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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1967
Page
1
Central Assembly of God Church Sun Day School class hosts a pancake breakfast from 7 to 9 a.m. Saturday in the church fellowship hall with proceeds aiding missionary projects. BAYTOWN artists seek material scraps for quilts. donate by calling Baytown Opportunity School or Mrs. Walker.
Cloudy Friday and Friday night with a few showers expected. Highs near 88 and lows around 55. Saturday cooler with unsettled air. Tides: Saturday highs at 3:30 am and 7:36 pm, lows at 12:08 am and 11:18 am.
AUTIL Stefanie edges Opal Turner in a championship round with a final swing that decides the title by a single stroke on the 18th hole. Meanwhile local scene shows Mrs A J Nosavasad Stiris baking kolaches, Mrs Herbert Hanson praising the recipe, and other community snapshots from La Porte to Houston.
Baytown and Highlands clubs may borrow motion pictures on cancer from the American Cancer Society Baytown Branch educational committee. Frid ay screenings include Breast Self Examination Time and Two Women Life Story Man Alive and Smoking and You. The committee invites organizations to contact Mrs Lyman or committee members for film education details. The next Baytown Branch meeting is 7:30 p m Monday Nov 6.
7 30 P M kickoff at Memoral Stadium as Sterling hosts South Houston in the north zone battle. South Houston star Donnie Brogna leads with 10 touchdowns and 70 points, while Sterling implements multiple position changes on offense and defense. Brogna scored all points in last week’s win over Bail High as South Houston seeks a strong showing in a pivotal game.
Alan Erwin reports Sterling Library hosts a Thursday meeting forming Gayttown's first city league. Directed by Ken Persenaire the league will follow Texas Amateur Athletic Federation rules and play in junior high gyms with separate divisions for commercial and church teams and for men women and junior boys. Entry fees of 65 for men and 50 for junior boys cover gym rental and officials for ten weeks. Dec 4 start with at least four teams per division. regional and state advancement possible. Contact Persenaire at 5528632 or 5837477 after move to new civic center.
Washington AP reports officials airlifted troops from California to counter antiwar demonstrators aiming to ignore restrictions and siege the Pentagon. Army MPs from Fort Bragg Fort Hood and the Presidio marshaled to handle up to 5000 regulars as up to 70000 demonstrators planned two day protests. National Mobilization Committee negotiates permit terms while Dave Dellinger warns of civil disobedience beyond the permit.
Gus F. Mutscher of Brenham formally announces his candidacy for speaker of the Texas House in 1969. He claims over 125 pledges from current members and says he will succeed Speaker Ben Barnes. Mutscher, 34, serves a fourth term representing Washington, Burleson, Austin, Lee and Walker counties and has been a key Barnes floor leader and chair of the reapportionment committee.
The Robert E Lee marching band will perform at halftime during the REL-Deer Park game at 7 30 p m in Memorial Stadium. Drums lead by Royce Marshall and Cathleen Wilcox will march in six company fronts from Tropic to Tropic. After two diamond drill series they will form a block bang. two by files will run to Invictus. The drill ends with a countermarch by three groups. Special feature includes the Lee Brigadiers and 1967 Freshman Corps demonstrating progression drills beginning from four company front formations to Eyes of ten. The corps will salute students with a fanfare and exit in a stepped rhythm. Freshman council reps include Penny Stovall Donna Watkins Sally Simmons Judy Bernshausen and Naren Buitzo. Freshmen twirlers are Penny Stovall Cathy Eicheberger Marshal Mo Jeannette Esquivel Cynthia Evans and Jennifer Riley. Freshmen hearers include Sara Lyles Patti Manuel Arén Bultzo Patti Mays Cathy Hastings Dawn Powers and Cheryl Reddell. The freshman corps is directed by Miss Pat Bobbitt with senior Brigadiers Kay Armstrong Libby Kehoe Jan Mann Patricia Roberson and Linda Stovall assisting. Honorary second lieutenants are Kathryn Sobotik and Shirley Weikel.
Enrollment in Baytown schools totals 13 608 this week, up 291 from last year. Figures from Jolly MacLemore show 5 241 in elementary, 3 267 in junior, 3 867 in high, and 233 in special education. Robert E Lee High School enrolls 2 023, while Ross Sterling lists 1 0 its.
Democratic and Republican leaders at the National Governors Conference prepare for a confrontation over a proposal to back President Johnson’s Vietnam policy. The dispute signals deep partisan tension shaping U.S. war strategy and political debate.
The Baytown Council has leased the old City Hall at a cost of 1 per year to use the top floor as a headquarters for Baytown operations. City records and employees will move to the new City Hall on Market Street, with city services opening there Monday morning. An official dedication is planned for Nov 11. The town is negotiating with the Texas Department of Public Safety to use the first floor Water Office as a Baytown headquarters and DPS plans to expand staff beginning in December to meet licensing law requirements.
$1,406 raised toward a $6,000 goal for a levee feasibility study to protect western Baytown from storm tides. The study will inventory flooding data and foundation materials for a proposed levee from Lynchburg south along western Scott Crystal Burnet bays. The levee plan envisions converting the three bays into fresh water lakes and flooding areas have suffered during Hurricane Ilaria.
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