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Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1971

Page

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Local Funeral Rites for Mrs Delvige Held in Rockdale

Funeral services for Mrs. Danny Delvige 77 mother of Mrs. Ray Morgan of Baytown were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Phillip and Luckey Funeral Home Rockdale. She died Tuesday morning. Morgan works in The Baytown Spun composing room and Mrs. Morgan is employed at Lee College.

S. Danny Delvige Ray Morgan Baytown Phillip and Luckey Rockdale Morgan Lee College

Clear Skies and Mild Weather Forecast Baytown Area

CLEAR SKIES and continued mild weather is forecast in the Baytown area Wednesday. Increasing cloudiness Wednesday night with temperatures from the low 50s to mid 80s. Morgan's Point tides on Thursday show highs at 2 43 a.m. and 10 01 p.m. and a low at 8 49 a.m. Thursday sunrise 6 28 a.m. sunset 6 32 p.m.

Baytown Morgan's Point

St Patrick’s Day greetings and local notices flash across town

Doris Voelkel birthday wishes mark St Patrick’s Day while city officials wives at city hall and school staff across Dallas Bay Town and Houston areas share greetings. Chambers County Commissioner H H McCollum of Mont Belvieu underwent eye surgery at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Houston and is listed in Room 6132.

Voelkel Doris Voelkel St. Patrick's Day Delley R. Voelkel Big D Patricia Ball Dallas Baytown Patrick Ball Hobart Enoch Eddie Huron Tom Richardson Barbara Neal Chambers County H. H. McCollum Mont Belvieu Baptist Memorial Hospital Houston

Baytown Hosts 150 City Officials for TML Meeting

About 150 city officials are expected in Baytown Thursday night for the first 1971 Region 14 Texas Municipal League meeting. The 7:30 p.m. event at the Ramada Tower Center includes a pre-dinner reception and three workshop sessions on finances health sanitation and personnel. Mayor Glen Walker leads Region 14 with officers from Shoreacres Houston Ja cinto Lake Jackson and others. Wives join for a Ladies Night format with attendees.

Baytown Texas Municipal League Ramada Tower Center Glen Walker Region 14 Shell Martin Shoreacres Dick Gottlieb Houston Marlin Dowden Jacinto City Rey Marvin Lake Jackson TML Bill Olson Tom Masterson Underwood Neuhaus Marvin Eaves Houston-Galveston Area

Blarney Blooms in O Baytown St Patrick's Day roll call

The Irish themed feature lists names like O'Brien O'Con nell O'Grady and McCarthy in a Baytown color page. The Associated Press notes the Irish Tourist Board lured Americans to Dublin for a week of celebration and Baytown prepares for weeks of St Patrick's Day festivities with locals and a nationwide Irish mood.

St. Patrick's Day O'Banion O'Brien O'Connell O'Conner O'Dell O'Grady O'Hagan O’hara O'Neal O’nell McAlpin McAnally McBee McBlain McBride McBroom McBunch MccCafferty McCage McCain McCaleb McCally McCamie McCandless McCartey McCarthy McCartney McCarty McCary McCauley McChesney McClain McClary McClellen McClindon McCloskey

City Absentee Balloting Underway for April 6 Council Vote

Absentee voting began Wednesday in city hall for the Tuesday April 6 city council election. Ballots may be cast from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. each weekday until April 2. Voter's registration must be shown and the reason for voting absentee must be given.

City Hall

Baytown Draft Call Includes Doctors and Dentists Induction

Baytown and Texas prepare for a national special induction call for 51 doctors of medicine 4 doctors of osteopathy and 32 dentists. The April call totals 1 003 Texas inductees plus pre induction physicals for 4 001 men. Inductees aged under 26 are lottery selected while older individuals are chosen by date of birth youngest first. Induction orders will be issued to those needed within days.

Baytown Abigail Frazier Selective Service Board No Texas Melvin N. Glantz Selective Service For Department of Defense Army Frazierr Col. Glantz Glantz Pathy Ad

Vietnam War Mounts Push From Laos Front

AP dispatch reports repeated North Vietnamese assaults driving South Vietnamese from bases in Laos toward the border with heavy losses. Other items note a court martial in Georgia over My Lai, a rejection of an all volunteer army by the House Armed Services Committee, a legal aid bill in Congress, Nixon backing for a U.N. police force, and Tricia Nixon engagement to Edward Cox at the White House party.

