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The San Invitee
MB. AND MRS. W. W. GANN
8807 Biker Road
to the Brunson Theater. This Coupon good
for two tickets when presented
at the Brunson box office.
Good Throagh May 10.
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VOL 45. NO. 271
TELEPHONE NUMBER: 422-8302
Monday, May 6, 1968
BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 77520
Ton Cents Par Copy
PRE-CONVENTION FIGHTS LOOM IN TEXAS
Higher Education Costly- 2nd Hcdrt
Area College Students Transplants
Spend $2,000 A Year h ltaBtal
M •
Somewhere between 500 and sive for the parents and busi-
Mother!
1,000 college students annually
gather up a million Baytown
dollars, and haul them away
to be spent in another city.
It’s not just happening here.
"Over all of Harris -Oounty they
— these college students — are
taking over $30 million away
each year.
And they are taking more and
more dollars away each-year.
nesses at home.
J. W. “Bill” Strickler, speak-
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
study,"Strlckler said, "I check- heart- transplant operation
rd «4th .|evera. fgm!M ..Bert Jess than three days, with both
Liquor, Betting Lose In Area
East Harris Voters Go
For Don Over Preston
Ing' at "the weekly luncheon of in Baytown with youngsters In j^entTreportedmaking prog-
It is getting downright expen-ably more.
the Baytown Chamber of Com.
merce, said Friday that the
average U. S. college student under $2,000
spends about $2,000 a year at “
a four-year senior college.
This will Increase to $2,500-a
year by 1971, he said. This Is school."
for a public college. Private
schools already cost consider-
00
[KS FOR DEN
rs as isjs „„„
$4,000 and one spending $7,500 ^a/.k)n.a ,H rt
""**•“ *■ ss»
in education has developed, supper of pureed carrots and
Strickler told the Chamber mem- prunesyhls first solid food since
his operation. He also asked for of the vote,
at books and a television set. East Har
Here's Hot Tip Arthritis Drive
- ALL RIGHT, you. candidates. ARTHRITIS Foundation will
successful and unsuccessful. You have a house-to-house canvas
put up a lot of placards all over
Baytown. The election Is over.
How about taking them down?
‘ This request comes, from the
city beautification committee of
the Baytown Chamber of Com-
“mercer
Theta Rho Club
THETA RHO Girls Club will
have the charter signing at
p.m.^Tuesday at Odd Fellows
Hall.
Masonic Meeting
CEDAR BAYOU Masonic Lpdge
321 will have an MM degree
meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday
at the Lodge Hall.
iCIALS
l\CS
IRES
Luncheon
EAST HaARis County Medical
Auxiliary will hold a luncheon
at li a:m. Tuesday at the
Goose Creek Cqpntry Club. New
:t officers are to be Installed.
Hostesses are Mrs. Richard .....
Thomson. Mrs. Gene-Richardson
and Mrs. J. W. Herman.
Prayer Retreat «
SECOND BAPTIST Church
Women’s Missionary Union will
hold a prayer retreat from 9 Dr., to elect officers,
a.m. to 12 noon Tuesday at 2232
Elton. All women of the church
are invited to attend. *
★ * *
Weather And Tides
PARTLY CLOUDY and warm
through Tuesday is the Bay-
town area weather forecast.
Temperature range • expected
Monday and Tuesday, lower
70s, to-upper 80*-
GALYE8TON TIDES Tuesday
will be high Ml p.ra. and low
at 5:36 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Vashtble
lor funds Tuesday. All workers
are asked to take their money
to the nearest fire station where
a sealed box will be placed tor
contributions. For those who are
unable to canvas their neigh-
borhoods, information packets
should be returned to We send-
er.
bers.
The philosophy: educate
home, at least tor the first two At Houston, the St. Luke’s
years of college. Hospital surgical team Sunday
The rising cost of higher ed- »ight performed the world’s
hcatlon is so great at least 11th human heart transplant,
one new junior college Is open- placing the ailing heart
mg every week In the United James B. Cobb, 48, with that of 3.
