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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1968
Page
1
Baytown and Beach City reached a peaceful accord on a 178 acre tract between Farm Road 2354 and Trinity Bay north of Baytown. Beach City will seek consent from Baytown while Baytown forgoes opposition as officials sign a formal request to annex the land under Beach City’s control.
The AMERICAN PARTY headquarters will relocate from North Main to 303 W Gulf behind General Telephone. It opens 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday with Mrs. Frank Abbey as headquarter chairman. Dr W H Starnes is noted as author in Journal of Organic Chemistry and a research associate at Esso Baytown Chemicals Research Laboratory.
Partly cloudy and warm with scattered afternoon thunder showers in Baytown. Baytown forecast shows temperatures from low 70s to near 99 and Galveston tides Saturday high at 6 12 am and low at 1 31 pm. American Party of Baytown to meet Friday at 1300 N Main. Bayshore Wagon Wheel Dancers perform Saturday at Knights of Pythias Hall hosted by Mr and Mrs Harold Turley with Johnny Hogan as MC. Mrs W C Tidmon hospitalized in Gulf Coast. Funeral for Frank Rustenberg noted in Brownsville. Highlands church hosts chicken and beef barbecue Sunday 11 30 am to 2 pm. cost 2 25 adults 12 and under 0 30. Last day for REL Brigadiers eligibility applications at Robert E Lee High Monday.
Social snippet giftings and greetings appear from Wew Canan Connecticut and Baytown Texas. Names include Shirley Guthrie Karen Bultzars H. Enderli and Charles Forque. Celebrations include birthdays and new homes with neighborly acts and trips to Germany and Estes Park Colorado.
A Baytown plumber recovered a $1500 ring from a bathtub drain linking to a burglary at Mrs. Opal Isenhower home. The theft involved three juveniles ages 10, 11 and 12 who gained entry by asking for water and bathroom permission. Two rings were found behind a back seat in a police car. the third ring was dropped down the drain. The youths are referred to Harris County Probation.
Houston Natural Gas Corp seeks a rate increase for Baytown and La Porte to align with Houston rates citing higher operating costs and a 7 percent money cost, with 10 percent tax surcharge. Council weighs the request, noting consumer impact and potential next action at the following meeting.
In Titusville Florida AP report a teenage girl was nailed to an oak tree in a motorcycle club ritual hazing. James Spider Owings 26 admitted using a hammer to nail Christine Deese to the tree and cried at sentencing receiving four years. Other Outlaws members received two years one year eight months and set for further sentencing.
George Wallace’s American Independent party quickly gathered the required 50 Rhode Island signatures at a Cranst on rally drawing 2400 to 5000 attendees. The event featured heckling from about a dozen protesters, a volatile scene, and Wallace denouncing anarchy and Supreme Court rulings he says curb police powers.
A powerful blast shatters three Greenwich Village offices and wounds over a dozen as Chicago youths vandalize a North Side store. Tear gas disperses protests in Maywood. Communist moves in Czechoslovakia prompt a party shift. White police restore calm in Cleveland as curfews take effect. Everett Thomas, 7, celebrates a heart transplant by driving a car. McCarthy visits Texas amid campaign boosts. FBI origins lie in political strife. Justice drive for Abe Fortas gains strength after Senate panel.
Funeral services for William Homer Owen 82 former Odessa businessman were held at Earthman Chapel. Interment will be at Elmwood Cemetery in Abilene. Survived by daughter Mrs Dave Moore of Baytown son Curt Owen of Chicago sister Mrs Percy Rowling Reklaw brother Hubert Owen Jacksonville and four grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
Voters select funding for flood control across multiple precincts in 1991. The ballot lists precincts and associated schools and facilities such as Highlanda Elementary, Cloverleaf Elementary, Channelview High School, and San Jacinto School, among others, with local officials named. The dense list names precincts 12 through 266, with facility addresses and administrators including J W Khigea, ST2d Bayway Drive Irving, Mrs HY Arthur, M W Red Hargrove, and others.
Baytown City Council plans a special meeting to discuss the status of police reserves after a Texas attorney general ruling. Council member Glen Walker proposed the session to address the issue without other agenda items.
Justice Glenn Vickery of Harris County faced a heavy docket as preliminary hearings stretched. A lunch break prompted deputies and a probation officer to leave, missing a case momentarily. The judge later ordered officers to locate them, finding the trio at a cafeteria and delivering a stern warning about contempt and courtroom conduct.
Local officials urge a yes vote on a county city bond to fund flood control now or face higher costs later. An immediate $45 000 savings is touted if the bond passes, financing a $90 000 drainage study for areas north of Baytown and major streams through the city. County Commissioner Ramsey warns a failure would be a major setback for East Harris, while other bond items include $21 million for Almeda Gentaa Road and Little York Road improvements.
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