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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 15, 1971

Page

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Devotional set guest speaker at Our Lady of Guadalupe Church

Ovila Father Meunier will lead a three day devotional Wednesday through Friday for the Feast of Most Sacred Hearts of Jesus at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church. Services at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday and 7 p.m. Friday. Joe Ford of Houston posts a $5,000 bond on assault to murder a deputy sheriff. Ford rammed a vehicle on a feeder road off Interstate 10. Funeral services for Mrs. R. D. Wallace sister of N. E. Baumann of Baytown held at Phillip Luckey Funeral Home in Rockdale. It was incorrectly stated in a Sun story that Mrs. Wallace was Baytonian Allen Baumann’s sister. Health Clinic in Chambers County offered from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday at the Community Building Tri-City Beach Road, also open at the Cove voting box FM 565 1 to 3 p.m. Immunizations and health cards. Election of officers at Bishop Christopher EB Byrne General Assembly Wednesday night at Knights of Columbus Hall. buffet 7 to 8 p.m. meeting at 8:15. Humble Annuitants Association meets 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Community Building. Agenda includes conference with Humble-Enjay on retirement benefits, per president Smoky Wood.

Father Meunier Ovila Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church Joe Ford Houston Justice of the Peace N. O. Morrison F. M. Beymer Harris County Sheriff's Department Ford R. D. Wallace N. E. Baumann Baytown Phillip Luckey Rockdale Sun Wallace Allen Baumann Chambers County Tri-City Beach Road Cove Christopher EB. Byrne General Assembly Knights of Columbus Annuitants Humble Annuitants Association Humble-Enjay Management E. C.smoky Wood

Ben Barnes declares 1972 governor bid in Texas

Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes announced he will run for governor in 1972 on a platform of new leadership. Gov. Preston Smith planned a State of the State TV message at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday and declined to reveal his political plans, joking that his dull image needs mystery to attract viewers.

Alan Erwin Sun Austin Bureau Austin Ben Barnes Texas Preston Smith Alan Austin Press Austin Baytown Khou-Tv Channel 11 Smith

BESS AND TUT Lauland celebrate 45th wedding anniversary

BESS AND TUT Lauland mark their 45th wedding anniversary. Mrs. Berry L. Barnes, formerly Myra Edwards of Baytown, is expected to receive her PhD in August. The Roger Critzer family halts in Baytown en route from North Carolina to Yuma. Peggy Power shares a recipe. Ray Pearce is stuck behind a woman driver who stopped to chat.

Bess Tut Lauland Berry L. Barnes Myra Edwards Baytown Carl McKinney Jr Ed Talley Alice Talleys Vicky Valery Tracy Mexico City Roger Critzer North Carolina Yuma Ariz

Barnes hints at 1972 gubernatorial bid in SEC controversy

Barnes reports a Monday morning Ting meeting with Smith in which he said he would run for governor in 1972. The governor reportedly respected the wish but did not indicate his own candidacy. Barnes cited a press conference where Smith had not yet decided on a second run for office.

SEC Barnes Smith Ben

Weather and tides for Baytown area

Partly cloudy and continued hot through Wednesday in the Baytown area. Temperature range from upper 60s to mid 90s with Morgan's Point tides showing highs at 9 49 a.m. and 9 31 p.m. and lows at 9 49 a.m. and 11 31 p.m. Sunrise at 6 20 a.m. and sunset at 8 24 p.m.

Baytown Area Morgan's Point

Baytown Police pay raise plan to be heard by council

The Baytown Police Association will ask Baytown City Council at 6 30 p m Tuesday for pay raises and enhanced benefits for officers. Spokesman Detective Glen Rosier will present the request along with Assistant District Attorney Rod Gorman who backs the pay rise. Other agenda items include formation of Spring Meadows Public Utility District and paving and zoning requests.

Baytown Police Association Baytown Glen Rosier Atty Rod Gorman Spring Meadows John Fontana Wallisville Road

Rehired law firm returns to Baytown school district

The Baytown school board rehired Reid, Strickland, Gillette and Ramsey as district counsel in a 4-3 vote over Stewart and Park after a two year gap. Trustees Smith, Mitchell, Elis and President Peterson supported the return, while Greenwell, Lippmann and Dignam backed the current firm. The decision follows a pattern: a prior 40 year representation by Reid, Strickland, Gillette and Ramsey.

