Harris County Fresh Water District No 27 meets Monday
Harris County Fresh Water District No 27 will hold a meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at 5534 Wade Road. Other notices include services pending for Mrs Evie Ophelia Harrison of Dallas and a funeral in Dallas for Josephine Eberly. Also regional accountant and kennel club meetings announced with times and locations. Liberty drivers license office hours updated. senior citizens transportation committee to discuss taxi program at city hall.
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Harris
Wade Road
Evie Ophelia ‘Harrison
Dallas
E. W
Harrison
Glenhaven
Dudley M
Paul A. Lee“Funeral
Transportation Senior Citizens Transportation Committee
City Hall
Cloudy and cool Baytown forecast with a chance of rain
The Baytown area expects cloudy and cool conditions Monday night and Tuesday with a 30 percent rain chance. Lows near the low 40s Monday night, highs in the mid-50s Tuesday, and tides listed for Tuesday with two high and two low tides. Sunrise is 7:07 a.m. and sunset 6:05 p.m.
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Baytown Area
Baytown
Constable Credits Deputies in Grime Cut as Crime Falls
Harris County Sheriff Jack Heard credits sheriff's operations for a 3.4 percent decrease in crimes in unincorporated areas in 1976. Constable James Douglas argues deputies contributed to the drop, citing decentralization, a crime control unit, and citizen cooperation as key factors. Homicides rose 30 percent to 56. rapes up 83 percent to 86. assaults up 52 percent to 824. robberies down 2.3 percent to 464. burglaries up 2.8 percent to 5,058. larceny and thefts down 12 percent to 6,984. auto theft down 2.3 percent to 1,847.
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Harris County
Jack Heard
Pet
James Douglas
Baytown
Heard
Sheriff's Department
Distinguished Lee College Scholars Named for Fall Term
Lee College announces fall semester Distinguished Scholars. Of 227 full time students with at least a 3.5 GPA, 64 hold 4.0, 2 have 3.9, 25 have 3.8, 41 have 3.7, 42 have 3.6, and 53 have 3.5. Lists include many named 4.0 honorees such as Janet Adams Ronald Anderson James Bailey and others. 3.9 honorees Anita Dugat Kimberly Lemelle. 3.8 honorees Steven Adams Imam Al Hindi Bernadette Auzenne and more. 3.7 honorees Lisa Adcock Pamela Arnold Doris Baker and others.
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Lee College
Janet Adams
Ronald Anderson
James Bailey
Perry Beauchamp
Lynda Bishop
Ronnie Boswell
James Brazzil
Joe Bridges
Joanna Bright
Thomas Carter
Pam Chronister
George Coker
George Conrad Jr
Deborah Cooper
Brenda Courville
Linda Craig
Jeanell Cross
Ray Crunk
Kimberly Dunn
Reba Eaton
Candy Eowell
Ricky French
Bob Hall Jr
Freeman Hardin’ Jr
Jeanette Holman
Fletcher Hudspeth
Wanda Jennings
Lisa Johnson
Peter Kabella
Dennis Kinder
Pattie Kirkland
Lionel Lemelle
Mary ‘Lemmon
Margaret Littleton
Brenda Maxwell
Pi-Yi Mayo
Lisa McGaughey
Gloria Moon
Denise Mouton
Aliso
Rene Noble
Anne Ostermayer
Linda Palmer
Jerral Pearson
Mary Penton
Geana Pfeiffer
Cathy Ragsdale
Elizabeth Renfro
Anne Rhodes
Isai Sapien
Sanford Schulte
George Shook
Bobby Snell
Lisa Adcock
Pamela Arnold
Doris Baker
John Beasley
Lester Bell
Pheby Brown
Jesse Bryant
William Burton
James Clatty
Darlene Cunningham
Janie Davis
William Dixon
Linda Fellman
Tom Finley
Edurado Flores
John Garey
Kenneth Giroir
Glenn Harriman
Terri
Heintschel
Donnie Herrington
Carla Hilton
Cheri Jones
Dennnis Lindsey
Wanda Long
Jose Martinez
Michael Milligan
David More
Sandra Mullens
Ronald O'Sullivan
David Perry
Maribeth
Murders Shock Rhodesia Mission Group Near Salisbury
Black guerrillas killed seven white Roman Catholic missionaries, including four nuns, at Musami Mission 36 miles north of Salisbury. Pope Paul VI voiced profound grief. Archbishop Chakaipa condemned the attack as a sham of any cause. Two Jesuit priests and a brother were among the dead. a Jesuit was wounded. Police reports say the staff included other whites, with one nun escaping. Separately, 333 black Rhodesian students alleged kidnapped by guerrillas reportedly refused to return from Botswana.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
Paul X VI
Vatican
Jean Cardinal Villot
Patrick Chakaipa
The
Chakaipa
Ian Smith
Musami
Clock rebates spur talk of saving time and money
President Carter s idea of a $50 recession relief tip is floated as insufficient. A Pearce Street Journal reader suggests automakers halt panel board clocks that fail to keep time to lower windshield prices, claiming long term savings across models from Maxwell to Cordoba.
