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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1966
Page
2
Dr Finney calls for a Fort Worth official to investigate housing inequities. The dispute notes higher rent brackets and guidance on a family of seven seeking a new home after their belongings were left in a yard with tarpaulins.
Bertrand Fritch of 513 Harold Lane was injured in a one car accident at the Bob Smith Road and North Main intersection about 1 a.m. He was treated at Gulf Coast Hospital and later transferred to Veterans Hospital in Houston. Patrolman Zach Booth said Fritch was driving west and did not see the intersection. his car struck a barricade and red warning light then plunged into a ditch. He was charged with destruction of city property and failure to control speed.
Father Patrick J. McGlinchey known as the Pig Priest in Korea will receive a prize-winning hog bought March 4 by Pearl Brewing Co at the Houston Livestock Show. The hog’s former owner is 4H Club member Gary Thomas of Brownwood. W T Cobb, regional sales manager, represented Pearl in the purchase through St Calumban’s Foreign Missions in Houston. He aids 300000 war-torn Cheju Island residents in raising pigs sheep and crops for profit.
A 1966 Texas Emergency Registration form requests personal details to obtain a Conditional Voter Registration Certificate under Section 34b. It notes no poll tax receipt or exemption, residence history in Harris County, birth state or county, and mailing address. It warns false information is a felony and deadlines are March 17, 1966. Signatures may be by relatives, with restrictions on who may sign for whom.
Head Start aims to enroll children from low income families for an eight week program starting in early June. Applications available at Highlands San Jacinto Zavala Anson Jones Sam Houston Carver and Harlem elementary schools. Eligible students must be six by Sept. 1 to enter first grade next fall.
Last Friday the council passed a final reading annexation ordinance extending a finger two miles into Chambers County along Tri City Beach Road and scheduled a public hearing for March 18 on extending it another two miles. Judge Nelson said he spoke with Tri City Beach representatives after Baytown officials visited Anahuac.
Ex Baytonian Mrs Patsy Parrish and Airman 1-C Herbert Johns reported to relatives in Baytown that they are OK after a massive Great Lakes snowstorm. They live near the Finland Minnesota air base and said snow drifts reached two feet but heat stayed on and power lines were down.
New arrivals include William Reverley and wife at Gulf Coast with a son born March 8. The list records admitted patients by name, hometown, and room numbers across Gulf Coast and San Jacinto Methodist hospitals.
Sealed bids to be received by the City Clerk of Baytown until 4 00 p m Monday March 21 1966 for tire and tube requirements for one year. Specifications and bid forms at the Purchasing Agent Baytown City Hall 200 West Main Street Baytown Texas Edna Oliver City Clerk Bid No 6433.
Gessner, 23, the first convicted under the Atomic Energy Act, walked free from Leavenworth after an appeals court voided his 1963 espionage conviction for passing nuclear weapon secrets to the Soviet Union. He cited coerced confession and said he hopes to attend college while keeping his political views. His case highlighted the costs of long detentions and questions about justice and immunity promises.
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