The Baytown Sun from Baytown, Texas • Page 1

The Sun Invites MR. AND MRS. E. W. VAIL 5302 Shepherd Road to the Brunson Theater.

Good for two tickets when presented at the Brunson Box Office Coupon good until- July 22. Now Showing "CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG" tlfje YOUR HOME WSPAPtR OVER 50,000 READERS EVERY DAY Vol. 47, No. 257 TELEPHONE NUMBER: 422-8302 Wednesday, July 16, 1969 BAYTOWN, TEXAS, 77S20 Copy Moon Is Next Stop For Apollo 11 Ship Leaves Earth Orbit On Schedule CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. (AP)-With a jolting burst of rocket power, the Apollo 11 astronauts today shot out of earth orbit to propel the ship toward the moon and man's first landing on another celestial body.

The craft carrying Civilian commander Neil Armstrong, Air Force Colonel Edwin Aklrin and Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Collins made the earth break-away at 11:16 a.m., just two and one-half hours after launch from Cape Kennedy. The power to boost the astronauts outward came from the third stage of the Saturn 5 rocket which had lifted them with a roar heard round the world. For 2 hours, the astronauts had orbited the globe checking the spaceship's millions of parts before committing themselves to the quarter-million-mile journey to the moon.

They reported Apollo 11 was perfect and the Mission Control Center in Houston flashed the go-ahead to take the critical step that started them toward the moon, the alluring first goal of man's boldest step into space. The firing of the third stage increased their speed from about 17,400 to 24,300 miles per hour enough to break the grip of earth's gravity. It sent them on the lunar trail blazed twice by man in the last seven the Apollo 8 and 10 astronauts who came tantalizingly close as they orbited earth's only natural satellite. "That Saturn gave us a magnificent ride," said Armstrong. "It certainly looks like you're on your way," Mission Control replied.

"We have no complaints about any of the three stages on that ride," Armstrong reported. The Apollo 11 crew planned to coast for three days, firing themselves into orbit 68 miles above the moon early Saturday afternoon to set the stage for the landing attempt. During their first hours in space, the astronauts were very businesslike as they checked spaceship systems. There was very little conversation from the orbiting craft. The Cape Kennedy launch was right on schedule.

Meanwhile, as the spacemen headed for their destination with the moon and history, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew proposed a new American space goal of a manned flight to Mars. "Someone is going to do it," he said. Agnew said he chose Mars over Venus as the next celestial body to visit because "it seems a more compatible planet." The vice president, one of some 500 special guests at the Apollo 11 launching, admitted he was in the minority of a four-man presidential committee now devising America's future space plans. The committee is to report to President Nixon this fall.

Oilier members of the committee are Dr. Thomas 0. Paine, administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Air Force Secretary Robert Seamans and the President's science adviser. Dr. Lee DuBridge.

Our World Today AP WXBU SPOTS In Alabama MR. AND MRS. Dan Stall worth of Baytown are in Tuscaloosa, for the birth of their granddaughter. Dana Ann was born July 12 in a Tuscaloosa hospital to Mr. and Mrs.

Jack Kubisyn. She weighed eight pounds, seven ounces. She has a sister, Mary Katherine, and a brother, Jack Jr. Needs Blood MRS. BRONSON KIMBALL of 2105 Bruce is making a plea to Baytonians for blood donations for her husband who is in critical condition in the Veterans Hospital in Houston.

Blood may be given at Veterans Hospital from 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. every day except Saturday when hours are from noon to 9:30 p.m. AROUND MR. AND MRS.

K. R. Taylor of Deer Park, formerly of Baytown, are guests of Neil Armstrong for the moon shot at Cape Kennedy Mrs. Charles Poole helps out with a search Tom Gallpin pleased with some publicity and requesting pictures Doris and Susan Hunter planning a combination study and vacation trip to Washington, O.C.. Catherine Jacobs taking a coffee break between study sessions at Lee College.

