Gene's Hi Fi Fire Causes 250000 In Damages
A Saturday blaze at Gene's Hi Fi, a 11000 square foot warehouse and service center, caused about 250000 in damages. About 50 firefighters battled the three hour fire starting around 6 16 p.m. Fire officials said most loss was in the warehouse with cartons of TV units. Owner Gene Branscome, operating 11 years, hopes to reopen in some fashion later in the week.
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Bill Hartman
Texas
Gene
Gene's
Branscone
Community Notices From Baytown Area This Week
Sun Spots reports on an all joint Knights of Columbus dance at 2600 W Main with Gil Baca orchestra, ticket outlets in Corsby La Porte and Baytown. Kiwanis film “The Empty House” shown by Rev Glen Kollmeyer who speaks on What Makes a Christian Home. Storytime at Sterling Library for pre schoolers led by Mrs Gene Halter and Mrs Ken Brinkley. Weather outlook slightly warmer with temperatures upper 50s to lower 80s. Tides for Morgan's Point Tuesday. Baytown social notes include Lucy OBrien and Nancy Haase Mexican party May 3 at Goose Creek Country Club and various local residents attending events. Beach City Council meets Tuesday evening. A murder by auto charge filed in Pasadena against George L Probst after fatal motorcycle wreck involving his wife. Lee College夏 summer reading program enrollment underway with sessions starting June 10.
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la Porte, Crosby and Baytown
Knights of Columbus
W. Main
Gil Baca
Corsby
la Porte
Baytown
Kiwanis
Glen C. Kollmeyer
Baytown Kiwanis Club
Kolmeyer
Lucy O'Brien
Nancy Haase
Goose Creek Country
Tom Neely
England
Belgium
Holland
Janie Higginbotham
Alma Morgan
Mary Lave
San Antonio
Ruby Keeler
Don Wynnamers
Ted
Babs Smith
Tom Litras
Gene Boynton
Bob Wesselhoff
Calvacade of Music
Jones Hall
Baytown Chamber Names Top Projects for Year
Industry Spur CC tops a member poll as the most important project for the year focusing on expediting Highway 146 Industrial Spur and the Cedar Bayou bridge. The Baytown Levee ranks second with other favored items including beautification, industrial development, a new channel crossing, and Baytown infrastructure upgrades.
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Cedar Bayou
Baytown
Bayway Drive
Cedar -Bayou Stream
Goose Creek Lake
Texas Avenue
Cook-Out King Eddie Huron Bounces Back After Heart Attack
Eddie Huron is home in Baytown after nearly three weeks at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital recovering from a heart attack. He, his wife, and their dog Fifi celebrate his return with thanks to nurses and friends. He plans to follow doctors’ orders and recover to be with loved ones.
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Eddie Huron
Jean Froneberger
Huron
Fifi
King
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Cravey backs Fanestiel in mayor run off race
Mayor Seaborn Cravey endorsed Albert Fanestiel in the April 29 runoff for mayor, praising his qualifications and ability to lead city government. Cravey urged supporters to back Fanestiel, noting Glen Walker’s earlier narrow loss and Braswell’s elimination from the race.
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Fanestiel
Cravey
Albert Fanestiel
Seaborn Cravey
Glen Walker
Armed students end 36 hour siege at Cornell University
Armed students in bandoliers march from a campus building in Ithaca after a signed agreement with officials ends a 36 hour siege. British troops guard Northern Ireland targets after weekend bombings and Londonderry riot damage. Congress leaders press Nixon over slow crisis response in first 90 days. Sirhan Sirhan case looms as potential death or life verdict. Texas reports 38 violent deaths over the weekend including 19 traffic fatalities.
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Cornell University
Ithaca
N. Y
Belfast
Ireland
Northern Ireland
City of
Londonderry
Texas
Construction Boom Continues In Baytown Area Growth
Baytown shows a strong building boom with March commercial values above 1 million versus 128 510 a year earlier. April permits confirm the surge with Akard Beall gaining approval for 35 new homes and Gene Branscome proposing a 177 000 square foot apartment project in William Scott subdivision.
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Ron Lennard
Baytown
Akard Beall
Outlawn Terrace
Gene Branscome
William Scott
Arthur D. Steinberg
Houston
Joe Ayler
A.V.G. Ltd. Co
Plumwood 4
Buchanan Drive
Eaves Drive
Richardson Development Co
Lindenwood Drive
U S Role In Welfare Rise, Muskie Says
Senator Muskie told Houston Democrats that a Supreme Court ruling on state residency for welfare would push the federal government to share more burden and that national guidelines may follow. He urged considering urban areas hardest hit by welfare influx for financial relief and opposed expanding ABM plans before exploring other arms control options.
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Fred Hartman Houston
Edmund S. Muskie
U. S. Supreme Court
Houston
San Jacinto
Harris County
Sen
Muskie
Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Maine
U. S. Navy
Nixon proposes broad tax reform package in Congress
President Nixon sent Congress an eight fold tax reform plan including a one half cut in the 10 per cent surtax within a year and removal of two million people from income tax. He urged repeal of the 7 per cent investment tax credit and said the surtax would be cut to five per cent after January 1, 1970 with a target elimination on June 30, 1970 contingent on conditions.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Hornet and escorts sail into Sea of Japan
The Hornet and ten American warships entered the Sea of Japan to protect U S intelligence flights off North Korea. The Tsushima Strait passage occurred between 2 and 8 am with five destroyers and four escort ships. Reports also tied Enterprise heading toward the area as reconnaissance flights continue. Government officials kept warship movements classified.
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Sea of Japan
U.S
North Korea
Japanese
Maritime Agency
Hornet
Tsushima Strait
Japan
South Korea
Asahi Shimbun
Enterprise
Sasebo Naval Base
Nixon
Kyodo
United States
Baytonian Wins State Speaking Meet Honor
Jan Howell of Robert E. Lee High School won a Southern Baptist State Speakers Tournament prize in Waco, earning a trip to Glorietta Baptist Assembly June 5 to 11. Howell, senior and Memorial Baptist Church member, competed against 12 rivals with the topic It s Your World Blessed. The event featured four semi finalists and two state winners to represent Texas at Glorietta and Ridgecrest.
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Jan Howell
Carson Howell
East Fayle
Southern Baptist
Waco
Miss Howell
Robert &. Lee High School
Texas
Glorietta
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Garrett
Pasadena
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Lee College
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AP Wire
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Robert F. Kennedy
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Maryland
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