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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1969
Page
1
Baytonians began paying a quarter percent more state sales tax totaling 3.25 percent and will add one more percent city tax on Jan 1 1970. Alcoholic beverages and cigarettes become taxed and vending prices rise. State revenue climbs with gas oil and other levies. franchises and gross receipts taxes also increase.
Sun Spots reports Humble pioneers and Baytown council plan meetings at city hall and the community building agenda includes a sales tax election and a potential bond date. Also noted are obituaries, Kiwanis meeting highlights, a Saturday dance, a car wash to raise funds, and personnel changes at Enjay Chemical and USS Ranger assignments.
Wednesday forecasts indicate generally fair conditions with little temperature change. Expect highs in the upper 50s to low 90s. Morgan's Point tides for Thursday show a high at 11 55 a m and a low at 9 13 p m.
The M A Curries enjoyed a rousing Music Hall performance featuring George M Rick Johnson of the University of Houston and Richard Me Williams of Sam Houston. Both leading in upcoming productions. The backstage meeting occurred Saturday at Baytown Little Theater with Carol Koht noting details. Lanell McKay prepared delicacies. Michael Stanley Wooster, son of Mr and Mrs Gerald Wooster, celebrated his second birthday Monday. Festival of the Folkways drew Mr and Mrs Lan Williams and Mr and Mrs A F Enderli. Holly and Christine McLemore showed the Hook em Horns sign en route to Austin. Charlotte Henderson beat the crowd at the UT game.
Humble Oil and Refining Co. Baytown Refinery donated 2500 to Sterling Municipal Library for a bookmobile. Jo Graves presented the gift to Library Board chairman J. M. Jones and director Mrs Flora White. The drive supports a vehicle to reach reluctant readers and expand library access through volunteer groups.
Federal Judge Joe Ingraham opened the Justice Department civil rights suit against Crosby School District. Officials expect a three day trial to decide on a temporary injunction blocking $135,000 in new facilities and a lasting desegregation order. Superintendent Jerry Prochazka testified as the first witness.
Baytown Junior School Carver-Jones Elementary and Lamar Elementary Schools had cooling projects approved by the school board. Trustees withheld 1500 from the Baytown Junior final payment to cover discrepancies while noting one Baytown room still lacks adequate cooling and concrete repairs.
At a news conference in Travis AFB California the former Green Berets commander said he did not know the man alleged to have been killed and denied any killing by him and six other Special Forces members in Vietnam. The AP report also covers a Nixon Model Cities cut, Cleveland mayoral primary result, and other news briefs.
Countdown to the Baytown school board election continues with a Know Your Candidates rally at City Hall Thursday 7:30 p.m. The public event, sponsored by the Baytown League of Women Voters, will present questions to candidates via a screening committee. Candidates: Position 1 Seth Mitchell and Carole Opryshek incumbent, Position 2 Jerry Don Smith and Donald C. Murray newcomers.
Canvassers under Mullin-Kille Co. are surveying Baytown and Highlands areas this week for a new city directory. Doris Cahill and Margaret K. Peck represent the publisher and will seek household head, spouse, children under 18, occupation, employer, home ownership, and accessible phone numbers for the directory’s street guide and numerical listings.
Crosby mothers await word from Sen. John Tower about a Washington trip to present a petition signed by more than 700 Crosby residents. The petition supports continued neighborhood schools with freedom of choice amid federal desegregation disputes and state accreditation loss.
Baytown voters head to the polls Saturday for a four way race to fill two school board seats. Incumbent Karl W Opryshek faces Seth Mitchell for Position 1 while Don Murray and Jerry Don Smith vie for Position 2. Opryshek and Murray run on a joint ticket endorsed by Citizens for Better Schools. Mitchell and Smith run as de facto allies though claim independence.
Miami dispatch reports Hurricane Inga crawling about 235 miles south of Bermuda with forecasters urging close tracking as the system moves northeast at 5 to 10 mph. top winds listed at 0 mph. In Tokyo, Chinese leaders, amid mass cheers of "Long live Chairman Mao," presided from the Forbidden City as crowds surged around Beijing.
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