Incorporation Elections Called for Beach City and Mont Belvieu
Chambers County officials led by Judge Nelson called for incorporation elections as allowed by Texas law for areas of at least two square miles and 200 residents. The dispute centers on Baytown annexation and Baytown’s city limit line extending into Chambers County, with protective purposes cited.
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Beach City
Mont Belvieu
Texas
Chambers County
Nelson
Baytown
SUN SPOTS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS REPORT
A mixed page notes a Friday to Saturday garage sale at 311 W, a Bayshore club chili rally on April 28, a wedding rummage sale at Redeemer Lutheran Church, and a leadership meeting at Second Baptist Ashbel Smith Scout House. Weather figures show clouds, showers, cooler temps 35 to 76. Military news covers Haiphong naval air operations and Viet Nam strategy remarks by Senator Russell and Defense Secretary McNamara.
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Bayshore Rod, Reel and Gun Club
Orth
Wist Viet Nam
Russell
Georgia
Senate Armed Services Committee
Johnson
Haiphong
North Viet Nam
Robert 5
McNamara
Saigon
Hanoi
South Viet Nam
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
City to hike lot cleanup costs under new ordinance
City health official Gerald Landry and the Chamber of Commerce outline higher charges for yard cleanup, mandating mowing 30 to 40 feet from homes and expanding to junk and clutter. The plan creates a max $15 admin fee plus 50 percent up to that cap, with ten days notice before city action.
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Landry
Kilgore Road
Chamber of Commerce
Gerald Landry
Cityhealth Department
Baytown delegates vote for central libraries in schools
Baytown officials and about 100 civic and business leaders backed central libraries in elementary schools at a Governor's Conference on Libraries. The group urged a five member committee to present the plan to the school board and pressed for expanded library services and weeknight hours.
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Baytown
Sterling Municipal
James T. Richardson
Pan
Eugene Lovering
Sterling
Douglas Benton
Benton
Seaborn Craves
B. B. Ashby
John Brunson
Eugene Lovering Douglas Benton
Fred Hartiman
Richardson
Les
Baytown Plants Dispute State Sewage Ratings
Baytown's two of three tested plants rated satisfactory by state officials, while City Engineer Jack Morton questions the results. He notes Baytown's four outlier plants show better operation on a day to day basis and cites plans to combine Woodlawn and Cedar Bayou into a larger, more efficient facility. The report faults several plants along the Houston Ship Channel despite general improvements.
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Baytown
Stanley Thompson
State Health Department
Rosenberg
Texas Water Pollution Control Board
Austin
Jack Morton
Thompson
Houston Ship Channel
Orton
Morton
Morten
Woodlawn
Cedar Bayou
Jets Peck Away At Approach To Pass
Saigon reports U S Air Force jets targeted the North Viet Nam side of the Gia Pass after a landslide blocked Ho Chi Minh Trail tunnels. Eight days earlier B-52s dropped 70 tons on Laos frontier routes while smaller fighters reopened traffic through the pass and Route 15 toward infiltration lanes. Government forces aided by airborne and Ranger units engaged Viet Cong, killing 20 and seizing weapons near Quang Ngai City as Viet Cong activity declined due to political focus.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Ma Gia Pass
Ho Chi Minh Trail
U.S
Hanoi
Strategic Air Command
North Vietna
Route 15
Laos
Ranger
Quang Ngai City
Gen Sam Houston celebrations draw many Baytown groups
Baytown honors Gen Sam Houston with multiple groups active in events. The Suppressible Patriots led by Kirwin Stewart and Lan Williams, Bruce Ramsey and others, joined by Robert E. Lee's FTA who gathered for a 6 am breakfast hosted by Mary Brown. Edna Oliver invites, Eloise Huron reports a dinner, Cave Rominet previews National Secretaries Week, Charity Stone heads to Amarillo for a nursing convention, Louise Burke returns from Dallas, Julia Pierson visits Bowie, and Mary Kay Gray discusses her studies.
