Referendum on Zoning Hinted By Baytown Council
Baytown officials indicated zoning may go to a referendum after a Monday night public hearing. If voted, earliest date would be May 1 with a possible runoff, as printing and absentee voting could not fit April 1. Debate focused on maps, HUD interpretation, and postponing action until the planning commission can report.
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Bill Hartman
Baytown
Council and Planning and Zoning Commission
Seaborn Cravey
Ted Kloesel
Bill Laughlin
Planning and Zoning Commission
L. A. Hale
Commission
Albert Fanestiel
Planning Commission
Don Hullum
Baytown Community Notices Highlight Local Events
Annuitants meet at 10 a m Wednesday in the Civic Center with J R Vanderheider discussing wills and estates. Adult Education night at Knights of Columbus Hall features The Woodpile film and public refreshments. Campaign Coffee for Leonard Stasney runs 10 to 11 a m Wednesday at 206 N Burnet. Absentee voting in city election shows two ballots cast. voting runs March 12 to March 28. Key Club members Jimmy Clinton and Kim Martin attended the Texas Oklahoma District convention in Houston. Chicken Fry fundraiser by Baytown A M University Mothers Club at Bayshore Red Reel and Gun Club 11 a m to 6 30 p m Saturday. tickets $1 50 at the door. TLC adviser Kent Ericson to visit Lee College 10 a m Wednesday to discuss transferring to Texas Lutheran College.
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Baytown
Civic Center
J. R. Vanderheider
Leonard Stasney
N. Burnet
Stasney
City Hall
Ross Sterling Key Club
Jimmy Clinton
Kim Martin
Key Club ‘International
Houston
Sterling Key Club
West Baytown
Texas A&m University Mothers Club
Bayshore Red
Reel and Gun Club
Eddie Huron
TLC
Kent Ericson
Texas Lutheran College
Lee College
Liberal Arts
Baytown Tuesday Weather Forecast Clears Skies Warmer
The Tuesday forecast for the Baytown area calls for clear to partly cloudy skies and warmer conditions. Daytime temperatures should reach the mid to upper 60s, with skies clearing by Tuesday night.
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Baytown
Local Shout Outs and Army News in Last Wednesday Sun
Leslie Couch praises Joyce Maley state DE winner from Robert E. Lee High School. Mrs H L Wilder reports son Ronald hospital in Da Nang for tests. Ronnie serving with U S Army in Vietnam. Bobby Sutton happy over Little League article in Monday Sun.
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Leslie Couch
Robert E. Lee High School
Joyce Maley
Patty Latham
Cynthia Huey
Mikel McClain
D. W. Marston
Danny Wilson
da Nang
Vietnam
Ronnie
U. S. Army
Ray Milligan
Bobby Sutton
Channelview School Bond Poll Sets New Election
Channelview School Board will consider calling a new election to authorize selling about $985,000 in bonds for new school construction. The 1966 bonds were approved but not sold. The interest rate ceiling has risen from five to six percent, potentially allowing sale at higher rates. The original bond issue totaled $2 million.
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Channelview
Channelview School Board
Texas
Hearing On Levee March 25
A bill to create a Baytown Levee District is set for 7:30 p.m. March 25 in the House Conservation and Reclamation Committee. Rep. Joe Allen said he has discussed with Col. Franklin B. Moon of the U S Corps of Engineers the permit process, noting no objections for now but that approval must come from the levee district board. The bill proposes a 17 member board. a Houston firm estimates a feasibility study and construction could take two years, plus six to nine months for pumps. Allen cited a good recommendation from the Texas Water Development Board.
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Allen
Houston
Brownwood
Texas Water Development Board
Israel Aid Plea Set Here
Yaacov Hess consul of Israel in Houston will keynote a Baytown United Jewish Appeal meeting at 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Jewish Community House. The drive supports overseas aid programs through United Israel Appeal Joint Distribution Committee United HIAS Service and New York Association of New Americans. The Baytown chair said Israel programs alone require $200 million with other efforts adding more. Hess's background includes service in Israel's Foreign Ministry and posts in Copenhagen and Houston.
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Yaacov Hess
Israel
Houston
Baytown
United Hias Service
New York Association of New Americans
United States
Max Mosesman
Hess
Israel Foreign Service
Foreign Ministry
Golda Meier
Copenhagen
Denman
Germany
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Lindsay to Seek Second Term As New York Mayor
Republican John V. Lindsay announced he will run again for mayor of New York City despite a year of urban crises. President Nixon told a 17 nation disarmament conference that the United States hopes to begin talks with the Soviet Union soon on limits to anti-ballistic missile systems.
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New York
John V. Lindsay
Geneva
Nixon
United States
Soviet Union
Teachers Promised Salary Increase By School Board
The Baytown district’s school board deferred action on raising the tax assessment ratio while promising teachers the district will be among the leaders in salaries for 1969-70. Trustees debated timing and impact, considering state raises and local costs, with minority votes opposing the pledge as vague. The board may seek March 24 for a formal pay hike agenda as teachers seek adjustments from bachelor to master levels.
