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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1973
Page
1
An unclear note references Lantern honors and a mystery about cereal disease research. The fragment mentions Tustin, Dur Welch, and Watlists with unspecified phone details. The oblique items suggest a local ceremony or acknowledgment connected to a science topic.
An autopsy is ordered after Baytown resident Charles Dewitt McCann 44 died Sunday morning at Bolly Inn Restaurant. He was found near the men's restroom and pronounced dead on arrival at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital. The body was sent to Harris County morgue for autopsy.
A large tan Boston bulldog was found in the vicinity of North Eighth Street. Call 422 7238 to claim or to report details.
Airman completes poaing and mining contributions as tailers graduate at Pemberton with others honored for service and training milestones in a local ceremony.
Five people were treated for injuries from two weekend traffic accidents. William C Sanaland Jr and Jose Leobardo Benavides, both 18 of 501 Alford, were injured when Sanaland struck a car driven by Michael Edward Watson, 34 of 409 Willow, at 2 pm Friday after running a red light and driving without a license. Police charged Sanaland with the offenses as his car slid and hit the Watson vehicle stopped at the signal. Allen Reidland, 19 of 411 Willow, was taken to San Jacinto Methodist Hospital. A second incident at 1 pm Friday caused minor injuries to William Lewis Goolsby, 46 of 2101 Sheridan, when his car slid into a ditch while braking for a stop sign at the Crosby Cedar Bayou Road and Massey Tompkins Road intersection.
Rep. Joe Allen hosted 25 ninth and tenth grade students from Chinquapin School for a Capitol tour in Austin. The privately funded program helps Houston inner city youths prepare for college, with funding from government and foundations and support from Lee College. Allen arranged free lodging and honorary pages status to visit the House floor during session. The Baytown lawmaker stressed the program’s value and the trip’s importance.
The Coast Guard investigates a barge collision that damaged Cedar Bayou bascule bridge on Tri City Beach Road. The bridge remains open to auto traffic but inoperable for waterway use after two barges towed by the Caribou struck at 4 p.m. Friday. Minor damage reported at Sylvan Beach pier in a separate incident.
Baytown Noon and Evening Optimist clubs join Radio KWBA for a Tuesday venereal disease seminar. Dr. W C Finch city health officer opens, with William F Swartz of the health department providing answers from tapes. Local Optimists Carroll Russell David Murdock Gordon Hall Jamie Hurst Howard Johnson and Lester Alford participate.
In Haifa an Israeli court sentenced an Arab and others to eleven years each for leading a spy ring for Syria and plotting a Communist revolution to overthrow the government. In London Sir Noel Coward, renowned playwright and actor, died today in Jamaica per his secretary.
Palm Beach era note humorously portrays Leo Durocher, described as The Lip, as a complex baseball figure. The anecdote recalls a scene in the Astros dining room where the famed manager’s habits and personalities surface amid a democratic, locker room atmosphere. The piece blends sport lore with social commentary on fame and behavior.
Lee College reports 462 graduates from its Defensive Driving Course begun in October. Three new classes start in April with instructors Guy Holman Jerrell Troutman and Miss Sue Jones teaching on various weekday evenings. The National Safety Council designed course offers a 10 percent insurance rate reduction upon completion. Classes meet in Room 12 of the Special Science Building. Reservations at Continuing Education Office 427-5811 ext 24.
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