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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1968
Page
1
Henry Holcomb reports the Lee College bond election Tuesday aims to raise 984000 for new buildings and an eight cent tax increase to keep doors open for more students. If rejected, enrollment must be cut by 1976 as demand rises and four year colleges tighten admissions.
Local notes report planned strike action by telephone workers in the area. Also updated are grand jury service details for La Porte official D G Laird and election voting deadlines for Lee College bond issue and a legislative seat race. Community events include a TEES auxiliary coffee meeting, a cat shooting report, a Baytown weather outlook, hospital status updates, a recipe correction, a junior high dance, a convention plan, a chamber meeting agenda, and an omitted octet soloists list.
Linda Alcock fills in at the last minute. Karen Bush fields questions for a friend. Kay Mai seeks to trace her family tree. Ann Spencer forgets her thermos. Sharon Richardson and Liv Ann Waddell win at bridge. Nancy Hansen promises to play tennis. Brad Armendt enjoys a baseball game. Bill Hardy wonders why a friend isn’t at work. Allen Rice and Reuben Lambert handle public relations for their bank. Dr. C. H. Dolph photographs the Kentucky Derby. Theron Waddell reminds voters who participated in Wallace precinct conventions they can vote May 14 to fill Justice of the Peace Glenn Vickery’s seat in the Texas House.
On the eve of Paris peace talks the Viet Cong pressed three sides against Saigon while two U.S. spokesmen said American forces had repelled a southern and eastern push toward the capital, signaling the enemy’s closest approach since the offensive began Sunday.
AP report from Houston details progress of heart transplant patients at St Luke's Episcopal. The team led by Dr Denton Cooley counts three transplants in five days. James Cobb 48 of Alexandria died likely from infection after drug reactions to prevent rejection. Everett Thomas 47 of Phoenix walked in a private room after receiving a heart last Friday. John Stuckwish 62 of Alpine shown as lethargic but responsive following his transfer. Clarence Nicks 36 of Houston had donated heart used in Stuckwish operation. The team considers a possible fourth operation imminent as other potential recipients arrive.
Andrew Thorson of 5103 East Road offers a small trailer or tiny house in his yard for Mrs Nessie Willis, 81, who has lived in a dilapidated Baytown shack for 51 years. He would supply materials and cover electricity water and gas costs, seeking local help without publicity.
US officials forecast tough bargaining as Harriman and aides head to Paris with Johnson’s mandate to probe Hanoi on peace prospects. Thuy arrives from Moscow, talks set Friday near the Arc de Triomphe with aims including a broader peace framework and an end to U S bombing. Officials note Hanoi seeks U S troop withdrawal and relief from the war’s multi front pressures.
Mourners waited in line Wednesday night to pay final respects to Mrs Lurleen Wallace, Alabama’s only woman governor. The news notes other political views, campus demonstrations, a plane crash investigation, a Juarez police chief statement, and France’s second heart transplant, all reflecting a tumultuous national scene.
Baytown City Council meets Thursday at 6:30 p.m. to review a revised mobile home ordinance, detailing fees by stay length and an annual license. Other agenda items include interterritorial boundary talks with Houston, Busch Road dedication, Safeway Cab Company purchase, and a drainage fix on Katherine Street.
Washington AP Senate House conferees accept President Johnsons 10 percent income tax surcharge tied to a 6 billion dollar spending cut. The plan would raise about 10 billion annually, run 15 months for individuals and 12 months for corporations. Exemptions include 7 million low income taxpayers and war Social Security veterans and debt interest funded funds.
Bay town Local No. 6180 of the Communications Workers of America warned the city council they may strike General Telephone Co in the near future. Spokesmen Neil Adams and W S Rodgers said the union seeks wage and benefit gains equal to Bell and that bargaining began last Monday in San Angelo. The contract expires May 21 and Rodgers said the union would exhaust all means before striking.
Baytown schools and city hall lowered flags on Thursday to half staff in memory of Col Homer Garrison Jr who died in Houston from cancer. Garrison led the Texas Department of Public Safety for nearly 29 years and was dubbed the J Edgar Hoover of Texas law enforcement. The tribute also honors Gov Lurleen Wallace of Alabama who died Tuesday of cancer.
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