School Board Hires Information Director
The school board on Monday night approved a new director of informational services for the district over objections from Trustee Mrs. Kart Ww. Opryshek. Mrs. Sue Powers, a Horace Mann Junior School teacher, was chosen on Supt. George H. Gentry’s recommendation. The board also considered appointing Kim Worden as visiting teacher for attendance problems. Opryshek argued funds should go to remedial reading teachers and library staff, not a public relations officer. Other trustees supported the move, saying the program would serve broad audiences and improve district communications. The proposal includes a news bureau, speakers bureau, events bureau, newsletter, closed circuit TV, and better PR coordination.}
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Gentry
YMCA
Kim Worden
Opryshek
Posal
Troy Peterson
Information Services
Moody family attends funeral and relocates
From San Angelo to Fort Worth the Moody family attended the funeral of Mrs Moody s sister in law Mrs H F Moody of Fort Worth Mrs Moody mother of Dr Jess Moody of West Palm Beach Fla formerly of Baytown TB Tests CHAMBERS COUNTY health nurse to test Mont Belvieu first and seventh graders TB tests required at school start Heavy Rain Harris County reports 13 5 inches first measurable rain since July 23 St Joseph s Hospital Houston offers nursing refresher course Sept 7 2 Dean reassigned to Vietnam with the 4th Artillery headquarters Battery 1st Battalion 4th Artillery as a communications man
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. M. Moody
San Angelo
Chambers County
Mont Belvieu
Harris County Mosquito Control District
Alexander Drive
Dean
Don L. Dean JR
Highlands
Sth
Vietnam
Pic
4Th Artillery
Baytown Weather and Galveston Tides Briefing
Partly cloudy with widely scattered showers expected from Tuesday to Wednesday in the Baytown area. Tuesday temperatures 12 to 92 degrees. Monday ranged 70 to 91 degrees. Galveston tides: high at 6:42 am and low at 7:42 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown Area
Galveston
Advice From Gwen Wadley On Avoiding Holes
Gwen Wadley hobbling on crutches after a fractured foot shares practical counsel to avoid holes. The piece also notes visits and relocations of locals including the DeGarmos in Bogota and Mike Abbott visiting grandparents in Baytown. Additional items mention Jean Morlan packing to join her husband in Italy and community activities by Mrs. Puderbaugh and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwen Wadley
Danny
Danny DeGarmo
Bogota
Colombia
Mike Abbott
Houston
B. E. Sutphin
Baytown
Jean Morlan
Italy
Carolyn Baker
W. K. Puderbaugh
Carol Merkle
Nancy Mundinger
Clyde Fuller
Sammy Smith
Susan Hodges
Hearing Set On Budget for Lee College District Tax to Rise Four Cents
A public hearing on the 1967 68 budget for Lee College District is scheduled for 6 39 p.m. Thursday Aug 17 in the college library. The proposed four cent maintenance levy increase will raise the total tax to 23 cents per $100 valuation including debt retirement and maintenance. Dr Richard Strahan says the rise funds salary increases office operations and new equipment while maintaining support for expansion and inflation. The district plans to seek public approval to raise the maintenance ceiling this fall or spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee College
Richard Strahan
Technical
Strahan
Antipoverty Group Names Directors As Fuss Grows
Houston residents elected 35 new directors for the Harris County Community Action Association amid criticism from the mayor, lawmakers, and agency staff. About 3,200 of 270,000 poor voted. the board includes 15 poor representatives and 30 chosen by civic groups. The director defended purchases of walkie talkies, police radios, and rifle sights amid a picket line over dismissed employees linked to May riot at Texas Southern University. Senators Tower and McLellan requested probes. Bush also urged congressional inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Mort Gay
Congress
Harris County Community “Action Association
Aileen Wall
Bill Elliott
Lane Welch
Francis Williams
HOCAA
HCCAA
Texas Southern ‘University
Willams
Welch
Agency
George T. Miller
Miller
jJetier
John Tower
R-Tex
John L. MelLelan
D-Ark
Senate
George Bush
House
Tower
Sargent Shriver
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Community Action Panel Names 2 Directors Here
Frank Kendall of Humble Oil and Refining Co. and Woodrow Lewis of Wilson Cleaners in Oak Addition become Baytown’s two new representatives on the Harris County Community Action Association board. Kendall won 57 of 6a! votes. Lewis unopposed with all 33 votes. The panel will be unpaid and faces many challenges. Senator John Tower and Congressman George Bush seek a Congressional probe into the CAA after a Houston official ordered seven telescopic rifle sights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Kendall
Ou and Refining Co
Woodrow Lewis
Wilson Cleaners
Oak Addition
Baytown
Harris County Community Action Association
Kendall
Eva Sanchezs
Highlands
W. O. Tidman
McNait
Cephas DeBose
Howard E. Dear
James P. Smith
Barrett Station
Mildred Chenevert
Chenevert
Elvin Reed
Wilson Gradney
John Tower
George, Bush
Community Action Association
CAA
Houston
Industrial Districts Approved By Council
