Baytown events mix school, clubs, and relief drive
Baytown schools plan 7:15 a.m. buses for morning registration and 12:00 noon trips for afternoon sessions. New superintendent John Clark will speak at a Noon Optimist Club lunch. A Mississippi hurricane relief truck load is prepared by S.M.S. Industries with volunteers needed to load at the National Guard Armory. Kindergarten registrations run Thursday morning and afternoon, Kiwanis hear Flora Wilhite on Book inobile Project, Women’s Golf hosts Beat the Pro, and Baytown Coin Club moves to the fourth Thursday meeting at 7:30 p.m. in the civic center pecan room.
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Baytown
S.M.S. Industries
Highlands
Mississippi
Maycees
National Guard
5.M.S. Industries
Barbers Hill
Miks
Flora Wilhite
Sterling Municipal Library
Baylawn Kiwanis Club
Tower
Coin Club
Baytown Coin Club
Pecan Roar
Civic Center
Doar
Baytown Sun sparks Texarkana drive for hurricane relief
Phoenix visitors Mrs Effie Clark and Mr and Mrs Ned Sawyer hear that Baytown Sun started relief drives for Hurricane Canille victims in Texarkana after Jaycees read of the effort. Poteet, a 50,000 reader, pushes the idea home while Pat Fuller seeks two tickets to Thursday’s game and Dave Moore offers an extra mezzanine ticket at the Astrodome.
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Tommy” Clark
Ned Sawyer
Phoenix
Ariz
Clark
Effie Clark
S. Whiting
Carl Poteet
Baytown Sun
Texarkana
Canille
Poteet
The
Sun
Baytown
Pat Fuller
Dave Moore
Astrodome
First Rehearsal Held For Bowie Kindergarten Program
Twenty teachers gathered in Bowie Elementary School for the district’s inaugural kindergarten program rehearsals led by music consultant James Green of Silver Burdett Co. The scene showed a playlike classroom with desks as islands, listening stations, and centers for manipulative materials. Mrs. Jenarie Alexander, district elementary coordinator, praised the project and explained planned activities designed to foster serious early learning through play.
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Fred Hoenicke
Kay Hurzeler
Barbara Owen
Bowie
Gladys Foster
Ashbel Smith
Sun
Robby Nixon
Bowie Elementary School
James &. Green
Silver Burdett Co
Green
Jenarie Alexander
Alexander
Consultant Proposes Two Crosby Integration Plans
Johnella Boynton reports on Eyster from the University of Oklahoma who filed one affidavit in the Justice Department civil rights suit against Crosby School District. He analyzes effects of proposed construction at Crosby High and Drew School and offers two integration plans: a new central high school for grades 9–12 or consolidation with Drew and Crosby elementary restructuring. Plan one aims for a 1970-71 start if nine Crosby classrooms are ready, with all other grades reassigned to Drew and Crosby sites.
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Crosby |Sp
Ra M. Kiyster
Consultative Center For
University of Oklahoma
Justice Department
Crosby
Sbuster
Department of Justice
Crosby High School
Drew School
Eyster
Drew
Texas Education Agency
Gulf School Supplementary Education Center
Wyster
Crosky
Baytown Weather and Tides Outlook Through Thursday
Cloudy to partly cloudy conditions with a chance of thundershowers through Thursday in the Baytown area. Temperature expected in the lower 80s to lower 90s Wednesday. Morgan's Point tides for Thursday show highs at 2:43 a.m. and 4:55 p.m. and lows at 4:43 a.m. and 9:19 p.m.
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Baytown Area
Legislature Presses Tax Plan Amid Tight Timetable
State senators and representatives begin their third hunt for new taxes amid a rough timetable. Gov. Ben Barnes and Speaker Gus Mutscher say sales taxes on beer and whisky remained central, while Sen. Chet Brooks notes the appropriations bill is in pretty good shape. A House proposal would cut spending by 21 percent, with leaders arguing a larger tax rise would not offset federal funds loss.
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Austin
Ben Barnes
Gus Mutscher
Chet Brooks
Brooks
Two Men and a Boy Rescued From Capsized Shrimp Boat
At 7 45 a.m. Wednesday a small shrimp boat capsized at Five Mile Pass in choppy waters. Two men and a boy were rescued by workers on a tug boat and taken to Morgan's Point. A shrimp boat belonging to Osgood Brothers called for help after seeing the capsized vessel. Baytown Emergency Corps and Wooster emergency crews were on scene but the trio had already been saved by the La.-based rescuers.
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Morgan's Point
Osgood Brothers
Baytown Emergency Corps
Wooster Famergency Corps
School Breakfasts to Feature Balanced Menu and Prices
The district will offer a balanced elementary breakfast for 15 cents, with fruit, milk, and cooked cereal, from 7:40 a.m. for 25 minutes. A la carte options include eggs and cinnamon rolls. doughnuts are not served at elementary.
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Edythe Musick
Musick
School Sign-Up Set For Thursday in District
The district announces registration for the 1969-70 school year starting Tuesday with kindergarten through 12th grade and special schedules for ninth graders and students choosing schools. Parents are urged to be timely. most teaching slots are filled with a critical need for speech therapists and three vacancies, one to aid hard of hearing students.
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Tor
Dergarten
U.S. Department of
Barry Nettles
Murray is First Board Candidate
Donald C. Murray a 44 year old engineer filed for Position 2 on the school board in the Oct 4 election. He has been a Baytown resident five and a half years and lives at 4811 St Andrews. Murray is a deacon and finance chairman at First Presbyterian Church and says his planning experience can aid the district. Deadline to file is Sept 3.
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Donald C. Murray
Himble
Bob Wahrmund
Karl W. Opryshek
Opryshek
Murray
Baytown
St. Andrews
Sso
Humble
First Presbyterian Church
James Ellis
Robert Wahrmund
Wahrmund
Storm Eases Threats as Eve’s Fury Dims Coast
Our World Today reports cooling atmosphere eases the tropical storm Eve’s fury along the middle Atlantic coastline. Tricia Nixon remains in Waller Reed Army Hospital for abdominal pain, as doctors search for cause. U.S. troops withdraw from Vietnam, with 25,000 left to depart Hawaii, amid Nixon admins plans. Arab nations aim to convene an Islamic summit and joint defense council in November after Moslem tensions rise over the Jerusalem mosque fire. Ralph Nader accuses federal agencies of FOIA violations while favoring special interests. Senate scrutiny of the budget plan continues despite Pentagon cuts. Texas House moves to effectively kill a resolution rebuking Land Commissioner Jerry Sadler over a sunken treasure discovery. Local notices detail school birth certificates and immunization proof requirements for first graders and new district students. Goose Creek ISD Enrollment Card for 1969-1970 appears among district forms. More than 1,000 Young Americans for Freedom members plan a counterattack in St Louis against campus disruptions. End of fragment.
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Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School Dist
Baytown
Texas
Night For Watching Television Press Barred At Crosby Board
Crosby school board meets behind closed doors as reporters are barred from coverage amid accreditation appeal concerns. The board plans to draft a letter for the State Board of Education and distribute copies before the Sept 14 hearing in Austin.
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Crosby School Board
Wanda Orton
Doris Day
Mike Wallace
Margaret Mead
Ron Stone
The
Sun
Crosby
State Board of Education
Austin
State Commission On Education
Texas Education Agency
A. J. Sh
Midi
Jack Woodard
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