Baytown First-Graders Score Above State TEAMS Averages
Baytown first graders scored above state averages in math and 80 percent in writing on TEAMS tests, while reading showed 73 percent mastery locally versus 70 percent statewide. District officials plan program refinements to boost reading. Director David Hicks cited strong national percentile rankings for Texas first graders. Trustee David Smith urged broader group comparisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linnea Schlobohm
Baytown
David Hicks
Texas
Highlands boy found dead in pool
Harris County sheriff's deputies investigate the death of 3 year old Troy Murl Richardson found in a swimming pool on Wallisville Road late Wednesday. He was pronounced dead on arrival at Gulf Coast Hospital after 8 p.m. The boy was last seen playing in the front yard of his home at 3900 East Wallisville Road around ? p.m. A deputy was dispatched at 7:15 p.m. after the child was discovered missing.
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Highlands
Harris County
Wallisville Road
Troy Murl Richardson
Gulf Coast Hospital
Sapendthrift Spends Like a sober Congress
Pearce Street Journal notes a shift in saying from a drunken sailor to a sober Congress in describing frugal or wasteful spending habits, reflecting public attitudes toward government funds and fiscal behavior.
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Congress
Della Woods Named New Band Director at Crockett Intermediate
Around Town notes Della Woods will move from Tyler to Conroe to serve as Crockett Intermediate School band director. She is the daughter of Jimmie and Laura Woods. The column also highlights local residents Lynn and Martie Petty, Jim Greenwood, John Hart, Ann Young, Nella Hamman, and Brion Wilson in casual social sketches including a three wheeler ride and barbecue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della Woods
Tyler
Conroe
Crockett Intermediate School
Jimmie
Laura Woods
John B. Churchill Jr
Lynn
Martie Petty
Jim Greenwood
John Hart
Ann Young
Nella Hamman
Tanner
Brion Wilson
City to adopt 1986 87 budget at Sept council meeting
The proposed 1986 87 city budget totaling 32.16 million dollars is expected to be adopted at the Sept 25 council meeting. The plan keeps the 59 cent tax rate and adds 1.50 to minimum water and sewer charges, raising utility bills by 3 dollars. Brush collection will switch to every six weeks, and a land use study will be dropped to free 30,000 for chemicals to curb fudge levels at the Central District Wastewater Treatment Plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Guynn
Central District
Exxon to name Lawrence G. Rawl as chairman and CEO
Lawrence G. Rawl will replace Clifton C. Garvin Jr. as Exxon Corp. board chairman and chief executive officer. Garvin, 65, reaches retirement in December and will resign from the board Jan. 1. Rawl, 57, has served as president since May 1985 and will be succeeded by Lee R. Raymond. Analysts say Rawl’s oil and gas expertise could steer Exxon toward more exploration and a leaner, more aggressive structure.
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New York
Exxon Corp
Lan. 1
Lawrence G. Rawl
Clifton C. Garvin Jr
Garvin
Exxon
Rawl
Nacqua
Oklahoma
Raw
Exxon USA
Michael L. Haider
Barbers Hill set to start school with 1600 students
Barbers Hill School District will begin the 1986-87 year on September 2 with an expected enrollment of about 1,600 students and a staff of 147 teachers and administrators. Superintendent Bill Farmer noted one staff member failed the TECAT and has resigned. a replacement will be hired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linner Schlobohm
Mont Belvieu
Barbers Hill
Bill Farmer
Farmer
Texas talks on 1987 spending cuts face stalemate
Negotiations continue in Austin as Senate and House conferees seek to erase a $322 million gap in 1987 budget reductions. If no deal by September 4, Gov. White may call a second special session. Demonstrators protested budget cuts on the Capitol steps as reporters noted major differences between House 740 million in cuts and Senate 418 million in cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
White
Senate
House
Jim Oliver
Legislative Budget Board
Medical profession blamed for incompetent doctors
Austin lawyer William Whitehurst told the Senate Health and Human Resources Committee that the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners fails to discipline incompetent physicians and needs broader involvement from the medical profession. He cited staff and funding shortages as board problems while noting a federal case linking a Killeen physician to a death after a cervical cancer misdiagnosis.
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Austin
Texas Medical Profession
State Board of Medical Examiners
William Whitehurst
Texas State Bar
Senate Health and Human Resources Committee
Whitehurst
State Bar
Chet Brooks
D-Pasadena
Health Committee
Killeen
Weather outlook with clouds and warm temps
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with a low in the low 70s and a 50 percent chance of thundershowers on Thursday night. Friday should be similar with highs in the upper 80s and a 350 percent chance of thundershowers. Temperatures in the 24 hour period ending Thursday 8 a.m. ranged from 73 to 95 degrees.
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David Smith
Pearce Street Journal
San Jacinto Elementary School
Heather Hopkins
Janet Martin
Chris
Hopkins
Heather
Sun
Angie Bracey
Fred Philips
Philips
Ron Embry
Fritz Lanham
Lanham
L.G. Rawl
Rach
Rosario Wacqua
L.F. Rothschild, Unterberg
Barbers Hill High School
Barry Harvey
Harvey
Ella Ray Moorman
Jim Rudd
D-Brownfield
House Appropriations Committee
Gib Lewis
Health and Human Services
Shiella Wheat
Pine Bluff
ATK
TRE & Operated
Hechler Twardowski
Chevrolet
Crosby
RSE
San Jacinto Mall
Ibayshore Motors
Manet
Jacinto Ford
Ato Nore
The
Baytown State
el Jos
San Jacinto
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