Tax reform bill clears House amid Senate battle
The House approved the major tax reform and relief measure 394 to 30, aiming for $6.8 billion in extra revenue and $9.2 billion in eventual relief. The plan tightens 27 tax areas, repeals a 7 percent investment credit, trims the oil depletion allowance, cuts petroleum tax advantages, and largely benefits low and middle income families while sparing the wealthy. Senate Finance Committee will hold 100 witnesses after Congress returns September 3, with action likely to stretch two months.
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House
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Russell B. Long
Dla
Durbin murder trial reads handwritten confession in court
In Austin AP report Clyde Durbin Jr. heard a court read his handwritten statement about the slayings of UT couple John Albert White and Keitha Morris. The defense weighs insanity or mental illness as the case moves toward a state rest.
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Durbin
Burnet
White
Keitha Morris
White Deer
Dist. Atty
Bob Smith
Highland Lakes
Miss Morris
Bull Creek
Austin
John
Keitha
Sterling High School senior portrait schedule and events
Sterling High School lists senior portrait times from 9 40 am to 3 30 pm Tuesday through Friday. If cards were not received, report to Room 110 for an appointment. Also noted are a youth rally at First Nazarene Church and a Baytown veterans meeting, theater tryouts, and a golf scramble at Goose Creek Country Club.
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Sterling
Sterling High School
Room 110
Bobby Richardson
Crusade For Christ
First Nazarene Church
N. Main
Goose Creek Country Club
Sam and Katherine Alford Enjoy Family Visit at Circus
SAM AND KATHERINE Alford beam as their two grandchildren David and Wendy Alford arrive from Scottsdale Pa. David persuades Sam to join the family at the circus while daughter-in-law Shirley stays with the youngsters. They plan a trip to Wimberly to bring home Diana Alford Byers. C J Bailey Sr. is ill at home with possible visitors. Leonard Twardowski and his brother Robert boast big fish stories. Pat and Jo Ann Bond celebrate an anniversary. Don Lumus and family return from vacation and Elizabeth Carpenter plays piano at a Kiwanis meeting. Connie Hartlieb attends to customers as Vic Davis visits The Sun office. The D E Coker family vacationes camping.
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Sam
Katherine Alford
David
Wendy Alford
Scottsdale, Pa
Shirley
Wimberly
Diana Alford Byers
C. J. Bailey Sr
Leonard Twardowski
Robert
Pat
Jo Ann Bond
Don Lumus
Elizabeth Carpenter
Kiwanis
Connie Hartlieb
Vic Davis
Sun
D. E. Coker
Soviet moon probe launches to study lunar space
Moscow reports an unmanned spacecraft launched to photograph and study the moon and nearby space with no indication of a soft landing plan. The Luna 15 crash remains fresh in memory after the Apollo 11 landing on July 20 in the Sea of Tranquility.
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Soviet Union
Moon
Lunar
U.S
Sea of Tranquility
Nixon to address nation on welfare reform plan
President Nixon is to propose replacing the welfare system with a guaranteed income and job incentives. He reportedly will shift the antipoverty effort from community action to creating new job opportunities and seek Congress approval for a $1500 annual income for a typical family of four.
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Washington
Nixon
Nation
U. S
Executive Branch
Capitol Hill
Congress
City Manager announces police chief to take terminal leave
City Manager Delly R. Voelkel said Police Chief Blair W. Mann will start terminal leave on Monday ahead of retirement on October 1. Assistant Chief RH Turner will assume chief duties until further notice as Mann uses accumulated vacation and sick leave before retirement.
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Blair W. Mann
Bo) Turner
Voelkel
Mann
Kennedy to testify in inquest of July 18 auto death girl
A Kennedy witness will be called in the inquest into the July 18 auto crash that killed a girl passenger. The report notes Dinis says Kennedy will testify while Nixon withdraws Hurd’s ambassador nomination after Hurd said he wished to avoid conflicts of interest.
