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Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1968

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Pollution-Cough-Problem For Everyone-Cough-Expert Says

Dr Walter Quebedeaux tells San Jacinto ASCE branch that pollution control is everyone’s business and that rights to health and private property under English common law justify citizen involvement. He urges witnesses, notes high fines deter suits, and recalls a 1952 carbon black plant example of citizen action.

Jean Froneberger Walter Quebedeaux Harris County Air and Water Pollution Control San Jacinto American Society of Civil Engineers Wyatt's Quebedeaux George Pollution Centrol

Livingston Dies Prominent La Porte Resident

Livingston, a prominent La Porte area resident, died at 7 am Friday. Funeral arrangements are pending at Forest Park Funeral Home in Houston. He lived at 723 Bayridge, Morgan's Point. A fashion show titled CURLS AND Girls Galore will be held at 7:40 pm Friday at the Community Building, a Bayshore Mental Health and Retardation Day Center benefit. Admission is 1.50 for adults and 50 cents for students. The event is sponsored by the Welcome Wagon Club and Wyona's Beauty Salon with skits, modeling, hair fashions, refreshments, and door prizes. Weather is springlike with high in the upper 70s. Galveston tides note Saturday high at 2:12 am and 8:42 pm, low at 1:52 am and 11:12 am.

Livingston la Porte Area Forest Park Houston Bayridge Morgan's Point Bayshore Mental Health and Welcome Wagon Club Wyona

PWP Party and church group events at Roseland Park

Prospective members who are widowed, separated or divorced are invited to a games party at 7 20 pm Friday at Roseland Park Pavilion with Adele Trehalek in charge. Gulf Coast Hospital Auxiliary luncheon at 11 am Monday at the Tower. executive board meeting before lunch. World Gift Show at North Side Baptist Church 2 to 8 pm Saturday to support a choir trip to Glorieta NM. Obedience School classes Sundays at 4 pm all month at Culpepper's.

Roseland Park Pavilion Adele Trehalek Northside Baptist Church Glorieta N.M

Czech press chief fired on party line policy shift

Prague replaced liberal minded press control chief Petr Colotka as chairman of the press and information committee. Jaroslav Havelka takes over the post while Colotka remains deputy premier. The move comes amid Soviet style pressure to end press freedom and align media with party policy. Alexander Dubcek urged greater publisher responsibility to support the party's information aims during a tense period for Czechoslovakia.

Prague Press and Information Committee Moscow Nubvek

Local Folks Share Small-town Happenings and Anecdotes

Velma Munson praises relatives showing in the world while Dewey Keene is shocked by a car trunk find and hesitant to lift the lid. Winston Nowlin proudly displays venison from a long awaited deer. Hampton Fonte dislikes sausage and Chuck Chandler eyeing Hollywood ventures. Mildred Fulkerson tackles a clean-up issue. Sko and Scott Nortiss juggle school work with Scout camping fun. Arnold Korenek helps a friend. Johnny Enderli brags about a border buck near Mexico. Weldon Newby delivers record work with milk. Lena Johnson entertains as hostess. Billy Quartz runs errands while Beulah Mae Jackson loses and hopes to recover a scarf from Paris, lost near Sterling and Ashbel Streets.

Velma Munson Dewey Keene Winston Nowlin Hampton Fontenot Chuck’’ Chandler Hollywood Mildred Fulkerson Sko Scott Nortiss Arnold Korenek Johnny Enderli Mexico Weldon Newby Lena Johnson Billy Quartz Beulah Mae Jackson Paris Eifel Tower Sterling Ashbel

Retiree Robbins Guided Baytown Real Estate Board History

W K Robbins longtime Humble Oil and Refining executive received retirement honors in Baytown. A former Baytown school board member for nine years, Robbins helped shape education at Carver High School Memorial Stadium and Lee College. Born in Falls County he taught at the junior high before joining Humble in 1927. He progressed from teacher to research, then Process Control, Technical Division, and later Research and Development defining odor types for quality control.

W. K. Robbins Humble Oil and Refining Co Raytown Baytown Robbins Emer Neme Renee Humbleman Robbins Falls County University of Texas Helen Horace Mann Humble

Parade Saturday ushers Santa through Texas Avenue route

Parade Saturday features bands from four junior schools, district high schools, and the Robert E. Lee brigadiers along with entries from youth groups including Second Baptist Church youth, Lee Girls Recreation Association, Junior Classical League, and Lee College Optiettes. Girl Scouts, Brownies, and Boy Scouts join the procession from Albert Thomas Circle to Fourth Street with Santa arriving at 2 PM.

