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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1971
Page
2
The World Almanac traces early slang terms like hot dog 23 skidoo drugstore cowboy and cat's pajamas to Ted Dorgan cartoons. It notes hot dog originated around 1900 after he drew sausages labeled Bow Wow and called them hot dogs believing dog meat was used in frankfurters.
In Denver the Elmwood School uses a bilingual approach for kindergarteners and first graders to build ethnic pride and fluency in Spanish and English. Educators link higher self-image to lower dropout risks among Mexican American students, noting past prejudice and Spanish prohibition harmed motivation. Similar programs run in Texas California Arizona and New Mexico amid persistent dropout concerns.
Mrs. Helen Wilder of Baytown is named as one of two Houston area representatives on Texas Action Coalition ACT steering committee led by Congressman Eckhardt with Sen. Barbara Jordan and Sen. Joe Bernal as co chairmen. The group aims to recruit across two districts, open to all who favor political reform regardless of party and includes Baytown attendees at Austin meetings. The AP note adds a separate item about a plaque in a Mets box at Shea behind third base honoring past Met third basemen, in the private box of psychiatrist Dr Stephen Goodyear.
Baytown coffee house at the Community Center features Rice University student Mike Schillaci, a Sterling High School grad and son of Tony and Mrs. Schillaci. The venue runs 8 p.m. to midnight on non Wednesday and Sunday, for ages 16 to 24, admission free, funded by the city, with volunteers urged to help. 200-plus membership cards issued since opening two weeks ago.
Postmaster W. T. necke Ware reports more than $5,000 in checks stolen from area mailboxes. Most targets were from the U S Treasury, state welfare, retirement and insurance firms. One welfare check for a blind woman and an insurance check to support seven children were among those taken. The postmaster says the checks can be easily identified.
A historical snapshot notes that Americans cash about 22 billion checks annually, underscoring the scale of routine financial transactions and the ongoing role of check payments in everyday commerce.
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