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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1971
Page
1
Citizens may sign petitions at Sterling Municipal Library through Monday. MOVE OF GOD Revival starts Sunday at 7 30 p m at 6011 John Martin Road with Harold Foster preaching. Public welcome. For details call Rev Sanders at 426 5326. The church is non denominational.
The City of Houston Health Department offers free rubella vaccinations for children ages 1 to 10 in Baytown at 9:45 a.m. on Thursday February 11 at Mother Goose Child Care Center located at 311 B Homan. Robert A. Meister, son of Mr and Mrs Allen G Meister of 1701 Adams, was promoted to Army first lieutenant with the Third Artillery at Fort Knox Kentucky. He attended Texas A M and Texas Tech where he earned BS and MBA degrees. Meister's wife Judy resides at 702 Peggy. Beulah A Tallent, daughter of Mr and Mrs Douglas E Tallent of 709 Ruth, was named Outstanding Trainee in her basic training class at the Women's Army Corps Center in Fort McClellan Alabama. She is a 1969 graduate of Robert E. Lee High School.
Morgan's Point tides show high at 2:19 a.m. and low at 1:01 p.m. The piece notes social scenes with Wismer, Kelley, Porter, and Johnson helping with finances, and lists residents in Aransas Pass, Baytown, and other towns engaged in daily activities and social tasks.
Highlands citizens reached a no decision at a meeting called by the Citizens Committee for a Sound and Progressive Water District to present a case to the Texas Water Quality Board show cause hearing on February 24. The district has rejected four bond proposals for water and sewer improvements in 15 months, prompting questions about information and communication within Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1.
Steve McQueen wrote produced and starred in The 24 Hours of Le Mans. Filming proved dangerous and difficult yet aimed to illuminate racing for audiences.
City of Baytown officials and Humble and Enjay representatives met at lunch to discuss San Jacinto River water supply. After weeks of study, Humble reported that both parties are better off solving future water problems separately, ending joint venture plans.
AP dispatches report the U S fighter bombers bombing two anti aircraft missile sites in Vietnam while small South Vietnamese reconnaissance units probe Laos and Cambodian fronts. Israel considers a partial troop pullback from the Suez Canal as Egypt presses. Gulf oil states threaten to shut wells after Feb 15 pending price boosts. Tex Watson to face murder trial after release from a state hospital.
The U S Census Bureau counts 43 980 residents in Baytown in 1970, up 374 from June estimates and about 56 percent above 1960 figures. Highlands unincorporated area ends at 3 462. Baytown Chamber notes possible totals near 50 000 with surrounding unincorporated regions. Harris County totals reach 1 741 912.
Baytown and nearby Chambers County officials report that a thaw in frozen federal funds could let Southeast Texas highway projects begin in 1971. Plans include Highway 1405 from Tri City Beach Road to Highway 146 and an interchange with Spur 55, with state officials expected to take over once funds are released.
Baytown Chamber of Commerce highway committee asks Harris County to prioritize Baker Road widening from Garth Road to North Main near Ross Sterling High and to build an overpass at Decker Drive Spur 330 for the new Humble Building. The panel also backs extending Highway 1405 in Chambers County to Cedar Bayou, linking Baker Road to Decker Drive. Truman Reed of Commissioner Bray's office attended.
J D Sheppard a 46 year old mechanical craftsman at Humble Baytown Refinery was killed at 8 am Friday when a small crane overturned on a refinery site. He died at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital. An investigating committee led by Bri H Oliver is probing the cause. He lived at 822 Mark Deer Park and had worked at the refinery since 1945 after earlier farming railroad work.
Harris County Justice of the Peace N C Morrison won approval to hire one new clerk, enabling 24 hour weekday office coverage with Morrison filling weekend slots. The $39.1 million budget supports a $610 monthly salary for the new clerk, part of a 1971 total salary allocation of $58,710, up from 1970. The court increased several non-salary items and granted higher travel and misc funds, while the constable also received boosted allowances and a slight salary increase.
Astronauts Alan B. Shepard Jr. and Edgar D. Mitchell touched down in the Fra Mauro highlands after a bull's eye landing nearly canceled by false signals. Shepard described the soft lunar soil and noted a tilt on the slope while Mitchell praised the touchdown.
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