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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1971
Page
1
Redeemer Lutherans host Evangelism Festival with a Sunday door to door survey in the afternoon. Call 422-2207 9:30 am to noon Sunday for meeting a member. 4-H clubs aid Baytown Youth Fair work day starting at 8 am Saturday at North Main fair grounds. Bring tools.
Partly cloudy and mild through Friday in the Bay town area. Temperatures range from the upper 40s to the upper 60s. Morgan's Point tides for Friday show highs at 4 31 a m and 3 01 p m with lows at 4 31 a m and 4 43 p m.
Dr. Ernest Sturch Jr the governor of the Texas Oklahoma Kiwanis district will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday at a Division 28 dinner at the Holiday Inn. About 150 Kiwanis members from Baytown Seabrook Clear Lake West Bay town Baytown East Houston Northshore Galveston La Marque Texas City and Pasadena attend. A musical program by the Master Bellringers of Memorial Baptist Church directed by Bart Neal will follow. Herbert lieutenant governor of Division 28 and past Baytown Kiwanis president will MC, with John Henderson presiding.
Baytown residents on the Brownwood peninsula face rising flood risk as groundwater withdrawals lower land. The U S Corps of Engineers will hold a Friday morning public hearing at the Baytown Community Center to gauge public interest for a feasibility study and potential Baytown Levee District tools. Witnesses include local officials and Brownwood Civic Association representatives as homeowners seek flood control solutions.
Fiscal impacts of subsidence on Baytown Brownwood area highlighted. Loss of school district revenue and declining property values cited. Flood Insurance program details explained with 90 percent federal loss coverage. Corps of Engineers study funded partially, total cost projected at 40000 with 70 percent federal share if levee feasible.
Beach City attorney Gene Jenson argues Chambers County has jurisdiction in the annexation dispute over 8000 acres in West Chambers County. Harris County Attorney Joe Resweber filed a quo warranto suit in Baytown seeking to block Beach City’s annexation and maintain venue in Harris County. A venue hearing is likely in Houston’s 190th District Court. date not set.
Bob Murphy of Nacogdoches, former East Texas district attorney, will be the principal speaker at the Baytown Chamber of Commerce dinner in Ramada Tower at 7 30 p m Monday March 22. President Charles L Tillery will preside at the annual affair and new officers will be installed. Al Chappell of General Telephone heads the committee. Tickets cost 7 50 and are distributed on a first come basis with 600 seats available. A reception precedes the dinner for early guests. Additional committee members include I A Yount Joe Barsalou Jim Stowe and Mrs Joanne Lehde.
Viet Cong said 10 U S battalions including infantry artillery and armor are fighting inside Laos and more U S forces are massed to enter the country. The report cites AP dispatches from Paris. A separate Moscow dispute notes a treaty among the United States Britain and the Soviet Union banning nuclear weapons and other weapons from seabeds and ocean floors.
Reports from Houston at noon Thursday say Rice University will announce a Houston football game on September 11 at a press conference set for early afternoon.
Baytown Fire Fighters expressed strong approval of James Bland as the new fire chief after a Legal interpretation debate. Local 1173 leaders said Bland’s 11 years with the Westfield Road Volunteer Department meets the five year bona fide requirement, as defined by a state recognized fire department with over $1,000 in equipment.
Secretary of State William P. Rogers endorses convening an Asian nations conference to craft a lasting Indochina peace. Soviet sources reject the idea. President Nixon proposes sweeping water-pollution measures and curb tech noise. The Presidential Advisory Council on Executive Organization says federal agencies lack accountability and suggests curbing their autonomy.
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