New Car Insurance Rates Issued by State Board
The State Insurance Board issued new car insurance rates varying by factors. Harris County faces a $22 increase for a medium-priced Ford Chevrolet or Plymouth used personally by a driver over 25. Coverage includes $100 deductible collision $50 deductible comprehensive and basic liability of $10 000 per person and $20 000 per accident for injuries plus $5 000 property damage.
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Aee Ee
Associated Press
State Insurance Board
Harris County
Ford
Chevrolet
Plymouth
Prayer vigil marks New Year at Grace Methodist Church
A New Year prayer vigil at Grace Methodist Church runs from midnight to noon, allowing attendees to join 30 minute sessions in the sanctuary on a come and go basis.
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Grace Methodist Church
VFW Plans New Year Dance At Post 932
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 932 announces a New Year’s dance from 9 to 12 p.m. Thursday at the post home on Decker Drive with Walter Brown and the Lone Star Ramblers providing music. Donations are $1. Call 422-9358 or 422-4929 for reservations. Beer Stolen From Lone Star Distributors A theft of four cases of beer occurred from Lone Star Distributors at 3215 N. Main between Sunday night and Monday morning. beer taken from a truck behind the building.
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Veterans OF Foreign Wars Post 932
Post
Decker Drive
Walter Brown
The
Lone Star Ramblers
Lone Star
N. Main
Around Town Highlights In Abilene And Beyond
Mr and Mrs Sam Bramlett and daughter Sherry visited Mr and Mrs W R Smith in Abilene. The Smiths, retired educators with ties to Baytown GCID Abilene Christian College, left Baytown in 1996. Ralph Keels returned from Charlotte after holidays with daughter Mrs J W Hammond. Ethel Dawson praised for friendliness. Chevy Gilbert compliments hair color. Get well wishes go to Mrs Candace Foster recovering from three day measles.
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Sam Bramlett
Sherry
J. C. Haines
W. R. Smith
Abilene
Smiths
Baytown Junior
GCID
Abilene Christian College
Baytown
Ralph Keels
Charlotte
N. C
J. W. Hammond
Ethel Dawson
Gilbert
Candace Foster
New playground equipment arrives at Travis park in Lakewood
City recreation chief Bill Thompson notes Travis park off Bayway Drive is part of a cooperative school-city program. Two weeks before Christmas colorful gear was installed, including a wave slide, tower climber, animal and rocket ship swings, and a buck-a-bout. The site will gain picnic shelters and improved drainage this spring.
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Travis School Park
Bayway Drive
Lakewood
Bill Thompson
Sparks and Recreation Department
Travis Park
Bowie School
Eva Maud
Travis
Robin Road
Thompson
McElroy Park
Craigmont
McElroy
Pay-As-You-Go Sewer Plan Set In Highlands
Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No 1 directs engineer Joseph Hild to draft a pay-as-you-go sewage pretreatment facility to handle peak flows and later expand into full treatment. District funds rely on user charges, with $60,000 budget and $70,000 expected from a 1971 balance and accruals. Voters rejected a bond plan. TWQB may act on substandard effluent.
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Texas Water Quality Board
Harvill
Sun Hit By Power Failure in Graywood Area
The Baytown Sun reports a power outage in the Graywood subdivision affecting the Baytown area including Kmart Plaza and nearby homes for over an hour from 10 20 to 11 22 a m on Wednesday. Houston Lighting and Power Co officials could not be reached for details. a spokesman said several areas were affected not the whole city and that crews switched power as the cause was investigated. The outage occurred during a heavy rain that ended a dry spell noted by local records.
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Baytown Sun
Kmart Plaza
Graywood
Houston Lighting and Power Co
Jordan Voytek
Highlands
Candidates Listed In Area Water District Elections In January
Filing deadlines passed as January election dates set for Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 and other districts. Incumbents and five candidates compete for board seats with absentee voting underway. Elections occur January 5 to January 12 at designated water offices and fire station locations. Absentee ballots available during specified hours through late December.
