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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1977
Page
5
A store clerk was robbed by two men who demanded money after one spoke through a pistol in a coat. The robbers fled in a pickup with a camper north on Cedar Bayou Road toward Massey Tompkins Road, pursued by a customer who provided details to officers.
Anahuac and Baytown obituary notices report funeral services this week. Nettie Rose Chambliss 76 of Anahuac will be buried at Anahuac Cemetery after a Friday service at First Baptist Church officiated by Reverend Rufus H Zachry and Reverend Ford Dawson. Mary Louise Keennan 53 of Baytown will be laid to rest at Forest Park Lawndale following a Friday Earthman Funeral Home Chapel service conducted by Reverend P Walter Henckell.
Services for Donald Carter 56 of Texas City will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Emken Linton Funeral Home. A World War I veteran and former B and O Railroad employee, he died Wednesday in a Galveston hospital. He is survived by one son Mike Carter of Conroe, three daughters Pat Vickie and Sherrie Carter all of Texas City, three brothers Jimmie and Lester Carter of Decatur Illinois and Bert Carter of Inverness Florida, two sisters Doris Maley and Mabel Barefield of Baytown, and six grandchildren. Arrangements are under direction of Emken Linton Funeral Home.
Advertisers push a $450,000 giveaway backed by multiple firms with millions of mailed pieces after Christmas. Prizes range from $5 to $50,000 and top prizes like a vacation home. FTC officials note few abuses, while experts say response spikes post holiday as entries pour in through direct mail campaigns.
Police said 17 year old Strange was found on the floor in his bedroom with a 22 caliber rifle nearby and a gunshot wound to the head. Autopsy not complete. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Ed Strange and lived with his family when the incident occurred around 3 45 p.m. Patrolman Randall Pitts reported.
ATLANTA Ga AP The federal government will launch a major offensive against the boll weevil this spring on 45 000 test acres in Virginia and North Carolina Dr E P Lloyd says The three year trial uses conventional insecticides winter prevention sterile weevils and a mop up operation to eradicate the pest in year three A Mississippi plan begins in Panola County with similar steps Louisiana State University notes resistance in bollworms and budworms and a pest management approach is urged by Nickelsen California managers will oversee over 700 000 acres this year
A small blaze started in the kitchen of a brick frame house at 1501 Greenwood when an electric toaster overheated. Firefighters reported only minor damage. Also noted are funeral services pending for E. H. Stoerner Sr. and a listed community disco event at the Civic Center Teen Room.
Police investigate four burglaries reported Wednesday. Victims include Harlan Chatman of Austin whose van at a motel on Decker was robbed of a citizen band radio eight track tape player and about 50 tapes valued near 480 dollars. Baytown Auto Brokers owner Frank Burdett reports a 12 gauge shotgun and an eight track player valued at about 420. Kenneth West’s car on Hazel Street lost an eight track player and about 15 tapes valued over 140. A CB radio was stolen from a car in the Exxon Credit Union lot on Decker afternoon. the radio worth 40 belonged to Hal Thomas the credit union president.
Services for former Baytonian Mrs Frances Matula 89 mother of Mrs John C Ayler of Baytown are pending at Earthmans Funeral Home in Houston She died Wednesday in a Houston hospital after an extended illness She is survived by four other daughters three sons and one sister Twenty three grandchildren and seven great grandchildren Burial will be in San Jacinto Memorial Park.
Michael Lynn Masters son of Mrs. Lillie Masters and the late W E Masters of 304 Nazro completed Sam Houston State University studies at semester end earning a bachelor of arts in teaching with a physical education focus.
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