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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1965
Page
1
Freddie Zlomke Jr. hosted a reunion at McCol Schreck Park in Chambers County. Police said two spinning reels and four fishing rods were taken from a garage, valued at 100 dollars. The event encouraged families to bring lunches for a 1 pm meal.
Baytown residents and visitors are noted in a roundup of local happenings. Mrs. Joe F Vonazil visits her husband in town for three more weeks while James Ellis critiques local parking. Hospital notes mention Jeannette Ford recovering after surgery and Ellen Waltman pursuing a degree. The Bendix bridge column offers tips, and a cosmetics display prize is awarded to Mrs. Vernon Eliott. The Sar Jacinta Methodist Hospital board meets Friday at 1 15 p.m.
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara returned from Viet Nam and said the Viet Cong to government force ratio is totally unacceptable. He indicated a recommendation to President Johnson for increased U S forces in South Viet Nam and noted Viet Cong guerrillas numbers around 165,000 versus about 500,000 South Vietnamese troops. He cited intensified guerrilla attacks and civilian terror, but added the situation is not all black.
Fred B. Payton, driver for Souther TV and Radio, was injured about 11 a.m. in a collision at Alexander Drive and East James, taken to Baytown Hospital by ambulance. Witness says Payton suffered knee injuries. The other driver was John Henry Macke. Patrolman Raymond Hardy charged Macke with running a red light.
Notice informs readers ads must be placed by TE30 a.m. Thursday for Friday paper and by 4:59 p.m. Thursday for Sunday edition. Readers are advised of cancellations and moving to Memorial Drive as the office begins operations in the new building.
City council to study building a 30 foot street connecting Craigmont and Ponderosa subdivisions to Baker Road. The plan runs through the Diamond Alkali pipeline easement and involves Dorris Street and Hemlock Street. Also on the agenda are bids on Phase II of street improvements, weed-mowing reports, and voting precinct considerations.
Baytonians will hear golf great Byron Nelson speak at a Baytown Chamber of Commerce weekly meeting at the Holiday Inn. Nelson promotes the Texas PGA Championship Tournament in Baytown Sept 27-Oct at Goose Creek Country. Local pro Shelton lauds Nelson as among golf’s all time best and recalls his Corpus Christi visit years ago. Bray, GCCC committee man, will introduce Nelson.
A Florida grand jury returned an indictment in the Messler case tied to the Texas millionaire murder inquiry. Melvin Powers, 23, jailed over a year, faces first degree murder charges linked to the stabbing of Jacques Mossier, 69, at a Key Biscayne apartment on June 30, 1964, as authorities pursued details of a supposed affair with Mossier's wife Candace.
Preparations underway to move The Baytown Sim operation to a new plant this weekend at 1201 Memortia Drive. Move begins Friday morning with advertising closing for Sunday edition at 3 PM Thursday. Staff will relocate first the business and advertising areas, then the composing and news rooms to minimize disruption.
Speculation runs that President Johnson could appoint the first Negro or woman to the Supreme Court to fill the Goldberg vacancy created by his U.N. post appointment. Names floated include Thurgood Marshall and Sarah Hughes among others, with various advisers also mentioned as possible candidates.
Lee County school board held its longest debate in about a year on separating Lee College from the public schools. Members debated support or opposition, with Trustee Karl Opryshek interpreting positions of Alford, Mitchell, and Beavers as opposed, while Mitchell and Alford hedged. The group weighed timing, costs, and potential governance changes as voters prepare for a possible Aug. 7 decision.
American Cryogenics Inc an affiliate of Standard Oil will locate a Bayport air separation plant near La Porte and Baytown with a total capital expenditure over 3 million dollars. The facility designed to produce about 400 tons daily of liquid and gaseous oxygen nitrogen argon will open in spring 1966 and employ more than 50 people. The Bayport plant will be the companys second air separation plant in Texas joining Odessa while the firm operates additional plants in Augusta Savannah Ga Decatur Ala Orlando Fla Santa Fe Springs Calif and Reno Nev. The plant will supply oxygen and other products to the nearby Offenhauser plant and nitrogen to Humble Oil Refining Co Baytown refinery.
A disjointed briefing notes a disabled passenger ship with 100 passengers and 210 crew aboard near St John’s Newfoundland, a satellite for nuclear detection, a Fort Myers court stay for Charles Kemp, and various international incidents. Reports include an air force jet safely returned to Pease Air Base after five hours, a Seoul protester critically burned, a Bogalusa rally, and possible U S aid increases for India. Lynda Bird Johnson leads a 28 member party on a wilderness trip along Minnesota’s northern border with Secret Service.
Members of Precinct 100 Democrat Club and others are invited to a 7 30 p m Thursday meeting at the Holiday Inn to hear State Rep Bob Eckhardt of Houston discuss proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution. County Clerk R E Beh Turrentine notes two special elections in Harris County this year, both likely on amending the Texas Constitution.
Skrla Inc of Houston is the apparent low bidder for Phase II street improvement work in Baytown. Bids opened Tuesday, tabulation underway Wednesday, with council review Thursday. Base bids ranged from 138,434.70 to 191,933.73, all by Houston firms. Skrla’s base bid 138,777.27, about 1 million below city estimate.
City officials and citizens discussed a proposal to transform Texas Avenue into a downtown shopping area. Critics noted parking and traffic limits. proponents claimed parking would rise and new spaces could spur downtown development with merchants and property owners supporting the plan.
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret O. Quartz, 86, of 1209 E Fayle, were scheduled for 4 p.m. Wednesday at Grace Methodist. Survivors include Mrs Catherine, sisters Mrs Agnes Da pase Bil, and others. Earthman Funeral Home listed as managing arrangements.
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