Thanks Expressed by Families After Tragedy in Bayton
The families of Earl W. Wilburn and Marsha and Jim Gill thank Baytonians for kindness after a tragedy that claimed Wilburn and his two grandchildren. W. H. Stegall travels to Tyler for his brother G. C. Stegall’s funeral at 2 p.m. Thursday at Burks Walker Tippett Funeral Home. Mexico American graduating students of 1972 hold a sweetheart coronation and dance Friday 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Knights of Columbus Hall with Johnny Reyes and the Delights. tickets $2.50. Legislative Affairs panel discusses revision of the Texas Constitution at the February 11 meeting led by Mrs. Dot Rosenzweig. Black History program titled Outstanding Blacks in American History at La Porte High School Friday 7:30 p.m. part of National Negro History Week. free admission with donations for a scholarship fund.
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Earl W. Wilburn
Marsha
Jimmy Gill
Baytonians
Wilburn
W. H. Stegall
Tyler
G. C. Stegall
Burks-Walker- Tippett Funeral Home
Knights of Columbus
Johnny Reyes
Delights
Texas
Dot Rosenzweig
Legislative Affairs Committee
la Porte Senior High School
The
Black Youth Club of
la Porte
Communists Attack Nixon Plan to Increase Vietnam War Force
Paris reports Communist delegates charge President Nixon plans new military adventures in Vietnam by strengthening U S air power and deploying more bombers and aircraft carriers. They cite Saigon Washington notices and note Viet Cong claims of US prisoner conditions and objections to a neutral inspection.
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Nixon
Vietnam
Paris
Crosby
Viet
U.S
Juwo
Highway 146 Opens From Spencer Highway to NASA 1
Highway 146 from Spencer Highway in La Porte to NASA 1 is now open to through traffic Texas Highway Department engineer Hunter Garrison said. He noted the project is not yet completed with grass planting and shaping pending. The segment, 7.8 miles long, cost $3.8 million and took about two years to build. The Spencer Highway overpass opened last October.
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Spencer Highway
la Porte
NASA
Nixon seeks 8.57 percent dollar devalue plan
Washington moves to devalue the dollar by 8.57 percent as part of a broad bill while touting progress in trade talks with Japan and the Common Market. In Saigon, President Thieu states a rift with the United States over the peace plan, citing remarks by Secretary Rogers. The House approves a 20 billion dollar debt ceiling rise to bridge Treasury borrowing through June, awaiting Senate action. The U S Command notes American casualties in action and nonhostile deaths last week. Pay Board to require advance clearance for large deferred pay raises.
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Washington
Congress
Japan
Saigon
Neuyen van Thieu
United States
U.S
William P. Rogers
Treasury
House
Senate Finance Committee
Television and Track Meet Highlight Local Talent
Ronnie Lynch of Baytown will sing I'm Walking on KHOU Channel 11 at 1 p.m. Saturday on Talent Unlimited. Robert Kelley and George Darsee will compete in the Seniors Master Mile at the Astrodome in the United States Track and Field Federation indoor meet for the third consecutive year.
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Ronnie Lynch
Baytown
Khou TV
Talent Unlimited
Robert Kelley
George Darsee
Astrodome
United States Track and Field Federation
Community Briefs Highlight Local Acts and Rescues
Deputy B G Chapell recalls a Channelview incident where a car plunged into a cold bayou and a blanket helped comfort a shivering driver who was rescued. Susan McPhail assists a friend at the University of Texas. Hydrologist Clarence Johnson attends Water Quality Board hearings in Baytown. Hugh J Yantis shows humor in RWQB leadership. Dave Moore and Diane Robinson handle film and messages. Wanda Brunson helps, Dick Rabe greets an old friend, Cynthia Pratt celebrates a birthday.
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B. G. Chapell
Channelview
Dave Moore
Diane Robinson
Wanda Brunson
Dick Rabe
Cynthia Pratt
Fourth Annual Scout-O-Rama Set Saturday
The fourth annual Scout-O-Rama is scheduled for 1 to 9 p.m. Saturday Feb. 12 at the Baytown Community Building with Tom Winterton as chairman and Bill Neathery in charge of tickets. Terry Dopson of the Baytown Parks and Recreation Department assists as co-sponsor with the PARD and expects over 2,000 residents to attend. About 500 boys from 20 Boy Scout and Cub Scout units will rotate through four booths, bringing leaders from East Harris District cities including Highlands McNair Baytown La Porte Crosby Dayton and Mont Belvieu.
