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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1976
Page
1
Lynn Hughes reports a Baytown city council hearing Thursday night to gather citizen input on spending 272,728 dollars in revenue sharing funds during the entitlement period. City staff presented six project proposals planned between July 1 and Dec 31 1976. Citizens offered additional recommendations during the session.
Jim Broussard and the Ca jun Rambles of Lake Charles will play a Friday dance from 6 36 p m to 1 a m at Knights of Columbus Hall 2600 W Main Baytown sponsors the event The Baytown Cajun Club notes REDDY BRADSHAW recovering after appendix surgery in San Jacinto Methodist Hospital Room 523 He welcomes visitors and Baytown group leaders announce frame of plans for city budget items including Jaws of Life at Fire Station No 5 and a major library book purchase request for Sterling Municipal Library
Norman Hargrave discovers after time that his son Robert has been elected to an important post. The scene includes individuals such as David Pryor in red trousers, Jean Gagnon shopping, Dilla Hunty preparing for Cedar Bayou events, and Maurice Taylor changing coffee bars.
A Pearce Street Journal note defends its cultural focus. It cites research and independent thought and includes a quotation from a young man pursuing a PhD about how social institutions interact with material and non-material interests and the harmony or incongruence of right and wrong with individual views of society.
Memorial Day plans affect Baytown banks and city services as closures run Monday. Post Office mail delivery and garbage pickup pause, with services resuming Tuesday. Sterling Municipal Library Harris County offices and several company sites close while plant operations continue. Local stores largely open for the holiday.
Reports from Beirut describe the assassination of Linda al Atrash, sister of Kamal Jumblatt, sparking heavy fighting across Lebanon. In the night, at least 48 people were killed and 96 wounded, with 35 kidnapped and allegations of Muslim executions amid sectarian clashes near Attdket and in Beirut.
President Ford and Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev sign a landmark treaty granting American inspectors access to some Russian nuclear test sites for the first time. Congress acts to block a July tax rise impacting a typical four member family earning 15000. Government index to forecast climbs, but one key component was omitted.
Ross Sterling high school honored graduating seniors for honors and scholarships during the commencement. Valedictorian Brad Forrester and salutatorian Jimmy McBride received certificates of achievement for scholarship honors. Debra Jones was top ranking girl and eligible for Texas colleges. Magna Cum Laude graduates numbered 23, with names including Ann Frien, Jay Rice, Dennis Sanders, Judy Rippel, Ray Patton, and more. Additional cum laude graduates and National Merit recognitions were announced for several students.
Clear to partly cloudy Friday night and Saturday in the Baytown area. Low temperatures in the 60s Friday night, highs in the mid 80s Saturday. Tides for Saturday show highs at 11 25 a.m. and 6 10 p.m. and lows at 3 12 a.m. and 3 26 p.m. Denotes weak tides.
Wes Balentine, a 16 year veteran of J. M. Huber Corp, will become plant manager in Baytown effective June 1, succeeding Milton Hoff who moves to Borger as manager of manufacturing carbon black division. Balentine, an Albuquerque native, rose through Huber since 1960, with degrees from West Texas State and leadership roles in science and local groups. He is married with three daughters.
Baytown City Council accepted a low bid of 297 626 50 from Brown and Root for Phase 1 of the 1976 Street Improvement Program. The project covers Amelia through Riggs Streets and will be completed in 165 working days using revenue sharing and city funds.
Baytown residents along Massey Tompkins Road present a petition with over 800 names calling for stricter enforcement of the 30 mph limit. James C. Sanders reports a decade of crashes including two fatalities and multiple injuries, mainly at intersections, citing police investigations and enclosure questions about enforcement resources.
Baytown officials outline corrective measures to limit effluent discharge and storm water inflow at East District and Lakewood plants. The Texas Water Quality Board cited noncompliance and issues from 1975 including overflows, sludge drying bed problems, and inadequate drainage.
About 49 of 100 service center employees and 65 of 80 Cedar Bayou plant workers would join a planned strike at HL and P sites in Baytown after Electrical Workers Local 4 rejected the company contract. Union negotiator Gene Sledge noted a three year offer with raises totaling 8.25 percent first year and 7.35 percent second year, with ongoing talks hoped before the walkout.
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