14 Feb 1969
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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1969
Page
1
Rain and high tides drive residents from Brownwood as waves inundate the area. Community response and emergency actions are noted, with local officials reinforcing evacuation measures and advising precautions for nearby coastal communities.
Cloudy and cooler with intermittent rain through Friday night then milder and cloudy to partly cloudy Saturday. Local Baytown names appear in daily life items including Ruth Oelfke at a Houston station, Denise Reineke, Dan Brown, Rosemary Juneau, Mary Upton at the orchestra premiere, Betty Carpenter with a wicker baby carriage, Kay Evans and Travis Elementary, Ron Kramer, Margie Rodgers, Jane Boydell, Donald Brunson, Wyatte S. Busch in hospital.
A public hearing on deepening and widening Cedar Bayou will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in the Humble Building, Houston, by the U S Army Corps of Engineers. Former Texas Governor Price Daniel will present the case for the Cedar Bayou Project, representing Liberty Chambers Navigation District. Baytown Chamber of Commerce official Dave Moore will provide Cedar Bayou statistics for the short briefing. Other Houston Galveston Bay area studies to be discussed include Dickinson Shagou, Galveston Channel, Clear Creek, Clear Lake, and the Texas City Channel industrial barge portion, among others.
Baytown City Councilman Andy Braswell urged Governor Preston Smith to dispatch a state engineer to assess Brownwood area storm damage for possible federal disaster aid eligibility. Gov. Smith pledged full office resources and a state safety inspector would survey sites, with officials aiming to speed a levee feasibility study to protect Brownwood Lakewood.
Herbert V. Herbert of the Herbert Hauser Agency is named president, succeeding Jeff Tanner. Marion Magee becomes vice president and Odena Childers is secretary treasurer. Committees named with Magee and B A Stewart on membership, Beverly and Mrs Joe Lawrence on advertising, Pat Ball as chair of catastrophe losses. next meeting set for 7 a.m. March 11 at the Holiday Inn.
Mayor Seaborn Cravey announced Thursday night he will not seek a third term, clearing the field for a wide open April 1 mayoral race. Incumbent councilmen Albert Fanestiel Andy Braswell and Glen Walker are seeking the post, with filing open immediately through February 28. Walker starts a first term on the council this year while Fanestiel and Braswell both hold council seats. both resigned to allow mayoral filing, pending election eve refile options. Cravey praised the field noting three strong candidates and said after long service it was time to step aside.
City council and the Baytown Planning and Zoning Commission plan a noon Monday session to discuss a proposed zoning ordinance and consider calling a public hearing. Mayor Seaborn Cravey urged action while some council members prefer a voter decision at the April 1 election or public input before any formal vote.
Army Sgt. James C. Garrison Jr. son of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Garrison, 900 Parkway Drive, earned the Bronze Star with V device for actions on Oct. 27 1968 as a radio telephone operator with Company B Third Battalion 60th Infantry during a reconnaissance in force in Dinh Tuong Province. Despite heavy fire his calm communications aided battalion command. He also earned the Air Medal for flying over 23 combat helicopter missions. A 21-year-old Robert E. Lee High School graduate, he attended Texas A&M University and volunteered in September 1967, with basic training at Fort Polk Louisiana.
Storm disrupted toll service across Crosby Huffman Mont Belvieu and outer Baytown as a Southwestern Bell cable sagged near a railroad crossing. General Telephone reports 80 percent toll service restored by Friday afternoon with weather delaying complete recovery. local service largely intact with scattered lines down.
Torrential rains and strong tides forced about 300 residents from Brownwood peninsula in Baytown on Valentine’s Day. Water reached 3 feet in homes, eight inches in 15 minutes, and tides peaked near nine feet before subsiding. Civil Defense workers aided evacuations, while authorities controlled traffic as residents returned by late morning.
Baytown crews worked overnight to clear streets and debris after a severe storm. The central shop at Humble Oil Baytown Refinery sustained about 20 000 dollars in damage, with one eighth of the roof torn off. No injuries were reported. Water entered Humble Enjay and Humble docks facilities, halting city public works operations for the day. A lift station was reportedly lost for the first time since Hurricane Carla.
Lanham said several Brownwood lift stations were damaged and a special trash pickup will be held Saturday. Barricades blocked traffic on Goose Creek Stream at Market near Robert E. Lee High School and at West Texas Busch Terrace. Inbound Spur 201 to Baytown was barricaded due to heavy flooding. Kemah and Seabrook areas also flooded. Seabrook described as hit hard with boats adrift.
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