Mary Louise Dunkerly sharing some decorating ideas Earl and Nadine Wilburn making a hospital visit. Lawrence Fukanaga of Honolulu, Hawaii, is visiting the Thomas R. Johns family. Fukanaga is with Northwest Orient Airlines. FREE CHECKS FMTiOfM OPEN SATURDAYS TO Gun Club Meeting BA YSHORE ROD, Reel and Gun Club will meet at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday at the club house. Pollution of Scott's Bay will be the prime topic of discussion. A committee will also be named to help Eddie Huron do the cooking at a fish fry to be held at the clubhouse on July 25, Repairs to the inside of the club house will also be discussed. Property Damaged, BAYTOWN POLICE are investigating an incident of destruction of private property discovered Tuesday. A home belonging to Mrs.

Bertha B. Kirkpatrick located at 98 W. Bayshore was broken into and vandals painted the walls, broke windows, and ripped furniture. Damage was estimated by police to be about $400. Sterling AFS A MEETING OF the student chapter of the American Field of Ross Sterling High School will be held at 7:30 p.m.

Thursday at the home of Gene I-overing, 4902 St. Andrews. Ross Sterling students interested in club membership are invited to attend. Items Missing BAYTOWN NOdiS' Optimists are missing a two burner lantern and a 38-foot tarp which Ihey used al their July 4 horse shoe and barbecue. Anyone who has any information is asked to contact Reggie Brewer at 4277301.

Church Film TRI-CITY BEACH Baptist Church will show a 15-minute film entitled "Christian Honesty" at 6 p.m. July 20 There will be a fellowship session in the pastor's home for young people following the service. All young people are invited. PANIC BUTTON American Medical Association, citing high interest rates and a tight money supply, reverses its policy and approves federal loans to medical students. -r-State Sen.

J. P. Word of Meridian says State Sen. Curtis Graves of Houston has used the issue of brutality charges at Gatesville School for Boys to further his own political ambition. -Greece's military regime arrests four journalists before dawn for questioning about nine time-bombs found in the home of a university professor -J-Tbe Texas Water Plan to import surplus water from Mississippi River will benefit 9.8 million people, researchers at Texas Technological University report.

-f-Arms limitation talks with the Soviet Union may begin in the second week of August, according to unofficial word from the Russians. Hubert H. Humphrey says hundreds of Russians he has talked to in the past week show no sense of having lost moon race lo the Americans. radio says the huge costs of the Apollo 11 mission is justified, but other problems such as peace and poverty should not be ignored -(-Texas labor leaders open their general convention in Corpus Christi unhampered by pickets from local striking garbage collectors. The sanitation workers spoke of picketing city-owned convention center.

teenager and a man from Pasadena arc held in Sublette County jail in Wyoming for investigation in deaths Monday of a sheriff's officer and a 14-year-old Pasadena girl. -(-Texas' Supreme Court upholds a no-picketing order issued against field hands in the Rio Grande Valley farm workers' strike. ONLY ONE WAY TO APOLLO 11 blasts off on its flight lo put the first men on the moon. All went smoothly and according to plans as the lift-off at 8:32 a.in. Wednesday marked the first in a of events that should place a man on the moon Sunday, UPI Tulcpholo) Baytown Votes No, But Flood Bonds In Baytown and East Harris County voters rejected the $21.5 million flood control bond issue in Tuesday's election, but it carried by more than 7,000 votes throughout the county.

In the 17 precincts east of San Jacinto River, including those in the City of Baylown, the bonds failed by 229 voting for them and 2,093 voting against. Only two city boxes supported the 13 al Burnet Elementary School and Precinct 165 at Travis Elementary School. In Precinct 13, the vote was 234 for the bonds; 80 against. In Precinct 1(55, the vote was 303 for; 133 against. The bonds carried in only two precincts outside the city- Precinct 98 at Huffman and Utility District Vote Set For CB An election is scheduled for July 20 for residents in the proposed Cedar Bayou Park Utility District to confirm formation of the district.

