Committee To Push Harlem School Integration Planning
JOUHNELLA BOYNTON reports Baytown school board appoints Yom Royder to head a community committee to communicate Harlem Elementary School’s plan to convert next year to an enriched non graded program. The panel will seek public input while ensuring white student presence to preserve federal education funding. Principal Coltharp remains, with in service training planned before September and summer planning to define levels in subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jouhnella Boynton
Yom Royder
Baytown
Opryshek
Soo
Bob Wahrmund
Committee For Communications
Supt
W. C. Herring
Herring
Harlem
Arthur Coltharp
Glenn Lippman
Coltharp
Barry Nettles
Sun Spots and Local Notices From Pasadena to Houston
Obituary notes for Mrs Hette Gilbert 76 of Pasadena and funeral details for Nevada Johnston Houston are listed alongside civic messages. Absentee voting begins for Pasadena mayor runoff with City Clerk Oliver overseeing in city hall. Senior Citizens Club holds tenth birthday celebration with potluck at Cai Center. Cancer charity event planned in Wooster area and a revival at Central Baptist Church led by Pastor Jim Brown with daily services.
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City Hall
Oliver
Amistald Chiistiang
Chiris- Han
Will
Vaenicer
Wouster Baptist Church Fellowship Hall
Ag Wmnen
Wooster
Lakewood
Brochwood
Craigmoant
Mar
Richard Atkins
J. A. Wolfer
Nevada Johnston
Bnd
Houston
Pat Foley
Tee ‘Thieme
Central Baptist Church
Mickey Bonner
Ted Roe
Jim Brown
Ithe
King and Bowie
Weather Outlook for Bays Towns on Thursday
CONTINUED CLOUDY with scattered showers. Bays towns forecast includes a temperature range in the upper 60s, near St. MURGAN'S Way. A few notes mention Friday highs and unclear times, with nautical phrasing and stray terms.
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Bays
Spring practice and local sports notes from Baylor and area
Tasker Haynes attends a Baylor spring football practice as Erwin Wilbanks hones securities story angles. Ralph Cunningham works third base in softball prep while Barry Lancaster seeks a spot on a team. Goose Creek Country Club hosts a member guest tourney May 20 to 31 and June 1. Vic Wratten from Houston sends friends greetings. Mark Edward Baumann celebrates his second birthday. Roy Cowan and George Chandler form a strong paddling duo.
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Tasker Haynes
Baylor
Erwin Wilbanks
Ralph Cunningham
Barry Lancaster
Norman Hargrave
Goose Creek Country Club
Vic Wratten
Houston
Mark Edward Baumann
Happy Baumann
Roy Cowan
George Chandler
Tax firm rehired by schools in three-year pact
Dallas based Thomas W Pickett and Co was awarded a new three-year contract as the district industrial tax apraiser. The $71,500 agreement covers 1970 to 1972, marking the third three-year term for the firm with the school board. Lee College is expected to pay 15 percent of the amount. B R McMahon and Jonas Burke represented the firm, noting steady progress on 196% valuations and praising cooperation with industry amid strong district equity and value growth.
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Thomas W. Pickett and Co., Inc
Dallas
I T
Lee College
Pickell
B. R. McMahon
Jonas Burke
McMahon
Supl
George H. Gentry
Rotarians Hear Harrowing San Jac Battle Story
Baytown Rotarians heard a Texas history talk by Frank Harrowing, Galena Park junior high principal, at The Tower luncheon. He recounted Gen Sam Houston and Gen Santa Anna, their forces near White Oak Bayou, Measles fever among troops, and a vivid San Jacinto Day narrative, with era details and dramatized 1836 weather.
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Fred Hartman
Frank Harrowing
Galena Park
Texas
Rotary Club of
Baytown
San Jacinto
The
Houston
White Oak Bayou
Bullalo Bayou
Allen's Landing
Deaf Smith
Santa Anna
Ship Channel
Gen. Houston
San Jacinto Battlegrounds
Monument
Sam Houston
DeZavala Elementary to host final spring fiesta
DeZavala Elementary School plans its last fiesta titled A Tattle Bit of Mexico on Friday night. The event features songs and dances starting at 7 p.m., with a Mexican dinner served from 5 p.m. by the PTA. Fifth graders Felix Salinas and Maria Garza perform a Mexican hat dance as part of the program. No admission is charged.
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Mexico
DeZavala
DeZavala Parent-Teacher Association
da Zavala
Felix Salinas
Maria Garza
Haytown Sun
Kennedy assassin Sirhan convicted of first degree murder
Los Angeles AP reports Sirhan Bishara Sirhan was found guilty of first degree murder in the Robert F. Kennedy assassination. The 25-year-old Arab defendant showed emotion at verdict as the same jury now must decide death by gas chamber or life imprisonment in separate deliberations after a 14-week trial.
