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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1971
Page
2
Betsy Webber recounts 14-year-old Ben facing a blood tumor removal with surprising cheer. The hospital visit features VIP treatment, a moving bed, a tailor-made haircut, and a brave front as he endures anesthesia and a celebrated recovery with a fresh scar to show off.
A fragment describes Harpies and South American eagles as over three feet tall with seven foot wingspans. It notes muscular power equal to any flying creature and outsized talons as large as a man’s spread hands.
A crowded noon stock quote list from Citizens National Bank and Underwood, Neuhaus and Company includes many tickers such as Allis Chalmers, American T&T, Arlan's Dept Store, Ashland, General Electric, Dow Chemical, General Motors, Gulf Oil, Getty Oil, Sears, Texaco, U.S. Steel, and Dow Jones Industrial Average figures. The report collates percentage changes and prices across energy, manufacturing, retail, and industrial sectors, reflecting broad market activity and investor sentiment.
The council outlines plans to invest more than $468 million from 1971 to 1973 to ensure adequate electric service for residential, commercial, and major industrial customers amid a surge of demand. It notes that capacity has been built ahead of need and no customer has been denied service or limited in usage.
Aas a rugged 1883 western unfolds at Brunson with Kirk Douglas and co stars. Six men imprisoned for law violations endure filth and degradation before staging an escape that tests loyalty amid betrayals. Martin Gavel portrays the warden guiding their grim journey from the rock pile to freedom.
Local club leader Grover K Edge announced the Bayshore Rod Reel and Gun Club regular meeting is postponed from Monday night to January 12. The notice also lists other community items including a PTA workshop reschedule, a promotion in Houston, and evangelistic services at Trinity Tabernacle Assembly of God.
Three nine week old puppies, one male and two females, need homes. Call Mrs E A Arthur at 422-7132 or visit 1404 Wright Blvd. Their mother is a dachshund. Cheryl Lynn Molaison, daughter of Nolan J. Molaison, practice teaching at Plano High School in Plano while attending North Texas State University.
Waste industries already in existence were asked how much and what quality their waste was. They were then given a permit with the understanding that the board would be in touch and request an upgrading of quality. Morale is better today and we are better received, but there's still a long way to go.
Baytown Officer James Powell helped a man stranded high on a tree limb near the Lakewood Clubhouse after a ladder fell while he was working from a pickup bed. The man shouted for help as Powell arrived, unsure how long he had been stuck.
Six year old Richard Zwahr, son of Mr and Mrs Earl Zwhar, was treated at Gulf Coast Hospital after a bike collision in the 30 block of Chandler. He fell hitting his head on a pickup bumper, suffering a ruptured eardrum and concussion. Richard attends Bowie School in kindergarten.
Kenneth E Badgett of 302 Circle Drive Julie Ann Villa Baytown has purchased the Texas Water Heater and Plumbing Co 1104 S Pruett from Mr and Mrs W E Swilley effective January 1 Badgett and his wife Imogene will run the 37 year old business with the Swilleys remaining in an advisory capacity until retirement Badgett a two time Baytown City Council member is a Baytown native and former J M Huber Corp employee Their six children range in ages from 11 months to 20 Randall is serving with the Marines on Okinawa The Badgetts attend La Porte Assembly of God Church and Badgett belongs to Cedar Bayou Masonic Lodge No 321 AF&AM
Houston's Living Bank a reception center for vital organs has received nearly 50 000 inquiries since August. The bank began in 1968 after Dr Denton Cooley's heart transplants and now lists willing donors and coordinates organ delivery.
A Baytown woman Mildred Haynes and her five year old son Kevin suffered minor injuries in a two car wreck at Decker Drive and Wade Road at 7 35 p m Sunday. They were passengers in Leon W Haynes car driven by he husband 104 Baker Road whose car was struck by Johnny Joe Evans 212 N Eighth La Police charged Evans with failure to control speed making an improper turn and with defective brakes.
In Austin AP reports square dance callers Marshall Flippo and Gary Shoe will headline one of six galas marking Gov. Preston Smith's inauguration for his second term. Free admission at the University of Texas Gregory Gymnasium. Spectators may see the governor and Mrs. Smith dance do si do as part of the inaugural events and invitations were sent across Texas and beyond.
Local police warn Baytown parents they can be charged for allowing children to operate minibikes and motorcycles without licenses. Offenders face fines up to 200 dollars. Officers note many youths ride without helmets, licenses, or proper brakes, and warn about serious accidents from poorly maintained vehicles.
U N special envoy Gunnar Jarring resumes efforts to broker a peace between Arabs and Israelis. Israel’s Yosef Te koah arrives with instructions and to handle procedural matters while substantive issues loom. Egyptian ambassador Mohammed El Zayyat returns to New York as pessimism grows. Rogers visits U N with pledge to back behind the scenes help. Big Four to meet privately as the parties press toward negotiations.
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