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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1968
Page
2
The Little League Colts were entertained with a swimming party at Roseland Park. Baseball and volleyball games pitted parents against the boys, with refreshments served. Coaches Conrad Kressley and David Brown led the Colts.
A note recalls Epiphany was first mentioned in 194 and by the fourth century the feast was widely accepted. The passage blends stock quote style asides with a historical aside on Epiphany. It references occasions and dates without tying to a single event or figure.
Katharine Houghton makes her motion picture debut in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner a Technicolor romance from Col umnin Pictures. The film stars Houghton as Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn’s daughter who falls for a Black doctor played by Sidney Poitier. The families react with shock then dinner tension leads to a happy ending.
Beach City faces annexation limits under Baytown terms and state law, with plans limited to a half mile from city lines. City Engineer Morton cites an 84 mile span to farthest area. Citizens seek street repairs, grass cutting, sewer fixes, and more traffic signs west of Goose Creek. A fire lane ordinance and house moving rules are discussed, with street widening on North Main to Cedar Bayou Road on the agenda and a $37,000 street budget cited.
Lawrence J Alexanderii a Baytown resident and co owner of Jones and Dassetta Furniture Co died in an automobile crash near Streetman Tuesday. A retired U S Air Force colonel and Bronze Star recipient he is survived by his wife two daughters his mother and five grandchildren. Funeral services are 2 00 pm Friday at Earthman Funeral Chapel with interment at Fairlawn Memorial Park Liberty officiated by Rev Monte Brown.
The OCAW details include a 12 cent hourly increase effective Oct 1, a 32 cent raise on Jan 1, 1969, and a 28 cent increase on Dec 1, 1969. Additional asks seek 11 cent Jan 1 and 30 cent Dec 1, 1965 raises. The policy committee backs these as mandatory bargaining items and also urges joint union management safety committee creation and income protection during plant shutdowns or relocations.
The judge thanks the council and staff for support during a lengthy reassignment. He notes close contact with Police Chief Blair Mann and praises Fritz Lanham J.B. LeFevre’s employee groups. He commends his office staff as a dedicated, young women team essential to his achievements.
John C Straton has been promoted to research specialist at Liso Research and Engineering Co.'s Baytown Synthetic Fuels Research Laboratory. He holds BS and MS degrees in chemical engineering from Purdue University and belongs to Tau Beta Pi and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. The Staton family, including Mrs Staton and daughters Marilyn and Audrey, reside at 505 North Burnet Drive, Baytown.
Fultz urged decentralization of state juvenile facilities after noting a $400,000 appropriation for a 450 unit boys’ facility outside Gatesville. He argued juvenile crime rises with adults, but credited clearer recordkeeping for apparent increases and emphasized improved accounting of delinquency acts.
A front door glass was broken at the House of Fashion Junior Ward on Pruett Wednesday night. The total damage was estimated at 45 dollars.
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