The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 117, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 5, 1970 Page: 1 of 18
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TELEPHONE NUMBER: 422-8302
OVER 50,000 READERS EVERY DAY
Thursday, February 5, 1970
BAYTOWN. TEXAS, 77520
4\
Tan Cents fer Copy
City To Penalize Patrons For Late Water Bill Payment
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I
leo Tickets
kYTOWN DAY tickets for the ;
pHiston Livestock
lodeo are still available from
Citizens National Bank,
Copies State Bank and First
Rational Bank . Baytown day isf-
f 2 p.m. -March 1.
food Ordinances
gDIS MUENN1NK, city
initarian, will speak at 7:30
un. Thursday at a League of
lomen Voters public meetingj
I the Community Center
food ordinances will be
iscussed, with particular!
s on matinspectionf
quireroents in the city^
Luncheon
CHAPPELL, division
General
_ Sftonhnrfp Pa »ii
Jf
the telephone system at
luncheon meeting of the
Baytown Chamber of Com-
merce at noon Friday at!
MulIJiiylmi. ..............- " 1
‘Musical Set
" NTEMPORARY Folk Mu-
ical, ‘Down in the Valley.”
— be presented at 7 p.m.
'riday at the Highlands Junior
'woi auditorium by students
Ross Sterling High School;
is |1. Proceeds go to
Parents Council in
Note to city water, sewer and garbage customers: Better not penalizing anybody on drinking water. You're assessing a repeated billing. I fee)-the penalty system is fair and just and
start paying your bills on time or they are going to start cdstffig penaltyonthepeoplewhodon'tpaytheirbUls.’hesaid. all the cities around here have such a system in effect,”
you more Councilman Leonard Stasney, who made the original motion Stasney added. '
The Baytown City Coupcil Tuesday night passed a motion to to authorize City Finance Director J. B. LeFevre to furnish the Councilman Alien Cannon seconded Stasney’s motion and
begin penalizing Baytonians who are tartjji in paying their bate city's Jaillmg agent, Automated Computer Systems, Inc., Of requested J. B. LeFevre to explain why the move was
for city services. * ' W » Baytown, with the necessary programming data, said he necessary,
Councilman T. L. (Ted) Kloesel was the lone dissenter. "I thought it was a good move. LeFevre said toe efty would realize about $15 000 to estra
,.nd it hard to go along with you on putting a penalty on "Personally, 1 feel as long as everyone is paying their fair revenue over a year's period of time. "We have an average of
drinking water, “Kloesel said. "I'm opposedtoit, and 1 intend share for city services, then those who pay late should have to about $12,000 in late utility payments out of about $80 000 total
to go on record stating so." pay a penalty," Stasney said. -— billing,” LeFevre said.
’ Councilman Lamar Kelley disagreed with Kloesel "You’re "Those who pay late cost us money io accounting and leFevre said he probably would recommend about a 10 per
cent minimum assessment be imposed for late payers. "I'd
say we are running about a IS per cent delinquency right now.
Of course we have a recurring number of people who are
delinquent."
Over a six months study, LeFevre said the lowest
delinquency rate was about J0.fi per cent.
lAEpvre said the city ordinance will have to be amended to
authorize the penalty and probably will be read in a council
meeting this month. Council meets on Feb. 12 and 26.
' “Idon.'t think it will go into effort until sometime In March,"
I^Fevre said.
m-
m-
U.S. Planes Bombard
Missile Sites, Guns
- , " . -; -
2nd Raid auxin# Policy Cited
-Southern Senators Aim
Our
Few Days Toning Down HEW BUI
CAir.HW i AP) — Amariran ’ W
tate-LL .««. SAM WAS!JINGTON1AP, - tep
missile sites and antiaircraft ■"* ™aU>™ »£**“ » »
guns in North Vietnam Monday ^ educaUon bill today, hofv
Tor the second time in less than £ a tach amendments tha
■■ I ,ed by Mississippi IfcriSwTirt
+HOUSTON (AP| ~ Gen.
ers to the $33 billion education choice plan he said is now state Earl Rudder, president of the
law in New York,
"If public school students in
New York should not be bussed
to overcome the vestiges of a Hospital
dual school system, the public
school students of the South
measure to legalize the freedom
of choice ptans once prevalent
in the South, but now in general
disfavor with the federal courts.
