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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1972
Page
2
Editorial argues highway ads bore drivers with uniform scenery and urges fewer signs. It suggests slower speeds and rest breaks to keep motorists alert, noting signs like Chew Mail Pouch offer brief relief from monotony.
Ted Kloesel’s family keeps a raccoon named Landfill that escaped and triggered Charlie Caldwell’s cat trap on their street. Caldwell, a city council candidate and former animal ordinance committee chair, announced the capture on a radio show, stirring political speculation. The raccoon escaped again, last seen near the Cedar Bay landfill.
A mother raccoon out of reach feeds her stranded youngster as Ted rescues it. Landfill grows into a pet that demands meals and plays with Heidi the German shepherd. Jealousy from a puppy named Bird drives Landfill to run away and seek life in the woods.
German designers unveil the Dyna-Ship a square rig vessel set to launch in Hamburg in 1973. The autonomous sail system requires only auxiliary motors and promises vast cargo space and fuel savings. Tests show 12 to 16 knots with 20 knot top speed while reducing pollution.
Reader asks about joint popping and pain. doctor explains normal gas in joints, notes inability to diagnose from letter, urges seeing a rheumatologist, and cautions against heavy brick work. If rheumatoid arthritis exists, emphasizes long term care and proper supervision to adjust living patterns.
A 36 page transcript reveals congressional critics of environmental rules forming a closed to discuss delays to pork barrel projects. Rep. Bob Jones and Rep. Jim Wright led harsh attacks on courts and environmental laws, calling judges ignoramuses and vowing to curb litigation stalling projects.
The Baytown Sun lists editorial and advertising staff including editor Fred Hartman and John Wadley as editor and publisher, Jim Finley as managing editor, and Paul Putman as director of advertising. It notes publication as a Baytown, Texas paper, afternoons, with 1303 Memorial Drive address and 77420 postal code. Subscriptions and rates are provided along with AP affiliation and copyright notices.
Caroline Chou, a 24 year old Georgetown linguistics student, hosts VOA news program in Mandarin from Washington to mainland China. The article notes VOA's broad reach in 35 languages, its policy of not criticizing other nations, and Chou’s aim to present the truth.
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