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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1971
Page
8
About 80 boxes of Kiwanis apples remain for sale under refrigeration at Faust Distributing Co. 4705 Decker Drive. A Baytown firefighters auction on Dec 5 supports the Sid Lasher Film Library at KHOU Channel 11.
Clearing and slightly warmer conditions expected in the Baytown area through Thursday. Wednesday temperatures range from the upper 30s to the upper 60s. Tides at Morgan's Point Thursday show highs at 9 19 a m and 6 19 p m with lows at 10 19 a m and 6 49 p m. Thursday sunrise 6 34 a m sunset 5 23 p m. Mayor Glen Walker and City Manager D R Voelkel take a quick trip to Beaumont on city business. Ruth Richards seeks scarce football tickets as David Richards sidelined by illness. James R Red Jones anticipates a moving trip. Al Melinger comments on a Baytown Sun column. Lucille Serbe is a patient at St Joseph's Hospital in Houston. The group Jacky Abbott Penny Gregerson and Mary West assist a friend Bubba Benoit recovering at home. A B Davis and D E Williams miss a deer committee meeting. Mayor J W Grimes urges a clean-up campaign plan. Will Webber notes dogs that wag tails can bite.
Highlands voters rejected Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 bond proposal for the sixth time in 26 months. The $730000 offer drew 263 against 280 in a 543 turnout, about 40 percent of the district's 1365 registered voters. The plan would have funded sewer, lines, a low water well, and qualified for a 35 percent federal grant, with a separate note on a $66,000 grant for a sewage treatment plant. Opposition came from a residents' committee favoring revenue bonds.
WASHINGTON AP Angry mail targets a new draft CO form with 30 questions up from four. Officials say many letters stem from organized campaign and misunderstanding though some praise the personal approach. Church groups and observant counselors prompt comments as Tarr officials study objections.
Verlene Kate Myers of 1801 W. Sterling will be a Baylor University Chapel Choir soloist on a 10 day tour of the Holy Land and Greece. She performs Lullaby on Christmas Eve in Bethlehem and sings in Jerusalem Nazareth a kibbutz and Tel Aviv venues with Dr. Ewell Porter directing. The tour includes the Herod Atticus Theater in Athens and a stopover in Amsterdam with visits to the Sea of Galilee Wailing Wall Shepherd's Cave and the Dead Sea. Verlene is a Baylor freshman majoring in Latin with a music minor and will chaperone on the trip with her mother Mrs. Myers.
Baytown churches plan special services for Thanksgiving with Trinity Episcopal hosting a family eucharist at 7 p.m. Wednesday and 9:36 a.m. Thursday. Other services include St. Pauls Lutherans 9 a.m. Thursday Grace Methodists 7 p.m. Wednesday St Josephs Catholics 6 a.m. and 8 a.m. Thursday Christian Scientists 10:30 a.m. Thursday Redeemer Lutherans 9:30 a.m. Thursday All Saints Episcopalians 9:30 a.m. Thursday First Baptist campout at Huntsville State Park. Many stores Banks and schools observe Thursday and Friday holidays. The Baytown Sun will publish on Thanksgiving.
A Houston postal worker faces investigation after his wife sent a letter to the Houston Chronicle criticizing a fired school superintendent for subscribing to Playboy magazine. The note raises questions about personal conduct and potential implications for employment.
A Baytown businessman, Billy Angel, won in the Texas Supreme Court to build a self service gas station despite a city ordinance. The court found no reversible error in lower rulings that allowed construction with a valid building permit, upholding earlier decisions and not issuing an opinion.
The article reports U S policy shifts on Middle East peace as the interim Israel Egypt settlement uncertain and on hold. It notes U S reliance on quiet diplomacy, U N backed talks via Gunnar Jarring, and caution over big power settlements while four African presidents conduct a fact finding trip.
Mrs. J. D. Giddings was elected president of the Lee College Foundation Board of Trustees for a one year term starting January 1. E. L. Gunn will serve as vice president and is a LC Board of Regents member.
Government spokesman says orders permit Indian troops to attack across the border into Pakistan at any time and place in self defense. He cites a prior crossing and notes commanders at all levels may act. Gandhi in Parliament says Mukti Bahini has seized areas in East Pakistan and caused heavy Pakistani casualties.
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