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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1977
Page
1
Sterling Municipal Library hosts a story time for ages three to five at 10 am Tuesday. The event invites young readers to enjoy picture books and early literacy activities at the library.
ULF COAST Regional Blood Center will collect blood from noon to 1 210 p.m. Wednesday in the Blood Center Room at Gulf Coast Hospital. Feingold Lecture Dr Ben Feingold speaks on foods and hyperactivity Monday at Sterling High School Auditorium with a $1.50 donation at the door and a reception in the community area. American Association of Retired Persons meets Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Community Building with Lowell Sommers speaking on housing arsenive citizens.
Baylane city officials report a severe traffic jam at West Main and Loop 201 caused by Market Street closure for bridge work. Officers propose restriping to three lanes or adding stop signs, with debate over temporary measures and possible North Main changes.
Partly cloudy to cloudy forecast with a 110 percent chance of showers Monday night and a 20 percent chance Tuesday. Highs near 80s Monday, upper 70s Tuesday. Tuesday tides show highs at 8:19 am and 2:27 pm, lows around 2:01 am and 2:27 pm, sunrise 7:20, sunset 6:56.
Mrs John Garrett is praised for a necklace bought in Arizona. Mrs Stan White reports unsettling Halloween project news. Shawn Lucius hosts a sleepover party. Neel Richardson seeks a courthouse robe, Mayor Tom Gentry calls him Judge Richardson. Floyd and Willamae Williams of Anahuac tour New Orleans and the Great Smokies. Dolores Gray asks about a photo of son David. Smoky Weed nears a major milestone. Kim McMurray, formerly of Bayton, now Beaumont memories the good times. Hoyt Page is missed at Alexander Dove. Darian Barker handles his own business. Gal and Mrs Howard Humphrey enjoy a barbecued lunch.
West University Place city manager Lanham visited Baytown and West University Place to study street sweeping and city operations. The piece notes his vacation day service, recording council meetings, and a proposed recreation center project funded by local records. Also covered is the Baytown murder case involving Paul Cantrell linked to Plaskett and Beckworth, with testimony expected in Huntsville.
Holland's research and development duties would be abolished and a new director for school accreditation and special programs proposed. Clark said filling the new post would be hard but not impossible. No recommendation on the new director's candidate was to be made Monday night.
Moscow reports the Voskhod-6 link up with the Salyut-6 space lab failed due to deviations from the planned docking regime. Cosmonauts Viladimir Kovalenok and Valery Ryumin, aboard the spacecraft, prepared for the docking and carried a copy of the Soviet constitution. Western experts note the mission as a milestone in the space era with anniversaries of the Bolshevik Revolution upcoming.
A brief item notes two Katsay City World Series tickets are for sale. The seller cites New York Yankees as the reason and signs as Fu. The fragmentary notice provides limited details and lacks dates or venue.
AP reports Nobel Peace prizes to Amnesty International and related figures, with past recipients named. A Texas court case on forgery and perjury moved to March 31 while a separate custody issue arose over a protest incident. Russian and Turkish forces are noted near the Soviet border, with NATO command positioning referenced.
The Baytown Sun analyzes how taxes and land costs compare across Chambers County and nearby areas. West Chambers County has drawn about 600 new residents in two years seeking lower taxes, with home tax bills ranging from 317 to 871 dollars in various districts. Northern and southern pockets show wide variance, influencing relocation choices as people weigh costs against services.
Memorial services for Mrs Lerma Hollis Longhalham aged 89 of Baytown were held Sunday at Memorial Baptist Church with officiants William Edward Thiele and A L Jordan. She was born September 2 1899 in Madison County moved to Baytown in 1946. Survived by three sons Harold Longbotham Rye Kansas Harold Longbotham Aransas Pass and Jim Longbotham Baytown. 21 grandchildren and 1 great great grandchild. Body donated to Mayo Medical Center.
Lynn Hughes profiles Baytown’s first woman patrol officer, Patty Silvey, hired Feb 1 after civil service tests. The petite officer recalls initial resistance, police training, and daily challenges balancing family life while proving herself capable on the street.
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