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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1968
Page
1
The public is invited to a barbecue Saturday from 2 p.m. at the Wooster Fire Station 6105 Bayney Drive. Proceeds go to Boy Scout Troop 883. Tickets available from W R Powell Louie Bishop or Wooster firemen. Reading classes for high school and college students run July 23 with two daily sessions.
Scattered showers are forecast for the Baytown area with temperatures from the low 70s to the low 30s. Galveston tides show highs at 7 30 a m and 3 33 p m with lows at 12 36 p m and 11 52 p m. Deposits at Crosby State Bank totaled 5 502 467 54 at the mid year bank call. An earlier Sun story misstated the deposits.
The item collection highlights social happenings and local aims including residents watching the All Star game on color TV, J B LeFevre restoring city manager powers, Rick Wickman handling city hall duties, and Mrs C H Davis discussing fig preserves. Other brief mentions include Baytown newcomer Daflenz Rounds, Karen Bush moving, Greg and David Nesselrode celebrating birthdays, Linda Wilder visiting Fort Benning for her husband Ronnie, David Geaslin’s Marine Corps solo flight, Judy Burnett’s disbelief, and Mrs George Nelson's volunteer spirit.
Traffic enforcement in Baytown shows 4 903 cases in six months versus 3 196 in all of 1967. From January through June, 1 707 more tickets were issued than in 1967. June saw 470 speeding tickets among 1 110 total in the month. Revenue for six months reached 53 844 95 dollars, with 32 509 dollars earned in the last three months.
Harris County officials discuss boosting juvenile services with a target of five percent police strength for juveniles. Larry Fultz, probation official, backs two full time Baytown juvenile officers and a county probation post. He cites female officers in Houston's juvenile division and notes Harris County handles 10 000 to 12 000 juvenile cases yearly. The county operates a 70 bed detention ward for boys and girls, with plans to expand foster care and state schools placements.
Vandalism damaged two fishing boats at the shrimp boat docks off Highway 146. H. W. Wright’s 60 foot Jack Crawford suffered smashed windows a demolished instrument panel and stolen wave fire extinguishers valued at 550. W. E. Fayle’s Squaw Baby had a carbon dioxide spray in the cabin and several starboard windows broken with total damage 50. Patrolman James Glenn led the preliminary inquiry.
The Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union plans to press for a 72 cent an hour general wage increase for Baytown Refinery employees along the Houston Ship Channel. The union also seeks hospital insurance, competitive pensions, vacation bonuses, shift premiums, extra holidays, and a pension fund contribution, with most gains starting Jan 1 and the wage rise spread over ~14 months.
Corporation Court Judge Prar ney L. Ward stated he plans no rushed retirement on July 16 completing 10 years on the bench and said he would stay to help the council find a replacement whether it takes two months or two years. He will have 40 years total service that day and noted no illness since his July 15 1958 appointment. Ward said he feels good and previously retired from Humble Oil to accept the judgeship. He submitted a retirement letter to the mayor and council.
The Associated Press reports California Governor Ronald Reagan planned to announce a Republican presidential bid July 2 on national television, but his staff denied the plan. Reagan’s aides said no announcement would occur and cited preparations for a film clip as the reason. Nixon factions push a broad campaign while Nelson Rockefeller critiques Nixon’s regional focus and notes Wallace’s third party impact.
Congressional leaders have almost given up hope of adjourning before the August conventions. Notes include Senate ratification of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, Soviet border arrests, and anti-Soviet literature cases. Also mentions Vietnam opposition, gun control politics, recall petitions, and ongoing Cold War diplomacy.
Beach City s annexation plan to add 1731 acres along the Cedar Bayou corridor near U S Steel triggers a dispute with Baytown over extraterritorial jurisdiction. Baytown officials seek an observer at Beach City s hearing to review potential conflicts with Baytown s two mile limit and a protective 10 foot strip. The proposal includes McCallum Park and west Chambers County land, with Beach City arguing no agreement blocks annexation without Baytown consent. The annexation hearing is set for Thursday at Chambers County Community Building.
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