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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1968
Page
1
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Civic Association of Beach City announces postponement of a meeting set for June 2. Masons meet at Cedar Bayou Lodge 321 at 6 30 p m to work on FC degrees. Baytown Art League sidewalk show at Bay Plaza Friday and Saturday invites all artists.
Unidentified planes dropped four bombs on Port au Prince without damage and attacked Cap Haitien with bombs and armed men. Haiti's officials blame exiles and Cubans. authorities say over 4,000 Haitian workers were trained in Cuba for guerrilla warfare. One bomb exploded near President Francois Duvalier's palace. others did not detonate.
Baytown area forecast calls for partly cloudy and mud with a chance of scattered showers through Wednesday. Temperature range mid teens to mid twenties Tuesday and Wednesday. Galveston tides Wednesday: high at 2 a.m. and 12 p.m. with low at 7:42 p.m.
A report mentions Timmy Carpenter undergoing surgery at San Jacinto Hospital on Monday morning. T. A. Cooper is seen mowing despite weekend showers. The Carlisle family of 11 Begonia, Highlands, awaits news after son Pfe Joe Carlisle, a 1967 graduate of Robert E. Lee High School, called from An Khe, Vietnam. Essie Cutsinger makes dancing costumes. Mrs. Richard Tannich reviews hostess lists for a KIZT Derden reception. Edie Duffey, Wanda Davis, Kristen Curry, Hugh Lloyd, and Cassandra Douglas attend Highlands Methodist Church seniors party. Tina Chitty and Sammy De Shazé win prizes at Stephen F. Austin Elementary School fifth grade picnic for best-dressed hobos.
Crosby School District saw Superintendent G R Perkins resign at the regular meeting, citing expediting the students without community retaliation. The board, amid controversy over a failed 32.75 million bond and a $600 across the board raise for 97 teachers, accepted the letter moving forward with new leadership questions for Crosby schools.
Crosby moves to consider a major building expansion costing about 1.3 million dollars. Architect Matt Howard states the plan in a letter to School Attorney Joe Hernolds, with copies sent to School Board President James Ewell and Superintendent G R Perkins. The package includes a Drew School addition a vocational agriculture building a golf field and track housing an elementary school for Barrett Station and Crosby High School additions plus cafeteria and ancillary spaces. Estimated totals exceed 1.29 million with extra fees contingency and survey costs. Some board members saw the proposal as a superficial review and acknowledged viewing the plan only recently.
Houston builder Leroy R. Walker plans a $7.8 million project to construct 400 homes on a Barkaloo Road tract east of North Main Street in Baytown. First 140 homes will front Massey-Teins Road with prices from 17000 to 22000, utilities by Holland Construction, engineering by Buseh Engineering, sales by T W Wilks, and financing via Capital Development Corp's T Keith Shier.
In Los Angeles and suburbs, Robert F. Kennedy faced throngs as thousands cheered while he rode an open car through the streets. The scene grew intense with fans shouting Bobby and reaching for him, as reporters and aides watched amid a chaotic, energetic display.
Austin bulletin reports the state banking commission postponed indefinitely decisions on two Baytown bank applications. Attorneys for the applicants sought a continuance, with one proposal for Bank of Baytown at a Kmart center and Baytown State Bank at Highway 146. Supporters and counsel were listed for both sides.
High school and college age youths may apply for summer work through the Mayor's Job Program in Baytown. At least 105 jobs are promised by the city and several firms including Humble Oil, Enco, Wolfenses Electric, and others. Applications available at school and college counselors offices or City Hall.
University architecture students Mark Spiers of Baytown and John Goggan of Houston outlined a plan to beautify Baytown called the most beautiful city in the world. They advised using existing wood elements, avoiding the Big Oak on Texas Avenue, and presented their illustrated report to the City Council Planning Commission and Parks Recreation Board after a Monday briefing. The plan will be shown again at Friday's Chamber of Commerce meeting at the Holiday Inn. Goose Creek area is described as Baytown’s least attractive current aesthetic.
U S and North Vietnamese envoys prepared for courtesy calls on De Gaulle with discussing positions in Vietnam talks. British foreign secretary to Moscow may aid peace efforts with Gromyka. Soviet influence on Hanoi rises as China faces internal upheaval.
France faces a sweeping labor revolt as more than a third of workers join a national strike, halting trains, subways, and services. De Gaulle’s government seeks to survive a censure vote while facing pressure for higher pay, shorter hours, and job security from unions and opposition leaders.
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