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Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 27, 1968

Page

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Rangers Face Bi-District Crown Clash Tuesday Night

Sterling Rangers meet Pollard High in a bi district basketball showdown on Tuesday after a dramatic district title run. Key players include Lavoy Darden and Johnny Coleman for Sterling and Robert Frazier for Pollard, with Pollard favored on a neutral Port Neches court and the winner advancing toward Wheatley Memorial.

Rangers Sterling High Hardy Melco Polar John Rice Sterling Lavoy Darden Deer Park Pollard Bulldogs Woody Walker Port Neches SUN

Chaplain's night program at Knights hall and club meetings

A chaplain’s night program will be held at 8 p m Tuesday at the Knights of Columbus Hall 2600 W Main with a film and refreshments for adult education. The Baytown Rotary Club meets at noon Wednesday at the Tower Knox Beavers Enjay Chemical Co will discuss communications. The PTA Council Executive Committee meets at 9 30 a m Wednesday at 15903 McFarland Mrs Dave Trarison urges attendance. Bayridge Home Owners Club meets at 10 a m Wednesday with Mrs Gene Jennings. Gulf Coast Gun Club meets 7 30 p m Tuesday at the Baytown Chamber of Commerce Building.

Columbus Hall W. Main Rotary Club Baytown Knox Beavers Enjay Chemical Co PTA Baytown City Bayridge Home Owners Club Gene Jennings Gun Club Gulf Coast Gun Club Beytown Chamber of Commerce

Bay Town Weather Forecast and Tides

Partly cloudy and continued mild daytime conditions expected in the Bay Town area. Temperatures Tuesday range from the low 40s to the low 70s. Galveston excess Wednesday peaks at 3 06 pm and 5 30 pm with low tides at 10 24 am and 10 42 pm.

Baytown Galveston

Peggy Atkins Shares Prizewinning Recipe Secret

Peggy Atkins tests a new prizewinning recipe with Baytown Sun staff notes it requires several hours especially if grinding nuts and poppy seeds by hand and costs 3.05 dollars.

Peggy Atkins Baytown Sun Adline Knoctel R. W. Baker Mighty Road Sherrill Baker Fort Worth Lee Brasfield Sharon Mathere Gwen Pillow Baytown Astrodome Bubba Barbara Swain Colley Texas Annette Kelley Susan Lynn Hodges Tucson Nogales Mexico Jack McLendon Mary Lee Cannon Houston Richard E. Guy St. Luke’s Hospital

Reds Fail to Agree on Agenda at Budapest Meeting

In Budapest 66 Communist parties opened talks but could not settle an agenda due to disagreements. Absent were China, North Vietnam and 13 others as delegates debated attendance scope and timing amid Soviet efforts for a world Communist conference to unite fractured movements.

Budapest Hungary China North Viet Nam

Ward enters District 1 council race in Baytown

District 1 candidate W L Dub Ward announced his run for the April 2 Baytown city council seat held by Pat Ball. Ward, 52, a former three term council member and Esso lab foreman, cites strong civic involvement and a large expected turnout spurred by a sales tax ballot item.

W. L. “Dub Ward Pat Ball Ball Dutch Farestiel Shave

Crosby School District Tax Collector Resigns

Elroy J. Satterlee resigns as Crosby School District tax assessor-collector to take the post with Clear Lake City Water Authority. The resignation is effective Friday after submitting Monday night. Byron W. Quisenberry also resigns as junior high coach and social studies teacher. New Crosby High School teachers are Eileen Raney Richard Pierce and Daniel L. Waddell with five year contracts for several district principals and administrators effective July 1, 1963.

