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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1969
Page
2
Louise Smith 2205 New Jar room 130. Mrs Hazel Troyer La Porte room 130. Mrs Helen Frances Tibbets 616 Harold room 205. Richard McBride 216 W Re public room 117.
Baytown Chamber of Commerce weekly meeting features Earl W Mallick vice president South of U S Steel Corp as speaker on progress of Texas Works construction. Luncheon at Holiday Inn with focus on local business development.
James Huffman was convicted and sentenced to the electric chair. The Baytown police department expanded with added staff and new quarters for detectives and a juvenile division. The city council passed a housing code to raise standards and enable federal housing programs. Crosby school district faced accreditation loss and potential federal funding cuts. John Wayne film Hellfighters shot in Baytown, drawing crews and visitors.
Pottery custard cups are widely available and prized for their shiny glazed crusts. They make excellent containers for baking popovers, delivering even heat and a polished finish.
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover reaches his 74th birthday as Nixon takes office. Union leaders threaten after expired contracts while wage demands rise. Texas plans the first execution since 1964 and a Sinclair Atlantic Richfield merger nets about 1.8 billion in assets. Holiday traffic deaths are expected. tax reform proposals are submitted without recommendation. Dirksen predicts Cabinet approvals despite opposition, and the UN Security Council condemns Israel for actions in Beirut Airport.
Funeral services for Mrs. Ora B. Hill were conducted in Sterling Funeral Home Chapel Liberty with burial in Devers Cemetery. She died Sunday at her daughter's home in Baytown where she had lived 15 years. Born in Petosky Michigan she was a Bethel Assembly of God member. Survivors include three daughters Mrs. Adams of Baytown Mrs. Hylton of Liberty and Mrs. Collins of Houston a son Dale Anderson of Liberty a sister Mrs. Fay Matthews of Houston nine grandchildren sixteen great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren.
Capt Robert C Rankin, 27, US Air Force navigator at Alconbury England, collects 19 medals including the Silver Star with oak leaf cluster and the Distinguished Flying Cross with two oak leaf clusters plus 14 Air Medals for 114 missions in Southeast Asia. He dodged missiles in over 50 flights, faced daytime fear, and eyes Maj Clyde East’s 43 Air Medal record to stay humble.
The week features E M Forster receiving the Order of Merit from Queen Elizabeth II on the eve of his 90th birthday in London. In Las Vegas Barry Goldwater pilots an F111A jet to assess its performance amid controversy over the plane. In San Jose attorney John C Fell touts a long-ago psychological report for his city council bid. In Atlanta Lawrence M Douglas earns a first shared faculty appointment at Atlanta University and Emory University in urban education. In Chemainus August Jack, at 105, plans a quiet New Year’s Day at home watching television. In Glendale Casey Stengel is fined 302 dollars after a drunken driving case, with other recent incidents noted.
Baytown had an unusually calm New Year Eve with no major accidents. Nine people remained in city jail sleeping it off early Wednesday. Firefighters dealt with a minor fire at Jenkins Hotel mattress. Police issued warnings for three fireworks complaints.
Use slightly underripe bananas for baking and pair them with pork chops ham chicken or duck. When making cranberry sauce skim foam from the top after cooking. For white bread with yeast work in enough flour so dough cleans the bowl edge.
Paris reports say Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky may establish a Geneva headquarters for Saigon’s peace talks delegation while negotiators stay in Paris. Ky, returning to Saigon Dec. 2, aims to supervise the talks from Geneva, with Ambassador Pham Dang Lam as Saigon’s chief delegate, and Thieu reportedly approves the shift.
McCormack outlined support for reform in Congress and endorsed installing a mechanical or electronic voting system. He favored replacing the current shouted-vote method tallied by clerks with a modern tally process. He stated he had asked House Clerk Pat Jennings to explore options long ago but did not want to rush.
The travel orders for McGee aimed to give him a chance to present alleged grievances while he claimed the transfer was at his request. He said the Navy wanted him out of Bangkok and disputed concealing prior government employment. The Navy cited a reprimand after denying concealed work history and a perfect credit record. Proxmire and aides call for thorough review of Air Force OSI oil theft investigations and the GAO findings, including 40 percent of gasoline and 52 percent of diesel deliveries in Thailand.
Stock exchanges were closed for New Year and will reopen Thursday on normal schedule. The note mentions Citizens National Bank and Goodbody Co. and adds a humorous aside about a word mausoleum deriving from Halicarnassus and Queen Artemisia for Mausalis.
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