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Baytown
Tom Winterton
Bill Neathery
Terry Dopson
Boy Scouts
Cub Scouts
East Harris District
Highlands
McNair
la Porte
Crosby
Dayton
Mont Belvieu
Baytown Area Weather And Tides Forecast
Cloudy to partly cloudy and mild through Friday. Temperature Thursday mid 30s to mid 40s. Morgan's Point tides Friday high at 2 18 a.m. and low at 12 57 p.m. Friday sunrise 7 05 a.m. and sunset 6 07 p.m.
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Baytown Area
Morgan’s Point
Industry Officials Question Validity of BOD Reduction
Robert W. Maeser of Ethyl Corp. testified at a Texas Water Quality Board hearing in Baytown questioning the feasibility and cost of cutting BOD discharge in the Houston Ship Channel from 44 million to 37.9 million gallons daily. He cited a 1952 plant build with both treatment units and estimated half to three quarters of a million dollars needed for changes. James Quigley of U S Plywood Champion Papers warned the change could be technically impossible or too costly, affecting stockholder funds and endorsing an area wide approach via Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority.
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Robert W. Maeser
Baytown
Ethyl Corp
Houston Ship Channel
Maeser
Texas Water Quality Board
Ethy
Ship Channel
James Quigley
U.S
Mit
Quigley
U.S. Plywood Champion Papers
Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority
Mobay Plant Operates At Half Capacity In Baytown
Mobay Chemical Co. reports its Cedar Bayou Baytown plant now ships polyurethane despite half of one production train still not finished. Plant manager Fred Elliott says only one train is running, yielding about half of the plant’s 100 million pounds yearly capacity. Liquid product moves by rail and in drums overseas. Most shipments go west of the Mississippi with some to Tennessee. The facility produces liquid toluene based polyurethane later foam as pillows cushions and insulation for refrigerators.
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Mobay Chemical Co
Cedar Bayou
Baytown
U.S
Fred Elliott
Missisippi
Tennessee
Humble
Elliott
Mcbay
Eirner
DiCorcia Seeks 1974 Goal for Ship Channel Effluent
Humble Baytown Refinery manager DiCorcia urged set of goals for end of 1974 requiring secondary treatment for all municipal and industrial plants on the Houston Ship Channel. He proposed a flexible effluent concentration to avoid water reuse disincentives while aiming for a 45 000 to 60 000 pounds per day BOD load.
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Wanda Orton
E. T. DiCorcia
Humble
Baytown
Houston Ship Channel
DiCorcia
Houston
Cravey enters Lee College Regent race after retirement
Former mayor and councilman Seaborn Cravey of Sterling High School tells reporters he will seek a seat on the Lee College Board of Regents. Cravey, who left city politics in 1969 after two mayoral terms and service as District 1 councilman, seeks to contribute to the college's progress. Filing for the April 1 election closes March 1, with absentee voting at the college March 13-28.
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Eugene W. May
Lee College Board of Regents
May
Jones Road
Highlands
Gulf Coast Industrial Workers Union
First Baptist Church of
Little League
Seaborn Cravey
Sterling High School
Cravey
Sterling
Robert E. Lee
Horace Mann
Baylor University
University of Houston
Craveys
Sandra
Susan
Belvedere
Lamar
Hobart Enoch
Lee College
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Marvin Wallace
Miriam
Defoe Street
Stanley Hill
Wallace
Hill
Mike Jordan
Sun
Johnella Boynton
Mags
Indochina
Camips
Nguyen
Porter
van Tien
William J
Xuan Thuy
Versailles
Thweanland
Thuy
Woulaywe En
World Assembly For Peace
Robert Maeser
Mobay
Leonard Stasney
Chamber of Commerce
Paul Edwards
Bay Plaza
Becky Holmes
Rufus Honeycutt
San
Peoples State Bank
Oscar
Ellington
DiCoreia
Toj
Texas Water Quality Boards
DiCarcia
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Cravey LC
Baytown State Bank
F.c.1.c
Melvin Schulte
Main
Schulte
Paul A. Amiersen
Amderson
James L. Dengies
Don Baker
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