02 Jun 1970
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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1970
Page
1
Knights of Columbus San Jacinto Council 2788 will elect officers at 8 p.m. Tuesday in KC Hall located at 2600 North Main. All members are urged to attend.
Baytown notices include Corps meeting at 7 p.m. at the corps headquarters on South Main and a noon Rotary Club observance for HOLLY McLEMORE Day at the Tower with Dr Henry Dismukes as program chairman. Also a 7 30 p.m meeting at 1300 Main for better city government, and a Kiwanis noon meeting at the Tower to hear 1969 Humble Football Highlights with Ike Hart as June program chairman. SGT Paul G Rocha receives the U S Air Force Commendation Medal at Phan Rang AB Vietnam. Swinford Clair Wilson earns a DDS from Baylor Dallas May 26.
Pat Wenzel Cheryl Forque and Connie Bergus make 50 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Charles Forque plans a flying trip. Bob Wetzel and Mike Bergus take an early bus trip to Mason. Mrs James Harrop and granddaughter Patricia win at bridge. Carolyn Sears graduates from Lilly Jolly School of Nursing in Houston. Elaine Kotra still on Cloud 9 after Tom Jones shook her hand. Nona Higginbotham joins The Sun newsroom. Judy Rowlan honks her horn. Louise Shaw makes detailed arrangements. Mrs T M Nicholson on an early smorting walk. Alice Mae Fayle marks 58 years living in Baytown. Kim Worden brings in one news item and leaves after two stories. Bob Anders, not Jim, is Lee College data processing manager. Plant Manager Rod Grandy anxious until midnight Tuesday as a new plant safety record arrives.
Supt. Johnny Clark proposes two new deputy superintendent posts for 1970-71 with one focused on program development planning and research offsetting costs by merging federal programs. The plan also includes abolishing the federal programs office and launching a development program with UH and UT, combining an internship and apprenticeship path for leadership growth.
The 40 second earthquake along a 600 mile coastline left more than 1000 dead and feared up to 30000. Huaraz suffered 95 percent destruction while Chimbote recorded 200 dead. Over 200000 homeless as winter nears, with air drops and aid from Lima paratroopers and a hospital ship Inde pendencia aiding relief. A Soviet ship offered doctors and medicine.
The Baytown Sun reports six of 28 merchants have announced Auction Bucks winners for weekly drawings. Each store awards 1,750 in Bucks. first prize 1,000, second 500, third 250. Winners include James L. Wareham, Hattie McCoy, Mrs. Virgil Sims, Marvin Lyons, Janette Walters, and Cookie Wilson among others. You can enter by registering at participating merchants before the July 3 auction.
Saigon forces endure one of their deadliest attacks as Viet Namese troops seize part of a mountain top base. Reported casualties include at least 46 dead, 4 wounded and 15 missing amid the fiercest fighting to date. Meanwhile Rogers testimony secrecy stirs House clash over Cambodia troop use. Voters head to primaries across eight states with Alabama governor race and renomination battles shaping Nixon era politics.
Baytown Harlem Elementary faces desegregation scrutiny after a Houston federal ruling. Supt John Clark says Harlem’s current mix reflects de facto segregation from housing patterns, with 339 pupils in grades 1-5 and about 28 Negro students. A regional HEW office seeks a new 1970 71 plan.
2 Baytown engineers received honors at the spring awards dinner of the Society of Professional Chemists and Engineers at the Bayshore Rod Reel and Gun Club. M. T. Waddell won the Civic Achievement Award for outstanding civic and charitable contributions, while G. W. Chambers earned the Professional Progress Award for notable professional work including a mosquito larvicide patent. Chambers, a longtime Esso Research and Engineering Co. employee, holds BS and MS degrees from Texas A&M and is active in multiple societies. Waddell is a Bayshore Rod Reel and Gun Club charter member and has shaped regional environmental and pollution-control initiatives.
PARTLY CLOUDY and mild through Tuesday with temperatures in the mid 60s to upper 70s. Morgans Point tides show a high at 5:17 p.m. and a low at 3:19 a.m. Wednesday, with sunrise around 6:28 a.m. and sunset at 8:18 p.m.
Bids will be opened at 2 p m next Tuesday June 9 for one general contract to build the Wallisville Reservoir dam and navigation lock on the lower Trinity River in West Chambers County. The 40 month project is valued around 10 million with total project cost about 21 million including land.
Curt M. Jordan 77 Chambers County first Civil Defense director and former Anahuac alderman died after an apparent stroke at his home. He will lie in state at First United Methodist Church Anahuac with burial at Forest Lawn Beaumont. He is survived by wife Ruby, two sons, a daughter, two brothers and a sister, and six grandchildren.
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