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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1969
Page
2
Editor notes present a Q and A on a proposed Baytown zoning ordinance to be voted on next Tuesday. Critics argue zoning fails elsewhere and can curb growth. They claim flexible planning, pride of ownership, and property stewardship better protect home values than rigid zoning.
Jehovah's Witnesses announce a 3 p.m sermon Sunday at 105 Hawthorne Kingdom Hall on Distress on Garth Ac companies the Birth of the Kingdom in Heaven. J J Clemmons will speak, followed by a Bible study on Serve Jehovah with Rejoicing. Weekly meetings: Bible study 8 p.m. Tuesday and ministry school and service 7 40 p.m. Friday.
Edward Padula has purchased Jerry Stagg's biographical study The Brothers Shubert for a Broadway musical. Padula, who produced Bye Bye Birdie and Barefoot in the Park, will call the stage version Shubert Alley.
Mrs Lucy Inez Todhunter Gresham 92 of Route 2 Crosby died at 145 PM Friday in a Baytown hospital. She is survived by three daughters Georgia Thompson Cornball Carol Thompson and Reba Inez Gresham all Crosby one son Bert Alford Gresham Jr Houston her mother Leona Todhunter Crosby one brother H B Todhunter Baytown three sisters Mabel Plummer Cloverleaf Georgia Reese Dobbin Beth Woodrum Salem Ore Two grandchildren Funeral services will be announced by Paul A Lee Funeral Home.
The family worship service at St. Pauls Lutheran Church begins at 10:15 a.m. Sunday with Rev. Harold Bomhoff preaching for adults and a sermonette for children. Adult Sunday School classes unite for a study on confirmation and Holy Communion.
The city reaches the referendum stage for zoning for the first time since Tri-Cities consolidation in 1948. After a year of study the ordinance was drafted by the Planning and Zoning Commission and three public hearings were held. Polls open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m with results due by 8 p.m.
Michael L. Walker son of C. E. Walker of 5130 Ashwood earned an Achievement Certificate of Honorable Merit for his Latin score in a national exam run by the Association for the Promotion of Study of Latin at the Marine Military Academy Harlingen Texas. He placed in the 1 percentile among 78 000 Latin students in the United States and Canada. He also earned a private pilot license on May 14 after completing April requirements. top five scholastic riders were offered free flying instruction in a plane provided by the academy.
A Houston man leaving the city jail after booking slammed his right middle finger in a jail door. Police offered medical aid, but he declined saying the accident was his fault and his responsibility.
Three young men roped off aisles and ordered clerks and customers to surrender cash. Carol LeBlanc Norma Miller Versie Fayle Edna Smith Lois Perkins E H Busby faced gun threats as the trio fled north in a small yellow car. Police arrived quickly, describing the suspects as dark complexioned.
Apollo planners describe detaching the lander to perform two 9.4 mile climbs above the Sea of Tranquillity near Moltke crater. Armstrong and Aldrin aim for a July 2 touchdown as they map landing sites and rehearse a rendezvous with Young in orbit. After a day of observation they begin the eight day return, totaling eight days five minutes.
Recipient of the Wanstalworth Award and former senior class president Furlick plans to attend the University of Texas as a dentistry student next fall. Kiwanis scholarship team members include Dr. Melvin J. Haley James Harrop Troy Petterson Paul Tisdale Leonard Stasney Henry Swain and Everett Gordon.
Police arrested a Houston man Friday night on Bayway Drive for drunken driving after he admitted daytime drinking and estimated four beers. When asked if he was under the influence, he replied that he hoped not.
Harris County medical examiner's office said no official ruling has been made on the shooting death of 43 year old Ohivia Daigle of 24 B Sterling. She was found on her bed with a bullet wound in the right temple and pronounced dead on arrival at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital after a neighbor and a boy reported a gunshot heard at 2:50 p.m. Friday.
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