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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1969
Page
3
Walt Disney presents The Love Bug a comedy about a sentient little race car named Herbie opening Wednesday for a week at Brunson. The film features racing against Corvettes Porsches Alfas and Ferraris with Herbie steering through humorous stunts and odd obstacles.
City Attorney Bill Laughlin represented Baytown in Austin where a Railroad Commission hearing resumed on Houston Pipeline Co’s requested rise in natural gas transportation rates. Laughlin aids Houston in testimony against the increase while Allman stars in a film featuring Jim Douglas and Herbie the Volkswagen as a matchmaking caper.
Dr Rodney Hutto of 4645 Burnet Avenue misplaced his bifold Saturday at the Bayway Drive carwash. He departs for military service Sunday and urgently needs his driver’s license and papers. Anyone finding the billfold should contact him at 424-6283.
DPS predicts 34 fatalities in Texas during the July 4 holiday period from 6 p.m. July 3 to midnight July 6. Operation Motorcide will mobilize all patrols to curb speeding and drunken driving, with emphasis on pedestrians at beaches and parks. Speir urged Texans to plan trips, drive safely, and avoid alcohol before operating vehicles.
Brown and Root repairing the Tugboat Wharf at Morgan's Point for Harris County Houston Ship Channel Navigation District under a 3200 dollar low bid awarded June 16. All work included. final approval pending. Engineers prepared the plans and specifications.
Army private first class Dewey C. Hughes, 19, son of Mr and Mrs Clifton E Hughes of Channelview, has been assigned to the 25th Infantry Division in Vietnam.
SAN ANGELO. Substantial wage increases and enhanced benefits took effect this month for General Telephone Co. of the Southwest employees under a three year contract with the Communications Workers of America completed June 28, 1968. The raises average over 12 cents per hour, about 5.6 percent, and include employer-paid basic health insurance premiums of 7.23 dollars monthly plus 4.42 dollars toward major medical insurance. Effective January 1, 1969, four weeks of vacation were granted to employees with 20 years of service.
Automated Computer Systems begins operation at 806 Alford Baytown with an IBM 40 system. Walter Mathews, VP and manager, previously of Diamond Alkali, says the firm, active over a year with leased Houston equipment, serves a grocery operator and a CPA firm among its first clients. Applications include accounts receivable billing payroll inventory control and more.
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