LaPorte 2 year old drowning victim dies in Houston
Amy Tucker, 2, of La Porte, fell into a drainage ditch while playing with friends in the 600 block of Valleybrook. She was pulled from the water, treated by ambulance crews, then flown to Humann Hospital Baytown and later Hermann Hospital Houston where she died. Police investigate.
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Harris County deputy injured in early morning crash
A Harris County officer was treated and released from San Jacinto Methodist Hospital after a 2:30 a.m. crash while en route to a burglary. Deputy A. J. Thomas struck a car at Farm Road 2100 and Farm Road 1942. the other driver and accident details were not known.
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Deaths and Funerals in Baytown Area
Myrtle Austin 74 of Baytown dies in Houston hospital. Services Monday at Mount Calvary Baptist Church with Rev. Willie Ridgell. Burial Oakwood Cemetery Hempstead. Wake Sunday 7 109 p.m. at 7326 Harrison McNair. Powell Rutha F. Powell 74 of Baytown dies in Baytown hospital. Services Monday Earthman Funeral Home Chapel with Revs. Steel and Burns. Burial Memory Gardens Cemetery. Survivors include husband E W Tex Powell, son Richard Landoc, daughter Olive Messick, sisters Lucille Mahoney Martha Parcell Pauline Crieger, four grandchildren and one great grandchild. Under Earthman Funeral Home direction.
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Seattle
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Vera M. Bolder
Houston
Tony Shelman
Oakwood
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Harrison
McNair
Johnson and Frazier Funeral Home
Four Austin men die of AIDS in month
Four men in Austin have died of AIDS in the last month, including three homosexuals, as health officials report exponential growth. Two additional cases were confirmed this week, with 16 cases already this year and two to four more possible, while three victims are hospitalized.
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Phil Zbylot
Austin-Travis County i. Health Department
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Travis County
Zbylot
Four Men Kill 26 Year Old in Market Street Attack
Gomez and a companion were assaulted after words were exchanged in Spanish. The assailants used a baseball bat and a knife, wounding Gomez fatally while his companion was lightly hurt. The four fled west on Market Street. motive remains undetermined.
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Christmas events and meetings in Baytown area
Community notices outline Santa visits December 18 to 20 with Baytown residents paying 5 and non residents 10 dollars, special group arrangements and contact numbers. Also listed are a Cedar Hill Park commissioners meeting in Anahuac December 7, a Gulf Coast Hospital tour for expectant parents December 16, a Whispering Pines decorating contest on December 16 and 17, WWII veteran gathering December 17, a Knights of Columbus mass December 16, Crosby audit December 17, a live nativity at Trinity Baptist Church December 21 to 23, and a Festival Service of Lessons and Carols at St John’s United Methodist December 16 with soloists and orchestra details.
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Santa Claus
Baytown
Babette Cribbs
Judy Owens
Cedar Hill Park
Wallisville
Chambers County Commissioners
Anahuac
Gulf Coast Hospital
Garth Road
Whispering Pines Homeowners Assovriation
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St. John's United Methodist Church
S. Alexander
Blaine Corman
Betty Jo Carroll
Jan Atkinson
Lorna van Cleave
Allen Ross
Larry Dunlap
Fellowship Hall
Goodfellow Holiday Lunch Help Appeal
A Baytown Sun plea asks readers to donate chips pecans marshmallows and candied fruit for a community lunch for needy children at Christmas. It lists Chief Goodfellow in Baytown Texas and the mailing address P O 90 77522 for donations and extends weekend wishes.
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Tower bids farewell at press conference amid MX debate
Washington AP Tower announces retirement after 38 years in Senate as Goldwater hints at succeeding him as Armed Services chair. Goldwater warns Congress lacks votes to continue MX missile, while Tower cautions against unilateral doom, stressing strong negotiating position. Tower jokes about crabcakes and notes he may not join Reagan administration.
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Joan Tower
Senate
Tower
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Goldwater
Reagan
Congress
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Andrei) Gromyko
Texas
City brush pickup schedule for week of Dec 17 21
City crews outline brush collection routes starting Glen Arbor through Wooster Schreck for the week of December 17 to 21. Items must be out by 7:30 a.m. Monday and each street is served once. Separate piles for appliances and trash.
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Gramm Visits Baytown amid calls for economic diversification
Gramm warned that some prices are too high while noting the local economy must diversify, but he said the petrochemical sector will dominate until the century's end. He praised Rep. Jack Fields as a blue collar ally and pledged deficit reduction tax reform and restrained spending to avoid tax hikes. Fields arranged the district tour and chambers of commerce hosted the Baytown event.
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U.S
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Baytown
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North Channel Area
Chambers of Commerce
Baytown Post Office Address and Subscription Rates
Published after noons Monday through Friday and Sundays at 1301 Memorial Drive Baytown Texas 77520 P.O. Box 90 Baytown Texas 77522 Subscriptions by car rier 4.85 per month 358.20 per year Single copy price Daily 25 cents Sunday 50 cents Mail rates on request Represented nationally by Coastal Publications
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