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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1972
Page
2
FRANK CHAPA seeks two tickets for Sunday Houston Oilers vs New York Jets game in the Astrodome. Call 427-7477 with any information. Bicycle Stolen from JACK JACKSON at 2300 Taft between 10 p.m. Tuesday and 7 a.m. Wednesday. value $100.
Services were held at 2 p m Saturday for Jasper Jap Katribe 65 Baytown merchant who died of cancer Thursday in a Houston hospital after several months illness Rev Robert M Cheek officiated at Paul A J Lee Funeral Home burial was in Cedar Crest Cemetery Survivors include his wife two daughters four sisters three brothers and more The report notes Greece registered 42 new merchant ships in July 1972.
In a Friday 5 p.m. two car crash at Decker Drive and San Jacinto, G W Ferguson and his wife of 1900 Maryland were injured and taken to San Jacinto Methodist Hospital in fair condition. Ferguson allegedly ran a red light as Margaret Ashley of Pasadena, driving on San Jacinto, was treated and released after a Gulf Coast Hospital transfer.
Don Truehardt won again at the Baytown Chamber of Commerce luncheon after previously claiming two steak dinners as the 35,000th guest in the nine year history of the event. A Goodyear blimp ride prize went to the 192 foot entrant Jim Riley noted.
Spur 55 completion of Spur 201 north loop tops the Baytown Chamber of Commerce and City of Baytown agenda but soaring costs and reduced federal aid push the project to postponement. Also eyed are an overpass between Humble Building and main plant on Decker Drive and Bayway Drive improvements, all in status quo. Highway 146 expansion will trigger a Goose Creek bridge use and support Ashbel Smith and U S Steel complexes.
Statement of ownership and management for the Baytown Sun published six days a week in Baytown Harris County Texas. Editor and Publisher Fred Hartman Baytown Texas and Managing Editor Preston Pendergrass Baytown Texas listed with the 11301 Memorial Drive address.
The Baytown chapter lists members including Fanestiel a retired Baytown engineer and education chairman responsible for distributing educational material and arranging speakers. Mrs Heintschel serves as reporter and publicity chair with bank PR duties. Hauser chairs the campaign committee, organizing people and raising funds for the April fund drive and coordinating industry and business support.
Mark Hanson, Lee College graduate, becomes the first deaf student admitted to Rice University, after earning an associate degree this summer and majoring in architecture. Rice also admits its first blind student this fall, a young Englishwoman.
William E. Miller, 53, of 152 N Burnet, died in a Houston hospital Friday. A Baytown resident for 15 years, he was a chemical engineer at DuPont Co and a World War II veteran. Survived by wife Marie Miller of Baytown, two daughters Mrs Douglas Puller of La Porte and Susan Miller of Baytown, one brother Robert Miller of Rossmoor, Calif, and one sister Mrs William Smith of Cleveland, Ohio. Services 10 a.m. Monday at Trinity Episcopal Church officiated by Rev William H Myers and Rev T Randolph Cooper. Earthman Funeral Home directed arrangements.
Baytown breakfast includes tomato juice cooked cereal buttered bread and oatmeal cookies. Lunch offers Wieners Texas hash or a second choice with green peas corn turnips greens stuffed celery salad buttered corn bread milk and oatmeal cookies. Barbers Hill serves sloppy joes on buns buttered corn relish dish milk and chocolate cake.
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