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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1969
Page
2
Citizens National Bank and Goodbody Co provide noon stock quotes reflecting current market activity. Prices for listed securities show fluctuations with notable movement in leading stocks and quick reads on gains and losses across sectors.
Continued from page one, governing boards of universities and colleges must approve bids for instructional materials and offset printing, paging system, and a leaking library roof repair. Adoption of a new college catalog, travel for an American Association of Junior Colleges meeting, and a group dental/health insurance proposal. Also listed are corporate names with percentages, reflecting market moves and holdings.
Secretary Laird on ABC radio stated the U S troop ceiling in Vietnam is 484000, a reduction of 63500 since the administration began. He cited Nixon's goal of 100000 fewer troops and said he hoped to exceed Clark Clifford's earlier withdrawal target.
Austin report notes Senate Bill 170 requires owners of pet alligators to register or dispose of their animals by January 1. Private possession remains allowed under state control with a zoological permit and annual health reporting. The act regulates only the American alligator. caimans and crocodiles are not covered.
O R Dean 78 of 2300 Taft died Saturday in Baytown Hospital after a short illness. He lived here over 50 years and is survived by two sons Frank C. Dean and Rev Robert O. Dean and daughter Mrs Barton Libby. Seven grandchildren. Dean worked 40 years in Baytown area oil fields and eight years as Deer Park Methodist Church custodian. Services 10 am Tuesday Sunset Methodist Church Pasadena. Burial Forest Park Cemetery Houston. Colonial Funeral Home Pasadena directed.
Four people were injured in two separate crashes Saturday at the intersection of Highway 146 and Cedar Bayou Crosby Road. Debra Busby, 14, was taken to Gulf Coast Hospital after a collision at 11 41 a.m. involving a car driven by Samuel Smith Whitmire of Dassetta. The other car was driven by Mollie Barnett Busby of 5410 Bayou Boulevard. Whitmire, 42, was taken to Liberty Kersting Memorial Hospital by private car.
Ann Arbor Michigan AP report notes University of Michigan survey finds consumer sentiment near pre recession levels. Economists warn without favorable news on tax relief Vietnam inflation and unemployment, 1957-58 era demand for cars and durable goods may fall and leisure spending may shrink.
Humble EmploYes Credit Union presented a $25 award to Ian McBee of League City for his painting Landscape-a Cup of Tea at the third annual Art Exhibit at the Community Center. The show will extend to January 18 at the Community Center.
Austin report that State Rep. Russell Cummings of Houston will head a five member interim study committee on the Texas Election Code. Reps. James W. Stroud, Bob Salter, James D. Cole, and Malouf Abraham join as members with Stroud as chairman. The panel will study amendments since 1951 and report findings and drafts to the 62nd Legislature convening January 1972.
Two Baytown area obituaries note the deaths of Jack Wall Burns 70 and James M Castleschouldt 64. Burns, a carpenter long in Baytown, died Saturday. services were held with burial planned in Salem Cemetery, Rusk. Castleschouldt owned a Highlands feed and grain store, died Sunday. funeral Tuesday, Earthman Highlands Chapel with burial at San Jacinto Memorial Park. Survivors for Burns include wife Mary and children. for Castleschouldt include son Julius and daughter La Vayce Maples. Pallbearers named for Burns include grandsons. Castleschouldt pallbearers listed.
ARMY PFC Robert L Wyoral son of Mrs Rosalie M Wyoral of Crosby is assigned to the 101st Airborne Division in Vietnam as a tracked vehicle mechanic. His wife Iris resides in Baytown. Dog Gone notice follows.
Leonard Chance 41 of Old River Community was found in the Trinity River bottomlands near Mont Belvieu after being missing since Wednesday. His body was recovered by a nephew and a companion at 10:15 am Sunday, with authorities transporting him for autopsy and Earthman Funeral Home handling services.
The Baytown Optimist Club plans a Boys Harbor Christmas party Monday for boys 12 and under at the Optimist Building on Market Street. An annual Family Night is set for December 22, and the group will host a Welcome Stranger program on Tuesday December 23 with a dinner and gifts from local merchants for visiting guests.
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