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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1968
Page
2
A folded column lists stock quotes courtesy of Citizens National Bank and Goodbody Co. It includes numerous company names and percent figures amid a cable about riots of 1968 and 1972 with a George Washington University economist quote.
Indian Shores residents advocate transferring subdivision students to Huffman High School to ease Crosby overcrowding. Trustees oppose the move citing accreditation concerns and district boundaries, while parts of the board weigh potential area development and long term costs. The cost and impact on accreditation are central to the discussion.
Joy M. Satterlee notes 660 acres valued at 1,967,640 on Crosby's while trustees weigh long term savings from usable space under the stands. Lammers explains design changes include end-zone sections, 28 to 30 inch seating, wooden benches from 2x4s, and potential aluminum seating later. Two mid-section ramps urged to speed exit times. civil defense wants fallout shelters as part of capital work. Davis reports bids for additions at James Bowie and Stephen F. Austin Elementary. 12 schools active in bid process. special meeting possible to award bids as doors open.
Comptroller Alvin Miles said the program sending Lee College instructors to Texas prisons is entirely self supporting. The prison system and the Texas Education Agency’s vocational rehabilitation department pay for instructors, travel, and supplies. Instructors teach at Huntsville and Goree prisons, covering academic and vocational courses. The program costs Baytown taxpayers nothing.
The school board leased a 100 acre tract across Archer Road from Stallworth Stadium to George Sjolander for pasture and hay at 765 dollars per year. The lease excludes a water well. The district will use the weir for Stallworth Stadium construction. Board also awarded cafeteria food contracts totaling 4 vendors with varied bid bases and totals. Other bidders included Consolidated Foods Corp., Gerson Sewall Co., and John Sexton Co.
The piece explains a scheme where long distance callers delay calls until after 7 p.m. or weekend hours to pay a dollar or less. It argues that cheap long distance is possible if customers know how to wait and place calls during off peak times.
At a Legislative Budget Board briefing in Austin on Monday lawmakers learned they must find 122.8 million in new tax money for the upcoming fiscal year starting September 1. They were also told the state will have about 50 million more in revenue than expected due to booming production aided by the ongoing effects of last June’s Mideast War.
Carl Dewitt Russell, age 14, is granted a junior membership in the American Angus Association at St. Joseph Missouri. The status allows registering purebred Angus at regular member rates and enjoyment of association privileges until age twenty.
A concise note describes travel time within the continental United States, stating the first three minutes of a trip between stations across state lines. The snippet implies rapid movement or timing within a broader transit context.
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