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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1970
Page
1
Highlands voters head to the polls Saturday to decide a 1.34 million water and sewer bond. The plan, similar to a rejected July proposal, aims to fund a treatment plant, new sewer lines, a water well, and a storage tank while addressing TWQB violations. Polls run 7 a.m. to 7 p.m at the district office.
Baytown City Council amended a utilities ordinance to add sewer treatment capacity expansion fees for new construction. Each new dwelling unit faces a $50 charge to support temporary and interim treatment facilities while bond improvements are planned. Non dwelling projects use a calculated fee based on expected discharge, and multi dwelling projects multiply dwelling units by $540. Fees apply to subdivisions or projects not yet final plat approved or building permits issued.
Baytown City Council approved new key telephone rates and service charges for General Telephone Co while freezing basic rates until December 31, 1972 contingent on telephone company concurrence. Dispute over timing and need for public hearing accompanied the vote.
The Baytown Sun invites Mr and Mrs Howard DUHON to Brunson Theater for two tickets good through Dec 15. Now showing Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Mrs Glen Mason reports a 26 inch boy's bicycle theft from 318 Greenbriar. Baytown Barracks and Auxiliary meet at 2 pm next Tuesday at the Community Building. League of Women Voters hosts a holiday party at 8 30 pm Friday at 904 Fleetwood. Rock and mineral club starter call John Holley at 427 5109. first meeting planned for Dec 18 at the Community Building.
The Dave Trachts send Christmas greetings from Walnut Creek California to Baytown friends and say they will be home for the holidays. Terri Alaniz has a skating party for her birthday. Walter Ferrell receives birthday wishes from his family who give a Prince Albert gift. Mike and Martha Tehee extend greetings to Ed Tehee.
Partly cloudy conditions continue through Saturday with a mid-60s daytime high. Tides on Saturday show highs at 8:55 a.m. and 6:31 p.m. and lows at 9:55 a.m. and 8:43 p.m. Saturday sunrise is 7:02 a.m. and sunset is 5:22 p.m.
Baytown Sun reports the Goodfellow Fund fundraiser as of Friday, with donations totaling 195.80 dollars toward a 3000 dollar goal. Letters from local families describe children hoping for gifts, while Baytown residents and organizations, including Gulf Cedar Bayou Women’s Club and anonymous donors, contribute to the effort.
Ground breaking for Armco Steel Houston Works addition held in Greens Bayou with Gov. Preston Smith and leaders from Brown and Root United Steel Workers and Armco. Project a multi million direct reduction facility to produce 1000 tons daily and cut pollution by eliminating coke processes. Verity says emissions will meet strict standards and facility will supplement existing plants.
In Benning Georgia the Army pushes forward with Lt William Calley murder trial as a former GI, who claims he killed civilians on Calley's orders, refuses to testify. In New York six Weather Underground radicals are seized for plans to bomb an East Side bank. In Brussels NATO ministers discuss a security conference tying Soviet participation to West Berlin talks. In Jacksonville Florida beachgoers monitor a Navy oil spill threat as officials warn the danger remains.
Baytown City Council voted 4-2 to veto a Ward Road Cedar Bayou crossing amid resident concerns over truck traffic through a residential area. The move affects plans to require right-of-way dedication for apartments and potential future state funded bridge access. Citizen James White challenged property value impacts from a highway near his 1700 Narelle Street home.
City leaders weigh crossing sites beyond Ward Road as options for a new bridge. Lamar Kelley backs James Street over Ward Road while Stasney opposes Ward Road due to truck traffic. Discussions include Baker Road extension to a crossing and Loop 207, with Allen Cannon noting drivers prefer less traffic. Mayor Walker urges multiple crossings between south and north.
The city council unanimously approved an exception to the building code for Tipco, contractor for Friendswood Development on Rollingbrook, though density concerns were raised by Councilman Stasney. City Attorney Laughlin said Friendswood assumed a 1965 amendment allowed three stories, and city planner Wilhite described a limited three story arrangement with one family per level and a studio on the top floor.
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