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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1972
Page
1
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Fragmented text shows voter participation discussion with mentions of runoff timing and potential political pressures. The brief notes speculate on abstention levels and outcomes tied to a May runoff date, naming no clear candidates or jurisdictions.
Eddie Sparks, 22, of 12 Bolster, suffered injuries when brakes failed and his car crossed Bob Smith Road near Gulf Coast Hospital. Kimble, 15, of 321, was hurt riding a motorcycle at Baker Road railroad crossing after losing control at about 4 p.m. Both were treated and released.
Bobby Rountree aged 23, recreation supervisor for Lubbock Parks and Recreation, is named recreation superintendent in Bastown. He succeeds Bil Thompson who resigns to become environmental planning assistant for Arkansas State Park system. Director Terry Dopson announced the appointment and Tue salary starts at 488,700 per year. Rountree, Texas Tech graduate, expected to report June 15.
Funeral services are pending at Earthman Funeral Home for Irene C. Bradbury 75 of Live Oak who died at home Monday. Widow of the late J Bradbury she is survived by four sons Vernon Irby Irby Tucson Arizona Dr Robert L Irby Holdenville Oklahoma James Irby Baytown Jackie B Irby ill a daughter WE Berry McCamey a sister Mrs Sally Oliver Bakersfield California twenty grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren also survive.
Marvin Ray Martin and Randal Reber, both Baytown youths aged 19 and 15, returned home after a one car accident Sunday between Hope and Texarkana Arkansas. They were treated and released from Wadley Hospital in Texarkana. Arkansas state patrol said the crash occurred when Reber lost control as the sleer column locked.
Baytown Planning Commission will consider capital improvements recommendations at the 7 p.m. Thursday meeting in City Hall conference room. The update of the comprehensive city plan will be discussed and a short course for planning commissioners will be reviewed.
Albany report shows that thousands of welfare recipients entered employment under the 1971 work or else program. In nine months 22,748 placed. 39,124 removed for not reporting or other reasons. Program sorts recipients into those who hold jobs, those who seek work, and a third group who left a job but stayed off welfare.
Sun Spots Rodeo member DON CHILDERS of Baytown is among 15 Sam Houston State University students qualifying for the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association Championships in Bozeman Montana. Other tiny items note a Service League meeting, a wreck witness search, a Bay town honor roll recipient, a found Siamese cat, a GOP committee statutory meeting in Houston to canvass runoff returns.
A scanned list of ticker symbols and company names shows midday quotes across many major firms. Entries include Allis Chalmers AT&T Anaconda Armco Ashland and many others with fractional prices or percentages, reflecting a snapshot of market activity.
Master’s Degree MK. and Mrs. Carl Michael Rogers have earned master’s degrees in music education from Stephen F. Austin State University. Both will teach in Kilgore. Rogers is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Rogers of 1907 Cedar Bayou Road. Mrs. Rogers is the former Cheryl Lynn Whisenant, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Whisenant of Tyler.
A disaster exercise organized by Bay Town Little Theater and Civil Defense will simulate an air crash at the Robert E. Lee High School commons. Actors will seek hospital admission to locate family members while officials monitor communications from City Hall basement ops center. Mayors, council members, and media are expected. volunteers welcome with parental releases for minors.
AP report from Port Elizabeth notes heart transplant pioneer Prof. Christian Claud Reed aged 3, of 302 Chand-Barnard, died between 1 and 3 a.m. from a heart attack allegedly tied to a home gunshot injury amid a broken marriage. Funeral arrangements pending at Earthman Funeral Home per Jant Harris County medical examiner Dr. Frank Jaubert.
A spokesman for a British paperback publishing firm estimated that about 30 percent of books published in Britain are banned in South Africa.
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