West Point cadet son highlighted at Pribe-Parent Weekend
West Point families attend Pribe-Parent Weekend as William R. Hotze, a fourth class cadet, is shown with parents Mr and Mrs William A Hotze and daughter Margaret Ann at the U S Military Academy. Other local items include Morning Tops Baytown luncheon and six month birthday events, weight control call-ins, a Baytown Fire Department auxiliary meeting, AAUW pattern show prep, a Wesleyan Guild rummage sale, a Baytown accountant funeral, a Lee Drive baseball park work day, and a Baytown area weather and tide forecast.
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West Point
William A. Hotze
Margaret Ann
Tuscan Lane
U.S. Military Academy
Wiliam R. Hotze
Baytown
Local Clerk Notes and Community Snippets
Keith Lawhon works on a mild afternoon while Army Pvt Robert Pryor reports from Brooke Army Hospital in San Antonio. Pat Tobin handles his duties with a light touch as Edna Oliver sports a chic summer dress.
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Keith Lawhon
Army Pvt
Robert Pryor
San Antonio
Brooke Army Hospital
Pat Tobin
John Busch
Edna Oliver
Fritz Lanham
Gil Laughlin
Carl Young
Drew Staples
Ed Cathriner Jr
Betty Genie
John Sandhop
Lowell Lammers
Decker Drive
Franses Rogers
Barry Nettles
Regents to Discuss Bond Issue Campaign at LC Meeting
Lee College regents plan to organize a campaign for a proposed 994,000 bond issue and extra taxing authority at their regular meeting Thursday. They previously voted to pursue a new bond issue and tax increase in spring, aiming to hold the election with the May 4 party primaries. The board will also review 1968-1969 personnel needs, routine reports, welding supplies for the technical vocational program, and bill payments. The meeting starts at 6:30 pm in the Technical Vocational Building conference room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee College
Technical Vocational Prostram
Technical Vocational Building
Reception Set Here For John Hill Candidate for Governor
Baytonians are invited to a 3 p.m Thursday reception at the Community Building for John Hill, candidate for governor. He will campaign in Baytown all day Thursday, starting at Wumble Oil and Refining Co.’s Baytown Remnery, then speaking at the Noon Optimist Club at Newby’s Restaurant, and closing with the Baytown campaign HQ opening at 1:30 p.m. at 202 W Texas Ave. The Community Building reception follows at 3 p.m.
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Baytonians
John Hill
Ffor
Baytown
Wumble Oi and Refining Co
Baytown Remnery
Newby’s Restarant
Hill
Texas Ave
Joe Gibbs Dies at 57 in Galveston Hospital
Joe Gibbs, 57, well known Baytown Refinery annuitant, died at 5 22 a m Wednesday in Galveston hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Earthman Funeral Home for the 18 year resident of this city Gibbs, a Beeville native, came to Baytown in 1940 after a five year pro baseball career. He was a star pitcher at Galveston and Fort Worth in the Texas League and was on staff at the Kansas City Blues in 1937. He retired from the plant in 1963.
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Joe Gibbs
Baytown
Galveston
Earthman Funeral Home
Gibbs
Beeville
Galveston and
Fort Worth
Kansas City Blues
Czech cultural leaders urge Dubcek to resist pressure on reforms
In Prague the cultural elite urged Communist party chief Dubcek to stand firm against outside pressure after he acknowledged Soviet bloc concerns over reform. An open letter signed by 134 writers and artists urged Czechoslovakia to resist doubts about the direction of the devaluation drive.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
Soviet Bloc
City council candidates clash with steel contract figure
At a Tuesday LWV rally in City Hall, incumbents and several District 1 candidates criticized U S Steel's $84 000 payment over seven years under a new industrial district contract. Candidates argued the figure is inadequate and may shift costs to Humble and Lee College, while a sales tax question drew mixed responses.
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Mike Lonsford
League of Women Voters
City Hall
U. S. Steel
Andy Braswell
Dub Ward
Fom
Jim Burgess
Humble
WU. S. Steel
Ted Kloesel
U.S. Steel
Albert Fanestiel
Ted Kloese
C. Dutch Ptacek
C. L. Boullion
Lee Collesce Board of Regents
Claude N. Cook
Lee College
Absentee Vote Times Listed for Baytown Elections
Baytown voters must file absentee ballots by 5 pm Friday for the April 2 city election at City Hall in the Edna Oliver office. Three city council seats and a 1 percent sales tax decision are on the ballot. Absentee voting also runs for the April 6 Lee College election with three board seats. hours are 8 am to 5 pm weekdays and 8 am to 4 30 pm Fridays in the Comptroller Alvin Miles office through April 2.
