Mayors Race Starts as Evans Files in Baytown
Baytown opens its 1971 election season with Councilman David Evans filing for re election in District 2. Mayor Glen Walker and two sitting councilmen consider runs for mayor while others rule out reelection. The April 6 vote will determine the mayor and three council seats amid speculation of other candidates including former mayor Seaborn Cravey and builder Dan Savell.
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Johnella Boynton
Baytown
David Evans
Evans
Glen Walker
Lamar Keiley
Don M. Hullum
Kelley
Hallum
Hullum
Seaborn Cravey
Tun
Tam
Dan Savell
Texas Federation of Businessmen and Taxpayer's Alliance
B. B. Williams
Mobo Rites Pending and TV Promos News
Jimmie Lois Sammons 80 of Highlands died Thursday at Galveston Hospital. Funeral arrangements await son Karl Sammons of Knoxville. Earthman Highlands Funeral Home to handle services. Bob Roush, son of Robert and, will appear on Hollywood Squares Monday to Wednesday at 10 30 a.m. on Channel 2. Bob resides in Chicago. Steven Sprague 21, Army specialist fifth class near Song Be Vietnam with the 1st Cavalry Division Airmobile. Sprague is a 1968 graduate of Ross Sterling.
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Jimmie Lois Sammons
Battlebell Road
Highlands
Galveston Hospital
Karl Sammons
Knoxville, Tenn
Earthman Highlands Funeral Home
Bob Roush
Robert Roush
7 High
Channel 2
Bob
Chicago
Steven Sprague
Bette R. Franssen
Gresham
Song Be
Vietnam
1St Cavalry Division
Airmobile
Spec. Sprague
Ross Sterling
Weather And Tides In Baytown Area Forecast
Partly cloudy and continued mild through Saturday in the Baytown area. Friday temperatures expected in the mid 50s to near 60. Morgan's Point tides Saturday highs at 5 19 am and 4 55 pm, lows at 6 03 am and 6 07 pm. Sunrise 7 13 am, sunset 5 57 pm.
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Baytown Area
Morgan’s Point
Television spotlights Baytown comic Bev Bergeron on Red Skelton Show
Baytown native Bev Bergeron, son of Mrs Rufus Bergeron, appears on the Red Skelton Show Monday night. The item notes his early magic act roots in Baytown and adds local color from a page of Sun notes. State Sen Chet Brooks calls from Austin to summarize bills including ethics commission creation. Nona calls from San Marcos to wish Floyd Higginbotham a happy birthday. Rep Joe Allen visits The Sun office as the Texas Legislature recesses for the weekend. Baytown Chamber manager Dave Moore celebrates a birthday Thursday. Wilma Cooper helps identify names for photos.
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Bev Bergeron
Rufus Bergeron
Baytown
Red Skelton
Bev
Chet Brooks
Austin
Senate
Nona
San Marcos
Floyd Higginbotham
Joe Allen
Sun
Texas
Dave Moore
Private Property Traffic Accident Rules Explained
Police explain traffic incidents on private property fall into a gray area with charges varying by property type. In Baytown Globe 1 parking lot a man Driving the wrong way struck a car but could not be charged with wrong way on a roadway.
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Globe 1
Baytown
Pioneer Blair Barber Dies in Mont Belvieu at 85
Quinton Kenneth Barber of Mont Belvieu, 85, grandson of the Barbers who built the first lot house on Barber's Hill in 1849, died Friday at a Dayton hospital. Funeral services set for 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Mont Belvieu United Methodist Church with Rev. E Glynn Ferguson and Rev. Bruce C Power officiating. Burial in Fishers Chapel Cemetery. A lifelong resident and retired farmer, Barber was noted for calf roping and an early passion for fiddling, recalling the 1900 hurricane when he kept his fiddle safe in his arms.
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Mont Belvieu
Quinton Kenneth Barber
Amos
Susan Ann Barber
Barber's Hill
Dayton
Mont Belvieu United Methodist Church
E. Glynn Ferguson
Bruce C. Power
Houston
Fishers Chapel Cemetery
Paul A. Lee
Barber
Galveston
Debra Wright Asks Who First Ate Oysters In Baytown
Eight year old Debra Wright questions veteran Baytown chef Eddie Huron about oyster origins. Eddie speculates the practice began many years ago in England as Baytown prepares for the Red Reef and Gun Club oyster fry scheduled for February 5.
