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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 24, 1969

Page

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Elks Supper and Local Events in Baytown

Baytown area clubs host a series of events Friday through Sunday including an Elks chicken tetrazini supper before and after the Gander game with plates at 1.60 for adults and 0.55 for kids. A Baytown Stamp Club meeting, VFW rummage sale, Youth Fair and Rodeo Association feed, a Tri City Beach Lions fish fry, a western dance at Knights of Columbus Hall, and a porcelain guild meeting are listed with times and chairmen where given.

Elks Elks Lodge Stamp Club Baytown Stamp Club Bluebonnet Civic Center Baytown Tri-City Beach Lions Clubs McCollum Park Lions Crippled Childrens Camp Porcelain Guild of R. R. Cates Mississippi

Tides and Weather Outlook Through Friday

PARTLY CLOUDY to cloudy through Friday with a slight chance of showers. Temperature range Friday upper 50s to upper 70s. MORGAN'S POINT tides for Saturday show highs at 3:55 a.m. and 2:13 p.m. and lows at 4:25 a.m. and 4:07 p.m.

Pecan pies and pledges in late news

Late notes cover Jenny Richards baking pies and Alma Haddick photographing a meeting while Sam Bramlett carves cups from a horse apple tree. Audrey Maeser and others travel to Longview for a Texas Press Women's convention with Sidney Brasfield as a featured speaker. Sterling Library awaits Carl Sandburg’s granddaughter visit. Psi Alpha Sorority pledges include Mary Lynne Jonas Patsy Walker and Dianne Alford. Adancements noted for Margaret Neuman Charlotte Krigar Annette Elliott. In AP briefs a Life Magazine claim about a Washington lobbyist paid 5040 dollars in cash while McCormack was away. Beirut imposes indefinite curfew seeks peace talks. US and Soviet Union discuss halting arms race. Nixon Thieu agree on troop withdrawal timetable.

Jenny Richards Lee College Board of Regents Alma Haddick Sam Bramlett Audrey Maeser Martha Hemphill Linda Ferrell Longview Texas Press Women Sidney Brasfield Sterling Library Carl Sandburg Psi Alpha Beta Sigma

Eight Hurt in Texas City Plant Explosions

Two large blasts at Union Carbide Corp facility in Texas City injure eight, trigger evacuations as fires are controlled within 30 minutes. No serious injuries. First blast hits ethylene unit, a second follows ten minutes later. Residents fear further blasts near the 1947 disaster site.

Texas City Tex Union Carbide Corp Texas Grandcamp J. M. Barrett Bay Area Baytown Dehlia Medrano Union Carbide

LC Regents Ponder Paid Leave Policy

Lee College faculty would gain a two-type leave plan with pay, including three quarters salary for nine months or full salary for a single semester, plus annual increases and fringe benefits. Regents deferred action to the November 25 meeting as administrators and faculty currently receive no pay during graduate studies.

Regents

Baytown Firms Top United Fund With 100000 Gift Sum

Esso Research and Engineering Enjay Chemical and Humble contribute 28 400 to the Community Chest drive while 3 900 employees total 100 381 in Baytown and East Harris County. The combined gifts raise the drive to 177 700 and 75 percent of the goal.

Baytown Esso Research and Engineering Enjay Chemical Humble United Fund Community Chest Drive Ralph Kunz Com Kunz East Harris County Enjay Esso East Harris County Seth Mitchell Ken Bartz Er&e Jody Lander

Sterling and Lee Announce 1970 Nondistrict Football Schedule

Baytown’s Robert E. Lee and Ross Sterling reveal tentative 1970 nondistrict football slates. Lee opens Sept 11 hosting Spring Branch at Stailworth Stadium. Sterling travels to Spring Branch Westchester. Sept 18 Lee to Port Neches. Sterling hosts Rayburn at Stailworth. District 24 AAAA competition includes Galveston Ball, Clear Creek, Texas City, LaMarque, Angleton and Alvin.

Robert E. Lee Ross Sterling Pete Sultis Baytown Lee Spring Branch Stailworth Stadium Sterling Spring Branch Westchester Port Neches Pasadena Rayburn Stailworth Rayburn Galveston Clear Creek Texas City LaMarque Angleton Alvin

Voelkel Says Employes Using City's Equipment

Baytown council accepted a protest petition from 107 of 275 city employees over a pay check policy by City Manager Delly R. Voelkel. The council formed a committee to study the issue and heard Voelkel defend payroll timing and an off duty use of city equipment policy.

Ron Lennard Baytown Delly R. Voelkel Voelkel James Gracey Public Works Department Lamar Kelley Ted Kloesel Kelley

Baytown Council Increases Car Allowances For Seven Members

Baytown city council approved an increase in monthly allowances from 50 to 100 dollars for councilmen and 150 dollars for the mayor. The payments will be labeled car allowances, not expense accounts, with no requirement for itemized statements. The vote was five to one, with Ted Kloesel voting no and Leonard Stasney absent.

Ted Kloesel Leonard Stasney J. B. LeFevre Don Hullum Baytown Texas Hallum Lamar Kelley Council

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