Harris County Oil and Gas Leads $71.1 Million Boost
Harris County oil and gas wells contributed $71.1 million to the county economy last year. Production totaled $57 million from oil and $14.1 million from natural gas, with 19.6 million barrels of crude oil and 109.1 billion cubic feet of gas pumped. Royalty payments reached $8.9 million. state production taxes were $3.6 million.
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Harris County
Texas Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Goose Creek
Katy
Tomball
Ira Rinehart
Texas Employment Commission
The
Oil and Gas Journal
Texas amendments expand public aid and education powers
The article outlines amendments 5 through 9 increasing state funding for public assistance to needy groups, allowing removal of interest-rate limits on bands, extending survivor benefits to more workers families, permitting more student loans under the Texas Opportunity Plan, and establishing annual legislative sessions. It notes the constitution has 191 amendments since 1876 and emphasizes voters control these permanent changes.
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Ad Valorem
Texas
Bar Association Plans Wide Range Of Subjects
The American Bar Association meets in Dallas for its 92nd annual gathering August 41 15 with speakers including U S Attorney General John Mitchell Chief Justice Warren Burger and ABA president William Gossett. Sessions cover uniform state laws campus unrest international law criminal justice and judicial nominations. About 14 000 lawyers judges and guests from 50 states and Puerto Rico are expected with closed circuit TV broadcasts in 11 Dallas hotels.
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American Bar Association
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Atty
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Supreme Court
Warren Burger
ABA
William T. Gossett
John James Saucier
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Nixon
Washington
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Fuerta Rica
Oddball History Snippets of Early Aviation and Animal Tricks
A miscellany notes how coons use ruses to elude hounds, recalls a veteran dog man, and records firsts in 1916 National Guard air service. It mentions medieval New Forest bans on hunting dogs, hogs trained to flush game, truffle-hunting hogs in France, Curtiss winning the first American air trophy for a one kilometer flight in 1908, timed by a Federation Aeronautique Internationale observer.
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National Guard
New York
New Forest
England
France
Scientific American
Glenn H. Curtiss
Warnimondsport
Noy
America
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
Social Planned by Phi Sigma Alpha of Texas Beta Psi
Phi Sigma Alpha of Texas Beta Psi announces an informal social at 6 p.m. Tuesday hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Richard Waters at 193 Bayshore, with Mrs. Bonnie Hazel Martin as co hostess.
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PHI Sigma Alpha
Texas
Beta Psi
Richard Waters
Bayshore
Bonnie Hazel Martin
Rites Held For Baytown Youth 18
Funeral services were set for Archie Paul Golden 18 at Earthman Funeral Chapel with Rev Kenneth Trent officiating. Burial followed at Grandview Memorial Park La Porte. Golden a 1969 Robert E Lee High School grad and apprentice electrician for Richardson Electric Co in Houston died in a Friday early morning a one car wreck on State Highway 925. He leaves parents Hoy and Mrs. Golden of Baytown four sisters and six brothers with several in the U S Army and Germany. Grandfather J W Parr of Dalhart among survivors.
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Archie Paul Golden
Earthman
Kenneth Trent
Grandview Memorial Park
la Parte
Golden
Deer Park
la Porte
Robert &. Lee High School
Jerry
U.S. Army
Richardson Electric Co
Houston
Hoy Golden
Baytown
Phyllis Ayers
Pasadena
Norma Lee Armstrong
Zonia Kirkland
Amarillo
Judy Anderson
le Roy Golden
Channelview
Doyle Golden
Garland
Jimmy Ray Golden
Apollo 11 ends quarantine and awaits world honors
One week left in quarantine, the Apollo 11 crew prepares final reports before public acclaim. Mariner 7 aims for high resolution Mars imagery while seeking clearer photos.
Burglaries and Robbery Reported in Laytown Area
Laytown police investigated two burglaries and a Sunday robbery at Minute Man drive in store where Hattie Davis was tied and threatened with a knife. A bakery on No Alexander Drive was burglarized with a $410 loss and Brisket Barbecue on West Jack Street suffered about $40 taken from a machine and cash register.
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Laytown
Hattie Davis
Minute Man
Garth Road
Jack
Lee
Amendment on water project and salaries debated
The proposal outlines a $3.5 billion borrowing grant for a $10 billion water development program along the Mississippi drainage system. It would empower the legislature to set salaries for members and top officials with limits tied to judges and the governor, a change opponents say could allow any legislator to receive a wide range of pay.
Baytown Woman's Mother Dead Amid Tax Amendment Query
Mrs. R H Brogdon mother of a Baytown resident died Sunday at a Beaumont nursing home after living in Sour Lake. Funeral slated for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Sour Lake Baptist Church. Survived by three other children and six grandchildren.
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R. H. Brogdon
C. Mervin Dickerson
Beaumont Nursing Home
Sour Lake
Sour Lake Baptist Church
Dickerson
Lee College Fall Celebration with new buildings dedication
Lee College marks its 35th anniversary with the dedication of two new campus buildings on November 18. The public may tour the facilities and attend programs, with refreshments served. General chairman is T. L. Satterwhite. Planning committee meets September 9 for subcommittee reports.
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Lee College
T. L
Doe) Satterwhite
Amendment Proposals Highlight Tuesday Ballot
Voters face crucial amendments including lifting welfare payments for needy children the blind disabled and aged from sixty to eighty million dollars annually. Another amendment would remove bond interest rate caps allowing legislature to set ceilings and a third would extend survivor benefits to volunteer firemen reserve and auxiliary police and others killed in the line of duty.
U S Steels Accounting Chief Promoted to Assistant Controller
Harold C Haase Jr. named assistant controller of U S Steel Agri Chemicals Division in Atlanta effective Aug 1 1969. Former Texas Works manager in Baytown since 1967, Haase is a Purdue and Penn State trained executive with a long U S Steel career and two sons at home.
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U.S. Steel
Agri- Chemicals
Atlanta
R. D. Lamphere
Haase
Texas Works
Baytown
Verona
N. J, Me
Maase
Purdue University
University of Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
South
Chicago
Gary
Indiana
AFS Chapter meeting set for Tuesday evening
The American Field Service Robert E. Ler chapter will meet at 7 50 p m Tuesday in the Lone Star Room of the Community Building Pamela Cawood Rhodesia exchange student will attend and anyone interested in joining is invited to participate
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AFS
Robert E.ler
The
American Field Service
Lone Star
Pamela Cawood
Rhodesia
Immigrant arrivals to Britain fall in 1968
London AP reports British Home Office figures show total immigrants admired to Britain in 1968 fell to 53 009, down 8 308 from 1962. About 3 000 arrived from Austria Canada and New Zealand while 80 000 came from Commonwealth regions in Africa the West Indies and Asia replacing India and Pakistan. Of 2 246 admitted for professional skills 1 010 were doctors with 782 from India and 176 from Pakistan.
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Austria
Canada
New Zealand
Africa
West Indies
Asia
India
Pakistan
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