22 Feb 1971
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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1971
Page
1
The Baytown School Board will not hold its regular meeting Monday night. The session is canceled because School Superintendent Johnny Clark is in Atlantic City New Jersey attending the National Association of School Administrators annual convention.
Beach City Council postponed its regular meeting from Tuesday to Wednesday and will convene at 6 30 p m in the Community House. Pauline A Whitman of 2205 Belvedere earned University of Tulsa fall semester honor roll status.
A light freeze is in store for Baytown Monday night with temperatures dipping into the middle or upper 20s. Skies stay generally fair through Tuesday with northwest and west winds easing from 14 to 20 miles per hour, diminishing Monday night and turning variable Tuesday. Tuesday highs and lows noted with early and late measurements at Morgan's Point.
Around Fred O Brien compliments Don Williams for promoting National Engineers Week. Baytown Attorney Glenn Vickery applauded after introduction on the Texas House floor. Ben Shirey of Highlands takes a new assignment in Longview for his company. Ray Pearce plans a building on North Main. Edwin Pee Wee Martinka remodeling his North Main store and wife Bettie hopes it is done soon. Sam Bramlett provides needed information. George Ferguson reportedly suffered a heart attack in Odessa. George Scott visits. Barbara Lancaster stays busy. Armen der Hayes discusses a new social studies project.
Dozens of tornadoes ripped a 100 mile Mississippi River Delta strip killing 74 people and injuring hundreds. Mississippi accounts total 68 dead with 40 hospitalized at Ole Miss trailer park. Louisiana adds 6 dead. National Guard mobilized, Red Cross teams deployed, federal disaster request pending.
The White House asked for an investigation as NORAD and the Defense Department review the emergency warning system after a faulty tape caused a false alert Saturday. The NORAD test failed again Sunday due to a teletype problem but AP lines carried a normal test later that night.
Secretary of Labor J D Hodgson will relay an oral understanding from AFL C IO building trades unions that they will obey the law if Nixon imposes a construction industry wage price freeze Officials expect Nixon to order a temporary freeze and establish a national stabilization board to review price and pay hikes in the industry
Harris County Grand Jury returns 123 indictments against 20 defendants tied to a Baytown Channelview Cloverleaf forgery ring operating since November. Cases include burglary theft and passing checks stolen from Houston firms. Several suspects arrested. investigation led by W A Turner III and C E Eldridge with Baytown and Houston officers assisting.
Washington officials say the United States has offered West European nations a significant role in future space flights but not the full funding they sought to launch their own satellites. The summary notes a nuanced US position amid international space collaboration efforts.
Beach City officials report three candidates filed for aldermen in the April 3 municipal election. Incumbents Travis Reed and Bethel E Standley seek re election and Edgar Rountree of Houston Lighting and Power Co. also runs for the three open seats. Incumbent R J McGaffey has not filed for re election. Candidates may file through April 3 with city secretary Ruth Hoover at 8418 Ocean Drive.
North Vietnamese forces launched heavy attacks as Saigon pressed into Laos for the fifth straight day. Saigon's 16,000 troops were 17 miles from the border, with campaign goals to curb Ho Chi Minh trail supplies unmet as enemy truck traffic doubled. The fighting produced light to moderate casualties, with a siege on a ranger battalion and U.S. helicopter support aiding air strikes amid ongoing clashes near Highway 9.
Betsy Webber reports the Texas Water Quality Board denied a permit for Mobile Waste Controls Inc. to build an industrial waste disposal unit in the Highlands area after a 180 to 200 person meeting at Cedar Inn. A central committee sent a night letter opposing the permit to TWQB chairman Hugh Yantis and requested a public hearing before any permit is issued.
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