Baytown Man Sells Canning Firm to Houston Firm
A Baytown man, A J Smith Jr of SMS Industries, reports his company will sell all shares to Chemola Corp for final completion around December 18. Chemola makes synthetic lubricants sealants and industrial cleaners while SMS focuses on canning foods and chemical products for others. Smith resides at 3008 Tamarach Drive and is a Baytown Rotary Club member.
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Baytown
Houston
A.J. Smith Jr
SMS Industries, Inc
E. Wallisville
Chemola Corp
Chemola
Smith
SMS
Tamarach Drive
Blue Machine Eyes Dome Showdown With Angleton Wildcats
Baytown Rangers reach the regional playoff after a narrow Friday night win in front of 1,300 fans and a locker room glow of celebration. They now prepare for a Astrodome date against Angleton Wildcats with hopes of lifting the Dome’s top crowd energy.
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Blue Machine
Baytown
Ranger
Astrodome
Angleton Wildcats
Galveston Ball
San Antonio Lee
Ranger Boosters
Wardens questioned over arrests in flounder case at Anahuac hearing
Texas lawmakers grilled game wardens and a district official over arrests tied to an under sized flounder charge after a Nov 9 Anahuac hearing. Lebedzinski and friend Rosprim claim harassment and coercion while wardens cite license rules and consistency in enforcement.
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Lebedzinski
Anahuac
McManus
Houston
Chris Rosprim
Baytown Sun
Baytown
Rep
Agnich
Thomas
Grant
Jnhead
Beach City Annexation Fight Under Legal Challenge
Beach City defies Baytown by pursuing annexation within Cove area after extraterritorial veto. District court suit filed over the dispute, with the mayor saying litigation serves a "good purpose" and blocks Baytown's ability to annex.
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Beach City
Baytown
Cove
McClellan
Chambers Tax Boss Presides At Austin Meet
Chambers County tax assessor Blair presides at UT Austin session of the 15th Institute for Tax Assessors. He will lead a program on Constitutional Revision and the Texas Property Tax. Satterlee, Kelley, Jackson, Watson and Muth plan to attend the meetings. Beef consumption in Canada is 98 pounds per person annually.
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Sherwood Blair
Chambers County
15Th
Institute For Tax Assessors
University of Texas In
Austin
Blair
Texas Association of Assessing Officers
Elroy M. Satterlee
Crosby School
Robert Kelley
David Jackson
City of
City of Baytown
Wayne Watson
Berbers Hill
John Muth
Goose Creek
Canadian Fuel Prices Favor U S Airlines
In Calgary a Canadian airline spokesman said U S carriers refueling in Canada pay 24 to 28 cents per gallon, while Canadian airlines paying U S fuel see prices jump to 55.3 cents in Seattle and 70 cents in New York, with the Canadian gallon larger than the U S gallon.
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Calgary
Alta
United States
Canada
U.S
Pacific ‘Western Airlines
Seattle
New York
Skidmore College Extends Winter Recess to Conserve Energy
Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs New York extends its winter recess five days to save energy. Buildings will remain closed from noon January 26 to noon February 23 as the energy conservation task force considers further reductions. Police report an armed robbery at Little Shamrock Liquor Store on Lee Drive netting between 180 and 200 dollars. A young man described as five four to six inches tall, heavy, clean shaven, in a dark suit, demanded money after the clerk refused sale.
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Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Skidmore College
Shamrock
Lee Drive
Real Estate Board Halts Sunday Operations for 250 Members
The Greater Buffalo Board of Realtors announced that 250 of its 278 members will suspend Sunday operations starting December 9.
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Buffalo, N.Y
Greater Buffalo Board of Realtors
Services Held For Mother Of Baytonian
Mrs Mary Briscoe Huntington of Rosenberg died Friday at 100 years old. Funeral services were held at First United Methodist Church Rosenberg with Rev Ben Behrens and Rev Alvis Coleman officiating. She was a longtime Fort Bend County resident and member of multiple organizations. Survived by daughter Mrs Dorothy H McCormick and son George Huntington Jr along with siblings and seven grandchildren. Burial followed at Greenlawn Memorial Park.
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Rosenberg
Ed Vaught
N. Burjiet
Baytown
First United Methodist Church
Ben Behrens
Alvis Coleman
Fort Bend County
Order of the Eastern Star
Fort Bend
la Salle
Vaught
Dorothy H. McCormick
Houston
George Huntington Jr
Frank Williford Jr
Bellaire
Dolph
Baytonians Invited To West Fete In La Porte Honor
Friends in the Baytown area invited to a motorcade and chili supper in honor of veteran La Porte Justice of the Peace U S West. Former U S Senator Ralph Yarborough will lead the 5 p.m. motorcade from Sears lot in Pasadena to Nobies Hall on Fairmont Parkway La Porte for a 9 p.m. supper.
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Baytown Area
Friends of
la Porte
Justice of the Peace
U. S
Bud) West
U.S
Ralph Yarborough
Sears
Pasadena
Nobie’s Hall
Fairmont Parkway
Free Dog A PART basset hound and dachshund male
A male basset hound and a male dachshund are up for adoption. Contact 576-2791 for arrangements and details.
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Laway
Pete Rose Leads Nations League Hitting in 1973 Mark
Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds led the Nations League in hitting in 1973 with a .538 mark, finishing 18 points ahead of Cesar Cedeno of Houston. It was Rose's third batting title.
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Pete Rose
Cincinnati Reds
Cesar Cedeno
Houston
Rose
Ex Baytonian gets 15 years in fraud case
William Donald Shepherd and his wife Barbara were sentenced in Houston by Judge Allen B. Hannay after a federal jury convicted them of mail fraud and a check kiting scheme. They faced counts of using mails to defraud area banks with phony drafts and were accused of siphoning funds before drafts cleared. The Bank of Sark, linked to the scheme, was later found on a Channel Island.
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Cavaral Mwanke
Robert Scardino
Shepherds
Shepherd
Bank of Sark
English Channel
U.S
Cedar Tree Thieves Sought After Front Yard Theft
Police seek several teenaged lumberjacks who cut down and stole a 15 to 20 foot cedar tree from Mrs. Sylvester Garrison’s Baytown yard. A neighbor saw a car with hood up and a station wagon with a flat bed trailer nearby before the tree was loaded and the vehicles driven east on Massey Tompkins Road.
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Baytown
Sylvester Garrison
Massey Tompkins Road
Massey Tompkins
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