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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1976
Page
1
City officials praise the January 1 surface water election as Baytown plans to fund and begin converting to surface water. The 1975 bond issue supports sewer water and street projects, with $5 million already sold and another possible $3 million planned for 1977.
A Watchnight service will run 8 p.m. to midnight Friday at Gospel-Herald Assembly of God Church 16221 Bear Bayou Channelview with special music. Funeral services pending for Amanda Rebekah Eichelberger Mueck 94 of Heritage Manor Dayton who died Thursday at home.
Reported by Voice of Lebanon that Ein Bbel Ameiche and Qelia faced shelling and machine gun fire from Palestinian gunners. No casualties reported as gunmen set roadblocks and reportedly abducted 20 people in three private cars. Phalange militia warned kidnappers to free them or face actions on Christian bases.
Chambers County Commissioners Court raises county employee pay by ten percent replacing the prior seven percent. The increase costs over one hundred thousand dollars and was unbudgeted for 1977. The vote was unanimous except for one member absent. also a $150 monthly travel raise was approved for county constables amid gas and vehicle costs.
Weather and tides section notes continued cold with increasing cloudiness and a twenty percent chance of rain or freezing rain Friday night rising to a forty percent chance Saturday with possible snow or sleet. Lows Friday night mid thirties, highs Saturday mid thirties. Haytown tides listed for Saturday with specific times. Sunrise and sunset provided.
Jack Cramer, 44, new chief inspector for Baytown, succeeds retiring Leo Frost. He brings 10 years in the department and 160 hours of Building Officials Association of Texas training. Cramer, a licensed plumber and member of multiple building groups, vows strict enforcement of construction and movement standards to safeguard public safety. He and wife Pat live at 1800 Chilton with daughters Terri Kelly and Tracy.
Baytown merchants sponsor a contest to honor Baytown Hospital's first baby of 1977. Gifts include fabrics from Solomon Fabrics, baby set from Scarborough's Drug Store, savings accounts from Texas National Bank and Harris County Federal, a 1977 birth year coin set, Pampers from Texas Super Foods, baby supplies from Weingarten's, a silver baby cup from Robson Jewelry, and a possible Exxon Baytown Credit Union prize. If no birth occurs in time the award goes to the first baby born in 1977.
Syrian troops form the core of a 30,000 man Arab League force in Lebanon with smaller units from Saudi Arabia Sudan and the UAE. Lebanese Public Works Minister Amin Bizri states France will send five reconstruction experts and one survey plane to Lebanon on January 3.
Norman Montgomery Class of 1971 Texas A&M writes in to wish a Happy New Year and chides the paper for a wrong pick while recalling 40 years of Aggies ribbing and tradition.
Harris County health director Dr. Francine Jensen warns Baytown parents to verify their children’s measles immunization records as 11 cases, including students from Ross S. Sterling and Robert E. Lee high schools and Travis Elementary, are confirmed since December 10. Authorities emphasize age guidelines for the measles vaccine and note the broader county context with past outbreaks in Spring Branch and Houston.
The school board approved a revised set of graduation rules alongside a switch from 80 to 55 minute class periods. Beginning with this year's sophomores, four years of English and two years of high school science will be required, with alternative courses for weak English students.
A Houston region weather spokesman warns Baytown to expect the coldest period of the season with mid-20s temperatures Friday night and a 20 percent rain chance. Saturday may struggle to reach mid-30s with possible freezing rain or snow flurries. A Baytown station logged 30 degrees at 8 am Friday as colder air dips into the area amid statewide frigid conditions.
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