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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1973
Page
1
Reps. Jim Nugent and Dave Finney announced their candidacies for speaker of the 1975 Texas House. The announcements followed reports on speaker campaign finances. Leadoff notes place the statements in Austin on a Tuesday.
Baytown police urge all bicyclists to ensure bikes are safe and equipped before using streets. Police Chief John Wilkinson cites 57 million riders nationwide and promotes free safety inspections, local bike safety programs, and adherence to road rules. Pedestrians retain right of way and cyclists should signal, avoid hitching, and avoid carrying others.
Rites were held in Nacogdoches for Marshall Corley 16 of Henderson who drowned April 7 at Toledo Bend when his boat capsized in rough waters. He is survived by his mother Barbara Ann Corley Henderson father Scott Corley Carthage grandparents Mrs Goldie Corley and Mr and Mrs A F Thompson all of Baytown a sister Deborah Ann Thomas Dallas and two uncles David and Frank Corley Baytown. The Rev Dr Hugh Smith and Dr Ray Tatum officiated the services by Cason Monk Funeral Home in Nacogdoches. Pallbearers were Corleys schoolmates. Burial was in Rock Springs Cemetery.
Atlantic City plans a two mile long closed circuit TV system on the boardwalk with six cameras to monitor beachgoers and police activity. The city aims to have the municipal CCTV network active by June 1 spanning from the central tourist district to the waterfront.
The world’s largest nation covers about 8.5 million square miles and stretches toward distant regions, illustrating its immense geographical footprint and global reach.
Funeral services for Mrs. Josephine Nebraska Thibodeaux will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Farthman Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jim Durst officiating. She died in a Houston hospital and is survived by her husband Joseph L. Thibodeaux and three children, with burial at Memory Gardens of Baytown Cemetery. Pallbearers named include George Thompson and several Harman and Thibodeaux family members. Also noted are the funeral arrangements for Mrs. Alice Edna Sexton Thomas of Baytown who died at 12:40 a.m. She is survived by three daughters, two sons, nine grandchildren, and great grandchildren. service will move to Minden, Louisiana, with burial at Pine Grove Cemetery.
Brazilian postal officials plan legal action against central Rio administrators and southern zone luxury-build operators who block mailmen wearing Bermuda shorts from their routes. The Bermuda shorts are described as part of the system’s uniform and akin to an optional summer suit.
Antarctica is described as a frozen continent twice the size of Australia. The note emphasizes the vast scale and icy landscape of the southern region.
The sable fish is not a true cod and is called black cod coalfish or skillfish. Sable Island lies in the Atlantic about 180 miles east of Halifax and measures roughly 25 miles long and one mile wide.
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