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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1966
Page
1
Community notices report a hospital project going to a Houston builder. The item notes a political meeting for School Trustee candidates Knox Beavers and Ben Shirey at Holiday Inn, hosted by Citizens Committee for Better Schools.
PARTLY CLOUDY and mild with 48 to 72 degree range. Tuesday high 68 and low 46. Tides and events noted at local venues including Shrine Show parking, Easter art contest by Baytown Kiwanians, and map distribution at Houston Boat Show. Also reports on surgeries, birthdays, and a funeral notice for Ira Penn of Neodesha.
Houston general contractor E. G. Lowry, Inc. wins a contract valued at 933,117 for a million-dollar San Jacinto Methodist Hospital expansion. Additions include a professional office building for over a dozen doctors, a modernized K-Ray and laboratory, two new power plants and expanded parking.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the murder conviction and life sentence for J.D. Sanders in the July 5 1964 shooting death of James Mason in Baytown. Sanders testified he feared Mason carried a pistol, and the court found the evidence sufficient to sustain the guilty verdict.
Steele M L McDonald of Baytown was elected president of the Lee College Community Loan Fund Inc at a board meeting following the annual public meeting. Foyt Corneaux steps down after two years as outgoing president. New officers include E B Lovering and Alien Rice Sr as vice presidents, Beverly Ainsworth secretary, Comeaux corresponding secretary, and C W Suesse reelected treasurer. The board drafted a resolution seeking a $2000 gift from Baytown Rotary Club for Jeans loans to Baytown School District college students. Ten trustees were chosen for three year terms on the 30 member board.
About 100 people attended a Baytown League of Women Voters candidate rally at Robert E. Lee High School. Four school trustee candidates answered questions on district separation, kindergartens, libraries, and retirements. Also present were college board regents candidates Alma McNulty and Warren Spivey, and city council hopefuls Albert Fanestiel JW Knowles Pat Ball and Andy Braswell.
Mrs Virginia Lawrence Crocker of Cedar Bayou family dies in Houston Wednesday morning. Graveside rites set for 11 a.m. Thursday at Cedar Bayou Cemetery. She is daughter of Solomon Lawrence and granddaughter of early Texas settlers John R Rhea and Joseph Lawrence.
The Baytown school trustee and Lee College regent race drew four candidates Beavers Shirey Opryshek and Wahrmund with absentee ballots totaling 125 by 4 pm Tuesday. Last year over 200 absentees preceded a record school district vote of 8758 in a runoff.Observers expect a lighter overall turnout this election and debate centers on kindergarten libraries and the Lee College board’s future after separation from the public schools.
Washington AP report notes United States brisk crisis force has shrunk to seven divisions in some training and not at full combat readiness. Army and Marine units based here include four Army divisions at Ft Hood Ft Lewis and Ft Carson and three Marine units. Pentagon spokesman expects gradual return to full readiness by June with four named divisions not in combat status.
Mrs. Albert Thomas is sworn in at noon to fill the late husband’s unexpired term in the House. She wins a special election and attends a luncheon with Texas delegates, friends, and guests including Mayor Lovie Welch and Sen. Ralph Yarborough. Her daughter Lera Thomas accompanies her.
Here are polling locations and precinct assignments for the Saturday school board and regent elections. Locations include Alamo Burnet Highlands Thad Fellon Ashbey Smith Horace Mann Saytown Stephen F Austin San Jacinto Travis Carver Bowie Harlem and Baytown area precincts with some relocations and shared precincts noted.
President Johnson signaled possible early tax increases to fight inflation, warning if prices stay high he may cut federal spending by up to - or raise taxes by about 5 billion dollars. Senate and House leaders reacted with cautious opposition, urging spending cuts where possible and awaiting specific proposals.
The Baytown Classroom Teachers Association urged action on the school board plan to enter three year contracts for teachers and sought explicit employment terms. Delegates discussed job descriptions for teaching positions and noted elementary teachers lack time for lesson prep and grading. They backed the superintendent’s proposal while pushing clear contract language and awaited further study of contractual procedures.
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