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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1968
Page
1
J W Bill Strickler told the Baytown Chamber of Commerce weekly luncheon that U S college students spend about 2000 dollars yearly at public four year schools a figure he warned would rise to 2500 by 1971. He noted Harris County residents send millions out of the area annually to colleges.
The Baytown area lists civic club events and church matters including Theta Rho Girls Club charter signing at Odd Fellows Hall and Masonic Lodge communications, Auxiliary luncheon at Goose Creek Country Club, and a Baptist church prayer retreat. The forecast warns partly cloudy and cold through Tuesday with near freezing highs and tide details for Galveston. Also announced are a house-to-house Arthritis Foundation fundraiser, a UT Dallas arts degree candidate, a My Fair Lady dress rehearsal at Lee College, and Phi Sigma Alpha Beta Psi chapter meeting to elect officers. The Baytown Chamber hears discussion on college costs and home two-year college benefits, citing student tuition ranges and attrition data.
Mary Frances Wilkie plans a trip Opal Orms pleased about her grandson's honor Erwin Wilbanks running a little late Judy Barber greets an old friend Mrs J 5 Keating runs errands Mrs Bronson C Kimball inquires about a recipe The Doug Tromblees and the Bob Druces discuss the elections Pat and Jackie Patrick from Baytown visit La Marque for a bridge game Pfc Richard Henderson jokes about a money tree and heads to Vietnam Have you seen Larry Whitley on a red lawn mower Tom Barron and son Mark of McAllen visit Baytown parents Mr and Mrs W T Travis Jr.
Price Daniel Jr. of Liberty won his first political contest in a Democratic Primary for State Representative District 6 with 10 684 votes. Bob Dale Sr. received 4 500 votes and Edger Grace 2 743 in the three-county district including Liberty Chambers and Montgomery. Daniel Jr. works in law in Liberty. his father Price Daniel is a Washington consultant to President Johnson.
Surgeons in Houston completed their second heart transplant in less than three days as a second patient, James B. Cobb, 48, received a donor heart from a 15-year-old Conroe youth who died in a cycling accident. Cobb’s condition remained satisfactory, while Rizor, the eighth transplant recipient, died at Stanford 16 hours after a donor heart stopped briefly.
On election night at Harris County Court House second floor a crowded county clerk’s office processes 305 precinct votes while reporters politicians and bystanders search for results. Television and radio beat the officials as judges file in with precinct totals and a weary clerk occasionally announces outcomes amid noise.
Voters may ask questions about the $994000 bond issue and an eight cent tax ceiling increase. Questions recorded at 424-5500. a Lee College representative will answer on the next 7:15 a.m. KWBA broadcast.
East Harris County backed Don Yarborough for governor but rejected the liquor by the drink and race track gambling proposals locally. Gambling failed here though Harris Countywide favored it. Yarborough led in East Harris 4401 to 2727 for Preston Smith, with other countywide races led by Bill Williams and Ben Barnes.
Reported clashes in a cemetery beside Seigon airport ended with Viet Cong retreat. Separately, strikers at Hell Telephone restored operations as a nationwide contract ratification vote concludes an 18 day walkout.
A man described as a vicious drunk touched off a deadly fire at an integrated Fort Worth club called The Grave. Eight people died from smoke inhalation as patrons searched for a back door through flames and smoke. Police identified eight victims, seven men and one woman, six of them Negro, with investigators stating no race motive found. Witnesses recalled a well dressed man involved in a disturbance before the fire.
Justice of the Peace Glenn Vickery defeated C. D. Sonny Ferguson for the Democratic nomination in Precinct 3. Early unofficial returns showed Vickery with 7,864 votes to Ferguson’s 4,663 after 20 of 22 boxes. Vickery led in most precincts including 12, 13, 45, 87, 98, 99, 190, 102, 149, 150, 165, 248, 249, 250, 251 and 266.
Former Alabama Gov. George Wallace announced he had collected 88 252 signatures from Texans as members of the American party. He needed 14 259 to qualify for the presidential ballot in Texas.
Four East Harris County Conservative precinct chairmen held posts after defeating Liberal opponents. Precinct 17 Chairman J Winston Hayes beat John A. Miller 463 to 281. Precinct 103 Chairman Mrs W A Goodrich won 384 to 144 over Delton A. Bradbury. Andrew J. Bradbury of Baytown died. Roger Read defeated Ray Heinrich. Wayne Turner back at Trayos in a 808-203 vote.
Garth Jones reports that Governor Connally appears to control most Texas Democratic delegates for the June 11 Dallas convention while McCarthy and Kennedy supporters push for committed delegations. The Republican side sees a Reagan Nixon split, with Tower favored and precincts debating post first-ballot voting. Senator Yarborough quietly backs Humphrey with an uninstructed path, as presidential politics threaten to overshadow the gubernatorial runoff between Smith and Yarborough.
The Baytown city hall building on West Main, long a civic hub, sold for 7551.51 to Thomas E Laughlin Jr a Baytown native and Kranco Inc vice president. He plans no office there, viewing the structure as a sound investment while DPS will stay until its 20 month lease ends. The two-story red brick building housed eight departments and remains tied to local history as the Tri Cities area evolves.
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