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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1968
Page
1
LC Rodeo Club Lee College will host an open play night starting 6 40 p m Saturday at Crosby arena. Entry fee is 1 for each event. The page also lists various local notices including a postponed appearance by Congressman Bob Eckhardt and other community items.
Baylor gained praise from Dan Willson and Dr Donald Brunson for assisting UT and Bayou Tech in a Bluebonnet game era. Preston Pender sails on a relaxed vacation week as Ruth Richards compiles a list. Lowell Lammers named ambassador. John Seligman and Jim Cauley preview weekend hunting. Robin Renee Guidry born at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday in Baytown Hospital to Robert J Guidry and wife, both healthy.
Everett C. Thomas 47, once the longest surviving U S heart transplant patient, died after a second donor heart operation. Bleeding and kidney failure led to cardiac arrest at 4 a m. Friday. Thomas, from Phoenix, had received a first substitute heart May 3, and Dr Denton A Cooley led the team performing both procedures. He had encouraged other patients to pursue transplants and previously traveled home to Phoenix with his family.
The FAA proposed a new Baytown airport to relieve pressure on nearby ports but gave few details. Mayor Seaborn Cravey and City Manager Frit Lanham said they had not been contacted, though the city’s airport study committee may have ties to the proposal. The plan includes 65 new Texas airports and upgrades to 205 others, with several Texas sites labeled as general utility airports.
The chief examiner of the Federal Power Commission releases a report stating a 160 million dollar natural gas sale from Pant American Petroleum to Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. is illegal. Italy's leaders meet with President Saragat amid political crisis as unrest grows. US artillery quiets north DMZ actions. Vietnam calls bombardments provocation. A Japan Airlines jet with 107 aboard survives a Bay crash thanks to high tide and pilot skill.
A dangerous attempt to free 78 trapped miners by filling two air shafts with 1000 tons of limestone failed as flames and explosions hampered rescue efforts at Mountaineer Coal Co. No 9 Mine. Officials warned the operation could take hours and risked further danger.
The Baytown Police Department faces severe parking shortages around HQ and the corporation court site. Temporary buildings will reduce space, possibly forcing emergency vehicles to park on Main Street. Nearby business owners allow limited after hours parking, but officials seek a larger, permanent facility to avoid traffic hazards and access issues during court sessions.
Lena Mae Gordon of Baytown died at 11:05 p m Friday in a Baytown hospital after a long illness. Funeral at 2 p m Sunday at St Mark's United Methodist Church with Rev Holmes Rev Le Grand and Rev Lenox officiating. Burial in Hillcrest Rest Cemetery. Survived by son Ted H McCall and three grandchildren. Also survived by three sisters a stepson and a stepdaughter with several stepgrandchildren. The family requests contributions to San Jacinto Methodist Hospital.
De Gaulle silent on franc devaluation amid global expectations. Strauss said devaluation likely, while France weighs extent. Cabinet meeting planned. Elysee sources hint at a weekend TV address as market pressures persist.
Sondra Earley, 10, born premature and blind, astonishes Baytown readers with independence and color. She rides a bicycle, identifies passersby, and keeps up with school at Garden Elementary in Pasadena. Her talent blossomed after joining Beach City Lions Club, where she plays ukulele and sings for dozens of engagements while balancing studies.
London AP reports Britain bites into a 10 percent sales tax on consumer goods as part of measures to defend the pound amid fears of further devaluation of the franc. Chancellor Roy Jenkins warns the pound will not devalue, but a 50 percent import deposit scheme for non food imports signals tighter times for shoppers and exporters.
Baytown council member Andy Braswell says the council wants to discuss with port officials the possibility of Houston Port Commission docks on Cedar Bayou. He notes a Baytown Sun report misrepresented council intent to build public docks at city expense and emphasizes no city plans to build docks.
Houston First Savings Association filed with Savings and Loan Commissioner Sale Lewis to open a Bay town savings and loan branch. A hearing is scheduled for March 4 with protests due by February 22. Baytown currently has Harris County Federal and Citizens of Texas S&Ls.
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