Drafting Of Men Halted During Holiday Season
Washington AP reports that Induction for new Selective Service registrants is paused through the holiday season as Congress and public criticism spur changes. The November December quota of 10 000 is filled and local boards will still register classify and examine men while personal appearances and appeals are suspended. Provisions include ending most undergraduate deferments establishing a Uniform National Call System and creating a holding 1H category for non active cases.
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School Funds Case Opens in San Antonio
A long delayed federal suit seeks to equalize Texas public school funding. Fifteen Edgewood parents and children claim heavy local property taxes violate constitutional rights, challenging disparities in revenue per pupil. Defendants include the State Board of Education, Commissioner J. W. Edgar, and the county school board.
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Texas Public
State Boar of Education
State Commissioner of Education
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County School Board
Elections Set Continued From Page One
Election officials include presiding judge Mrs Sophie Setliff and assistant judge Mrs Louise Evans The Cedar Bayou Park Utility District election is set for Tuesday January 11 at the district office 5905 Russell Lane Terms for James Jackson and Mrs C W Plato expire Both seek re election Filing deadline is December 22 Forms are available from James Jackson secretary or Mrs C W Plato Absentee voting runs December 22 to January 7 Harris County Fresh Water Supply Districts 1 A and 1 B will not hold elections this year Directors in 1 A are Myrtis Hamilton G H Nelson Howard Johns John B Baker and Gregory Juarez 1 B directors are Edw ards L Adams William J McDonald Eugene W May Paul Leskovian and Don Windemiller Doris Tiner is tax assessor collector Ella Wells is tax assessor collector Lynchburg Utility District will not hold an election Directors appointed by the Legislature are John Beauxis J Bruce Warner William G King G N Yolland and E J Chamablee Thompson Road Utility District elected directors in 1971 and Jan McCartney was appointed tax assessor collector Cedar Bayou Municipal Utility District directors are O F Horn James Sims Mary Jean Davis Glenn Waytaire and Billy Hearnsberger Spring Meadows and Enchanted Place Park districts will not hold elections in 1972 Consent for Harris County Municipal District No 3 granted but not yet created.
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Rena Fannett
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Cedar Bayou Park Utility District
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Dwayne Meadows
A.M. Carmelius
Harris County Fresh Water Supply
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G. H. Nelson
Howard Johns
John B. Baker
Gregory Juarez
Claude B. Davis
Ernest St. Julian
Ella Wells
Edwardsl. Adams
William J. McDonald
Eugene W. May
Paul Leskovian
Don Windemiller
Doris Tiner
Lynchburg
Thompson Road
Larry A.drummond
Joseph L. Eckman
Mima Hardin
Eula Lee McDonald
Betty Edge
Jan McCartney
Cedar Bayou
O.F. Horn
James Sims
Mary Jean Davis
Glenn Waytaire
Billy Hearnsberger
Spring Meadows
Texas Water Rights Commission
Enchanted Place Park
Harris County
Mingo Brother Dies. Memorial Scholarship Planned at Ross Sterling
A Baytown service member from Ba town is remembered in a memorial note. Survived by two sisters Betty Allen and Deloris Mingo and three brothers John Douglas and James Mingo of Baytown. A memorial scholarship will be set up at Ross Sterling High School with donations requested to the school.
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Batown
Betty Allen
Delois Mingo
Baytown
John
Douglas
James Mingo
Mingo
Ross Sterling High School
Ostrich Eye Size Surpasses Brain Weight by Factor
A curios fact notes that an ostrich’s eyes can weigh more than twice its brain, highlighting remarkable disparities in anatomy among large flightless birds.
Regents Consider Employee Raises Amid IRS Approval Doubt
Hastings warned the motion to raise pay might stall as it awaited Internal Revenue Service approval and gained no support. Dr. Cleveland urged passage, saying he would take the consequences to back the raise. The funds existed in the 1971-72 budget but the raises were never officially approved by the regents.
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Internal Revenue Service
Hastings
Cleveland
College building options discussed for dormitory or classroom
Dr. Cleveland told the board the hospital building could serve as dormitory or classroom space and costs tied to its use would be negligible. Allen Rice proposed converting 2 W. Texas into college facilities at a similarly reasonable cost.
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The
Boar
Allen Rice
Texas
Open house at plastics plant to showcase polypropylene use
Costolnick announces an ap drop-in open house featuring tours of the plastics manufacturing facilities and displays of polypropylene plastics. Refreshments and souvenir gifts made from plant plastics will be provided and tagged for employees and guests. The Plant Control Center will serve as the headquarters.
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Costolnick
Plastics
Examples of individual tax cuts under Nixon bill
The Nixon tax cut proposal shows 10 percent standard deduction effects. For singles and married couples, 1971 and 1972 liabilities are reduced with varying dollar cuts. Examples cover $5,000 to $15,000 incomes and include married with two children scenarios.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
Saigon Hostilities Claim US and Vietnamese Aircraft
Communist forces report five U S helicopters and three South Vietnamese planes shot down in South Vietnam and Cambodia. Two Americans killed and seven wounded. Rescue helicopters damaged as field reports filter in.
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U.S
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Jacket Found Near Baytown Hospital
A brown corduroy jacket with a hood size 4 to 6 was found Wednesday at the corner of North Commerce and Defoe near Baytown Hospital. Owners may call 424-5834 after 5 30 p.m. to claim it.
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North Commerce and
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Baytown Hospital
CV Rites Pending For Long Time Resident
Leslie Gene Gay a longtime Channelview resident and WWII Navy veteran died of a heart attack at Tidelands Hospital. He had worked at Armco Steel and owned Channel Machine Works. Survivors include Hazel Gay wife two daughters Connie Cheryl Susan and a son Larry stationed in Germany.
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Pasadena
Mildred Conrad
Houston
City awards Bayshore water project bid amid bid-delay debate
The council awarded Bayshore the contract as the most economical of five bidders. The total adds about 6000 to savings versus Whitelack, with a six week delay for new bids debated. Backed by Walker Mc Williams Walker and Stasney, dissenters Kloesel and Lander opposed. Work to start immediately funded by the 1965 bond program. Water will come from northwest wells and blend with mineralized supply.
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Glen Walker
Ted Kloesel
Jody Lander
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Jim McWilliams
Charley C. Walker
Stasney
Lander
Allen Cannon
Busch
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Park, James
Policeman Accidentally Shoots Self at Spanish Keys Parking Lot
Baytown officer Steve Gaskey is hospitalized at Gulf Coast with a bullet wound to his lower right leg after his .38 derringer fell from his left side while loading a Christmas present into a car. The off duty incident occurred at 10 35 p.m. Tuesday in the Spanish Keys Apartments parking lot.
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Baytown
Steve Gaskey
Gulf Coast Hospital
Rom
Gaskey
Spanish Keys Apartments
The Brain Fun Feature at Brunson Kiddie Show
The Brain starring David Niven Jean-Paul Belmondo Eli Wallach and Sylvia Monti will be the Saturdays feature at the Brunson Kiddie Show. It is a color comedy about a $12 000 222 theft with two plotting parties and a race to claim the money. The program includes Three Googie Comedy eight cartoons and stage contests. Box office opens 9 30 and the show starts 10 a m.
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David Niven
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Eli Wallach
Sylvia Monti
Kampala Emerges Among Africa's Fastest Growing Cities
Kampala ranks as one of Africa's fastest growing cities with rapid population expansion and infrastructural development attracting investment and residents seeking opportunities in commerce and services across the region.
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Kampala
Africa
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