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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1966
Page
1
A note directs Mr Boyd in Baytown Texas to seek assurance on Humble Oil tax action from Carl F Reise Jr then chairman of Humble Oil and Refining Co. Fret Hartman signs as a contact or reference for the matter.
Baytown council will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday at city hall to hear bids on sewerage projects at Sterling High School and North Main. Engineers reps discuss Goose Creek stream work. UCW women hold 9 30 a m board meeting Friday at Thompson's Chapel. Gardeners tour Blossom time Houston and garden show at the Houston Garden Center ends with a picnic at Hermann Park.
Partly cloudy and mild through Friday with daytime highs from 48 to 76 degrees. Wednesday reached 79 with a 61 degree low at 8 am. No rain reported. Friday tides will be low at 6:42 am and high at 2:42 pm and 8:12 pm.
A string of brief, light vignettes from Bay town shows Mrs. T. A. Young seeking an herb gardener, Margie Willborn previewing a flower show, Delores Hoskins asking about gold emblem printing, Lavon Heintschel finding litter bags, and a mix of personal anecdotes. Other items mention Mik ton Ramsey oversleeping, niece Mrs. Chuck Neufer named Mirs.C ity of Houston, and several humorous tales from local residents.
Baytown readies the first college regent election with nine candidates contending for three at large seats six holdovers include Sam Bramsett John Sylvester W J Billy Strickler L J Marsh Royal D Burnside and O A Boatright James M Black and Alma McNulty seek six year terms along with several refinery employees and educators The issue centers on whether initial appointees should govern before regular elections and state law regarding appointment is debated.
Four candidates vie for two Baytown School Trustees seats as charges fly and the race tightens. Incumbents Knox Beavers and Ben Shirey face challengers Mrs. Karol W. (Carole) Opryshek and Robert C. (Bob) Wahrmund. A Holiday Inn coffee for incumbents drew about 200 supporters, sponsored by the Citizens Committee for Better Schools led by Raymond F. Adams. Wahrmund runs as an independent. Opryshek backers hope to unseat Shirey and topple Beavers.
Our World Today notes three postponements for space launches tied to an Atlas Agena rocket with an Orbiting Astronomical Observatory load and an Atlas Centaur. General Connally criticizes the Justice Department’s bid for extended voter registration time as harassment or incursion on state control. The Soviet Union appears to have launched an unmanned rocket aiming to place a satellite near lunar orbit, while the Navy confirms distressing reports about Thresher submarine wreckage equipment found.
The Baytown Sun office at 1301 Memorial Drive will be open 7 to 3 Saturday night to provide information on the school trustee election. Baytown daycees assist staff with calls while a Sun reporter collects reruns from the administration building after polls close at 7 p.m. Preliminary returns expected by around 7:30 p.m. The Sun’s phone number is 582-3302.
Regular monthly games party of the Humble Pioneer Club will be held at the Heliday Inn at 7 p.m. Friday, April 1. R. H. Weaver, president, is chairman.
Houston iA Museum of Natural Science researchers search near the Wade Road overpass after Miss Donnella Banning, 20, of Dayton, reports a meteorite hit her car about 8 p.m. Tuesday. Debbie Carrico and Mrs. Doyle Havard were passengers. Debra saw an object the size of a ball strike the car, denting the roof and glancing off. Debra prayed during the impact. Mrs. Carrico notes Banning remained calm and steered safely. Investigators continued the search Wednesday for clues with no find yet.
Barbers Hill school board approved construction plans for a new high school on a 2.7 acre tract west of Interstate 10. The 94,000 square foot facility will include auditorium, gym, cafeteria, offices, classrooms, labs, library, and dressings. A 7,700 square foot shop and a football stadium with track will accompany the site along with parking and landscaping. Architect Leo Dewsey said details and bid periods will take 3 to 4 months and about a month respectively.
Missouri Pacific firemen picketed the East Texas Avenue station in a strike led by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers. The walkout affects MOPAC lines in Texas Arkansas Kansas Missouri with no freight, and only trains already en route run through to final destinations before halting. The dispute centers on a training program and job cuts, with Baytown based employees and area firms affected.
A survey of prospective students for free public kindergarten is under way in Mont Belvieu. Parents with eligible children are urged to call Mrs Gordon Speer at 495-3511 for guidance on attending kindergarten next year.
Floyd Date Ripley formerly of Austin is named manager of Beall's Department Store in Baytown by company president R G Beall. He came from the Capital Plaza Beall's in Austin where he was assistant manager and will lead his first Beall's department store. Ripley, a Lampasas native, attended local public schools and Southwest Texas State College. He is active in church and civic affairs and was a member of a Protestant church and past president of the Lampasas Jaycees. Ripley and his wife Susan and son Greg reside at 2006 Kentucky.
Joe Paul Hance 46 of Baytown died in a two car collision on U S Highway 75 south of Buffalo Texas. His 18 year old daughter Sandra Jean was hospitalized with a broken leg. The other driver Billy Wayne Jones 21 of Denton suffered a broken leg head cuts and possible internal injuries. Hance had lived in Baytown about 21 years and worked at Humble Baytown Refinery in the Process Department. He was a WWII veteran and survived by his wife two sons a daughter his mother two sisters and five brothers. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Paul Lee.
A rehearsal is scheduled Thursday for the American Association of University Women Pattern Style Show at Knights of Columbus Hall. Children models rehearse at 5 30 pm, junior high high school and adults at 6 pm, with the style show at 7 30 pm Friday at the KC Hall.
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