The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 69, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 2, 1977 Page: 1 of 26
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News Review Of ’76
v vwbwv..w^ww . .,■/■•.. r v,unipieiiun ui me layiiuiiuurg neseivun;. C/ufiGuve Jan. i are promouons announceuin n. n. ujo/
Highlighting happier times + Construction startup foHhenew^ytown Olefins Plant, Ex- Turner Nice chief, and Jack Crairfer, city inspector.
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But the top news story of the year, in’ the opinion of The Sun + City of Baytown’s legal victory in a longtime annexation dis- I~^ge7 elepll0nc U ' - >
news staff, was, a shattering tragedy, the murders of Paul and pute with Beach Cityover 8,000actesmWesLChamlws County,-------------—CANTRELL MURDERS
Mary Cantrell. ■- „ . ;. + New futfdamental educaUon.programat Lamar School. Baytomans were stunned by the slayings.of Paul and Mary
Following is the roundup of the top news stories of the year: Victory of the goose over the heron in Bicentennial Park Cantrell July 25 at their Country Club Oaks home. The popular
-(-. Murders of Paul and Mary Cantrell, wellknown Baytown mural controversy.' • , - • . -couple had lived here many years and had taken an active part in
couple. ' \ - * —— ’+ Jimmy Carter's edge over Gerald Ford in East Harris Coun- the community. ■' •
+ Death-of School Trustpp AI Rorrtplnn aftpr a hripf illnp«- ;n th«11 oni„.c,a„,»an . Indicted for caoital murdpr wprp their rianohtpr Paula neroso
Cloud, president of Lee College
First.-Babv
Arrives Here
“We don’t know if the tides or
the health hazards are going to
get us first.” - Jean Shepherd,
* complaining about raw sewage
in Brownwood ditches.
“If the Lord haifsaid f5 me
_ .over 40 yearsigo to go down in
the Woods and build a church,
....... fii hgve argued with him." -
~Mionte Smith, a founder of'
Ch'anneiview First'- Baptist
Church. . '- -
"If my carport has- to coriue.
, down, I WMt everything else’sto
come down with it." - Mrs.
Jean Wall.
‘"Ve’re sinking and there are
governmental entities telling us
to get off sub-surface water.” — —
Peter Buenz, member of, the
Baytown Area Water Authority
Board. '7V' ~
“We will go all the way to the
Some of the things said in TJie
Sun in
”1 see’ho reason why-Bo
shouldn't be*one of the greatest • -t
police chiefs Baytown has ever
had.’’. - Retiring Chief-John
Wilkinson whert' R. H. (Bq1_:
Turner Whs named his Successor.'
■ '“Buying three, pounds of
coffee is almost an investment,
now." — Tillman O’Brien.
.’Let's change the appearance
. .of our town by getting ugly about
littering.” — Eileen Caffey...
“My land is just a.big ihudhole
now.” — S. Norris Rowjand
about his property bought by the
federal government for the
THE OLD YEAR relinquishes the sands of tfmeto his fresh, feisty successor and departs into the
annals of history as the New Year emerges,-curious, fresh and eager to deal with old matters with a
fresh approach. LitJle.New Year here is April Thomas, 15-month-old daughter of Roger and Margie
Thomas of 1301 S. Alexander. Father Time is portrayed by Pat Ruyle of 510 S. Circle.
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Leaders Here See Bright,
Prosperous Year In 1977
R. H: (Bo) homes, “Wenre-g^fig to shoot
FROM AP WIRES
t..-/* WC astttSSJS
o* 21st Century Texans would ] thiqk Baytown will continue
be to protect themselves “from to grow and be-prosperous. The
the abuses of mass bureacra- city council is ,working on many
Cyj’ ■ ■■■ . programs for the benefit of the
^ ” community and some of those
+ CHICAGO - Cold will be underway/m 1977.*’ , '
temperatures nearly every . Some of the “hopes” for the
where in the nation chilledthe i£r had'SISaytm^
start of 1977. . ' ^ voters approve a contract’
‘ . 'nim f. '. Pp ■ Mween the Baytown Area
+ rLAIIsh, Oa. -r; “resi- \yater Authority and the city for
dent-elect Carter promised to surface water an^ I hope
observe the Southern custom Baytown remains the growing,
of eating black-eyed peas for prosperous community,”
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Day after asking life Amen- ... htm th* Tpy« \anin
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IANUARY 1ST
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. . % And What They
Predicted In 1937
Larry W. Nettles, son of Mr. FRIENDS OF -Sterling
and Mrs, Barry D. Nettles^ of Municipal Library board will
-L70t> Amy Date., is one of 47. meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday in:
students at Rice University who Flora Wilhite’s office,
will ha fpatiirpH in fho IQ7A-77
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Gets Degree
MICHAEL N. Donahue, son of
Mr, and Mrs. Frank Donahue of
Baytown, received his master of
Day after asking til Ameri-
can people to support him “in
the new responsibilities I soon
will assume.”
V MEXICO CITY The
Mexican Congress has effec..
lively shelved penal reforms
legislation submitted as the re-
sult ol a campaign led by l.S.
inmates seeking parole from
-prisons in Mexico.
+;• AIST1N — President
Gibson Gayle Jr. o( the State.
Bar ol Texas denies that*the
bar id “on any vendetta”
against Don Yirbrought, who
was to be sworn in Sunday as a
Texas Supreme Court justice.
arts degree from Stephen F.