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Johnella Boynton
Hobart Enoch
Texas
Wahrmund
U. S.steel
Texas Works
Baytown
Houston Lighting and Power
Cedar Bayou
Enoch
George Gentry
Gentry
Baytown Education Association
Baytown Classroom Teachers Association
Rites Set Wednesday For Baytown Soldier
Funeral services for Pfc. Roger W. Smelser 20 killed in Vietnam March 8 are at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Earthman Funeral Chapel with Rev. Robert Cheek officiating. Burial at Memory Gardens of Baytown Cemetery. Smelser, infantryman in Company B, 2nd Battalion 502 of the 101st Airborne near Hue, was killed in a defensive position. He attended Robert E. Lee High School and had been in the Army since August 1968, in Vietnam since January. Survivors: parents Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Smelser, two brothers James Michael and Walter Donald, and sister Kay Ann, all of Baytown. YMCA art classes announced with two session options, taught by Mrs. Judith Marston. cost $14 non-members, $10 members. Call 427-1797 to register.
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Pfc
Roger W. Smelser
Vietnam
Earthman Funeral Chapel
Robert Cheek
Baytown
101St Airborne Division
Hue
Roger
Robert E. Lee
Army
First Baptist Church
REIL
Future Farmers of America
REL
J. C. Smelser
James Michael Smelser
Walter Donald Smelser
Kay Ann Smelser
YMCA
Judith Marston
Harlem School Desegregation Plan Reaffirmed by Board
The Harlem Elementary desegregation issue dominated a 250 spectator meeting at Robert E. Lee High School as the board voted to write to the HEW to reiterate its plan to close Harlem by the 1969-70 school year if integration fails. Trustees Dignam Greenwell and Wahrmund supported, while Ellis opposed and Peterson abstained. Lippman was absent.
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Harlem
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Robert E. Lee High School
Karl W. Opryshek
Opryshek
Carl Flaxman
Philip Dignam
Fabian Greenwell
Bob Wahrmund
Glenn Lippman
Flaxman
UH Property Damaged By Group of Students
UH saw windows broken, dishes overturned, and furniture toppled after a confrontation between Afro-Americans for Black Liberation leader Eugene Locke and three white students. About 200 students marched to campus safety. damages estimated at 2000 dollars. No injuries or arrests reported. University President Hoffman urged continued normal activities.
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Eugene Locke
Afro-Americans For Black Liberation
Locke
Philip G. Hoffman
University
Dual near half-length clash: Egyptian Israeli forces on Suez Canal
Cairo Radio reports heavy dueling along about half the Suez Canal for two hours. Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker to fly from Saigon to Washington for first Nixon meeting since taking office. Police arrest 133 students and five adults at a New York suburb high school amid campus unrest. A Texas heart transplant patient dies at Methodist Hospital Houston. Texas Railroad Commission sets April oil allowable at 49.9 percent of potential. Four research satellites boosted into separate Earth orbits from Vandenberg. Texas Governor Preston Smith to propose tax plan to replace $52 million revenue measure struck down. Over 100,000 American troops launch counter-offensive northwest of Saigon to deter Vietcong/North Vietnamese moves. Texas House moves toward curfew bill for riot-hit or disaster-struck cities. Venezuelan jetliner crash kills at least 155. motive unclear.
New Assistant Foreman Arrives in The Baytown Sun
The Baytown Sun introduces James R. Jones Jr as the new assistant foreman born Monday March 17 at 4 23 p m in Baytown He is the son of Mr and Mrs J R Jones and has two sisters Laurie Cage and Cindy Anne Grandparents are Mr and Mrs J R Jones and Mrs H G Degens The Sun is partially printed in green ink and James will oversee the press room daily
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Baytown Sun
James R. Jones Jr
St. Patrick's Day
James
J. R
Buddy) Jones
Laurie Cage
Cindy Anne
J. R. Jones
Baytown
H. G. Degens
Galena Park
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Wilhite
Housing and Urban Development Office
Fort Worth
Cravey
HUD
Edmund M. Mackert
RN. French
J. £. Peters
E. F. Hind
Knights of Columbus Hall
Citizens National Bank & TruSt CO
Welcome Cedar Bayou
Hes
Bulletins
Troy Peterson
James Ellis
Joe Allen
Gus Mutscher
House
Mutscher
Ralph Cunningham
Baytown Junior Forum
W. E. DuPlantis Jr
Baytown Society For Crippled Children
Charles George
Hill-Burton
Sun
University Center
Suez Canal
Cairo Radio
Ellsworth Bunker
Saigon
Washington
Virginia
Methodist Hospital
Texas Railroad Commission
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Preston Smith
Texas House
Baytown State Bank
Bay Plaza Center
Bank OF Baytown
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