Filing Deadline for Baytown City Election Approaches
Filing deadline is Saturday at midnight for Baytown city election on April 3. City Hall closes Saturday, filing possible with city clerk Mrs. Edna Oliver at 709 Beecher or by mail slot in her front door if she is away. Pioneer Club hosts games at 7 p.m. Friday at the civic center per H. M. McKay. A back lot trash fire near Weingarten's on Alexander Drive was extinguished with no damages. John C. Becka of Temple mourns his father J. J. Becka who died in Temple. funeral plans pending. Mr and Mrs George F Nelson return from Lampasas after funeral services for Mrs Cora Nance Ivey, 92. burial in Lometa Cemetery. E. E. McKalip of 2012 Louisiana is in Houston Methodist Hospital Room 629 following surgery. visitors not allowed, cards appreciated.
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Baytown
Edna Oliver
Beecher
George F. Nelson
Lampasas
Cora Nance Ivey
Nelson
Lometa Cemetery
E. E. McKalip
Louisiana
Methodist Hospital
Houston
Weather And Tides Report For Baytown Area
Clear to partly cloudy and warmer through Saturday in Baytown area weather forecast. Temperature Friday in the low 40s to low 50s. Morgan's Point tides Saturday high at 1 13 a.m. low at 11 49 a.m. Saturday sun rises 6 42 a.m. and sets 6 24 p.m.
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Baytown Area
Morgan's Point
Ranch and Rodeo Ties Highlight Local Social Notes
Margaret and Bob Reid visit with Truett Carroll of La Junta Colorado a calf-roping contestant at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. Charlotte Laughlin improves from illness plans to return to school. Earl Durio hosts a family reunion with photos. Earl West notes the domino table awaits Dempsey Talbot. Peggy Samuel Mary IL Doyle styling wigs. Patty Barbara Joyce Helen Irwin share slang word. Willie Tezino promotes a fast trip to Louisiana Cynthia Moore tracks calf roping speed and Wimpy Wismer boosts Jamb auction prices at the Show.
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Margaret
Bob Reid
Truett Carroll
la Junta
Colo
Truett
Houston
Charlotte Laughlin
Earl Durio
Earl West
Dempsey Talbot
Peggy Samuel
Mary IL
Doyle
Patty
Barbara
Joyce
Helen Irwin
Willie Tezino
Louisiana
Cynthia Moore
Wismer
Appeal Decision Sets Precedent in Baytown Station Fight
Houston judge ruled Baytown 1968 ban on self service stations superseded by 1969 state law allowing them. Angel's permit reinstated to proceed with construction while city weighs appeal and potential broad impact on other permit applicants. The case raises whether the state statute supersedes local ordinance and if the ruling can be reversed on appeal.
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Wanda Orton
Billy B. Angel
Baytown
Warren FP. Cunningham
Houston
Bill Laughlin
Laughlin
Coun
Cilmen
Paul Howell
Houston Fire Department
Angel
Cunningham
Unusual 103 Charges in Baytown Phone Case
A 17-year-old Baytown youth faced 103 municipal court charges for long distance calls totaling $316 to San Marcos Dallas and New Orleans. Each charge carried a $10 fine, filed separately. The case marked a first for the court in handling such a large number of counts for unpaid charges. The defendant was released on a bond and five fines totaling $50 were paid. Restitution arrangements for the remaining fines were to be made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
San Marcos
Dallas
New Orleans
Noel Richardson
Richardson
Sun Women's Editor Plans Fashion Report
Martha Ann Hemphill, the Bay town Sun women's editor, will travel to Dallas next week to report on spring fashion trends. She has national awards for fashion reporting and photography and will join editors from 70 cities for showings by Dallas area manufacturers. Read her daily reports on the women's pages and in the Spring Fashion Edition dated March 18.
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Martha Ann Hemphill
Baytown Sun
Dallas
Martha Ann
U.S
High Schools Sell AFS Friendship Bonds in Baytown
Sterling and Robert E Lee AFS chapters urge Baytonians to buy Friendship Bonds to fund hosting foreign students and sending local students abroad. The city-wide drive runs 5 pm to 8 pm with volunteers meeting at the Civic Center at 4:45 pm. Each chapter aims at least 950 dollars to cover one student’s transport and a year abroad.
