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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 08, 1971

Page

2

Noon Stock Quotes From an Ambiguous Ledger List

A dense catalog of midday stock quotes spans many corporations and sectors. It lists companies such as General Electric General Motors Georgia Pacific Getty Oil Atlantic Richfield Gulf States Utilities Columbia Gas Halliburton Diet Delta Airlines Harvey Aluminum McDonald Douglas Standard Oil entries and others with varied percentages, reflecting a snapshot of market activity and company performance. The jumble includes financial figures for Energy Tech and Manufacturing firms, utilities, and industrial giants, suggesting a broad index readout rather than a focused report.

Greyhound Corp Gulf OU Eee Vy Gulf States Utilities Gulf West Ind Columbia Gas Halliburton Delta Airlines Harvey Aluminum Diamond-Shamrock McDonald Douglas Standard Oil of Standard Oil of Ohio Raw Chemical House Light & Power Magnavox Monsanto Stauffer Chemical Technicolor Texas Hastern Union Carbide Dow Indus Dresser Ind Inland Steel Marathon Oil Micradat National Distillers Bs Occidental Petro Sun Oloc Case Syntex Eee Teledyne Tenneco Texas Gulf Transamerica Union Oil Calif United Aircraft U.S. Steel Westinghouse Dow Indus Bethlehem Steel Carrier Corp Celanese Chrysler Corp DuPont Ces Interlake Steel Paso Natural Gas IBM Kerr McGee Foed Pesarstaad Kraft Foods Kresge Ling-Temco-Vought Penn, Central R. Rd Pepsi Cola Phillips Petro RCA Wees Raytheon Roan Select Trust Schlumberger Sears Wees BOM Shell Sperry Rand Standard Oil Ind Mobil Oil Taft Broadcasting Texato Travelers’ Ins Upjohn Drug Xerox

Sam Receives Community Aid After Heart Surgery

Heart story details Sam facing possible second surgery yet staying hopeful. About 1200 dollars was raised to cover medical costs while city coworkers filled in on leave to prevent lost wages. The Octagon Club of Robert E. Lee High and a benefit dinner by Joh Adamek at King John's Palace supported Sam.

Sam Octagon Club Robert &. Lee High School Joh Adamek King John's Palace la Porte

Baytown Hospital Names Homer D. Smith Personnel Director

Homer D. Smith, 45, former Harris County Hospital District personnel chief, is named Baytown Hospital personnel director. Smith modernized district staffing, wrote an employee handbook, and centralized hiring and wages while serving 1965 1967. He earlier worked at Deer Park Shell and served as a U S Army staff officer during World War II. he holds degrees from Trinity University and Baylor.

Homer D. Smith Harris County Hospital Baytown Smith Bob Beare Deer Park Shell Oil Co U.S. Army IBM Trinity University Baylor

Rites Held For Man Killed At Refinery

Services for J D Sheppard 46 of 822 Mark Deer Park were held at 10 a m Monday at Paul A Lee Funeral Home Chapel with R G Parkinson and Andy Dooley officiating He was a mechanical craftsman at Humble Oil and Refining Co in Baytown and died Friday when a small crane overturned likely striking him in the head This was Baytown Refinerys first on the job fatality since June 26 1961 He was a native of Breckinridge Ark and moved to Deer Park in 1955 Surviving are his wife three sons two stepsons a stepdaughter four brothers three sisters and seven grandchildren Burial was in Memory Gardens Cemetery Baytown Pallbearers listed.

J. D. Sheppard Deer Park Paul A. Lee Sheppard Baytown Breckinridge Ark Dorothy Hudson Sheppard Cletus Devon Shppard Glenn Dale Sheppard J. D. Sheppard Jr Jimmy Ray Powell Alan Vance Powell Karen Murray Clyde W Gerald Sheppard Dallas Charley Sheppard Paragould James E. Sheppard San Angelo Alvin Walker Hannibal John Miller Highlands Davis Walker Henderson, Ky Memory Gardens General George Billy Roper Angel ‘Burke James O'Banion Jimmy Burke Harvey Williams

Funeral services for Edgar R Boehme scheduled at St Pauls Lutheran

Baytown resident Edgar Robert Boehme 65 died Sunday in a local hospital. Funeral at 2 p.m. Tuesday at St Pauls Lutheran Church with Pastor Charles Probst. interment Memory Gardens. Survivors include sister Mrs John Prasek of Baytown brother C Boehme and several step-siblings. Also: former Baytonian Mrs Yatta Jacobs 74 of San Diego graveside rites at Emanu El Cemetery Houston officiated by Rabbi Robert Kahn. Interment Levy Funeral Directors. Jacobs died Sunday in San Diego. Survivors: daughter Mrs Sara Kleinman of San Angelo son Marvin Jacobs of San Diego two sisters and four grandchildren.

