Open House Draws 4000 at New Baytown Hospital Dedication
Baytown crowds tour the first new hospital in 13 years at Bowie Drive as the facility opens with a 189 bed capacity and a 4.9 million project. Rep Bob Eckhardt and Mayor Glen Walker attend the dedication, praising the project and its community impact. Patients move to the new Baytown Medical Center Hospital Thursday while offices plan to occupy the adjacent building after March 1.
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New Baytown Hospital
Johnella Boynton
Baytown
New Baytown Medical Center Hospital
Bowie Drive
Bob Eckhardt
Hosiipital
Glen Walker
Baytown Hospital
Defoe Street
David Grissom
Extendicare, Inc
Baytown Medical Center
Extendicare
Grissom
Joe Green
Stanley Hill
Geln Walker
Baytown Medical Center Hospital
Pollution Cut and Cost Dominant Issues at Baytown Hearing
The Texas Water Quality Board opened a week long Baytown hearing on cutting Houston Ship Channel pollutants by two thirds. Costs are estimated at 400 million to 1 billion over 20 years for advanced treatment to cut BOD from just under 100000 pounds daily to 35000 by 1975. 88 cities and 45 industries hold permits. hearings run daily through Friday with public and group testimony invited.
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Texas Water Quality Board
Baytown
Houston Ship Channel
TWQB
Galveston Bay
Veterans and Civic Groups Schedule Tuesday Meetings
WWI Veterans and Ladies Auxiliary Bar racks 3481 meet at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Baytown Community Building with refreshments. TRI-CITY BEACH Civic Association holds dinner at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Beach City Community Building. Chambers County Judge Oscar Nelson to demonstrate new voting machines. BAYTOWN HUMAN Relations Council meets 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Baytown Community Building for committee reports and banquet plans. Helen Franssen, daughter of Mrs. Aussie Franssen, named to Abilene Christian College dean's honor roll for 1971 fall semester, junior French major, 1989 Lee High School graduate.
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Ladies Auxiliary
Baytown
Tri-City Beach Civic Association
Beach City
Chambers County
Oscar Nelson
Baytown Human Relations Council
Helen Franssen
Aussie Franssen
Abilene Christian College
Miss Franssen
Robert E. Lee High School
Weather in Bay Town Clouds to cool into Tuesday
The forecast calls for cloudy and colder conditions into Tuesday in the Bay Town area. Temperature ranges Monday from 30 to 43 degrees. Morgan's Point tides show high at 12 19 a m and low at 10 07 a m Tuesday. Sunrise is 7 07 a m and sunset 6 05 p m.
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Bay Town Area
Morgan's Point
Nixon to push curbs on cheap handguns in new proposal
The Nixon administration plans to send to Capitol Hill within two weeks a bill aimed at eliminating cheap pocket pistols known as Saturday Night Specials, closing a loophole in the 1968 Gun Control Act. Officials say the move prioritizes crime prevention while stressing it does not threaten gun owners' rights.
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Washington
Treasury
Justice Department
Capitol Hill
Eckhardt seeks fourth term in U S Congress from Eighth District
Houston congressman Bob Eckhardt announced plans to run for re election to a fourth term in the Eighth District which covers parts of Harris County including Baytown Highlands La Porte Deer Park and Pasadena He spoke at the Baytown Hospital opening stressing his focus on minority benefits and national health security programs plus environmental bills for Big Thicket National Park and the National Open Beaches Act He urged progress on Consumer Class Action and No Fault Insurance to advance his legislative agenda in the 93rd Congress.
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Houston
U.S
Bob Eckhardt
Harris County
Baytown
Baytown Hospital
Highlands
la Porte
Deer Park
Pasadena
Crosby
Jack Brooks
Beaumont
Rep
Eckhardt
Federal Building
Big
Costume Confusion Linked to Bay Town Elementary Recall
A reader notes an old masquerade costume came from Bay Town Elementary, clarifying it is not a personal cap. The brief remark highlights a childhood memory tied to a school event and costume origin.
