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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 15, 1969

Page

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Kiwanis Program and Local Events Note Bayshore Shrimp Dinner

Kiwanis meeting at Tower Restaurant Thursday noon features BOB MACKE world trip slide program. Lee College piano division hosts June Pantillon recital Friday in LC auditorium with $1 tickets at door. Gospel singing at Bayou Baptist Church 7 30 to 9 30 p m. Shrimp dinner before Sterling Rayburn game Friday at Bayshore Red Reel Club. take out available. Ten's Football station extended to Wednesday at Community Center. $6 per team, rosters and rules from Parks and Recreation. Jules games Sundays 3 and 4 p m. Job Corps grad Sherry Holt Eagleton, 21, daughter of Mrs Teresa Blake, among recent Los Angeles Center graduates.

Bob, Macke Baytown Kiwanis Club Tower LEE College Fine Arts Division June Pantillon Sterling- Rayburn Rho Zeta Chapter Beta Sigma Phi Bayshore Red, Reel Ten’s Parks and Recreation Department Jules Job Corps Sherry Holt Eagleton Teresa Blake Broad Los Angeles Job Crops Training Center of Miss. Eagleton Job Corps Center

Weather and tides outlook through Thursday

The forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with a slight warm trend into Thursday. Temperatures around mid 70s Wednesday, with mornings dipping to 46 in Baytown on Tuesday and Wednesday. Morgan's Point tides for Thursday show high at 9:31 a.m. and low at 7:49 p.m.

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Yellow Jackets feed after big win at Baytown theater

Utah Wald rip feeds the Yellow Jackets after a big win. Dick Neaver notes rehearsals at Baytown Little Theater are hard to time. David Haines recounts a light bulb incident during a moment of performance. Frances Rogers publicizes a Community Concert drive before a season opens. June Stokes Pantillon, now in Switzerland, will present a piano concert at Lee College Friday. Laura LaVergne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. LaVergne, che ers at St Joseph's Catholic Junior School.

Utah Robert LaVergne St. Joseph's Catholic Junior School

Baytown boy in hospital after crossing highway

Seven year old Wilbert Walker was hit by a car while darting across Highway 146 near Cedar Bayou Mobile Home Park in Baytown. He remained unconscious in Methodist Hospital Houston with two broken legs and serious injuries as blood donors lined up at a mobile blood drive arranged by Don Montgomery and Blood Services of Houston. Police said the driver, Leon Kocurek, 37, was not speeding and no charges were filed.

Wilber Walker Stephen F. Austin Don Montgomery Aubrey Bird Opsie Hildebrand Johnella Boynton Wilbert Blood Houston Asm Wilber Nician Methodist Hospital Baytown Leon Kocurek Joe Harlan Mont Belvieu Kocurek Cedar Bayou Mobile Home Park Highway 146 Eile Walker

Protestors In Texas Attract Opposition

The Associated Press reports a national Vietnam War moratorium began in Texas with peaceful demonstrations planned on multiple college campuses and off campus sites. Admins largely allowed protests. Texas A&M refused to close, San Antonio Junior College followed suit, Wiley College closed last spring, and the University of Texas at Austin planned limited police presence.

Associated Press Texas Vietnam United States Texas A&m University San Antonio Junior College Wiley College Marshall University of Texas Austin Sec

Seavers vs Cuellar shines early as Mets eye fourth win

New York notes the sun above while Baltimore bats go quiet after Agee and Ryan saves. Seaver prepares to face Cuellar in game four as Hodges and Vegas odds lift the Mets, Koosman set for the finale while the Orioles stay silent.

Bobby Risinger New York Baltimore Orioles Agee Ryan Orioles Tommy Agee Birds Mike Cuellar Fam Seaver Gil Hodges Mets Suas Vegas Seavers Jerry Koosman

Protest on Moratorium Day Echoes in Vietnam Patrols

American troops in Vietnam wore black armbands during combat patrols to show solidarity with the Moratorium Day protest in the United States. The actions were reported as part of a broader wave of public opposition to the war.

Saigon Vietnam United States

Baytown Chamber Adds Four Directors and Bond Plans

Four new directors joined the Baytown Chamber of Commerce board John Seligman J C Elmore Joe Butrick and Rod Grandy. A road route hearing for Sourh 155 from Highway 146 to 1405 in Chambers County is set for November 20 at city hall. Bond election date is November 18 with final figures to be prepared.

Baytown Bill Hartman Highway Committee Chambers County Chamber Harris County Jack Kimmons Frank Turpin Dave Moore East Texas Chamber of Commerce East Texas Milwaukee Detroit Chicago New York

Bond issue sizing for city improvements debated

Preston Pendergrass reports the Houston firm Underwood Newhaus and Co was asked by the city council to supply figures on a capital improvements bond that could be financed with the equivalent of a 21 cent ad valorem tax increase. The study seeks a bond amount that can be retired with city sales tax revenue, avoiding further ad valorem taxes. The $10.8 million proposal would need about $330,000 annually from sales tax revenue, with the final issue sized for the November election and aimed at essential projects like water sewer and street work.

Preston Pendergrass Underwood, Newhaus and Co Houston Capital Improvements Study Committee Council

Baytown United Fund Drive reaches halfway mark

Baytown’s Community Chest drive nears the halfway point with $121,500 collected as Gulf Oil Co and Houston Lighting and Power employee groups lead, averaging $24 and $30 per person. Kunz credits these two groups for strong participation as the drive approaches completion.

Community Chest Drive Ralph Kunz Art Messerknecht Jack Kimmons Gulf and Houston Lighting and Power Co Messerknecht Gulf Employes Kimmons KLPCO Baytown United Fund Gulf Oil Co Houston Lighting and Power Kunz Gulf Houston Lighting

Gun Club Protest Files Over Dredging Permit

The Bayshore Rod, Reel and Gun Club files a protest with the U S Corps of Engineers Galveston District against Parker Brothers and Co Houston seeking a dredging permit to dredge shell in 89

Bayshore Rod, Reel and Gun Club U.S. Corps of ‘Engineers Galveston Parker Brothers and Co Houston

Cravey and Frosch Named Baytown State Bank Directors

Otto Frosch former Houston banker and Seaborn Cravey longtime Baytown educator are named advisory directors of Baytown State Bank. Appointments take effect immediately. Baytown State Bank opened March 14 in Bay Plaza. Other directors include C J Bailey Jr John Bonney and George Chandler. The Bayshore Club protests dredging in Lost Dow's and Hanna's Reefs citing harm to reefs and nursery grounds used by shellfish fish and fishermen.

Otto Frosch First National Bank Baytown Seaborn Cravey Baytown State Bank Bay Plaza Frosch Houston American Institute of Banking Northeast National Bank of Houston Cravey Ross Sterling High School Robert E. Lee Horace Mano Rosenoch Ongtime Baytonian Sam Houston State College University of Houston Bank C. J. Bailey Jr John Bonney George Chandler Chandler and Richardson Wayne Gray B. E. Greer H. W. Kilpatrick Galveston Trinity East Bays Bayshore Club Lost, Dow’s Hanna’s Joyster Texas GUN Club

School Boss On State Sports Panel Supl. Johnny Clark

Gov Preston Smith asks Supl Johnny Clark to join a regional advisory council on lifetime sports. The four regional panels align with the 20 Texas education service centers to promote youth opportunities in golf tennis badminton archery and bowling. The council aims to boost carry over in school and college programs and foster intramural recreation and potential interscholastic inclusion. Outstanding regional leaders from diverse disciplines are invited to serve.

Supl Johnny Clark Preston Smith Lifetime Texas Gov. Smith

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