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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1977
Page
4
The Federal Highway Administration backs moving speed limits and distance signs to the metric system under the 1975 Metric Conversion Act. The change aims to cover speed limits and signage. critics fear cost and extended transition. Some readers note that metric signs could alter driving behavior, with potential speedometer adjustments and faster perceived travel.
The Federal Highway Administration orders a rapid shift to international standards with 90 kilometers per hour speed limits. Signs and mileposts will convert by Sept 30 1982. Drivers can adjust speedometers and odometers, though some fear freeway disorientation and odd sign phrases like Eat at Joe's six miles.
Ramona California siblings Richard Ne Ne Bette and June Cessna faced the state Board of Equalization over sales tax on compost sold through KIDCO Inc. A six percent state tax will apply to certain sales, with no penalties for earlier uncollected amounts. The resolution hinges on earnings from the equestrian center venture and potential future horse-related profits.
Sun Files Ellis and Polk each received 23 votes in a tie to fill a vacant Pelly board of aldermen seat. A. McClain gathered 21 votes. Other items mention a Cedar Bayou High School homemaking rally second place, Lemmon’s upcoming graduation from Sam Houston State Teachers College, Baytown General Tire plant shutdown due to carbon block shortage, and a police dispatcher preventing a suicide at Market pay phone.
Washington report alleges Hill and Knowlton drafted a sweeping media offensive to promote the estrogen drug Premarin despite cancer risks. The plan included articles, TV spokeswomen, syndication, and targeted features in major women’s magazines and newspapers, with Ayerst Laboratories resisting the idea.
AP chronicle of notable past events on May 13 including Jamestown founding in 1607, Napoleonic capture in 1809, US Mexico war declaration 1844, Civil War Palo Pinto clash 1865, Lusitania sinking protest 1915, Dutch exile 1940, Caracas anti US rally, Nixon limo vandalism, New York Vietnam march, Osaka fire 1955, Carter UN conference nuclear moratorium 1974, Joe Louis birthday 1902, Emerson quote dated 1803.
The fragment appears to pose quiz items from The World Almanac with multiple choice options for U S presidents language and painters. Core facts include Millard Fillmore as a president option and Salvador Dalí as a painter, with two misprints or garbled lines in the question list.
The Baytown Sun presents a roster of staff and editors including Leon Brown Joan Wadley Fred Hornberger Fred Hartmut and Preston Pendergrass with titles such as Chairman of the Board Executive Editor and Publisher General Manager and Advertising Manager. Public notices reference addresses 301 Memorial Drive and Baytown 77420 and note Associated Press membership.
After a college graduation in India, Mary Verghese survived a car crash that left her paralyzed from the waist down. A leading surgeon offered mentorship and an operating chair, enabling her to become a renowned surgeon aiding deformed lepers, guided by faith and determination. Reverend Schuller hosts a weekly TV program, Hour of Power.
A reader recounts men pressuring her to co author a book about training women to obey. She lists proposed courses from cooking to budgeting and etiquette, highlighting how the plan enforces subservience and degrades women. She questions why women should serve men and notes her frustration with the writers.
A fragmentary reminiscence notes May fourteenth and references Gen Gage and the Governor of Massachusetts, hinting at Revolutionary era events and colonial governance without specific details.
A reader with diverticulosis asks if seeds nuts and hulls can be eaten again. guidance favors gradual diet modification toward high fiber cereals and raw foods, with medical consult if status changes. A second letter asks how isometric exercise raises blood pressure. explanation cites arterial constriction causing transient BP rise followed by relaxation or potential brief dip.
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