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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1968
Page
1
Memorial Baptist Church youth group canceled a planned luau after revival services at 7 30 p m on Friday with the public invited. Others news items include speech cancellation in Houston lack of meeting place and notes on local events and honors.
Partly cloudy and hot through the weekend with a chance of scattered daytime thundershowers. Temperatures will reach the high 70s to near 90. Galveston tides specify a Saturday high at 2:12 a.m. and a low at 5:36 p.m.
Harry Massey recovers from a stumble, Mitzi Stefani and Herry celebrate an anniversary with Dr. Richard Strahan laughing at his wife’s antics on stage. Baytown Little Theater opens with spectators including Joe Hareezy and the Hastings couple as the Albert Fanestiels vacation. Jim Bryan handles a call as Ken Pereneie plans a Civic Center summer program while Kay Hayes asks about a friend. Suzanne Willson enjoys a beach trip. Pam and Gary Jones toast marshmallows. Charlie Pierce waves from his bicycle. the Froneberger children enjoy ice cream on a hot afternoon. Clark Camp vacationing two weeks with parents in South Dakota.
West Chambers County Committee For Proper Taxation members in Barbers Hill district met in the Barbers Hill Elementary cafeteria to collect grievances about district tax valuation. Attendees over 100 filled out a questionnaire to help the steering committee decide on possible legal action.
Houston attorney Carl Vogt urged city hall audiences to adopt Operation Crime Spot to involve citizens in preventing crime. He cited FBI data on rising crime, noted under manned police and the program’s goal of observation and reporting. The Ciizens Traffic Council will study the plan and report to the council in mid September before seeking Baytown City Council endorsement.
About 5 000 demonstrators in Montevideo march in a funeral procession for a student killed in earlier rioting. They stone foreign owned companies and chant antigovernment slogans as a four square mile area around Chicago's Democratic convention site tightens access for credentialed attendees.
Abe Simon became the seventh candidate to file for a Baytown school board seat in the Oct 5 trustee election. He, 42, moved from Orlando to Baytown five years ago and is active in civic groups. challenged by several opponents for Positions 5 and 6 while others run unopposed.
Bayshore Mental Health Center seeks donations to furnish its new day treatment facility at 101 Wisconsin Baytown. The center has received some items including living room furniture an exercycle a piano a range a studio couch and dining set. Needs include sofas tables chairs desks refrigerator kitchen utensils file cabinets sewing machine crafts supplies games and equipment. Donations are tax deductible with receipts issued. call 427 7455 to donate.
A car struck a guy wire on a utility pole at 3:55 am on Fourth Street causing a blackout that left many homes and businesses without power on the east side of Baytown. Power was restored by about 7:07 am and service returned shortly after 8 am. The wreck damaged the pole and wire about $200. Red Top Cab dispatcher Edward A. Denning, 54, was treated for facial lacerations after the incident near his home on 412 E James. Police said the car had blown a tire and struck the pole. no passengers were present.
Washington AP Secretary of Defense Clark M. Clifford said the lull in South Vietnam may be a preparation for a major new offensive by North Vietnam. He urged that Hanoi could signal de escalation by reducing combat or via third parties, and warned of a likely third enemy offensive.
Raytmm trails Houston in bond ratings as Baytown receives A One rating from Underwood Neuhaus and Co. The rating places Baytown among a handful of Texas cities with top municipal bonds. Only five Texas cities hold AA ratings: Austin Dallas Lubbock Amarillo and Fort Worth. Higher ratings mean lower interest costs on bonds.
In Saigon, U S Command in Vietnam says Hanoi is not planning a deescalation but will strike with greater force when ready. Gen Creighton Abrams Jr. relayed to President Johnson that the lull aims to recover from recent battles, not signal peace. Officials note Paris talks may misread the pause as an olive branch.
Baytown Housing Authority appoints Mrs John E Turner as executive director replacing Davis T Taylor who resigned after four years in the post Turners husband works as a pipefitter for Humble Oil and Refining Co The authority operates 20 low income rental units and seeks 50 more to serve a waiting list of 354 applicants Vacancies are filled from applications dated three years ago
M. J. Bledsoe salesman for Coachman Homes said a window at 5406 Shirley was broken between 5 30 and 7 20 p m Thursday Patrolman Thunder Reeves investigated The damage was estimated at 20 dollars
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