Local Baytown Notes and Small News Items
Multiple short notices include car damage to a Lee J1 Foreman property in Baytown, a $125 loss plus $35 in cash theft from Joanna Petrash at Lee College, and a funeral in DeQuincy, Louisiana for Mrs Jewel Peterson. Also reported are bids for Sylvan Beach Park concession remodeling about $4,000, club meetings and dances, weather outlook, tides, theater pickets, weddings, visitors, and birthday greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Fenton
Larry Fenton
Lee Bishop
DeQuincy
Jewel Peterson
Pheenix, Ariz
Peterson
Baytown
Sylvan Beach Park
Harris County
Rack Stolen From Bay Plaza Front Of Newbys
A Baytown Sun rack was stolen from Bay Plaza in front of Newbys Restaurant. Patrolman Mike Jordan said the theft occurred Thursday. The rack was valued at 65 dollars and contained 35 dollars. A tire and wheel valued at 75 dollars were also reported missing from a motorcycle owned by Kenneth Kates between Wednesday and Thursday at 20 EF, according to police.
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Baytown Sun
Bay Plaza
Newby’s
Mike Jordan
Kenneth Kates
County Mosquito War Struggles With Pest-type Swarms
Harris County Mosquito Control Director Bob Bartnett said the district’s program targets only Culex mosquitoes, not pest-type species threatening Baytown. Larviding trucks will spray road ditches and pooled water early next week, with Baytown and Sharpstown among the hardest hit. City officials plan doubled spraying as Jimm y Dreher leads the effort starting Monday.
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Bayionians
Harris County
Baytown
Bartnett
Barmett
Sharpstown
Houston
Barnett
Bammett
J. B. LeFevre
Fritz Lanham
Sun
Lfevre
Jimny Dreher
Baytown TSPE Chapter Wins Top State Award
The Baytown Chapter of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers, with about 100 members, won the Outstanding Small Chapter Award for the third time at the state convention in San Antonio. The honor cites overall excellence and project success, notably a special tabloid section in The Baytown Sun during National Engineers Week. New officers were announced: Thad S. Fennima president, Tommy Cook VP external affairs, Kelvin Pietsch VP internal, Jim Hutchinson secretary, Walt Morgan treasurer, and public relations director Don Brown.
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Jack Morton
Harry Bovay
Baytown
Texas Society of Tspe
Texas Society of Professional Engineers
San Antonio
Professional Engineers
Land One
Baytown Run
National Engineers 'Week
Wetter
Mem
Bers
The
Sun
Thad S. Fennima
Tommy Cook
Kelvin Pietsch
Ice
Jim Hutchinson
Walt Morgan
Don Brown
Stimpson
Crosby TEA may drop Crosby School after 1968-69
An evaluation team from the Texas Education Agency recommended accreditation be discontinued for the Crosby School District after the 1968-69 year unless trustees approve plans to overcome deficiencies. The report cited inadequate instructional spaces in five buildings and community discord affecting learning.
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Crosby School
Texas Education Agency
Crosby
Board of
Ware Arate
Crosby High School
Highlands Man Killed in Road Crash
Sherwood Frank Orr, 58, of 509 Prairie Ave, died after his late model car left Cynchburg Road one mile south of Interstate 10. The crash left the vehicle upside down in a ditch. Orr was pronounced dead at Gulf Coast Hospital by Deputy M.E. Dr. James H. Sammons. State patrolman Dan Lair investigated the scene.
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Highlands
Pasadena
Sherwood Frank Orr
Prairie Ave
Gulf Coast Hospital
Harris County
James H. Sammons
Cynchburg Road
Interstate Highway 10
Orr
Dan Lair
Senate OKs Tax Bill Sets Sights On Liquor
In Austin the Senate approved a $173.6 million sales tax and franchise tax package, sending it to the House as a one year spending bill remains in conference. The panel eyed liquor legalization next, with a July 3 cutoff for the special session. The vote split 18 18 on tentative sales and auto tax increases, plus a franchise tax rise, aiming to lift total taxes and raise hundreds of millions in revenue.