The Texas Legislature authorized the district in the last session but the creation must be confirmed by residents in the district. The election, to be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the home of C. W.

Plato at 5905 Russell Lane, is only a confirmation election. The election will either establish the district with boundaries, including three residential developments, Cedar Bayou Park East, West and North, or it will kill the creation of the district. If defeated the creation cannot be proposed again for six months. The district has an eastern boundary of Bayou Boulevard, a northern boundary of Wallisville Road and a western boundary of Sjolander Road. No Southern natural boundary exists.

One of the primary reasons for creation of such a district is to form an organization capable of constructing a water and sewer system to serve the area. Municipal engineers have designed a system to supply 000,000 gallons of water each day from a 500-foot deep well and lo handle 600,000 gallons of sewage a day, processing it in a sewage treatment plant and dumping the effluent into Magee gully which empties into Cedar Bayou. The system is designed to handle proposed new schools in the district and Ihe new Stallworth Stadium which is (See UTILITY, Page 2) Precinct 251 at Barrett Station. In Precinct the vote was 32 for; 22 against. In Precinct 251, Ihe vote was 147 for; 30 against' The bonds also failed in the two Channclvicw precincts.

In Precinct HI at DcZavala School, the vote was 50 for; 72 ayainst. In Precinct 220 at Channclvicw High School, the vote was 77 for; 89 against. The vote was heavier throughout the C9unty than had been expected. Some county officials had predicted that only about 30,000 votes would be cast. County Commissioner V.

V. Ramsey of Precinct 2 said he was "sorry that East Harris County voters failed to support the bonds, but we will move as rapidly as we can to carry out our commitments in the area as well as in other parts of the county." With the county's 335 precincts reporting, the volo for the bonds was 29,223 for, and 22,315 against. County Judge Bill Elliott said he was "extremely happy and proud of the responsible way the citiv.ens responded." He added that county officials would move immediately to carry out the priority program of the Harris County Flood Control District. He said at least $4 million would be sold as quickly as possible to finance urgent projects. Judge Elliott said the court (See BONDS, Page 2) Damage Told After Storm Hits Baytown High winds, lightning and rain caught Baytown by surprise at about 7 p.m.

Tuesday, causing widespread damage to property and disrupting electrical service. No injuries were reported in the sudden storm which brought winds up to 65 mph in the area and broke a record heat spell of 101 degrees, the hottest day of the year. By Wednesday morning the temperature had dropped lo.72 degrees. Emergency crews' from Houston Lighting and Power Co. worked through the night repairing damages from lightning, said E.

C. (Jack) Kimmons, manager. "This is the most extensive damage we've had in some time," Kimmons said. Lightning struck a circuit at 7:30 p.m. in the Country Club Oaks subdivision.

Service in that area was restored in about three hours and 15 minutes. A total of four circuits were out in the Baytown division Tuesday night, Kimmons said. Besides the one at Country Club, a circuit wus out in Crosby and two circuits were out in Mont Belvieu. Crosby and Mont Belvieu circuits went out at 0:30 p.m. All service was expected to be restored by Wednesday morning.

Kkinmons said an extra crew from Channelview was out by the electric company lo assist in the work. High winds blew down some service wires of Genera Telephone Co. late Tuesday, said A. M. Chappell, division manager.

Wind also blew some water into cable terminals. Telephone service was ex peeled to be restored by noon Wednesday in areas affected the storm. Chappell said, "We didn't have any majo problems." (See DAMAGE, Page 2)' Aids Japanese Newsmen CV Homemaker Involved With Apollo 11 FULL SERVICE NO SERVICE CHARGE CITIZENS NATIONAL Bank Trust Co. By MURIL HART Sun Correspondent CHANNELVIEW Sp) The Apolln 11 moon mission Wednesday has assumed a new dimension for Fukirni Smith, a Channelview hornemaker. For the last month, Mrs.

