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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1977
Page
6
A spokesman cites a one time spurt in profits as natural gas distributors report rising sales to residential and industrial customers. Stock indexes climb from 77.26 to 87.13 while analysts note likely normalization next winter and curtailments to prioritize home use after a regional freeze.
Shaid Shaw, 32, died at 2 30 p m Saturday at his home. Survived by father A W Shaw one brother Aubrey Harmon Shaw two sisters Merlene and Louise Shave three nieces and one nephew, all of Baytown. Burial Cedar Creek Cemetery. Arrangements by Paul O Lee Funeral Home.
Did You Know yeast dough punching down removes large gas bubbles to avoid holes. The Baytown obituary for James Andrew Yates, 95, notes burial at San Jacinto Memorial Park Cemetery after services at Paul A. Lee Funeral Home Chapel. Yates, a retired farmer and Memorial Baptist Church member, died at Baytown Hospital. He is survived by wife Nora Rose Yates, daughters in law, grandchildren and great grandchildren. The text also includes stray references to a political cartoonist Nast and parrots.
Ray Cromley outlines Carter aides reviving Nixon era regulatory reform ideas that replace detailed rules with a graduated tax on underachievement. Firms would choose innovate methods to meet goals with no fixed timelines, paying more the longer they miss targets, aiming to cut inspections and litigation costs.
Roses and many flowers are in short supply due to a Florida freeze and gas shortages raising prices. Long stem red roses may cost up to 30 dollars a dozen in New York, with overall rose prices up 15 to 20 percent from last year. Florists urge checking local availability and suggest alternatives like tulips, daisies, or mixed bouquets while candy and cards also see price increases due to higher cocoa costs. Proceeds from an adjacent event, the Hair-A-Thon, go to a Latin American immunization program.
Toni Priddy sends Monday greetings to Joey McAdams. Mr and Mrs Jimbo Wolf send Monday best wishes to Mark Wolf from his parents.
Nashua New Hampshire AP profile on Ralph Baer inventor of television games. From Nazi evacuation to American success he built a game console era triumph amid early engineering work at Sanders Associates. Baer pursued interactive play shaping home entertainment and patents total about 75. He recalls two associates and a sixth floor room where pong and hockey games emerged. By 1972 gaming spread, with 30 million units sold and $200 million in value.
Fire department handled eight weekend incidents, all minor. Three trash bin fires at Village Lane Apartments required almost an hour to extinguish. Station 5 fought them after 9:19 p.m. Sunday. Other bin fires at Apartment Center and Woodhollow Apartments occurred Saturday. Lighting issues and small smoke events followed at a plastics plant, two grass fires, a light ballast smoke at Trailways Bus Station, and a mobile home fire near Massey Tompkins, all with no major damage.
A male apricot Pekingese mix lost near N Commerce and N Pruett. If found, call 422-2993.
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