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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1968
Page
8
DPS director Homer Garrison Jr. reports 1,574,397 of 1967 vehicles inspected so far as Texas rushes to meet the April 15 deadline. Total 1967 inspections reach 5,702,862 with new seat belt provisions. Motorists urged to act now to avoid lines and belt kit shortages at 5,336 approved stations statewide.
Humble Oil and Refining Co promotes C Melvin Harrison to operations and acquisitions coordinator in the Engineering and Planning Section of its Production Department. W Carter Grinstead Jr. becomes head of the Raw Materials Group Commerce Section in the Supply Department. Harrison, born in Baytown, earned BS degrees in mechanical and petroleum engineering from Texas A&M in 1953 and has held multiple Houston area posts. Grinstead, a UT petroleum engineering graduate, joined Humble in 1957 and rose to chief engineer and operations superintendent before his Midland and Houston assignments.
General Telephone of the Southwest expects a 1968 construction budget of 345,400,000 to expand and modernize facilities across Texas New Mexico Oklahoma Arkansas and Louisiana. The plan includes replacing and enlarging central offices Direct Distance Dialing service to 15 exchanges microwave links underground cable rural area improvements and expanded calling scopes. Net telephone gains are projected at 2 900 for the service area compared with 34 500 in 1967.
Clarke is named senior negotiator in Humble Oil and Refining Co s Raw Materials Group within the Supply Department He is Houston native an electrical engineering graduate from Rice University in 1948 and has held multiple Humble posts including Baytown Refinery operations supervisor in the Lube Department and a loan stint with the parent company in New York His progression includes leading the Analog Computer Laboratory and transfers to the Headquarters Supply Department in Houston.
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