Harris County Christmas Seal drive falls short target
Sammie McPhail Baytown chairman says Sun Spots campaign still needs 330000 to reach the 378009 goal for the TH Association. Funeral services were held for G L McCormick, father of Mrs Stanley McCune, with Rev Edwin Summers assisting. Baytown area service men in Viet Nam and past service members are being sought for a downtown honor roll display by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. call C W Hastings at 5822402.
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Harris County
Houston
Sammie McPhail
Baytown
Stanley McCune
Rosewood
G. L. McCormick
Edwin Summers
Grace Methodist Church
Baytown Area
Viet Nam
Veterans of Foreign Wars
C. W. Hastings
Around Town Holiday Visits and Local Happenings
Baytown residents share holiday time with family including Bob Visser and his children Kyle and Lori visiting his mother Mrs W N O Rourke. Caryl Setile faces surgery at Hermann and will have restricted visitors post op. Mary Jean Schwartz visits three days with Harriet Sanders. Local chatter notes W B Black on holiday vacation and Dennis Williams staying away briefly. Pat Nunan returns from San Marcos Academy for a week, Pat Berry rejoins STAGS party as drummer. Linda Love Cynthia McDowell and Susan Knox attend Gander basketball in Houston. Nina Jane Mortison visits from Houston to see Miss Beulah Mae Jackson. Christmas cards include messages from governor and senator of Maine, President Johnson, and Miss Texas Mary Lou Butler.
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Bob Visser
Kyle
Lori
W. N. O'Rourke
Baytown
Caryl Setile
Hermann
Pat Nunan
San Marcos Academy
Pat Berry
STAGS
Linda Love
Cynthia McDowell
Susan Knox
Houston
Nina Jane Mortison
Miss Beulah
Mae Jackson
Harry M. Glock
Maine
President Johnson
Mary Lou Butler
Diplomats weigh Vietnam truce as bombing pause nears
US informants debate North Vietnam response to a possible four day Viet Cong truce during the New Year holidays while Kasygin visits Hanoi and Moscow seeks Red leadership. Harriman arrives in Warsaw and Humphrey goes to Manila for Marcos inauguration.
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Washington
Washingtonington
Viet Nam
Hanoi
U.S
Communist Party
Alexander Shelepin
North Viet Nam
Moscow
Red Camp
Peking
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Saigon
Hanoi-Peking
White
City Approves Purchase Of Civic Center Site
City Manager Fritz Lanham won a 4 2 vote to buy the civic center site at Market and West Main streets for 139 368 12 dollars. The action followed questions about prior authorization and a reaffirmed council commitment from August 12.
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Fritz Lanham
Civic Center
Lanham
Market
West Main Streets
Donnie Hullum
Hullum
Jack Huron
Huron
Raymond Donnelly
Clem Massey
Donnelly
Massey
Seaborn Cravey
Hallum
Andy Braswell
Rob
Hilco To Host Lunch Of Chamber
Houston Lighting & Power Co will host the Baytown Chamber of Commerce luncheon on January 7 at the Holiday Inn. After lunch, attendees will tour the Sam Bertron power plant five miles from the Baytown La Porte tunnel. Maps and ample parking provided. tours end by 2 p.m.
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Houston Lighting & Power Co
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Holiday Inn
E. C. Kimmong Jr
Sam Bertron
Baytown
Kimmons
Baytown-La Porte
Unopposed Annexation Bid for North Main Area Moves Forward
City council, in a special session, held a public hearing on annexing a 200 foot wide strip along the east side of North Main from Massey Tompkins Road to Goose Creek, including Sterling High School property. No opposition voiced. ordinance first reading set for Jan 13. A separate action approved extending water and sewer service to a new shopping center on Alexander Drive Bowie School Road, with the developer covering most costs.
