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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1971
Page
1
Charles Bailey 32 of Maryland was severely injured in a car wreck at 2 a.m. Saturday at FM 565 and Interstate 10. He was transported to San Jacinto Methodist Hospital and later moved to Ben Taub Hospital.
Mrs DGRA Ward accepts a New Year Day dinner invitation. Miss Elaine White returns to Baytown after Beaumont hospital stay for a broken arm. Former Sun staffer Becky Moore celebrates a UT student birthday Jan 2. David Tracht and wife from Walnut Creek Calif visit Tahoe with California snow crowds. Drew Staples and Alanne avoid military discharges. Sheila Liles flaunts a silver white pantsuit. Wimpy Wismer returns from deer lease for a party. Tomy Carter and wife enjoy a football game.
U S warplanes launched over 200 strikes against North Vietnamese supply lines in Laos and Cambodia. Two American crewmen were killed and two wounded when helicopters were shot down near Khe Sanh four miles southeast of the Laotian border. The strikes coincide with major U S troop withdrawals and the end of allied cease-fires amid ongoing Viet Cong attacks and a mortar barrage near Da Nang.
In a Sun telephone poll Baytown leaders voice hopes for 1972. Mayor Glen Walker seeks public funds sewer work and highway ties, while others push drug rehab, Spur 5 and 201, water supply, paving Texas Avenue, Brownwood levee progress, cleaner code at Lee College, PAD runaway home, Medicare Medicaid reforms, and Food Stamp improvements.
The year 1972 begins amid festive noise and violence, with 208,557,735 Americans represented in population. President Nixon returns to Washington as Pat Nixon leaves for Africa, planning a day spent watching bowl games. Big events include 600,000+ at the Orange Bowl parade in Miami and Pasadena crowds at the 83rd Tournament of Roses. A Superior Court judge denies a request noted on page 2.
Saigon faces 1972 with possible new offensives as North Vietnam targets Hanoi and Mekong Delta regions. U S troop levels expected to fall to about 132 000 with a 54 000 residual by July 1. Ally withdrawals reshape regional stability and raise anticipation of summer offensives near Kontum and Dak To.
SAIGON AP report notes the biggest single cutback in 2% months as 26 Army units totaling 4,370 troops are withdrawn from Vietnam. Major units include the 85th Evacuation Hospital at Phu Bai and the 307th Air Traffic Control Battalion at Bien Hoa. Most other withdrawals are engineer companies and medical detachments. Nixon orders U.S. troop strength reduced to 139,000 within 30 days from 158,300.
President Nixon plans a quiet New Year watching televised games while Americans settle in. ANICO the Galveston based insurer controlled by Moody interests wins Texas insurance commissioner approval to convert into a holding company. Pat Nixon embarks on a nine day trip to three African nations to discuss policy ahead of her husband’s Peking and Moscow visits. A 23 year old teacher sworn as Mississippi’s only black county tax collector assessor vows fair assessments for all. The Austin American Statesman and Waco News Tribune endorse Dolph Briscoe Jr for Texas governor nomination.
Cloudy and cool conditions prevail with a chance of rain through Sunday. Temperatures range from the mid 50s to the high 60s. Sunday tides show highs at 5 15 a m and 1 16 p m with lows at 4 57 a m and 4 26 p m. Monday tides list highs at 5 47 a m and 2 22 p m with lows at 5 33 a m and 5 03 p m.
A retrospective on Baytown's 1971 politics highlights Mayor Glen Walker's re election after a 19 candidate field, ballot quirks from Carl Connerton, and runoff ineligibility for Tom Gentry. It notes three school board seats filled by Lamkin Going Harman, Lamkin’s temporary replacement William Moreno, plus liquor by the drink passage and welfare amendment outcomes. East Harris County saw Jamie Bray and N O Morrison take offices, with Ramsey later indicted in a federal bribery case.
A noon Monday special meeting at the Ramada Tower convenes mental health leaders to review plans for a permanent Bayshore Center building. Don Marler says four current locations complicate operations and a unified headquarters, funded partly by federal sources, is sought with local drives to begin by April.
Belfast faced a violent start to 1972 with eight explosions just before and after midnight. An army spokesman called the blasts a small miracle no one was hurt as gunmen clashed with troops and sectarian rioting flared on city streets.
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