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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1968
Page
1
FASCITY BEACH Lions Club will host its annual barbecue from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Crawley's Fishing Camp. Plates with trimming will cost 1.50 for adults and 1.35 for children, with proceeds aiding the Crippled Children’s Camp in Hertville, supported by Lions Clubs of Texas.
Austin AP report notes first quarter payments from the Texas city sales tax by 14 cities show receipts higher than earlier projections. State Comptroller Robert S. Calvert disburses funds after deductions. cities like Austin and Corpus Christi receive sizable shares, with total 1968 estimates listed and a per capita projection cited by Steve Matthews of the Texas Municipal League.
SERVICE LEAGUE will meet at 9 15 am Friday at Goose Creek Country Club hostesses Mrs Charles Tillery Mrs Lt Keith and Mrs Pat Bond. Sunday GUADALUPANES regular monthly meeting at 2 pm Sunday at Guadalupe Parish Hall all members urged to attend Rough Riders Club business meeting 7 30 pm Friday Community Building Weather notes: Friday tides at 1 54 am and 9 42 am high and 7 am 6 18 pm low Scattered showers through Friday with partly cloudy warm conditions low 70s to high 70s.
The Associated Press reports traffic deaths rise slowly as Americans head for the Independence Day weekend. The National Safety Council estimates 700 to 1000 may die in four days, with 13.2 billion miles driven. Last year’s four-day period totaled 732 deaths, a Fourth of July record.
Frank R. Boyle of La Porte is up and about after neck tumor surgery and was a Baytown visitor on Wednesday. Mayor Sea born Cravey and family holiday in Dallas. City Manager Frite Lanham and kin return from vacation next week. Bonnie Kidd checks on a publication. The F. R. Routers travel to Alaska. Mary Thorpe prepares for a unique tip. Ed Thieles stop in Brookhaven while en route to Ridgecrest Baptist Assembly. Bill Burge drives youths to a Fort Worth Baptist Youth Conference. C. M. Sparky Bond misses convention report. Curtis Herring takes on new Baytown Lions Club role.
The Gaytown Home Builders Association in Baytown, a division of the Greater Houston Builders Association, announces a bonding program protecting buyers of homes from small contractor faults up to 2000 dollars. The program, effective for homes sold after June 1, involves a warranty and service certificate listing covered components and buyer remedies, with a review process and a $2000 corrective action limit.
Baytown banks across Gaytown posted mid year totals exceeding 61 million, up four million from last year, signaling Houston area dominance as the Southwest financial capital. Citizens National Bank topped with 35.13 million, followed by First Watson and Peoples State among many lenders.
A naval court of inquiry into the submarine Scorpion disappearance concludes testimony from more than witnesses and begins reviewing evidence gathered since June 5. In Boliva, Castro releases Che Guevara negatives and challenges Barrientos to a comparison with originals seized by the Bolivian government. Alec Rose sails his 36 foot yacht into port after a 28 500 mile solo voyage. Paterson New Jersey endures nightly rock throwing and window smashing with police firing shots in the air. Dynamite eruptions strike the Canadian consulate and two Cuban Spanish restaurants in New York, with several windows broken but no injuries. Indonesia reports rounding up nearly 200 Communists in Java as they seek to form a new party network.
A fallen high voltage wire at Colorado and Minnesota sparked an early Fourth of July display on Wednesday night. The incident injured one person and damaged trees. Houston Lighting and Power Co. repaired the span by 10:30 p.m. No major injuries were reported.
The Lee College Board of Regents will hold a meeting Friday at T pm to act on matters from an executive session last Thursday night. Open discussion will cover real estate negotiations contracts for non degreed teachers and a car for Dr Richard Strahan. Afterward a work session will address the 1968 69 budget with copies of a tentative budget in regents hands and a public hearing planned by August 20.
A nationwide magazine lauds Baytown police as one of the most efficient law enforcement teams for their work on the Effie Chambers murder case. Baytown’s Blair W. Mann accepts a Meritorious Service Citation for a skillful investigation. Larry Lane, a 23 year old ex convict, was arrested Feb. 4 and indicted for murder. The Chambers case, along with two other murders, consumed many hours of Baytown police work and earned city honors.
Bobby Morgan, visiting Baytown from Tallulah Louisiana, rescued 19 year old Philip Hendrix from Lake Houston after Hendrix’s companion Roger Collingsworth 13 drowned. Morgan attempted to save both, noting Collingsworth wore cowboy boots that filled with water. Hendrix collapsed minutes after the rescue while Morgan helped share clothing. Morgan and his wife Jeanie were visiting relatives.
Police warn motorists that the school zone speed is in effect during summer in front of Robert E B Lee High School. REL is the only district school with this regulation in summer months. Summer sessions for all ages are held in the RET building.
U S troops found a cache of five rockets and 33 fuses 590 yards from a larger cache near Saigon as ground combat intensified. The clash left 10 enemy and three Americans killed with 50 Americans wounded in the day’s heaviest fighting around Saigon.
Bids for a three building academic complex on the Lee College campus are due in the comptroller's office until 10 am July 2. The project includes a two story classroom building of 23 000 square feet, a dramatics center of 17 000 square feet, and a 4 000 square foot library. Construction features concrete slabs, brick exterior, and standard systems.
An editorial urges readers to defend United States values during Independence Day. It condemns critics who claim America is flawed, arguing the nation is free despite imperfections and calling on citizens to stand up against those advocating anarchy and violence.
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