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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1967
Page
2
Reading from a reform letter the piece notes a Texas law change that requires liquor stores to close on Christmas Eve and election day. The article mentions Christmas day falling on Monday and cites restrictions extending to a Tuesday morning closure.
A Liberty lawyer, Thomas A. Wheat, has been named the 75th district judge for Liberty and Chambers counties. Gov. John Connally announced the appointment, succeeding C. Mathews whose resignation is effective Monday. Wheat is 54, a 1936 UT Law School graduate, and previously served as Liberty County attorney and in private practice before taking the bench.
Volunteers of Chief Goodfellow stage a successful kiddie show delivering Christmas bass and gifts. Individual Baytown contributions keep coming in from Humble, the Ball family, Albert Jacobses, Burds, Waldrops, Beenes, Mrs. Bridges, the Winsome Class, Lam ar Elementary fifth evaders, and a donor labeled Anonymous. The drive emphasizes personal giving as the heart of the season.
Armco executives said a crane hook issue and human error caused Monday’s ladle accident at the Armco plant near Houston. Six people died and 24 were injured when a 3.5 ton molten ladle splashed a 120 foot area, triggering fires. Eleven were hospitalized. none remain in critical condition. Investigators from Armco and officials from the Bureau of Labor Standards reviewed the scene. a federal inquiry was awaited from Rep. Bob Eckhardt.
Weather report from Texas cities Beaumont Galveston and nearby alien areas notes low temperatures. Baytown woke to high 30s while Waco area marked a statewide freeze line. At 4 a.m. readings ranged from 18 at Amarillo to 61 at Brownsville with Dalhart at 146 degrees under clear skies.
Multiple obituaries and notices from Highlands Baytown and nearby areas. John Cole Jackson 47 of 505 Prairie Ave Highlands died Thursday at 2 p.m. Survived by widow Rosemary and three sons. service Saturday 8:30 p.m. at Paul A. Lee chapel. Burial White Cemetery Highlands. Also Beatriz Martinez Caldera 64 of 1307 Cypress Baytown died Friday. service Saturday Earthman chapel. burial White Cemetery Highlands. Other notices include Amelia Fitzgerald 45 in Houston and Eugenia Ren t eria Ren teria 68 in Baytown with services and burials listed. Community memorials note pallbearers and church affiliations. Military updates report promotions and assignments for local service members in Vietnam and Europe.
Cynthia Lowry reports Sy Weintraub, longtime Tarzan producer, built a film and TV Tarzan empire for NBC and Burroughs rights. The show with Ron Ely aims for a decade, attracting guests like Ethel Merman and Julie Harris to Acapulco shoots. The preholiday slate includes reruns and the Dean Martin Frank Sinatra Christmas special with family appearances.
Buring Gray Seroggins on ward at Mont Pelvieui in Room 125. Rufus Laine Lewis admitted Baytown in Room 122. Jane Pobler from 2202 Florida in Room 117. Vera Tag at 3006 Inverness in Room 207. Carla Jean Scarmaccio from Deer Park in Room 102.
A&M Scholarships director Mrs W H Reber Jr now handles applications instead of Mrs W H Reber Sr as previously announced. For more information contact A&M Mothers Club president Mrs Reber Jr.
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