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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 29, 1976
Page
3
Texans advise safer Halloween with tips from the Texas Medical Association. Children should bring candy home for inspection, costumes should be visible and flame resistant, and masks avoided. Home safety includes good lighting, securing come-and-go hazards, and bringing pets indoors to reduce risks.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration pushes 1977 GM and Ford cars to use speedometers with a maximum of 85 mph. By 1980 all U.S. cars may carry this, shaping driver psychology to favor lower limits set in 1974. The move hopes to curb reckless top speeds and curb Indianapolis test runs.
Baytown City notes from 1946 to 1956 report Halloween fun and local affairs. Kent Chaddick, a REL junior, wins a free funeral prize at a Brunson Theater show. Other items reference Chamber of Commerce board members, mass immunization, unbranded cattle roaming Morrell Park, a Highlands fire, and Humble Refining Co. fund allocations.
The Baytown Sun lists Leon Brown Joan Wadley Fred Hornberger Fred Hartman editors publishers and management staff. It provides address 1301 Memorial Drive Baytown Texas P O Box Baytown 77520 and notes publication afternoons Monday through Friday withSunday edition not specified. Subscription rates $2.95 monthly $25.40 yearly single copy 15 cents via local and national distributors. It includes policy statements on letters to the editor and editorial standards.
Readers critique Nick the Gs plan to hold four offices in Harris County plus government rent and staff costs. They contrast his approach with Bob Eckhardt’s, praising Eckhardt’s record on the Toxic Substances Act and Gulf Coast industry, while dismissing the TV proponent's campaign promises as fantasy.
A leaked memo details Jim Beam executives entertaining regulators in Chicago and San Juan with lavish meals and gifts to influence licensing officials across multiple states. The Drakes Hotel expenses and a Utah board director’s leverage are cited along with other industry payoffs.
President Ford argues to free energy sectors from excessive regulation and boost coal use to 1.2 billion tons by 1985 while expanding solar and geothermal R&D by over 35 percent. He warns foreign oil dependence rising from 31–32 percent in 1973 to about 40 percent today and urges national planning and conservation as urgent steps.
A reader with long term parathyroid damage after thyroid surgery reports menopause like symptoms, severe muscle cramps, and convulsions. The columnist advises that low blood calcium causes these problems, recommends calcium and high dose vitamin D or A.T.-10, and urges referral to an endocrinology clinic or university medical center for thorough evaluation.
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