The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 96, Ed. 1 Monday, January 12, 1970 Page: 1 of 14
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The Baytown Sun Invites
MR. AND MRS. J. P. COLLINS
6522 Highway 73
7 " to the Branson Theater
Good For Two Tickets When Presented
at the Branson Bos Office
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Mothers Club
BAYTOWN A&M Mothers Club
will meet at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday
at the Civic Center. A book
; Program, and
the club will electa duchess to
the annual A&M Cotton Ball.
Crosby Meeting
THE CROSBY SCHOOL Board
was to meet in a closed con-
ference with its attorney, Joe
Reynolds, at 3 p.m. Monday
F
hear Reynolds' interpretation
of Judge Joe Ingraham s
issued Wednesday
desegrefai
district next Sept. 1. 1
President James Ewell
the board wants to know what
specific steps to take in
Tarrying out thejudge’s order,
Duplicate Bridge DANCE SO OTHERS Might walk Is the theme for the annual Crippled Children's Ball slated
HUMBLE DUPLICATE
Bridge Club will have a game
at 7 15 pm, Monday at the
Community Building. All
members, associate members
=^-a»dW
Burnet Council
BURNET ELEMENTARY
Parent^ .Council will meet at
9.30 a m. Tuesday in Room 2 at
the school.
BirchSociety
FRANK CHILDS invite* the
' public to a meeting of the John
—~ Birch Society at. 7:30 p.m
Tuesday in % the Bluebonnet
Room at the Civic Center. The
topic of discussion will be night will consider adoption of
SAIGON (API - The US,
Command announced today the
major units among the 50,000'
CRIPPLED CHILDREN’S BALL SET :
nrr an rmn-BC Ml«h< Walk la tko th»m» far llw nntliml I’rlmlnl I'MMrM'i Rail ibOJ IBUI<-al rl«' Mum, ur» nnncldwtna
Jan. 31 at die Knights of Columbus Hall. The dance, with Frank
sponsored by theJCnlghto of Columbus and the Elks Lodge. Pictured are Robert E. Donnelly,
ticket chairlnan, Gary Bradford, Mrs. Billy Wheaton, disector of the Cerebral Palsy Center,
and Vernon Hill, co-chairman of the dance, la 1969 over f^Wwas donated to the CP Centerf<*
a total of ever $5,900 Airing the six years the dance has been held, i Sun Photo)
Drug Policy Also On Agenda-
_ cut I
Student Behavior To Beg
Discussed By Trustees
iior Fighting Units
e To Leave Vietnam
Pull-Out iRrooks First To Seek Re-Election:
Set Over
3 Months
4th Infantry Division
Also pulling out will be three
dude several artillery batta-
I>eg i si a live Races For Baytown
Representatives Slow In Forming
drawn From Vietnam By April became ’ffieflrsl Will wek re-election but legislative
15. They Include the 1st Infantry
. .pFBchnlral - ypcathmalEduca-[include children with learning
.As yet, none of the six state Intentions of State U
representatives of District 23, Uruo Cruz of Place 5 have
“a number of smaller combat
support and service support
units,of an'.services,'' the oom-
"'pwse snalkr units will to- d piac^ 4 amiturtis Graves ofl&nateporttoT988
1, Linden Williams of Place 2, After two terms In the House,
Joe Alien of Place 3, Rex Braun he successfully ran
Some of
the prlncip
bilk h«
which includes Baytown, have been divulged
filed for re-election, but at least Sen. Brooks, who represent* .
five of them are considering the seventh senatorial district, bill creating the Unlwrslty of coverage aiainst uninsured
seeking re-election, T “"'[waselectedtotheTexasHeuaej T«as—MedieaT-Braneh 4rt|n»torista^ and .meral :.othar_
Tt -C. (Nick) Nichols of Place of ,Representatives in 1962. Houston; a measure author)* auto insurance reform bills,’
ing the Coordinating Board and co-authored three major
for the to contract with Baylor Medi- pollution control blUs,-----
cal School of Houston for (See RACES, Page 2)
“Texas” resident
students, and a
>g
has medical
authored during his tenure In measure expanding the state’s
the Senate are the Texas special education program to
tion Act of 1969, the 1967 Open disabilities and language
Meetings law giving citizens handicaps,
access to meetings of tax-sup- He also authored Senate Bill
ported governing bodies; a 219, which pgovided insurance
•What is the John Birch
Society?"
