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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1967
Page
3
The 1967 edition of the National Drivers Test, timed for the week before Memorial Day, invites viewers to test driving knowledge and skills. It highlights past viewership, awards, and the chance to compare personal and audience results with expert answers.
A 9 p.m Tuesday National Drivers Test airs on KHGU FV Channel 1. The program, sponsored by Sheil Oi Co and the National Safety Council, reports nearly 0 million viewers in two years of participation.
NEW YORK J C Penney Co the department store chain reported earnings of 41 cents a share for the first quarter ended April 29 against 43 cents in 1966. Net earnings for 13 weeks totaled 10 378 505 versus 10 662 258 a 3 6 percent decline. First quarter volume rose 10 8 percent to a record 549 915 154 from 496 310 999 in 1966. President Ray H Jordan cited cost pressures and rising operating costs but forecast continued sales gains in 1967 while expanding efforts to cut costs and strengthen merchandise management. He noted Penneys test marketing of accident and health insurance in the Pacific Northwest via direct mail to credit customers, a program started recently.
Gene Stephenson Baytown Junior School Band director announced the summer band schedule starting Monday May 20. Beginner Band meets Monday with woodwinds 8:30 to 10 a.m. brass 10 to 11:30 a.m. percussion 1 to 2:30 p.m. Red Band 8:30 to 10 a.m. White Band 10 to 11:30 a.m. Drum major Martha Moore and twirlers Gail Irons Leslie Hale Paula Scott Nelda Ward Delene Tracht announced.
Fidel Castro told a Havana speech, monitored in Miami, that money will be abolished in Cuba someday and everything will be free. He called money a vile intermediary and said the producer of a potato will deliver it and receive nothing while obtaining all he needs, declaring that to be communism.
A historical note recalls Michelangelo accepted no pay for supervising the construction of St Peter's Church in Rome, overseeing the mural and ceiling paintings. His dedication highlights the artist’s commitment to the project and its sacred setting.
Memorial Baptist Church plans a morning service honoring high school and Lee College graduates. High school grads receive New English Bible copies. Lee College grads get Living Letters. Processional led by graduates. Rev A L Jordan speaks on How To Become Wise. Vacation Bible School June 5 14 daily 8 30 to 11 20 with nursery to intermediates II.
Rev. Ed Weatherly and family lead Garth Road Baptist Church into a series of special services starting May 22 and continuing May 28. Meetings run weekdays at 7 30 p m and Sunday at 10 30 a m 3 p m and 7 30 p m Guest speaker is Dr Hyman J Appelman of Kansas City Missouri born Mogilev White Russia later Chicago lawyer turned minister after army service ordained in 1930 and trained at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Fort Worth.
Redeemer Lutheran Church plans its annual Spring mission observance on Sunday with Rev. Glen C. Kollmeyer speaking at 10 45 a m on The Lord s Chosen Servant for the Salvation of the World The senior choir led by Ewell A Clarke will sing The offering supports Redeemer s 1967 mission goal of 7600 Kindergarten classes led by Miss Roberta Meyerhoff will present an operetta at 7 p m Wednesday Forty seven children will receive diplomas at graduation following the operetta Miss Meyerhoff continues as Redeemer s kindergarten teacher
Madrid AP reports Dr. Carlos Jimenez Dias a renowned Spanish biologist died Thursday from heart attack at age 63. He held memberships in the Academy of Medicine of New York and the Royal Spanish Medicine Society.
Barbers Hill High School announces baccalaureate services at 8 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church in Mont Belvieu with Rev. Bonner Magness as speaker. Commencement is Friday May 28 at 8 p.m. at the High School auditorium. Speaker is Laurence C. Walker, Dean of the School of Forestry at Stephen F. Austin State College, with a lengthy career in forestry and education.
London AP report says Sarah Miles, 24, wife of playwright Robert Bolt, is pregnant with their first child due at year end. Miles married Bolt, 44, in February. Bolt authored A Man for All Seasons and wrote the Lawrence of Arabia screenplay. He has a son and two daughters from a previous marriage.
Baytown leads growth in April with 32 residential permits and 26 new electrical connections vs Pasadena 13 permits and 21 connections. For January to April 1967 Baytown reports 92 single family units to Pasadena's 91. Chamber President Bruce Ramsey says Pasadena now pursues Baytown growth shift.
Keys attached to a miniature Shelby Tennessee license plate were found Friday on South Sixth Street in Baytown between East Republic and East Humble. The owner may claim them at The Baytown Sun office.
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp. will honor 170 employees who joined in 1947 and remained through 20 years of service. Dinners in Houston May 18 and other cities May 22 23 24 will award pioneers with pins.
President Johnson signed a bill authorizing a $444 million program to start a large scale sea water desalination project. A California coast plant aims to produce 350 million gallons of fresh water daily by 1970, doubling current world output from salt water.
Public immunization clinics in Harris County reduced measles incidence after mass inoculation begun April 16. Dr. Richard M. Fenno, director of Houston's communicable disease control center, reported 570 Houston cases the week ending April 5 and only 92 cases the week ending May 1.
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