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Los Angeles
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Sen
Police arrest 110 youths after 12 block protest in Kingsville
Kingsville police detained 110 youths following a 12 block march through the Texas city in what officials called a demonstration against school district policies. The event prompted a broad look at local student activism amid rising tensions over district rules and safety concerns.
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Kingsville
South Texas
CIWA Harris legislators at odds over park plan
Tension grows between Harris County House members and CIWA board as disputes over board makeup and a parks project surface. CIWA, created in 1987 to fund a canal system delivering Trinity River Authority water to Houston, is funded by Houston and backed by city water rights. The board seeks park donations along the canal, while rules about appointing members differ between city and state authorities.
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Bill Hartman
Harris County
Texas House of Representatives
Coastal Industrial Water Authority
Ciwa Board
Robert C. Lanier
CIWA
Houston
Lake Livingston
Greater Houston
Houston Credit
Trinity River Authority
Lanier
Ciwa Canal
Trinity Reservoir
Johnnie G. Jennings
Chambers County
George Henscey
Liberty County
John Connally
Povernor
LC Receives 50000 Grant for Media Center Project
Congressman Eckhardt notified Lee College president Richard D Strahan that LC earned a 50000 matching federal grant to fund an instructional media center. The plan, by Academician James McWilliams and faculty, matches 350000 from a May 1968 bond issue and comes via the 1964 Higher Education Act. The board authorized a director and two secretaries for a five room Liberal Arts Building facility providing coordinating, aids, and printing equipment for multiple departments.
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Bob Eckhardt
Lee College
Richard D. Strahan
James McWilliams
Board of Regents
Liberal Arts
Enter
Vollope
Baytown Levee Bill Moves To Governor For Signing
A Baytown levee district bill passed the Legislature unanimously and advances to Gov. Preston Smith for approval. The measure by Rep. Joe Alien creates a district authorized to levy taxes with power to receive funds and build, reclaim, and maintain a levee along areas including the San Jacinto River, Interstate 10, Cedar Bayou, and the Houston Ship Channel.
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Baytowns
Preston Smith
Joe Alien
Baytown
Burnet
Crystal
Scott
House
Senate
Sen
Chetbrooks
San Jacinto River
Interstate 10
Cedar Bayou
Baytown Council Approves Brownwood Sewer Repairs
An emergency Baytown council meeting authorized negotiating a contract with Whitelak Inc of Houston to repair two Brownwood eight inch sewer mains on Mapleton Street and Bayshore Drive that collapsed in quicksand after heavy rainfall. Work aims to replace with cast iron pipes, begin by Monday, and may require sand drying and shoring.
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Baytown
Whitelak, Inc
Houston
Brownwood
Mapleton Street
Bayshore Drive
Brownwood - Lakewood
Whitelab
J. Jaf LeFevre
LeFevre
Whitelak
Witerine
Park Street
Garth Baker Tract Sells For 518000
The Shhindler and Cummins Investment Co of Houston bought a 2 acre tract at the southeast corner of Garth and Baker Roads for 514000 from the Baytown 132 Club. The price equals about 4750 per acre. The Bay Tide Co and Vinson Elkins law firm closed the deal. The property may be held as a long term investment. The tract sits across Garth Road from Sterling High School.
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Shhindler and Cummins Investment Co
Houston
Garth and
Baker Roads
Baytown 132 Club
Joe Speck
Herb Warren
Bay Tide Co
Baytown
Vinson, Elkins, Weems and Searls
Shindler and Cummins
Haytown Group
Adolph Susholtz
Garth Road
Fran Sterling High School
U S Navy plane downed by North Korea found casualties
The Tucker recovered the bodies of one officer and one enlisted crew member from the ECVE downed over the Sea of Japan. The Pentagon warned that survival chances are gravely diminished as searches continue with debris and flight jackets recovered, while next of kin notifications proceed.
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Tucker
Savere
Pentagon
Cressmen
North Korea
Japan
Kyodoews Service
Kyodo
U.S
Veterans Of WW I To Sell Bluebonnets Drive
Baytown World War I Veterans and the Women's Auxiliary plan a statewide bluebonnet drive Friday and Saturday. About 200 veterans in the area will sell bluebonnets at public spots to aid veterans and widows in Baytown. The Lioness Club from Ross Sterling High will join for donations.
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Baytown
Women's
Tis
Harris County
John Connally
TheLioness Club
Ross Sterling High Setroul
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U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Office of Civil Rights
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Troy Peterson
Hette Gilbert
Pasadena
Lufkin
Mies
Henry Kluch
Sightants
Murogan
Citizens National
San Jac Battle
Bulletin
Frank ‘Lurpin
Humble’s Bay~ Town
Vietnam
Ypsilanti, Mich
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Harris
Media
Cravey
Sam King
Lioness Club
Becky Barker
Christy Lee
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