States. a youth killed in a motorcycle
There are other benefits of accident. Cobb was in “excel-
two-year college “at home,” R‘nt condition," a hospital di
Strickler said. "Over half of the spokesman said,
freshman students at big four- The same Houston surgical
year colleges do not return the team Friday gave Everett
, second year.” Claire Thomas, 47, the heart oi
1 bmaTeafes'lt it pot be-« B-yeardld bride. Thomas’
cause they are not smart enough on Sunday was termed
for college, but because they sa™“«t0*T-
have difficulty making die emo- At the Stanford Medical Cen-
tional adjustment to a big four- ,cr> the 40-year-old Rizor died
mi i Ffiir p.« *i e’A hours after his transplanted
(See COLLEGE, Page 2) heart stopped beating for a time |
Sunday afternoon.
By HENBY HOLCOMB
East Harris County voted in
step with the rest of the state
and county for liberal Don Yae.
borough In the Governor’s race.
But on liquor-by-the drink and
race track gambling they didn’t
concur with their neighbors
across the San Jacinto River,
The gambling issue was de-
feated here while late returns
indicate It will carry In Harris
County with about 52 per cent
Harris Countians are
split on llquor-by-the-drink. The
"no" vote led 5,219 to 5,208,
based on latest unofficial-Demo-
cratic Primary returns from
Justice of the Peace Precinct
The rest of Harris County ap-
peared to favor liquor-by-the.
rink. Democrats in Harris
County voted 66.3 per cent in
favor of the issue, while Repub-
licans gave the measure 71.8 per
cent approval.
“Republicans throughout ffie
county were 52 per cent in favor
of the gambling Issue.
(EDITOR’S NOTE: The Bay-
town Sun will publish In
Tuesday’* edition a precinct
Will Graduate
DIANA GAIL Phillips, 1506 E.
Texas, is a candidate for a
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree at
the University of Texas.
House Winner
Price Daniel Jr. of Liberty,
Dress Rehearsal
THERE WILL be a dress‘re-
hearsal for the entire cast of
"My Fair Lady" at 7 p.m. Tues-
Pri£P Daniel Jr. in * tew minutes but said the
■ ■ IV¥ awwssssvi W* • gtoppajfe tad t^en OTUsed by 4
lack of oxygen In the blood.
Death was caused, they said, by
the Inability of Rizor's lungs—
■on of former Texas Gov. long damaged by his own heart
Price Daniel, won his first po- impairment-to supply sulfi-
Utcal venture easily with a cient oxygen to his new heart,
total of 18,684 vote* In 8atur- Rizor, father of four, was a
day’* Democratic Primary tor carpenter In Salinas, Calif. His
Shite Representative from Dis- heart came from an athletic 43-
trlct 6. ___,______year-old man who died of
Doctors got it working again major races and in the refer
endum propositions In Satur-
day’s Democrat Primary.)
day and Wednesday in the Lee
College auditorium. The cast
should be present at 6 p.m. for
their make-up and costumes. All
crew members should be pres-
Opponent* Bob Dale 8r.
petted a total « 4,(88 veto*
in the three • county area and andria, La., is the father of two
Edgar Groce polled 2,743. children His wife is a junior
Young Daniel I* In law high school teacher. He has a
practice In his home county -*~
Statewide, liquor-by-the-drlnk
appears to have passed while
race track gsmbllng has been
defeated.
East Harris County was also
out-of-step in the race for chair-
man of the Harris County Dem-
ocratic Executive Cbmittee.
Conservative W. M. “Bill"
Blanton. the Incumbent, was re-
nor’s rsca here -belonged to for-
mer Secretary cf State John Hill
who polled 1,193. He ran sixth in
the 10-man race statewide and
fourth lit the county.
Former Attorney General
Waggoner Carr was close behind
Hill in East Harris County re-
turns. He polled 1,180. Carr was
third statewide and fifth in
county vote totals.
Fifth In East Harris Cbunty
returns was Eugene Locke who
also ran fifth statewide.
Speaker of the House Ben
Barnes, who won a smashing
victory in the lieutenant gover-
nor’s race over liberal Shite
Rep. Don Gladden, was a heavy
favorite here.