BEA Ta Meet
BAYTOWN EDUCATION
Association will meet at 7:30
p.m. Tuesday in Bowie School
auditorium, according to
President Jepp Busch.
BLT Tickets *
RESERVATIONS for ‘The
PaisleyConvertible ’ -are being
taken from 2 to 5 p.m, daily at
Wboxbfficev 424-7617. The
play Will run Friday and
a new policy on disruptions or
distractions in classrooms and
the misuse of drugs
a committee of Harris County in the penal code of the State of
mntMmtkHitimls (UMuiiitae fnr Tavae -
By JOHNELLA BOYNTON
TTie school board Monday superintendents, provides for
BULUETOT
HOUSTON (Spi— Harris
County Commissioners Court
voted 3 to 2 Monday on a
j t^tn3*B»rdVo M' otber disruption and for the
students who participate in
such demonstrations- in
terfering with normal; in
limit the granting of
variances to industries
(permission to continue
Smurdarari^^
Theater. County Commissioner V. V.
Reserve Police Kamscy o( Precln<,r* *nd
BAYTOWN RESERVE police
Commissioner
will meet at 7 pm. TOesdaytol ^^^^rom
“granting no variances.
Voting 'for die resolution
were County Judge Bill
suspensions from school for
students who distribute visual
or auditory materials on or
near the premises of a school
-the
principal of that school.
The policy would also
provide for suspension of
students . Who encourage or
participate in a protest
another school system not W be
jadmiUedtoscbool
his suspension term has ended.
Also, a report of any ment^d the »,(*W men being
demonstration; sit in, walkout
The drug misuse section of
the policy would provide for
Baytown Family Has
.ssssnesl Errs iiteistmas
(Squatty i Lyons wanted to suspension f rom classes for the
remainder of die school term o
of, having used,.or under the
influence of marijuana or ‘any
I w,.v .narcotic, hallucinatory, g^j^c uuic, m •
| Elliott and Commissioner?. Jiypnoto, .or Native drug or reactkffl to Christmas
Bill Elliott and, W. Kyle tony chemical, alcohol or _ uh „ this year.
Chapman- (stimulant as defined under and Anyway, they prolonged
lions and a civil affairs compa-
ny, it was learned. A10 per cent
cut is, also being ordered in
many headquarters staffs
Headquarters said the first
„ritsirill begin moving out ear-
. iy next month. Hie 1st Infantry
revision was the flrst Army di-
vision sen! to Vietnam, Pj
years ago,
‘ 'Hie latest withdrawals
third ordered by President Nix-
on, will reduce the' authorized
U S. troop ceding in Vietnam to
434,000 "it will bring the total
Texas,
The policy: xvould also
provide for any student under _ _ __
suspension for drug misuse irrl^j^ YLieriean "troops
disciplinary action for misuse
of drugs shall be attached to
the student's transcript Of
credits sent to any other school
to which a student under
disciplme may attempt to
1 transfer.
(See STUDENTS, Page I)
withdrawn since last July to
■nieU,S, Command announce-
-wtthdrawn in-the next three
months will include 29,500
Array, 12,900 Marines, 5.6(H) Air
Force and 2,000Navymen. ^“prepare tomarch for post
s . . « i. nwint
A weekly summary also is-
sued today by the U.S. Cam-
. rnand showed that American BuR ctty
Anotlier itetnon toe school tn Vietnam
dropped 6,000 last week
Our La Porte Voters Say No
World To Switch YardOrdinance
+LAGOS (AP| - The
western powers are
preparing' a massive relief
forces press close to victory
in the civil war with the
secessionist state. Blafra’s
leaders have left the country,.
