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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1968
Page
2
The board discussed selling property to the Housing Authority only and asked the school administration to study changing panal lie duration in conduct reports. Trustees requested student input on conduct rule reviews while leaving proportions to the administration.
The board considered student discipline and approved changes after parent requests. It also awarded a $124.30 equipment contract to Henderson Equipment Co of Houston for an extractor for Baytown Junior School, stating no other bids were received despite Texas franchise limitations.
Orders for Baytown Sun photos are ready for pickup at the Baytown Sun reception desk. Recipients who placed the orders may collect their reprints there.
U S Special Forces homes may have burned as a warning and Soviet SAMs fired at a U S Navy recon plane and escorts over Vinh. The plane and jet fighters dodged all missiles and returned safely. A Phantom was shot down north of the DMZ. two crewmen ejected and were recovered. Helicopters downed in South Vietnam wounded two. Total American combat helicopters shot down since January 1961 reaches 952. China remains the most populous nation with about 760 million people.
A dense compilation of noon stock quotes from Citizens National Bank and Goodbody Co. lists percentages for Sperry Rand Stan Cal HY4 Stan Ind Stan N J and others including Stauffer Chem Texaco Union Carbide Technicolor Union Oil of Cal Upjohn Ford Gen Elec General Motors and Westinghouse. The page also notes Dow Jones Industrial movements and wide range of industrial firms like American Tel Tel, Dresser, DuPont, Gulf, and Halliburton with various percentages.
Basil Louis Burnett 45 of 510 East Lobit Baytown died Monday in a Houston hospital. He was a life long Baytown resident and a Navy World War I veteran. Funeral services are 2 p.m. Wednesday at Earthman Chapel with burial in San Jacinto Memorial Park. Survivors include wife Bethel Burnett of Baytown two daughters Ginger Bowlin of Texas City and Rebecca Ann Burnett of Baytown an uncle Ocie Smith of Baytown and a granddaughter Aurum Bowlin of Texas City. Pallbearers Delroy Mulkey Charles Smith Sonny Smith Kenneth Smith J B Wood and Doug Reese.
John Roberson Jr a Carver Jones School second grader will open the Brunson Theater program at 8 00 p m Tuesday with a Hell fighter dance Rufus Honeycutt theater manager said John often wins the Kiddie Show pass at Saturday dances and adults should watch him He will be among six contestants interviewed as they walk across the stage for Baytown s Miss Hell fighter The film Hell fighters about oil well fire fighters was shot in Baytown last spring The world premiere of Hell fighters starring John Wayne Vera Miles Jim Hutton and Katherine Ross is set for Dec 19 in Houston with a Baytown premiere at the Brunson on Dec 20 About 400 tickets remained for the Brunson opening Candidates from across Texas will compete in the Miss Hell fighter contest in Houston next week meet the movie stars dine with them and tour the city
The discussion outlines estimates for Archer Road widening and adjacent streets to ease stadium access. Doss expects field notes in three weeks. Ramsey and Doss tally up to 75 000 for extra right of way, with varied schoolownership. A full four lane Archer plus North Main and Stolander would cost about 5.5 million, while Ramsey cites a 300 000 to 350 000 annual road budget. County plans for a road bond are not in place. a 30 million flood control bond failed twice.
President elect Nixon, reportedly fighting a milder flu, told the Boys' Clubs of America board he would announce all 12 Cabinet choices at once in a nationwide TV radio appearance. He discussed private welfare channeling and instructed HEW to explore options. Federal Reserve Chair William McChesney Martin agreed to stay on, seeing inflationary psychology easing and praising Nixon's approach. Martin said he would remain till January 31, 1970 to help the transition.
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