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North Main Street
Sterling High
Karl Opryshek
Annexa Ween
Crty
W. J. Reineke
Alathe
Obama
Fritz Lanhamja
Baker Road
Goose Creek
Alabama Street
Posal Service Tn
Alexander Drive
Bowie School Road
McNair Highlands School Renovation Plans Open Bids
Architect James A. Davis releases plans for additions and remodeling at Hartlem Me tNair and Highlands Elementary Schools. Bids due 4 p.m. Thursday Jan 27. completion aimed next Fall. Harlem Elementary adds about 40000 sq ft with concrete slab steel frame and masonry walls. Plan set available for $53 deposit. one copy on file with AGC Houston.
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James A. Davis
Hartlem
MetNair
Highlands
Harlem Elementary
Highlands Elementary
Davis’ Office
Associated General Contractors
Houston
First Baytown Baby to Win Gifts After New Year
The first baby born after midnight December 31 in Baytown will receive gifts. Readers are told to watch Friday's Sun for prize details and a contest with mules will be printed.
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Baytown
Committee Ironing Out Problems Joint Election Prospects Favorable
City council in a special meeting Monday night discussed continuing work on joint city school district elections. Councilman Donnelly said most problems can be overcome with time favoring the 1985 runoff elections. Attorney Chandler noted details must be settled by Jan. 27 for a joint 1966 primary.
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Raymond Donnelly
Donnelly
George Chandler
Lee College Board of Regents
Chandler
Bruce Ramsey
Andy Braswell
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital to expand with 1.1 million loan
G E Vaught announced a 1 100 000 loan commitment from Gates Woods Associates to fund a three phase expansion of San Jacinto Methodist Hospital. Plans include a new doctors office building a next ray department and laboratory a power plant and improved parking. Architect James A Davis designed the project.
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Fred Hartman
G. E. Vaught
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
St. Louis
James A. Davis
Gates, Woods & Associates
City acts to protect Baytown from Houston annexation
Baytown officials move to block Houston, Save only Baytown from absorbing the U S Steel tract near Interstate 10. A public hearing set for Jan 13 on plans to annex two 2 mile fingers east along I 10 and Tri City Beach Rd, forming a ring around the 9000 acre site. Mayor Seabern Cravey stresses no plans to annex industrial or private property, framing the move as protection to keep U S Steel property in Baytown. U S Steel announced Dec 8 it will start construction in 1967 on two electric furnaces and a 160 inch plate mill, with rumors of other plants nearby. The step aims to prevent rival annexations in the Baytown area while Baytown proceeds with planning for a fourth floor at the Cedar Bayou hospital and related facilities.
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Bee Landrum
Houston
Baytown
U. S. Steel Corp
Tri - City Beach
U.S. Steel
Seabern Cravey
Cravey
U. S. Steel
Ite
Brown
Cedar Hospital
Lee College Student Harold Harper Dies at 21
Harold Lee Harper 21 a Lee College student died of ter kemia at 7 45 p m Tuesday in a hospital in Baytown He was born November 3 1944 and lived in Baytown all his life He is survived by his parents a sister grandparents and a niece Funeral services set for 4 p m Thursday at Paul U Lee Chapel with Rev Earl Crawford officiating and burial in Memory Gardens
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Harold Lee Harper
Lee College
L. Harper
Cedar Bayou
Lynchburg Road
Baytown
Billy R. Stutte
F. A. Saxon
Lucy Harper
Karen Stutte
Paul U. Lee
Earl Crawford
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Memory Gardens
Visitors To City Like People Here
Immigrant Ali Reda and his wife Zam describe Baytown welcome. They came from Saudi Arabia three and a half years ago with their son Louay Ali Reda and rent a Bastoun home. Ali attends Lee College on government scholarship. Baytown hosts about 31 students from their region and more plan to arrive in January. Rashad Reda and Moshammed also study at Lee College as the Reda family’s ties grow.
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Bobby Sutphin
Zam Reda
Baytown
Zam
United States
Saudi Arabia
Ali
Louay Ali Reda
Bastoun
Lee College
Arabia
Iwitch
Moshammed
Mecca
Rashad Reda
England
Murad Reda
Ministry of Health
Louay Ali
Louie
VFW Post 912 Plans New Year's Dance for Members
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 912 hosts a New Year’s Eve evening for past members and their guests. Women are asked to bring covered dishes.
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Veterans OF Foreign Wars
Post 912
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