Highlands lifts sewer tie-in ban after budget note
Highlands trustees voted unanimously to lift restrictions on sewer tie-ins after tentative 1971 budget figures from District Manager Eddie Harvill. About 70 000 is eyed, with 30 000 from revenues and 40 100 working balance. Debate over growth and public hearings planned for Jan 5.
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Highlands Water District
Betsy Webber
Harvill
Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1
Texas Water
Highlands
Charles’ Ramsey
Gladys Talley
Jack Lindsay
Lawyer joins Baytown Police as legal counsel
Kenneth DeHart 30 began last week as legal adviser for Baytown police, handling search warrants, felony case screening, court procedures, and misdemeanor prosecutions in a pilot Texas program. Salary 17 000 with 60 percent federal funds from the 1968 Omnibus Crime Bill. DeHart now lives at Whitehall Apartments, previously in Houston. Baytown ties run back to his school days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth DeHart
Baytown
Texas
DeHart
Texas Criminal Justice
Whitehall Apartments
Houston
Joé DeHart
Police
Humble community groups and events fill Baytown schedule
Humble Annuitants Club meets Wednesday at 1 a.m. in the Community Building. Rotary luncheon program features JO Graves of Baytown Refinery at noon at Ramada Tower. Christmas greetings arrive for local readers. Baytown High hosts open house 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday in the vocational wing. Baytown Hospital to break ground on a new 199 bed facility at 2 p.m. Wednesday on Alexander and Bowie. Grandmothers Club Christmas party set for 7 p.m. Thursday at the Community Building with gifts exchanged.
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Humble Annuitants Club
Rotary
JO Graves
Humble
Baytown
Rotary Ad
Ramada Tower
Ross Sterling High School
Baytown Hospital
Alexander Drive
Bowie Drive
Glen Walker
Baytown City
Chamber of Commerce
iExtendicare, Inc
Baytown Area Weather Forecast Sees Clouds and Cool Trend
Cloudy and continued cool conditions expected through Wednesday in the Baytown area. Tuesday temperatures range from the mid 40s to mid 50s with Morgan's Point tides Wednesday showing a high at 6:55 a.m. and a low at 5:37 p.m. Wednesday sunrise is at 7:10 a.m. and sunset at 5:24 p.m.
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Baytown Area
Morgan's Point
Goodfellows Drive Gifts Raise in City Campaign
The article recounts donations to the Goodfellows Fund from local residents including Mr. and Mrs. Pryor W. Fitts and Mrs. James A. Gentry, praising the drive to aid needy children. Chief Goodfellow thanks supporters and notes anonymous contributions and expressions of appreciation.
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J. T. Sloane
J. J. Riley
R. L. Rhodes
Peere
Pryor W. Fitts
F. R. VanGale
James A. Gentry
Ccccscene
Goodfellow Fund
Goodfellow
B. M. Simmons
B. E. Sutphin
B. E
Crosby seeks ESAP funds for school building project
Crosby school trustees consider using a 13400 ESAP grant for permanent construction at Crosby Elementary rather than two portable buildings. Supt. Prochazka notes district could shift ESAP funds after ESAP representative visit. prior August plan favored additions funded locally.
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Wanda Orton Crosby
Crosby Elementary
Crosby
Jerry Prochazka
Prochazka
ESAP
Andrew Spence
290 Feared Dead As Ferry Capsizes
More than 250 South Koreans feared drowned in the sinking of the Namyang Ho on the Korea Strait. The 263-ton ferry carried 26 passengers and 20 crew on a Cheju Island to Pusan run. Survivors were found by Japanese ships and a Korean patrol boat, with rescue hampered by cold weather and delayed operation. Authorities cited overloading and possible absence of the skipper as factors.