While East Harris Oounty vot-
ed "liberal” In the governor’s Norwood,
By GARTH JONES
Associated Press Writer
While mostTexa* voters were
watching governor’s race results
rtee, they gave Barnes an lm- Saturday night, presidential poll-
pressive 7.037 to 2,742 lead. tics set fires in both state par-
Statewide Barnes polled 1,166,
893 to Gladden's 209,995, accord-
ing to latest unofficial returns
East Harris County voted ir
step with the rest of Legislative
District 23, favoring R. G
"Nick” Nichols over Clyde MU-
ier, and Curtis Graves over Boh
Night Club Set Ablaze
Vicious Drunk'Blamed
For 8 Ft. Worth Deaths
FORT WORTH (AP)-A man
described as a “disgruntled,
vicious drunk"- touched oft a
blaze In an integrated night club
which killed eight persons late
Sunday night. Seven were Ne-
groes.
Witnesses at the west side
club—called "The Grave’’—said
darkness. *- .. .
Six men and two women,
trapped In the flames, died of
apparent smoke inhalation as
they groped over shuffle boards,
pinball machines and pool ta-
lies for a back door.
Seven bodies were found In a
poolroom at the rear of the
building. A single door was
elected, but East Harris County
ger. Bill Williams, 3,588 to 3,168.
State Rep
Billie, was
Hon,.'
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•VS*®*
Officer Section
BETA PSI chapter of Phi Sig-
ma Alpha will meet at 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday at the home of Mrs.
Dan Hutchins, 122 Lakewood
Baytown area
the rest of the county and the
Tfir~i~-iTl TTY ¥1 7 |hl,tory of flams-’ Baytown area campaign ,9. Je^el, „ prlnce 25 and
S^uL^^Jbero^d g^ously ifl l^recent monthT**1 Bayt0Wn “** voters ~ llke ’
Montgomery counties.
'•His' totter % consultant seph Brannon, 15, of Conroe,
to President Johnson In Wash- Tex., who was injured in a cycle
lngtoa. accident Saturday morning and
Cobb’s donor was William Jc- state — were against creation
^ — died, about 7.30 p.m. Sunday
u u c night.
a state milk price control hosplta{ with injuries.
Issue failed » ..We got , descrlptl___________
name.” said det. L. V. LeFils
commission. The
here 6,266 to 3,620.
In the governor's race, Yar-
'Election Central' Rather
Confusing, Reporter Finds
LeFils said Investigators
found no evidence that the incl-
vote. In East Harris County he
polled 4,401 to 2,727 for Lt. Gc
Preston Smith.
The third spot in the gover-
MARY FRANCES Wilkie plans
a trip . . . Opal Orms pleased
about her grandson's honor
ErwiXWIIbanks^
late . . . Judy Barber greets
an old friend ... Mrs. J. 8,
Keating on an errand for •
triend . : . MU. Vnukm ft
ing how the governor’s race or
a JP race or liquor-by-the-drlnk
was coming out.
Of coune, folks are wonder-
ing about a lot of other con-
tests, too.
’Hey,” one man Isks anotb-
The Doug Tromblees and
toe Bob Druces discuss the
elections ... Pat and Jackie
Patrick, formerly of Baytown,
Pfc; Rlehard “Henderson sayi
there really is a money tree and
that'he has one to'prove it. He
received it for his birthday. He
will leave-Sunday for Vietnam.
Have you seen Lany Whitley
JldiBg bto„.n^L:town, mower,
wearing his red jump suit?
Mrs. Tom Barron and son,
Mark, of McAllen are visiting
with her parents, Mr. and Mn.
,Wt T. Travis Jf. of Baytown.
By MIKE BLACKMAN
It is election night on the
second floor of the Harris Coun-
ty Court House.
The campaigns are over. It’s
time for the counting.
The county clerk’s office is
full of workers, all those neces-
sary to check, verity and tab-
ulate votes cast .in Harris Coun-
ty’s 305 precincts.
The office Is also full of polls
tlclans, reportcis and bystand-
ers 1. ,i none perticularily doing
much except adding to the con-
fusion and getting In the way.
