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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Nov 21, 1973

Page

5

Locacycle Lets Tourists Explore Paris by Yellow Motorbike

In Paris a new rental venture Locacycle offers yellow motorbikes for tourists to tour the city Affordable rates include five dollars a day or twenty seven dollars a week A group of Americans praised the bikes for speed and accessibility while the firm aims to expand to multiple Paris centers renting up to four hundred fifty bikes in spring and plans to attract young French businessmen as partners

Paris Pibarot Canada United States Saint Germain Des Pres Philippe Pibarot Locacycle

Kitchen blaze causes damage at Baytown home

Baytown firefighters respond to a kitchen fire at a Baytown residence on 664 E Lobit Street. Moderate damage reported to the kitchen. grease on the stove is cited as the cause. No injuries occurred.

Using gas as energy saver in homes

The piece argues that gas appliances consume less energy than electrical ones because electricity generation uses additional energy. Using gas directly for heating, water heating, cooking, and clothes drying reduces overall energy use and can lower total utility bills. Houston Natural Gas promotes gas as the best energy value for the Texas Gulf Coast.

Houston Natural Gas Texas Gulf Coast

Baytown Shooting Leaves Man Wounded. Suspect Detained

In Oak Addition around 2 pm Tuesday Jerry B. Franklin 40 of 1906 W Gulf was wounded in a shooting by Preston Lee Johnson 30 of Stowe Street Johnson says he saw Franklin aim a gun and fired three times from his car Franklin was taken to Gulf Coast Hospital then transferred to VA Hospital Baytown Police released Johnson pending further investigation.

Oak Addition Houston Veterans Administration Hospital Jerry B. Franklin W. Gulf Preston Lee Johnson Stowe Street Johnson Oak Street Franklin Gulf Coast’ Hospital Baytown Ambulance Service

Armed Bandit Robs Store For Cigarettes At Night

A man about six feet tall, aged 20 to 22, robbed the Super Duper store on Missouri at 7 28 p m taking a carton of cigarettes after producing a pistol. A second man waited in a car at the gas pump during the hijack, the clerks said. The store has been hijacked twice in the past month.

Missouri

Nation faces electrical power brownouts by December

Washington reports Secretary Rogers C B Merten warns the eastern United States may experience electrical power brownouts by December or January due to the fuel crisis. The warning comes as other world and national events unfold including Cobian tensions and space program plans.

Washington Rogers C. B. Merten

Baytown Sealed Bids Sought for Vehicles and Equipment

Baytown invites sealed bids by the City Clerk for a tractor backhoe loader, eight police patrol vehicles, three dump bodies, one ton tandem roller. Specifications from the purchasing agent at Baytown City Hall. Bids due 7:30 p.m. November 18, 1973. contact 2401 Market Street. telephone 422 8281.

City of Baytown Baytown City Hall Market Street Texas

Highlands Rotary Club Celebrates 2nd Anniversary

The Highlands Rotary Club marked its second anniversary with special recognition for B. P. Bonnie Hopper. Hopper, the club’s first secretary, read a brief history and remains an active member. The Highlands club was originally sponsored by the Dayton Rotary Club. Hopper is retired as principal of Highlands Elementary School.

Highlands Spit Highlands

Needlecraft ads reveal catalog offerings and postal order terms

A Baytown Sun listing details needlecraft catalogs with prices and order instructions. It notes patterns, books, and crochet guides, plus a Hindu Kumibi Mela fund aiding museum needs. The fragment references city funding, postage rates, and dates tied to 1906 activities.

Alice Brooks The Baytown Sun Needlecraft Dept Old Chelsea Station New York N.Y Sewkat DeBerry Ager Frite Lanham

Mr and Mrs Hay to mark 50th wedding anniversary

Mr and Mrs H B Hay celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a reception from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday at Faith Temple fellowship hall. Friends are invited.

Robert C. Cloud Lee College Ella Chase Angela Perez Miss Chase Bob Chase Graham Sam Houston State University Perez Jack Perez North Bend University of Houston Tom Powell H. B. Hay Faith Temple Fellowship Hall

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