Braun Hits Core Pollution Bills
Houston lawmaker Rep. Rex Braun testified before the Senate Jurisprudence Committee about pollution controls urging tighter measures. He warned against variances allowing exemptions from standards and cited thousands of permits granted by air and water boards. A Galena Park health officer warned of 48 tons daily emissions. Cole defended broader bills contrasting Braun’s proposal.
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Cole
Senate Jurisprudence Committee
Braun
Texas
Air Control Board
Water Quality Board
John W. Nichols
Galena Park
Drug Program at Lee High School sponsors a 7 p.m. drug program
A community drug awareness program at Robert E Lee High School will feature a film Pit of Despair shown by Sgt Ron Cooper of the Baytown Police Department at 7 p.m Thursday in the Civic Center The public is invited A guest speaker Alvin Capner a missionary from Alaska will speak at 7 p.m Wednesday service at Trinity Tabernacle Everyone is invited SAMUEL SORRELL Chapter DAR meets 9:30 a.m Thursday at Briar Club Westheimer Houston with an illustrated lecture American Embroideries by School Girls During the Federal Period 1790 1830 Officers election followed by luncheon
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Medical Careers Club
Robert E. Lee High School
Civic Center
Ron Cooper
Baytown
Alvin Capner
Alaska
Trinity Tabernacle
E. Lobit
Samuel Sorrell
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Briar Club
Westheimer
Houston
Gregg King
Weather outlook partly cloudy with mild temperatures
Partly cloudy to cloudy and mild through Thursday with frequent late night and early morning fog. A chance of showers Thursday. Temperatures range mid 50s to low 60s.
Wooster Baptist praised for preschool outreach
Community notes highlight PAT CLARKE praised for work with preschoolers at Wooster Baptist. Ginny Asturhius named as expert bird watcher. Jac Douglas hospitalized with a heart attack. Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Smith become grandparents twice within 22 hours. Winnie Brown and Louise Jones explore a new shopper's paradise. Ruth Sla gle and Cico Zucha provide a hot lunch. Mary Elizabeth Wil banks checks on an invitation.
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Pat Clarke
Wooster Baptist
Ginny Asturhius
Kathryn Clark
Kathryn
Lidia
GWTV
Kathy
Brenda Flots
Jac Douglas
E D. Badgley
R. D. Smith
Winnie Brown
Louise Jones
Ruth Slagle
Cico Zucha
Mary Elizabeth Wilbanks
Would You Believe It About American Diet Totals
AMA official estimates that a typical American will eat 150 head of cattle 2 400 chickens 26 acres of grain by age 70 plus 225 lambs 310 hogs and 50 acres of fruits and vegetables. He said this would require 7 000 gallons of water and for martini drinkers 510 gallons of gin and 1 1/2 quarts of vermouth.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
Philip L. White
White
AMA
Council On Foods and Nutrition
Sirhan Plea Of Guilty Possible
Reports circulated that Sirhan Sirhan might change his innocent plea to guilty in the Kennedy assassination. A life term rather than death could be the maximum penalty, per the Los Angeles Times. Sirhan, 24, from Jordan, fears losing a chance to publicly air reasons for the act.
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Los Angeles
Sirhan Sishara Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Los Angeles Times
Sirhan
The
Times
Jordan
Texas voters set election on liquor by the drink bill
A Senate committee advanced a measure to place a constitutional amendment before Texas voters at the November 3 1970 general election. The proposal asks for power to enact a liquor by the drink bill, with Sen Oscar Mauzy urging a large turnout for a representative vote.
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Austin
Senate
Texas
Oscar Mauzy
Dallas
Rioting Tied to Police Moves at 1968 GOP Convention
A National Commission on Violence report blames police ineptness and a hard line stance against Negroes for the Miami riot that erupted during the 1968 Republican National Convention. Four people died in the firing, burning, and foot clashes as delegates gathered in nearby Miami Beach. The Miami task force, led by Louis J. Hector and Paul L. E. Helliwell, found little connection to other factors.