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Baytown
Edna Oliver
Lee College
Board of Trustees
Alvin Miles
New I-10 Bridge Project Awarded for Large Baytown Contract
Three major firms Austin Bridge Austin Road and Worth Construction win a 5.265 million dollar federal funded contract to build a twin San Jacinto River bridge and a three way interchange serving Crosby Lytchburg Road Interstate 10 Loop and Baytown 330. Work spans 850 days with widened I-10 to six lanes to Loop 610 and an eight lane downtown segment.
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Harris County
Baytown - la Porte
Austin Bridge
Austin Road
Worth Construction
San Jacinto River
Crosby - Lytchburg Road
Baytown
Interstate 10
Loop 610
Houston
San Jacinto
Shriners Parade Set for Saturday on Texas Avenue
Shrine Parade chairman Dave Sherron announced 50 units will march down Texas Avenue at 2 p.m. Saturday led by the Arabia Shrine Temple grand potentate. Police Chief Blair Mann Fire Chief L V Bailey and Constable Paul Anderson will marshal. Units include the Arabian Temple Band Drum Corps and Shrine clowns with junior bands from Baytown civic groups and dancing schools. The parade ends on Fourth Street with mounted horses and no candy thrown for safety. Anyone unable to contact Sherron can join at Sear at 1 p.m. Saturday. political candidates are excluded from the event.
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Dave Sherron
Texas Avenue
Arabia*Shrine Temple
Hou ‘Ton
Blair Mann
L. V. Bailey
Paul Anderson
Houston Shrine Temple
Arabia Temple
Oriental Band
Shrine Temple
Houston
Baytown
Civic
Fourth Street
Sherron
Sear
Bloodmobile Its Due Here On Thursday
The Bloodmobile will return to Baytown from noon to an unspecified time to collect blood. Miss Janice Manteris, chairman, said the community account is down to 25 units and at least 100 are needed Thursday to restore supplies. She emphasized there is no substitute for whole blood and urged donations to set up family or organizational accounts for emergencies. For appointments call 472-8364 ext 244.
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Io Baytown
Janice Manteris
Baytown
Houston
Rites Thursday For Baytonian 39 Years
Funeral services for Mistis County, Baytown resident Mistis County Federal Savings and Emily S. Strickler will be held Thursday at Grace Methodist Church. Strickler, 78, died Tuesday in a Baytown hospital after a several weeks illness. Burial at Memory Gardens Cemetery directed by Earthman Funeral Home. Mrs Strickler worked for a firm that became Harris County Federal Savings and Loan and served as secretary treasurer. She was a member of Grace Methodist Church Women’s Society of Christian Service and the Baytown Lodge of the Order of Eastern Star. Her husband Y W Strickler, banker, and she moved to Baytown in 1929. Donations to San Jacinto Methodist Hospital memorial fund requested.
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Mistis County
Strickler
Baytown
Asbury Lenox
Mme Wig
Memory Gardens
Earthman Funeral
Panel Wants Defense Boss To Testify
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee suspends action on a 320 million military aid provision until Defense Secretary Clark Clifford testifies publicly. White House disputes Treasury hints that funding war and domestic needs requires cutting living standards.
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Washington
Johnson Administration
Treasury
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Clark M. Clifford
Clifford
White House
the Treasury
Joseph W. Barr
George Christian
Christian
Barr
House
Gerald R. Ford
Johnson
Capitol Hill
Ford
Army
Creighton W- Abrams
U.S
Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Des Moines
Imava
Methodist Bishops
United States
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
U.N
Vote Set Here Avpil 2- Food, Other Essentials Exempt From Sales Tax
EDITOR S NOTE: This second article explains city sales tax exemptions voted in the April 2 city election. It lists items exempt under the city tax aligned with state law. Exemptions include items taxed under existing statutes, medical aids, farm equipment, water, religious materials, schools meals, charitable organizations, and occasional sales.
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AAUW
Association of University
Womto
Merle Hunt
Wesleyan Guild
The
St. Mark's Methodist Church
Market St
Harold C. Brown
Ward Road
Brown
Co. I. McDonald
Baytown Public Accountant
Velma McDonald
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Beaumont
Lee Drive
Peoples State Bank
LC Regents
Rap City
Clifford Hunt
H. M. Hunt
Singleton Road
Sidney Woods
J. R. Woods
Tucker
Unicycle Gun
Ross Sterling High School
Sun
Henry Holcomb
LBJ
Douglas Drive
Tower Restaurant
Airhart Drive
Cedar Bayou
Wooste Road
Shriners
Bloodmobile
Baytonian
Mes
Emily Strickler
Avpil
Citizens National Bank & Trust Co. Se
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