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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1965
Page
1
A pair of prescription stun shades was found in the parking lot across from Paul A. Lee Funeral Home and is available for pickup at the funeral home. Also noted are Lost and Found items, upcoming events, and local notices including Labor Day closings, a chess club meeting, a driving safety class, weather and tides, SBA loan approvals, and a Rotary Club visit.
Gary Harvey shares news of his new sister Johneile born Aug 7 at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital. Other notes mention Janice Roach and Judy Dugat planning at Sam Houston State Teachers College, and local residents planning trips and visiting friends in Baytown and Jasper.
City council wrapped up four budget sessions led by City Manager Prite Lanham and scheduled a final 5 p.m. Thursday study of the 1965 66 budget. A public hearing date may be set Thursday. The council weighs salary raises contingent on voters approving a $50 raise for policemen and firemen on Sept 18. There is no full agreement on whether all city employees will get raises or how much. Mayor Seabarn Cravey favors noting if raises for all staff will occur but is not ready to commit.
Fulbright calls cancellation of the rule requiring 50 percent U S wheat sold to Soviet bloc nations be shipped in American vessels. He terms the policy short sighted and negative. The Selective Service chief jokes about rush to marry as draftees rise, warning the pool of single 19 year olds will dwindle in months.
A 501 member Baytown La Porte delegation travels to Austin by bus to urge speedup of the Highway 146 project between La Porte and Seabrook. They meet State Highway Commission at 3:30 AM, return by late afternoon, include county commissioners, city officials, chamber leaders, and Dr. Lee Liggett. Fred Hartman will present for the Bay Highway Committee.
Mrs. Eddie Going, 29, of Bob Smith Road Baytown, remained in the intensive care unit at Methodist Hospital Houston after a Saturday Schulenburg crash. Her husband and 1-year-old son Eddie Jr. suffered minor injuries. 8-year-old Tina was unharmed. The Going family had been visiting in Schulenburg and were returning home from a week’s vacation. The other driver and his son were injured and treated at Weimar hospital. The Going children stayed with friends Buddy and Mrs. Bender. Mrs. Going is the Cedar Bayou High School drum major in 1952 and daughter of Mrs. Leola Isaacks.
Baytown teachers held annus faculty meetings while stores stocked up for school opening. Registration begins Wednesday for elementary and junior high students and high school sophomores, with different start times by grade and campus. Robert E Lee juniors and seniors report Thursday as the first full day. Carver High at 8:30 am. Elementary and juniors at 3:30 am Wednesday. eighth and ninth graders at 12:45 pm. REL sophomores at 8:30 am. Parents busy with shopping and sewing bees. College students also prepping to return, with Lee College fall term registration Sept 8 and 9 and freshmen exams at 6 pm Tuesday. Office hours 8 am–5 pm, then 8 am–4:30 pm Friday. college closed nights until registration begins next week.
Brief meetings of the school board and the new Lee College board are scheduled on Tuesday. The college board will meet at 4 30 pm and the school board at 6 30 pm. Both meetings are called for formal acceptance of securities pledged by the First National Bank of Baytown, to become the depository for school funds Wednesday, Sept 1.
In the Swiss Alps on the AHalin' Glacier a massive collapse trapped 96 power project workers beneath ice and rock. Rescue teams evacuated over 1,000 as cracking renewed threats halted efforts. Only six bodies recovered. officials expect up to two months to recover all remains.
The Associated Press reports a slow nationwide desegregation from last year into this year as both urban and rural areas in the South begin mixed classes with few incidents. In Barnwell County South Carolina four Negroes entered white classrooms while others faced transfers pending plan acceptance. Desegregation spreads across the state with many districts starting classes and more to follow in two weeks.
A fragment from the report indicates a time frame of less than eight hours with reference to strike coverage on another page. The readable portion mentions a quick time window and directs readers to See ST.RIKE, Page 2 for full details.
Wooster Chamber of Commerce will host a talk by Dr. Walter A. Quebedeaux, pollution control director, on the Houston Ship Channel pollution crisis. Attending will be Orville Younse and other officials as the chamber intensifies its campaign after reports of dead fish and odors along Burnet, Crystal and Scott's Bays. Industry dumping allegations are raised with a claim of 6,000 gallons of sulfuric acid dumped into the channel.
Firearms regulation and pollution in the channel and area bays will be the main topics at a public hearing. City officials and state legislators including State Rep. Bob Eckhardt will attend at 2 p.m. Wednesday at city hall. Ramsey will send a representative from his office. The meeting is called by the city council firearms regulation committee with Baytown and Lakewood civic leaders present. Concerns focus on whether the proposed ordinance would eliminate all pistol and rifle ranges in Baytown.
Lee College prepares to host 15 to 20 Saudi Arabian students under a government sponsored educational program. Dean Walter Rundell and planners from LC and seven other U S colleges discuss English language teaching, tutoring, and preparatory courses. The group plans a welcoming dinner with faculty, tutors, and dignitaries. Housing is arranged by Dean Alton Laird and Miss Posey Haskell assists.
Baytown teachers celebrated ground breaking for the Federal Credit Union Building on Mark Street opposite the School Administration Building. Bayport Construction won the contract. land purchased from the Pruett Estate. The 177 by 300 foot site hosts a history of growth from a 1954 start with Welter Brown. Brown co manages with R T Kerr and leaders Harfs Kelley Korthaur Latimer, with manager Prawn and two full time staff, Mrs Harriett Glenn and Mrs Joan Shaw.
Baytown YMCA plans a fall program for housewives and newcomers with sessions on personal finance real estate and investments plus decorating and charm. Speakers from school board city council and local attorneys will discuss civic improvements and neighborhood needs. Advance enrollment is taken at YMCA 5831797 with classes from 9 am to noon and Tuesdays starting Sept 22 and Oct 5 Bruce studio.
The chamber announces a 5 p.m. clean-up meeting at the chamber building as part of monthly promotions. The notice hints at an organized committee and ongoing community improvement efforts.
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