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Sterling and
Robert E. Lee
Civic Center
Atty General rules on Harris County road duties
A Friday ruling by AUSTIN Sp Atty General Crawford Martin says Harris County Commissioners Court cannot legally strip County Commissioner Jamie Bray of road responsibilities in his own precinct and reassign them to another. The opinion, mailed to Harris County Atty Joe Resweber, follows a move last year to shift supervision of the Washburn tunnel and the Lynchburg ferry from Precinct 3 after Bray joined the court.
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Austin
Crawford Martin
Harris County
Commissioners’ Court
Jamie Bray
Joe
Commissioners Court
Bray
Washburn Tunnel
Lynchburg
Trial focuses on chain of command in murder case
In Benning Georgia, Lt William's murder trial hints at questions about higher command. In Washington a threatened rail strike postponement leads to resumed talks to avert disruption. In Saigon, forces mass near Lepone as Ho Chi Minh supply lines face a potential major attack.
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FT. Benning, Ga
William
Lai Dng
Saigon
South Vietnam
Lepone
Nixon defends Laos action amid Vietnam pullout plan
President Nixon says the Laos operation secures continued U.S. troop withdrawals from Indochina and denies plans to support an invasion of North Vietnam. He defends Secretary Rogers against criticism by Sen. Symington, and notes Abrams reports progress in Laos and Cambodia.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
Indochina
North Vietnam
South
William P. Rogers
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Rogers
Henry Kissinger
Sen. Symington
Iran
Symington
Senate
Laos
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Creighton W. Abrams
Cambodia
Census shows Baytown women outnumber men in 1970 results
U S Census Bureau data for Baytown 1970 lists 43 880 residents with 22 311 females and 21 669 males. Racial breakdown notes 41 631 white 2 158 Negro and 191 other races. Age details highlight concentrations in 25–34 and 45–54 ranges for men and 25–44 ranges for women. There are 14 089 heads of household.
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Baytown
U.S. Census Bureau
Themiselves
Ten New Chamber Directors Elected in Baytown
Ten new Baytown Chamber of Commerce directors were elected for three year terms. They will meet Monday noon with holdover directors to elect 1971 officers, who assume duties at the March 22 annual banquet. Elected by mail ballot: Joe Barlasou, Fred Bednarski Jr, M. C. Bray, Dr. Donald Brunson, Johnny Clark, Paul Edwards, Robert Gillette, Rod Grandy, Larry Hale, Norman McElvary. Ballots were counted Thursday.
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Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Joe R. Barsalou
Baytown
Humble
Fred Bednarski Jr
O'brien’s Food Markets
M. C
Buddy) Bray
Pearl Beer
Donald Brunson
Johnny Clark
Paul Edwards
People’s State Bank
Robert Gillette
Reid, Strickland, Gillette & Ramsey Law
Rod Grandy
Enjay Chemical Co
Larry Hale
Houston Lighting and Power Co
Norman McElvany
United States
Miss Jessie Receives Day Of Honor At Pumphrey School
Baytown honored Miss Jessie Lee Pumphrey with Miss Jessie Day as the former DeZavala principal visited the new Pumphrey Elementary School named for her. School officials, Mayor Glen Walker and hundreds of students crowded the event while memories of her 37 years guiding Mexican-American youth were remembered and celebrated.
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Johnella Boynton
Pumphrey ElementarySchool
Jessie Lee Pumphrey
Baytown
DeZavala Elementary
Glen Walker
Johnny Clark
Troy Peterson
Pumphrey
Jessie
Walker
Herman Boatman
Miss Jessie
de- Zavala
Filibuster Fails as Bond Measure Passes 21-8 in Texas
Fort Worth politician Don Kennard filibustered for ten hours over a college construction bond bill, then saw it pass 21 to 8. The bill would authorize up to 180 million dollars in bonds for eight UT system and Tech campuses, with repayment through tuition pledges and a 30 year term. Kennard criticized the plan as unfair to UT Austin and Arlington students.
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Kennard
Ut-System
Texas Tech
Houston
University of Texas At Austin
Arlington
Frank Erwin
Eric Jonsson
UT Systems
College
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Pioneer Club
Humble Pioneer Club
H. M. McKay
Weingarten’s
Alexander Drive
J. J. Becka
Temple
John C. Becka
Baytown Lions Club
Clint Bates
Baytown Lions Clubs
Colbert Trawhon
Ernest Hauser
Baytown Bay
Sun Women
Fashion
Citizens National Bank Foic
Richard Fuentes
Rusty Pumphrey
Jay Carrell
House
Bulletin
Our World
Jes
Princial Sie
Arthur Oviedo
Oviedo
Bertie Walker
Livingston
Baytown States Bank
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