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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1970
Page
1
Multiple community groups schedule meetings and talks at KC Hall Rotary Baytown Club and Kiwanis with speakers on rehabilitation aviation and medical benefits. Norman D Olive hospitalized at Methodist with visitors welcome. A feather belt found near Moose Lodge. a 4-H Cedar Bayou club event planned. library film show by Pam Cawood.
Wayne Volkamp wonders what he missed in The Sun. H P Weelverton wore matching vests at a western party. Shirley and Don Wilson had a busy Saturday night. Buster Brown dodged a car wreck. Jim and Rita Standridge wore matching western ties. Doris Nunn waved. Barbara and Barry Lancaster enjoyed square dancing. Virginia Halcomb added to the sick list. Cecilia Gaskey was missed at a party. Charlotte Kingar baked a cake. Dave Moore avoided trouble through no fault of his own. Francis Portis finally reached a newspaperman after trying several times. Dub Ward showed off a Sunday tuxedo and pedal pushers. Monroe Pryor notes ice on cars in Minnesota Street area Monday morning. Wanda Orton battles the fu bug.
The Baytown YMCA launches a 1000 member drive led by Campaign Chairman Tom Freer and four divisions each targeting 250 boys. Youth membership is 24 a year with programs in basketball soccer track baseball football and swimming. Aimed at elementary schools the effort also starts a girls track and softball program with members-only sports this year.
Grover Edge in Galveston from his hospital bed lists volunteers for the Bayshore Rod and Gun Club annual oyster fry to be held February 6. Chief Cook Eddie Heron slated for surgery, but M. T. Waddell named assistant general chairman with son Kessler and R. C. Reed taking over duties. Edge appeals to friends to help during election year preparations.
Channelview trustees set Tuesday night to consider calling an election to raise the interest ceiling on 385000 in unissued school bonds from the 1966 approved 2.1 million issue. They plan to discuss Senate Bill 116 limits on district debt and inviting high school representatives to meet regularly on student matters.
Thirty six members deputized in a Baytown ceremony will register voters ahead of the January 31 deadline. Deputies will operate at Gibson's Sears Kmart Globe Lee College and Sterling Library from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday and January 27 to 31, with additional sessions at Citizens National Bank and Highlands State Bank. Voters can learn booth operation at Harris County Community Action Building on Oak Street from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Weather forecast shows cloudy to partly cloudy conditions Tuesday with increasing clouds Tuesday night and Wednesday. Warmer highs expected through Wednesday with temperatures from 30 to 40 degrees. Morgan's Point tides indicate highs around 4 07 a.m. and 1 31 a.m. and lows at 3 53 a.m. and 3 01 p.m.
In Tallahassee Judge George Carswell described his Supreme Court nomination as aimed at a fair approach to law. He said he is neither pro nor con, emphasizing impartiality and even application of legal principles.
Baytown area hospitals report high patient load as influenza and related illnesses disrupt schools. Baytown Junior School records 160 pupil and 10 staff absences. Highlands Junior 79 of 654. Horace Mann 120 of 820. Cedar Bayou 330 of 1040. San Jacinto Hospital notes 85 percent full with 89 of 950 beds occupied. Gulf Coast Hospital confirms all 88 beds in use with a waiting list.
Crosby trustees discussed compliance with a federal court order affecting athletic activities at Crosby High School. They outlined transportation for spring practices between Crosby and Drew campuses and work to avoid cross-campus teacher swaps until after January 26 hearing on Crosby's new trial motion. The board will not handle fall transport for practicing athletes and will follow attorney guidance on student movement.
Nugent F. Chamberlain, senior research associate, showcases NMR leadership at Esso Research and Engineering Co. in Baytown. He directs analytical work, authors key NMR texts, and serves on industry committees while guiding his three sons and family at 208 Edgewood Drive.
The government designates the Houston-Galveston region as an air quality control region, subjecting eight counties to federal review and possible tightening of state standards. Texas Air Control Board officials expect few changes, noting the need for clearer wording to secure federal grants. Robert H. Finch of HEW commented from Washington, with continued coverage anticipated.
Ed Ekholm of Baytown joins the American Institute of Chemical Engineers board of directors for a three year term. Also on the Baytown list are L Waldo Leggett Jr and Dr George H Cummings. Leggett heads Humble Crude and Product Dept, Cummings is chief chemical engineer at Rohm and Haas. Ekholm an executive Bechtel engineer, lives with wife Betty. they have three children.
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