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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1967
Page
1
Baytown schools urge all students registered for Thursday and Friday to be present at the start of their registration period. Officials say many registrations are group processes and timing is crucial at the outset.
SAM BOZICH gets caught in the middle of a dog fight. Red Grandy keeps busy with his yard. Gene Branscome accepts a challenge and then easily wins. Carl Young watches Green Bay and Dallas on TV. Kathryn Holland of The Sun’s classified ad department retires but will miss customers. Mr and Mrs Ford Geyer attend their son in law Gerald Smith’s Texas Tech graduation after trips to the East. Baytown friends and Ridgewood neighbors extend greetings to Bill and Robbin Smith and their daughters Cheri and Sandi in Wilton Conn.
The New York Daily News reports government security agencies found evidence that Communists plan to seize leadership of the National Conference for New Politics to create a new third party. Agencies think New Politics could become a front for a successor to the old Progressive Labor party.
Motorists entering Decker Drive from Memorial Lobit and Garth will find easier access as a new traffic signal started operating at Memoris 1 and Decker on Monday. Additional signals are planned at Decker lobit and Decker Garth intersections with painted turning lanes and turn signals.
Bay town raises mosquito control efforts with two fogging trucks starting at 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, double the usual capacity. City Manager Fritz Lanham cites higher infestation. Police Chief Blair Mann warns parents to keep children indoors during operations as some kids ride bikes behind trucks, a dangerous precaution.
Baytown school trustees endorsed adding fall-out shelters where feasible as part of a 7.78 million capital improvement program. A Civil Defense slide show showed shields and design ideas while noting current facilities shelter only about 16,000 of the 45,000 residents. The board, after a progress report, directed the plan be pursued where possible, with further Civil Defense guidance needed for additions.
Architect James A. Davis expects several Baytown Schools air conditioning projects and Highlands Junior School additions to be ready for bidding by Oct 1. Davis and W. D. Hinson prioritize Highlands Junior School while the district plans eight classrooms, restrooms, storage, a science lab, four tennis courts, and library expansion. School leaders also work to clear mineral rights on a 141 acre Archer Stolander site for a new Stallworth Stadium, with earnest money signed and surveys in progress.
School board approves 78341 for equipment and supplies and lectures on water storage options. They also authorize 6259 for portable bleachers at Memorial Stadium, installed and moved by maintenance staff after football season. Additional bids approved totaling 14786.44 for office supplies 32425.01 for business machines and 24830.64 for custodial supplies.
Baytown faced dangerously low supplies of O Positive blood this summer. Blood Services Inc of Houston had none to spare, prompting a blood mobile visit scheduled at Gulf Coast Hospital for donors to replace stock or join a Baytown Blood Bank group plan. Local labs urged appointments, noting every donation helps both common and rare blood types, with organizers expecting another low period after Labor Day.
Capt. Daniel E. Bauer, completing a 13 month Korea tour, will report to the Pentagon in Washington D C in the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence. He and his family visit Baytown at 1805 Utah with his parents Mr and Mrs Gene Bauer. In Korea he earned the Army Commendation Medal as Enlisted Personnel Management Officer of the Eighth U S Army Headquarters. Bauer is a Robert E Lee High School and Texas A M graduate.
Baytown City Council approved establishing a city planning department and hiring an administrative assistant to work with City Manager Fritz Lanham. The measures were part of the proposed 1567-48 budget during a work session. Opposing were Andy Braswell and Albert Fanestiel who urged merging duties to save costs. The planning department budget includes a 310,200 supervisor salary. the administrative assistant about 6,000. Four garbage trucks were approved for 36,000. The 1978 budget totals 4,078,995, up about 450,000. A further work session is set for Tuesday at Sterling Municipal Library.
A fragmented AP summary notes Rockwell’s followers paying homage at a ceremony and a mix of political developments. It mentions a U.N. debate push on Vietnam, a Montgomery County tax protest, U.S. air losses in the Vietnam war, Senate votes funding for rent subsidies and model cities, and Ling-Temco-Vought seeking CAB approval to gain Braniff control.
A campaign is launched to restore Hangar 9 at Brooks Air Force Base and rename it in honor of Astronaut Edward H. White II, who died in a fire on an Apollo mission.
In Houston at Memorial Field No. 2 the Jaycees and Hawks battled through four hours and forty five minutes and 25 innings. Roy Wolfe drove in the winning run with an RBI double as the Jaycees beat the Hawks 1-0 in extra frames. Richard Rodriguez started for the Hawks with Lou Carter on the mound for the Jaycees. The win sends the Jaycees to the tournament quarterfinals to meet Hopkins Erection of Houston Tuesday night.
Saigon sources report a Viet Cong plan to disrupt the presidential election Sunday with more attacks and propaganda. Captured documents and interrogations describe assaults from Quang Tri to the Mekong Delta, increased kidnappings, and a vow to topple the Thieu Ky ticket, aiming to trigger a political crisis.
Detroit AP The three automakers General Motors Ford and Chrysler promised wage and fringe benefit offers to the United Auto Workers union as part of new contract talks. Industry bodies expect union rejection of the proposals as the cost to meet all demands could rise about four dollars more per hour per worker. UAW President Walter Reuther seeks a guaranteed annual income and broad wage and benefit improvements.
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