Car rebates spark mixed dealer optimism in Houston area
Seven Baytown area dealers report stronger foot traffic and higher sales since rebates began. Hutchins, Page Ditman Motors, and Holland Buick-Opal say weekend activity rose, with many buyers asking about small Starfire and Omega models despite pursuing larger cars to gain rebates. Sales overall vary by location, but dealers credit rebates for bringing customers in.
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Betsy Webber
Baytown
Houston
Hutchins
Richard Hutch
Holland
Hoyts
Page
Ditman Motors
Dutch Holland
Oldsmobile
Starfire
Omega
E. L Black
Baytown Motors
Pontiac
American Motors
John Seligman
Bayshore Motors
Bob Hamric
Chevrolet
Layne Lumus
Lumus Dodge
Chrysler
Community notices mix with car rebates and civic updates
Local items report council plans, public meetings and a naval aviation ceremony. Veterans, parents meetings, and an animal protection group are noted along with car rebate driven sales boosts at Bay town Motors Bayshore and other dealers.
Ford budget ties defense rise to economy and cuts
President Ford proposes nearly 9 billion in defense spend next year while seeking cuts in domestic programs and Social Security growth. He concedes unemployment will stay above 7 percent through 1976 and warns the deficit could hit 68 billion if Congress blocks his cuts. The plan faces Democratic opposition and an energy program in trouble.
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Washington
South
Ford
Vietnam
Congress
Pentagon
Saigon
Recession deepens as unemployment and inflation stay high
The AP reports the U.S. economy remains in a severe postwar recession with rising unemployment and persistent inflation. Michigan National Bank sets prime rate at 8.4 percent. Hall of Fame picks Billy Herman Earl Averill and Bucky Harris. Senator Patman objections stall witness cross examination on a loan shark bill. A private plane crash in Houston kills five and injures eleven. two hospitalized passengers are released.
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New York
Billy Herman
Earl Averill
Bucky Harris
Baseball
The
Veterans Committee Today
Houston
Thieu bans five opposition papers in crackdown
In Saigon, government suspends licenses for Dien Tin, Dong Phuong, Song Than, But Thep and Tin Sang, arresting 19 officials as Communist infiltrators. The move follows plans to publish corruption charges against Thieu by Father Tran Huu Thanh. War on Hoa Hao sect continues with arrests and claims of casualties disputed by leaders.
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Thieu
Tran Huu Thanh
Saigon
Dien Tin
Telegram
Dong Phuong
Orient
Song Than
Thep
Tin Sang
Hoa Hao
Nother
Mekong Delta
Raindrops Patter Baytown Weather After Flood Fears
After a soggy weekend baytown residents faced no major flood problems with a 50 percent rain chance Monday night and 40 percent Tuesday. rainfall measurements ranged from 1.27 to 1.45 inches at local gauges with reports of lingering fog and cool damp conditions statewide.
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Baytonians
Exxon
Baytown
L. M
Deacon) Jones
Republic
A. R. Smith
Wilburn
Baytown Area Weather Forecast Clouds and Rain Likely
The Baytown area forecast calls for cloudy and cool conditions with a 36 percent chance of rain Monday night and a 40 percent chance Tuesday. Low Monday night will be in the upper 40s and Tuesday’s high in the upper 40s to 50s. Tides: Tuesday high at 6 33 p.m. and low at 9 38 a.m.
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Baytown Area
Baytown
Philippine Plane Toll Hits 31
An AVRO turboprop crash near Manila killed 31 people including an American Jesuit priest. one other American, Roger Collins, survived with burns after the plane from Manila attempting to return to the airport caught fire and crashed near a housing project.
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Philippine
Manila
Philippines
Philippines Airlines
Ligan City
Cagayan de Oro
Sugar prices fall in January AP market basket survey shows
The Associated Press reports January 1975 sugar prices declined as refinery supplies built up. The market basket declined about 1 percent overall across seven of thirteen cities while beef sales rose slightly and sugar remained high versus a year earlier. Five pound sugar sacks fell an average 13 percent in ten cities though Salt Lake City rose and Los Angeles Seattle held steady.
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Associated Press
Lin
Salt Lake City
Utah
Los Angeles
Seattle
Dedication Award Honors Olivia McKinney for Education Service
Olivia Sylvis McKinney of Texas Southern University has been selected by the Baytown Education Association and district educators to receive the Citizens Dedication Award. The Houston native taught 31 of 44 years in local schools and county districts, earned degrees from Prairie View and Texas, and active in Girl Scouting, Cub Scout, and community service with church and retiree groups. The award, part of District IV honors, will be presented at the Houston Oaks Hotel during the TSTA dinner Friday at 7:30 p.m.
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Olivia Sylvis McKinney
Texas Southern
Harris
McNair Haster
Mills College
Baytown Education Association
Oakland
Calif
University of To
Michigan
University of Houscated
Ton
Lamar Tech
District TV
Texas State
Houston Baptist College
Teachers Association
Parent-Teacher Association
National Education Association
Houston Oaks
Houston
Miss MccKinney
Miss McKinney
Leon
Brazoria
Prairie, View University
Jalapeno Pig Volunteers Sought in Baytown Test
A quirky call invites volunteers to be jalapeno pigs to test a spicy mosquito deterrent. Scott Carpenter, son of Liz and the late Les Carpenter, reportedly survived a jalapeno sandwich that drove mosquitoes away during a Beaumont assignment.
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Scott Carpenter
Carpenters
Liz
Les
Scott
Beaumont
Texas
Baytown
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