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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1966
Page
1
The Baytown county branch tax office at 205 W. Defoe will stay open until midnight Monday January 31 the deadline for poll tax receipts. Tax assessor Carl Smith says receipts and exemptions are about 2 percent ahead of last year with an expected 375000 issued by the deadline.
Local notices list corporate communion at St Joseph Church for Knights of Columbus. Madrigals from Baytown Lions Club entertain Robert E Lee High School singers at a noon club luncheon. Bas town Elks and Knights sponsor a crippled children benefit dance at KC Hall with music by A Marks. Weather outlook turns colder with lows near 16 and highs around 40. Tides for Galveston noted for Sunday and Monday. Bruins Club dance at Cedar Bayou gym. door prizes last month awarded. Optimist Club to hear Robert Gillette on Harris County Hospital District operations. reception for Sen. Tower planned February 5 at Shamrock Hilton. Revival postponement announced for Central Assembly of God with extended speaking engagement for evangelist. New date to be announced.
Barry Smith visits The Sun to see friends Clem Kovar praises Snook's basketball team. Dan Brown and spouse enjoy a night out. Don Padgett wishes a friend happy birthday. Joe Allen confirms a rumor. John Gage receives a morning call about his new paper route. Dowell seeks help on a project. Pat Nunan returns for the weekend. Terry Ryals stumbles humorously. Bill Broyles hosts a party. Fred Bednarski hopes his wife saw his poll tax. Mike Mosesman starts mail route with parents. Lynn Gray couple plans a big weekend. Hap Baumann braves cold for a tip to Lufkin. Fred Mills laughs at folding.
A below ground explosion ripped through a 0 story downtown Boston hotel on Friday night turning it into a roaring inferno. At least nine people were killed and 60 injured as the blast tore apart a bar on the street level and sent patrons plunging to the basement amid tangled, burning beams.
Rob ert E Lee Ganders set to cap season with a 1965 banquet at RL cafeteria at 7 pm. KTRE sports director Paul Orseck and ex Houston Oilers tackle Al Jamison headline speakers. Coach Pete Sultis to award 50 letters, four managers, one trainer, seven first team all district honors, one all state and one All American award. Sterling coach Roland Vila to toast. First team all district names include Dennis Williams, Mike Muchamore, Charles Hendricks, Tommy Publjen, Richard Oliver, Dennis McAfee, Arthur Martinez. Hendricks to gain all state and Parade All American recognition. Award winners to be announced at banquet. Orseck to speak on luck through preparation and opportunity.
turnout lag slows vote on $30.8 million Growth Bond plan in Harris County six precincts east of the San Jacinto River report fewer than 3,000 votes by noon amid 30 degree cold. Officials fear overall turnout will miss the two-thirds majority needed for bond passage while others require only a simple majority. Ballot items include $27.8 million for airport NASA roads, $4 million for juvenile facilities and the law center, and $25 million to buy right-of-way for road projects.
Galveston Bay is prioritized in the Texas Coast Hurricane Study led by Army Corps of Engineers officials Ches ter L. Pawlik and Howard L. Heald, introduced at a Bayview Chamber luncheon. The five area study regions include Sabine Lake Galveston Bay Freeport Corpus Christi Bay and Laguna Madre with Galveston Bay highlighted due to dense population. The project explores levees water control dune upgrades and deep draft channel impacts and uses computer modeling to project hurricane frequencies and storm behavior.
Baytown faces continued annexation efforts by Houston to shield the U S Steel Corp site. City leaders debated extending city limits by two more miles along I 10 and Tri City Beach Road to keep Houston from surrounding Baytown while weighing potential impacts on Chambers County. The plan awaits second reading March 18 after a Jan public hearing with no opposition.
Baytown council hears that increasing wood shingle roofs to 40 percent causes no higher fire insurance costs for residential property, with only small premium effects for commercial properties, as attorney Joe Brack argues for owner choice. Title actions include permitting roof choice. other items cover oil well drilling ordinance appeals and dog impound fees.
Mrs C J Smith leads East Baytown and Scott heads West Bay area in the Mothers March fundraiser. Countywide coordinators include Mrs Ray Pester, Mrs Marvin Ed ards, and Mrs E A Tunter for Mc Sair. Baytown groups cover Highlands and surrounding communities as discussed by Mrs R B Battarbee. One dollar donated stays in Harris County to combat birth defects, a cause linked to 560000 yearly deaths nationally.
Bishop Paul E Martin will speak at 7 p.m. Sunday at St Mark's Methodist Church in a Baytown area service sponsored by eight Methodist Churches. He will recount his world trip and be joined by Rev Jester White and other church leaders as Baytown Methodists attend the program and dedication ceremonies at St Johns Si am.
Baytown La Porte tunnel leaks annually with winter cold causing contraction. This year the sight line leak has spread lower, dripping on cars. Officials anticipate a patch to fix the problem.
Winter clamped Texas with icy conditions as a blustery norther hit Friday night. Baytown faced a hard freeze with 16 degrees overnight and 30 by Saturday morning, while gusty winds lingered. The Weather Bureau warned of continued cold and protected pipes, radiators, and vegetation.
East Harris County veteran V V Ramsey announces candidacy for re election saying he will run on his record. The former teacher and businessman cites growth and change as the next four years focus and notes his service to Baytown and the precinct. Other commissioners, including E A Lyons, Kyle Chapman and Phil E Sayers, have terms extending to 1968 with May 7 set as election day.
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