Baytown officials backed continuing the welfare clinic run by the Baytown Health League for the rest of 1967 with potential extra costs of 210,000 to 330,000 to operate in 1968. The Community Chest board weighed finances after Harris County Hospital District stopped $1,200 monthly medicine aid, and after Dr. Dolph resigned due to illness. The clinic remains a vital humane need to provide indigent medical care locally rather than sending all to Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobee Sutphin
Baytown Health League
Baytown Highlands
Baytown
the Chest
Harris County Hospital District
Charles Caldwell
Community Chest
Chest Board
C.H. Dolph
Il Health
Caldwell
Ben Taub Hospital
Houston
Spencer Promoted Farmy Specialist at Tropic Test Center
Spencer J. Spencer, 23, son of Mr and Mrs Charles J Spencer of 9402 Belfast Lane La Porte, is promoted to farmy specialist. He serves at the Tropic Test Center Ft. Clayton Canal Zone and is a Galena Park High School and University of Houston graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Frankline
Charles J. Spencer
Belfast Lane
la Porte
Ft. Clayton
Canal Zone
Galena Park High School
University of Houston
School Board OKs 11 Million Dollar Budget
The district approved an 11,022,433 budget and plans to ask Humble OW and Refining Co. for early tax payments to bridge September through December. Finance Chief Sauls estimates over 400,000 monthly needed until tax receipts arrive in January. The budget allocates 6,634,578 for operations, 3,211,480 for capital outlay, and 1,175,750 for debt service, funded by an 11.77 levy and a bond issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humble OW and Refining Co
Seth Mitchell
Humble
Robert Sauls
Seri. L
Sauls
Thoughts on Truth and Freedom From Nixon and John 832
The quote pairing links John 8 32 to Richard Nixon's view that truth is the best weapon against false ideas. It frames truth as liberating and suggests honesty as a remedy for misinformation in political discourse.
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Richard M. Nixon
U.S
New School Policy Faces Board Over Secret Meetings
The school board considers two policy statements requiring a 52 vote to start superintendent dismissal and to close or revise policy. Trustee Kan W. Opry shek opposes the 52 vote rule, citing conflict with state law and disrupted majority control. The policy also mandates premeeting agenda release to press and approved news agencies, with potential permit revocation for misuse. The plan would take effect until a new board forms after spring elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kan W. Opryshek
Opryshek
George Gentry
Income Tax Hike Case Questioned by House Panel
Members of the House Ways and Means Committee pressed Treasury Secretary Henry Fowler Budget Director Charles Schultze and Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Gardner Ackley for a clear, voter-credible case for the proposed 10 percent income tax surcharge. Representative Al Ullman said voters must be convinced they are better off now than five years ago and that after the surcharge they will pay less than before the 1964 tax cut. James Burke joined predicting a tough fight amid doubts and reservations from many committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Way Hengton
House
Ways and Means Committee
Johnson
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Charles L. Schultze
Gardner Ackley
Council of Economic Advisers
al Ullman
Dore
Ullman
James A. Burke
D-Mass
New Maps For School District Due
The Baytown Engineering Co. won a $28,530 contract to build a new map system for the school district, to be completed in 12 months. Led by A. J. Busch Jr, the firm edged Gaylord-Strickle and Associates, Inc. of Houston, whose bid was hourly and projected costs between 40,000 and 60,000. Funds come from a $7.7 million bond issue. the need arose from an annual plan noting immediate map book needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown Engineering Gy
A. J
John) Busch Jr
Baytown
George H. Gentry
Siee
Gaylord-Strickle and Associates, Inc
Houston
Gaylord-Stickle
Baytown Adopts Three District Plan to Ease Tax Hike
Baytown City Council approves a three district plan to reduce a looming tax increase. Seven year contracts with seven key industries will see payments in lieu of taxes based on plant value with a negotiated percentage. The city projects a smaller tax increase next year while budget studies begin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Holcomb
Baytown
Leven ‘Industries
Lamar Kelly
Kelley
Sterling Municipal Library
Albert, Fanestiel
Andy Braswell
Pat Ball
Seaborn Cravey
Texas Gulf Coast
Deer Park
Humble
Enjay
United Carbon
Stouffer
Marbon
Agencies probe Harris County rifle scope order
Three federal agencies are investigating the rifle scope order by the Harris County Community Action Association. The Office of Economic Opportunity the FBI and the Air Force are examining the matter, an OEO spokesman said Tuesday. A fatal multiple auto crash on a Houston freeway left 10 injured and William E. Trautwein Sr. 47 dead.
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Washington
Harris County Community Action Association
Office of Economic Opportunity
FBI
Air Force
OEO
Houston
Wiliam E. Trautwein Sr
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Bob Wahrmund
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Ford & Climatic
FORD
Bihar
India
Lee College District
Antipoverty Group
Fuss
Community Action Panel
Dwayne Jones
Jones
Yores
Mitchell
John
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Treasury
Henry Fowler
Charles Schultz
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