School board ponders low bid strategy for stadium builds
Board reviews bids for Stallworth Stadium and Memorial Stadium field house remodels. Errors blamed on drawings showing half-work and identical halves. Forms 85080, plumbing 515,000, electrical 41,000 costs cited. Rejected bids include 29000 and 37957 for field house work. Bond funds total 320.60. Plan to resubmit shell and reroofing. Consider self haul of refuse to save 320,600 yearly via packer truck.
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Root
Stallworth Stadium
James A. ‘“Bitsy"* Davis
Memorial Stadium
G. B. Chatham
Fleenwood Construction Co
Summitten
Davis
Jie
Ezekiel H. Morgan
Ruth E. Wilson
A. W. Costley
Art Administration
Beach City council set for 7 30 pm meeting
Beach City Council will meet at 7 30 pm Tuesday at the Community Building on West Bay Road. A toy collection for the Baytown preschool program is urged with items for three to five year olds and contact numbers 427-1916 427-3691 for donations. Glenn Herrington of Horace Mann Junior High will speak at Baytown Rotary Club noon Wednesday at the Tower Restaurant about a 295 mile California trip. Highlands PTA offers free snow cones to children whose parents attend registration day Tuesday and PTA officers will collect materials for the new year. Ross Sterling High School faculty plan an informal social 7 30 to 9 30 pm Tuesday in the cafeteria. Weather notes show continued heat and possible showers through Wednesday. Galveston tides listed for Wednesday.
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Beach City Beach City
West Bay Road
Baytown
Rotary
Glenn Herrington
Horace Mann Junior High
Baytown Rotary Club
Tower
California
Herrington
Highlands Pta Highlands
Parent - Teacher' Association
PTA
Sterling
Ross Sterling High School
Charlene Kelly
Pam Treahardt
Don Treuhardt
Ranger Booster Club
Sterling Stars
Blue Bell
Around Town Highlights and Local People News
Jeddy Davis greets an old friend and the E K Enwins dine out. Mary Sue and Danny Barnham travel to Baytown for a wedding. Dr. Joe Horeczy issues an invitation. Beth Winegartner previews a program. Metriiee and David Thormas report a great South America trip. Congratulations to Mrs Judy Roebuck Stolander on graduation from Sam Houston State College. Ray Helpert models a summer outlet. The H C Goyntons return from a Mexico vacation. Gary Hill reports a stock car race collision in Navasota. Former Blytonian Mike Cuthbertson due home from Viet Nam. Mike is son of M D Cuthbertson of Denison and grandson of Lillie Nelson of Baytown.
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Jeddy Davis
E. K. Enwins
Mary Sue
Danny Barnham
Baytown
Joe Horeczy
Beth Winegartner
Metriiee
David Thormas
South America
Judy Roebuck Stolander
Sam Houston State College
Ray Helpert
H C. Goyntons
Mexico
Gary Hill
Navasota
Mike Cuthbertson
Vietnam
Mike
M.D. Cuthbertson
Denison
Lillie Nelson
Some Delegates Don t Like It Convent Ion Armed Cat Cames
Newspaper columnists and Chicago residents mock the Democratic convention security. Thousands of state and federal troops plus 2000 police and Secret Service men guard the Chicago hall amid criticisms by some ultras. The unit rule is abolished, governor controls voting. Touring security and entry checks spark confusion as the convention unfolds.
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Preston Pendergrass
Chicago
Bob Hope
NBC
New
York
Texas
John Connally
School Board Hires New Special Education Chief
The school board approved new staff including a new director of special education to replace Carl Mays. George Clerk, 44, formerly a field representative with the National Association for Retarded Children, brings 17 years in education and holds a BS from East Texas State and an MEd from the University of Houston. He taught in Sheridan, Northeast Houston, Houston, and Santa Fe NM, and worked five years with the Texas Education Agency. Other hires include James Alton, Nancy S. Alton, Martha Bentley, Lois Couch, Sallie Neil Girard, Marsha L. Harper, Nancy H. Hill, Viva Marie Miller, Reginald R. Prince, Ira D. Roberts, Lois F. Shaevel, Sandra L. Shippman, Elizabeth Barkley, Vance Jacobs, Bonnie Bradford, and Harlem Elementary, with resignations of six teachers noted.
