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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1972
Page
1
Lee College regents Thursday night passed a resolution supporting a $3 000 college district tax exemption for homeowners 65 or older. Action awaiting guidelines from the Texas Education Agency, with a December joint meeting proposed to finalize the exemption.
City council weighs broadening protection with general liability and Workmen's Compensation. An administrative study will pause action until after the new year as budget limits constrain coverage and the city faces more frequent lawsuits.
A religious group called Truth will give a performance at 7 30 p m Saturday in Second Baptist Church. The event is part of a weekend schedule in Baytown with community notices and local activities.
Honolulu report on baseball changes notes the rules committee may let a good batter replace the pitcher in minor league play potentially expanding to the Texas League. The shift aims to remove pitchers from batting duties, with President Bobby Bragan having approval to field an eight man offense.
Harris County advertising sign owners face new Texas Highway Beautification Act rules affecting highways including I 45 290 59 35 and local routes in Baytown. A license 25 dollar fee plus a per sign bond up to 10000 is required with separate permits for each sign, and exemptions apply to on site and sale signs.
Channelview schools ban the Nov. 27 issue of Newsweek from district libraries citing a nude cover and an article on sex therapy. Assistant Superintendent Bill Hamlin says younger students could react unfavorably and that health classes with proper handling may use the material.
Crosby Municipal Utility District considers building its own sewage treatment facility to avoid higher costs tied to Diamond Head Inc.’s planned Newport plant. If approved by TWQB and EPA, Crosby could use $7 million in federal funds and start a standalone plant, with a $1 monthly per residence fee if built separately.
December 1 reports show 24 buttons pressed for aid as the Baytown Goodfellows push a Christmas drive. More than $3,000 is needed this year to fund toys and goodies for needy neighborhood children, with work starting after Thanksgiving to ensure each child wakes to a Goodfellow bag.
Baytown recorded temperatures as low as 23 with frost across the city. Forecasters from the National Weather Service in Houston predicted a warmer night in the upper 30s and easing to mid-60s by Saturday with no rain in the forecast.
U S Senator John Tower announced that the Department of Housing and Urban Development will award Baytown a 44037 grant to build a 25 meter pool at Norman C Foote Park on West Main. Parks director Terry Dopson said plans and bids will proceed with aim to have the pool in operation by summer. The one acre park will expand to eight acres and include a dressing room shower facilities softball backstop and picnic shelter to serve the area and reduce travel time to Roseland Pool.
A plane crash in bad weather on the central coast killed seven, including Maj. Gen. Tran Thanh Phong deputy commander of the 2nd Military Region. Five Vietnamese and two Americans died. four crew members and eight passengers were aboard. Injured included three Americans. causes unclear but weather a factor.
FAIR FRIDAY night and Saturday in the Baytown area forecast for continued mild days and cold nights. Low Friday night 38 to 41, high Saturday 76. Morgan's Point tides on Saturday list two high and two low times, with sunrise and sunset noted.
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