Friday Misfortune for Baytown Woman in Trio of Incidents
A 19 year old Baytown woman Deborah Susan Dittman reported theft of a television and radio valued at 105 dollars and described two car accidents on Friday the 20th. One crash occurred on Sears parking lot when another driver backed unsafely. the second at Texas and North Pruett where she was charged with negligent collision for rear ending another vehicle while looking in a rear view mirror.
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Baytown
Deborah
Susan Dittman
W. Pearce
Miss Dittman
Sears
Texas
North Pruett
City halts 25 cent parking ticket plan in panic of $1 fines
City council scrambles to switch parking tickets from 25 cent options to $1 fines as officers and volunteers mark out outdated text. Mrs. Turner and others labor over 400 tickets, while residents complain of lack of notice. City aims to draft a permanent change and bar 25 cent payments.
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Seaborn Cravey
Laughlin
Hospital Admissions List for Gulf Coast Facility
Admitted to Gulf Coast include Larry Zimmerman Baytown in room 107 Minnie Lee Rankin Baytown 108 Mack Dan McNeely Highlands 113 Hazel Grace Smith Baytown 123 Rose T Mark Liberty room 129 Robbie Craney Baytown 13 Gail Eileen Adams Baytown 159
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Larry Zimmerman
Baytown
Minnie Lee Rankin
Mack Dan McNeely
Highlands
Hazel Grace Smith
Rose T. Mark
Liberty
Robbie Craney
Gail Eileen Adams
Carl Randy Fitzgerald Funeral Set in Lynchburg Chapel
Funeral services for Carl Randy Fitzgerald 19 of 226 Kilgore Ave Lynchburg will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Paul A. Lee Chapel with Andy Dooley and Billy Balke of Missouri Street Church of Christ officiating. Burial will be in White Cemetery near Highlands. Fitzgerald drowned at 1 15 p.m. while swimming at Sandy Smith Lake in Channelview. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Carl G Fitzgerald of Baytown two brothers Edward Lee and Jimmie Wayne Fitzgerald both of Houston three sisters Mrs Joseph Maggie of Houston and Darlene and Ann Fitzgerald both of Baytown Pallbearers will be Andrew Stahl Bernard Stahl David Findley Jerry Gregory Paul Gentry and Larry Hutton.
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Carl Randy Fitzgerald
Paul A. Lee
Kilgore Ave
Lynchburg
Andy Dooley
Billy Balke
Missouri Street
Church of Christ
White Cemetery
Highlands
Fitzgerald
Aandie
Sandy
Smith
Channelview
Carl G. Fitzgerald
Baytown
Edward H Highwave Lee
Jimmie Wayne Fitzgerald
Houston
Joseph Maggie
Darlene
Ann Fitzgerald
Andrew Stahl
Bernard Stahl
David Findley
Jerry Gregory
Paul Gentry
Larry Hutton
Smith Defends One Year Budget Plan In Texas Session
In a televised briefing, Gov. Smith advocates a one year appropriations bill to avoid new taxes, while Lt. Gov. Barnes and Speaker Mutscher, away on business, defend delaying tax legislation. Smith warns a two year tax burden would cost more and cites a projected 320 million dollar tax need next year under the plan.
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Ben Barnes
Gus Mutscher
Barnes
New York
Mutscher
Houston
Smith
WIM One Umue
John Connally
Connally
Politician denounces education funding plan as unconstitutional
A legislator blasts a highway fund transfer as nearly unconstitutional and calls a building use fee a subterfuge, arguing tuition increases should be transparent rather than a hidden tax. In Michigan, a farmer counteracts pumpkin thieves with a Halloween scare sign, only to find the patch boasts another threatening note.
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Port Huron
Mich
Rites Held For Clint Murchison Sr.
Funeral services were held in Athens for millionaire Clint Murchison Sr. who died Friday in Athens. Burial planned at Athens City Cemetery beside Sid Richardson. Survivors include wife Virginia, two sons John Dabney and Clint Jr., two brothers John W. of Athens and Kenneth of Dallas, two sisters Clara Eastham and Laura Closuit, and eight grandchildren. Clint Murchison Jr. owns the Dallas Cowboys.
