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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1967
Page
1
The Public is invited to a Baytown School Board candidates coffee with Champ Crawford and Don Wynnemer from 1 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Main residence. They will answer questions on their school views.
Warmer weather is forecast for Thursday in the Baytown area. Wednesday temperatures expected around 75 to 80 degrees. Galveston tides show a high at 2:42 am and a low at 7:19 am, with a second high at 5:00 pm and a late low at 10:12 pm.
J. C. Sheffield of Humble Oil and Refining Co. was elected president of the Community Chest board at a Holiday Inn luncheon. Steve Dedman named vice president and John C. Echols treasurer, with outgoing president Lee Brasfield as board chairman and a roster including Fritz Lanham and Marilyn Linder. The 1967 drive raised 220 426 for chest operations across 23 agencies.
Hoffa starts an eight year federal sentence at Lewisburg Pennsylvania wearing a blue denim suit and no special privileges. Warden Jacob Parker says he will join 1,700 inmates in a standard routine with indoctrination, a temporary work assignment, and a period of interviews before permanent housing and duties are assigned.
Norman Foote, chairman of the Baytown Parks and Recreation Board, said Wednesday there are five landscaping entries for the new City Hall and Civic Center. Judges will review layouts and announce results March 33. The board also discussed chair samples for the civic center and bids on furniture. Wayne Gray noted federal funds for park acquisition require local funding. Mrs. John Harding and Mrs. Mervin Rosenbaum summarized Baytown’s comprehensive parks plan with large diagrams.
Police records show the Rooftop Club at 513 West Texas was burglarized Monday night. Money was stolen from a pinball machine and a jukebox.
Harlem leaders and voters reacted coolly to James Meredith's plan to run as the Republicans’ choice against Democrat Adam Clayton Powell in a special election set for April. Meredith warned he could face fear and scorn from fellow Negroes but said Powell had lost influence and that the people deserve more. Powell, who has held Harlem’s 18th District seat for 12 straight elections, offered little comment and planned to wait and see. Percy Sutton backed Powell, aiming to keep Harlem aligned with Democratic control.
Herbert G. Carew, 51, Bay town club operator, released on 5000 bail after being charged with conspiracy in the murder of Baytown car dealer Thad Felton. Co-defendant David Edward Mullane DT, 28, remains jailed in Harris County on a 25000 bond for a felony car theft charge and later murder, with bond denial on the murder charge by Justice of the Peace M. M. Brown.
Absentee voting for the school trustee election opens March 13 at the school tax office in the administration building. Ballots may be cast by machine 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays through March 28, with March 24 closed for Easter. Eligible voters include hospitalized or disabled individuals and those out of county on April 1.
The Crosby High School field house was destroyed by a blaze Wednesday morning. Crosby Fire Chief E. B. Swanson and Raymond Crow, athletic director, said the fire, spotted by Culbertson on the way to the office, caused extensive damage though most football equipment had been moved. Baseball, basketball, track gear also destroyed. details quoted from officials.
Baytown REL band officials report slow sales for the March 30 Severinsen clinic and public concert in the REL auditorium. Band director Charles Porque says inquiries come from distant schools and colleges, while local residents still have first chance at tickets. Prices are one dollar, with sales points at the REL Band house and three listed phone contacts.
Officials from rebellious Ohio local travel to Detroit to answer UAW leaders about workers walking out at General Motors plants, following a prior wildcat strike that disrupted GM operations. Amermeus for Clay Shaw faces court in Dist Atty Jim Gurrison's JFK case probe. Three climbers found safe after long search. Gov Reagan backs a $916 million tax package, far above earlier California proposals.
Washington AP reports 500000 union drivers resume national contract talks with Frank Fitzsimmons handling negotiations in Hoffa's absence. Hoffa, jailed in Lewisburg, backed the effort while Fitzsimmons, 58, steers wage goals of about 75 cents hourly over three years amid renewed industry scrutiny and a March 31 strike deadline.
Article authors are DRS W H Starnes and N P Neureiter. Starnes is a research specialist in ESG Research and Engineering Co. Baytown Research and Development Division. Neureiter is now Scientific Attache with the American Embassy in Warsaw Poland.
Emer son McGowan, fair coordinator at Carver High, reports high interest and nearly double the participants this year. Exhibits range from a miniature tetrahedral carbon model to a Walden inversion illustration, and sixth graders present a lit cardboard house. The event starts at 2 20 p.m. with judging andpublic display of unusual science projects aimed to boost next year entries.
Houston mayor Louie Welch warned manufacturers along the Houston Ship Channel that the city can annex polluting industries to tax them up to 35,000 dollars yearly per one million dollar investment. He spoke to the Houston Chamber of Commerce committee, noting annexation authority since 1915 and urging better pollution controls to protect air and water quality.
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