Everybody there Is wonder- and their "election bureau cen-
inn Kii-mii (Ka nn<lamtAO** rir ft*o1o** QPO gnnrMltlAinrr fltoivl 88nri
Questions Solicited In
College 6oixl flection
Questions about flie Lee Col-
lege bond election to be held on
May 14 will be answered over
be broadcattat 7:15 a.m. dally,
Voters who have auestiens
pertaining to the proposed $984,
000 bond issue and a proposed
lax ceiling may telephone the
radio station at 424-5500, where
the radio station wU then ar-
'aijge to, have a Lee College
representative present »i|t‘ flic
n-xt 7:15 a.m. broadcast to ara-
swer the questions received
Loto News -
er, "how’s the horse • racing
doing?" \... ..
"Losing.” \
"Dam,’ lie says as he shakes
his, hehd hi disappointment.
Though official results are be-
ing tabulated at this of
one wag waiting around to
out to hear who’s winning.?
"Man, this is the last pla<
to come to find out results," one
reporter is lamenting. /
He Is right Most everyone is
going to an office down the hall,
where there is a television, to
learn election outcome. 1
Television and radio stations
The scene is ths^pourt house
elevator. In it are a Nfegro man,
who has been a judge at one
Republican precinct, his wife
and little boy apd a reporter.
The man is not particularly
no ecstatic over toe turnout in his
’ precinct, as only a half-dozen
Flash!
trail” are announcing trend and
totals long before county offi-
eials aref x
But no one blames the coun-
ty; the government has Its own
method of doing things — slow-
It is an hom- or so after the
polls have closed and there, to
a sready stream of election
judges, all carrying large en-
..... ■ their
1»t flnw" Tnr dotog^ Ads?
coinmenti ope. • ;_
“Me, too," says another weary
judge as both head down the
hall to get their $22.50'for the
day’s work. i ■ ?
It is 9 p.m. or so finally Coun-
ty Clerk R. E. (Bob) Turren-
line Jr-, standing behind a mi-
uuu oona issue ana a orooosea croPho«f. h announcing a few
etehSent htte tafli of the election results. But
eignt-cent nute m tne colleges ^ ^
there to too much noise; few ,
can hear what he says.
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TT
No Senke Charge
r
ax*..
Fooploa Skrtt Saak
' BMOr f A1X.
■: M +
■XX
ing on the phone, desperately
trying to explain to her boss
that their “election central’’ to
"all messed up.” . ‘ J
This to a night for the tired
and the weary and "
trated. For those
*9“-
wins, it to a night of relief, snd
for some, of celebration. 1
Wk. a..* ALt r
Tor those that did not tare'
so wen an fob night, however,
•here‘is one commentary, that
*''J»-remembere4'..,Xf-- .Bn
X- ". -X ' ‘ -fc: /.
have voted. Mistaking the re-
porter tor another Republican
election judge, h
"Buddy, don’t
and out. It’S not
* South Vietnamese troops
battle the Viet Cong in »
cemetery adjacent to Saigon’s
airport. The enemy troops
were repelled.
lection judge, he says:
“ •; don’t look so down
It’S not that bad."
The reporter, sensing the
man’s mistake in thinking him
another Republican, just says
"Yes. I know," and nods.
With a wink, a smile and a
note of optimism, the man adds,
• Striking telephone work-
ere hare put "tto voice witn
a smile” back In style with a
nationwide contract ratifica-
tion vote that officially ends
18-day walkout by Bell
“We’ll get’em in’ November."
tl
Joe Daniel, 22, a slender, soft- running and hollering and push-
spoken Negro, said he had been fng and falling down and trying
ing and set the fuel afire.
“I was sitting at a table talk-
ing, having a few beers, when
something just blew up,” said
i-orenzo Johnson, 28, a Negro.
’Everybody got up and ran,
"There was so much Smoke
you couldn't see. They were friend escaped harm,
outside at his car and was about to -get out the best way they
to re-enter the club when he
was halted by a Negro man.
“Hold up man—don’t go back
inside,” he quoted the man as
warning.
Moments later, Daniel told
mvestlgators^ ihc man, emptied
knew how.
