The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 96, Ed. 1 Monday, January 12, 1970 Page: 5 of 14
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Housewife Wages A War Against Dallas Crimes
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DALLAS (AP) - A Dallas
housewife, angered when her
homef nd car were burglarized
four times in 10 days, has start-
ed her own "vigilance commit-
t*e” in an all out war on crirae-
and she’s getting help from lo-
cal authorities. ——
Mrs. George Bell Jr. said die
eomptainedto the city council
about the burglaries but didn’t
get the results she wanted, so
she’s started a campaign to or-
gani^e- neighborhood commit- eluded Dist. AUy~Henry,,Wade,
tees to combat crime.
Currently she is planning a
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; house to house campaign to ad. police conununity services pro-
vise residents hew to protect
themselves from burglars.
Mrs. Bell's workers will lawyer John Trice,
inform rodents about such Wade said he thought the pro-
things as Whether their homes
are properly lighted and pass
out forms for listing serial num-
ers of guns, appliances and oth-
er items.
She received professional ad-
rice at a meeting in her home
to determine if individual neigh-
borhoods could aid in stopping
crime.
Officials at the meeting in-
gram could have beneficial re-
sults because each neighbor-
hood has its own individual pro-
problem.
Mrs. Bell said she hopes the
neighborhood committees
would establish "better com-
and help educate the citizen
on what he can do to fight
crime."
"We can't expect the police
department to be our guard 24
hours," she said. "So I’m will-
ing to do the leg work to get
the citizens organized to do the j
work necessary to protect their
an Deilcr COni- ^ nmnartv 'I
with the police own homw ProP”*?-
County Judge Lew Sterrett;
Paul Townsend, director of the
ject, L. W. Mayo of the Dallas
Crime Commission and Dallas
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DOUBLE DECK BUSES are a common sight in London, but this it something e
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- ~ii—<“•*»« to Mecca, holy place of Islam. '
fn Greece,
Far But A Bii
Era Of Movie Musical
Is Fast Fading Away
, HOLLYWOOD (AP)—Shed a the musical tradition is un-
'*! tear for the movie musical. It’s known, chances of success for a
going, going, almostgone. tunefilm are scant.
The decline and near-disap- The trend away from die mo-
vintoiwmmmmm* "steal ha*b*en*K>«itua^lur,
died as one of the major movie ing the past year. Costly flops
trends of 1970—and perhaps for have depressed the fortunes of
years to come. A survey of fu- film companies: "Doctor Dolit-
ture production discloses -only tie" and “Star! " at 20th Cen-
It’s got more re-sale
value because „
i ift got more to re-sell,
T
two musicals definitely planned
for this year
comment in the West and bomb week tour of England. France, cheaper and better >Jhe most
blasts at home, how fares the Switzerland and Italy. common ones with their rich,
highly-publicized tourist trade!' Our room in a de luxe ( but not spicy, oily food did not attract
The answer is that the influx of super de luxe I Athens hotel ran us \
western visitors to Greek cities to*14 a day, plus *1.65 for conti- Contrarytosomeadvfce, ho
and r.rppif mins has been far nental breakfast of coffee and ever, we drank the water at
heavier in 1969 than the pre- roils for the two of us. TbeToom ate the food without adverse«.
vious vear Here is the fifth of a was a good one with air eondi- fects. The water at Delphi, tnci-
series of stx on-the-spot reports timing and a fine view aerosstdentolly,surdymustbe the
by Joe Wing, former general ed- the Royal Gardens to conical nectar once reserved for the
itor of AP Ncwsfeatures. Mount Lykabettos and the gits- gftds.
__ tentng white homes beneath it. Braver tourists than we cer-
By JOE WING liking were such amenities as, tamly could have faundrooms
Associated Press Writer - TV, radio, free stationery, cigar and food much cheaper, but to
Watehtog theOrai-hmasGoJ4rstandandGidwn Bible.<)n the doJtJh Athens;on $5 a day
You can go broke in low-cost plus side was the bidet. . ... would take a genius.
Greece, if you don’t keep trick We were a little apprehensive On some of the islands and
of your walking-around money in advance about Greek cook- out in the sticks it is different.
One trouble with drachmas ing, although a friend assured We were quoted *2.20 a day for
us "it’s no worse than English a double room in the best hotel
......... , atop wrbnrhifawd (wdtdtft m 8)
through the fingers of a short- you from going to England ’jand*3 50for a lobster dinner for
ring Angela Lansbury, which
Disney Studio hopes wiU be a
box office successor to "Mary
Popptna.”
