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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 24, 1968

Page

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Pythian supper and local notices in July issue

A covered dish supper at 7:30 p.m. next Tuesday July 30 at the Knights of Pythias Hall on Alexander Drive features Lt. Charles Cowan of Gaytown Police Department discussing narcotics and Charles Rowlan of Enjoy Chemical Co presenting a travel film. Also notices call for wheel chair donation, Knights of Columbus district meeting, YMCA clinic openings, Young Democrats picnic, Lee College instrument bids, fellowship luncheon, and a Lee College budget hearing set for August.

Pythian Knights of Pythias Hall Alexander Drive Charles Cowan Gaytown Lee College

Interstate 10 revision plans reroute Baytown traffic

Baytown drivers will be detoured onto Market Street Road near the I-10 bridge over the San Jacinto River for months during interchange revisions. Allen Ranft of the Texas Highway Department said detours begin in a week or two with closures from Market to I-10 and alternate routes via Crosby-Lynchburg Road and Four Corners. Traffic during peak hours is expected to congest and drivers are advised to use Garth Road North Main or Thompson Road in nearby areas to reach I-10 directly.

Baytown Market Street San Jacinto Allen Ranft Texas Highway Department Market Four Corners Crosby Lynchburg Road Ranft Crosby - Lynchburg Road Highlands Houston Interstate 10 Garth North Main Decker Bayway Drive

Weather and Tides Forecast for Baytown Area

High probability of scattered daytime thunder showers expected in the Baytown area. Temperatures range from the mid teens to the mid tens. Galveston tides Thursday rise to 6:00 am and 1:39 pm and fall at 11:18 am and 10:06 pm.

Baytown Galveson Thursay

Baytown police make own target bullets in city shop

Baytown police use equipment at the radio shop to manufacture 14 000 to 16 000 bullets yearly at a cost of about 248 dollars, saving the city hundreds annually. Process includes melting lead casting, molding, resizing, reloading, and crimping, with rookies assisting under supervision. Officers provide their own pistols and ammunition for duty, with pistol cost around 110 dollars and ammo 7 to 10 dollars per unit.

Albert Fanestiel Wanda Orton Baytown C. N. Cook E. A. Moyers Tennessee Natchez Miss Moyers Relatves Chattanooga W. A. Read Bleu Beathard Baytown Sun Humble Houston New York City Dorothy Warner Tom O. W. Kennedy James Reed Jimmy Longview H. L. Davises Ray Wiliamses Glen King

Beach City Delays Annex Plans For Baytown Council

Beach City delays action on planned annexation after a joint Baytown Beach City meeting. Baytown councilmen tentatively agreed to negotiate an annexation settlement, objecting to intruding on Baytown’s extraterritorial jurisdiction and requiring Baytown approval. A Baytown meeting next may trigger further discussion.

Beach City Baytown Beach City Trinity Bay Annerxi Fem Andy Braswell Inek Eloyce Jordan

Social Security expansion unlikely in Baytown soon

George Clark of the Pasadena SSA district office says Baytown cannot support a full time branch now due to budget cuts from the Vietnam War. About 5,600 people use the Baytown part time office. residents are urged to use Pasadena for service when needed. The Pasadena office serves East Harris and Fort Bend counties, handling roughly 38,000 beneficiaries, with hours 8:15 to 4:30 Monday through Friday.

Social Security Baytown George Clark Social Security Administration Pasadena Federal Murray W. Person Clark U.S Bayitown Congress Southmore Street Harris County Fort Bend County San Antonio

Harris County bond plan focuses half on roads

Harris County voters face a 61 million bond package with 31 million for two major roads. Proposition one funds Almeda Genoa and Little York Road upgrades to four-lane divided highways, with costs totaling about 30 million and 15.8 million respectively. The remainder, 39 million, finances flood control and drainage projects coordinated with other agencies, with no earmarks to keep flexibility.

Harris County Almeda - Genoa Road Little York Road Almeda-Genoa Road Almeda Road Houston-Rosslyn Almeda - Genoa Little York Pollag Authtorization Fiood

Ground water controls urged for Houston Ship Channel

Mason G. Lockwood of Lockwood Andrews and Newman urged controls on ground water withdrawal to curb channel subsidence. He called for soil tests to 1500 feet, re leveling studies in 1969, and local funding to aid U S Coast and Geodetic Survey.

Johnella Boynton Houston Houston Ship Channel Mason G. Lockwood The Wooster Lions Club Lockwood San Jacinto Monument Texas U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Lockwood, Andrews and Newman, Inc Channel Lake Houston City of San Jacinto Hoouston Ship Channel Paytown Crayey San Jacinto Methodist Hospital

Academic Arts Center Included Gere B Hazelwood Construction Co.

Lee College regents awarded Hazelwood's Baytown firm a 1 152 500 contract to build a new academic arts facility and to add a boiler at the mechanical center. The bid topped five bids and the project includes 365 days for completion with a 200 per day late penalty. Pre construction conference set, government Title I grant approval required.

Gere B. Hazelwood Construction Co Baytown Tnight Lee College Regents Academe Dramatic Arts Hazelwood’s Regents Richard D. Strahan Sherman U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare Strahan Hazelwood First National Bank Albert Thomas Circle College Tullis Scheffe Bell Baxter James A. “Bitsy Davis Tulsis Belt Hazelwod Cheney Coker Joand

Blood Bank urges more Baytown donors to sustain need

Janice Manteris, director of the Blood Bank Council in Bay town, said Baytonians used 1,490 units of blood last year but donated only 76. The Bloodmobile will make one more trip to the Community Building Thursday noon to 6 pm. appointments available at Gulf Coast Hospital laboratory.

Janice Manteris Blood Bank Council Baytown Houston

Enjay Technical Division Names John J Costolnick Superintendent

John J Costolnick is named superintendent of Enjay Chemical Co Baytown Technical Division succeeding R L Grandy who moves to Enjay Industrial Chemicals Division New York Costolnick a Carbondale PA native holds a BS chemical engineering from Villanova 1960 and MS in the same field from Northwestern 1961 He joined Bayway 1960 moved to New York 1956 later to Baytown with his family now at 112 Glen Haven Drive Mrs Costolnick Grace Ann Marasco Archbald PA and five children John Maria Robert and Marcia plan to join St Josephs Church in Baytown in a community settling effort

John J. Costolnick Enjay Chemical Co Baytown R. L. Grandy Long Rrange EnJay Industrial Chemicals New York CostoInick Carbondale Villanova Northwestern Bayway Chemical Plant Investment Coordination Department Kinnelon Costolnick Robert Marcia Maria Costeinick Joseph Costeinick Costelnick St. Joseph’s Catholic Church

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