenthood, and others to expand services under a 21 member advisory board, while awaiting hospital district funding decisions for an inpatient charity clinic.
The Baytown Retail Merchants Association ordered a full new set of Christmas decorations for seven intersections, with two Season's Greetings signs at each entrance. The green and silver display features four scrolls and lighted pine cones. Cost is about $5,100 funded by the Merchants. They also sponsor Trade's Day on the first Friday monthly starting in September.
Apollo 11 astronauts Edwin Aldrin Neal Armstrong and Mike Collins spoke at a world press conference after a two day quarantine. They described the moon flight highlights and shared views on landing as a technical triumph and the start of a new age.
Barbers Hill board adopts an $832,513 budget for 1969-70 after a public hearing. Tax rate remains $1.56 with about 45,000 set aside for salaries and repairs. Plans include demolishing the old band hall and building a 20,000 dollar metallic band and choir facility, reroofing the elementary building, and installing central heat.
Famed artist E M Buck Schiwetz visiting Baytown says he has not scratched the surface of his art. He discusses his Texas landscapes and architecture trained at Texas A&M, current exhibit at Meredith Long Houston Galleries, and plans for a new book with 125 items and color plates. He was guest of W L Dub Ward and rose to fame in Humble Way sketches.
Baytown Jaycees sponsor J-C-N teen dances for high school and college students at Knights of Pythias Hall 8 p.m. to midnight each Friday. The Continentals from Houston will play the first night. Admission is $1 with age proof required. Chaperoned by Jaycees, refreshments sold, pledge of a safe, police-free atmosphere.
Clear to partly cloudy and hot through Wednesday for Baytown area. Tuesday temperatures midway 70s to near 100 with unofficial high of 100 recorded Monday at 5:45 p.m. Morgan's Point tides Wednesday: highs 1:25 a.m. and 5:19 p.m. lows 4:13 a.m. and 5:19 p.m.
The Senate aims to revive the college student guaranteed loan program before a three week congressional recess as four Cabinet officers and advisers meet with President Nixon on economic policy and domestic issues. Senator Fulbright demands top secret text of a U S military pact with Thailand amid other items. Hurricane Blanche nears Newfoundland disrupting Atlantic shipping. The EEC agrees to suspend farm price policy for a year to ease devaluation effects on France. Chief Justice Burger supports dissatisfaction with delays in justice.
Traffic on Airhart Drive was halted for about 45 minutes Monday night while Humble Refinery firemen battled a small grass fire near a deasphalting unit east of the plant gate. Officials said no injuries or damage occurred, though an upset in the deasphalting unit caused torching of fuel oil and solvent and a temporary loss of instrument air.
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