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Carter
Maxwells
Cordobas
Proposed Change In House Joe Says He'll Favor Bill To Legalize Bingo
State Rep. Joe Allen of Baytown says he will support a bill to legalize bingo if confined to charitable and non profit groups. The bill, from Sen. Lom bardino, would allow bingo and raffles at one location by non profits or charities. Allen notes past efforts and Baytown senior citizens want bingo, citing Bayshore Rod Reel and Gun Club history with raids and public concerns. If passed, the Bayshore club may again sponsor games benefiting local causes.
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Wanda Orton Austin
Joe
Joe Allen
Baytown
House
Frank Lombardino
San Antonio
Senate
Austin
Texas
Ave
Bayshore
Rod, Reel and Gun Club
Robert Fordhe
Blair Mann
Bayshore Rod, Reel and Gun Club
Grover K. Edge
Blair
Grover
Two Shifts In Operation City Police Ride Along Program
Baytown launches an adult ride along program from Feb 18 allowing any resident to observe officers on Friday or Saturday nights. Three CPU officers will host two shifts 6–10 pm and 10 pm–2 am with advance reservations and liability waivers. The program echoes a successful student ride along and aims to humanize officers while letting citizens see the challenges of police work.
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Baytown
R. H
Bo) Turner
Turner
Sun
Glenn Folkes
Lynn Hughes
Glen Rosier
Department
CPA
Rosier
CPU
Community Chest Officers and Directors to Be Elected
Baytown area Community Chest members will elect officers and directors at the annual meeting held at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Chamber of Commerce building. Ballot voting will select a chairman of the council of members and five welfare league directors from a slate. Agency reports from Baytown Opportunity Center and others will be heard and awards presented.
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Community Chest
New Baytown
East Harris County Community Chest
Chamber of Commerce
George Gentry
John P. Henderson
Leon Brown
Charles Cross
Jerry Brewer
Perry Smith
Alvin
Miles
Gentry
Helen Smith
Comphe
Munity Chest
Tee
Robert H. Bonner
Geneva Ferguson
Ron, Haddock
Mike McAlister
Joy Ralls
Carl Reistle
Ruto Sanchez Jr
Welfare League
Randy Busch
Charles H. Closs
Marilyn Ferguson
Victor Gonzales
David Kadjar
Jon P. Pfennig
Baytown Opportunity Center
Thrift Exchange
YMCA
Crippled Children’s Treatment Center
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Big Brothers
Houston Legal Foundation
American Red Cross and
Visiting Nurses Association
Weekend Texas crash toll rises with nine deaths
AP Wires report most of the fatalities in Texas over the weekend. A gunfire and stabbing fatality are noted, with additional details from the same dispatch. In New Delhi aides discuss strategy after Indira Gandhi trails in rallies. Gerald Ford to lecture at Yale University politics and foreign policy.
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Texas
New
Delhi
India
Indira’ Gandhi
New Delhi
New Haven
Conn
Gerald R. Ford
Yate University
Ford
Forign Polic
Baytown Adds 428 Exchange With New Prefix
Baytown will activate a new telephone exchange on February 19 adding the 428 prefix. Some numbers will be assigned at random starting February 21. Baytown now has three exchanges 422 424 and 427 with toll free dialing to Houston central zone and calls to nearby towns without long distance charges.
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Baytown
Bob Wilson
General Telephone Co
Houston
Chambers Man Believed Killed by Arrow in Freak Incident
An Anahuac area man, 23 year old Troy Lynn Odom, died after an arrow struck him between the eyes while he waited behind a target near a Monroe City residence. Sheriff Pounds calls it a freak happening and no charges are filed as the investigation continues.
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West Chambers County
Doll Pounds
Troy Lynn Odom
Chambers Memorial Hospital
Sheriff's Office
Pounds
Odom
Monroe City
Marshall Brown Jr
Alsc
Chambers County
Pounris
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Kennel Club
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Mitch Isenberg
Carroll Lansford
County Gospel Lighthouse Assembly of Commissioners
God Church
Orville
Minnesota
AEL
Luther Gillen
Ira
Garren Gillen
Gwen D. Casey
Donald L. Brunson
Frances Jones
Georgie Roberts
Louise Travis
Helen Sanderson
Brenda Mattern
Gary Hughes
Peggy Atkins
Sylvia Scott
Eva Bernard
Staviende
Auake
Citizens National Bank and Trust CO
FDIC
Botswana
Pearce Street Journal
Peoples State
Bask
People Helpers
Cons Worter
Crergs
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Bill
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