Smith has spent several hours a week interpreting the English language for Japanese newsmen covering the moon mission at the Manned Spacecraft Center. Translating the language effectively requires a thorough understanding of rapidly developing space terms and a good general understanding of the- technical part of the program. "I pay closer attention to details concerning the mission now," said Fukirni." I must folow new releases and magazine publications on the space program closely." Translating Japanese and English is not new to Mrs. Smith. She has an ideal background for the job.

The i wife of James P. Smith, she is a World War II bride from Japan. She is also the daughter of a University professor in Tokyo. Prior to World War II, she attended a private high school that placed special emphasis on English, and during her college training she majored in the English language. Immediately after the war and during the U.S.

occupation of Japan, Fukirni worked as a secretary at general headquarters for the allied forces. That is where she met her future husband. He had been discharged from the military and wfis employed as a civilian at the headquarters. The Smiths were married in November, 1947 and came to America. They now have two grown daughters.

Irene is an honor student at the University of Texas and Deanne is an honor student at Channelview High School. While the girls were small, Mrs. Smith occupied her time with hornernaking and church work, but when her home duties became less demanding she began to teach part-time at the Berlitz School of Language and occasionally took an interpreting job through the school or the Japanese consul. "Fifty per cent of my work is involved in the oil business," said Fukirni," in helping Japanese businessmen learn U.S. industrial techniques and to understand their business purchases." One particular point of interest to Mrs.

Smith in the rnoon mission program is the decontamination unit, a mobile quarantine unit to be used when the astronauts return to earth. The unit is a safeguard to prevent any new diseases being brought to earth from the rnoon. Mrs. Smith assisted Japanese newsmen to interview Dr. Carpcntier and NASA technician, John Hirasaki, two key men working in direct connection with Ihe unit.

"I am such a small part of the program and not really newsworthy," Mrs. Smith insisted," but rny work has brought rne closer to the mission and deepened my interest in it." Better Jobs Are Claiming City Workers Better paying jobs are attracting men away from the city's public works department. Jack Morion, public works director and city engineer, says, "We have a turnover of people quilting us lo go lo other jobs." He believes the primary cause is competition from better paying jobs. The public works department currently has a manpower shortage af four or five people in the area of street construction and maintenance. The city council has appointed a committee' to study the possibility of wage increases for employes in the next budget.

The new fiscal year begins in October. Public works employes start at $2.21 an hour and increase to $2.40 an hour after a year on the job. Until a new contract was signed last week the minimum wage for laborers in Baytown fx)cal 313 was $3.65 an hour. The new contract in the Laborers International Union now calls for $4.20 an hour. IWealher, Tides! U.S.

Reaching For Dream With Blastoff CAPE KENNEDY, Fla. (AP) Reaching for America's Apollo 11 astronauts soared into earth orbit today and passed the vital first milestone of the voyage of the ages, an attempt to land men on the moon. Civilian commander Neil A. Armstrong, Air Force Col. Edwin E.

Aldrin Jr. and Air Force Lt. Col. Michael Collins started the journey on the awesome power of a Saturn 5 super-rocket that thundered from Cape Kennedy at 8:32 a.m. CDT with a roar heard round the globe.

"Houston, be advised the visual is go today," one of the astronauts said shortly after the spacecraft left the "They finally gave me a window to look out." Armstrong's first words on achieving orbit were very businesslike. "The booster has been confirmed for orbital flight. Both spacecraft are looking good," he said. He referred to the still attached third stage of the Saturn 5 which was to ignite later to boost Apollo 11 toward the moon. Barring problems, these three Columbuses of the Space Age are to sail outward across a quarler-million-mile ocean of space for three days and fire themselves into orbit just 69 miles above the moon on Saturday.

They are to follow the trail blazed twice in the last seven months, by the pioneers of Apollo 8 and 10. Sunday afternoon, Armstrong and "Buzz" Aklrin are to detach a lunar module and fly it down to a landing at the Sea of Tranquillity. Early the next day they are to fullfiU a centuries-old dream by walking on and exploring the lunar landscape. Civil defense officials estimated more than a million persons, the largest crowd ever to witness a Cape Kennedy launching, cheered as the great rocket lifted away from earth. Thousands were camped on the beach and other vantage points.

