Texas Senate approves larger spending with House cuts
The Senate backed higher spending measures for Texas while the House eliminated two projects. Millican Reservoir faced a $200,000 cut and land acquisition for the San Gabriel River tributary dropped from $1 million to $900,000. Specific projects listed include Belton Reservoir, Buffalo Bayou, Cooper Reservoir, El Pase, Fort Worth Floodway, Freeport, Galveston harbor, Highland Bayou, Lake Kemp, Lavon, Pal Mayse, Port Arthur hurricane protection, and Sabine-Neches Waterway.
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Texas
Senate
House
Millican
San Gabriel River
Cooper Reservoir
el Pase
Fort Worth
Clear Fork
Freeport and Vicinity
Galveston Harbor
Highland Bayou
Lake Kemp
Lavon
Pal Mayse
Port Arthur and Vicinity
Sabine-Neches Waterway
San Antonio Channel
Baytown Council Considers Annexing West Chambers Strip
Baytown City Council on first reading will annex a 10 foot wide land strip in West Chambers County adjacent to the new U S Steel plant along Farm Road 1405 two miles from the city limits. The move aims to secure fair transportation rates for U S Steel and future industries in the Houston area.
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Baytown
Chambers County
City Hall
U.S. Steel
City Limits
Tri-City Beach
Greater Houston
Weather and Tides Partly Cloudy Through Friday
Partly cloudy and mild through Friday with temperatures Thursday in the low 40s to low 70s. Morgan's Point tides show high at 10:19 a.m. and low at 22:13 p.m.
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Morgan's Point
Welcome to town folks in Baytown newcomers arrive
Minnie Loafing seeks a candy recipe using creamed potatoes. E A Hurst compliment the REL junior varsity football team. Charles Rowlan and wife show off a new car. C P Burnett busy with Christmas cleaning. Leslie and Mike Holcomb note names in The Sun. Jenna Cagle seeks a hair ribbon. Shannon Arthur forgets costume. Carl Brock puzzled where his wife works. Charles Gola complains of hunger. Peggy Cheatham sports a new hairstyle. Johnny Bright remembered. Thirty-one states and 51 Texas cities represented among newcomers moving to Baytown last month as they fog in from everywhere. Welcome to town, folks.
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Minnie Loafing
E. A. Hurst
REL
Charles Rowlan
C. P. Burnett
Leslie
Mike Holcomb
Jenna Cagle
Shannon Arthur
Carl Brock
Charles Gola
Peggy Cheatham
Johnny Bright
Exas
Baytown
Predictions At Odds On Tax Relief
Washington AP Albert Gore forecasts his Senate amendment to raise the personal income tax exemption from 600 to 800 will survive the Senate House conference and appear in the final tax reform bill. Other sources expect a compromise around 700. Major hurdles include President Nixon who warned of a veto if Gore’s measure remains, and Rep. Mills who argues exemption increases are not the best relief method.
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Washington
Albert Gore
Senate House
Senate
Nixon
Gore
Wilbur D. Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Nixon announces Haynsworth as Fourth Circuit chief judge
President Nixon states Judge Clementi F. Haynsworth Jr. will continue to serve as chief judge of the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, affirming his leadership role on the federal appellate panel.
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Washington
Nixon
Clementi F. Haynsworth Jr
Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Galveston CC Boss To Speak Here On Friday
Tom Purdy general manager of the Galveston Chamber of Commerce will speak Friday to Baytown Chamber of Commerce members at noon at the Holiday Inn on tourist development. Frank Turpin Chamber president says Purdy's remarks may spark ideas for Baytown. Chamber Manager Dave Moore notes three Midwest letters this week asking about Baytown winter tourist program.
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Tom Purdy
Galveston Chamber of Commerce
Baytown
Inquiry focuses on Medina in My Lai coverup probe
Army investigators call Capt. Ernest Medina for questioning as part of an inquiry into a possible coverup linked to the My Lai massacre in South Vietnam. The probe centers on the commander of the unit reported to be involved in the incident.