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Carl Mays
George Clerk
National Association For Retarded Children
Clark
East Texas State
University of Houston
Sheridan
Houston
Santa Fe
N. Mex
Texas Education Agency
James Alton
Highlands’ Junior School
Nancy 5. Alton
Ross Sterling High School
Martha Bentley
Sterling
Lois Couch
Robert E. Lee
Sallie Neil Girard
Marsha L. Harper
Ross Sterling
Nancy H. Hill
Highlands Junior School
Viva Marie Miller
Bowie Elementary
Reginald R. Prince
Lee Col
Baytown police warn of racial trouble in Oak Addition
Baytown officials told the city council that trouble near Oak Addition could flare. Police Chief Blair Mann and Lt. Glenn King cited recent incidents including a shooting, bottle throwing at patrol cars, and clashes between white and Negro youths. They outlined policy changes, armament, and limited entry to the area to avert violence.
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Mike Lonsford
Baytown
Glenn King
Blair W. Mann
King
Oak Addition
Chief Mann
Mann
Harbor Street
West Baytown
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Worth Main
Seaborn Cravey
Bay
Mant
Baytown Council Hears Police Budget Growth Needs
Baytown City Council reviewed the 1968-69 police budget totaling 531 1687 and discussed adding four officers including a detective, two night patrolmen, and a sergeant as juvenile officer. Lt Glenn King urged higher pay to recruit and retain officers, noting Baytown lags behind nearby cities and industry offers draw talent away.
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Baytown
Glenn King
Baytown Police Association
King
Pasadena
Houston
A Porte
Seaborn Cravey
Fritz Lanham
Lanham
Council
Blair Mann
Enrollment at Lee College Expected to Rise Ten Percent
Lee College anticipates a 10 percent fall enrollment increase led by a projected total of 2 800 students across programs. About 2 000 will be in the two year regular program with the rest in adult education and special areas. Registration runs Sept 0 22 from 9 am to 1 pm and 4 to 8 pm. first semester begins Sept 16 at 8 am. all college event Sept 16 at 7 pm. last registration day Sept 23. drop deadline Oct 1. nine week period ends Nov. holidays Nov 28 29 and Dec 2 Jan 6. fall term ends Jan 24.
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Lee College
Bessie Durham
Durham Sa
Alleged Check Forger To Be Returned To Baytown
Donald Earl Ross of Texas City was arrested in Las Cruces New Mexico on forged instrument charges. Baytown police planned to return him for filing in Justice of the Peace Glenn Vickerys court after a warrant was issued.
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Austin
Donald Earl Ross
Texas City
Las Cruces
N.M
Pass
Baytown
Bass
Justice of the Peace
Glenn Vickery
Prague bulletin Soviets agree to gradual troop withdrawal
President Ludvik Svebeda announced that the Soviet Union and the four occupiers of Czechoslovakia have agreed to begin a staged withdrawal of their troops. The move signals a reduction in foreign military presence and potential shifts in control.
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Prague
Ludvik Svebeda
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Channelview School Starts September 3
School begins next Tuesday September 3 for Channelview ISD students. Enrollment rose by 15S from last year with Channelview High 850 vs 105 last year and junior high 773 vs BLL last year. Registration is set for Thursday and Friday across Bay Town schools with grade level start times across elementary junior and senior campuses.
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Channelview
Channelview High School
Viela Cobb Elementary
DeZavalla
Draft Teddy Move Fails To Get Far
CHICAGO AP Vice President Humphrey tightens embrace on the Democratic nomination as Kennedy draft collapses and Southern resistance erodes. A convention vote on a Vietnam plank shaped to Humphrey’s liking seems key to the outcome. The Platform Committee undercuts McCarthy and McGovern proposals for withdrawal and dual aims. See HUMPHREY Page 2.
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Chicago
Hubert H. Humphrey
Edward M. Kennedy
Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
McCarthy
North Vietnam
White House
Johnson
Platform Committee
Heny
Vietnam
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
McGovern
United States
Baytown Police Force Near National Average
At a Baytown City Council meeting on Monday the police budget for 1968 69 was discussed. Baytown reported 14 percent police officers per 1000 citizens, close to the national average, with 1.35 officers per 1000. The figure tops the Texas state average of 1.29.
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Baytown
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