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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1971
Page
1
Baytown Lions Club plans a 12:15 p.m. Fifth Tuesday luncheon at Lee College cafeteria. After a Dutch treat meal at $1.50 per person, members tour the college. Lee College regents and some faculty will be guests. guests welcome.
East Harris County Democrats host a 7 40 p m meeting at Roseland Park Pavilion with city mayor and council hopefuls. Public invited. An open forum follows the speeches. Baytown Shrine Club Pageant set for 7 30 p m Saturday in Robert E Lee High School auditorium. Tickets cost 1 at the door. A downtown parade is planned for 2 30 p m Saturday.
Audrey Maeser returns from Austin to meet Baton Rouge friends for dinner. Mrs Al vie Nance hosts a visitor. Glenda Elkins prepares sandwiches while Nell Girard organizes a fun group. Milner recovers from surgery as Andrea Walker plans Humble Day. Tom Stone greets many youngsters auditioning on pianos. Steele McDonald votes absentee before leaving town. Johnny Cuthbertson wants reader views on Crosby school trustee race. Lane Ward at UT sends an engaging newspaper to The Sun.
Federal Judge Allan B. Hannay ordered the City of Baytown to place Carl Connerton on the April 6 ballot. The injunction overrides a charter rule requiring real estate ownership for mayoral and council candidates, adding Connerton to the District 6 council race.
President Nixon ordered labor secretary Hodgson to advance a construction industry wage stabilization plan at the Western White House. An executive order would create general wage guidelines craft-by-craft boards and a stabilization board to enforce rules. The administration expects a third inflation alert Tuesday in California.
Judge Andrew L. Jefferson Jr. of Harris County Domestic Relations Court No. 2 in Houston, the first Black judge in Harris County, will speak at the Baytown Human Relations Council banquet on April 1 at the Ramada Tower. Tickets are $3.50, on sale at Baytown banks. Fred Adams of Lee College will summarize the year's council activities. Mayor Glen Walker will preside. More than 500 Baytonians are expected. Judge Jefferson, Dallas born, grew up in Houston, graduated from Jack Yates High School, Texas Southern University, and UT Law. He was trial counsel for Humble Oil, U.S. attorney for the Western District of Texas, and received the Justice Department award in 1967.
A spectacular seven car crash on Interstate 10 near the Thompson Road overpass sent four men to area hospitals and halted traffic for about two hours. Injured were James Evans 46 of Fannett in ICU at San Jacinto Methodist with multiple injuries Robert Alexander 30 of Houston with possible cervical fracture Delton Kneese 23 of Graves Texas driver of a Chemical Express Co truck treated for hand cuts D M Murphy 18 of Nederland UH student awaiting X rays at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital. The wreck occurred Monday morning and blocked the westbound lanes while crews worked to clear debris.
The wreckage of a twin engine plane that left Houston Intercontinental Airport Sunday night was found near the San Jacinto River. The AP dispatch notes a series of wartime and political items from across the globe, including North Vietnamese advances and Nixon era policy moves.
Harry Spitz, U S Steel Texas Works superintendent, confirms the first heated steel was produced Sunday in one of two 200 ton electric furnaces east of Baytown. The molten metal was cast into slabs in the plant's continuous caster. It was a trial heat as part of the break in schedule and will continue for some time. No slab size information was available.
Louis C. Stockard Optimist International Community Service committeeman will speak at the Baytown Optimist Club quarterly Respect for Law meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at the Ramada Tower Center. He will address the need for greater respect for law in America today. The club will honor the Baytown Auxiliary Police for their service and present a special community service award to a club member. Stockard, of the Optimist Club of Downtown Beaumont, has served in all club roles and in the Southeast Texas District program. He has led Boys Haven and is a director of the Jefferson County Boys Home, living in Beaumont and owning Coastal Electronics Co. Lester Alfard chairs the meeting Jepp Bush is master of ceremonies Carroll Russell will present the award John Thomas will honor the Respect for Law commendation Glen Rosier is historian J. B. Cooper is club president.
Washington AP report notes serious crimes rose 11 percent nationwide in 1970 while total crimes in 22 major cities including Washington dropped overall. Attorney General Mitchell announced the findaings, with Seattle the only city to report drops in every category of serious crime.
Baytown Sun staffers led the Texas Press Women awards at the state contest in Austin with eight District 4 wins and 38 district awards. Martha Hemphill and Wanda Orton top district honors, while Linda Cassity, Glenn Pfennig, Muril Hart, Audrey Maeser and others claim first and second places across fashion writing, columns, food features, teen page, library coverage, and publicity campaigns. The 232 entries from 44 TPW members marked the largest contest in 78 years.
FAIR AND COOLER for Baytown with temperatures mid 50s to near 70. A cold front will push temperatures to the low 50s by Tuesday morning. Morgan's Point forecasts show Tuesday highs around 2:49 a.m. and 7:13 p.m. with lows near 6:91 a.m. and 7:19 p.m. Sun rises 6:14 a.m. and sets 6:39 p.m.
Baytown gains fire chief Jim Bland Jr. after a month on the job and he maps growth needs. He targets two new stations to serve growing areas near Country Club Oaks and Sterling High Schools, and cautions against placing a new fire station next to the North Main police station. He urges a training site close to reality but warns smoke pollution complicates site selection. The department has begun a crash maintenance program and retired three tank trucks as they overhaul the fleet, now at ten front-line vehicles with two replacements needed.
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