Santa Claus Penn Twn Robert E. Lee Dave Sherron Second Baptist Church Hroberd BE Lee Girls Recreation Association Junior Classical League Lee College Optiettes Texas Avenue Albert Thomas Circle Fourth Street

Building Permits Reach Record in Baytown

Baytown building permits topped 10 million dollars by end of November, up from 7.6 million last year. October permits were 2.1 million, with H. Kuehn and Sons project at 200 Taft Drive valued at 1.2 million and Travis Elementary at 231,993. A Baytown Opportunity Center education building was listed for 120,621, while November permits totaled 197,251. Through November, 452 permits were issued versus 48 in 1967, and the Inspection Department issued several moving, plumbing, gas, electrical, and trailer permits.

Baytown H. Kuehn and Sons Taft Drive Travis Robin Road Baytown Opportunity Center Baker Road

Vietnam bargaining delays and regional turmoil cloud U.S. policy

The AP report notes delays in starting Vietnam peace talks due to procedural struggles. Egyptian intelligence uncovers a phony Israeli plot to destabilize Nasser. The Pentagon plans to raise active National Guard and reservist deployments by about 3,000 monthly draft calls. Agnew predicts continued controversy as VP. Nixon rejects sending an interim observer to Paris. API warns future oil supply will face high costs amid hearings and delays.

Goodfellows Short Of Goal 19 Days Before Christmas

The Baytown Sun reports the Goodfellows drive in Baytown is short of needed funds with 19 days until Christmas. Chief Goodfellow urges readers to donate to provide gifts and basic needs for underprivileged children, noting prior donations from local groups and individuals and reminding contributors to mail or deliver gifts to The Baytown Sun.

Goodfellows Thomas, Timothy Stephen Sherron Priscilla Club Davis Nelson Nancy Wiley Gardner S.J. Sands R. L. Rhodes Goodfellow Santa Claus The Baytown Sun Baylonians Chief Goodfellow Baytown Goodfellow Fund P.Q Baytown, Tex

Humble payroll to near forty million in 1968

Baytown Refinery manager Frank Turpin presented a statistical portrait of Humble and Enjay at a Noon Optimist Club luncheon. He cited a combined 3,672 employees, about half the 1948 peak, with a 1967 payroll of seven million and projected 1968 payroll near forty million, plus an additional savings and insurance package worth about one million.

Jounella Boynton Baytown Frank Turpin Thost Turpin Noon Optimist Club Newby’s Turpin Said the Humble and Enjay Humble Co

Gulf Coast Union rejects Humble Enjay wage offer

The Gulf Coast Industrial Workers Union board rejected a Humble Enjay offer of a $270 lump sum and a one year contract extension to April 15, 1970. The vote blocks reopening talks on Feb 15 1969 and risks a national boycott planned at a December meeting in Denver with union leaders to discuss strategies.

Board of Stewards GCIWU International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Enjay Baytown Employes Federation BEF Esso Research and Engineering Division Board of Stewards of the Gulf Coast Industrial Workers Union Pete Brewer Denver Colo C. H. Hargrove R. L. Potter J. D. Wooten Brower

Controversial Violence Report Tied to Clark Rewrite

Chicago Tribune reports Attorney General Ramsey Clark influenced final draft of a violence study on the Democratic convention. Daniel Walker headed the Chicago Crime Commission team. Clark’s involvement prompted revision of the summary accusing police of brutality.

Chicago Walker Ramsey Clark Chicago Tribune The Tribune Chessy Manly Clark Washington Justice Department National Commission On the Daniel Walker Chicago Crime Commission the Tribune William J. Campbell U.S. District Court Campbell Milton Eisenhower National Commission

Hobart Enoch Featured in 1969 Personalities of the South

Hobart W. Enoch baytown tax assessor and school district collector for two years, named to the 199 edition of Personalities of the South. Born in Parkersburg West Virginia, he moved to Baytown in 1966 and served in World War II. He has held local education and assessing roles, written a war memoir, and earned prior community honors including Father of the Year in 1958 and a 1962 Lee College award. He and his wife Jimmye reside at 308 Woodcrest with two children Janet and Mike.

Hobart W. Enoch South Enoch Gulf Coast Area Texas Association of Assessing Officers Parkersburg W. Va Baytown Robert E. Lee Lee College University of Texas Armed Service 2Nd Infantry Division Europe University of Houston Texas Banner Press Emory University Gia Retail Merchants Association Baytown Chamber of Commerce Grace Methodist Church Board of Trustees W. L. Enoch Jimmye Woodcrest Janet Stephen F. Austin Mike Robert EB. Lee

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Galveston Sroms Ges Obedience Schoo C Obedience School Culpepper’s Colotka W K, Robbins Peoples State Bank Vietnam Nasser Israel Egypt Pentagon Maryland Spiro T. Agnew Richard M. Nixon Inter American Petroleum Institute Shriner Joe. Speck GCWU Tm Bank & Trust Co Hobart
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