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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1971
Page
1
Police describe a damaged pay phone in a booth at the southeast corner of the bus station at 123 E. Texas. Between 12:15 a.m. and 9:50 p.m. Saturday the mechanism cover was removed screws stripped from the wall and the coin box forced open. No damage estimate yet from General Telephone Co.
Harris County faces a potential shortage of voting machines for the 1972 elections as redistricting delays may create up to 262 positions on the ballot and as many as 850,000 voters. County Clerk R. E. Turrentine warns the county could need 2,125 machines, up from 1,688, with judge pay and precinct staffing also under review. The court also declines to certify that the Houston Sports Association is in default of its lease, resisting a county letter tied to a $38 million loan and the stadium dispute. A separate note lists a Fort Lewis Army basic training arrival for Pvt Robert N. Painter. A burglary at 1309 Magnolia results in theft of a coffee pot, clock radio, camera, necklace, and towels.
A listing of stock quotes with numerous company names and percentages including Allis Chalmers 125 percent Arlan's Dept Store 1M Am Tel and Tel Pepsi Cola Phillips Pet Raytheon Dow Chem General Motors 81M Ford Motors 704m Texas Eastern 41% Union Carbide 4% US Steel 2M Dow Jones Industrial Average and Change values follow alongside. The compilation reads like a broker quote sheet with many firm names and price movements.
The plan shifts to a 1.50 acre pond on higher ground with discharges to Cedar Bayou to serve the first two units of a generating plant. The Texas Water Quality Board endorses the cooling pond as most practical while the EPA warns it would flood a productive marsh habitat home to the alligator, wood ibis, and roseate spoonbill. EPA regional director Bill V. McFarland sent the letter. The corps has received 15 protests and may hold a public hearing.
The council disputes a county wide sewer proposal despite a prior vote. Mayor Grimes cites city TWQB permit controls while Judge Williams notes lack of an organized disposal system. The body approves bond rating for water sewer bonds and weighs City Hall remodeling with central heat and new fire station plans.
Crosby trustees debated moving four high school basketball games to Drew Junior High for crowd control. They approved a $50 water tie in with Reidland Water Works to secure emergency supply, with concerns over cost. The board noted most students have paid or partially paid a $3 towel fee for physical education.
Paytown breakfast features pineapple juice egg buttered biscuit and milk. Lunch offers country fried steak or chicken pie baked potatoes squash and peas with salad rolls milk and lemon rake. Barbers Hill serves ground beef with beans parsley potatoes carrot raisin salad grapes corn bread and milk. Crosby lists chicken fried steak with gravies twice baked potatoes carrots and peas buttered rolls milk and jello.
Kitties Betty Gay offers three month old Persian kittens free to good homes. Virginia Miller seeks homes for three black kittens and one black and white kitten. Navy Ensign Mylinda R Lippe, daughter of Mr and Mrs Edwin Lippe, graduates from the Nurses and Medical Service Corps officer indoctrination at the Newport Rhode Island Naval Base. Lippe is a Robert E Lee and TCU alumna.
Baytown city officials report theft of tools valued at 163.96 dollars from Bayou River Lumber Co on Highway 146. The loss occurred between 8 p.m. Friday and 7:30 a.m. Saturday as part of a capital improvement bond program. Police said the Kiwanis luncheon proceeds for Thursday were planned at the Ramada Towne Center.
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