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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1969
Page
2
A crowded list shows numerous company names and stock quotes tangled in a truncated page. Major firms include DuPont Ford General Electric General Motors IBM and many others with scattered price indicators and percent changes, reflecting a busy market snapshot.
The Waytown Education Association will meet at 7 40 pm Tuesday in the Ross Sterling high School auditorium. Ben Waserman of Universal Magnetic Inc and Ampex Telephone Co will demonstrate the use of television in the classroom. All televisions in the district are from Ampex Telephone Co.
Eugene V. Mickel of 2105 Colby is in Room 115 along with Cory Daniel Froelich son of Linden and Mrs Froelich of 2436 Highway 146 in Room 115. Steve Anthony McGee son of James and Mrs McGee of 2006 Bruce occupies Room 111. Randy Kay McClure daughter of David M McClure and Mrs McClure of 305 Midway is in Room JIL.
DeMolay installs new officers Friday at Goose Week Masonic Hall in Texas. Allen Peloquin named master councilor with Don Allen senior councilor and Bill Skillern junior councilor. Other officers include Harold Vaughn senior deacon and Clayton Rhoden junior deacon with James Vaught senior steward and Tommy Hawkins junior steward. Installing officers Dick Smith and others support the ceremony.
Funeral notices list John W Fulton 23 of 1004 W Lobit died in Pittsburg PA with survivors including parents siblings and a grandmother. Services at Siam Earthman Chapel with interment Memory Gardens conducted by Rev Ed Thiele. Leola Estelle Martin 68 of 1529 N Central Tyler died at home. services in Tyler at Lloyd James and Memorial Park Cemetery burial with pallbearers named. Jesus Campos 62 of 1103 Airhart Drive Baytown owner of Campos Grocery died in a Baytown hospital. Rosary at Earthman Chapel then funeral service at Earthman with burial Garden of Gethsemani Houston. multiple relatives and pallbearers listed.
Houston Lighting & Power outlines a 1969 capital program totaling 98 million to raise generating capacity extend the transmission and distribution network and improve customer facilities. President P H Robinson cites growth in the 5600 square mile service area and rising costs as reasons for the expansion. Major projects include the Cedar Bayou Generating Station near Baytown with 1 2 units due 1970 and 1971, a 445 kilovolt extra high voltage line, and expansion of service to new and existing areas.
In 1890 the United States population was about 63 million with roughly 17 million people living west of the Mississippi River.
DeZavalla Boat Club members attend a 6:30 p.m. dinner meeting at 707 Lakeside Drive Channelview to view 35 mm slides of the desert bighorn sheep. Keith Ormore, press assistant to Congressman Bob Eckhardt, presents films by the Bureau of Sport Fisheries Wildlife and the Arizona Game and Fish Commission.
The White House signalled that Johnson plans a State of the Union address Tuesday amid ongoing talks on the surtax. Officials say Nixon’s stance remains uncertain, with possible options including continuing the tax, accepting a deficit, or altering spending assumptions to keep revenues and expenditures aligned.
Baytown police logged a flood of calls from 5 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Saturday including a 100 mph chase on Denby, a drunken driving arrest, prowler and assault reports, a highway intoxicated juvenile, a train near-miss, and a liquor store robbery. Additional incidents involved disturbances, fender benders, and a stolen billfold at Baytown Junior High.
A tentative settlement ends three weeks of port paralysis from Maine to Texas. The North Atlantic district contract increases wages by 1.60 an hour over four years, plus welfare and vacation benefits. Ratification by South Atlantic and Gulf districts and local ILA talks are required before work resumes.
Crosby Frank Rudolph Vyral 59 a retired boilermaker died Sunday after a heart attack at home. Funeral services set for Tuesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church Crosby with a rosary Monday at Sterling Funeral Home Dayton. He lived in Crosby 24 years, worked for Humble Oil, and belonged to Knights of Columbus and Holy Name Society. Survivors include wife four sons two brothers four sisters and five grandchildren. Pallbearers named.
A community Sun Spots KC Dance will be held Friday at the Knights of Columbus Hall from 8 30 p m to 12 30 a m with Lee Roy Matocha's Orchestra of Fayetteville providing music. All are welcome and attire is informal.
Graveside services for Andrew Paul Pomykal two days old were held at 2 p m Monday at Magnolia Cemetery in Dayton. Survivors include his parents G J Pomykal and three sisters Nancy Jeannie and Peggy all of Mont Belvieu and a brother Mike Pomykal. Grandparents Frank Horzek and Mrs Horzek of Rosebud and Mr and Mrs Joe Pomykal of Rosebud. Sterling Funeral Home Dayton directed the arrangements.
A United Airlines jet bound for Miami from Havana was hijacked by a male passenger with a revolver, demanding Havana. Cuban militiamen helped disembark the hijacker and 13 American passengers in Varadero while Argentines stayed in the hotel. The Peruvians returned to Miami. two hijackings were among the year’s fourth and fifth. Free kittens offered by Linda Tisdale.
The article outlines changes as the Texas Legislature prepares to convene with Lt Gov elect Ben Barnes ending his speakership, Lynn Nabers poised to take Dist 64 oath, and Gus Mutscher as a leading speaker candidate. It notes party balance, with eight Republicans in the 150 House and two Republican senators, plus Barbara Jordan and Frances Farenthold as the lone women in each chamber. Gov Connally’s proposed 1969 70 budget emphasizes minimal general revenue for new expenditures, and he backs the Public School Study Committee’s push to raise education funding, including a $338.1 million two year plan and about $200 million for teacher pay raises. The piece mentions anticipated tax reform discussions and rural district consolidation opposition to reducing districts from 218 to 353.
Two people were injured in an automobile accident at 4 30 am Saturday at Burnet Drive and Bayway. Antony C. Rogers driving south on Bayway missed a street then backed up striking Irma D. Boul 107 Burnet. Rogers car rolled back into a parked auto owned by Charles Bullzo 428 Willow Lane. Mrs Boul and Janice M Bultzo 17 were treated and released at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital. Rogers was charged with negligent collision packing not in safety.
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