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Korea Strait
Cheju Island
Korean Peninsula
Pusan
Cials
Japan
Chambers Water Unit Vote Set
Chambers County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 sets Jan 12 election dates for two new board members at Avenue A Mont Belvieu with a Dec 23 filing deadline and absentee voting Dec 24 to Jan 8. Incumbents Sebern Dillard and Wilford Irby have filed. district will run until ruling on annexation by City of Mont Belvieu and potential takeover plan.
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Baytown
Harris County Grand Jury Association
Sam Bramlett
R. L. Martin
Edward Eugere
Carter H. Miller
A. E. Jones
W. O. Tidman
Lan Williams
Albert Franta
Don Teter
Grand Jury
Sterling Mancipal Library
Sun
Linda Causity
Mont Belvieu
Chambers County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1
Avenue A
Mont Belgieu
Sebern, Dillard
Wilford Irby
Cuses
Water District
Water Board
Mcleod
Soviet Venus 7 not transmitting from Venus surface
London reports Venus 7 did not transmit from the planet’s surface as expected. The finding raises questions about the mission status and the probe’s survival after landing in Venusian conditions.
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London
Britain
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Soviet Union
Venus
Our World Today Hedge Against Tet Offensive
Pentagon officials say Our World Today ahead as a hedge against a potential enemy offensive during the Tet lunar new year. Light rain or showers pelted broad areas of Texan today bringing moisture while the rest of the nation saw rain wind and snow across the West and zero cold in the northern Midwest.
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Pentagon
Texan
Midwest
Blacks Demand Arm strong Dismissal At Robert E Lee High
Black parents again pressed the school board for Arm strong to be removed as principal of Robert E Lee High School citing unfair treatment of Black students. They urged a replacement with a leader focused on solving problems and unifying the community and also reiterated earlier grievances against the Rebel emblem and school policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnella Boynton
Robert Sb. Lee
Henry Armstrong
Aloysius Wickliff
Armstrong
Hazel Durst
Wena Beth Graves
Wickliff
Wicktiff
Old Anson Jones School
Durst
Firestone Tire Center opens Wednesday in Baytown
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. opens a new sales and service center at Woolco Shopping Center with a 10 am ribbon cutting. The store offers Firestone tires and batteries, Philco appliances, Speed Queen laundry, and a full service department. Manager Arnold Burkholder and family relocated from Lake Charles to Baytown. Government and Firestone officials attend. hours are 8 am to 9 pm five days a week and 8 am to 6 pm Saturday through Christmas.
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Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
Woolco Shopping Center
Firestone
Philco Appliances
Speed Queen
Arnold W. Burkholder
Firestone’s
Lake
Charles. Burkholder
Brenda
Valarie
Baytown
W. T. Blankenship
Glen Walker
Burkholder
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D. E.roby
Roberson
L. Lamar
Leonard
Texas Water Quality Board
Vernon A
Pete) Rupp
Rupp
John Wilkinson
Linda Cassity
Annuitants Club
Fred Elliot
Don Williams
National Engineers
Preston Smith
Lee Gruhlkey
Darrell Lewis
Texas Employment Commission
Gruhlkey
Homer Jackson
Charles Hudson
Hudson
Internal Revenue Service
Baytown Art League
San Jacinto
Cedar Bayou
Fair Grounds
Baytown Partners
Lac Terre
Ory Titariety
Goodfellow Drive
CHIEF
Frances
Alvin Sue
Alamo
Pressmen Union
Trinity Episcopal
Plumwood Garden
Bouguskie
Gary
Sandy
Gtalf Vsereccsk
Ss Vee
Louis van Meldert
Eee
Esas
Goslutetette Sa Cae
Phy Club
Clanton
Alvin Sue Baytown Printing Club
Transportation Ministry
Offi
Maritime Safety Agency
Kitakyushu
Chambers Water Unit
Don’McLeod
C. B. Cain
Saigon
Ranger
Tonkin Gulf
New Delhi
Indian Supreme Court
India
Indira Gandhi
Twashington
U.S
Vietnam
A.W
Hay Plata Center
Blacks
REL
Pol Aka
Piette Cette
Firestone Tire Center
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