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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1966
Page
1
LYNDA MAGEE was chosen drum major of Cedar Bayou Junior High School Band on Thursday morning. Twirlers also selected Thursday by band members are Jennifer Riley, Jean Wieser, Sandy Latham and Becky Hemphill.
Partly cloudy and warm conditions with temperatures around 72.94 degrees. Wednesday saw 71 to 92 degrees with a 279 degree reading at the sun weather station. Friday tides in Galveston expected high tides at 2:30 and 11:00 a.m. No low tide noted.
OLA AND BUDDER Krenickbless vacation in California while a reporter notes local reactions. Clem Kovar distanced from his mom on her birthday in Snook. Charles Coker praises the Baytown Red Cross for aiding his family. Darrell Stroud returns from Tex as City for a meeting. Frank Thompson plans for the near future. Sam Tanner may have been seen in Baytown. Rosa Johnson hurried through town. Norman and Vallye Ferm D’Olive call from Virginia, en route to Pennsylvania to trace genealogy. Terry Peterson and Marthe Johnson smile as How ard Hartman serenades them in Houston.
Four city council members awarded a $365 595 contract to Couch Construction Co of Houston to enlarge the West Main sewage plant. HEW approval is needed for federal aid. delay risks higher costs. The plan reroutes lines to ease Cedar Bayou and Woodlawn plants and adds Sterling High School sewage.
Premier Ky tightened grip on Buddhist opposition by sending paratroopers into Hue and imposing a 9 pm to 4 am curfew in Saigon. Troops fired on dissident marchers, and authorities reported casualties as riot police dispersed Buddhist demonstrations. U S Marines endured heavy fighting nearby as air power targeted North Viet Nam.
Administrative staff begin moving into Sterling High School after trustees unanimously accepted the $3 124 000 facility from Span Glass Construction Co The board approved release of 10 percent retainage upon completion of a 30 day waiting period and authorized a coverage endorsement for 2 6 million at 5 287 for 16 months The maintenance staff also assumes building duties Thursday.
Two people, Mary Betty McLean 35 of Sour Lake and her 10 year old son Richard Wayne, were killed in a car train collision near Nome between Liberty and Beaumont. The accident occurred Wednesday as Mrs McLean crossed a railroad crossing on US Highway 90 and Highway 326 failing to see a red signal. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said the train from the east struck the car as it crossed. Mrs McLean died at the scene. her son died later at Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. She lived in the Sour Lake area and had recently moved from Highlands Baytown. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Friday at Earthman’s Highlands Funeral Home.
The Baytown school board approved reassignment of 10 teachers and administrators to desegregate faculties under Civil Rights Act guidelines. Principals from Carver High and Harlem Elementary move to assistant deputy superintendent roles, with others transferred to counseling, training, and supervisory duties across Baytown Junior High, Cedar Bayou, and neighborhood programs.
J. Bayo Hopper, president elect of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers, will address the Baytown TSPE chapter Friday night at the Tower. Social hour at 6:30 p.m. and dinner at 7:15 p.m. New Baytown officers: Gerald D. Hansen president, Jack A. Morton vice president, Thad S. Fennema secretary treasurer. Hopper, a Lufkin native and UT mechanical engineer graduate, has held multiple TSPE posts and authored two gear material papers. He is active civically as an elder, former city councilman, and Lions Club vice president.
AP report from Austin details a day-long hearing on car insurance rate hikes. State actuaries propose an average 5.9 percent statewide rise across all car insurance, with a 10.6 percent jump in liability. Rates vary by area and driver class. Governor Connally’s highway safety program is urged as a path to lower rates, including stricter traffic laws and driver education. Young male drivers face the steepest increases, while seniors see smaller rises. The State Insurance Board will decide on changes before August 1, as requests for penalties on bad driving and graduated young-driver rates surface.
The Houston Chamber of Commerce will host an informal reception and dinner at 6 p.m. Thursday in Baytown for Chambers County officials. Houston Chamber President Gail Whitcomb said the event will help the Houston group and Chambers County officials get to know each other better as part of a shared economic area. Attendees from Chambers County include County Judge Oscar Nelson, Commissioners H. H. McCollum, G. V. Meyes, and E. A. Turner, County Auditor Floyd Williams, County and District Clerk J. B. Woolridge, Sheriff Lewis Otter, County Attorney Eugene Jenson, County Engineer R. T. Pinchback, Anahuac School Supt. Henry Wheeler, and City Secretary J. Robert Nelson.
A fragmentary collection blends Jeremiah 51 15 with musings on divine power and American goodness. It references Twain like a humorist voice and touches on prudence humor and a lofty sense of virtue. The text sketches a cultural snapshot of moral reflection amid literary parody.
A Texas discovery confirms the first Mediterranean fruit fly in the state. Agriculture Commissioner John White stated on Wednesday the fly threatens citrus crops and could impact a one million dollar industry. The report notes the pest attacks fruit, spoiling yields and causing concern among growers.
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