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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1968
Page
1
Humble G2 & Refining Co plans a multi million dollar building and expansion program at its Baytown refinery. The project aims to improve tube-handling facilities and is scheduled for completion by May 1969.
Postponed SAN JACINTO Hospital service meeting now set for 1 15 am June 1. Cadette and senior Girl Scouts meet Civic Center at 10 am Saturday for planting with Forks and Recreation, Director Ken Persenaire. Weather permitting, plants to be planted at Roseland Dark and finish by 32 30 pm. Bring permission slips per Mrs Annettte Foyt. Clyde Pond misplaced glasses. wife says he is blind without them. Contact a27 2N7 if found. Baytown LULACs host Mothers Day Dance 3 pm Saturday to 12 am Sunday at Baytown Red Reel and Gun Club. Elroy Parez Orchestra. admission 2. Bayshore Wagon Wheel Square Dance Club at Knights of Pythias Hall 8 pm Saturday. hosts Mr Mrs Omar Dyer. Richard Lawson MC. Cedar Bayou Lodge 321 hosts post masters picnic 3 pm Saturday. families invited. called meeting with Lew Moore of Galveston as speaker. Weather: considerable cloudiness warm with showers through Saturday Baytown area. Galveston tides Saturday high at 4 18 am and day pm. low at 10 18 am and 9 8 pm.
IRS criminology notes list C L Watson and daughter A L Presnal traveling to Acapulco for four days. It mentions Mrs Watson’s first commercial flight and plans for a California trip on return. Other items note a missed meeting, a supposed sportsmanship award, fashion details, lateness explanations, and a social dinner before a baseball game.
Baytown considers county contract for ambulance expenses. Health League head Dr. Karl W. Opryshek urges county-city tie up, noting $15,000 in drugs received from Harris County Hospital District and few Ben Taub patients. Council forms committees to pursue district action and study billboard and parade rules. A relocation plan for the extraterritorial boundary and a Busch Road dedication are approved alongside playground equipment purchases.
Friday talks focus on opening preliminary peace discussions as U S and North Vietnam negotiate. Amid war coverage observers note Soviet movem ents and global political tensions. Prime Minister Wilson faces Labor woes in England after municipal election routs. Houston heart transplant patients show mixed but improving conditions. Saigon clashes persist with Viet Cong along the southern edge as peace talks proceed in Paris and the Toor People’s Campaign gains momentum toward Washington.
Delegates from 13 Baytown and Highlands boxes will attend the Democratic Seventh Senatorial District convention at San Jacinto College Auditori um starting at 10 a.m. The 13 boxes carry 220 votes, about seven and a half percent of the total 1,650 votes. Bishop will be named permanent chairman. The district leans liberal, with five Baytown boxes conservative. Precincts 99 and 100 show Connally support mixed. 165 passed anti riot and federal spending resolutions. 249 backs conservative Felx Salazar for chairman. J Winston Hayes elected chairman. unit rule instructed. Delegates listed, see page 7.
Heavy rain drenched Southeast Texas with extreme downpours near Houston. A Rebel Motel gauge measured 3.1 inches by 1 40 p m with two inches in 30 minutes. Tornadoes sighted north of Houston Airport and near Pasadena Galena Park but not on ground. Highlands Junior School flooded at 1 20 p m and Bowie Elementary reported water intrusion.
A Baytown school delegation cited low injury rates on AstroTurf during visits to Indiana State University in Terre Haute. Indiana State Athletic Director Arnold Chalmers said the turf reduced injuries and boosted attendance by about 25 percent while the field held up well financially.
The Lee College election on Tuesday will raise a proposed bond of 5994 000 and an eight cent tax increase. The Sammie McPhails plan to spend about 1,200 on Lee College for their three children’s first two years, saving over 16,600 compared with attending Trinity LSU and Texas. Morton plans a PhD in industrial psychology, Susan aims to be a doctor, and Ray Jr. may become an engineer. The family, including Mr and Mrs McPhail, reside at 163 Crow Road and emphasize sacrifice to send their kids to college.
Cecil Bobbitt resigns as city auditor of Baytown after seven years in the post. In a letter delivered to City Manager Fritz Lanham, Bobbitt cited a potential conflict of interest due to his investment in Wayshore Constructors Inc., a firm with city contracts, and said he favored resigning despite a recently renewed city contract. Holland plans to stay as manager for about three more years.
Baytown City Council approved an amended mobile home ordinance after 90 minutes of discussion. Members debated permit fees and the possibility of an ad valorem tax while considering square footage based charges.
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