Baytown Jaycees launch storm relief drive with control station
Jaycees intensify efforts for Mississippi hurricane victims planning a door to door collection and a coordination center at the Baytown Chamber of Commerce. Ernest Hauser says volunteers will cover defined areas with assignments. Pickup trucks are requested as James Greenwood coordinates the effort with other Jaycees and a state director visiting Mississippi.
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Wanda Orton
Baytown Jaycees
Mississippi
Baytown
Hauser
Chamber
James Greenwood
Burger Cookout and Club Meetings for Baytown Groups
A series of community notices includes a Burger Cookout for Christopher E Byrne General Assembly members and wives at Knights of Columbus Hall at 6 30 p m, followed by a regular meeting at 8 p m. Bayshore Rod Reel and Gun Club holds a Working Party at 5 p m Thursday and a regular meeting at 7 p m Sunday.
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Christopher E. Byrne General Assembly
Knights of Columbus Hall
Bayshore Rod, Reel and Gun Club
Twill
Jack Walker
Crosby School District Faces Accredit Risk in Texas Suit
Attorney Joe Reynolds offered help to Crosby ISD in its federal desegregation suit against the state and in an accreditation hearing. Reynolds represents Crosby and other Houston area districts and spoke after a public hearing on the 1969 70 budget. The Justice Department filed suit seeking to halt a $135000 building expansion at Crosby and Drew campuses.
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Johnella Boynton
Crosby
Houston
Joe Reynolds
Reynolds
State Board of Education
Austin
Texas
Justice Department
Drew
Pasadena twirling star to headline Baytown recreation show
Mary Ann McCarty a 17 year old Baton champ from Pasadena will guest star at Baytown civic center Friday night. She is a top twirler with national and state awards and drum major of Pasaterial High School. The program features 30 numbers with 400 girls ages four to eighteen and is free at 7 p.m. The Sweet Adelines will also perform and Ricky Wickman will MC.
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Mary Ann McCarty
Pasadena
The
Recreation Review
Baytown
Civic Center
Peggy Sibley
City Recreation
Miss McCarty
Pasaterial High
Sweet Adelines
Ricky Wickman
Margie Parnell
Recreation Review Fifth Edition Opens With Dance Show
The Baytown Civic Center hosts a lively Indian dance routine at 7 p.m. Friday as part of Recreation Review. Eight year old Jeanne Byers and eight year old Holly Woods, daughters of local residents, are featured students of Margie Parnell in the event.
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Recreation Review
Baytown Civic Center
Jeanne Byers
R. J. Byers
Echols
Holly Woods
Glen Woods
Kilgore Road
Margie Parnell
Baytown Sun
Robby Nixon
Weather and Tides: Storms, Warm Drought, Week Outlook
Weather forecast shows thunder storms partly cloudy with a continued diet through Thursday and a chance of showers. Temperature expected Wednesday in the lower 70s to mid 90s. Morgan's Point tides for Thursday show high at 1:07 p.m. and low at 10:55 p.m.
Humble to Break Ground for 12 Story Baytown Office
Humble Oil and Refining Company plans a 7.4 million 12 story Baytown office tower to house 1000 employees and Enjay Chemical. Groundbreaking set for Thursday at 1 p.m. on Decker Drive with refinery manager Frank Turpin and retired manager H. H. Meier wielding the shovel. Local officials and architectural and construction leaders attend. Construction to begin immediately and take about two years with walls poured in place floor by floor.
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Young But
Humble
Enjay Chemical Co
Decker Drive
Frank Turpin
H. H. Meier
Glen Walker
W. V. Ramsey
Charles Sikes
of Neuhouse and
J. Bryan Stratton
Baytown
Bill Morgan
Highlands Rotary Club
Edward M. House
Houston
Rotary
Highlands Club
House
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown Sun
Kon Lennard
Baytonian Rites Set Thursday for John Bridges
Funeral services for John Millon Bridges 76, longtime resident here, will be held Thursday at Memorial Baptist Church with Dr Ed Thiele officiating. Burial in Memory Gardens under Farthman Funeral Home direction. Bridges died Tuesday in a hospital. He worked 1926 to 1957 as a Humble Oil supervisor and was a deacon and 32nd degree Mason.
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John Millon Bridges
Memorial Baptist Church
Ed Thiele
Memory Gardens
Farthman Funeral Home
Bridges
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Protests in Northern Ireland oppose government concessions
Leading Protestant figures condemn concessions to the Roman Catholic minority in Northern Ireland. The report notes political tension as government moves face scrutiny amid ongoing sectarian strife and calls for policy clarity.
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Northern Ireland
Six Baytonians View Damage In Gulfport
Six Baytown men flew to Gulfport Mississippi at 6 a m Wednesday to inspect hurricane damages. The party included City Manager Delly Voelker Mayor Gich Walker Civil Defense Director J Pletcher Nickerson City Councilman David Evans and Dave Sherron assistant CD director. The plane is flown by Col Howard Humphrey of the Humphrey Airport. They plan to return late Wednesday afternoon. The group seeks guidance on aiding hurricane victims and addressing Baytown shelter and rehabilitation needs in a similar tragedy.
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Baytown
Gulfport
Miss
Delly Voelker
Gich Walker
Civil Defense
J. Pletcher Nickerson
David Evans
Dave Sherron
Howard Humphrey
Humphrey
Aid pours in as Camille havoc stretches Gulf Coast
Gulfport, Miss AP A tide of aid flows to a Mississippi coast still groggy from Hurricane Camille. Officials tally 162 killed along the coast and up to 170 with Plaquemines Parish in Louisiana. death estimates may rise above 500. Gov Williams imposes martial law as VP Agnew and HUD chief Romney visit. Damages could top a billion dollars. 150,000 to 200,000 homeless. Rescue crews struggle to reach scattered areas. roads and communications restored gradually. Army generators and power crews airlifted to restore services. drinking water is scarce across the devastated zone.
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Gulfport
Miss
Mississippi
Camille
The
Highway Patrol
Louisiana
Plaquemines Parish
John Bell Williams
Spiro
PF. Agnew
George Romney
Housing and Urban Development
Williams
Mobile
Ala
U.s.army Corps of Engineers
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Jaycees
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