> Stennis said one of his amend-
ments would put into effect for
ML Ux'cmmnd^d^liTdw the ehttre nation a freedom of should not be bussed for that
Moose Lodge
IE MOOSE Lodge at 515 W
sin wili ha ve a dance Friday
ht. with music by Percy
yail's band! Members and
* ir invited guests will a ttend
itions are $1.
lough Riders
BAYTOWN ROUGH Riders____
wfflW^O^uiLFriday •----
V BOVNTO
Uvities
•mjtiers are urged to attend.
Irother-In-Law Dies
it
IES L GUMMING, M. I Oyster Friday
brother-in-law of Mrs Steele
POINT-OYSTER
Cooks S. T. Pattlilo And R. C. Read Give Tbetr Okay
3,000 Expected Friday
At Annual Oyster Fry
encounter on Jan 28. an F105
Marsh Will Not Seek
2nd Term As Regent
U. (Bud) Marsh, whoae 1966 to fill an unexpired term, ,h*’ ( WASHINGTON (AP|
rm on the Lee College Board are ending in April and both oul ■e*t5mT!?01 . President Nixon, replying
Rod, Reel and Gun Club, will
sing its annual Ode to the
With murmurs ©(---pleasure
jMcDonald, died Wednesday in and snacks of rtljsh, about
a Baytown nursing home. The 3,000 persons are expected to
body will be taken to Huntsville‘sample the succulent little
for burial Curoming had livedjbivalves at -the club's 1970
fjto Bqptown since’early Oc- oysterfry, tobefteldat the
* - Rod, Reel and Guii Clubhouse
tober
KC Daneg
■; A WESTERN dance will be
' Columbus Hall. 2600 W Main.
Music for the"cISiiCe will be
furnished by the Lakeside
finer and better TfWreverr’jagW^^
says Grover Edge. the club'sibayra jew years ago,
leadership of toeBayshore jperermiaimaestroof the oyster Edge and -chef R. C. Read
fry Edge made a quick to- dropped by to show a sampling
spection trip Wednesday down of oysters to ailing E. C.
to Smith Point where 250 (Eddie)' Huron, who usually
gallons of oysters are being 'presides over -the.—club's
prepared for the occasion. caking-^rat^Jor
Edge allowed as to how the oyster fry but who has been ^ ——
oysters, now lying on the reefs sidelined by' surgery. Huron
undisturbed by dredging expertly priedbuge-shett
operations: have had time to open and slid the raw oyster
grow to sizable proportions. into his mouth and sighed.
The Rod Reel and Gun Club "ah" with pleasure,
bigger.+waged a relentless battle Serving hours for, the oyster
-—-———— fry. Wji( be continuous from 11
a.m-. to 8 p.m: Tickets will be
available at the door for each
at 3223 Minnesota
The oysters
helicopter were shot down and
eight Americans were missing.
The Americans disclosed the
air activity over North Vietnam
shortly after allied forces hailed
offensive operations for a 24-
hour cease-fire for Tet, the Viet- term on the Lee College Board (try ending in April and hot
iwmwluw'wwyearcelebra. of Regents expires in April, have announced as candidates,
tion. The allied truce began ll announced Thurday that he - w„paK <_ ,nn,„ini,imJ hf*
hoursafterafour-daycease-fire wlll not seek election. *££• LZ" had
Marsh was appointed to the I 11. j
origlmii college board in 4965 °f
rireumstancesofthe attacks on for. five years. The nine ’ , , ,, (hHt hp ^
tiie North Vietnamese batteries original members were given 7.
Monday were the same as those staggered terms, with three ^8££4hU i,d<,Ulonal
the previous w«k: The North, posts expiring in 1966, three in ^ y
Vietnamese fired on American 1968 and three in 1970.
purpose, either," he declared
His second proposal would es-
tablish it as national policy to
itrtrttf ^ifaiirn Enforcement of w yioaiing inr
SgSaSiTaJ^ElIf Air and Water Pollution Act
—11 Harrison County authorities
saW.
Sen. Sam. J. Ervin Jr., D*
held from 9 p m to 1 a m. PPM . „ nri. rr..)
