Circus Diet: Hens and Tigers Consume Horse Meat Daily
A circus reports that its animals, including hens and tigers, each dine on roughly 30 pounds of horse meat daily, illustrating the scale of meat needs for the troupe.
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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1967
Page
2
A circus reports that its animals, including hens and tigers, each dine on roughly 30 pounds of horse meat daily, illustrating the scale of meat needs for the troupe.
Harris County commissioners consider a 2.3 million to 14 million scope for Red Bluff Road improvements from Spencer Highway to near Kirby Road with esplanades and frontage roads. Engineer Dick Doss to present February cost estimates. Petitions for an 11 million bond plan list multiple road projects including Almeda Genoa, Litt York, South Shaver, Richey, Past Oak, Fuqua, and Spencer Highway connections.
Mexico and Texas star polo players convene for the 2nd annual benefit polo match at the Astrodome on Saturday Jan 14. The event promotes goodwill and supports Texas Children's Hospitals. Mexican Jump Team led by Pato Chimo and Cano Gracida, plus Julio Muller of Sonora, faces Texas All-Stars led by Ray Herrington Sami Juan Rodriguez Will S Farish and Nel Carroll. Tickets range from one to 25 dollars at the Astrodome.
Admitted to Gulf Coast and San Jacinto Methodist list numerous patients with rooms and addresses. Several births noted at Gulf Coast and San Jacinto Methodist including families from La Porte Highlands Whitewright Channelview and Salt Jacinto areas.
A year-old Baytown boy, Tony Mullens, was robbed at knifepoint near Robert E. Lee High School Thursday night. He said a Black youth about 5 feet 6 inches, 150 pounds, roughly 12 or 19 years old, forced him to walk to the tracks and stole two dollars and sixteen cents from his wallet after grabbing it from his hip. He reported the incident to police from a nearby business.
A turbulent campus gathering at the Methodist Student Center near the University of Texas features Dr. Astor Kirk facing demand for greater poor representation on a Louisiana War on Poverty board. The crowd pressures reform while Kirk skirts authority, promising to investigate Acadiana Neuf and urging reorganization to meet federal standards.
The Sun invites Baytown residents to discuss the proposed zoning ordinance. The paper will publish reader beliefs on zoning, editing all submissions, and encourages letters or statements to influence the final action. Readers may visit The Sun to prepare and submit comments.
The council awarded six bids including a 1,000 gallon pumper diesel truck for $30,405.25 to Mack Truck Inc and an electric generating plant bid of $4,269.35 to Harrison Equipment Co. It also approved bids for a parchase body, a four-door sedan, a diesel tractor with mower, and asbestos-cement pipe. A public hearing was set for Jan 26 on annexing a 10-foot strip along Bohemian Hall Road. An ordinance renamed the Planning Commission to Planning and Zoning Commission and easement was granted to Houston Lighting and Power for the new city hall. The North Main paving project was approved to proceed with bids to be opened Feb 8.
A fragment lists dozens of stocks with percentage figures and symbols, including Allis-Chalmers .04 Arlan's Dept Store Am Tel Tel .22 Sots Anaconda etc, showing minute daily changes and company names such as IBM Gen Motors RCA Shell Texaco Mobil Exxon?
A government appointed committee of doctors and family planners recommended relaxing India's abortion law which currently allows abortion only to save the mother's life. The panel did not call for legalization to curb population growth, despite reports from some health ministry officials.
Bids for the seven story Family Law Center in Houston must be in by January 26. The 133002 square foot building, north of the Civil Courthouse, is expected to cost about 3.359 million dollars. It will house the child support division of Juvenile Probation, courts of domestic relations and juvenile courts, probate courts with the county clerk records department, plus engineering and right of way offices and the county judge and commissioners courtroom.
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