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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1968
Page
2
A watch found on Third Street may be claimed by the owner who should contact John Sellers at 301 E. Wright to identify it. Also notices an Ice Cream Party at the Youth Fair and a Crosby Volunteer Fire Department barbecue to support a new fire truck.
Baytown police investigated a fourth theft in four days. A blue 1962 Ford station wagon was taken from Jimmy Brown at 3203 Garth Road, license PFW 210. Earlier, Jack Houghton reported a 1967 Ford stolen from 504 Forrest. Police linked the cases to two other thefts from the Humble Oil and Refining Baytown Refinery parking lots.
Governor John Connally vetoed only 1.33 million of 2.5 billion in the recent appropriations bill, the smallest veto total of his three terms. He considered ruling on a 1.44 million lump sum for Agriculture but avoided it to not waste meritorious expenditures. He also struck several riders deemed illegal, including air pollution spendings linked to cotton gins and other line items such as court clerks and building projects. He criticized lump sum appropriations as constraining executive judgment and warned against pervasive legislative practice.
The Gander Booster Club invites REL track and field teams plus freshman boys to an overnight campout July 2 on Trinity River. Gather at 6 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Stadium field house, caravan to a site northeast of Dayton in Trinity River Plaza. Bring lunch, mosquito net, insect repellent, and swimsuit. Booster officers Clem M. Massey president and others listed coordinate calls for attendance.
A police recruit training school will begin Monday at the Wooster training building on Bayway Drive. Chief Blake Mann will present opening remarks at 8 a.m. Eight men will be enrolled in the six week school. Representatives from the Department of Public Safety, federal Bureau of Investigation and the district attorney's office will be among speakers. Following the school, the men will have a Week of practical application.
Katie Lenorah Funderburk 78 of 116 Miriam Baytown died 7 45 am Saturday in a Baytown hospital native of Tioga La came to Baytown 33 years ago member of Grace Methodist Church Women’s Society of Christian Service survived by four daughters Helen Bates Catherine Funderburk Grace Fisher Ethel Roberts three sons B O Funderburk David C Funderburk Lester K Funderburk fifteen grandchildren five great grandchildren funeral 10 am Monday Paul A Lee Chapel Rev Robert Joiner officiating graveside 2 pm Monday Forest Lawn Cemetery Beaumont Paul A Lee Funeral Home in charge
President Johnson and South Vietnam leader struggle to reach accord at a summit in Hon oluku. In Gary, police abstain from a wild strike, served court orders to return to duty. Czech party endorses courage to deter liberal trends. New York area airlines halt shuttle flights amid congestion. George Wallace rally disrupted by chants. 32 arrested in St Louis. Biafra and Nigeria resume talks to end a brutal civil war and famine.
Julie Adel Currie Highlands Room 125 Wanda Purgis Dayton Room 17 Kathon Marie Callaway Highlands Room 222 Henry C Powell Jr Nan cy Lynn Powell La Porte Room 202 a West La Porte Room 202 Janelle Raney Crosby Room 15 Mr and Mrs Jerry Rodgers Houston son born July 19 Gulf Coast Mr and Mrs Rufus W Smith 1514 Gresham son born July 13 Gulf Coast Mr and Mrs Harold Wieser Jr 8 W Cleveland daughter born July 19 Gulf Coast
In Chicago Maria Teresa Calderon a Manila girl reads at 50 000 words per minute with near perfect comprehension, outpacing typical adults by a wide margin. She demonstrated speed on a 3 135 word four page article in 3.5 seconds during a Northwestern University rapid reading course test.
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