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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1968
Page
1
Blood donors are needed for Martin Sorola who was critically injured in a Saturday morning automobile accident. A relative said Ben Tab Hospital needs 12 pints to replace blood given to Sorola, who has received 22 pints so far. Donors should call the hospital at JA 2021.
Lois Scott returns to work after hospitalization as Mikel Holmes displays a string of clears. Bob Kalbitz Jr. celebrates a new baby. Earl Snake hums his knee while Jocelyn Wesselhof reports measles after lunch guests. Ron Hamilton is away from the Community Building. Hugh Spain covers shifts. Mary Fourrier named Best All Round Junior Camper at King’s Ranch. Jerri and W. A. Read note a light wedding weekend. Ray Cargill’s coat, a mystery. Rose Cravey performs a Boy Scout deed. Mr and Mrs Monroe Pryor of Baytown visit Hodges Gardens with Frc. Robert stationed at Ft Polk. Louisiana’s Garden in the Forest.
The Coastal Industrial Water Authority plans a 3.3 million canal parallel to Southern Canal Co near Cedar Point to supply U S Steel. Negotiations with Southern failed. offer just over 1.2 million, far below the 5 million asking price.
Baytown council weighs long term water options at a special meeting. Mayor Pro Tem Braswell says the city has water to 1975 and must choose between extending wells or switching to surface water. He cites San Jacinto River Authority water as preferred and cheaper than Trinity River water. Council members urge action sooner and begin surface water conversion.
City fines collected this year total $68,995.20 per Corporation Court records, exceeding last year’s $51,419.73 for January through June. City Manager Fritz Lanham says the revenue goes to the general fund and the city aims for $100,000 in fines and bond forfeitures for the year. Traffic fines in the first six months reached $353,844.95, up from $38,526.50 in 1967, while parking fines were $921.75 versus $1,433.25.
Dormitory counselor Michael Smith, son of Mr and Mrs Clade Smith, 5102 Cedar Bayou Lynchburg Road, will serve as counselor for Deutches Haw Texas Lutheran College Ge nan House for the 19686 school year. Each counselor is selected by college personnel staff to work with dorm residents.
Virgil A. Hoppe, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Hoppe of 239 San Jacinto St, received the Army Commendation Medal as a medical corpsman in Vietnam. The citation praised meritorious service in allied counterinsurgency operations, noting his diligence, leadership, and sustained effort under adverse conditions. He will be assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 508th Infantry Division in Germany after a July August leave.
Saigon AP reports Defense Secretary Clark Clifford says bombing will persist until Hanoi pledges serious restraint. Frontline action earns few decisive results as Marines claim 77 enemy killed south of the DMZ and BS2 bombers strike near Saigon. Weekly casualty tally shows a continued lull with 188 Americans killed and 1,037 wounded. Combat near Camp Carroll involves a Marine unit facing over 150 North Vietnamese troops.
Fifty six passengers on a U S charter flight from Gijreked to Cuba celebrate upon landing in the United States. North Vietnam signals a pause in Saigon shelling as talks in Paris proceed. President Johnson and Nelson Rockefeller position for the Republican race. A mixed bag of Vietnam war and domestic political notes fill the week.
A Baytown city delegation and the Baytown Chamber of Commerce urged Harris County Commissioners to back a 320 million flood control bond and a 21 million road improvements proposition on the July 27 ballot. Attending were City Councilman Glen Walker city manager Fritz Lanham and Chamber President Ed Vaught. Absentee voting ends next Tuesday with county offices offering weekend hours. The measures have backing from Bellaire Deer Park Galena Park Humble and La Porte governing bodies and chambers of commerce.
Baytown City Council authorized advertising for bids totaling 113 3544 dollars for water system improvements. The plan includes 1 inch lines on Decker Drive Lobit and Loop 1 plus storage facilities and well upgrades. Bids due August 22. legal steps delay bid acceptance to July 23 council meeting.
Wanda Orton reports on Bayside City administrator Mike Holmes overseeing a massive lot mowing program hindered by heavy rain. Grounds must dry for tractors to avoid rutting and only partial progress is possible, with crews moving across town toward Brownwood as flooding and soggy soil stall work.
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