School board weighs 750 800 pupil targets and new facilities
Board members discussed a plan to divide junior schools among four sites with an average of about 750 to 800 students per school and to build a central special education facility costing up to 60 per square foot. They considered remodeling needs, roofing costs over 200000, and potential architect input while visiting campuses last year.
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Burnet
DeZavala
Per ‘Sons
Mra
Highlands
Ray’ Swofford
Carter Expected to Sign Emergency Energy Measure
The Senate approved the emergency energy measure 91 to 2 as frigid Midwest and Northeast weather kept gas supplies tight. Carter's plan would divert natural gas to hard hit areas, with a $50 rebate proposed and federal price controls extended for Florida farmers. The cold produced power outages, factory closures, and unemployment increases across multiple states.
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Congress
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Érand
Florida
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Ohio
Sylvania
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Pennsylvania
Coal Oe
Columbus
Two Bayton Boys Held In Car Theft
Two Baytown youths aged 15 and 16 were taken to juvenile authorities after a pursuit when officers spotted them fleeing a stolen 1970 Buick on Alva Street. The car, stolen about 8:30 am from a lot at 1210 North Main, was recovered and returned to Patricia Talley.
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Baytown
William King
Sam Taylor
Alva Street
King
Alva
N. Main
Patricia’ Talley
Burned Items At Burnet Elementary Spark Investigations
Baytown police report arson at Burnet Elementary School where a blanket rocking chair carpet and other items were burned in two classrooms over the weekend. Damage estimated at 218 dollars and the case referred to the fire marshal for inquiry.
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Baytown
Glenda Rogers
Bayway
Dallas
Dubois
Macomb Construction
Myers
Cecil T. Eccles
Vermont
Fiers
Houston
Shell Announces 2-For-1 Stock Split Proposal
Shell Oil Co announces a 2-for-1 stock split conditional on shareholder approval and a corresponding increase in authorized shares. The board also raises the quarterly dividend to 80 cents and reports 1976 earnings of 706 million dollars, 10.11 per share, up 37 percent from 1975.
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Shell Oil
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McMurrough Montgomery Rites Set At St Marys Plantereville
Arrangements for James McMurrough 16 of Route will be at St Marys Catholic Church Plantereville at p m Wednesday. He died Monday and was a former Exxon Baytown refinery employee. Survived by wife Annie, daughter Mrs William Crocker of Anandale Calif son James C McMurrough of Houston two sisters Mrs Roger Gary Rockdale and Mrs Joe Klein San Antonio eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Atonary recitation at 7 p m Tuesday at Lindley Robertson Funeral Home Navasota. Burial in St Marys Catholic Cemetery. Under direction of Lindley Robertson.
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Babe) McManus
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Anghuac
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Texas City
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White Cemetery
Memorial Vardena
Richard Horton
Ernest Green
Lew Brady
L. L. Hooks
Darryl Henson
Grady Strong
Paul A. Lee
Three Firefighter Applicants Pass Civil Service Exam
Three of five applicants took the civil service exam for entrance to the fire department Monday and all three passed it, Civil Service Director Sam Alford said. The department has one vacancy to be filled from the exam list. The three men must undergo physical and background checks before acceptance as firefighters.
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Port of Houston records 1976 cargo surge and viewable tonnage
Preliminary Port of Houston Authority figures show 90,001,400 tons moved in 1976, a 47.5 percent rise from 1975, led by crude petroleum and automotives. Foreign and domestic shipments totaled 11,367,893 tons across wharves, with 4,524 ship arrivals, Liberian flag vessels most common.
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Houston
Great Britain
Greece
Norway
Chico and the Man star Freddie Prinze dies in suicide
At Freddie Prinze's funeral actor Jack Albertson urged celebrating his life over mourning and recalled his talent and smile. Prinze, 22, died after shooting himself Saturday. James Komack planned talks with network officials about the show with nine episodes aired and five more taped.
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Los Angeles
Jack Albertson
Freddie Prinze
Albertson
Chico and
the Man
Prinze
James Komack
Old North Church
Tony Orlando
Freddie Prinze Death Sparks City Hall and Funeral Notices
Baytown City Council may consider a resolution urging Texas lawmakers to shift natural gas regulation. The piece notes Freddie Prinze’s death, a will leaving most of his estate to his mother and infant son, and mentions a high-profile funeral with celebrities in attendance.
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Alan Erwin
Public Utility Commission of Texas
Baytown
Texas
Prinze
Railroad Commission
Ted Kloesel
Entex
Orlando
Freddie
Paul Williams
Chuck Hoffa
Jack Donohue
Chico
David Braun
Bob’ Wahl
Marvin Snyder
Alan Bursky
Gabriel Kaplan
Freddie Jr
Katherine
Karl Proetzel
Oil Producer Opens in Belton Lane Field near Anahuac
Belton Lane field four miles east of Anahuac in Chambers County yielded its first oil with a Frio formation at 8,474 to 8,478 feet and 247 barrels daily plus 156 000 cubic feet of gas. A lower Frio zone at 8,731 to 8,734 feet produced 360 000 cubic feet of gas daily. Absolute open flow projected at 440 000 cubic feet of gas daily. Total depth reached 8,866 feet. Prior completions produced gas around 1,400 to 8,700 feet Frio.
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Anahuac
Belton Lane Field
Chambers County
Nancy Smith
Petroleum Information Corp
A.L. Moss
Frio
Smith
Belton Lane
Beach City program aims to help residents at West Chambers Center
Beach City residents are invited to a 3 p.m. Wednesday session in the West Chambers County Community Center on Tri City Beach Road. The event, titled Getting to Know You, is sponsored by the Beach City Home Demonstration Club.
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West Chambers County
Tri- City Beach Road
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