A couple of decades ago, Hoi*
d was producing between
40 musicalsi year. What
A major cause is ex-
require large
and ex-
tended shoptingperiods. Nowa-
days it’s almosnmposslMe to
than *5 million, and&gny have
coot HOmUlkmand] „
the
tury-Fox; “Sweet Charity” at
Universal. Two new releases
nervously
“Goodbye, Mr, Chips" by MGM
and "Paint Your Wagon” by
Paramount. Both were very ex-
tiiirt.
Foxnowhas "Hello Dolly” In
release, bid It will'be a long
time before the film shows a
profit. The cost: *20 million.
And Paramount has about *30
miliTontiedup in two more rmt-
One of the niceshkhinijs about buying an Impala is selling it. That's because selling it
traditionally brings back more of what people put into it in the first place. Money.
Where does Impala keep getting its higher resale value? From features like those you
see below. Features which explain why America's most popular car for the last nine
years will undoubtcdl) nuke it ten in a row.
Impala. More to drive. More to re-sell.
BodytyFbher
Hidden
radio antenna
Magic-
Mirror finish
Clear Day You Cap See 1 —
er!" (Barbra Streisand, Yves
Montand).
On the credit side of the ledg-
er, Columbia has enjoyed re-
markable success with its two
196? releases Variety’s chart of
the 20-24 most Important U.S.
. markets shows that "Funny
. Girl" has grossed *15,5 million
^ ‘ "Oliver:" almost *10 mil-
1£‘SSfh|fe^^'Meals at our hotel came to two Of course the oc^toMl
Another major factor
lack of receptivity O'
The English andIhe Ja^io^t-- —. . —t— —
stiU like American mtwlcala^tton ^rgriy becatuw^^^
Longer life
exhaust system
Side-guard
beam structure
Computer-
selected springs
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atoatt3",50ead^service’d»rge bippieandtheyoung^Mdto
^---'included They weren’t vefy to^earound^i^ds^ath-
to in dollars and cents. - Tncnraea. i ney were.. t j-j K>u»gc a,7
Prices are lower in Greece good, but we found another ho- er
than in most European coun- tel of the same class where they le« gri hy«u*i«WW-
/ On our thrfe-week visit to the) Acouple of higher priced and|probabiywouldbeaboutri0rt.
Paraguay Won’t Devalue
Its Basic Money Unit
ASUNCION, Paraguay tap)' lion’s principal export, have
— Paraguay has rejected a re- created a dollar squeeze wiuch
.commendation from the Inter-, (fie government has not been
natwnal Monetary Fund to de-iBbietoreverse
jvalue its basic money unit, the Exports for 1969 are estimat-
guarasi, from 126 to 166 to the ed officially at about *45 million
(tojlar / and imports at *65 million, the
, [tospit'- unfavorable trade mmiiiioodef iritis a recordfor
[balances for the past four a country which had a favorable
years,' spokesmen, for P.resi- trade balance'untU 1966. As a
dent Alfredo Stroessner said result foreign reserves, the
Paraguay will stick to a pol- money available to pay for un-
jcy of "monetary stability," ports and other foreign obliga-
,, The official value of the guar- tions, have fallen from nearly
|;anihas no( Beeri ehaiiged since I *15 million dolli
1960. and-Stroessner.claims that million today
----— | TTwforeigndebtexceeds<150
__________- million, and the cost of servic:
rising imports and the declining trig it hasTtsen to tJOTnillwn an-
Forseveral years, the mone-
tary fund has suggested deval-
uation as a means of discourag-
,nc unports and improving ex-
ports IM month « told
Stroessner thalJhe deteriora-
u<m in the balance of pay-
mdhts was alarming. It warn-
ed that if iU propose is were
rejected, the deficit in the
(balance of payments in 1«0
will reduce international
reserves to ISW.W and
might break public confidence
in the stability of the guarani.
the Stroessner ^government
rejected the re< -irnemla tions
but took steps to reduce imports
byrestrictmgcreditforthepur-
qtiaseof luxury-itemsabaard, ^
'Savings, deposits, earning 6
Uper cent interest ire at record
high ieveb, bank offfciais re-
pnrt, and there is Uttle demand
to convert guaranis to dollars.
but the Germans, French and
Italians do not. And In many
other parts of the world where
films. Columbia was one of
few companies to show a
teat year
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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/m1/5/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.