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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1973
Page
1
City ordinance outlines penalties for littering at drive-in and takeout venues. Up to 200 dollar fines for littering from vehicles, requirement of at least two receptacles, and owners must clean premises and nearby areas after closing or every 12 hours if open continuously.
Baytown Fire Chief J. W. Bailey and Assistant Chief W. H. Buddy McBride attend the International Association of Fire Chiefs Southwest Division Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The five state region’s seminars and discussions on fire department operations run through Saturday, with their wives also in attendance.
Firefighters arrived at 1 a.m. Saturday to a car fire at El Toro’s Restaurant 1301 Decker. The blaze was out when they arrived and the vehicle belonged to W. L. Collier.
AP wire reports list a weekend death toll of 24 across locations including Austin and Florida prisons where one inmate was killed and 47 injured. Other items note Dallas Cowboys naming Ken Locker as assistant trainer, FDA cereal box space probe, and Vietnam war analysis.
The district plans a new graduation policy effective for students entering ninth grade in 1972, limiting to six credits earned in one academic year while allowing more with principal approval. The May 1 bond election results show four issues totaling 4.65 million dollars passing. Additional items include handling staff changes and bids for new athletic and shop equipment.
Delegates at a Palm Springs conference urge immediate geothermal development arguing vast core energy is being wasted by slow federal actions. Critics note the Geothermal Steam Resources Act exists but federal land leasing remains stalled due to regulatory delays and environmental reviews.
A proposed bill would allow at least one BAWA director to be non resident if services go outside Baytown, extend BAWA boundaries beyond the city, and limit authority contracts to the BAWA area. Directors serve two year terms with board and council approving notes and bonds. Fiscal agent Tom Masterson and attorney Wiley Caldwell assisted.
A joint installation for the Baytown Hadassah chapter and Goose Creek Lodge B n a i B r i t h No 1383 is set for 6 30 p m Wednesday at W Newby s Restaurant The program lists Hadassah officers led by President Mrs Arnold Barkman and B n a i B r i t h officers headed by President Jerome Fram Main speaker Dr Helen Schaffer will discuss Recent Medical Developments in Israel Dr Schaffer is an associate professor at Baylor College of Medicine and serves at Texas Children s Hospital board members and community roles are noted in the briefing.
The Philadelphia Zoo, oldest in the United States since its public opening on July 1 1874, recalls its bear pit and lion house as it unveils a new reptile house. The exhibit features over 300 species from a 3 inch banded gecko to a 485 pound American crocodile.
Funeral services were set for William C Patterson 73 of Baytown and William Lee Nunley 60 of Channelview. Patterson retired Exxon Refinery boilermaker died Saturday at home with service Monday at Earthman Funeral Home Chapel and burial in Hill of Rest Cemetery. Nunley longtime Channelview auto dealer died Saturday with service Monday at Earthman Highlands Funeral Home Chapel and burial at San Jacinto Memorial Park Cemetery with Masonic rites.
Gloria Smalley of Baytown earns a certificate of excellence in production from the speech and drama department at Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos. She is the daughter of Kenneth L. Smalley of 210 Grantham.
HAL BOYLE reports on the office 25 year club dinner where jokes touch on pensions bonuses layoffs and drink limits. anecdotes feature coworkers ribbing each other about aging careers and the company’s plans while lampooning management and morale staff quips reveal office culture and humor.
New graduate Fred D. Campbell son of Rev and Mrs Lester L Campbell of Baytown earned a BS degree from Southern Bible College in Houston. His wife is the former Arlene Elliott.
Raymond P. Swofford, a Baytown graduate student at Princeton University, has been elected a trustee of the Princeton University Store, the campus cooperative.
Hugh Wood Ford salesmen A W Bruce Jr and H Rab Wood to receive 300 500 Club membership awards at a May banquet for retail sales performance.
Trinity University San Antonio lists Wendy Bearden Felknor daughter of Dr and Mrs George E Felknor 1611 South Wood as a candidate for graduation with a bachelor of arts in biology.
Lir Stephen J. Austin, son of Donald M. Austin, arrives for duty at Richards-Gebaur AFB Missouri where he serves as a veterinary specialist, while Diana Jennings, a Baytown student at Southwest Texas State University, earns a recognition for scholarship and leadership in the Education Department as daughter of Leroy C. and Mrs. Jennings.
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