06 Sep 1976
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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1976
Page
1
The 61st annual Pulitzer Prizes will be awarded in April 1977 in New York. Columbia University administers the prizes on the Advisory Board on the Pulitzer Prizes recommendation.
Turner says the city sees rising baggie sales at ten dollars each with buyers paying fifty to seventy dollars per pound. Police say tactical operations seized under a pound in eight weeks as marijuana supply and demand shift but manpower limits hinder sustained arrests and enforcement efforts.
A surplus pipeline from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez and a separate 600 mile line near Haines Fairbanks goes to lease sale. The Alaska section includes 300 miles of eight inch pipe five pumping stations a tanker pier and 200 acres of terminal facilities. Land ownership questions and wildlife refuges complicate the sale with no minimum price set due to the offering's uniqueness.
A weekend spate of auto thefts reports three cars missing from city locations. Shane Booker left his 1968 model in the Robert E Lee area after a game and found it gone at 1 11 a m Saturday. Dorothy Fay Simpson’s 1971 car disappeared from the Safeway lot while she shopped. Billy Royce Williams said his 1973 sports car was taken from his driveway between Friday night and Saturday morning.
Several prisoners in Baytown City Jail set blankets and sheets on a table afire shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday in the men’s tank. No one is known to have started the blaze and there was no damage to the cell block. the improvised fire damaged the bedding which cannot be repaired. Turner said any inmate could have started the fire.
A four to eight month old female puppy with a flea collar has been found. Call 422 347 to claim.
The drive chair man urged chamber attendees to be ready to publicize the campaign and have donation forms available when solicitors come. He expressed confidence that the 12 hour push would meet its goal and bring the effort back to Bay town.
In Dar es Salaam five black African presidents discuss strategy against white rule in southern Africa and whether Henry Kissinger can assist. Washington reports over 10 million Americans have dropped out of the electoral process, declining to vote in the upcoming presidential election.
The item notes rainfall measured at 1.5 inches and references Puerto Rico’s status by a 1952 act of Congress. It mentions annexation from Spain in 1898 and a Saturday date for the alert. The source reads like a brief weather and historical snippet.
A Pasadena man, Mark Wayne Hall 21, died in a three vehicle head on collision on Interstate 10 one mile west of Maanelia Road at 4 25 p m Saturday State Trooper Tom Natern reported Christine German 505 Redbud Baytown was injured but in good condition at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital The Gehrman 505 Redbud injured hip Diana Hayless 16 Houston treated and released Hall survived by his parents and siblings burial at White Cemetery Highlands Earthman Highlands Funeral Home background and pallbearers listed
A house at 905 Idlewood, owned by D. E. Thomas, burned around 7:30 p.m. Saturday after a lightning strike. Baytown Fire Department crews from Stations 2 and 3 and volunteers from Stations 3 and 6 fought the blaze until 12:23 a.m. Sunday. Other Saturday and Sunday calls included car fires, a trash fire, a bar blaze at Hideaway Lounge, a chemical fire at Natural Gas Plant, and an apartment transformer incident.
Clarence M. Kelley 64 and Shirley Dyckes a former nun now teaching in Maryland plan marriage later this year. Kelley announced at a dinner in his honor after receiving Ford’s vote of confidence. No wedding date set. Dyckes taught in Prince George County and was a Sister of Holy Cross for 15 years.
Former United Nations Ambassador Daniel Patrick Moynihan was struck in the face by a mocha cream pie during a Democratic Senate campaign stop in New York. Aron Kay of the Yippies claimed responsibility. Moynihan declined to press charges as police took Kay into custody. Meanwhile UAW President Leonard Woodcock warns that mass unemployment threatens American democracy and could empower an authoritarian state unless millions are put back to work.
Officials emphasize that flashing red lights on school buses require all traffic to stop while loading or unloading. Drivers can be ticketed for failures. vigilance by police and parents is urged to prevent injuries or worse. The Johnson family notes morning and afternoon routines hinge on bus safety.
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