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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1968
Page
2
Applications are to be received by the US Civil Service Commission in Washington for examination for postmaster at Mont Belview. The appointment carries a salary of 37,200 per year. Blanks and details are available at the port office in Mont Belview.
Economists say a 1966 style credit crunch is unlikely despite higher interest rates. Treasury bills and bankers’ acceptances hit record highs as finance tightens. The Commerce Department expects a sizable, but not Crunch level, GNP rise in Q4. A 66,000 dock workers strike disrupts ports, driving costs. steel production rose 8 percent while prices shift. Construction began on the Panama Canal in 194.
Police report shows Joe Brack of 5400 Shirley says a tape deck and six stereo tapes were stolen from his car parked on his driveway. The theft occurred Thursday night through a broken left front wing glass, with total value about 74 dollars.
Funeral rites were held Friday at New Caney for Miss Annie Orton 73 sister of Joe Orton of Baytown. She died Wednesday in a Cleveland hospital after a long illness. Also notes on a Goose Creek Country Club high school dance with Sweet Clover, a found wrist watch at First National Bank, a cash register shortage at Billups Service Station, and Baytown news about local insurance and BMI writer affiliate updates.
Mrs. Lusia Kennedy, 80, of 4213 Yak, died Thursday in a Baytown hospital. A former Highlands resident, she had no known relatives. A friend, Mrs. D. E. Wright of La Porte, survives her. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Earthman Funeral Chapel. Interment was in Cedar Crest Cemetery with Msgr. Joseph P. O'Sullivan officiating.
Briefs report a Soviet citizen telling an American in Moscow that great to be an American tonight after Apollo 4 astronauts returned. In New Orleans and Gulfport judges issued court orders to force striking longshoremen to unload perishable banana cargoes arriving at port.
Research Bureau predicts Texas business will rise overall with a 9 percent November decline from October’s peak but still at high levels. Construction boomed with 12 percent more authorized in November 1968 than 1967, housing value reaching 992 million in 11 months. Retail and durable goods show strong gains. power use up 4 percent month to month and 13 percent year over year. Global and national risks cited include volatile international monetary conditions and unemployment management without inflation.
Payne of Lakeland and Levailey of Bloomington the first and light officers and Kargel of Burnsville were killed in the North Central crash at Des Plaines hangar. Stewardess Jean Krochek of Minneapolis injured. Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps members were in the hangar minutes before the turboprop struck and exploded. Weather was safe for landing. visibility about one mile. Passengers described violent rocking and flames as the plane hit the hangar.
Plant officials describe plans for Texas Works to install gas cleaning facilities on furnaces and vacuum degassing to remove unwanted inclusions. A new single strand slab casting machine will produce slabs up to 76 inches wide, with separate recirculating water systems to safeguard pollution controls and enable reuse.
Dr. H. H. Duke Jr. reported theft of a radio and amplifier from his unlocked car parked at 3803 Ponderosa Drive Thursday night. The items were mounted on the dash and valued at $259.90. Officer 8 G Turnbull investigated Friday morning.
Arnald Castilla of Highlands Room 104 and Hubert Hennigan of Highlands Room 202 announce the birth of a daughter born December 27 at Gulf Coast. Mr and Mrs John Coslulpick of 6107 Glenhaven are also listed in the notice.
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