Ham Nghi Vietnam Laos Washington House Armed Services Committee

Crosby citizens push for Highway 90 freeway

Crosby residents plan a Harris County Commissioners Court meeting to urge immediate construction of the Highway 90 freeway from Crosby Lynchburg Road to Beltway 8. Spokesman Joe Keating will present data on accidents and seek funds for right-of-way, with support from Liberty County to improve access to Houston.

Johnella Boynton Crosby Crosby Harris County Commissioners Court Crosby-Lynchburg Road Uvalde Road Joe Keating Crosby Chamber of Commerce Keating State Highway District 12 Wiley Carmichael Highway Department San Jacinto River Harris San Jacinto Liberty County Chamber of Commerce County

Dewey Dies at 68 Just Before White House Visit

Former New York governor Thomas E Dewey died of a heart attack in his hotel room in Miami Beach age 68 while en route to Washington for a White House party. The longtime Republican figure had shifted from music to law and politics and made two bids for the presidency. Nixon praised Dewey in a brief tribute.

Miami Beack Fla Thomas’ EK Dewey New York Washington White House Nixon

Dental Society Group Meets Here Saturday

Dr Hermann Corn of the School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, will speak on a Total Concept of Periodontal Therapy at the Houston District Dental Society meeting. The Baytown Dental Study Club hosts the all day session at the Ramada Tower Center with about 150 dentists attending.

Hermann Corn School of Dental Medicine University of Pennsylvania Houston District Dental Society Baytown Dental Study Club Ramada Tower Center Donald L. Brunson Ben F. Ammons Baytown Organization Maurice Blum Bill Brueck Northshore John Burr Corn

Noted New York figure who battled gangsters and politics

He was elected district attorney of the county two years later. He secured convictions against 72 of 73 defendants, breaking a web of racketeers led by Charles Luciano. James J. Hines, a Tammany district leader, faced allegations of gangster protection. He ran for New York governor in 1938, losing to Herbert Lehman by 64,000 votes. A bid for the 1940 Republican presidential nomination went to Wendell Willkie.

Charles “Lucky” Luciano James J. Hines Tammany New York Herbert H. Lehman Wendell Willkie

Fire Chief's Family Welcomed By Baytown Campfire Girls

Wanda Orton reports Baytown welcomed new fire chief Jim Bland and his family via a Campfire Girls field trip from Bellaire. Mayor Glen Walker greeted the group at city hall then led a tour of city hall and the civic center. The Blands showed the station, homes, and schools planned for their move from Houston to 700 Inwood. Jennifer Bland, Lana Bland, and the couple’s children will join Lamar Elementary and Sterling High School after summer break.

Bellaire Bluebirds Baytown T. A. Kauffman Jim Bland Lana Bland Claudia Knabel Jeannie Rethewisch Christie Kauffman Vivien Hill Glen Walker Rebecca Garza Jennifer Bland Sun Wanda Orton Ginger Bland Jim Bluebird Bellaire City Hall Civic Center Bland Inwood Lamar Elementary Blands Jennifer Ross Sterling High School Lana Sterling Jane Long Houston Condit Elementary Jim Fl Bay Town Braeburn

Social Security boost to aid 26 million saves and spends

Congress approves a 10 percent Social Security benefit increase retroactive to Jan 1, totaling $3.6 billion for 26 million recipients. The measure ties to a $35 billion rise in the national debt limit as Nixon signs the bill and the economy remains sluggish. Benefits will appear in June payrolls.

Washington Congress Nixon Social Security Administration Federal Reserve Board Arthur F. Burns

Their Day In The Sun and State Meet Note

National trumpeter DOC SEVERINSEN will send five members to the state meet in Austin starting Friday. This marks the first year girls swimming is organized here for Interscholastic League competition. For story see Page 11.

Doc Severinsen Austin

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