"There wns a girl holding on
to me. She was just screaming.
I was the last one out"
Vann said he was outside
starting to leave when “I heard
raced to a back door.
"I thought my girl friend was
still In there," he said. "I could
hear people yelling and scream-
ing and trying to get out. I tried
to go in but It was too hot."
He said, however, his girl
Justice of the Peace Glenn I day morning, Vickery topped his
vlc-
Carroll Jo Penigar, .23.
All but Dillard were Negroes
Two person* were taken tp a
of the suspect. Customers told
dent was racially motivated
About 25 persons fled to safe-
ty as flames raced along bam-
boo curtains and turned the
building Into an intemo within
seconds. ,
The club once was Lucky’s
Drive-in Cafe but a sign outside
Identified It a*.....-’-"The Grave."
Hie motif included caskets.
Customers said a well dressed
Negro man was involved in the
disturbance with a waitress
about half an hour before the
fire. .
“We just told,him If he didn’t
behave he’d be kicked out,” said
Judy Andbrock, 18, who wa*
working behind the tali' when
(he fire broke out. "lie »at A
down, finished his beer and
left”
Joe Vann, 22, a former em-
before it happened.’
Sonny" Ferguson, in the race
for Democratic, nomination for
justice of the j^ace,'Precinct 3.
In official xtums computed
Monday morning after the Sat-
urday Democratic primary,
Vickery had won the nomina-
tion receiving 7,864 votes to Fer-
guson’s 4,663. -
In 20 of the 22 boxes In the
justice precinct for which The
Baytown Sun had reports Mon-
uh/ usuiuui||, sivnvijr i.aa
.— opponent in all but three of the „ . 4.
D. boxes *— Precinct % 103 and ^*8*l^N!xnii ngnt ta Texii wIT
ice 220. Reports Had not been ob- come tt the June U conventkm
Bulletin
MONTGOMERY, Ala., (AP)
— Former Alabama Gov.
George Wallace #a!d today he
had obtained 88,2(8 ilgnature*
Saturday from Texan* certify
lug they were member*' of Iht
American |*»rty.
He needed only 14,856 to get
on the presidential bnllot in
Texas.
Goodin; Precinct 165 Chairman
d Challeh-
Brodbury Diet
ANDREW J. BRADBURY gf 513
Uva Oak died Monday mbriilng
. „ in a Eaytown Hospital. Funeral ---------------------- .
Joe Vann, 22, a former em- arrangem2ntg are pending at Clurg turned back Reuben De
! yei^^he iSedT^mS Earthman Funeral Home. 'lloyos In a 808-203 vote.
This was about 30 or 40 minutes
talnd from Precinct 96 in High-
lands and 141 in Channelview,
although their totals are sup-
posedly Included In the overall
unofficial totals.
1W. 102, 149, 150, 165, 248, 249
250, 251 and 288.
Conservalim Win In
Precinct Rx« Here
Four East Harris County Con- endeavors.
servative Democratic precinct
chairmen held on to their post?
here Saturday, handily defeating
Liberal opponents for their
posts.
Precinct 12 Chairman J. Win-
ston Hayes defeated his chal-
lenger, John A. Miller by a vote
of 463 to 2U; Precinct 103
Chairman Mr*. W. A. Good-
rich won back her job by a vote
of 384 to 144 votes for Delton A.
.1. Roger Read defeated Ch-i
ger Ray Heinrich (no vote tabu-
lation received); and Wayne Me-
Control Of
Delegation
ties that likely will blaze mer-
rily until the November general
election.
And the superhot Democra.dc
runoff race between Lt. Gov.
Preston Smith and Don Yarbor-
ough may get singed in the
flames.
A quick glance at the situa-
tion shows:
Gov. John Cormatty, an unan-
nounced but expected future sup-
porter of Vice President IKltft
Humphrey, apparently ooiiireia
?»•* tottie-jtote Derre _
ocratlc convention June 11 in
ihdlaa despite blitz efforts of
supporters of Sens. Eugene Mc-
Carthy and Robert F. Kennedy.