+Jacksonville, fi*.,
housewives have launched a
campaign to obtain a
Supreme Court order for
desegregation nationally or
not at all, and high school
students In Atlauta, Ga„
:--1— -—-——
LA PORTE (SpV — A $3 payroll of 9500,000 and would serve Southern Pacific's tn-
mlllion railroad switching yard
turned down Saturday by clty and the La Porto School
ponement of a court order
integrating teaching staffs 19
The Charles McMofrowMcMomm was a guest of a
family. 53fl3Jke Driie, had »|famlly m Seattle for Christ
qias. He was on a short
Christmas leave with an Air
Force“buddy and spent five
L€ Prison Classes
jeoutd all be to#
j they always have been m the
flfj
night on a M-day leave. On
past The McMorrows waited Friday he drove up to Hunt-
at Stephen F Austin ...Skate
—Universityi sends birthday
- wisltos to Rwy Nixfl
ccredilaiion
j until Friday night to open their
presents and enioy the
traditional (bristmas dinner
with their son, Charles Jr,,
home from'the Air rorce tn
wishes to Rabby Nixon who is , pnsoft. ^assw ciai. program which was evaluated
celebrating his 30th ^ by the viating toam on nine Idaho,- affit thnr dauglftor, ■■■
. . Gina Turpin drops bVfor a, - an inwtahi prestige standards^AMeae-pur-'Lynda, tf, how from Samlaodwas'i
visit ,. . Angela Cheatham pc>se, organization and ad-!" -
among the flew drivers in] • ■ ■ hfl. thp | mijiistratlon. educational
ofSd'Xditatkm of. th. Ug«n, Mf resource
Southern Association of -actllly' , ™2i ntot iS
College Schools, just as .the ?
regular program on the Lee ^ standards' deceived
CoUe^e campus has had,forL afate ^^nenMrom the
’ear.s i visiting team with the: ex-
DavitKT, Kelly, associate ceptjon of the library facilities
Baytown.
Mrs, Wanda Wooverton has
any and all Wonhatipn when it
comes to her sorority .
Frank Gerza sparing around
in a new triKk . Usda
Wilder makes one of her brief
visits to Baytown . Diane
The
that, the
svilie to bring his sister home
the eider
Charles
Air Force
Seeretaiy of Defense Melvin
JR, Laird has expressed
concern that a congressional
limitation of spending for the
Vletnamlzatlon progra'm
conld slow U S. troop with-
drawals frqmthe war,
(WASHINGTON (APi-
Texas bllltonalre H. Ross
Perot says he Is exploring
every avenue ta secure the
release of ll.S. servicemen
being held In North Vietnam,
u- h* h«x offi-red.UiJbuy.
La Porte voters In a referen-
dum election. ■.....
The vote was . 460 . to 332
against *n ordinance passed
Nov. 17 by the city commission
which would have enabled the
Southern Pacific railroad to
and portions of West Adams,
West Tyler, Madison, North E
and North F streets between
'North 18th and North 19th
street;.....- -L__|
Saturday’s referendum in
effect repealed the ordinance
ajljfen or. whatever f*i<l
the North Vietnamese need;
^WASHINGTON (API-
for the Christmas festivities f>dfra, Tradr Commission
W.V'aiaMbd11’ ' *"* ^aTforaeys 'are- preparing a
- ~‘J” McMerrow: gu’"'
r^^^^mTu‘a!turers
Houston Stsrte University,
It was l^ynda’s hies two days
before Criristmas to wait until
her brother could join them in
iStmas. '
We just opened one present
apte^’McMorrowsaid.
Meanwhile, Airman iHj j
requiring
to specify
would be offensive because of
noise, would lower values of
nearby property and would be
dangerous because of lethal
gases and
chemicals that.WPtMkeiouted;
Southern Pacific officials
said the yard would represent a
$3 million investment, would
employ about 50 people with a
increase tax revenues to the
District by about $30,000 a
yen’
The yard was planned to Porte
dustrial customers along the
Houston Ship Channel and in
dustrial complex south of La
Hearing Held Here-
Go vernnie!!!.Studied
State legislators concluded and discuss the possibility of
their two-day hearing on data regional computer centers for
processing needs In state the colleges and universities.
FMf ASHINGTON | AP|— government^. at; Lee Collegej As ai-esult of the hsarliigs,»»
turnout of fi2 voters was the
largest in a city election in
many years.
The Citizens’ City im
provement Club which ob-
talned the referendum by,-—- —r ----—- ----------*---------
petition opposed the switching automatic data processing computer
vard on the ground that it heard numerous college and Inadequately funded now by
with a tour of the Manned committee will make
Spacecraft Center to see the recommendations to the 62nd
world’s most sophisticated Legislature next year,
equipment in computers. Rep. Cordell Hull of Fort
The interim House Com-Worth] chairman of the
mlttoe on . the utilization of committee, said he believes the
university officials describe the state because of lack of
computer service needs during information by the Legislature,
the hearing Thursday and Representatives on the study
Friday in Baytown. The committee are Dean Cobb, vice
flammable committee held its first chairman, from Dumas;
hearing in Arlington last month Harold Davis of Austin, Elmer
rr.r-iiirT-r. s
in various parts of the state. Wetdon.c
The purpose of the com-Allen of Baytown,
mlttoe.is to study the data Testifying Thursday mor-
processing equipment needs (See HEARING, Page 3)
DeGarmO; add Mike Burgess executive secretary of the ^ 'tt?e Huntsyilje center
e»Jdy « party; ' ' Cerruniatoon Colleges for the Jteani recommHanded thai, uk
Barbara Uncalto-calU m r Southern Association in (reference books and sup-
reminder . .Caro! Billings Atlanta. Ga., informed the 'pjementary materials be in-.]