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Washington
Miami
National Commission On Violence
GOP
Miami Beach
Commission
Florida
Louis J. Hector
Paul L. E. Helliwell
Walter Headley
Citizens OKs Dividend Adds 2 New Directors
Stockholders of Citizens National Bank authorized a $6.50 per share cash dividend plus a 50 percent stock dividend for 5,000 outstanding shares and added Baytown men Dr. Lee Liggett and Bill Hartman to the board. The meeting presided by Mrs. Hazel Echols also re elected the officers and board, with Echols continuing as chair.
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Citizens National Bank
Baytown
Hazel Echols
Lee Liggett
Bill Hartman
Baytown Sun
Echols
John C. Echuls
Robert K
Bob) Carter
William J. Gidley
Beatrice Florton
Jack Jacobs
Conrad Magourik
Ted McCall
Richard D. Scrivner
Reggie Brewer
Ralph Kunz
Lynn McCage
Wynell Brinkley
Thelma Hamilton
Caroll Harvison
Mary Frances Fayle
Judson Trout
Gayle Guidry
Brooks Proposes Bayport College for Gulf Coast Area
Senator Chet Brooks of Pasadena seeks a state supported upper level college to serve the Houston Gulf Coast region. Bayport College would offer junior senior and one year of graduate work, serving six junior college districts including Lee College and San Jacinto College. The plan envisions a nine member board appointed by the governor with Senate consent, financed from state funds and located within an hour’s drive of the districts.
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Austin
Chet Brooks
Pasadena
Gulf Coast Area
Bayport College
Houston Gulf Coast Area
Lee College
Baytown
San Jacinto College
Coordinating Board of Texas Colleges and Universities
The
NASA
Spencer Highway
General Revenue Fund
Senate
Campaign adviser rebukes McCarthyites in split party
AP dispatch notes a top adviser to Sen. Eugene McCarthy saying the National Democratic Committee tells McCarthyites they are not truly part of the party. Other items include a simulated TNT test of a new underground missile silo, Nixon aloft NSC changes, Treasury curbs on banks linked to officials, a Clay Shaw trial witness testimony, Nixon appointing Willie Mae Rogers to expand consumer protection, a Navy bomber crash near El Toro, and Rockefeller proposing a temporary 11 percent federal tax surcharge to fund education and local programs.
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Sen
Eugene McCarthy
National Democratic Committee
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
White House
Mayor weighs action on zoning ordinance before election
Mayor Seaborn Cravey says the council should act on a proposed city zoning ordinance ahead of the April election. He lists four options from do nothing to wait until after the voting. The planning commission spent years shaping the ordinance and recommends passage.
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Johnella Boynton
Seaborn
Cravey
Baytown Sun
City Planing Commission
Planning Commission
Albert Fanestiel
Andy Braswell
Glen Walker
Fanestiel
Walker
City Planning Commission
Braswell
Abel Leads Steelworkers Election Victory Looms
Pittsburgh AP Abel, rising from mill work to union presidency, held a commanding lead 129888 to 66431 over Emil Narick in unofficial returns. Local tallies and AP survey show Abel favored. final result awaits union teller certification. Narick remains hopeful as ballots continue to be counted.
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Pittsburgh
WI Abel
United Steelworkers Union
Abel
Emil Nariek
Associated Press
Community Orchestra Premieres Thursday in Baytown
Baytown community musicians led by Lee College figures perform the Baytown Community Orchestra premier at 8 p.m. Thursday in the LC auditorium. Admission is free. The program includes works by Delibes Copland Haydn Delius and Rodgers. Corder conducts and rehearsals run 7 30 to 9 90 p m each Thursday with visitors welcome.
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Aaron Copland
Joseph Haydn
Paradise Garden
Frederick Delius
South Pacific
Richard Rodgers
SC Division of Fine Arts
David Corder
Corder
Charles Stephenson
Division of Fine Arts
Lee College
Stephenson
Baytown
Houston Schools Going To Court
The Justice Department says Houston School District, the nation’s sixth largest, has not eliminated racial discrimination by maintaining a dual system. In a 12 year case, the DOJ asked U S District Judge Ben C Connally to reject the freedom of choice desegregation plan and set a March 3 deadline for a new, more unitary plan to take effect in 1969 70, noting alternatives like pairing and geographical zoning.
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Houston
Justice Department
U. S. Dist
Ben C. Connally
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