Austin • State University this
month. He is a 197i graduate Of
Ross Sterling High School and is
better and better."
Joe Sumner, clothing and ,L -
women’s wear, ’This coming *
teaching art at SKA.
womei. a near, i IMS luiiiiiig
had. I basHhdt-slatemcflTtomHiT
general trend over the entire
eouhtry and on the re-election of
Roosevelt:" " •-
JAN. 1. 1947
Rainfall in 1946 totals 75.47 in- ■
ches ., y>
Mrs. Elinor Thomas, Goose
Creek postmaster, says a substa-.
tion will be established
Morrell Park at J and Grocery
on North Goose Creek at Cedar
Baydu Road. Mrs. ‘G T. lacase .
will be„tbe derk in charge of the
Retired Persons
neuer services lor me people■ oi limistic about 1937 As’ -for
Baytown from the money -municipal affairs, thd-eify is in
invest in the city Providing sir* g00(j finanojai condition and we
vices and meeting peoples’ ex^rio have ^current-bills
neeejs !s the key idnetion of our paj(i by Aprj| and ^ on a cash
basis. Fears are gone and there
® a general feqlihg of security.”
A. E. Drew, sporting goods:
"The outlook is a . whole lot
better and I see much improve-
ment . . If we get those new,
highways through here it will
tnean quite a lot’to us.”
M. Harvey, hardware: "We
are coming steadily out of the
depresssion slump, sales are
picking up all the time" ’
.Hugh Echols Jr., banker:
.“Last year was muphtetter than
THE ’ANAHUAWhapter ofjhe
American Association-of Retired
Persons will meet at 6:30 p.m. '
MirndaV in the Methodist
jCenter, A covered dish supper
will Be followed by a program
DATE {TO REMEMBE.
ANITA -CHANDLER is The Sun’s “Miss Jam
local government." T
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projects I hope to se^workirig in
197J .include improving streets
and’ 'drainage:; extended
programs for senibr citizens and
(he, conversion to 1 surface
water.". “ .
luary” for 1977 and shethas an important January
„ , n. 15 because that's when the surface water election
will be held in Baytown. Voters will be asked lo approve a contract with Baytown Area Water
Authority for a supply of surfacewptfr. M approved, the election will enable BAWA to sell revenue
bonds to build a surface water treatment plant. . J .
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-Weather
And Tides
Councllmap,E. C. (Jack)-Kim-
ions said, ‘1 Think we‘will have,
Football, Parades, Et Al,
Usher In Third Century “
Six Baytoniaiis George
CLOUDY AND cold with a 60
per cent chanee of- rain Satur-
day night and Sunday is the
Baytown) area weather
forecast. Low expected Satur-
day night^upper 36s; high Sun-
day. near 50. ,t ;
BAYTOWN TRIES for Sun-
day: Highs at.+3:19 a.m. and
0:51 p.mi; low at 1?;47 p.m.
Tides for Monday: +3:57 a.m..
and 9:24 p.m.; lows at +12:21
Wayne Coker Jr., Curtis Loyd
Eaton. Jerry Paul Hamilton,
‘Pearce Street Journal - - • v
P. Waltor’s Pride Shows
P. Walter Henckel) is walk-
ing a little more erect these
days as he shows off that red
vest.
The reason Is that nephew
Charles Henckell from over
Birmingham way played mid-
dle guardfor the undefeated
(in 13 games) Mountain BroOk
Spartans. They won the state
championship. Uw-A
Charles has another year of
eligibility., Maybe we , could
picking up all the time.’
Hugh Echols Jr.. .1
.“Last year was muphtett
1935 and 1 see still more im- the v«Srpolice say, j.
provement for 1937." s Assistant School Supt. W. D,
S. ”J. Busch, grocer: "Next Hinson tells plpns for taking the
year will be -a better year. 1 annual School census. f
believe jn everybody getting Someone wgs ready for New
raises in wages and with a new Vetir celebrating after breaking
oil field coming up, I. feel it will into Henry's Package -Store and
be a good year." taking two cases of gin and four
&aiuq' •miry r“ul nammuii,
John Britt, Mickey Schamp and
brry Glenn Jackson =- share
adventures during a holiday
canoe trip on the Rio Grande.
Nolan Barth “struggles" to
work Saturday morning^ after
welcomljig. in 1977 ,-.. Ted
Green busyLas usual, working
aroumf the house Vr, Homer
McBride furnishes some 'infol-
matio,1 . . Ton Gentry asks
whal’sdew. . .AlJjgnujs shows
off his fteW pickup truck.
Lisa Swalm "breaks in" a new
auto. . . Brian Matin negotiates
a price. Lincoln Tolleson
joins the ran^s of ffie walking —
he takes his first steps.
■ But the two dozen residents pan’s biggest holiday.,
of rural America, Okla., cele- President and Mrs. Ford,
brated the coming-df4i(77 much who arc nearing the end of-q
the same way they observed two-week skiing vacation in
the nation’s 200th birthday - Vail. Colo , played host to
quietly and individually; friends and staff members at a
Elsewhere in the world, hun- New Year's Eve party at their
dfed»-"«f Muscwkes cheered rented chsiet
and smashed champagne bot- The. President will be watch-
ties for good, luck as Red ing the nationally tejgvised
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Brown, Leon. The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 69, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 2, 1977, newspaper, January 2, 1977; Baytown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1074344/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sterling Municipal Library.