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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1968
Page
1
A weather forum sponsored by CIVEL and AIR Patrol is planned for 7:30 pm Monday in activity room 4 at the Baytown Civic Center. Federal Aviation representatives will show films and invite interested attendees. The notice lists speaker details and attendance invitation.
Austin reports State Sen Chet Brooks announced the Conference Committee on Appropriations provided 200000 for bulkhead work to preserve the San Jacinto Battleground channelfront after a prior cut from 350800. The delegation hailed progress and noted potential federal help. further funding to complete the bulkhead may come from the January 1969 legislature. Additional line items include 52050 for Lee College Baytown 4317150 for San Jacinto College 1654451 for University of Houston and 3271639 for Texas Southern University.
Crosby hosts the 2nd Annual Crosby FFA Fair and Rodeo August 5 to 10 with 4H and FFA exhibitors from Harris and Liberty counties showing 100 cattle and 100 poultry, rabbits, hogs, turkeys and capons. Key officials include Milton Brasher president and Sloan Williams producer. Entries and schedules are issued by Murff and John Adams route Crosby.
California Governor Ronald Reagan states he will seek the Republican presidential nomination at the national convention but not before. Mississippi delegates face seating issues at the Democratic convention. US bombers continue heavy raids over North Vietnam as B52s sustain saturation pounding. Howard Hughes offers to buy a controlling stake in ABC but network will contest the offer in court, says Leonard H. Goldenson.
State Rep Joe Allen said a Texas Water Development Board engineer will visit Baytown next week to survey flood damage along the San Jacinto River, focusing on Banana Bend, and will make recommendations for improving conditions on the river in the future.
A patriotic Independence Day program in Rayton features a Cavalcade of Flags along I-10 and other corridors, a 5 pm flag ceremony at Sterling Library, and events at Goose Creek Country Club including a runway 1 air show and glider demonstrations by Col. H M Humphrey and Dr. Ed Roberson.
SAN ANGELO Texas Bay town and other areas served by General Telephone Co of the Southwest will face a telephone rate increase to finance a new contract with the CWA. President Ray Beck announced the wage hike under a new three year contract covering 4200 employees. The pact ends June 27 1971 with pension talks to be reopened in 1970. Rates will rise in areas served by General Telephone due to rising costs and a 10 percent federal tax.
The U S Department of Health Education and Welfare approves a 575000 grant under Hill Burton Act for a new building on Baker Road to serve the Baytown Cerebral Palsy and Crippled Children’s Center. Local matching funds of 75000 are required. The project will cost about 150000 and includes razing the current center building.
Emergency work on four Baytown sewer mains mostly collapsed by heavy rains is about halfway finished. City crews completed sections on South Circle Drive and off Meyer and Airhart Drive, while White Lab Construction Co. handles the remaining section. The next target is a collapsed drain between Ta Wood and Harold Lane in Glen Arbor. About 300 feet of pipe must be relaid, funded from surplus water funds, potentially around 50,000 dollars.
The Bayshore Center for Mental Health and Retardation was approved for a 98,645 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health. Announced by Sen. Ralph Yarborough's office, the funds will cover about 75 percent of staffing costs after September 1 for the facility at 1410 Louisiana.
Two Highlands brothers in the U S armed forces were reunited in California before one heads to Vietnam. PFC Charles Milton Prince of the Army serves near Saigon with the First Infantry Division, while PO3c Tommy Gene Prince of the Naval Air Force is stationed at Imperial Beach California.
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