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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1972
Page
9
SAN FRANCISCO AP The California Supreme Court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional with Justice Marshall F. McComb the lone dissenter. The decision text was to be presented later today.
The Baytown area page reports Lilly family fish fry fundraiser at Bayshore Rod and Gun Club with donations, a German Club chicken barbecue at Baytown Community Building, and survivors in the Webber family. Also listed are post office closures for Washington’s Birthday, a DeMolay bake sale, Bryant obituary correction, a Luther Graham camp info session, and X-ray clinic itineraries at local venues.
Glenn Harbour declines Sam Alford's restaurant help offer. R. L. Parker promotes a project to sway prisoner repatriation after Vietnam. Gary Jones begins as a new salesman. Birthday wishes to Vivian Hicks. Eva Stiles celebrates new great grandson Michael Wayne Gibbons. Jane Ellen and Ralph Cunningham host Red Stocking Revue in Baton Rouge. Luther Parrish assists wife with a phone reminder. Dan Mendoza comments on BLTs and Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller. Archie Berwick JoAnn Berwick Billy Rachal Ann Rachal return from Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Mrs J L Stubblefield Groton visits Herschell Moore in Sheridan Court.
The US Command reports seven more planes lost in Indocina with three shot down in heavy raids on North Vietnam this week, plus a spotter plane in Cambodia and three others between Feb 4 and 13. In Britain, a coal strike inquiry offers pay rises to 230,000 miners as leaders decide on acceptance. Italy swears in Giulio Andreotti and two Christian Democrat ministers as the 33rd postwar government. Howard Hughes reportedly remains holed up at Managua's Intercontinental Hotel with US officials saying he will stay in the country indefinitely.
President Nixon and Mrs Nixon arrive at Kaneohe Hawaii for a brief stay en route to China. They will proceed to Guam before Shanghai and Peking with Kissinger and Rogers coordinating the China talks and possible Mao meeting in Hangzhou.
In Memphis a weekend protest opposes busing in the city’s schools. Lawyer Charles Black will unveil a possible legal challenge. A procession from the school board to the federal building is planned with a wreath ceremony. The event comes as the court orders two new desegregation plans for the 150000 pupil system.
Harris County officials and the League of Women Voters pursue a March drive to register voters across Baytown Channelview and area schools. About 552 593 certificates issued and 25 000 applications on hand. Deputized volunteers plan to set up at stores banks and shopping centers with 50 receptacles restocked for the March effort.
Galveston Texas Coast Guard authorities press the search for signs of what ignited the tanker W A Fogg explosion off Galveston. Bosun mate John Caldeira Jr. testified a life ring bearing a belt suggests at least one crew member survived the blast but likely drowned in high seas. Authorities probe benzene vapor ignition as the 39 man crew remains missing.
Baytown City Atty Neel Richardson said he is preparing a brief on the eligibility of city employee Sam E. Savage as a candidate for District 4 council. He expects a ruling by Monday or Tuesday. The case highlights possible conflicts of interest with Savage's supervisor if elected.
About 50 Harris County municipal leaders attended a Baytown dinner meeting of the Mayors and Councilmen Association at the Ramada Tower. La Porte Mayor Carlos Smith presided, with Baytown officials including Mayor pro tem Leonard Stasney and Chamber manager Dave Moore recalling past banquets and a 1958 disaster remark.
FAIR SKIES, mild days and cool nights are expected in the Baytown area through Saturday. Friday temperatures range from the mid 30s to the mid 60s. Morgan's Point tides Saturday include high tides at 4 37 a.m. and 7 04 p.m. and low tides at 6 26 a.m. and 6 54 p.m. Saturday sunrise is 6 58 a.m. and sunset 6 13 p.m.
State of Texas to appeal a federal ruling finding the Texas school financing system unconstitutional. Atty. Gen. Bailey filed a notice of appeal challenging the court authority to reallocate public funds and other 14th Amendment and equal protection questions. The Edgewood case, begun in 1968 by local parents, spurred a legislative committee to seek solutions with a proposed bill by early 1973.
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