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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1978
Page
1
A Pearce Street Journal note recalls the upcoming baseball season before February ends. It mentions a past payment to slugger Mickey Mantle by baseball magician Maul Richards and references Mantle’s power to hit balls out of any park, with a nod to Velluvestane.
Services for W. A. Bill Mayer 74 of Old River pending at Paul A. Lee Mineral Home. Mayer a retired Exxon's Baytown Refinery rigger died Wednesday in a Baytown hospital. Kiwanis Luncheon Baytown club meets at noon Thursday at Holiday Inn. Cove Council meets 6 p.m. Thursday in the Cove Community Building. Ross Sterling runoff election Thursday in the Commons before school. Ross Sterling officer tryouts 5 p.m. Thursday and next Tuesday and Thursday. Senior Citizens Club begins Thursday at 2 p.m. in the Friendship Room. Mounders Day covered dish lunch Thursday at 10 a.m. Community Building.
Cloudy and cold Baytown area forecast with a 20 percent chance of drizzle or rain through Thursday. Highs near the mid 40s on Thursday. Tides show morning and afternoon coastal times including 9:08 am high and 2:59 pm low with sunrise at 7:04 am and sunset later.
Fred Rallshack and Joe Ayington enjoy an oyster lunch Linda Kaderli receives a rose bouquet Smokey Wood reports feeling under the weather Princes Elliott and Barbar Harris consider committee appointments Caral Fontenot laments watching her children grow Ira LeBlanc receives get well wishes from neighbors Darley Jungbluth notes a stolen car sighting Kay Richards and Cynthia Hutto appear with Jack Dana Kay Wood recuperates from surgery Marie Bonner counts the months on one hand
Mont Belvira residents sign a petition urging the Chambers County Youth Project Show date be moved from May to avoid conflicts with school graduations and final exams. Barbers Hill leaders cite May 19 and 20 as official dates, while other districts finish the year earlier and raise concerns over attendance and project completion.
E C Kimmons, District 4 councilman, announces bid for a second term amid city growth. Retired from Houston Lighting & Power, he lists public service roles and community involvement in Baytown, with wife Ethel and three children.
New Orleans hosts Mardi Gras end after midnight as crowds continue revelry. Managua reports conservative leaders urging resignation of Anastasio Norman amid suspected rebel ties. Lebanon troops guard a fortified barracks while Syrian and Vietnamese forces clash nearby after days of fighting.
A federal court jury found officers Tony Denson Stephen Orlando and Joseph Jontak guilty of violating the civil rights of Jose Campos Torres who drowned while in their custody. Each faces life in prison and fines up to 1000 dollars. The case, tried in Houston, drew heavy publicity and ended with the trio given probationary one year sentences. Lotis Kinney was tried separately and will face proceedings later.
The Greater Maytuwa Chamber of Commerce faces a ballot to select 11 directors by February 14 at the Chamber building. Twenty one nominees were listed after an expansion from twenty. names include Bud Cray, Leon Brown, Lileen Caffey, Join Coates, Tom Condar, Billy Davis, Paul Fidwards, Robert Gillette, Eddie Gray, Wadia Gray, Hub Harrie, David Kadjar, Quin McWhirtec, Connie Magouirk, Foxy Matherne, Barry Wetlles, Abel Rosenzweig, Brooks Sturrel, Leonard Stasney, Mary Elizabeth Wilbanks, and Hugh Wood. The nominating committee will later choose chamber officers from these directors.
Mrs. Bessie LeFevre age 64 wife of City Finance Director J B LeFevre died suddenly early Wednesday at hospital after illness at home She had lived in the city since 1962 and was a clubwoman and former beauty salon operator Survived by her husband a son Dr Clint A LeFevre of Pismo Beach California three brothers and a sister Funeral arrangements by Paul A Lae Funeral Home
City Council meets tonight to study the 2970 Street Improvement Program priority list and available funding of 725000. Proposals include paving and new concrete work along Lynchburg Road Iray Lawy 2d to Alrhart Wye Drive and extensions to local parks with several street segments and cost estimates.
Ross High seniors plan to take over the schools and city government for Civlev Day activities. A student board led by Greg Nou and others will meet at 2 00 p m in the School Administration Building with a panel of illustrators and a career fair at Morag Orel Weeting Ik school.
Weather service reports more rain and cold air through Thursday with low temperatures around the freezing mark in parts of Texas and northern plains. Interstate 35 closures and hazardous ice conditions disrupted travel near Austin and Way. Schools across North Texas delayed or shortened schedules as snow and freezing drizzle spread from the West to the Great Lakes and New England.
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