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Edmund Dinis
Edward M. Kennedy
Nixon
John G. Hurd
Texas
Venezuela
Hurd
Budget Hearing Set For Eight Point Six Million
San Jacinto Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases Association will deploy its mobile X-ray unit to Baytown monthly, starting next month, on the second Friday each month from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at West Texas Avenue near First National Bank. X-rays cost 1.50, subsidized by Christmas seal sales. those without the fee will not be turned away.
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San Jacinto
Baytown
Pre School Clinic Set for August Fourteenth
A makeup clinic for children who missed the spring session will run from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. August 14 at Memorial Baptist Church. Vision hearing and speech tests will be given for children entering public school kindergarten or first grade, with readiness tests for those entering first grade. About 2,000 youngsters are expected. 1,800 were tested last spring. PTA members and Parents Clubs assist, and the Service League administers the tests.
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Memorial Baptist Church
W. Sterling
Jenarie Alexander
Alexander
Service League
NSA Meeting SAN JACINTO Chapter to convene Monday
The SAN JACINTO Chapter of the National Secretaries Association will meet at 7 p.m. Monday in a Citizens National Bank conference room. Delegates will report on the International Convention.
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San Jacinto
National Secretaries Association
Citizens National Bank
Six Lots Donated for Mont Belvieu City Offices
Mont Belvieu Lions Club and Ure Volunteer Fire Department each donated three lots for a new $100,000 municipal building on Main Street near Eagle Drug Store. The project will replace the Lions Club building and old fire hall to provide council chambers city offices and a meeting place for civic groups.
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Ron Lennard
Mont Belvieu
Mont Belvieu Lions Club
Ure Volunteer Fire Department
Main Street
Eagle Drug Store
Lions Club
Lions’ Club
H. ¥. Hart
U S Troop Counts Rise in Vietnam Despite Withdrawal
In Washington AP two Senate critics say U S troop strength in Vietnam rose to 4 5 thousand more than when Nixon took office despite a announced withdrawal of 25 thousand. Senators Gore Fulbright Goldwater Tower Stennis press Pentagon figures show years July Aug.
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U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
Senate
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Sen. J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Gore
Pentagon
Barry Goldwater
John G. Tower
R-Tex
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Weather Update Night Heat and Weekend Showers Forecast
Weather outlook calls for clear to partly cloudy skies and continued heat through Saturday with a chance of scattered showers. Friday temperatures expected in the low to mid 90s with highs near 95. Morgan's Point tides show a high at 3 49 p.m and a low at 1 43 a.m with continued tidal variation.
School Budget Proposes 20 Percent Tax Increase
Copies of the 1969 70 school district budget are available at the School Administration Building. A hearing on the budget is set for 7 30 p m Tuesday, with the board's regular meeting the prior evening. The plan calls for total operating expenses of 8 621 050, up 1 6 million from 1968 69, financed mainly by a 20 percent local tax rise. total expenditures would be 12.9 million, down from 14.5 million due to reduced capital outlay as the $7.7 million building program nears completion. If adopted, the 1969 tax rate would be 1 775 per 100 valuation, with 1 50 for current expenses and 27 for debt service, unchanged in total rate but based on a 20 percent rise in the assessment ratio.
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Johnella Boynton
Phe
Fullers Opening New Auto Agency Saturday
Fullers, Inc., a veteran Baytown business firm, will open its new 150000 dollar auto dealership at 1801 N. Main with the Datsun Valve agency and a modern automatic car wash. Opening ceremonies begin at 9 30 a m. Pat Fuller will manage the new location continuing the Datsun Volvo Market Street operation. I L Fuller preserves the Humble Service Station phase at 9138 Main. The North Main facility marks a 23 year Fuller brothers partnership origin in 1946 and traces a long family business history in Baytown.
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Market St
M. P
Pat) Fuller
I. L
Fullers
Humble
Main
Fuller Brothers
S. Main
LL. Fuller
Magnolia
North Main
L. L
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Hockhold
Stephen Cobb
P. C. Cobb
NSA
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Henry Scarborough
Methodist Church
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