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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1965
Page
1
A garbled weather and community notes page lists cloudy skies with scattered showers through Teeday and a slow warming trend. Local mentions include Pearl Lee, Helen Cheenel, and John Rogers with plans around Otter Bay events and PTA activities.
The article notes petitioners urging abandonment of the CB sewage plant project amid dispute over its impact. It mentions names, local reactions, and reference to studies on Raven Road, with various community groups and individuals cited in the discussion.
London notice reports the Young Conservatives’ Association of Ashtead Surrey planned a nocturnal fiddlywinks event to recruit members. Police commented on the clothing, but the group persists. A rescheduled tournament is set for May 29 near a pond between London and Ashtead with nighties and pajamas expected.
Baytown marine staff sergeant Pillie Joe Owen, first Baytown man to earn a Purple Heart in Viet Nam, is on convalescent leave from Corpus Christi hospital after a left shoulder wound in a March helicopter raid. He credits training and duty for endurance, praises Life photographer Larry Burrows, and recalls Lt James Magel, Lt Dale Eddy, and crew members from the Yankee Papa 13 mission that rescued the wounded and carried the group to safety in a four-aircraft evacuation.
Lee College discusses a possible no scholarship athletics plan focusing on basketball tennis golf and track. President Sundell says a conference would be formed and a recommendation could be made to the board with other agenda items including faculty hires and a manpower act report.
Baytown Housing Authorities to open bids at 7 p.m. Tuesday for a elderly housing project estimated at 527000 with capacity for 420 residents. Forty-two units will be built at Gravention near East Fayler Street and Highway m8, with additional units at Archer Courts. Executed director Davis T. Taylor noted several firms expressed interest and a contract may be awarded within a week or two with completion in 270 working days.
A fragmentary wire notes students and professors debating foreign policy in a satirical piece. It mentions Senate contention over a voting rights bill entering its fourth week and parries a claim of blocking filibuster yet hints at partisan stalemate. It also alludes to Pentagon orders to disable bridges in North Vietnam and a PTA president urging civil rights action amid education equity calls.
City expenditures in the first seven months of the 196 fiscal year remained close to the budget, with small fund transfers from the contingency fund. Lanham noted about a dozen transfers, mostly to cover items like a lawn mower in the library, and reported most departments were on schedule as of April 20. Property taxes and franchise receipts exceeded budget projections, while other revenues aligned with expectations.
A Baytown delegation of four officials flew to San Angelo around 9 36 p m Monday to press General Telephone on service and rates. Council members Robert Barnes Raymond Donnelly City Attorney George Chandler and City Manager Frank Lanham represented the group. Three members Barnes Chandler and Lanham earlier visited in late March to discuss rates. The hearing date May 24 was postponed informally. A new date may be set after the San Angelo trip returns by Tuesday. No council meetings are scheduled this week but new members will attend an information session Thursday afternoon.
Tentative plans call for Lay town's new city hall to be ready for occupancy by fall 1966. City Clerk Edna Oliver, who began work July 1416, expresses sentimentality about leaving the present building. The aging hall shows peeling paint, water stains, and structural wear while awaiting a $1,500,000 bond issue approved March 6.
Saigon amid ongoing danger from unarmed explosive devices at Bien Hoa Air Base after Sunday chain blasts left 27 Americans dead or missing and 10 percent wounded. Demolition teams removed four 500 pound bombs and prepared for disposal as Maj Gen Joseph H Moore said the threat remained. five Americans were identified dead and 22 others listed as missing or presumed dead.
State education commissioner Dr J W Edgar said he hopes to rule within a week or 10 days on George H Gentry s appeal of the Lee College superintendent and president dismissal. A May 4 5 hearing delayed a quick decision as Edgar works through the case while planning time away from his office.
Carver Junior High will present a spring concert at Spam Thursday featuring JFK memory selections in tribute to the late president. The program includes Climb Every Mountain and Sing Ye to the Lord with The Miraclettes and All City Boys and Mixed Choirs joining Miss Nellie Washington as accompanist. Soloists Helen Stewart Harolyn Tibbs Jefferson Roberson and Melvin Green lead the vocal lineup alongside the choir president. Parents will wear badges and be seated in a reserved section. A reception for choir members and friends follows at 8:10. Choir director Mayehelle Myers Durkee marks her 18th year in the district.
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