26 Nov 1971
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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1971
Page
1
Stock quotes are listed with prices provided by Citizens National Basic, Un forderwood, Neuhaus and Company. The item summarises the circulars and market figures appearing in today’s financial page.
Notices mention Joseph Carlton Richard of McNair dying in a Baytown hospital with a Wake at Holy Family Church and burial at Blessed Martin Cemetery Barrett Station. Survivors include Marie Pearl Richard and three sons plus many grandchildren and great grandchildren. services handled by Johnson Frazier Funeral Home.
Four thousand students in Britain are compiling a noise map using decibel readings from indoors and outdoors to identify quiet zones where high noise levels could be banned. The project targets busy intersections and public spaces amid changes to blue laws and traffic growth. The timing and location details show a broad community effort to regulate environmental noise.
The message appeals for immediate donations to support Chief Goodfellow’s work before Christmas. It asks readers to mail contributions to P. O. Box 30, Baytown, Texas, noting that the chief will be grateful and comparing donors to children who may not yet know they will be helped.
Police reported two motorcycle accidents Thursday in Baytown area. Philip Martinez 21 was injured when his bike hit a car at Airhart and Clyde Drive. both drivers cited for no licenses and Martinez charged with tailgating. Later, Charles Bray 17 lost control near Glenhaven and Goose Creek Drive. bike struck a car driven by Suzanne Willson. Bray also cited for no license.
The audit shows a check dated Aug 31 failed to clear in time and recorded as capital outlay from current funds. It notes $40,000 remaining on 1954 bonds, completion of 1955 bonds this year, about $900,000 of 1957 bonds outstanding being retired at $300,000 annually to finish in 1973-74, and no payments begun on the 1967 $1.87 million bond issue with payments to start after 1957 bonds are paid. Sauls said payments are scheduled to begin once the 1957 bonds are retired.
In Baytown a collision occurred at Colby and Narcille after brush blocked Ronald Keith Sanders’s view. Sanders, 18, failed to yield to a car driven by W. D. Williams. Williams and his passenger Marie Williams were involved. she suffered minor injuries and was taken to Baytown Hospital. Sanders was charged with failure to yield right of way.
North Vietnam premier called on the Soviet Union and China to rebuild the unity once shared, per Radio Hanoi. The appeal signals calls for renewed alignment amid Cold War tensions and regional conflicts.
Union leader Potter retires amid a shift at Humble Baytown Refinery as independent unions gain wage and benefit advantages over international unions. Potter notes cooperation with plant manager Robert Barnes and recalls years of contract talks where bargaining moved to employer relations.
AP Mary Trout one of 21 women on the Dallas police force is named the department s first woman sergeant. The former juvenile division investigator and vice squad worker rose through the ranks and was praised for service in BEF and GCIWU union roles in oil and allied industries. Potter lived at 403 Pamela before retirement to Tarkington Prairie and has three daughters Martha Eilers Jo Potter and Norma Carroll plus a granddaughter Brandi Eilers.
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