Johnella Boynton Baytown Aot Reid, Strickland, Gillette and Ramsey Stewart and Park Jerry Don Smith Seth Mitchell James Slick) Elis Troy Peterson Reid Strickland Gillette Ramsey Fabian Greenwell Glenn Lippmann Philip Dignam Greenwell Smith Lippmann U. S. Department of Labor

Pumphrey to Travis zone shift affects 90 students

The school board moved 90 students from Pumphrey Elementary to Travis Elementary due to a boundary change near Crosby Lynchburg Road. Supt. Johnny Clark called the arrangement “looks like gerrymandering” but says it preserves ethnic balance. Bus service already shifts these pupils to Pumphrey.

Pumphrey Travis Crosby-Lynch Burg Fwulue Lng Ustate Abavan Main Street Johnny Clark New Travis Pumph

Moss Bluff waste permit bid draws strong opposition

Liberty and Chambers County residents opposed a Texas Water Quality Board permit for a solid waste disposal site at Moss Bluff. About 150 to 200 people attended the hearing, moved to a larger venue, with concerns that the facility could pollute Turtle Bayou and Lake Anahuac. Local officials and residents submitted resolutions opposing the permit, while the session stretched past midnight.

Liberty Chambers County Texas Water Quality Board Moss Bluff Liberty County Geraldine D. Humphreys Cultural Center Petrochemical Systems, Inc Pasadena Thomas Lay Turtle Bayou Lake Anahuac Oscar Nelson Warren Clark Jr Liberty-Chambers Counties Navigation District John Middleton Moss

City tags 300 garbage cans under new notice program

City Manager D R Voelkel said about 300 red tags were placed on containers not meeting city specs by three NYC youth workers on Friday. Tags indicate cans over 30 gallons or lacking proper handles and watertight design, with more tagging expected later in the week.

D. R. Voelkel National Youth Corps Nyc Voelkel

Sell-A-Thon Continues Winners Told

Three more winners in Bay town's Sell A Thon receive two tickets to Astro World. Mrs Ed Venard, 503 E Wright. Mrs Carlane Jr, 800 Felton. and R G Mitchler, 1105 Fleetwood, win tickets weekly until a six week drawing for cash prizes of 500, 150, and 50 dollars.

Baystown Astroworld Ed Venard E. Wright Carlane Jr Felton R. G . Mitchler Fleetwood Baytown Sun

Pollution suit against Armco enters second day

Federal suit in Houston accuses Armco Steel of dumping 1015 pounds daily of deadly cyanide into the Houston Ship Channel. Also notes dress policy change at Galena Park schools and obituary for Barton Heiligers of the Alhambra Post Advocate. Pentagon study claims Johnson set offensive plan on April 1, 1963. News from Saigon and Washington on Vietnam war coverage and withdrawal debate.

Houston Armco Steel New York The New York Times Pentagon Johnson North Vietnam

Robert E. Lee High Class of 1956 Reunion Details

Reservations must be made by June 20 with Mrs. Judy DeLoach at 409 Grantham. The 1 year reunion will be held June 26 at the Ramada Tower Center.

Judy DeLoach Grantham Ramada Tower Center

22 Day European Tour Sponsored by The Baytown Sun

The Baytown Sun will sponsor a 22 day tour across six European countries departing Sept 21 for 39.89. Travelers fly overnight from Houston Intercontinental to Amsterdam with full agency planning by European Tour Guide. The itinerary includes Holland Germany Austria Italy France and England with stops in The Hague Rotterdam Cologne Heidelberg Munich Innsbruck Venice Florence Assisi Rome Rapallo Nice Lyon Paris and London. Lodging is first class two to a room with private baths two meals daily and baggage handling.

Mary H. Brown Baytown Sun Houston Intercontinental Airport KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Amsterdam Rotterdam Cologne Heidelberg Munich Innsbruck Venice Florence Assisi Rome Rapallo Nice Lyon Paris London

Sharp Testimony To Cover Everything In Probe

Frank W. Sharp 64, central figure in the Sharpstown scandal, pleads guilty to two charges and wins three years probation and a $5,000 fine. He accepts immunity from further state or federal action, then agrees to testify for the government. The probe concerns bank failures, stock deals, and political loans tied to Sharpstown Bank and National Bankers Life.

Houston Tex Frank W. Sharp Sharp Sharpstown State Bank National Bankers Life Insurance Co U.S. Dist John V. Singleton Secur Ities & Exchange Commission Dallas Morton Susman Susman SEC Sharpstown Bank National Bankers Life U.S

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