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Area Water District
Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1
Highlands
Jack Lindsay
Gladys Talley
J. J. Pace
Oliver Harman
Ronald L. Smith
Broad
McNair
Waco
Harlem
Harris County
Eugene W. May
Paul Leskovian
Eddward L. Adams
Otis Bruner
William J. McDonald
Don Windermiller
Doris Tiner
Jones Road
New
Thompson Road
Larry A. Drummond
Joseph L. Eckman
Mima Hardin
Ewa Lee McDonald
Betty Edge
Pie Shop Rebuilds With Help After Fire and Illness
Hazel and Otis Perkins look toward 1971 as friends rally to rebuild their home pie shop at 206 Hun nicutt following a Thanksgiving Day fire and Hazel’s hospital stay for a blood clot. Carpenters, electricians and donors from local businesses and residents supply materials and equipment, keeping the bakery’s income and hope alive.
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Wanda Orton
Hazel
Otis Perkins
Hunnicutt
Baytown
City Health Department
Perkins
Otis
Family Weekly expands reach as Sun adds Sunday edition
The Family Weekly magazine grows from 610000 to over 5300000 circulation across 184 newspapers in 14 years. The Sun plans to include it in the Sunday Sun starting Jan 3, citing top writers like Anita Loos, Ogden Nash, P. G. Wodehouse, Norman Vincent Peale and Sloan Wilson among contributors. The first Sun edition will feature The Lady Captain Who Rules the Waves about Capt. Quigley, commander of the WAVES.
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Family Weekly
Sunday Sun
the Sun
Cleveland Amory
Anita Loos
Margaret Culkin Banning
Erskine Caldwell
Taylor Caldwell
George Fielding Eliot
Corey Ford
Harry Golden
MacKinlay Kantor
Frances Parkinson Keyes
Emily Kimbrough
Meyer Levin
Willy Ley
Ogden Nash
Sterling North
Will Oursler
Norman Vincent Peale
H. Allen Smith
Adela Rogers St. Johns
P. G. Wodehouse
Lowell Thomas
Richard Tregaskis
Irving Wallace
Amy Vanderbilt
Alec Vaught
Sloan Wilson
Lady Captain
Capt. Quigley
Baytown Area Weather And Tides Forecast
Partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered showers through Thursday. Temperature ranges from the mid 50s to upper 60s Wednesday. Morgan's Point tides show highs at 6 13 a.m. and 2 31 p.m. and lows at 6 11 a.m. and 5 31 p.m. Thursday sunrise 7 17 a.m. sunset 5 32 p.m.
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Baytown Area
Morgan’s Point
Tornado Touches Down in Texas City Damaging Downtown
The Associated Press reports a tornado touched down in Texas City about 11 a.m. causing damage to the downtown area. Unverified initial accounts suggested it also struck a lower building at Monsanto Co and threw several workers to the ground. No injuries were reported. Baytown police had not received any tornado warnings. A tornado watch existed for parts of Louisiana Texas and nearby counties. Thunderstorm warnings were issued for Beaumont Port Arthur and Orange.
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Associated Press
Texas City
National Weather Service
Louisiana
Texas
Monsanto Co
Baytown
Galveston
Matagorda
Chambers Counties
Harris County
Beaumont
Port Acthurami
Orange
Tornado disrupts Texas Avenue near dock area
Witnesses describe a narrow black funnel with yellow center dropping along Texas Avenue near the dock area once the site of the 1947 Texas City explosion. A metal sign narrowly missed a man as windows and buildings were damaged. The National Weather Service warned tornado threat from noon to 6 pm.
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Texas Avenue
Texas City
National Weather Service
Middle age: an uncertain life phase explained
A compact piece defines middle age as a period between 35 and 50 years, highlighting its uncertainty and curiosity. The article suggests readers seek deeper insight into this life stage and its effects on identity and daily living.
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Kim Richardson
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Sherman Gray Sr
Myrtis Hamilton
Ernest St. Julian
George H. Nelson
Claude Davis Sr
Howard Johns
John B. Baker
Ella Wells
Buck Bishop
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Lynchburg
Wilkenfield's
Lyons Supply
West Main Cafe
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Peoples State Bank
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