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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1972
Page
1
A portion of the article shows parents urging quick action to fix a safety problem affecting children at the school. The piece references dialogue with the School Administration and notes concerns raised by several parents.
Parents and guardians from Baytown challenge bus discipline policies after a 1972 incident on Bayway Drive. They urge board review, citing safety concerns, delayed contact, and student distress during heavy traffic. Officials report two buses were sent and students left before arrival.
Amid school bus disruption and worried parents, Rough Riders announced winners across age groups from 1 and under to 19 and over. Teena Harmon and Jeff Campbell led top placements with multiple awards. trophies covered first through sixth in each class while runners up were named for several divisions.
Funeral services are set for Charley Glenn Turner Jr 28 of Baytown at Earthman Chapel with burial at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery. Turner a Local 716 Electricians Union member died in Houston. Also noted is James Quincy A Gieger 76 of Baytown with services at Paul A Lee Funeral Home and burial at Cedar Crest under U Lee Funeral Home.
Foreign students leave Baytown after programs at the First Presbyterian Church with a 2 p.m. Saturday departure. Numerous host families are listed, including the Doyles Coburns Aycocks Weisingers Parkin clan Ripples Malicks Coles Williams Currys Millers and many others.
Buses will depart at 6 p m Saturday from Citizens National Bank for the Sterling game at the Astrodome. Reservations are through the bank statement department for 2 75 dollars.
A film about a young Indian boy who becomes a rodeo champion under Red Dillon and Tom Black Bull stars Frederic Forrest. The Stuart Millar production from Twentieth Century Fox opens at Bay Plaza II, revealing the harsh truths of modern life.
The administration’s top anti drug official says President Nixon will prioritize the war on heroin in the next session of Congress. In Vietnam, Saigon reports say troops repulsed an attack on a fire base north of Kontum, with indications another outpost may have fallen. In Washington, Defense Secretary Laird says the 1974 fiscal year budget will rise to about 88 billion dollars, up at least 4 billion from the current 76 billion. Charles Edward Elliott Sr., 39, youngest American prisoner of the Korean War, died in Richmond, Virginia.
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