However, numerous precinct fla-
xes will be carried on to the
county conventions May ’ll and
cventoally to the state conven-
tion where Cbwially hopes to be
given leadership of a 104-mem-
ber natipnai cqnyentiqBLdejegg':
tlon bound to him as a favorite
son candidate. McCarthy and
Kennedy supporter, want the
delegation uncommitted.
Sen. John Tower, R-Tex., easi-
ly won approval of Republican
prednetB Saturday night as
resulted In several amendments
to the endorsement. In Harris
County and some Panhandle pre-
cincts, the resolutions were
changed to require that after the
first nomination ballot Tower
should cast Texas’ 56 vote* for
California Gov. Ronald Reagan.
In Dallas County some precincts
said second ballots Should go to
Rfchard Nixon. At other places,
including some Jefferson Coun- ’
HP
delegation should not be commit-
ted in advance on votes efter the
first ballot. The climax of the
in Corpus Qhristt when the 56-
member delegation is named and
officially Instructed.
The Democratic gubernatorial
runoff is expected to become en-
Vlckery led .Ferguson In Pry- jangled J*1* Prwl<*en_tla{, P?01'
I
said repeatedly he would "do
everything I can do to block the
nomination of Sen. Robert Ken-
-
nedy as the Democratic nominee
for president.” Although Smith
battled Connally during the 1967
legislature, he pledged In the
first primary campaign to sup-
port the governor’s favorite son
Yarborough said bet** Presi-
dent Johnson withdrew from the
race that he thought Johnson
would be the best nominee. Since
then he has mentioned presiden-
tial politics little. However, one
of jits chief sources of support
1* the Texas AF^PO which
wants an uninstructed delega-
tion with no favorite son candi-
date and wants Humphrey as
the nominee with Sen. Ralph
, Yarborough, D-Tex., as rice pre-
sident. Senator Yarborough, tsbo
worked tor Jonn F. Kennedy In
1960 while Connally was wonting
for Johnson, has made no presi-
‘ r, p
(Se, CONNALLY, Page 2)
City Hall 'As An Investment'
art
If
$yMIKE DON8POSD
Fbr'19 years, the efty hall on
West Main served the City of
Petty as a combination city hail
and community center.
Ftor another 19 yean; It
Attorney Bill Laughlin, for the lie Safety, whlcH tareg drlvert
L
old building. The: going price
Was $7,55151.
Laughlin, who Is vl«|e presi-
dent of Kranco, Inc., of Hous-
ton, * Arm wtiich makes over-
head cranes, said he bought the
license
ground floor of the old1 city hall, j
still has about 16 months re-
maining of its original 20-month
lease. Laughlin said that under
terms at his purchase agreement
m
mm
M
•enred the Qty of Baytown as old city hall primarily as an in- the DPS station would remain
^ municipal govern- Vestment. He said hit company in the building at ieist untii iU
mMlt H ’"' W .amam .. nHi*. loakn ovnlroc
J
ment.
The end was in sight for the
antiquated structure when on
pew city hall.
Several months ago, after
Baytown's c 11 y government
moved Into its new, plush civic
center, city fathers put the old
red brick city hall building up
for sale. There were few takers.
Now, after going out again for
bids on the community relic, the
city council last week accepted
a bid from Thomas E. Laugh-
Bo Jr,, tasttwr of Baytown City
■j._:
lease expires. u
The old city hall building U a || ,,,
500 Pi
•mow now the city it growing, ture with 6,384 square^ feet of * J vy *,wn.
has no plans to open an office
in Baytown.
|
I
the building V structurally
sound. For the price, I think it’s
a good Investment"
The Texas Department of Pub-
water collection, accounting, tag
office, city clerk, city attorney,
city health office and city man-
ager — were crammed tor years
■m.
w sm
NO SERVICE
CHARGE
CITIZENS NATIONAL
Bank & Tiust Co.
into the building. It has seen
much of the history of'the
Cities area go by.
a R. “Chris” Myers, former
city manager of Petty and Mayor
cf Goose Creek, recalled that
(See BAYTQNUJf, ra«a I)
1 ~ " m
fistic*
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