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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 05, 1968

Page

2

Three Baytown youths to face probation over thefts

Three boys aged 10 to 12 will be referred to Harris County Probation Department after thefts of rings and a billfold from local residents. Loretta Stewart kept two boys until police arrived, and Mary Isenhour reported missing rings valued at 1500 dollars. Police recovered 39.50 from the billfold. The boys, two brothers and a third companion, are under the care of their 11 year old sister while parents are away. case to be reported to probation on parental return.

Harris County Probation Department Baytown Loretta Stewart Tllinois Maryisenour Missouri Herris

Baytonian's Mother '85 Dies in Winnie

Lydia Torkelson 85 died at Winnie hospital at 1145 p.m. Thursday. She was mother of S. F. Torkelson of 2309 New Jersey, Mrs. L. H. Henderson of Monroe, La., and Mrs. B. T. Atwood of Hamshire. Survived by two sisters, Mrs. Bulsh Wells of Galera Park and Mrs. Jewell Earl of Monroe, La., and one brother, Webb Kersh of Tyler, plus 13 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren. Funeral services set for Saturday at Hassel Foster Funeral Home in Palest ine. time to be announced.

Lydia Torkelson Winnie Hospital S. F. Torkelson New Jersey L. H. Henderson Mon-roe B. T. Atwood Hamshire Bulsh “Wells Galera Park Jewell Earl Monroe Ami Webb Kersh Tyler Hassel- Foster Funeral Home Palestine

Noon Stock Quotes Courtesy of Citizens National Bank

Markets remained closed Friday with noon quotes withheld as major exchanges paused operations and will resume trading Monday after the holiday. Citizens National Bank and Goodbody Co provided the courtesy.

Citizens National Bank and Goodbody Co

Ernest F Meartz funeral notices in Crosby community

Ernest F Meartz 71 of Route 1 Crosby died at 2 par in a Houston hospital. Survivors include wife Maybelle Meartz three sons Bill J Meartz Ernest Austin Meartz and Jerry Meartz all of Wisconsin and Texas, three daughters Gloria Jean Crawford Baytown Betty Ann Herbon Mt Prospect Ti and Joan Dorothy Miller Crosby twelve grandchildren. Funeral services 29 a.m Monday Earthman Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Harold Bombert officiating. Burial Memory Gardens of Baytown Cemetery. Pallbearers William Crawford Eugene Crawford Ernest Meartz Bill Meartz Carroll Miller Varence Berry.

Ernest F. Meartz Route 1 Crosby Houston Maybelle Meartz Bill J. Meartz Stoughton Wisc Ernest Austin Meartz Jerry Meartz Deerfield Gloria Jean Crawford Baytown Betty Ann Herbon Mt Prospect Joan Dorothy Miller Earthman Funeral Home Chapel Harold Bombert Surial Baytown Cemetery William Crawford Eugene Crawford Ernest Meartz Bill Meartz Carroll Miller Varence Berry

Hospital Notes at Gulf Coast

Admitted to Gulf Coast William D Norwood High lands Room 17 New Arrivals Mr and Mrs Douglas D O Reilly 603 Lloyd son born July 4 at Gale Coast Mr and Mrs W A Holloway 701 Schilling daughter July 5 Gulf Coast

Douglas D. O'Reilly Lloyd, Son Iuly Gale Coast W. A. Holloway Schilling Gulf Coast

Public invited civil forum on weather at Baytown building

Public invited to a civil ATP forum on weather at 7 20 p m Monday in the activity room s at the Baytown Community Building Films will be shown by representatives of the Federal Aviation Agency

Civil Atp Patrol Baytown Federal Aviation Agency

County pollution boat grounded after motor stolen

County pollution inspectors paused operations as the 233 horsepower Evinrude motor for a newly acquired boat was stolen during the June weekend from an enclosed Pasadena area site near the Courthouse Annex. Pollution control director Dr Walter A Guebedaux reported to the Commissioners Court detailing plant visits and various air and water surveys conducted in June.

Houston Isp Walter A. Guebedeaux Commissioners Court Pasadena Baytown Shaw Quebedeaux Los Angeles

Humphrey Speech Lists Peace as National Aim in Philadelphia

Humphrey spoke at Independence Hall in Philadelphia celebrating America and urging peace as a national purpose while about 50 antiwar demonstrators protested nearby. He then visited his lakeside home in Waverly, Minnesota to meet his four day old granddaughter Pamela Catherine, daughter of Mr and Mrs Hubert Humphrey Jr.

Humphrey Philadelphia Independence Hall America Waverly Minn Pamela Catherine Hubert Humphrey DL

Laver wins Wrimbledes Open amid turmoil in US lead

Reg Laver, Australiana tennis star, defeats Tony Roche to win the Wrimbledes Open. Gen William Westmooreund, US Army Chief, is killed in Vietnam when his helicopter is shot down over the Mekong Delta. In Rome, protests target Italy’s Common Market policy as farmers rally downtown. Federal agents warn of colorless odorless marijuana vapor with extreme potency detectable after minimal exposure.

Reg Laver Tennly Star Tennis Lourmament Tony Roche Frederick van Feusen Mew Army William (. Westmooreund Vietnam Mekosy Delta

Harris County weighs food stamps versus commodities plan

County officials compare the federal food stamp program with the existing commodities aid, noting stamps would stretch purchases for eligible families while requiring guarantees for minimum benefits. Harris County, home to the state’s largest commodities program, distributed over 1.1 million dollars in retail value in 1967, with demand fluctuating due to high employment.

Commissioners Court Harris County Britto USDA Britton Texas Tarrant County

Fee Splitting Targeted in SEC Inquiry

The SEC hearings examine a complex fee splitting scheme to evade New York Stock Exchange rules as part of a probe into stock trading costs. Witnesses from Bache & Co and Reynolds & Co. highlighted how some brokers route fees through unrelated exchanges to bypass NYSE limits, with Avery Rockefeller Jr. opposing disclosure of his firm’s mutual fund clients.

Washington Securities Industry New York Stock Exchange Securities and Exchange Commission SEC Commission New York Bache & Co Reynolds & Co Avery Rockefeller I Jr Dominick& Dominick New York City Roger S. Foster Boyd J. Jefferies Jefferies & Co Los Angeles New_York Stock Exchange Jefferies New York Exchange Pacific Coast Exchange Detroit Stock Exchange

Cable damaged by ditch-digging machine on Bos Smith Road

Bishop says about 230 feet of cable were ruined when a ditch-digging machine was found running late Wednesday night in the 1400 block of Bos Smith Road. The clutch was reportedly burned out. last seen in good order at 6 30 p.m. Wednesday. Patrolman Vernon Downing investigated.

Bos Smith Road KR. T. Bishop Bishop Vernon Downing

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