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Baytown
Sam Houston
Kirwin Stewart
Lan
Arkansas
Edna Oliver
Cave Rominet
Charity Stone
Amarillo
Robert E. Lee
Louise Burke
Dallas
Julia Pierson
Bowie
Betty
George Perkins
Mexico
Mary Kay Gray
Civic Clubs Collect for Dong Ha Drive Gains Momentum
Baytown civic clubs launch fund drive to aid Dong Ha South Viet Nam with donations collected through April 23. The Craigmont Civic Club will accept items at the John Priddy home. Goos e Creek area drives led by Mrs. Dowlen andMrs. Fellows solicit soap, school supplies, cloth, first aid items, vitamins, and cash to cover shipping. Collection boxes placed at Travis Elementary, Baytown Junior High, Black’s Pharmacy, Henke Pil-jot, Weingarten’s, and Lewis & Coker. cash at Peoples State Bank for Viet Nam Children’s Fund led by Jack Arvin.
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Baytown
Dong Ha
Viet Nam
Craigmont
Hastings
Eall
Wilkenfeld
Alamo
Jsoap
Maj
Lawrence
Cummings
Edren
Texas
Dowlen
C. W
Travis Elementary
Baytown Junior High
Black's
W. Sterling, Henke & Piljot
Weingarten’s
Peoples State Bank
Winds Batter Padre Island Storm Hits Texas Coast
Winds near hurricane strength swept Padre Island as floods swamped Raymondville Memorial Hospital flooding patient rooms. A fast moving spring cold front drove temperatures below freezing in the Panhandle and caused record low readings elsewhere. Orderlies used sandbags to block entrances while police closed flooded streets.
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Associated Press
Padre Island
Raymondville
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Panhandle
Raymondville Memorial Hospital
Artificial heart on at Texas Medical Center
A Baylor Methodist Rice team led by Dr Michael DeBakey began placing a plast ic artificial heart in a patient at the Texas Medical Center. The 34.5 million research effort aims to keep dying patients alive until the heart can be repaired. The patient identity was withheld and procedure timed after the equipment arrival on April 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Ex DeBakey
Baylor University
Medical School
DeBakey
Baylor
Methodist
Rice University
Chamber Seeks List Of Services In Baytown
The Baytown Chamber of Commerce seeks industrial service listings for a Baytown area catalog to aid firms operating nearby and those considering relocation. Businesses are asked to send completed forms to Moore, with the aim of expanding local commerce and placing names on a public listings roster.
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Chamber
Baytown
Waggoner Carr
Daverish Willoughby Moore
Galloway Calhoun
Franklin Spears
Crawford Martin
U. S. Steel
Haring
Maore
Thelpyron Tunnels
Braclus
Albert Thomas
Ikery McKaskle
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Doug Benton
Joan Brunson
Fred Hartman
James Richardson
Seaborn Cravey
Lawrence Bourge
Fire Gulf
Sun
Galveston
Bayshore Club
Baytonians
Citizens National
F.d.1.c
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Hwy
Thad Felton
Citizens OF Texas Savings
Marcel L. DeRudder
Westville
Stanley Woods John
Connally
Johnnie Hackworthe
Jerry Sadler
Fred Williams
la Porte Area
Bob Casey
Bill
Kilgarlin
Fred M. Hooey
William M
Bill) Dickson
Chet Brooks
John Ray Harrison
J. C. Whitfield
Barbara Jordan
Clyde Miller
C.D
Sonny Ferguson JR
Glenn Vickery
Walter L. van Sickle JR
Lindon
Williams
Charles J. Brink
Joe Allen
Bile Rice
Maurice C. Elsberry
Lauro Cruz
Sam Wiesenthae
Rex Cammack
Curtis M
Terry) Proctor
McDefoyd
Charlie
Martin David A
Gibson
W. N
Blanton
GOP
Jim Mayor
County
Jimmie Duncan
David Ball
Truman Reed
Ramsey
Harris County Federal Savings and Loan Assn
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