LC Bus Purchases OKayed for College District
The college board approved bus purchases from Searcy Bus Sales for two air conditioned units at 19,110 plus 8,390 for installation, totaling 27,700. Bids for maintenance from Baytown Typewriter Exchange were accepted, and low bids for scientific equipment 19,446.41 funded in part by a 9,000 federal grant. Office and custodial supplies bids also approved with quality equal to price.
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Tom Meier
Boatright
Dr. Cleveland
Ind
Meier
Searcy Bus Sales, Inc
C. Jim Stewart
Stevenson
Baytown
John Pechacek
Alvin Miles
College Comptroller
Furm
Miles
City council mulls site for new police station and bids for fountain
The council debated relocating the police station site with Alten Cannon presiding. Bid awards went to Ben H. Riggs for fountain and slab work, plus sidewalks at five elementary schools, with Lanham urging rejection of the sidewalk bid as too high and Brown & Root offering alternate terms. The memorial fountain includes a concrete base and a sun dial, and the city may pursue budget-study session input for a future decision.
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Council
North Main
Civic Center
Ben H. Riggs
Baytown
Riggs
Brown & Root
Thefts Probed at Bob Hamric Chevrolet and Nearby Property
Police investigated thefts valued at 31 386 from Bob Hamric Chevrolet in Ita E Texas including mirrors batteries tires and hubcaps. A horse valued at 900 was reported stolen from a pasture near 647 North Main by Betty Edgett of 621 Lloyd Lane in Baytown.
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Baytown
Betty Edgett
Lloyd Lane
N. Main
Bicycle stolen from Dorothy Blackman’s home
Police report a bicycle valued at 25 dollars was taken Wednesday night from Dorothy Blackman at 9916 McKinney. The incident notes a burglary style theft with a missing two wheeled bicycle.
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Dorothy Blackman
McKinney
Funeral notices for Lewis Agent and others in Houston area
Funeral services noon Sunday at Springhill Baptist Church Magnolia Springs Tex for Lewis Agent 116 of 8211 Peachtree Houston died Thursday. Survived by wife Mamie Agent and many Barnett relatives. burial Magnolia Springs Cemetery. Henry G Garza 73 Pasadena died Thursday in hospital. services 3 p.m. Saturday Guardian Angel Catholic Church burial Grandview Memorial Park. rosary 7:30 p.m. Friday Colonial Funeral Home. Hadyn Irving Harper 75 Baytown died Thursday. services 10 a.m. Saturday Earthman Funeral Home. Cedar Crest Cemetery. Cedar Bayou Masonic rites.
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Austin
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McAllen
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President of Chronicle Dies in Colorado Springs
Frank E. Warren, 02, president of the Houston Chronicle Publishing Co., died in his sleep in a Colorado Springs hotel while on vacation. Bill Price, his companion from a newsprint firm, found Warren in bed after he complained of neck pains and malaise and had seen a doctor that afternoon.
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Houston Chronicle Publishing Co
Colorado Springs
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Warren
Colorado
Price
Brooks to Attend Barrett Station Groundbreaking
Ninth District Congressman Jack Brooks will attend the 11 a.m. Saturday groundbreaking for a $270,000 Barrett Station shopping center. Wilbert Eagleton, owner, said the 12,000 square foot project will house a supermarket drive in grocery barbershop beauty shop washateria and offices with L.8. Gibbs of Houston as contractor and SBA loan guarantees.
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Craig Washington
Houston
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Eagleton
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Crosby School Tax Decision Due Tonight
Crosby School Board plans to adopt a 1972-73 budget and set the 1972 tax rate after a public hearing at 7:30 p.m. Friday in the Crosby High School library. Supt. Jerry Prochazka reports a $3,969,169 budget with $2,472,012 from bond proceeds and a $1.50 to $1.52 tax rate target depending on a $90,000 surplus from last year.
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Crosby
Crosby High School
Jerry Prochazka
Prochazka
Roadway assessment plan details costs for property owners
About 149 property owners along the roadway would be assessed a total of 91 750 dollars. Bay side owners would pay 250 dollars each and inside abutting owners 500 dollars each.
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Luc
Huffman School Board Weighs Tax Increase Tonight
The Huffman School Board will decide Friday night after a public hearing whether to raise the district tax rate as much as 23 percent to cover a $90,000 deficit in the coming budget year. The hearing is set for 7:30 p.m. at the administration building. Bake custard in cups and serve with brandied fruit.
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Huffman
Huffman School Board
Texas constitutional amendment vote on governor salary change
Public notice announces a constitutional amendment to add salary provisions for the Lieutenant Governor and Speaker of the House. The measure, HJR 95, would set an annual salary of 22,500 dollars and require a ballot vote on November 7, 1972 for Texas electors.
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House of Representatives
State of
Texas
General Land Office
Secretary of State
Lelenant Berner
Attormneral
Tool Box Theft Reported in Baytown
Patricia V. Gulbert of 3118 Ohio reported to Baytown police that on Wednesday night a tool box valued at 150 dollars was stolen from the floorboard of a pickup truck parked in front of her house.
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Patricia V. Gulbert
Ohio
Baytown
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