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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1969
Page
2
Highlands and McNair communities clash over desegregation plans involving Harlem Elementary School. Rev. Sherman Gray of McNair asked to be removed as spokesman. The board will also discuss 1969-70 spending and a projected rise in the tax assessment ratio.
ASHBEL SMITH PTA will host two Narcotics workshops in the school auditorium with Baytown Police Department cooperation. Sessions run 9:30-11:30 a.m. Wednesday and 7-9 p.m. Thursday, featuring different speakers both days. New arrival: Walter Bartek, a son born March 16 at Gulf Coast.
STRIPS authorized the Mayor to sign a joint agreement with Mont Belvieu naming the boundary between Chambers County Water District One as the common boundary line for extra territorial jurisdiction. ETJ extends two miles from annexed territory. Mont Belvieu cannot expand ETJ if it conflicts with Baytown. Baytown’s ETJ will be limited by the shared boundary along the strip to be annexed. Houston’s legal department plans a similar boundary-line deal with Baytown along the San Jacinto River with no expected obstacles at the March 27 annexation hearing.
Summary of notable air crashes with fatalities including Tokyo Bay 1960 Orly Paris 1966 Grand Canyon 1956 Nico sia 1986 Mt Fuji 1986 and other mid century disasters. The list pairs dates with death tolls and locations reflecting aviation tragedies across decades.
Whitelaw declares a Baytown Cinema project as part of a Gulf Coast expansion plan. The program includes acquiring 20 existing theaters, remodeling them, and building eight new twin cinemas worth about 1.6 million dollars, with Alvin as first acquisition and locations in Houston Pasadena College Station and Killeen.
The article notes Israel's insistence on direct negotiations with Arab states to achieve peace. It reports an Israeli patrol entering Lebanon Sunday and being driven back by border guards with claimed casualties. In East Jerusalem four Arab houses linked to a saboteur ring were destroyed, while a Gaza patrol faced a bazooka attack with no major injuries. an 18 year old Arab girl was arrested after throwing hand grenades at troops.
In a reliefing arrest officers nabbed a dognapper after a tip led them to a suspect in the 4600 block of Highway 146. Witnesses identified the man as responsible for taking Scotty the dog from Mrs. Cisneros.
Crosby residents David Bouknight 18 and Diane Hulquist 17 were injured in a two car accident Friday night near the Crosby Fairgrounds. Both were taken to Gulf Coast Hospital by Baytown ambulance. Hulquist was treated and released, Bouknight discharged Sunday.
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