24 Jul 1977
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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1977
Page
1
Civil Defense Director Letcher Hickerson will speak at the Bay Area Board of Realtors meeting at noon Monday at the Holiday Inn on hurricane preparedness and evacuation options for the area.
Partly cloudy with widely scattered thundershowers in Maytown area weekend forecast. Temperatures near the mid forties tonight and low sixties Sunday with a 20 percent chance of rain. Tide times and sun events listed for Baytown with sunrise about 6:00 a.m. and sunset around 8:20 p.m.
A noisy collage of local chatter and brief notices features Alma Turner planning a tarle misstep Mel Sulli van dreaming of camping Pat Mooney praising Bartown’s scenery Amy and Sonny Rowlell honor their parents I Ry Rowlell on their 23rd wedding anniversary Melissa Knight and Dante Wardlaw recall a rescue Deanne Nivens Lib By’s birthday Weisinger birthday and garden pride at Harry Massey Thelma Allen cooks well Margaret Felton Nettie Bradshaw Canada thoughts Lon Endertt irons in a golf putt Janay Odum debuts a new haircut Ruby Neeves Forester Cameron Cooke and Billie Hinton secrets Patsy Clarke assists a road project
Absentee voting for the August 13 school board election begins Monday in the superintendent’s office, with a close of August 9. The race features six incumbents and candidates aligned with fundamental schools, including debates over homestead tax exemptions and teacher consultations.
Baytown police investigate the shooting death of Jennifer Marie Agresta Jacobs a 14 year old girl found with a .22 caliber gunshot wound in her apartment The husband Gary Lee Jacobs reported the event and investigators sought autopsy findings While neighbors heard little and two visitors aided the scene police labeled the case unclear pending further facts
The Baytown Police Department announces a new emergency line 422-3510 for urgent police needs. The existing line remains for non emergency business and train emergencies, listed as 422-RTL, to avoid busy signals during critical moments.
Reports from Washington on Carter discussions with British leaders about Korea policy and U S troop drawdown, plus a Sri Lankan political shift as Junius Richard Jayewardene becomes prime minister. Firefighters suffer injuries in a Vineland forest blaze burning over 2300 acres. Police report safety concerns as the fire rages.
John Firler assistant professor of philosophy and religion at Colgate University prepares a yearlong scholarly tour starting July in New York and Hamilton. He and his wife Sandra and their son Christopher John travel to Tokyo Sri Lanka and India to edit works on Buddhist studies and yoga. Firler directs Chapel House and the study of world religions, speaks eight languages, and will translate a Buddhist scripture during his research leave.
Muriel Scott reports 6 000 signers backing a Baytown bridge over the Ship Channel near Lal Roach, president of the Mast Morris County Computers Association. Petitions presented to the Texas State Highway Commission aim to move Austin support for area highway projects. Traffic congestion at the tunnel spurs the Citizens group to seek immediate relief and a bridge within six years, though Baytown progress faces delays due to higher priority projects on the 610 Loop and Washburn Tunnel, per Roach.
Libyan reports claim Egyptian air forces shot down five planes in a desert clash near the Mediterranean border. Egypt denies aiding a base as fighting extends across the Tobruk region with Libyan artillery and air strikes.
A 27 year old man is charged after authorities say he killed his foster family of seven children, a wife, and a niece in Prospect Connecticut. The bodies were found in a burned home where the Beandel family lived, with signs some children had been bound.
Fragmented note suggests a pact to own fare sales and a vow to honor a lost cattle event. The text hints at a local historical dispute over property and a person named Murray Bare Fest, with confusion about a man named Turthes and a claim of someone dying.
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