Ballot On Carswell - S±i
North
The attack Monday occurred
‘over North Vietnam near the
f^aotian border in the Ban Karat
Pass area 30 miles west-south-
west of Dong Hoi," the com-
mand said This 4s about 20
miles north of the demilitarized
zone between North and South
Vietnam,
The terms of Sam Bramlett, Board of Regents has been an much delay in school diesegro- and said he is urging both
on the original board, and Dr,
Ben Amnions, appointed
IlSl
“-■“UlFacing Week Delay
.,usual, there will
Unbe^of-
hand Congressman
enjoyable experience for me,"
in Marsh said, "and I (kill miss
the fellowship with the other
the ad-
Strat.onand ^*b;;:77ibly for88mUch
"Working with such a har-^_J^-:
i, there will be * unwednesaaypiortnvietnam .
potocal iigures on charged that waves of U S. jet j
Eckhardt is due by in the at- number of populated areas on
teriuon, and club memtiers are Monday in Quang Binh Prov-
. HaWJUIl, 0HUtmUUICIIIUCI»aiC .vsvssxwa/ us Wguwsse uum ..VT-
WASHINGTON*( AP) - Sen. the first Republican 'ienildrTgpe^ fee, 6he same provtnee where
Tvrfrny. ixvx he wid, to announce against Cargwejl. borough, who is due to be in
‘force at least a
i Senate Judiciary Committee
j.»mnng nn the Suofyic Court
nomination ^ Judge G. iiarroid
_________ ___________ ______. -......0„, _____________thell.S.'Comniand reportedtbiTg
nntht. willlie attack on the antiaircraft sites.
-- tors have said publicly lh<yTable to attehd ": ^^ — ^ -amthfeJv^ftgrtb»attarkiinii
would oppose the southern judge (xticials from both Harris Jan the North Vietnamese
r^NewrYark to pick im>*nej?
■ ion ideas ;. .
Young
Cwswelj.
The Maryland Democrat’s
announcement Wednesday
came, as Sen, Charles E.
Goodell oLNe# %k calletLajnj
news 'conference for .today j lay
amid indications he would be! we<
sin and Walter F. Mondaie of
’°*7" r;
'* Lincoln Day recess lasting until
—Feb. 17. ,
Civil rights leaders have been
urging the committee to give
.. j
plant a trip to IMas for the __
annual Men s Fashion Assort- Increase 18
stion of America meeting ,, , , ,,
Merle Coates busy with her Seen 1H IX
~ ------ ^'**‘*1^ ^ againsttheSO-yearoldTallahas-
222*;r; Tnnieto0 ^ ^ ' l^^owon the 5th
programs!* £££ Be«ie ^ Court of App«te,
Dirham announced
The all-intlusjve figure for
*' Tefaf U,i,W, (Vmir
oke a-rule allowing city Manager Friu
any committee member to de- Ijflham is ^ng ^ -the
a vote by toe panel for a
-anM-4.hambers-.£ounties are, charged That the U S planes
due to be on hand, as well js afffia^omBCTFairi stmfod popu-
number of representatives to fated places. y- , j
amendment that differs from
Stennis’proposal.
The courts have tossed out
many freedom of choice plans
on grounds they failed to end
thedui
terns.'
Civil rights advocate* will op-
UUI, pi
Texas A&M University
System, remained in serious
condition today in Methodist
+GULFPORT, Miss. (AP)
- Worley Dietrich, Rock-
port, Tex., tugboat captain,
was free on $5,900 bond today
following his arrest on
charges of violating the state
replying to
from Soviet
pose the riders, contending attempt, by the major
•Serving on the 1 Ate College u,ere f,as already been too powers to end the conflict,
gation.
But the sharp controversy is
expected to delay final passage
President Nix
a message
Preniier Alexei Kosygin, has
rejected Russian charges
that the UJ. and Israel are
entirely responsible for
mounting violence In the
it. Nixon catted for
renewal of constructive
-If!
PBP IsraeUx to follow a
U.N. cease-fire resolution. f
montous and and-progressive __
group has been a real pleasure.