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Debra Wright
Baytown
Eddie Huron
Eddie
England
Bayshore
B.C
Bob) Read
Oysters and history meet in Baytown chat
Debra questions oyster lore while Eddie links native eating habits to coastal shellfish. The exchange blends curiosity about oysters with Eddie’s interest in artifacts and antiques, hinting at continued discussion on oysters on Page 2.
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Debra
Eddie
Nixon proclaims record $229.2 billion 1972 budget plan
President Nixon unveils a full employment budget totaling 229.2 billion dollars for fiscal 1972 funded by two large deficits totaling 30.2 billion, signaling a shift from Republican economic orthodoxy.
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Washington
Nixon
Baytown council rolls back phone rate hike and ordinance on sign permits
Baytown City Council approved a sign posting permit of 50 dollars for political signs with deposit refundable on removal, requiring 30 days after election to remove. Non profits exempt from deposit. Restrictions include no signs in Thomas Circle or medians. Debate focused on burden for candidates and free speech.
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Baytown
Thomas Circle
Leonard Stasney
Stasney
Ted Kloesel
Kloesel
Crosby Plans 90-Pupil High School In Crosby Area
Crosby and district officials outlined a plan for a new 90 pupil high school on a new site near Crosby. The proposal includes a 1250 to 1500 seat gymnasium and a 750 seat auditorium with auxiliary facilities to allow future expansion. A bond issue would fund the project with a separate ballot item for a potential field house and stadium. A 33 member citizens advisory committee was approved to assist, with board interviews for architects set for next Thursday.
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Crosby
L. C. Anderson
J.T. Barth
Con Inett
Ed Barrett
Knute
Albert Schmidt
Chester McCawen
Budget funds Trinity River navigation project in Texas
President Nixon's fiscal 1972 proposal includes 1 million dollars for advance engineering and design of the Trinity River navigation from Fort Worth to the Gulf. It also allocates 2.3 million to continue high bridge construction across the Trinity to prevent road disruption during river channel digging. The Trinity navigation has long been a Texas dream, strengthened by the late Lyndon B. Johnson era commitment.
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Washington
Nixon
Texas
Trinity River
Fort Worth
Gulf
Congress
Trinity
Dallas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Baytown Debates Signals and Rates at Council Meeting
Baytown officials clash with Southern Pacific and General Telephone over railroad crossing signals and a frozen rate. The council voided an ordinance after General Telephone refused to accept the rate freeze, ordering the city attorney to push a rollback affecting about 350 business customers with an average 11 percent cut.
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Wanda Orton
Southern Pacific Railroad
General Telephone Co
Baytown
Allen Cannon
Utilities Committee
Lamar Kelley
General Phone Co
Leonard Stasney
Ted Kloesel
Cannon
al Chappell
Humble Car Care Center to Replace Texas Ave Station
J I DeLoach's Encor Products Service Station at West Texas and South Main will be replaced by the first Humble Car Care Center in Baytown. Bids due by 2 p.m. Feb 1 to T A Rother in the Houston Humble Oil office. Construction to start late February or early March with completion planned for early July. J L DeLoach Jr to manage the new center with his father J L DeLoach Sr returning to Baytown. other staff to transfer and receive training.
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J. I. DeLoach
Encor
West Texas
South Main
Humble
Baytown
T. A.rother
Houston
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Post ‘Oak Bank
Rother
J. L. DeLoach Jr
J. L. DeLoach Sr
DeLoach
St. Louis
DeLoacher
Highway 146
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Jim
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Peoples State Bank
American Heart Associaion
Kmart
Bay Fair
R. C. Stephenson
Pearl Crocker
Licensed Vocational Nurses Association
Kay Stanley
Baytown Sun
Quinton Barber
Chef
Quiz
Baytown State Bank
F.D
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Cambodia
North Vietnam
Laos
Harris County
General Fund
Astrodome
National Bankers Life Insurance Co
Olympic Life Insurance Co
Ted
Don Hullum
Ordi- Stasney
Glen Walker Nance
Minnesota Street
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Texas Avenue
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