31 Mar 1975
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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1975
Page
1
Ignacio Cuevas, sole survivor among Huntsville prison inmates, saw defense rest as prosecutors seek conviction. In other global briefs, Saudi declares King Faisal’s assassin sane and ready for trial, while clashes, crashes, avalanches, and Khmer Rouge advances shake regions from Lebanon to Cambodia.
Hill Board of Trustees will hold a special closed session at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the board room to consider hearings requested by Head Coach Carrell Pudgy Richardson and Band Director Ray Campbell whose contracts were not renewed at the last meeting. Harris County Fresh Water Supply District 1A meets at 7 30 p m Tuesday at the volunteer fire station on Waco in McNair. Connie Tullis daughter of Mr and Mrs James Blythe of 228 Wooster is recovering from surgery at Baytown Medical Center and may have visitors.
Final day to place new license plates on vehicles requires compliance by midnight Tuesday. County residents can obtain plates at the tax office located at 307 W. Texas in Baytown to avoid traffic tickets.
President Ford backs a 24.8 billion tax cut and pledges to resist adding to the projected 6 billion deficit in the new fiscal year. Congress and the White House face a long battle over spending priorities and energy policy as the economy improves. Senator Dick Clark emphasizes holding down federal spending while protecting essential domestic programs.
An Egyptian analyst downplays the move as not signaling peace while Sadat announces the Suez Canal will reopen June 5. The U N force in the Sinai will stay for three months beyond the existing mandate.
Terry Dopson, Baytown parks and recreation director since 1970, resigns effective May 2 to become director for Corpus Christi. City Manager Fritz Lanham praises Dopson’s work, noting his leadership in the city’s major parks expansion funded by the 1970 bond program. Dopson is president of the Texas Recreation and Parks Society and a Texas Tech graduate.
In Cocoa Florida a viewer notes the Virginian and Trampus on a mix of channels and cables offering seven to eight options. The writer jokes about missing Channel 13 unwinder and misidentifies a Miami beach figure as Ponce de Leon, praising local TV variety.
About 23 000 voters qualify for the Baytown City Council election with 13 polling places open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday. The ballot includes Mayor Tom Gentry running for a second term and incumbents in Districts 2 3 and 6 with races featuring Eileen Caffey Henry Dittman Emmett C Hutto Jerry Stafford Jody R Lander and Mary E Wilbanks Charles Gates. Runoff in District 2 would be April 2 with canvass April 9 by the city council. Details on vote sites appear on Page 16.
Reports from Saigon say North Vietnamese forces threaten the central coast near Qui Nhon and Tuy Hoa as U S officials note evacuations of Americans and families. Embassy sources say no orders to leave, just offers to pay travel costs, while the city of Saigon remains contested and the coast holds strategic importance for Vietcong pressure.
South Vietnam's government suffers a military debacle as Communist forces gain control in major cities. Generals pressure Thieu and talks with Hanoi are seen as the likely path, while Da Nang falls and refugees flee by sea and air amid North Vietnamese advances.
Partly cloudy and warmer through Tuesday in the Baytown area. Low Monday night mid-50s with a high Tuesday in the upper 70s. Baytown tides show a Tuesday high at 3 47 p.m. and low at 7 61 a.m.
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