gets a ijffCtM’ «ewenmewlT^wJ4«»g» .that accreditation was .wi»<i that ihf collection of
Sharlet Jasper gets a special voted by the executive council' • •
of The Sun . Mrs .Andy
daughters, Sherri
and Ixiura,’
Travis
City Choir Is
To Be Formed
If you Can sing high notes.
By
ANAHUAC (Sp)
Congressman Ja'ck Brooks of
the 9th Congressional District
told a grotg) of Chambers
low, notes or ih-between notes, W ” ■-
’you are- invited to attend a '
meeting Tuesday to organize a
-■ | books, be catalogued and total
•Bib was the result of a foldings made known and
raconunendataft-^ -visiOni! • available toall unik wittudBw
it Mrs. Maryicommittee which recently center-and that a professional Baytown Chorale.
ells are investigated the Lee College lrbrariah should be obtained Jack Walton, Robert E Lee;
living in Dayton. " IpFngram in various state for the Huntsville, Center j choral director, , says the
Mr and Mrs. Jstol.Walker,’^nson units. .libraries as soon as possible meeting will WBMd “at 7:36
smd Mrs. Grover K. Edge.; Amilmber of Lee College j .Efforts to follow these j p.m^in riieRobert
Mrs M T Waddeil Sr “faculty membri^commute to-recommendattoBa^are' now|School Ctw’ “ I
Mrs M T. • pnsow to'teach in-'IWgjnique - underway.. ] serve as
dU All expenses in the college i chorale. ;■
ram are reimbursed by A Baytown Chorale would
the state-agd by proceeds frjim (fulfill a need expressed -%
-and .Mr
; - Waddell
tended Swi^ Criss
Governor for a
t aver the w,
director of
project to higher
’hie's*AtttKui|h several - other
'* es conduct these classes,
Ue Gsilege has the largest
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college uT
i the’!
^Not any funds ^many persons who have noted
■ tax the growing population «f
Baytown and (he increased
'mtejest- in the performing arts,
JSah
Hits Rice Allotment Cut*
—
Rep. Brooks Lashes Out At
’ I * . 4-*
kind of confftM.
Chambers County Judge O.
F. Nelson Jr. told the gathering
that Congressman Brooks “has
was sponsored by the Cham-
bers-Liberty Counties
Navigation District, the canal
system of the navigation
district, the American Rice
residents here led us year after year before Growers Association and other
Saturday that he thought the
smallest book in the world
should be entitled: What U.S.
Secretary of Agriculture
Knows;barrier and reservoir, wtuch^
when completed,' will give us
the Congress to secure ap-
proval of area navigation and
flood control projects, notably
the Wailisville salt
about Rice.’
Brooks addressed nearly 200! almost 100 per cent assurance
persons from Liberty and:of an adequate supply of fresh
Chambers County at a specialiirrigation water." -
Jack Brqoks Day and fish fry ] The special . day
at White Memorial Park. : Congressman and Mrs. I
Most of those attending were]
rice farmers' and ranchers. ^
And Tidt*
FAIR AND COOLER Mon-
day., Temperature range ex-
pected, « ta JLde^es,
MORGAN’S POINT tides for
rice interests in the county i
Brooks recently took thg
Department of Agriculture to
water task for what he called its
unrealistic policy, of delaying
lashing out at Secretary
Hardin and his .recent decision
cut back ripe acreage
announcement of rice acreage
allotments until the last
moment of scheduled panting
dates j
Rice tormers to Liberty and
Counties 'tom-
plained to President Richard
Nixon abdut the insuffideht
notice which they said
disrupted proper planning of
the rice mudstry here.
(See RICE, Page l)
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Hartman, Fred. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 96, Ed. 1 Monday, January 12, 1970, newspaper, January 12, 1970; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1061919/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.