Eckhardt Urges Cities Seek Matching Funds
Congress man Bob Eckhardt urged Harris County municipalities and water control districts to apply to the Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority for matching funds for sewage treatment plants. He warned about $40 million in federal funds at risk and explained EPA approved a plan to improve funding by using a river basin compact and state bonds to cover 25 percent, with municipalities repaying later.
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Houston
Bob Eckhardt
Harris County
Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority
Eckhardt
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Baytown and Channelview School Lunch Menus Included
Baytown and Barbers Hill offer breakfast applesauce buttered toast and milk. Lunch options include fish fillet or smoked sausage with vegetables at Baytown, steak with mashed potatoes and rolls at Barbers Hill, and ham burger meals with pinto beans and banana pudding at Channelview Elementary.
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Baytown
Barbers Hill
Channelview
X-Rate Flick Theaters Are Closed Down
Public outcry against X rated movies leads to orders closing three of Andersons six theaters and drive ins. The manager cites a lack of non X rated films and growing opposition making continued operation impossible.
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Anderson, Ind
Anderson
Two Baytown Churches Burglarized Between Monday and Tuesday
Two churches were burglarized in Baytown between noon Monday and 7 p.m. Tuesday. Cedar Bayou Church of Christ at 3601 N Highway 146 was ransacked with no missing items. total loss was 215 dollars, 30 dollars damage to the building. A priest’s office at St John’s Methodist Church on 508 Alexander Drive reported two radios and an intercom set stolen, with 215 dollars total loss. Personal home break in reported at 302 Wildwood. Barbara Prather said entry occurred Tuesday between 6:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. drawers and closets rummaged, two straight edge razors missing.
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Baytown
St. John’s
Odist
S. Alexander Drive
Moniday
Barbara Prather
Wildwood
Cedar Bayou Church of Christ
N. Highway 146
Crime Proves Rather Costly In Harlem
In central Harlem crimes cost residents and property owners more than 2 billion dollars in 1970 according to a Small Business Chamber of Commerce report. Most costs came from thefts by heroin addicts to support narcotics habits with about 1.8 billion linked to thefts for drugs and loansharking.
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New York
Harlem
Small Business Chamber of Commerce
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Surfers
Spayless
Alexander
United Distributing Censors
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Similac
Cosco Cradlette
Pra R
Birdseye
Main Street
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