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Washington
My Lai
South Vietnam
Ernest Medina
Bishop Copeland To Lead SJMH Consecration Rites
Bishop Kenneth W. Copeland will conduct a consecration service for the new emergency room and clinic at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital in Houston at 2 p.m. Friday, Dec. 12. Dan Brown announced the event, with district superintendent Jester White and Rev. Leon Mathis among those assisting. The ceremony marks a landmark for the hospital and Texas Annual Conference.
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Kenneth W. Copeland
San Jacinto
Methodist Hospital
Dan Brown
Copeland
Houston Area
Texas and Gulf Coast
United Methodist Church
Jester White
Galveston
Leon Mathis
Conference Health and Welfare Board
Brown
Texas Annual Conference
United Methodist Church Group
Nixon Delays Vietnam Troop Withdrawals Over Infiltration Rise
President Nixon is likely to postpone any decisions on further South Vietnam troop withdrawals due to an uptick in North Vietnamese infiltration and higher American casualties. Secretary Rogers, addressing NATO ministers in Brussels, expressed pessimism about progress at Paris, saying the US will negotiate all issues except the South Vietnamese people's right to decide their own political future.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
South Vietnam
Brussels
Wiliam P. Rogers
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
North Vietnam
United States
Paris
Goodfellow Drive Appeal Seeks Christmas Help From Community
Chief Goodfellow urges timely donations for the annual Goodfellows drive in Baytown Texas. He stresses every penny stays local to aid underprivileged youngsters and specifies mailing contributions to Box 90, Baytown 77520. Call Kenneth Tilton at 422-9102 to help sell football tickets for funds.
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Ieseerecen
Baytown Emergency Corp
Frieda L. Huebner
Nancy, Mark and
Kolittoy
Missey
Bruce Earl Causey
Philippines
Goodfellow
Baytown
Tex
Kenneth Tilton
Chief Goodfellow
The
Goodfellows
Bush to Speak at Baytown Chamber Luncheon Dec 12
Rep George Bush will headline the Baytown Chamber of Commerce weekly luncheon at The Tower on Friday December 12. He is guest of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers Baytown chapter. Tickets cost 2.59 with a 275 ticket limit. sales end at the chamber office. Bush, a 1968 reelected congressman from the seventh district, may run for U S Senate. He serves on the Ways and Means Committee and is a Yale graduate with five children. The former Zapata Offshore founder served in World War II era service and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and three air medals.
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George Bush
Baytown
Harris County
Ways and
House
Milton
Mass
Texas
Houston
Yale University
Bush
Zapata Off Shore Co
Midland
Nixon may reveal third troop withdrawal at Monday briefing
White House spokesman Ronald L. Ziegler left open the possibility of a third stage troop withdrawal disclosure at Nixon’s 9 p.m. EST news conference on Monday. Other sources doubted such a cutback, citing recent casualties and infiltration statistics.
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House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Nixon
Baytonian Appointed To State Nurse Test Board
Baytown native Harry Miller appointed to the state nurse test board by Gov. Smith. Miller, longtime administrator at Gulf Coast Hospital and Clinic of Baytown, succeeds Dr. Ray L Shepherd. A Cedar Rapids native and Indiana University graduate, Miller led Texas medical groups and authored several professional articles.
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Baytonian
Harry Miller
Miller
Gulf of Gulf Coast Hospital
Coast Hospital
Clinic
Baytown
Smith
State Board of Vocational Nurses
Arnie Fowler Spence
Preston Houston
Robert Wells Smith
Shirey
Hillsboro
Melba Jo Thomas
Naples
Minnie B. Otto
Needville
Billie Jo Woodall
Grand Prairie
Ray L
Shepherd of
Burnet
Cedar
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Airhart Drive
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Delly Voelkel
Humble Oil and Refining Co
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Joe Zorn
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Voelkel
Raccoon Drive
Cary’s Bayou
Parks and Recreation Board
Moon Treasure
Charles
Pete” Conrad
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Alan Bean
Otis Graham
Bay Area
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Bay Area Board of Realtors
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Bill) Strickler
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San Antonio
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