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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1967
Page
2
A city official explains that subdivision restrictions lapse after two violations and notes a 1965 state law giving cities power to enforce them, though its constitutionality is disputed. Provisions for industrial performance standards include smoke, odors, noise, vibrations, and glare controls, with hearings planned before any ordinance adoption.
Dorothy Helen Ford 58 of Baytown dies in a Baytown hospital. Funeral Friday at City Church of Christ with interment Memory Gardens under Earthman Funeral Home. Survived by two sons, two daughters, four brothers, three sisters, and 15 grandchildren. Della Sarah Smith 87 of Baytown dies in Jacinto City hospital. Funeral Thursday at Baptist Temple, burial Griffin Funeral Home in Corsicana. Survived by one daughter, three sons, 14 grandchildren.
In a brief session the Texas House passed 132 to 14 a bill tightening Sunday sales rules by removing the emergency certificate and sending it to the Senate. Earlier the House also approved a measure to strengthen conflict of interest rules requiring legislators and state officials to disclose income sources.
Police report two fourboard motors valued over 300 dollars were stolen from Witt Marine Inc on Decker Drive after burglars broke in Wednesday night. Damaged east door glass added about 390 dollars to the loss. officer Soileau cited the incident. Also note Lord Byron died in Missolonghi, Greece, during the Greek struggle for freedom.
ST JOSEPH'S Altar Society will share a kolache cake and pie sale at St. Joseph's school after all Masses Sunday. Proceeds support church activities.
About 25 West Chambers County residents met with Baytown Community Chest representatives in Mont Belvieu at Barbers Hill High School to hear plans for joining the Baytown Chest. The meeting, called by County Commissioner J. H. McCollum, included Baytown speakers Paul Edwards and Charles Caldwell who outlined mutual benefits from cooperation. Attendees from Baytown included Ed Vaught S. G. Moore Jim Sheffield Frit Lanham Dr Karl Opryshek James Carroll Clyde Messiah and Robert Beman.
In a public statement Trustee Boyd N. Hill explains he will not seek reelection to Position 3 on the Baytown school board. He cites travel plans for 1967 and urges support for Don Wynnemer and Champ Crawford, praising prior reforms and education programs while leaving open a potential run in 1968.
Six Flags Over Texas will open for the 1967 season on April 29, inviting visitors to a park that has hosted more than 8.5 million guests since its 1961 opening.
The Baytown La Porte Association for Retarded Children will hold a rummage sale at the corner of Wisconsin and Market. The sale runs Friday from 1:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday from 8:30 to noon.
Admitted to Gulf Coast includes Barbara Holcomb and many others with addresses and room numbers. San Jacinto Methodist adds Carl Williams Edna Snider Dwight Marchuk Allen Joe Jackson Coy Morris. New arrivals note births for Jerry McCartney Highlands and James Connealy Baytown born March 1 at Gulf Coast and San Jacinto Methodist.
The Saytown Sun is published afternoons Monday through Friday from 3301 Memorial Drive Baytown Texas with postal designation Baytown 77520. It lists subscription rates and states it is represented nationally by Texas Newspaper Representatives and is a member of the Associated Press with exclusive rights to AP dispatches and local news unless otherwise credited.
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