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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1969
Page
2
A noon stock table lists numerous corporations with fractional and percentage figures, including Anaconda Delta Ford General Electric Gulf Oil Getty Oil and Mobil. Rotary Club notes Julian spring program on Youth at noon Wednesday at the Stotary Club bowler Larry Hale in charge.
The district faces cost burdens if it must fully pay salary increases for 100 teachers above state minimums. A governor backed plan would hire teachers for 19 months in 1970 71 and beyond. Bay towns teachers insist the 1969 70 year is their focus with possible future talks.
Lewis Ray Miller age 75 of 212 Yatupon died Monday in a Houston hospital. Retired restaurant owner and World War I veteran, he was father to Mrs. Jess White of Baytown and Mrs. Lloyd King of Winneapolis Minnesota. Survived by three sisters, two brothers, and four grandchildren with nine great grandchildren. Rosary 8 p.m. Wednesday Earthman Chapel. services 10 a.m. Thursday Monsignor O Sullivan officiating. Pallbearers named: Gail Tharp, Raymond Houston, Jack Turbyfill, Joe Parker, Orville Younse, William Sullivan.
Sgt Walter F Nall Baytown U S Army recruiter announces eight men from the area enlisted in April Jody Allen Read of Cedar Bayou Ronald P Zoellner 3401 Wisconsin Channelview men T D McManus Sr and Joseph H Goodman also Channelview Terry G Wilder Tyrone P McElroy Sterling Bryant Gary L Milner and others enlisted for two or three years with assignments in aviation maintenance automotive training and Army Security Agency. Office at 218 W Defoe in Federal Building invites inquiries about 300 plus schools.
The discussion over Channelview's potential incorporation centers on Houston’s possible expansion beyond Harris County if Channelview files. Legal expert Vernon Rippy outlines petition requirements, a six month window for Houston action, and potential injunctions. Jones notes taxes and street maintenance implications, suggesting orderly addition to Houston may be best.
One witness remains to be heard in the months long push to create a state agency to oversee utilities in Texas. Thunderstorms and tornadoes sweep across West Texas with dozens of funnel clouds seen. no property damage reported though hailstones up to baseball size cause some damage. National Guard troops stand by as tensions rise at Southern University in New Orleans where Gov Jobn McKeithen vows firmness.
The board announced bids to be opened later for a new media center at Baytown Junior School additions to the School Administration Building and a vocational ed building at Ross Sterling High School. The Pumphrey School project will create 26 classrooms with kindergarten spaces and add an instructional mast s center an auditorium and cafeteria plus auxiliaries. An $820000 remodeling contract covers a 10 classroom addition at Cedar Bayou Junior School with classroom hall and toilet renovations new roofing and TV wiring plus drinking fountains. Trustee Troy Peterson was absent and president Karl W. Opryshek did not vote. bids were awarded by Bob Wahrmund and supported by Glenn Lippman and James Ellis.
The report notes Dr Stubblefield a former Denton High science fair winner researches chromosomes of malignant cells as awards are announced at a Thursday banquet by four professional health associations. Friday features a high point ceremony by Science Service Inc. Miss Greenwood and two Baytown winners were honored at a Houston Post dinner with teachers and parents present.
In Barrett Station area several hepatitis cases have appeared and been treated over recent years. Ditches fill with sewage and plant growth narrows flow, complicating maintenance. A sewage treatment system is needed, as septic systems struggle in the black gumbo soil. A contractor will be chosen soon to build the proposed system per director Mildred Cheneyett.
The Texas Senate approved Senate Bill 60 to create four district courts of general jurisdiction in Harris County with a criminal case bias. Senate Bill 585 by Sen. Murray Watson also passed, offering more new courts statewide. A separate measure by Sen. Barbara Jordan would establish two Harris County juvenile courts, now awaiting House action. District Attorney Carol Vance has urged adding courts to reduce Harris County’s criminal backlog.
The trial of Larry Michael Lane, charged with the murder of Mrs. Effie Chambers in a bus station robbery 15 months ago, was reset for August 11 because of a Baytown police officer’s illness. Judge Dan Wallan set the new date at the district attorney’s request. Officer Robert Merchant, who helped investigate the slaying, was discharged from the hospital after surgery.
Susan Clayton, 13, an eighth grader at Horace Mann Junior School, placed second in the Houston Chronicle's 1968 Fast Texas Spelling Bee at the University of Houston. She missed rheostat and in final rounds spelt exonerated and other long words while Genevieve Araiza won the trip to Washington, D.C. for the National Bee. Third place went to Leslie Ann Rusk of Nacogdoches.
Wooster area residents form a civic organization to address zoning water drainage street improvements and neighborhood concerns. A meeting at Burnet Elementary School discussed playgrounds and representation at city council and school board meetings. Interested residents may call Mrs C M Callaway at 424 8829 for details.
Eila Arrington reported a 1:30 a.m. burglary at 425 Clyde Drive. Thieves took a television and portable radio, loss valued at 132 dollars. Brigadiers Robert E. Lee invite former members and others to an installation and open house at 2 p.m. in the Robert E. Lee Auditorium. Baldemar Lozano Jr., 21, earned the Purple Heart for wounds in Vietnam near Dong Tam. Thomas Lowe Jr. left Baytown for Vietnam after a 20 day home leave. to return for a six month extension with the 35th Artillery.
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