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Tex
Clint Murchison Sr
Athens City
Murchison
Sid Richardson
Virginia
John Dabney Murchison
Clint Murchison Jr
John W. Murchison
Kenneth Murchison
Dallas
Clara Eastham
Midland
Laura Closuit
Fort Worth
Dallas Cowboys
Labor contract settles Houston-Galveston strike rates
Journeymen wage rises from 50 cents to 1 dollar per hour by April 1 1971. Foreman journeyman pay gap grows from 25 to 50 cents hourly. Rodmen sheeters and structural ironworkers lose wage differentials. Ironworkers will check in on their own time and check out on company time. Contract runs 6 01 p m Friday to midnight March 31 1972 with reports to locals and associations. Settlement reached at 515 Rusk in federal building ending a strike that started April 3 and halted about 560 million in construction across the area.
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Houston-Galveston
Federal
Rusk
Beta Sigma Phi Founder Walter W. Ross Dies
Baytown reports the death of Walter W. Ross founder of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority International Organization. Ross died last Saturday and was buried in Kansas City Missouri. Originating in Abilene Kansas in 1931, the organization now claims 200000 active members in 10000 chapters. Baytown has a city council and six chapters with about 200 members.
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Baytown
Walter W. Ross
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Ross
Kansas City
Abilene
Kan
Beta Sigma Phi
Canadians Trek Through Central America to Galapagos
Two Canadian youths describe a rough planned route from Central America to Ecuador. They plan to hide their car in a buried hole for a three week return trip, then travel by any means to Ecuador. In the Galapagos they aim to study wildlife and people before a faster return home, targeting early September. They note cultural differences between Canada and the United States and prefer spontaneous travel over fixed schedules.
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Central America
Ecuador
Galapagos Islands
Steve
John
Canada
U.S
Baytown Cadet Selected For Jamaica Visit
Cadet Lt. Col. Douglas Manning son of Mrs. E J Reeves of Deer Park has been chosen from the Baytown Civil Air Patrol unit to visit Jamaica under the 1969 foreign exchange program. He will depart from Washington DC by USAF airlift around May 20 for a two week stay as a guest of the Jamaica Civil Air Patrol to promote goodwill and American image.
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Douglas Manning
E. J. Reeves
Kingsdale
Deer Park
Baytown
Civil Air Patrol
Jamaica
Manning
United States
Washington, D.C
US Air Force
Movie Companies Born Full Grown
Hollywood reports a wave of instant majors as Commonwealth United National General and Cinerama launch bold film releasing arms. These new outfits join a shifting landscape where a handful of companies dominate distribution, altering how films reach audiences and merchandise titles for varied markets.
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Associated Press
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Wiulius Caesar
Charlton Heston
Jason Robards
John Gielgud
Viva Max
Peter Ustinov
Jonathan Winters
Magic Christian
Peter Sellers
Ringo Starr
National General
Doris Day
Brian Keith
Gregory Peck
Eva Marie Saint
Eva Marie Saint, ‘April Adl,” Jack Lemmon, Catharine Deneuve. Cinerama
Candy
Mister George
Charly
Paramount
MGM
Fox
RKO
Warner Brothers
Columbia
Universal
United Artists
Republic
Monogram
Allied Artists
VIP Week Highlights Visit Ties to Local Figures
Baytown hosts a VIP week with former Lyndon Johnson aide George Christian, 88 year old ex Sheriff T A Binford and Deputy George Scott. Binford, who served 18 years as sheriff, retired to make way for Norfleet Hill. San Diego Padres writer Phil Collier toured Houston for a weekend series with the Astros and visited family between games.
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Baytown
George Christian
Lyndon Johnson
T. A. Binford
George Scott
Binford
Norfleet Hill
Golden West
Phil Collier
San Diego Padres
Houston
Houston Astros
Phil
Maude Richardson
F. A. Richardson
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