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Austin
Senate
House
Senators
Preston Smith
H. J. Glanchard
Lubbock
San Angelo
Dorsey Hardeman
Grady Hazlewood
Canyon
Ali
Intense security at LA jail for Kennedy suspect appearance
AP reports heavy precautions as Sirhan Sirhan appears in chapel style setting warned by courtroom officials. The case centers on the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, prompting security to be heightened at the Los Angeles County Central Jail amid ongoing legal proceedings.
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Los Angeles County Central Jail
Sirhan Vishara Sirhan
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
Regents Discuss Pacts Land and Car at Lee College
The Lee College Board of Regents met in open session then executive session to discuss contracts for nondegreed staff, a college car request by President Richard Strahan, and land purchases. They approved a two year legal contract with Reid Strickland Gillette Ramsey, raised coaching stipends for McCormick Moshkowitz and Wesley, clarified vacation policy for full time staff, and set July 23 bid opening for a new facility with HEW funded seminar plans and 17 music scholarships funded from the college special fund.
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Lee College Board of Regents
Richard Strahan
Board of Regents
Reid, Strickland, Gillette and Ramsey
John McCormick
Iris
Benny Moskowitz
Michael Wesley
James A. Davis
Pew Academic
Earl Sherman
HEW
Ft. Worth
Frank May
Shake-Up Hits Poverty Group By WANDA ORTON
A Baytown neighborhood anti poverty group replaces leader Charles Washington with Richard Timmons from Houston amid community unrest. Washington, a director since February, oversaw a project to aid Mrs. Clara Davis, whose fire damaged home fore years. Teens at the Neighborhood Service Center pressed on with debris removal as protests form against the change.
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Wanda Orton
Oak Adition
Charles Washington
Washington
Oak Addition
Richard Timmons
Houston
Timmons
Yorris County
Acton Association
Timmens
Jose Ainslee
Fatty Andrews
Beverly Williams
Mech Nair
Bowling Green
HCCAA
Woodrow Lewis
Lewis
Baytown
Clara Daniels
Daniels
Neighborhood Service
Magnolia Street
Baytown Welfare League
Neighborhood Service Center
Zechs
the Sun
Five Baytown Teachers to Attend NEA Convention in Dallas
At least five Baytown teachers will travel to Dallas next week for the National Education Association annual convention. The event runs through July 6 with more than 12,000 NEA members expected. Baytown educators include Carolyn Baker and E. Stalknecht, plus Huddle and Coltharp attending related meetings alongside district committee work. Memorial Auditorium in Dallas hosts most sessions as NEA leaders stress expansion of cooperation with local and state affiliates and broadened educational opportunity.
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Baytown
Dallas
National Education Association
Carolyn Baker
E. ©. Stalknecht
O. Huddle
Arthur Coltharp
BEA
Texas State Teachers Association
NEA
Wallace Heaner
Dallas Memorial Auditorium
Braulio Alonso
Iis
Representative Assembly
Referendum on Crosby district annexation to Lee College
The Crosby School Board asked Lee College regents to consider annexation if Crosby voters approve. Trustees urged assurance the district would join Lee College over a planned Greater Houston Community Junior College District. Legal views vary on whether cross county rules apply.
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Lee College Board of Regents
Crosby Schootl
Crosby
James Ewell
Andrew Spence
Truman Reed
Lee College
Greater Houston Community Junior College
Ewell
Houston
Richard Strahan
Bruce Ramsey
Dime A Dance Now Thirty Five Dollars In Baytown
A Baytown man reported his Willford stolen while dancing at a fight spot. He had asked a stranger to hold his billiard billfold, but the thief vanished with the wallet as he enjoyed the dance. Police advised filing charges.
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Baytown
Willford
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