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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1968
Page
1
Registration for Lamar Tech spring semester occurs January 24 and 3. Persons applying after January 2 register at 3 p.m. January 3. Night students who applied before January 12 register from 6 to 7 p.m. Wednesday. Other registrations run from 1 to 7 30 p.m.
General Telephone Co. agreed to reissue the Baytown directory white pages combining Tri City and Shiloh with Baytown and Highlands numbers. The Dec 17 edition will list exchanges separately as no toll service to Houston for these customers yet. New books will exclude the yellow pages and cost holders must keep current books until further notice.
A collage of brief items lists residents and visitors including Mrs Emmett Hutton in a silver lame dress and Mayor Seaborn Cravey at a tree ride. It notes hospital visits, social plans, photography work, a caller seeking 32 questions, and Lan Williams seeking two tickets to UCLA UH game. several names appear with small actions.
Funeral services were to be held at Grace Methodist Church for Justice of the Peace M Mz! (Pass) Brown, 56, who died Tuesday from a heart attack. Rev. Asbury Lenox officiated with burial at Memory Gardens. Goose Creek Lodge AF&AM 1192 conducted graveside rites. Earthman Funeral Home arranged details. Survivors include wife Marion Brown, daughter Martha Harper, son Jim Brown, brothers Jack H. Brown of Paris and Wayne W. Brown of Beaumont, sister Alma Parsons of Paris, and granddaughter Mama Kay Harper.
AP reports Britain canceled a 1.02 billion dollar order for F1 fighter bombers. General Dynamics says no immediate U S impact as all contracts for the planes are with the U S government and production involves multiple versions and 493 aircraft. Britain’s budget cut aimed at easing sagging finances.
Over 150 stockholding members and their wives attended Goose Creek Country Club for the general business session where new directors were announced. After balloting the directors for three year terms were W. E. DaPlantis Jr. Dan B. Gidden C L Liggett Normen Q McElvany and J Lan Williams. Liggett and McElvany recently completed appointive terms. John C. Echols was reelected president after Jim Black resigned. R L Bob Martin was elected vice president. Doc Satterwhite was elected secretary Vernon Wright treasurer. A key change approved adds an associate membership class allowing a refund of two thirds of the initiation fee.
Two Los Angeles firms submitted identical bids of 1 033 060 dollars to build a regional civic center. A coin toss determined the winner.
Former Vice President Richard Nixon's luncheon appearance in Houston has been shifted to the Emerald Room of the Shamrock Hilton Hotel. Harris County Republican Chairman Dudley C. Sharp said the larger facility was chosen due to higher than expected ticket demand.
Cape Town surgeon Dr. Christiaan Barnard said the test candidate for a heart transplant at Groote Schuur Hospital is materializing but no definite decision has been made. He noted his second patient Dr. Philip Blaiberg is out of danger but at risk of infection and that the next transplant will not occur within six weeks due to a US trip. In Stanford, Mike Kasperak, 54, showed improvement on the critical list after receiving a heart from a 43-year-old woman, with normal blood pressure and no signs of rejection. Barnard plans an earlier Europe trip and hopes Blaiberg may go home mid February if progress continues.
Bayshore Center for Mental Health and Mental Retardation seeks a 50 000 grant from Texas to start operations in Baytown for six months. The plan includes a part time psychiatrist psychologist and staff to serve Baytown LaPorte Highlands Crosby and McNair with outpatient inpatient therapy drug therapy group therapy and case work. A federal staffing grant may cover 75 percent of salaries for 15 months. The center aims to reduce state hospital load and provide community care.
Secretary of State John L Hill will reveal his run for governor in a 10 am Monday news conference. He plans to file at Democratic state headquarters after the event and said the decision followed Gov Connally's announcement not to seek reelection. Hill outlined three major goals guiding his formal bid.
Two new directors joined the Citizens of Texas Savings and Loan Association board at the stockholders meeting Tuesday. New directors are Joe H. Speck of Earthman Funeral Home and John J. Seligman of Bayshore Motors. Existing officers include Mrs. Hugh Echols Jr. as chairman and Douglas W. Stewart as president.
Houston specialists Dr Harold Kleischka and Edson Fatherty announce a tested mechanical heart model claimed to be three times as efficient as the human heart. They describe a force vortex pump design, tested on a dog, with plans for canine implantation and eventual human use.
The Bayshore Rod, Reel and Gun Club will host an oyster fry January 26 at the club house 3223 Minnesota from 11 am to 3 pm Eddie Huron leads cooking with 200 gallons ordered Tickets cost 1 50 and sales are handled by Mr and Mrs Jimmy McKinney Also invited are Henry LeBlanc SCOT board members and Texas Parks and Wildlife officers Lt Gov Preston Smith is expected 4 to 7 pm A ticket booth opens January 18 and 20 in front of First National Bank
La Porte State Bank reported a 28 percent rise in earnings over 1966 and an 11 percent gain in deposits at its annual meeting. Albert E. Cleere, chairman, said earnings per share reached $5.39 in 1967 from $4.19 in 1966. A regular dividend of 20,000 dollars was paid. officers and directors were reelected. Cleere stated 1967 was strong for earnings and deposits.
In western Sicily the unofficial death toll rose to 337 with about 1,000 missing amid aftershocks. A 105 year old woman, Giuseppa Impastato, was found alive but died en route to a hospital. Premier Aldo Moro convened his cabinet as Palermo emptied and relief efforts continued.
President Johnson outlines his plan to balance Vietnam war costs with crime reduction and urban renewal in a televised State of the Union. He signals a unified budget below 190 billion for the next fiscal year and hints at social welfare funding amid rising Vietnam expenditures.
Funeral services for Mrs. Dora Mae Allen, 76, of 1200 S Truett, are set for 3 p.m. Friday at Earthman Chapel with Rev. Lonnie Bowlen presiding. She died 6 p.m. Wednesday in a Baytown hospital after a long Baytown residency. She was the last surviving charter member of Central Assembly of God Church. Surviving are three sons John S. Allen Jr. of Baytown, Rufus Peyton Allen of Channelview, and Travis L. Allen of Bay City, plus two grandchildren. Burial will be in Hillcrest Cemetery.
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