Edgar R. Boehme St. Paul's Lutheran Church Edgar Robert Boehmie John A Baytown Boehme John Prasek C. ¥. Boehme L. J Gordy George Gordy Blanche Boehme Charles Probst Memory Gardens Earthman Funeral Home Yetta Jacobs Sara Kleinman San Angelo Marvin L. Jacobs San Diego H. Kopernick R. Platt

Apollo Astronauts Gather Moon Rocks at Fra Mauro

The Apollo mission records a 108 pound rock haul from Fra Mauro highlands while addressing cabin congestion from debris on the Kitty Hawk. A 80 pound docking probe caused early docking trouble but was retrieved for inspection after the moon landing.

Moon Kitty Hawk Lunar Shepard Mitchell Fra Mauro Highlands Earth Mission Control

Thieu pledges Laos operation limits and withdrawal

Thieu states planes are limited in time and space to disrupt the North Vietnamese supply and infiltration network inside Lao territory. He denies South Vietnam has territorial aims in Laos and pledges withdrawal after the operation ends, though no timetable or troop counts are given. About 20,000 Saigon troops had massed along the Lao border since Jan. 30 in preparation for the drive. North Vietnamese forces intensify attacks across Indochina as the operation begins.

Thieu South Vietnam Kingdom of Laos Republic of Vietnam Saigon Laos Indochina

Brooks Pushes Basic Learning Skills Measure in Texas

State Senator Chet Brooks of Pasadena introduced Senate Bill 222 to create a state wide adult education program. The plan would coordinate federal and state efforts, fund an Administrative unit under the Central Education Agency, and use public schools and colleges to offer evening classes aimed at eliminating illiteracy and building basic skills. An Adult Education Advisory Committee of 15 would guide priorities. Current estimates show 4 million Texans lack a high school diploma and 1.5 million over 25 have not completed eight years of schooling.

Austin Chet Brooks Pasadena Texas Senate Senate Central Education Agency Texas Brooks

Highlands March of Dimes drives meet goal totals

The March of Dimes campaign in Highlands and Baytown reports strong fundraising. Baytown totals exceed goals with $2,308 from Mothers March led by Mrs. Jan Thompson. $750 from a Key Club roadblock. teens at Ross Sterling to run another roadblock. coffee break receipts expected to add $150 to $200. Highlands collects $715.56 against a $700 goal, plus small early donations from a Bayou Playboys performance and a Highlands Youth groups drive raising $143.28. Appreciation voiced for mothers fathers teens church groups and scouts.

Baytown Highland Jan Thompson Robert E. Lee High School Bob Kalbitz Jr Ross Sterling High School Kalbitz Highlands E. T. Filippo Highlands Drive Bayou Playboys

Cold snap threatens spring bloom in area orchard and garden

The region faces a late cold front that may injure spring growth. Citrus and banana trees should be protected, azaleas and camellias in bloom likely to lose buds, and damp ground may spare some plants. Use blankets or news paper for cover. avoid plastic. Water if rainfall was light. Exposed pipes need protection as temperatures dip to the mid twenties. Snow reached the Upper Panhandle and southern Stephenville with reports of flakes in northern Harris County.

Smith C. W Red Grantham City Public Works Department Upper Panhandle Texas Midlands Stephenville Harris County

Oil Slick Reported In Tabbs Bay Investigation Underway

A reported Tabbs Bay oil slick prompted morning inquiries by the Texas Railroad Commission and the Texas Water Quality Board. W C Steed in Houston said inspectors will survey the bay by boat, while Dr Karl O Pr y shek noted the spill from an aerial view near Evergreen Road, about 1000 yards offshore.