Roads were jammed early in the morning. Among those who watched the start of the moon mission from Cape Kennedy were former President Lyndon B. Johnson, Vice Spiro T. Agnew and Armstrong's wife, Janet, and their two sons, Erick, 12, and Mark, C. Also watching the start of the'moon mission were Armstrong's parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Stephen Armstrong in Wapakoneta, Ohio. Mrs. Armstrong told newsmen she talked to her son the morning before launch. "He was happy," she said.

"His usual self. Just like he always is." As the astronaut's parents spoke, one of the spacemen in the capsule told Mission Control: "It sure is clear down there. It's like silling in your living room. They may not make it. For Apollo 11 is rtol only man's most ambitious space adventure but also the most dangerous.

The astronauts and space officials warned in advance that the flight might have to be alwrted at any time, even up to the moment of lunar touchdown. And if the two astronauts do land, there is a remote chance they could be stranded on the moon, with only two days of oxygen and no chance of rescue. The astronauts have chosen as their symbol the drawing of an eagle swooping to the cratered surface, its talons gripping an olive branch. They are to gather precious rocks from this new world, deploy instruments and determine how well man in a bulky space suit can operate in the unfamiliar one-sixth gravity field on the moon. Armstrong and Aldrin are to spend about 2Vi hours outside.

In all they are to on the moon less than a day. But in that lime they will have opened the limitless frontier of space a bit farther. The rocks they bring home may provide clues to the origin of the moon, the earth and even the solar system and set the course for future expeditions to probe the universe beyond present imagination. If all well, much of Ihe world will watch the entire lunar surface activity beamed live via television from a camera the astronauts arc to feet away from their landing craft. Television provided millions with a ringside seal for the blazing start of the momentous mission.

Much of the stood still as the Saturn 5 roared into the sky. The most powerful machine ever built sprayed the launch area with a dazzling sheet of flame as its five first-stage engines flashed to life and sent an unearthly howl rolling across the scrub and swamplands of the muonport. The screamed on its pedestal for 8.9 seconds as a computer system made certain all engines ignited properly and built up full total thrust of 7.7 million pounds equal to the power of more than 500 jet planes. When the computer sensed all was (See MOON, Page 2) FUKIM1 SMITH SHOWERS PARTLY CLOUDY with a chance of showers and thundershowers through Thursday. Temperature range expected Wednesday, mid-70s to upper 90s.

MORGAN'S POINT tides for Thursday: Highs at 2:25 a.m. and 6:49 p.m.; lows at 5:37 a.m. and 7:07 p.m. No Sendee Oarje lank r.o.i.e. Plus Purple Heart Baytonian Wins 2nd Bronze Star Medal U.S.

Army Spec. 5 Clyde Williams III, son of Mr. and Mrs, Clyde L. Williams Jr. of 500 Harris Road, Highlands, has received his second Bronze Star Medal and a Purple Heart.

He received the medal for heroism in action while engaged in ground operations against a hostile force in Vietnam on May 27. He received the Purple Heart for the wound he suffered at that time. Williams received his first Rronze Star for bravery combat from Sept. 6,1968, to Feb. He was a mechanic in Company Second Battalion of the NMnlh Infantry Division's 47th Infantry in Vietnam.

After being wounded, he was sent lo Saigon for surgery, then to Okinawa for further surgery and treatment. He is now serving in Korea at Arcon which is south of Seoul, where he is doing clerical work. He is scheduled to stay in Korea until his overseas tour of duty is up and he is discharged in September. Williams entered the Army in February, 196fl, and completed basic training at Fort Polk, and was stationed at Fort Knox, Ky. before arriving overseas in September of A graduate of Robert E.

Lee High School, he attended Lee College before entering the U.S. Army. He has one brother, Bobby who is 17 and two sisters, Ronnie Smith of Highlands and Laura Williams, 5. CLYDE L. WILLIAMS III.