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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1970
Page
2
Fragmentary notes describe plant parts and abalone markets in North America. The text references poison ivy leaflets three and restricted abalone products with limited readable detail.
Baytown area men John V. Childress Jr. and John V. Childress II of Harris County Water District 27 at Coady and Cephas DeBose of Harris County Water District 1A at McNair begin a 44 week classroom and on the job program for municipal and industrial wastewater treatment facility operators. The University of Houston Civil Engineering department conducts the course under a grant from the Federal Water Pollution Control Association. It covers flow measurement, sedimentation basins, trickling filter, activated sludge, process control and effluent monitoring with field investigations of equipment and processes for positive water pollution control. Demos to meet a meeting of East Harris County Democrats is set for 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Community Building to elect officers and discuss business.
A fragmented OCR listing shows numerous corporations and stocks such as Allis Chalmers Amoco Ashland Oil American Telephone and Telegraph Dow Jones Dow Jones electric utilities like Duke Power and Gulf States, plus major names including General Electric, IBM, Exxon, Ford, Chevron, Coca Cola, RCA, Shell, Dupont, and Phillips Petroleum, with varied percentage figures and sector groupings. The snippet reads as a broad securities table snapshot from a financial pages section.
The Crosby district faces court ordered desegregation across 14 of 18 districts, with potential delays pushing temporary classroom changes to align with Crosby and Drew campuses. Teachers resist reassignment without student integration, while accreditation hopes hinge on new classroom arrangements and a potential state board visit after Judge Ingraham’s plan takes effect.
Ken Cecil Bradley 64 of 11 East Jack Baytown died in a Baytown hospital Wednesday a resident for 14 years he was a carpenter survived by wife Dortha Bradley son Alvis B Bradley daughters Betty Bullock Helen Bradley brother Willie Bradley five grandchildren funeral 10 a m Sunday at Harthman Chapel burial 3 p m Sunday in Gann Cemetery Lufkin Rev Jim Brown pallbearers list honored pallbearers listed Molly Francis Ott 78 of 209 Cedar Bayou Road Baytown died in a Pasadena hospital Thursday resident 20 years survived by one son D W Ott three daughters Essie Graves Eva Newcomb Leda Finn one brother Will Matthews three sisters eight grandchildren nine great grandchildren service 10 a m Saturday First Church of God burial Rosewood Memorial Park Earthman Funeral Home directed
While traveling west, Lillian Young spotted a motel sign in Versailles Kentucky reading Meet Greet Eat Sleep prompting a lighthearted note on travel stops.
Tetsuo Amagal an Indiana University student from Japan visited the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during Christmas vacation and bought souvenirs to take to Tokyo. He later found the items were labeled Made in Japan.
Pvt Lillian V Linville daughter of Mrs Bertha Lee 1232 Kirk Channelview was chosen outstanding trainee by instructors at Fort McClellan Alabama for exceptional ability and initiative in classroom and field instruction. She earned promotion to pay grade E-2 two months early under Army policy rewarding top trainees.
Weather Bureau issues a special warning for travelers as a trough of low pressure and a new cold front bring snow from El Paso to North Central Texas. Light rain persists near the Lower Rio Grande Valley and along the coast toward Houston. Temperatures drop to single digits in the Panhandle while southern Texas sees 60s.
Tommy Cook’s father Holton Cook died Wednesday in Austin at Central Christian Church after a p.m. service. The Baytown resident, a BC and retired civil engineer, will be buried in Forest Oaks Memorial Park Oak Hill Texas, under Willie- Clay Funeral Home direction. Survivors include Tommy Cook, daughter Mrs C C Kearny of Colorado Springs, stepson Charles R Ross of Australia, five grandchildren and two step-grandchildren.
London AP report on 1939 embassy notes shows Britain's ambassador to the U S Ronald Lindbergh igay labeled Franklin D Roosevelt baffling with only moderate intellect. He attributed to Roosevelt a stubborn streak and reliance on allies, while praising political acumen and lack of vanity. Other U S figures including Bullitt Hoover Lodge Jr Garner Farley commented with mixed judgments.
Police said the New Year's Eve celebration in Baytown was unusually quiet with only four people jailed. Two faced driving while intoxicated charges and two others public drunkenness. Officials offered rides home to prevent drunk driving, but no one accepted.
Fort Worth man in critical condition after chest wound while three men detained by sheriffs officers. Nolan Manuel, 27, killed as his car hit a power pole near Stemmons Freeway. Robert Ray, 61, dies from New Year Eve crash near Seguin. James Williams, 59, shot at his Burleson home. Carolyn Janak, 25, shot in Galveston. Maurice Myers charged with murder. Beatrice Acosta, 14, killed in El Paso area crash. Frank Laykasek, 19, dies on Duval hunting trip entangled in fence.
Raytown police investigated New Year’s Day burglaries and a car theft. Robert Lee Jackson reported his $1,500 car and keys taken after leaving them at a lounge while watching a football game. Eldreadge Burkett reported a garage break in with a $325 outboard motor missing.
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