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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1971
Page
3
Navy airman John D. Dyer and Navy Lt. Richard A. Scho yen take part in NATO training Dawn Patrol 71 in the Mediterranean Sea. Dyer, son of Mr and Mrs Omar L. Dyer, is aboard the attack aircraft carrier USS F D Roosevelt.
Crosby school board approves continuing participation in Region IV Education Service Center at $1 per pupil. Estimated cost about $1,780 based on district ADA. Center supplies tapes and films with pickup and delivery twice weekly. ILaso offers payroll and testing services. Vote was unanimous.
The program aims to keep electric power supply ahead of demand which has grown over the last decade. Lead studies indicate a need for about 750000 kilowatts of new generating capacity annually for several years, matching Cedar Bayou units. The station sits on 23 acres acquired in 1966 in Chambers County with 350 acres more of right of way for a condenser water canal to Trinity Bay, in the Christian Smith League area.
County Engineer Dick Doss will survey county buildings and structures to update valuations for insurance. Commissioners Court approved the survey. valuations last updated in 1962. Tarver and the insurance committee urged updates. Court deferred action 30 days. committee recommended removing plate glass coverage, increasing Washburn Tunnel valuation from 9 to 17 million, and insuring at 80 percent of current value.
Craig Barrett 23, son of Mr and Mrs Curtis Barrett formerly of Baytown, was killed Tuesday in an industrial accident on a drilling rig near Daisetta. Funeral at 10:00 a.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church in Daisetta. Survivors include his wife Beth, his parents and grandmother Pauline Case of Hardin.
County results show Amendment 1 48 858 for 135 578 against and Amendment 2 78 468 for 102 895 against. Amendment 4 statewide 296 090 for 264 421 against. Local county totals favor the liquor by the drink proposal 139 051 to 39 913. Other amendments fail with 201 399 for 361 997 against for Amendment 1 and 249 598 for 310 870 against for Amendment 2.
AF cadet Gerald L. Walzel son of Mr and Mrs Y C Walzel of 406 Rollingwood winner of a two year AFROTC scholarship at Texas Tech University. A 1989 Robert E Lee High School graduate Walzel is among 725 four year AFROTC scholars nationwide.
Baytown police say a 75 hp motor and boating gear were stolen from a boat at a Colonial Drive apartment complex. Total value listed at $1,365.20. A witness saw two men remove the items between 10 and 10:15 p m Friday. Police also probe a felony theft at Don Hallum Employment Agency where $50 and a $23 bank check were taken, plus keys to a vending machine and washers. A purse vanished from a Gulf Coast Hospital parking lot between 9:15 and 11:30 am Tuesday, reported by Hazel Downs.
Bay Drive shifts from Phase I for fill dirt sourcing, Brownwood streets to be paved with Bayway excavation dirt, Craigmont area sewage moved to a trunk line feeding West Main plant, West Baytown plant sent to West Main, and later Lakewood plant to be phased out with a northern plant planned.
Entry made by Harry Jarrello reports a window entry at 11072 N Main between noon and 6 45 p m Sunday. No items stolen, three plastic horses broken, police noted.
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