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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1971
Page
1
A dinner honoring Fred J. Kana will be served at 6 30 p m Tuesday at the Ramada Tower Center. Knights of Columbus Council No 2788 members and spouses are invited. Call 422 4850 by noon Monday with attendee count and steak or fish choice.
Dr. Ben Ammons reports former Lee College Dean Walter Rundell is improving rapidly with tests showing no reason he cannot fully recover after a fall at his home.
The Baytown League of Women Voters hosts a 7:30 p.m. rally at City Hall for city elections on April 6. Eighteen candidates seek four offices including mayor and three council seats. The event will be broadcast live on KWBA with a call-in Q A from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at 422 6488, and written questions will be screened for relevance and taste. Dr Jim Richardson of the University of Houston acts as moderator with a screening committee guiding the program.
The Robert E. Lee High School Student Senate campaigns to be elected president of the Texas Association of Student Councils at a three day convention in Austin on April 1 2 and 3. Competing schools include Victoria Corpus Christi Ray Amarillo and Big Spring. The winner attends the Senate Youth Conference in Washington DC for a week, meets the President and Vice President, works with a U.S. senator, and may receive a $1000 Hurst Foundation scholarship if pursuing history or political science. Lee seeks to show it can provide more services to delegates at the convention, including the Lee newspaper.
The Baytown City Council will hold a public hearing at 6 45 p m on April 8 during the next regular meeting to consider annexing about 3500 acres in Chambers County including McKay Chemical Co The motion to adopt the annexation and hold the hearing was made by Councilman Leonard Stasney Two readings will be required to finalize the annexation land lies south of FM 565 north of HLPC discharge canal and north of HLPC See hearing page 2
LC regents announced no plans to build dormitories or student housing in the foreseeable future after a briefing from college administrators. Dr. Alton Laird noted private investors’ interest in off campus housing but would be deterred if LC builds on campus. Dr. Richard Strahan added occupancy requirements and regulatory limits could block private housing, while over 300 Baytown students already live off campus, including many deaf and minority students needing housing.
A Highlands resident complains about loud shirt noise prompting a phone call to the GSCAR office. The matter centers on sound levels and possible disruption to the neighborhood. No further details available.
The plaza between the civic center and city hall will gain a fountain and sundial after the city council authorized the Parks and Recreation Department to proceed. Donations from the Britton family amounting to 5000 dollars fund the fountain and 700 dollars from the East Harris County Federation of Garden Clubs fund the sundial. City attorney notes bids are unnecessary since funds are non city sourced, while urging competitive pricing. Council members praise the project as a civic enhancement aligning with the city beautification effort.
AP reports East Pakistan battles as troops clash with militiamen and civilians in several cities. Radio Pakistan claimed leader Sheik Mujibur Rahman was arrested, a claim he denied via clandestine radio urging independence. India’s monitors cited city skirmishes, thousands affected, with reports of tanks and air force activity.
The Baytown Jaycees campaign for a full investigation into stock transactions tied to Texas officials via pre printed letters. Citizens sign and mail to Baytown Jaycees for delivery to the Legislature with a target date of April 21. The effort aims to mobilize about 10 000 letters from Baytown and expand statewide to involve more lawmakers.
The state comptroller's office sent Baytown a check for 213,089.41 in the city sales tax receipts for the last quarter of 1970. The payment, largest of four quarterly checks in the citys first full year with the tax, suggests the annual income could exceed the initial 600,000 estimate, bringing 1970-71 net proceeds to 722,489.45 and aiding the current budget.
Weekend Baytown outlook calls for partly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures with highs in the mid 70s. Morgan's Point tides show Sunday highs at 2 31 a.m. and 4 31 p.m. and lows at 4 01 a.m. and 5 17 p.m. Monday tides list highs at 2 37 a.m. and 5 49 p.m. with lows at 4 43 a.m. and 6 07 p.m. Sunrise and sunset times are provided for Sunday and Monday.
Washington sources say President Nixon will unveil a plan to stabilize wages and create craft by craft review boards in construction. The move reins in Davis Bacon and relies on self regulation, with possible suspension of federal projects if noncompliance occurs. Economic indicators rose 0.6 percent to 118.6 of the 1967 base, signaling a modest gain alongside improving unemployment claims and orders.
J Rodger Read, retiring Jan 1 after 41 years at Humble Oil Baytown refinery, recalls mule and wagon sampling in the 1930s lab. He joined in 1929, rose to lab foreman, and later led in-service training, coaching Little League, managing the DDs team, and teaching at First Baptist Church.
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