There have been times of
disagreement but never
discord. A good working rela-
tionship exists on this board, PARTLY CLOUDY to cloudy
and 1 am pleased to havp had through Friday^ turning Washington,
the. opportunity to serve the cooler Thursday night wKh a
Weather T
And Tides
-(-WASHINGTON (AP) -
Pentagon officials say
President Ntxon’s plans to
expand the Safeguard ABM
system do not inelade
positioning defensive
missiles near major UJ.
cities. They say the only
exception, eventually, wilt be
f
L. J. (BUD) MARgH
collegeandthecorriinunityasfl dnmee tor slwweni Friday,
regent during these five Temperature range Thur-
years." -------- sday: upper 40s to tow 60s.
-fTTffirfl Mafih 111 a supervisor in MORGAN’S POINT tides for
/ : HuinQe'Dll JUKI llefinwg Friday: Highs at 4:01 a m.
mechanical division. Mi | || III III ‘ “
in the, office of the college. a.m. Friday) sunset at «:#$
eompTroTftrr~fttvlii' Milesr
+BEIRUT, Ubanon (AP)
A Befrur newspaper
reports that the Soviet Union
began a new airlift of arms to
Egypt three days ago The
around Cairo t
In Egypt-
■■'■w ■■
Texas, which is toe new loca-
r tiatyif LingoOids, formerly the
home of Courtesy Ford.
■ Birthday greetings are in
_;I, order for Mrs E Waugh
Jr .Former Channelview
~ resident Jack _Qgg is a can-
i didate for - re-election in
Vi! District 22. Position One. in
The
students
registered for the
Tides Running
High As Coldv
Front Stalls
Tides in the Baytown area
were running two to two and
« „ , , ar ,, one-haljf feet above normal
OrsweU, who in repudiating T^^jay morning, but had
a white supremacy speech he nc^H} ^ noofl - -
listgpringwas 2.763.
number of regular anwctodtofBeistateroemdur-'*”00
tag theday m answer tohis efit-
expected. The high tides were
] lie bearings Tuesday but agreed JjSy ^todTh^Sid *!“**
mark the end of a busy season .A
license plate time programs lor setf-unprove-
Siiririsss--.-.
No Sonrids Charpa
BcnUt^l’s Easy At
for self-ipiprove-
mat, toe nursing classes,
"the Texas Department of Cor-
rections program, adult ba-
se education Manpower De-
vriopment and Training Act
programs and ottyea- special
Mrs Durham said
Firemen Set Home
nspeetion Program
— J. . '—C7——- —
which is designed to provide
professional , advice - to
homeowners of possible fire
hazards Which may exist in
Civil De- their home
Also, ' according to Fire
Marshal W. H. Taylor and
Hickerson said that no dan- Capt! W - C; "Turher, the
ger to homes or buddings, is
Houston:
A weather bureau spokes-
man said skies would continue
mostly cloudy through Friday
with little'change in tempera-
By RON LENNARD two weeks . He said the
The Baytown Fire Depart- program is strictly voluntary
«eBLis;4ady^ioJiriL^_i for the bomeowner and
home mspection fire program inspections will not betns
'tad weathi-t where rriuddy
shoes and dripping raincoats
would be burdensome to toe
housewife.
Out firemen will hot inspect
bedrooms or attics unless they
are invited to do so," Turner
Each year about 65 per cent of
fires’ within buildings occur to
home. National figures
indicate, and 1 think this is
very significant, that about
two-thirdj of the people who die
as a resfolt of fires lose their
es. ProtaWiy of pricipi- pY« m( these home fires."
tation Thursday night and Turnei^sald the program in
Friday te 20 per cat Wytown will begin in about
program will also provide
safety tips and precautions living rooms, kitchens and
that should be observed around basement ",
the home Turner said firemen will ask
Fire Chief L. V. Bailey said "permission to enter a home and
a request turning them down
does not constitute a penalty or
(See HOME, Page 2)
said, and what we are really
interested jp is tosepecting the
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FULL SERVICE
No Service Charge
Citizens National
Bank 4 Trust Co.
SUPT GENTRY HONORED BY PTA
SUFT, EMERITI S George H. Gentry was honored Wednesday by tbe Baytown Parent-
Teaeher Association Oty Council at its annual Founders Day luncheon. Gentry, who retires at
tbe end of August after 24 years as superintendent here, was extoQed to speech and song and,
along with Mrs. Gentry, was presated a beivy Inscribed silver tray. Mrs. Gene Bowen, right,
iwesoted (be tfftl ~
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Hartman, Fred. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 117, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 5, 1970, newspaper, February 5, 1970; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1061362/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.