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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1968
Page
1
Baytown men H B H Kitzman Sr and G F Kiteman died in a Houston collision. Funeral services pending at Kline Funeral Home in Tom Ball.
Scattered showers through Sunday are forecast for the Baytown area with temperatures dipping into the low 30s. Galveston tides show highs at 3 12 am and 6 36 pm on Sunday with lows at 12 36 am and 2 12 pm. Monday highs at 8 30 am and 5 42 pm with lows at 1 15 am and 3 12 pm.
Freddie Brooks jets to New for a few days while Shirley Dittman enjoys an evening stroll Fletcher Hickersor outlines a civil defense communications system Fay Venable attends a Ridgecrest writers conference Wanda Jones receives birthday greetings in Justice of the Peace Glenn Vickerys court Jimmy Williams, former state highway patrolman, now a military policeman Lamar Kelley chats with mutual friends Sue Jones pursues a masters thesis Edna Baker hurries to beat the clock Donnie Lee works hard to get rich Ruby Haggarty vacations but is not forgotten Bob Feinberg worries about keeping plate glass windows safe Glen Walker seeks a conference Navy man Tony Bianchi heads to South Vietnam for a year The W B McNulty family sends in from Glorieta Harold Murphys plan a Canada trip Carolyn Chase sails
Baytown must bury tree limbs brush and building materials instead of burning them under Texas Air Quality Control Board regulations effective July 1. City manager Fritz Lanham seeks a six month extension to Jan 3 1969 citing many requests. Additional chipping equipment and staff will be needed at an estimated cost of 332 500 to meet the rule.
Rev Robert M Cheek who began as Baytown First Baptist pastor on April 17 1957 will give his last Sunday morning sermon The Love of God Sunday marks his departure after 11 years to lead Westheimer Baptist in Houston He said the decision was the hardest of his life and that the church has touched his heart.
John R. Webb advances to manager of Enjay Chemical Baytown Plant Business Analysis Department succeeding C. T. Jones who moved to Esso Chemical New York. Webb began as engineer in 1964 after Carnegie Tech training and Lehigh degrees.
A senior mediation official joins efforts to avert a telephone strike that could force Chicago to lose next month's Democratic National convention. The AP dispatch covers international and domestic tensions as Soviet withdrawals from Czechoslovakia continue amid a looming offensive, plus updates on heart transplant debates, a Bronx shooting case, and poll standings for McCarthy versus Rockefeller and Nixon.
Baytown Postmaster ML L Neal says no directives reached him on curtailing Saturday postal service. Washington announced plans to end all mail deliveries in city residences and discontinue normal window service at many offices by July 27, with fall date for broader curtailment.
Two Baytown men died and three others injured in a 2 car head on crash at 12 05 a m Saturday at Bayway Drive and North Street in Wooster. Glenn Ross White 38 of 114 Weaver Street and Bernard Cantu 23 of 125 Airhart Drive died on arrival at Gulf Coast Hospital. Cantu drove south on Bayway when his car struck White’s on the southbound shoulder near his home. Injured were Martin Savola in fair condition Dixie Orlando Serrano and Santos Sovella both of New Orleans in good condition. Serrano and Sovella, sailors on the Chemical Trader, were hospitalized. White worked at En Jay Chemical Co and was a Wooster Baytown veteran with long service and sports knowledge. Funeral services for White planned at Wooster Baptist Church with burial at Hill of Rest Cemetery. Cantu’s family survivors listed. See COLLISION.
Gulf Coast Industrial Workers Union to mail ballots on Monday for officer elections with top officers led by President Hargrove unopposed. Ballots due by July 22. officials will collect and count at 5 p.m. that day, listing numerous steward and plant position candidates across many trades.
Rod Erxleben of Seabrook, formerly of Baytown, sailed a 38 foot boat from Oxford Maryland to Galveston, arriving a week overdue from Key West. He said unfavorable northwest winds and a dead motor left the voyage delayed, and he would repeat it if not on schedule. Accompanying him were Mr and Mrs I A Vaughn and daughter Mickey 13 of Rac Liff, who owned the boat.
A Bay-area group wins a round in the shell dredging battle as the U S Corps of Engineers issues restricted permits to four firms protecting reefs in Galveston Trinity and East bays. The Bayshore Rod Reef and Gun Club led the fight alongside Congressman Eckhardt. Still, concerns remain about a 200 foot buffer and dredger claims of shell shortages.
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