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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1969
Page
2
State Rep. Joe Allen will address the Baytown Chamber of Commerce Friday noon meeting. He will discuss the upcoming Texas Legislature session set to begin next week. Richard King, legislative affairs committee chairman, will introduce him.
Noon stock quotes show trades across a broad list of companies including Allis Chalmers Interlake Steel Am Tel and Tel and Anaconda Kerr-McGee Armco and more with varied percentages. Dow Jones Industrial Average is noted at 924.42 with mixed movements among industrials and utilities.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mabel Muriel Meartz age 71 of Crosby will be held at 2 pm Friday at Earthman Baytown Chapel with Rev. Harold Bombhoff officiating. Burial is in Memory Gardens. Survived by three sons Bill J. Meartz Ernest Austin Meartz and Jerry Meartz. three daughters Gloria Jean Crawford Betty Ann Herbon and Joan Dorothy Miller. four sisters Marie Schoening Doris Herting Edna Woodard and Ethel Pinter. thirteen grandchildren and one great grandchild. Pallbearers include William Crawford Jerry Meartz Ernest Meartz Bill Meartz Carroll Miller and Vareece Berry.
Rep. Allen outlines bills to raise the Parks and Wildlife Commission from three to nine with geographically diverse members plus conservationist, biologist and botanist appointees. He proposes a mandatory non cancelable liability insurance for auto licenses and ethics and licensing tightening for state employees. A cigaret vending machine enforcement bill aims to curb youth cigarette purchases, based on a Robert E. Lee High School civics class survey. Allen plans to report back to Baytown after the session.
The interview with Bun Mayes revisits long county service and local history. He recalls the first courthouse near Wallisville, the hog law that shifted the seat to Anahuac, and family memories tied to homes, storms, and the 1915 Galveston event. Mayes notes aging landmarks, changes, and his plan to relax in his final years.
A Baytown officer was assaulted after stopping a car on the wrong side of the road. Gerald L. Boehm was charged with driving on the left and Raymond Dailey faced charges of public drunkenness and aggravated assault on a police officer after a struggle during arrest. Dailey bonded at $400 and Boehm at $10. The council also discussed higher travel allowances and bids for city equipment.
The Baytown Chamber of Commerce board will meet at noon Monday at the Tower to finalize plans for the annual banquet. Bruce Ramsey serves as banquet chairman.
Members of the Wire Service Guild quit work in the first editorial strike against The Associated Press. The dispute centers on wages and guild shop terms. The walkout began at 8 a.m. with pickets at 50 Rockefeller Plaza. The guild covers newsmen photographers and clerical staff. The AP maintains basic domestic and international news service.
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