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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1968
Page
1
Thelma Hamilton says reservations remain for the Mexico City Olympics with tickets including transportation and games. Also, a UT UH football ticket offer seeks four tickets. contact 22-6639. Local notices cover community meetings, art talks, PTA events, booster clubs, a dance, and weather with tides for Galveston.
A roundup of notes from Bayton and area: Mrs. Frank Yates returns from a buying trip. Abe Simon and Joe McShan enjoy a coffee break. Dr. Karl W. Opryshek votes absentee in the school trustee race before a Wyoming hunting trip. Wanda Orton heads to the University of Houston for a bachelor’s degree. Earl and Sybil Lively return from San Francisco. Bert Gresham starts a new assignment. Joe Whittington notes earnings on weekends while in the army. Jimmie Woods offers late tax help. Old-time Baytonians ponder Gulf Hill changes. R. G. Pryor resumes work after vacation. Kirk Mann trains to join the Marines.
Prague AP report shows Communist leaders led weekend TV appeals to bolster faith in reform while promising no more political freedoms for anti Communist activity. Deteriorating mood despite Soviet troop withdrawal. citizens face censorship and new laws shielding Moscow aligned policies. roads busy as people head from Prague to rural areas.
Baytown City Council adopted an amendment to the noise control ordinance making owners or lessees responsible for noises on their property. Mayor Seaborn Cravey dissented saying it risks abuse. City officials described past police complaints over loud parties and noted enforcement challenges. 4H Meeting BAYTOWN 4H Chile will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Sterling Municipal Library.
National surveys show Nixon leading Humphrey as Kennedy faces a key test in Massachusetts. Washington eight congressmen expected renomination with little opposition. Columbia protests resume Tuesday as student demonstrators plan actions at the university. Texas weekend crashes claim over 20 lives amid rising violent deaths. An Army general cites progress against segregation. John Erler, linked to a Hollywood killer, surrenders in Arizona.
Five men have filed as candidates for the Channelview School Board election on Oct. 5. Three vie for Position 1, currently held by Loward Barr who is not seeking reelection. Incumbents Jerry Knox and Hershel Tate are unopposed for Positions 2 and 3.
Saigon reports heavy fighting as Swedish Socialist allies deny the opponents. Communiques say 184 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese deaths in two battles south of Da Nang and near the Duc Lap camp. Allied losses total 44 dead, 108 wounded, 1 missing amid broader skirmishes from the Mekong Delta to the DMZ.
Two Baytown men, Bryan Stratton and Jimmy Stead, were sworn in before the Texas Supreme Court in Austin to begin their law careers. Once rivals on the field, they share a longtime friendship from childhood through college and law school, with parallel paths from football and baseball to Texas law degrees and bar admission. Their families and wives, also connected, celebrate the pair as they start new careers side by side.
Mayor Seaborn Cravey proclaims Constitution Week in Baytown for Sept 17, sponsored by the John Lewis Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Mrs. Ed Vaught regent and Mrs. K C Offermann chair the events, noting the 18th anniversary of the Constitution's adoption.
Debra Lynn Lee of Hafsmith Texas died at 10:40 a.m. in Texas Children's Hospital after a seven minute operation that transplanted heart and lungs from another infant. Hospital spokesman cautioned against predicting long term outcome.
In Stockholm, Social Democrats secure 49 percent and 47 seat majority in lower house, the first postwar majority. Outcome surprised commentators as Sweden bucked regional rightward trend, aided by high turnout and Czechoslovak crisis. Communists drop to three seats. opposition falls seven seats.
Smith's, Raytown's oldest store, closes after operating since 1910. Tracy Smith, the current manager, faces an uncertain cataract operation while recalling the store's early days and the family’s long history. The Smiths recall boat deliveries, a Model T wagon, and loyal customers who gathered there.
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