Tabbs Bay Texas Railroad Commission W. C. Steed Railroa Commission Houston Sun Bay Area Clarence Johnson Cheris Texas Water Quality Board la Porte Karl O. Opryshek Bay Tabls Bay Evergreen Road

Baytown Egging Drives Retired Man Toward Patience

O D Batson, a 1906 retiree living in Baytown, reports periodic egging of his home for about two weeks, staining the roof and driveway. He moved from Houston four years ago and fears harm from ongoing vandalism by neighborhood children while Don Hullum leads the Baytown March of Dimes drive.

O. D. Batson Raintree Pye Batson Baytown Houston Don Hullum March of Dimes

School Lunches Across Districts Mentioned

Baytown offers Breakfast items: orange juice, cooked cereal, buttered toast, and milk with lunch options including meat loaf or barbecue beef, pinto beans, okra and tomatoes, cabbage, cornbread, milk, and chocolate clusters. Barbers Hill lists steak with gravy, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, lettuce, wheat roll, jello, fruit, and milk. Channelview Elementary serves turkey with dressing, cranberry sauce, English peas, sunshine jello, hot rolls and milk. High School serves tamales with chili or barbecue wieners, candied yams, spinach, canned fruit, milk, and hot rolls with butter.

Baytown Barbers Hill

Puppy Found Near Grantham House During Bad Weather

Mrs. Ted G Sell of 418 Grantham found a brown and black puppy with a leather collar and no ID at her home Sunday amid bad weather. Owner may call 422 7576 after 5 p.m.

Ted G'Sell Grantham

J W Wilson Joins Humble Annuitants After Retirement

J W Wilson retires from Humble Baytown Refinery M C Department on Jan 1 and plans a long rest then travel. He will work with Boy Scouts American Legion and church. He and his wife Johanna have five children and five grandchildren. he belongs to St Johns Baptist Church Knights of Pythias and is a Boy Scouts leader.

Humble Baytown M&c James Willie Wilson Boy Scouts American Legion Church Wilson Johanna Lillie Joe Grace Milwaukee Willene Redio Crezette Wade Kenneth M. Wilson James H. Wilson St. John's Baptist Church Knights of Pythias The

A&M Mothers Club Sets Duchess Pageant Prep Meeting

The A M Mothers Club invites mothers to bring photos of daughters eligible for the Cotton Bowl pageant duchess. The 7 30 pm Tuesday meeting will be held in the Mockingbird Room at the Community Building.

A&m Mothers A&m Mothers Club

Weekend Busy For Baytown Firefighters

Baytown firefighters had a busy weekend with several calls. A house fire at 111 Long Drive at 12:55 p.m. Saturday caused no damage. A utility pole fire at 1:57 p.m. Sunday near 1309 Barrymore caused no damage. The American Red Cross building at 220 E. Defoe was struck by lightning at 9:34 p.m. Saturday with no damage. A grass fire occurred at 5:06 p.m. Friday at 1104 Red Berry Hill off Barbaloo Road. A car fire near Interstate 10 and Garth Road triggered a false alarm at 6:27 p.m. Sunday.

Baytown Long Drive Fie Barrymore American Red Cross E. Defoe Red Berry Hill Barbaloo Road Interstate 10 Garth Road

$1,500 Harley Stolen From Baytown Home

A purple 1957 Harley Davidson motorcycle was taken from the James H. Wright residence at 2403 Massey Tompkins Road. Police say the theft occurred Saturday night, discovered about 7:15 a.m. A pair of bucket seats and a console were also stolen from 2602 Massey Tompkins Road, valued at $25.

James H. Wright Massey Tompkins Road Albert Lensing

Also Mentioned on This Page

Citizens National Bank and Underwood, Neuhaus and Company Elliott Gould Mwa Davis LL Wolper Wen Ae Oayb Theatre Tina Walt Disney Edectone Walt Disney Productions Ofce A . Technicol Otek Baytown Hospital Apollos Sen. Brooks Bangkok Thailand Savon Foods Thomas Fabian Tommy Hale Louis Lambright Lambright Debbie Larry Greggs Jyoung Highlands Methodist Youth Fellowship First Assembly of God iMarch Flippo Lee E. Moynaham Jim Tucker Co University of Houston School of Mechanical Engineering San Jacinto College Jim Tucker Pearland Greater Houston Joe Ann Rebel Inn Raney Tilzam J.W. Wilson Humble Annuitants Baytonians Dee Leon van Feaalte van Raalte I. BankAmericard Humble Credit Union
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