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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1968
Page
1
The Rev Roland Bisant a blind minister from Durant Florida will be the guest speaker from Wednesday through Sunday at Trinity Tabernacle 1608 E Lobit Services begin daily at 7 pm The schedule notes invitees should attend and mentions Sun Spots items for more details on Page 2.
Cloudy with rain or drizzle through Thursday in the Baytown area forecast. Temperature Wednesday mid-10s to mid-50s. Galveston tides Thursday high 4 36 p m low 3 48 a m. Attends funeral Mrs E O Graves of North Mein returned from funeral of her mother Mrs R M Diver in Rockdale. Six people injured in two car collision at Park and Decker at 8 44 p m Tuesday. Five treated and released. Irene Herrera 24 of Airhart admitted with fractured knee. New VFD officers elected Baytown Volunteer Fire Department J D Morton chief Richard Co Whitaker assistant chief Roy Istis second assistant chief R B Bob Ament president Richard Muckelroy vice president and secretary. Lutheran guest speaker Rev Myron Hoff of Christ Lutheran La Porte at St Pauls Lutheran 7 p m Wednesday. Rev Harold Bormholt of St Pauls to speak at Sharon Lutheran Pasadena Wednesday night. James Bowie PTA open house 3 a m to 3 p m Friday for Public School Week. Art League exhibit during open house hours. Hot Party Sale 2 Wesleyan Service Guild of Bicycles Cedar Bayou Methodist Church four bicycles two for boys and two for girls at town police station and church parlor 9 30 am to 6 pm Tuesday end Wednesday. Proceeds for mission work.
Mr and Mrs Don H Campbell of 423 Nazro visited Hodges Gardens in Louisiana last week and Pvt and Mrs Leroy Taylor of 1605 Harvard followed days later. Forty four Cub Scouts from Pack 101 watched the Houston Maverick game. Bill Pribble attends a luncheon. Dr Richard Strahan becomes 2 Lion. Walter Byam introduces a guest. Spec 4 Mike Nichols birthday observed while stationed in Vietnam after a call home to wife Shirley. Nichols' mother in law reports her daughter is on cloud nine. T C Douglases of Corpus Christi will move to Baytown. Robert Read has a happy birthday. Bleu Beathard sends erectings to Baytown friends. Polly Lowden prepares information for publication.
New bids opened Tuesday for air conditioning six schools came in higher than December bids rejected by the school board after low bidders refused contracts. Low bids totaled about 852,448 for five buildings, with original estimates at 476,000. several firms submitted alternate bids for roofing and remodeling.
Elmer J. Gray oil producer and Baytown real estate developer, named to Abilene Christian College Committee on New Goals. The 13 member panel will study Phase II needs from the Design for Development plan. Phase II, a three year portion, followed Phase I’s $28.7 million target set three years ago.
Rep Wright Patman demands congressional probe into a likely profitable leak of federal information to securities dealers by a Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia employee. The treasury says a tip helped dealers gain advance knowledge of terms for a $2.5 billion treasury borrowing last August.
Gov. Connally signals he will ask the State Democratic Executive Committee next Monday to place a liquor by the jigger referendum on the May 4 Democratic Primary ballot. Lt Gen. Hershey meets with Connally and state officials amid antiwar picketing in Austin.
William Charles Kirkpatrick of Baytown joins the Harris County Pollution Control Board led by Dr. L. D. Farragut and Dr. Walter A Quebedeaux. He is the son of Bertha Kirkpatrick and son of Dr. Jesse Kirkpatrick, a Baytown dentist. A Robert E. Lee High School and Lee College graduate, he earned a BS from Sam Houston State Teachers College in Huntsville. He worked for Humble Oil and Refining Co. and the Texas Department of Correction in summers. At Robert E. Lee he swam and played in the band, and he belonged to Key Club and Circle K.
Mrs. Joyce K. Roedler, 36, listed in critical condition at Ben Taub Hospital after a Tuesday morning blaze at 1017 Sunset. Fire swept the bedroom. two firemen and bystander were burned, Kelso aided others, and Roedler was moved from San Jacinto Methodist to Ben Taub for burn care.
City council candidates in the April 2 election will meet at 445 p.m. Wednesday in City Secretary Edna Oliver's office to draw for ballot positions. Candidates may send a representative if unable to attend. Unopposed nominees include Albert Fanestiel and Andy Braswell. District 1 contenders are W. L. Dub Ward C. J. Bouillion James E. Burgess and T. L. Ted Hloesel.
Cheney Coker and Claude Cook Jr both ex Lee College students announce candidacies for the college board of regents. Coker, Baytown native and recent Rotary Club leader, attended Lee College before earning a BBA at the University of Houston and lives with his family at 1804 Clayton Drive. Cook, Baytown native and Bay Fair assistant manager, served in the U S Air Force and is married to Sherman Cook, with his wife attending Lee College.
Health care sector seeks 50 000 new positions by 1975, adding to replacements. Texas now has 16 500 nursing vacancies. Spencer Griserin of the Texas Hospital Association briefs counselors about rapid industry changes and manpower shortages. A Houston area talk at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital notes nurse pay starts at 6 876 yearly, with benefits, and outlines a growing Texas population and industry footprint.
C D Sonny Ferguson backed by Channelview teacher seeks a court injunction in Harris County to keep Justice of the Peace Glenn Vickery off the May 4 primary ballot. The suit argues a legislator who voted to raise JP salaries cannot hold another public office and cites residency rules for eligibility. The action, likely before Judge William H Holland, may prompt quo warranto to remove Vickery if granted.
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