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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1968
Page
2
Corporation Court Judge Neel Stichardson’s report shows 199 speeding cases, 126 red light, 112 no operator’s license, and other offenses including failure to yield, running stop signs, expired registrations, and negligent collisions. The Baytown roundup highlights speeding and red light infractions as the dominant themes.
A theft report lists 74 sheets of wood valued at 375 dollars and about 400 dollars in losses from a small barn next to a new office on Ayia Garth Road in Uzolwood. Police are investigating the case seeking suspects and details.
Funeral services for David fir Gilbert a Baytown area native and Pasadena resident will be Thursday at a Pasadena church with burial at South Park Cemetery. He died Tuesday in a Pasadena hospital survived by his wife two sons two daughters his mother and seven siblings.
Baytown Chamber of Commerce and the City of Baytown advocate a direct Baytown to Bayport freeway route through Ashbel Smith and Fisher properties to connect Texas City NASA and U S Steel. State highway officials see Highway 146 as vital, with Chambers County support and praise for Judge Oscar Nelson’s attendance at a highway commission hearing. The note ends with a remark about the Gateway Arch's height of 62 stories in St Louis.
California Supreme Court rules death penalty constitutional and a 4 4 tie allows new penalty trials for most of the 85 inmates at San Quentin. Two cases will readdress whether death or life should be imposed, while jurors who opposed the death penalty were previously excluded. Gov Reagan supports the decision. former Gov Brown calls for abolition by legislature.
The new 3.5 million St Josephs Hospital in Paris Texas was dedicated. The four story facility with 101,823 square feet was funded by over 560000 in local contributions and is described as one of the Southwest’s most modern hospitals of its size.
Lowe, who enlisted last year after Sterting High School, spent six months in Viet Nam. He served at Fort Dix, New Jersey, and spent time in Germany before returning to Baytown on leave in March. He volunteered for the Viet Nam assignment.
In New York the General Assembly rejected a proposal to expel Nationalist China and seat the Chinese Communists. The 58 44 vote with 23 abstentions followed Italy's failed bid to form a two-China study group. The United States backed the study plan, while Britain and France again supported removing the Nationalists.
A woman's long coat was found near the old Bay Theater and can be claimed by the owner. Call 422-9271 to recover the item.
Sun Spots reports promotion of THOMAS E. McFatridge son of Mrs Grace McFatridge and the late W E McFatridge to sergeant. He is stationed at Randolph Air Force Base and returned home in August after a 13 month Korea tour. Included is return of ELECTRICIAN'S MATE 3c Austin L Johnson to the US aboard USS Long Beach, with seven month Vietnam deployment. Dallas meeting covers North American Van Lines plans. Basic finished for Airman Heyward Etienne, assigned to Lackland as a security policeman. District 4 VFW sends Christmas packages to Vietnam servicemen. Car theft in Baytown. gun club to discuss property adjoining clubhouse and Cedar Bayou bridge report.
Two Lee College students were injured in a 7:35 a.m. Tuesday crash on Decker Drive near Avenue J. Sonny Reagan Peterson, 19, driver of one car, and passenger Lynne Hale, 18, were shaken but attended classes. Rex M. Elliott, 17, the other driver, was uninjured. Both vehicles travelled south. Elliott slowed for traffic and Peterson collided from behind. Peterson was charged with negligent collision.
Viva Totman, 60, of 414 Arbor died Tuesday at a Victoria hospital. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Wooster Baptist Church with Rev. H. M. Lindsey officiating. Interment followed at San Jacinto Memorial Park. Survivors include husband Glenn Totman of Baytown, two sisters Mrs. Bill Dyer of Chanute Kansas and Mrs. Florence Jones of Hollister Missouri, and two grandchildren Glenda and Randy Carroll of Victoria. Pallbearers were Joe Keating, E. C. Osborn, George Ferguson, R. A. Wolfe, J. S. Johnson Sr., and John T. Norton.
Humble Credit Union announces a Yule Tree contest on December 14 for youth organizations ages 13 to college. A $100 sweepstakes prize goes to the Best of Show with other prizes of 25 and 10 dollars for various categories. Entries due December 4 with theme titles, judging based on originality and appeal. Public viewing follows the event week after the contest.
Exemplification of the Fourth Degree in the Knights of Columbus will be held Sunday at St Joseph School Auditorium with Bishop Christopher Byrne as host. Ceremony starts 11:00 am and marks a weekend of activities for candidates from Houston Galveston Freeport Bay City Texas City La Marque Crosby and Baytown.
Mat and the companies agreed to a $115 lump sum payment to each BEF member instead of a 2 cents an hour wage increase. The BEF contract expires January 16. Efforts to reach a spokesman for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, the fourth union at the refinery, were unsuccessful Wednesday morning.
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