15 Nov 1972
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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1972
Page
1
A condensed list of stock quotes dated Wednesday November 15 1972 shows numerous companies led by Allis Chalmers Arlan's Dept Store and Exxon with varied prices and fractions in trading. The table cites major firms across steel oil chemical and consumer sectors with performance markers and percent changes among Dow Industrial names.
Baytown firefighters responded to a hospital attic fire at Gulf Coast Hospital on Garth Road at 10 48 p m. Officials said lint in a heating unit may have started the blaze. Earlier false alarms occurred at 8 58 p m for 700 Parkway and 10 40 p m report about a Goose Creek bridge handrail on West Texas Avenue.
Christmas toy drive by Baytown Fire Department aims to aid needy children in Yale. Capt. W C Turner urges donors not to request toys for themselves or visit stations. toys will be delivered after need is verified to prevent duplication and ensure all eligible families receive help.
Scott Slonaker of York Haven PA won the Grand Nationals ATV race in Monroe Michigan. The 17 year old was greeted by his father with champagne as runner up Danny Stevens age 18 from Pontiac Michigan stood nearby.
La Porte trustees select the third low bid from Lebco Inc for 420,849 to add a band and chorus room at Baker Elementary Junior High and two classrooms plus a 1 room open teaching area. The 200 day Lebco bid beat Hollis Construction and DB&B on working days.
Right fielder Cesar Geronimo of the Cincinnati Reds posted a .275 batting average in 120 games in 1972 after a .220 mark in 1971 with Houston, reflecting a rebound from the prior season.
Thursday meals list in Baytown and Barbers Hill schools includes breakfast with tomato juice sausage buttered toast and milk. Lunch options feature beef stew wieners or English peas and carrots with sides plus cornbread milk and peach cobbler. Barbers Hill offers meat loaf mashed potatoes cottage cheese fruit salad hot rolls milk and chocolate cake. Crosby serves hamburgers french fries catsup onions lettuce tomato pickle roast meat cake and milk.
Larry McClure of 301 Massey Tompkins reports to police that his wife’s purse and contents were taken from his car parked in the apartment lot Monday night. The purse held $30 in cash and $180 in stereo tapes. North Carolina State guard Bob Blanchard is listed as a resident of Highland Park, New Jersey.
Two funeral notices run in Livingston and Mont Belvieu. James Stephen Nettles, 78, of Livingston, died in a Baytown hospital. Burial in Forest Hill Cemetery follows services at Paul A. Lee Funeral Home. Florence M. Baker, 83, of Mont Belvieu, buried Fisher Cemetery after services at First Baptist Church of Mont Belvieu. Earthman Funeral Home handled arrangements.
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