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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1971
Page
3
A Texas House committee approved a bill requiring dynamite buyers to identify themselves and sellers to keep purchaser records for two years. The measure, by Sen. A R Schwartz and others, aims to aid police tracing explosives used in bombings. it has Senate approval and moves to House rules for floor debate.
Loren W. Good of 1303 Narcille argues Constitutional Amendment No 1 is a deceptive ethics attempt to bypass salary limits. He urges voters to inform themselves and questions whether elected legislators deserve pay raises, proposing ethical legislators first.
Tickets for the Pin Oak Horse Show are on sale at Citizens National Bank and from Mrs Shar on C Matherne. Performances run May 31 through June 6 with evening shows at 7 30 p m and matinees at 1 p m on Saturdays and Sundays. Proceeds benefit Texas Children s Hospital.
The Baytown Sun presents a Car Care quiz to help identify unusual car sounds and their likely causes. Topics cover brakes, ignition, engine pinging, exhaust, steering, tires, and idle issues with multiple suggested causes for each.
Channel listings reveal an array of programs from All In the Family to Marcus Welby M D and The Saint with late night specials. The schedule includes Realities Realities and a special on the justice system with Justice Delayed Justice Denied, plus Sea Hunt and Cavett.
A condensed TV log lists programs by time and network including Misterowers Neighborhood and Speaking Freely with John King. It notes various shows such as The Danny Boone Show, Green Acres, Hee Haw, The Over the Hill Gang Rides Again, and Mothers-In-Law, with movie and talk segments and questions about public employee strikes.
Austin signed a measure to broaden Texas student loans enabling federal insurance under the Higher Education Act of 1985. The bill, led by Sen Chet Brooks and Rep. Murray Menton, delays repayment to nine months after graduation, allows up to a ten year repayment window, and aims to ease collection problems that halted loans in more than 30 state colleges.
A list of East Harris County voting precincts and election judges for the Tuesday state constitutional amendment and liquor by the drink vote. Precinct 12 to 250 names include Alamo School Bill G. Rogers and Bowie School Wayne McClurg among many judges and locations such as Highlands Harris County Library and Crosby High School.
At Pan American University the marine biology program moves from Dr. Lazern Sorensen’s trailer to a 12 by 24 foot building on Padre Island, with plans for a full marine science museum. Enrollment in marine botany reaches 39 and marine zoology has 28, as students lab and field study in shifts amid crowded conditions.
Gulf Coast Hospital Auxiliary hosts a Koffee Klatch for expectant mothers from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at the hospital. A tour of rooms including labor and delivery will be offered. Mrs. Betty Perkins, women pavilion supervisor, will speak followed by a Q and A. Pre registration for admission is available.
The June draft call in Baytown lists 26 induction slots and 50 pre induction physicals, with lottery numbers up to 125. Texas total is 640 for June plus 1,750 added for physicals, and nationwide May June combined call reaches 20,000 with lottery 125.
Mont Belview Barbers Hill School trustees will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the high school board room The agenda includes appointment of the board of equalization and setting hearings time and date a budget committee progress report maintenance committee recommendation roof condition at the high school and carpet for the elementary school a teacher for sixth grade science and continuing and probationary contracts transfers and superintendent reports on land area in Finland growing seven square kilometers yearly due to Gulf of Bothnia shore rise
In Fitzgerald Georgia AP reports Harry Merritt’s service station once stayed open seven days a week but now closes every Sunday due to circumstances beyond his control—his God and his wife.
Baytown residents face higher mailing costs as First Class letters rise to eight cents and Airmail to eleven. Post cards go to six cents and Special Delivery to sixty cents. Parcel post remains unchanged from November rate. Officials seek self sufficiency with a projected $1.45 billion annual gain.
In Louisville, Mrs. J L Dubard questioned a shopping center sign that read 100 per cent dis counts. She asked why her bills never totaled zero dollars, highlighting alleged discount sign confusion and consumer skepticism at a local shopping center.
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