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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1971
Page
1
Funeral services were held in McAllen at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday for Mrs. E. A. Tippitt of Pharr, sister of Allen Meister of Baytown, who was killed in a Saturday night auto accident between Pharr and McAllen. The Meisters attended the funeral.
Partly cloudy and continued warm forecast for the Baytown area with temperatures in the low to mid 70s. Tides noted for Morgan s Point on Wednesday with highs at 11 01 a m and 10 43 p m and lows at 12 13 a m and 1 31 a m. Sunrise and sunset listed for Wednesday at 6 21 a m and 8 18 p m. Local people mentioned include Charles Caldwell, Je an Gagnon, Nancy Hale, Albert Costley, Lydia Girard, David Parkinson, Richard Blundell, Maxine Welch, Drew Scott, Lucy Leesemann, Connie and Cowboy Hartlieb, and Jerry McMillan.
A Texas bill increases driver license renewals by one dollar with four year operator licenses rising to seven dollars and other fees for commercial operators chauffeurs and learners permits. The measure funds the DPS construction program and accompanies student subsidies and voter registration changes under discussion as the session nears adjournment.
Washington AP reports House Democrats rally to defeat Nixon manpower revenue sharing by pushing a public service jobs alternative. A May 18 GOP surge revived the $2 billion measure, prompting leadership to pressure 45 Southern Democrats and aim for a decisive vote as members return from the holiday weekend.
Darcy Lynn Laver, 16, of 418 Archer Road died at Gulf Coast Hospital from injuries after a pickup crash on Garth Road last Thursday. Police charged her father Jack Laver with negligent homicide and aggravated assault after the wreck that also involved his wife Dolores Laver. Bonds of 2000 and 1000 respectively were posted in Justice of the Peace N. O. Morrison's Court.
Gov. Preston Smith ordered a noon Tuesday start for a special session to settle conferees on Texas congressional redistricting. The session costs taxpayers 15000 dollars daily. Senate House committee leaders failed to agree and unfinished items include senatorial district redrawing and liquor tax plans.
EPA plans at a Rice Hotel Houston conference June 7 9 to urge Houston Lighting and Power Co to lower Cedar Bayou Generating Station discharge water temperature into Trinity Bay. The agency may push permit amendments to ban oil and grease and toxic materials from all waste sources in area bays. The meeting aims to improve state federal cooperation on pollution abatement with recommendations based on a Bay area sampling report. A Baytonian delegation is expected. Wallisville Dam discussion is undecided.
Secretary of State William Rogers will fly to Lisbon for NATO foreign ministers talks on a mutual European force reduction with the Soviets. The Paris OECD meeting and Brussels CME talks frame a 10 day swing as Senate debate intensifies pressure for cutting NATO forces in Europe from about 300,000.
Baytown's Sell-a-thon names three weekly winners who will receive two Astroworld tickets each. The six week event awards a final cash prize drawing for 500 dollars, 180 dollars, and 50 dollars, with weekly winners eligible for the big pot. Also notes Maj. James M. Strangmeier practicing surgery in Phoenix after Da Nang service. his wife Nelda Spencer.
Fire chiefs report a faulty West Main and Georgia hydrant delayed hoses during a Lumus Dodge body shop blaze. Firefighters used a second plug while West Main hydrant was repaired, highlighting city water and fire department coordination gaps. A city-wide flushing program last summer revealed several faulty plugs and stirred citizen protests.
Three Texas A&M graduate students R T Colgan R E Derr and E W Rogers mail questionnaires to about 500 Baytown property owners seeking public input on Goose Creek. A preliminary report is due in July with final findings in November and a public hearing planned to discuss development options including esthetic and economic improvements and potential waterway access and docking facilities.
Alcohol by the drink begins today in Texas with Galveston’s Candy's Place the only Gulf Coast permit holder. Houston and Baytown lack permits as Dallas San Antonio and El Paso lead in approvals. ABC officials say no Baytown applications are pending.
U S officials say the Lisbon meeting will not shape specific NATO bargaining positions for the mutual force-cut plan. Major members, including the United States, have yet to submit proposals, and the alliance must mesh these into an overall stance. Negotiation format remains undecided, with options ranging from single chief envoys to a mass roundtable.
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