Elroy J. Satterlee Crosby Satterlee Clear Lake City Water Authority Byron W. Quisenberry Quisenberry Eileen Raney Richard Pierce Daniel L. Waddell Jerry Prochazka Robert Cunningham Charles Ecles B. §. Griffin Drew G. E. Tanner Keith Warshbarger Harshbarger

Mardi Gras Chaos Grips New Orleans Streets Tonight

New Orleans readies for the wildest Mardi Gras in America as crowds flood Canal Street before Lent. Rex the Carnival king and his queen are due to toast champagne in a temporary grandstand, while revelers in bizarre costumes fill the streets and trolley lines.

New Orleans America Canal Street Rex

Indian Shores Land Transfer Proposal Split Between Districts

Residents of Indian Shores near Lake Houston seek to transfer 660 acres from Crosby to Huffman, presenting a 60 signature petition to the Crosby School Board. The board postponed action and sent the matter to its attorney amid opposition from Crosby patrons. Victor Wilkerson led the delegation noting Crosby voters opposed a related bond. Indian Shores lies in both districts. about 30 students now attend Crosby schools. The move hinges on Article 2742 F. Section 1 and pupil tax ratio, with potential bypass if the ratio criterion is met.

Indian Shores Lake Houston Crosby Crosby School Board Huffman School Sistrict Crosby Taskses Victor Wilkerson Wilkerson Indian Shores Civic Association Yuffman Huffman Vernons Don K. Eckhardt Holston Indian Shores Civic

Coker Files For Lee College Regent Seat

C R Coker, of 1804, vice president of Hasty Transfer Co., filed Monday as a candidate for the Lee College Board of Regents. The race fills three seats with an April 6 election. Absentee voting runs March 18 to 4 30 p.m. April 2 in AL via Miles' office at the college. For the city election, absentee voting is March 12 to March 9, with voting in City Hall provided by City Secretary Edna Oliver.

Ward Esso Research and Engineering Co Rosenberg Baytown University of Texas Humble of and Refining Co Texas Municipal League YMCA March of Dimes Bayshore Red, Reef and Gun Club Chamber of Commerce Baytown United Fund Baytown Elks Lodge No Pioneer Club Red Cross Humble Camera Club Longhorn Club Baytown Texas Ex-Students Association Boy Scouts of America Zula Lane Nelda Jean First Baptist Church Lee College Lee Liggett California Chensy R. Coker Hasty Transfer Co Lee College Board of Regents Coker Snay Miles Edna Oliver

New Stadium Could Add Hidden Storage Spaces

New Stallworth Stadium aims to include future storage and vocational spaces beneath the stands. Architect Lowell Lammers outlines a plan lifting front rows nine feet with a peak height of 46 feet, plus a 25 foot concourse and possible pre cast decking to save costs. Estimated elevating cost ranges up to 335,000, with bids to follow after contractor consultations. See STADIUM, Page 2

Johnella Boynton Stallworth Lowell Lammers Lammers Harris County The Shoepcard Domesc W. D. ‘bin’ Hinson

LL Star Breaks Leg After Bicycle Accident

Jimmy Godwin, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Godwin of 101 FE James, is in San Jacinto Methodist Hospital with a broken right leg and fractured left wrist from a bicycle crash. A Cedar Bayou Junior School student, he starred as pitcher and first baseman for the Dodgers Little League East League. He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Wooldridge of Anahuac, county and district clerk of Chambers County.

Jimmy Godwin J. C. Godwin 101 FE James San Jacinto Methodist Hospital Cedar Bayou Jimmie Dodgers Jimbo” Wooldridge Anahuac Grandpa Wooldridge Chambers County

Global tensions and civil rights clash across the news

Reports place Communist tanks near Saigon as Vietnam tensions flare. Seeger on Smothers Brothers draws censorship critique. Bipartisan civil rights talks stall on terms. Egypt rejects direct U.N. mediated talks with Israel. Florida teachers strike reaches seventh day with 430,960 pupils out. Johnson urged to extend farm aid backing idle land payments. A cool front hints at Texas weather shift. Senator Fannin accuses Johnson of aiding communist aims amid copper strike.

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