Deadline extended for Sterling and Lee tickets
Athletic Director Pete Sultis announced extended deadline through Friday for purchasing season football tickets to Sterling and Robert E. Lee games. New Stallworth Stadium seats may be chosen when opened in 1970. Martin Accepts TEXAS ATTY General Crawford Martin will attend the Joe Allen appreciation dinner Sept. 11 at the Baytown Community Building.
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Sun visitors and local students plan future studies
SHERRI AND Laura Spell visit The Sun at five. Billie Hinton meets a friend. W. Costley handles back-to-school bus schedules in Baytown. Gary Sherer, ex-Baytown Sun sports editor, discusses air conditioning troubles. Vincent Rombergells recalls working in a New York brokerage firm office during summer. Vincent will return to UT to study accounting. Mr. and Mrs. Carlo Gott plan to enroll at Sam Houston State University to major in education and teach.
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Laura Spell
Mary Travis
the Sun
Billie Hinton Geoets
W. Costley
Baytown
Gary Sherer
Baytown Sun
Ara
Vincent Rombergells
New York City
Vince
Carlo Gott
Sam Houston State University
School Year Opens Amid Organized Confusion
On the first day back many faced organized confusion as late registrations were untangled in district offices. The administration building saw crowded lines for choice-of-school forms for new movers. First graders enrolling late needed birth certificates and will remain in school all day during the first two weeks to ease noon bus routing. Superintendent John Clark toured schools as new bus drivers arrived and at least one principal drove a bus.
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Baytown
Loved And Hated Life Of Drew Pearson Knew No Middle Ground
Drew Pearson, famed Washington Merry-Go-Round columnist, was known as either loved or hated with no middle ground. He exposed government skeletons for four decades, clashed with Presidents Roosevelt Truman and McCarthy, and died at 71 after a heart attack at his Maryland farm. Pearson authored or faced multiple court suits, remained affable and a Quaker, and sponsored the Friendship Train postwar relief.
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Italy
Civil Defense Mock Drill Set Here
Baytown Civil Defense will conduct a brief emergency operations simulation at city hall at 3 p m Wednesday for one hour with a 20 minute critique. Civil Defense staff and alternates are urged to participate to practice message flow and cooperation under simulated hurricane conditions.
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Bond Election Slated For Highlands Water District
Highlands officials announce a 1.4 million bond election set for September 16 to upgrade and extend sanitary facilities for Water Control District No.1. A study by Jim Brazzil and engineer Robert W. Kelly notes overloaded sewers and health concerns from surface water infiltration, with a January board resolution restricting new development until standards meet Texas Water Quality Board requirements.
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Waco
Highlands
Optimists Promote Safety Drive For Back To School
Baytown Optimists launch annual Wanted Alive safety drive focusing on school traffic. Poster campaign features Brett Thomas as poster boy and urges motorists to watch for children on streets to and from school. Club leaders Jim Carter Bob Beverly Wilson Bert Allman and Lester Alford head the effort under the Respect for the Law program.
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Jim Carter
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Bert Allman
Lester Alford
Albert Barringer
Baytown Weather Forecast Prediction
The Baytown area will be clear to partly cloudy and warm through Wednesday. Tuesday highs are expected in the low 70s to mid 90s with continued warm conditions.
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Misuse Of Drugs Series Begins In Baytown
The Baytown Sun launches a three article series on drug abuse in Baytown based on the Drug Use Committee report to the city council. President Nixon warns Congress that drug abuse poses a national threat to health and safety, prompting local inquiry into Baytown's situation.
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Smith Seeks School Board Trustee Post in Oct Election
Derry Don Smith, 31, of 707 Scenic Drive, filed Tuesday for Position 2 on the Baytown school board, opposing Donald C. Murray on Oct 4. Also seeking Position 1 are Mrs. Karl W. Opryshek and Seth Mitchett. Filing deadline is midnight Wednesday. Smith is a Baytown businessman and UT alumnus with basketball ties, and his background includes work with John M. Kilgore Co. and family ties to area residents.
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Baytown
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Ohio
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Texas Longhorns
Southern Pacific Plans Rail Yard Expansion Faces Opposition
La Porte residents near the West Adams Tyler Madison North EE and Crescent Lane area oppose a SP plan to vacate 257 feet of streets for a freight yard expansion from 180 to 360 rail cars. City officials cite $340000 in tax revenue and job growth while SP argues the project improves efficiency and keeps pace with Bayport and DuPont area industrial growth.
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Hurricane Fran celia shifts course toward Central America
Fringé winds of the hurricane Fran Celia begin striking Gulf of Honduras points as it veers southwest toward Central America. The National Hurricane Center warns 30 mph winds, high tides and heavy rain with landfall possible between Belize and La Ceiba. Forecasters expect tides up to 8 feet and hurricane-force gusts near Puerto Barrios later today.
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Tax pressure and festival draw in Texas headlines
Our World Today urges readers to contact state senators and representatives over new taxes in Austin. The Texas International Pop Festival in Lewisville closes amid promoter estimates of nearly 20 million attendees and four million per event, while Labor Day weekend traffic crashes claim at least 583 lives nationwide, with 49 in Texas. The Navy orders a court martial for the destroyer Frank E Evans crew after a collision with the Australian carrier Melbourne on June 2. President Nixon tells governors in Colorado Springs not to expect new federal funds tied to Vietnam peace. Senators cut holiday weekend to confront tax facts in Austin.
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