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Baytown Elementary
India Gives Bangladesh 14.7 Million Aid Pack to Mujibur Rahman
Calcutta India presented 14.7 million dollars in transport and other aid to Bangladesh prime minister Mujibur Rahman to meet urgent postwar needs. Gifts include 50 jeeps 136 ambulances and 800 trucks each truck carrying 200 bags of powdered milk. India had earlier pledged 33.3 million in items and 13 million in sterling loans. Mujibur blamed the United States for not aiding his country during the crisis and cited US arms to Pakistan. In Dhaka authorities report burial caches with weapons and mass internments of Bihari minorities amid efforts to clear Mirpur and separate camps.
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Calcutta
Indira Gandhi
Mujibur ‘Rahman
Bangladesh
India
Sheik
United States
Pakistan
Mujib
Dacca
Mirpur
New Community Chest Officer Vote Set for Tuesday
The Baytown and East Harris County Community Chest plans its annual public meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Chamber of Commerce building to elect new officers and board members. Nominations were accepted by Jan 30, with candidates across Council of Members, Board of Directors, and Welfare League Directors. Special awards will be presented, and the agencies will release their annual financial and service reports.
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Baytown and
East Harris County Community Chest
Community Chest and Welfare League
Chamber of Commerce
Council of
Ralph Kunz
Jody Lander
Harry Spitz
W. E. Thiele
Charles Tillery
Geneva Ferguson
Blanche DuPlantis
Welfare League
Thrift Exchange
YMCA
Crippled Childrens Treatment Center
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Bayshore Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center
Big Brothers of
Baytown
Houston Legal Foundation
American Red Cross
Primary Filing Deadline Set for May 6 in Houston
The deadline to file for Democratic and Republican primaries is 6 p.m. Monday in Houston. Applications are at Democratic Party Headquarters on Main and Republican HQ on Westheimer. Mailed filings must be postmarked by 6 p.m. and delivered by registered or certified mail. Texas Secretary of State Bullock announced fee changes after recent court rulings. Nominees will appear on the November general election ballot.
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Lus. Main
Houston
Bill V. Wiliams
Harris County
Nancy Palm
Westheimer
Texas
Bob Bullock
Kennedy to Hold Hearings on Draft Amnesty
United States Senate subcommittee hearings are planned for later this month to examine granting amnesty to draft resisters. The moves come as lawmakers scrutinize conscientious objection and wartime service policies amid ongoing debates over military conscription.
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
Senate
Optimists In Baytown Sweep Honors At Meet
The Optimist Club of Baytown won the 1970-71 achievement and awards program in the South east Texas District Optimist International at the Galveston board meeting. J B Cooper received the Distinguished President's watch and presidential citation for outstanding leadership. The Baytown Evening Club earned the Honor Club Medallion and a first place district leadership award for founding the Mont Belvieu Optimist Club and marking the 10th year of the club holding the honor. The Baytown clubs took first place for the fourth straight year with the evening club winning three times and the noon club once in 1968-69.
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Optimist Club of
Baytown
Texas
Optimist International
Galveston
J.B. Cooper
Gusher Celebrates Optimist Club Achievements and Programs
John Thomas, new president of the Evening Optimist Club, wins first place for the first quarter of 1971 72 and the club earns community service certificates and a medal. Baytown Evening Club presents a public relations program at the district meeting The Winning Sand in Optimism. Sterling High School Optimist Club performs Meredith Willson musical The Music Man before 300 attendees. School sponsor is Mrs. Xinz Stone. Joe Wheelis and Alford serve as Optimist Club representatives.
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AFS
Ross Sterling
American Field Service
Chaiyute Saekok
Thailand
San Antonio
Baytown
John Thomas
Evening Optimist Club
Lester Alford
Baytown Evening Club
OI Club
Sterling Highschool
Meredith Wilson
Xinz Stone
Joe Wheelis
Alford
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Moscow
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