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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1971
Page
4
Editorial cautions that parks face crowding, pollution, and crime as visitor totals soar. It notes no vacancy signs at Yellowstone and bumper traffic in the Great Smokies while park area growth outpaces visitor rises. Calls for more accommodations, new parks, and responsible public conduct to preserve the system.
Protests target a June 13 closed circuit broadcast of El Cordobes, Spain’s top bullfighter, citing cruelty to animals. The American Humane Association persuaded Cow Palace officials in San Francisco to bar the event and is lobbying other venues. Congress has proposed bills to bring such broadcasts under FCC oversight, possibly curbing future showings.
Washington reports that the Labor Department avoided criminal action against ILGWU officers over illegal loans, instead striking deals to reduce mortgages and personal loans to legal levels by set deadlines. The process involved negotiations in New York and Washington, centered on curing debt without prosecutions.
Dear Reader and Dr Lamb discuss weight loss programs, warning that intensive sessions without medical screening can be dangerous, especially for older adults. They stress gradual exercise, caution, and seeking a physician's OK before starting any vigorous regimen. The Pill and VD vaccine discuss lightly, noting health impacts and hopes for vaccines.
Oswald and James Jacoby discuss the Precision Club, an American invention used by the Chinese team in 1969 and 1970 World Championships. C. C. Wei of New York devised it, with several American experts adopting it. It influenced the 1970 Spingold victory and 1971 Vanderbilt defeat, showcasing merit for expert partnerships despite its complexity compared to Jacoby Modern.
South holds A542 WRIST 0542 a4 and after West opens one club and the flight of passes leads to a three diamond bid by West, partner North and East pass. The suggested action is to pass now as there is no clear preference and the position is unsettled. Tomorrow’s answer will present the best continuation.
AL MELINGER muses on memory, recalling the challenge of naming Texas leaders. In a room of readers a question about Texas’s first governor sparks debate before the author remembers John Pinckney Henderson, inaugurated in 1846, illustrating the brain’s treacherous recall.
Question asks which college football team played in four successive Rose Bowl Games. Answer: the Trojans of Southern California, from 1967 through 1970. Also asks where a point on earth has zero longitude and latitude. answer: in the Gulf of Guinea.
A scanned puzzle item lists clues and partial answers across many rows and columns for a vocabulary crossword. It includes references to letters, prefixes, abbreviations, and multiple defined words such as verbs, nouns, and archaic forms, with several foreign language and abbreviation hints.
The Baytown Sun details editorial and advertising departments with personnel including Fred Hartmi John Wadley and Preston Pendergrass. It notes publication as a second class postal item at Baytown Texas 77520, address 1301 Memorial Drive, subscription rates and carrier delivery details.
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