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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1977
Page
1
Soons Elderly Entertainment Senior Citizens will meet for fellowship at First Baptist Church in the fellowship hall at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Participants should bring a covered dish and a game for the gathering.
Partly cloudy and hot with a 20 percent chance of late day and overnight thunder showers through Wednesday. Low temperatures fall to the 70s Tuesday night while Wednesday’s highs reach the mid 90s. Sunset is near 8 24 p m with tides noted for Wednesday and general coastal conditions.
Names and casual notes about residents fill a light social items list. Mentions include Richart and Laura Tannich helping, Anne Surivner and Lori Marl in sun, Pinch back driving a golf cart, Beanie Rowland Barbara Vlarman Norma Ezer at lunch, Booster Stephenson on greens, Sid Desormeaux needing clubs, Meloni Payliska and Dena Simmons at Eagles concert, Pam McCormick praising a former student Denice Crow, new Baytown residents the Bakers family, Glenn and Jon Pfennig back from England and Scotland, and Kayla Baker sending birthday wishes.
National Weather Service forecasters on Monday warned Baytown residents not to expect much rain. Showers and tundershowers are forecast to be few and far between for the next weeks. Baytown rainfall remains well below normal with figures from Exxon's gauge at 16.96 inches year to date. Comparisons show past years with higher totals, including 42.09 inches last year and 64.53 inches in 1974. Local gauges vary with some reporting around 20 inches year to date, while others note low July totals.
U S Rep Bob Gammage says he will seek backup legislation from Texas lawmakers after Exxon's Seadock withdrawal. The move sparks a push to back a Gulf coast offshore oil port project while critics warn the plan may not proceed without major participants.
City council traffic committee reviews adding a crossing guard near Pumphrey Elementary on Fairway Drive and considers extending crosswalks across Southern Pacific tracks. Other agenda items include parking restrictions on Bayway Drive and West Sterling, red light restrictions, and signalization questions. Meetings are open to the public with staff advisor Lis Hill Cornelius.
A citizen group seeks a fundamental junior school and a 10 day panel will study the proposal. Trustees heard pros and cons at a board meeting and set a committee to review backers and opponents before an October report. The district plans to delay meetings until teachers return from summer recess.
Two Soviet hijackers surrendered to Finnish authorities early today marking the second hijacking of a Soviet airliner in 60 weeks. Finland plans to turn them over to the Soviet Union as soon as possible. The Carter administration proposed federal subsidies to encourage adoption. OPEC members opened a meeting discussing commodities and potential price moves. President Carter gave tentative approval for the reduction of nuclear weapons, according to a published press release.
Police move with nightsticks against 125 to 180 protesters defying a court order on Kent State University campus. A makeshift tent city near the site recalls the seven year anniversary of student deaths. several students were arrested and two people were detained nearby.
Incumbents Going and Moreno announce reelection bids while one candidate withdraws leaving two rows of challengers for the Aug 13 school board vote. Ballot filings include Going Heck, Moreno Hancock Lovell, Barolak Cruce, with details on candidate backgrounds and education views shaping the race.
Houston Lighting & Power Co. serving the Raylont area ranked fourth for percentage revenue growth and fifth for net income increase in Amatica last year per Power Magazine. The company’s 1976 revenue reached $4410.1 million with net income of $102.6 million, up from $63.4 million in 1975, despite a noted fluctuation in earlier years.
School board approves 12 percent raise for cafeteria workers and 10 percent for transportation maintenance and tie department staff. Adjustments may vary by individual, with district officials authorized to tune the exact amounts within a few cents of the set percent. The cafeteria raise could raise meal program costs. final impact to be decided. Superintendent Johnny Clark notes district industrial growth boosts property values and revenue beyond earlier estimates.
The quote notes an excess of almost everything except religion and parking space. The speaker called the year 1977 the era of abundance in most things but highlighted these two lacking areas as ironic counterpoints.
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