Regents Comb Report On LC Budget Items
Lee College regents review the 1973-74 budget, noting 53 000 added for the year and contingency funds that may or may not be available. The meeting, led by Bettie Bennett and Jim Sturgeon, covered educational and general, auxiliary, and plant accounts. The basketball schedule shows the Lee College team playing St Phillips College and San Antonio College in San Antonio, with KWBA radio coverage.
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Johnella Boynton
Lee College
Bennett
Bettie Bennett
Jim Sturgeon
St. Phillips College
San Antonio College
San Antonio
KWBA
Trash Collection Aims for Heavy Item Pickups Saturday
City trash crews will again collect heavy items such as old appliances and furnishings on Saturday and transport them to Coady Landfill for disposal.
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Coady
Cove Candidate Ruled Off Primary Ballot
A Cove candidate, Leroy Stevens, is ruled ineligible for the May primary ballot under the Texas American Party rules. Secretary of State staffer Lemons explains Stevens must be nominated by a county party convention and certified by the party chair and county clerk, or run as an independent in November.
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Cove
Austin
Leroy Ste
Amercan
Texas
Lemons
Chambersj
Democrats
Republic County
Cans
la Raza
Goose
Creek Masonic Lodge
Sun
Robert Lemens
Secretary of State
Tri- Cities
Order of DeMolay
Lemens
Stevens
Chambers County
American Party
Law Independent
Lee College approves 250000 revenue bonds for HL&P plant
Lee College regents authorize sale of 250000 revenue bonds to buy the old Houston Lighting and Power property and remodel college buildings. Bonds retire over 10 years beginning Feb 15 1973 with interest about 4.54 percent. Debt service estimated at 32000 yearly. building use fees fund bond payments. no tax monies used. The 60 bonds of 5000 each include a reserve with 6704 annually until 32034 accumulated.
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Barbara Cleland Lee
Citizens National Bank
Peoples State Bank
Rick
Peebles
Ually
Keller
Bank of Payment
Citizens National
Anlar
Birthday greetings and political notices from local column
Elsie Wilks and Don Cooke celebrate birthdays while Theresa Moore backs a TV appearance for Red Stocking Revue. Xina Stone announces intent to run in the general election. Stevens files affidavit with county executive chair Ken Clark of Cave and plans to oppose the incumbent. Officials H. H. McCollum and Doug Dugat noted from Mont Belgiew.
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Don Cooke
Earnestine Bright
Theresa Moore
Cecil Penn
Alma Dailey
Mary Lou Burkett
Jonathan
Liddy McDaniels
Nona Lowrey
Curt Herrings
Evelyn Bradbury
Stevens
Ken Clark
Cave
H. H. McCollum
Doug Dugat
Mont Belgiew
Baytown Day at Houston Rodeo Feb 24 Matinee Feature
Baytonians can plan for a day at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo opening Feb 22 in the Astrodome and Astrohall. The Feb 24 matinee is Baytown Day with Sonny and Cher as featured performers at 2 pm and 7 pm shows. Tickets are 5 for reserved and 3 82 for unreserved, available at Foley's Houston stores Astro dome Ticket Office or by mail.
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Houston
Foley's
Astrodome
Houston Livestock Show
Baytown Area Forecast Heavily Cloudy with Fog and Tstorms
Partly cloudy and mild with fog late Friday night and early Saturday. Slight chance of thundershowers. Baytown area highs near 78 Saturday and lows around 60. Morgans Point tides for Saturday show high at 2:22 a.m. and low at 1:22 p.m.
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Baytown
Tragic Orton Family Dies in Pago Pago Jet Crash
Norman Orton 41 and his three daughters Glenna 19 Susan 15 Jennifer 7 were killed when Pan American 707 crashed near Pago Pago during heavy rain. Surviving relatives include parents Joe and Virginia Orton and siblings Harold and Gerald Wayne. The family had lived in Australia the past four years en route to Baytown for a weeklong vacation.
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Norman Orton
Glenna
Susan
Jennifer
Pan American Airways
South Pacific
Pago Pago
American Samoa
Joe Orton
Baytown
Harold Orton
Victor
Gerald Wayne Orton
San Antonio
Virginia Parker
W. B. Parker
Australia
Joan Mer
Australialill
Alta Loma
Calif
New Zeal
Saland
Moan
Samoan Islands
Norman
Inj Smith
Phoenix
Ariz
Garland
New Zealand
Commonwealth Reaege
Nixon Sees 74 Economic Upturn
Washington AP reports President Nixon’s annual economic outlook predicts a sluggish 1974 with a 5 to 6 percent unemployment range mid year, consumer prices rising about 6 percent, and energy costs driving short term hardship before a gradual improvement. The budget totals 304.4 billion for 1975 with defense at 87.7 billion and a 9.4 billion deficit. The Council of Economic Advisers cautions inflation peaking mid year, easing later, while wage price controls remain debated.
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Washington
Nixon
Council
Tulhe
Congress
Council of Economic Advisers
Herbert Stein
Mass murder case in Houston faces court protests
In San Antonio the Houston mass murders case was moved to District Court Judge Peter Michael Curry who questioned the logistic need. In Sao Paulo a fire on the top 14 floors of a 22 story bank building caused multiple deaths and injuries with estimates from 10 to 35 may be dead.
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San Antonio
Tex
Houston
Peter Michael Curry
Bexar County
Sao’ Paulo
Brazil
Sao Paulo Bank
Jobless Rate Rises Amid Fuel Shortage Woes
The Labor Department links a fuel shortage to job losses in aviation, autos, and recreation, lifting the national unemployment rate from 4.8 to 5.2 percent in January. White House estimates and private economists clash on whether rates hit six, seven, or eight percent, as nearly 370,000 workers lost jobs and payrolls fell after December gains.
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Labor Department
Washington
White House
Groundhogs Handle Weather Forecasts In Harris County
Compromise discussions surface after a judge panel ruling tied to redistricting, while Eddie Huron removes two groundhogs blamed for predicting six more weeks of winter. The tale shifts from politics to a local taxidermist preserving the rodents, as officials weigh appeals and replacements.
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Houston
Harris
Justices of the Peace and Wolice Federal Court
Harris County Atty
Joe Res
Tech
Weber
Comemis
Sioner
Tom Bass
Askei
Hart
Federal
Joe Gilleland
Offier
Eddie
Gilleland
Mont Belvieu
Eddie Huran's Groundhogs End Interview Tradition
Sun editor sends Dodie Schatz to elicit a weather prediction from Eddie Huran's Groundhogs on Groundhog Day 1973. The ritual hinges on shadow sighting, forecasting six more weeks of winter if shadow appears, or an early spring if not.
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Eddie
Sterting
Sun
Jim Finley
Newsgal
Dodie Schatz
Eddie Huran
Dodie
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U.S
Regents Comb
Hl&p
Elsie Wilks
Ann van Gale
Polly Hall
Mildred
Smith
Xina Stone
AEL
Baytown State Bank
Norman Ortons
Amigos DE Las Americas
Neal Dickens
First Americar
Thomas Clacle
Pau
F.C
Bulletins
Bureau of Later Statistics
Harris JP
Constable
Preston Pendergrass
Eddie Huron
Neck of the Woods
Virginia
Baytown Sun
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