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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1971
Page
1
Claude Todd of 410 S Lynchburg Road was admitted to San Jacinto Methodist Hospital Saturday morning with a gunshot wound. Details not available from hospital records.
The Parents Society of Cleft Palate Children will meet at 7 00 p m Monday in the hospitality room of the Houston Lighting and Power Co building located at 212 West Loop South of Houston.
William Everett Seymore son of Mr and Mrs L D Seymore of 107 Bellview Drive was named to the dean's list at Texas Tech University in Lubbock after his first year with a 3.12 GPA. Police reported a busy week with three major accidents 15 injured 14 minor crashes five DWI charges and 115 traffic tickets issued. A theft of a color TV set valued at 500 from Geraldine McZeal 1013 Daniels is under investigation. William B Freeman 33291 McKinney Road reported the theft of his 1970 Oldsmobile and items valued at 139 from the car. City Manager D R Voelkel and Howard Northcutt attend the Texas City Management Association meeting in Galveston through Tuesday. James Michael Williams son of Mr and Mrs James Maurice Williams of 70N Main Highlands earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rice University.
A proposed $83 603 12 investment led by electronics chair Charles McKay aims to convert Lee College s tech vocational program to computer driven instruction. Regents have approved 53 000 in grants, with more needed to fund stations in petro chemistry steel telemet ry and more. The project seeks to expand into oceanography biomedicine radio machine shop and offset printing, boosting enrollment and industry partnerships nationwide.
Murill Hart’s day in the Sun as Margaret Brous sard rushes around like a mother with two sons getting married. Duane and Vickie Cartlidge and Anna Cartlidge visit from Thunderbird Graduate School, while Alan Erwin of Austin visits Baytown relatives. Edna and Lester Alford depart for vacation as Dub Ward notes a major Baytown tunnel traffic jam and Minnie Clayton, widow of a former mayor, is hospitalized. A Baytown couple, George and Lan Caster, welcome a new granddaughter in Fort Worth.
The Humble Enjay Annuitants Association seeks a $25 monthly across the board raise for all retirees plus an escalator provision tied to cost of living. They also urge a quarterly offset formula, a deduction for a hospital plan filling Medi care gaps, and an immediate raise for those on pre Social Security pay. President E C Smoky Wood said Humble Enjay management will meet with them next Thursday. the last adjustment was January 1970.
A boat trailer pulled by David Lee Brymer of La Porte disintegrated in the Baytown La Porte Tunnel causing a lane intrusion and a hour long closure. Paul J. Upton of Baytown sustained about 500 dollars in damage to his 1964 Ford as the northbound lane backed up to Goose Creek bridge. No charges were filed, and tunnel officials decided when to remove wreckage after arrival of deputies.
Bulletin from Dallas reports another civil filing naming several figures tied to the major Securities and Exchange Commission action. The suit was filed by the First National Bank of Lake Jackson near Houston against Arlington dentist Harald C. Thomas.
In Pasadena California a suburb facing drought and a out of service water tank began water rationing Friday. U.S. District Judge John V Singleton Jr enjoined Football Little League Inc from using that name in its program as Little League Baseball Inc sues claiming trade name violation. Two Galveston men Arnold Moore 24 and Lonnie Warner 20 held without bond after stay at Texas Cotton Co warehouse. Frida Nixon and Edward Finch Cox to be married at the Rose Garden White House. A Chicago hijacking ends with a fatality and the plane shot down by an on duty deputy marshal. Federal marshals remove the last of an Indian occupying force from Alcatraz Island.
Little change in the pattern is forecast with continued partly cloudy hot conditions and temperatures from the low 70s. Morgan's Point tides show Sunday high at 8 25 p m and lows at 6 55 a m and 9 39 p m. Monday highs at 5 01 a m and 8 55 p m with lows at 7 49 a m and 10 01 p m. Sunday sun rises 6 20 a m and sets 8 23 p m. Monday: Same.
Bay area pollution expert calls for halting Wallisville Reservoir construction in Chambers County. He warns the project could write Galveston Bay off as a fishing source, urging a stop for environmental evaluation and noting nursery grounds for crabs and shrimp near the site.
Harris County Pollution Control Director Walter A Quebedeaux criticized the EPA conference on Galveston Bay pollution. He complained Texas Water Quality Board meeting notices are inadequate and objected to the Ship Channel discharges plan. He questioned the EPA report's evidence and said much data was unavailable to its author. He noted he did not know Thomas Gallagher was writing the study.
Harris County health director Dr. L. D. Farragut cautioned Houstonians about possible danger from ticks after two confirmed Rocky Mountain spotted fever cases appeared locally. He noted a 20 percent mortality for untreated patients, stressing prompt medical care and tick removal. Two Deer Park youths were hospitalized with the disease.
Betsy Webber recounts a tour misadventure as Mr and Mrs L A Robinson sign for a Timbuctu extension elsewhere. The itinerary promised a Timbuctu stay and sights like Abu Simel but the Hotel Timbuctu and the foreign legion outpost proved to be mirages. The issue began at Goundam airstrip 10 miles from Goundam, 400 miles from Mopti, where the trip ran into trouble.
Chambers Liberty Counties Navigation District chairman Vernon Poole stated the group will fight any attempt to halt the Wallisville Reservoir project. He cited water rights and economic impact on Chambers County and warned against irresponsible actions by opponents at an EPA conference in Houston.
Houston Memorial Baptist Hospital System announced an $80 million center to provide comprehensive care for more patients at lower costs. The Sharpstown site spans 38.5 acres near Southwest Freeway and Beechnut, to be built in two phases starting late 1973 with completion by 1975.
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