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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1968
Page
1
Notices list funeral services for Grace Albert Clyde Casey and Bess McKinney in Texas, with ties to Baytown and Baytown residents. Also items on Colton Bowl tickets, Sterling Library story hour, Tiger Newcomers meeting, and Bayshore Wagon Wheel Square Dancers New Year Eve dance with Cecil Walker as MC.
Galveston tides show a high at 4 30 p m and low at 4 08 a m. The schedule notes the daytime high and pre-dawn low for the coastal area.
Baytown Police Chief Blair W. Mann is in San Jacinto Methodist Hospital for tests, admitted Friday, in Room 210. Visitors allowed. writer of a letter to the editor signed adieu urged to provide name and address, with related birthday wishes to Bob Chase. Debbie Dickerson discusses a trip to St. Louis with Beverly DeLoach, Rufus Honeycutt defends The Hellfighters for children, The Neal Guthres visit Baytown for a wedding, Glenda Rogers praised, Fritz Lanhamis and Dave Moores enjoy a buffet.
Legislative Budget Board staff urged a two year state budget totaling 5.6 billion for all funds with 1.1 billion in general revenue funds the main state checking account. In New York the death of Trygve Lie former UN secretary general is reported in Norway by Lie family member.
City and school tax offices stay open until 5 pm to allow timely payments for 1463 income tax deductions. Mail payments are accepted with postmarks by midnight December 31. Hobart Enoch notes school tax collections are similar to last year, about 1 percent of the 1968 roll has been received. delinquencies begin January 31.
Lee High School drum and bugle corps of 150 members will take part in the Bluebonnet Bowl opening flag ceremony at the Astro Dome New Year’s Eve. Vernon Moore invited the corps after seeing them at a Houston Oilers halftime show. Miss Carolyn Baker and Miss Nikki Rylander will accompany the girls. flags provided by the Bluebonnet Bowl committee.
Israel vows retaliation after a Beirut airport raid in which 13 Lebanese planes were destroyed and one guard wounded. Premier Levi Eshkol and Ambassador Shabtai Rosenne said attacks by Arab terrorists threaten Israel and other nations, drawing UN debate and US condemnation.
Staff Sgt. Alfred R. Ries home on leave after his second Vietnam tour where he earned the Bronze Star Army Commendation Medal and two Purple Hearts. He arrived Christmas night at his parents home 6518 Wade Road and will be assigned to Fort Ord California. Ries volunteered to return to Vietnam after injuries from a helicopter crash and earlier battle. He served in the First Cavalry Division Fourth Battalion 60th Artillery and earned the Bronze Star for meritorious service in counter insurgency operations. He enlisted after graduating Robert E. Lee High School in 1966 and will serve until June 1969. Married to Julietta Jaime of La Porte.
Earl Mallick vice president South of U S Steel will be the principal speaker at the Baytown Chamber of Commerce Friday noon luncheon at the Hobday Inn. Manager Dave Moore urges punctual arrival for seat assurance with no advance reservations. Mallick based in Birmingham Ala will report on Texas Works Baytown progress and the effect of foreign steel imports on the project.
Mrs Marguerite Goul widow of A M Beick Goul former managing editor of The Bay town Sun died at her Belmont California home after a long illness Funeral services were set for 2 pm Tuesday at Carlment Chapel Belmont She is survived by sister Mrs W E Fayile of Baytown and three brothers John Ashmore Baytown A J Ashmore Houston and Lt Col Doyle L Hancock El Paso
Our World Today reports the Social Security tax will increase from 4.4 to 4.8 percent on the first 7,800 of annual earnings this Wednesday. The piece also covers a violent death toll rise in Texas to 38 from Friday evening through Sunday night and notes stalled progress at Paris peace talks ahead of President-elect Nixon's inauguration next month.
A large cold front, chilled by strong northwesterly winds, lowers readings toward Baytown. Houston weather officials say the front may reach the area by Tuesday afternoon, with 10 am readings showing 19 in Oklahoma City and 55 in Dallas as the system moves east.
Firefighters battled a Saturday blaze at the Simmons Hotel and Coffee Shop at 3505 Market, described as Baytown’s largest property loss since December 2, 1959. Owner Perry Simmons survived, aided by neighbor Harold Scarborough, as eight fire units and 80 personnel protected adjacent structures. damages pegged near 100000 dollars.
The Bay Tabernacle announces a revival led by Rev. Joe Ragsdale starting 9 p.m. Tuesday with services Wednesday through Sunday at 7 30 p.m. The church meets at the old Bay Theater located at 371 West Market Street.
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