State Barred Court Block Mustang Island Purchase
A federal court blocked a $2.1 million grant to buy Mustang Island land for a state park. Judge Jack Roberts found merit in the injunction stopping federal funds and freezing $4.2 million in combined funds, amid questions over agency procedures and upcoming changes on the Parks and Wildlife Commission.
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Corpus Christi
Margaret
Louise Hancock
Austin
Warrare
Roberts
Jack Stone
Parks and Wildlife Commission
Johnson
Mustang Island
Commission
L. P. Gilvin
Harry Jersig
Gov. Smith
Fred Russell
Don Kennard
Fort Worth
Ben Atwell
Dallas
Sam M. Wilson
Interior Department
Gilvin
Jersig
Parks and Wildlife Department
Wells
Chase
Stone
Texas Senate
Funeral Notices John Jasper Bradshaw 64 Baytown resident
John Jasper Bradshaw 64 of 18H Oak Shadows Baytown died Friday afternoon in a Baytown hospital. He lived in Baytown 33 years and is survived by his wife Nettie Lee Bradshaw one brother L. E. Bradshaw three sisters Mrs H E Connor Mrs Bertha Whittington and Miss Mary Margaret Bradshaw. Funeral services were set for 3 p.m. Saturday at Earthman Chapel with burial in Memory Gardens. The Rev. Dr. Lamar Clark and Rev. P. Walter Henckell officiated. Pallbearers named.
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Bradshaw
Baytown
Nettie Lee Bradshaw
L. E. Bradshaw
H. E. Connor
Bertha Whittington
Mary Margaret Bradshaw
Houston
Earthman Chapel
Memory Gardens
Lamar Clark
P. Walter Henckell
Baytown Plans Panel Meets Monday for Carriage Park project
The Baytown Planning Commission will hold a noon special meeting at the Holiday Inn to consider developer Jim Bailey's Carriage Park Townhouse project east of Craigmont Section 3 and west of Kountry Klub Village Section 2. The 240-unit plan aims for eight dwellings per acre on 20 by 100 foot lots, with a separate building permit request for a Lakewood single family home on the agenda.
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Baytown
Jim Bailey
Craigmont
Kountry Klub
Baker Road
Lakewood
Lee College seeks new president to succeed Strahan
LC seeks applicants by February 19 for the Lee College presidency to replace Dr. Richard Strahan whose resignation takes effect at end of May. A screening committee will convene at 6 30 p m February 3 to start reviewing applications.
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Lee College
Richard Strahan
Strahan
Crosby High cafeteria disturbance shocks trustees
A racial melee erupted in Crosby High cafeteria when a student was tripped during lunch hour. Trays flew, tables toppled, a worker was struck, and in the old junior high wing lockers were opened as officials planned a parent meeting and disciplinary action.
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Albert J. Shmidl
Wilbert L. Eagleton
Thieves Burglars Plague Baytown Police With Latest Thefts
Baytown police chase a rash of thefts and break ins including a fish tank phonograph and viewer from a Child Development Center and coin operated machines at a car wash and a washateria. A car in a high school lot was broken into with cassette tapes and a pool cue case stolen. A wallet was stolen in a gym dressing room. Multiple tools and a pistol were taken from homes and vehicles, totaling significant losses.
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Baytown
Child Development Center
Oak
Caroline
Larson
M. E. Sparks
Howard Garrett
Greenwood
W. R. Davis
W. Homan
Stolen Car Recovered After Minor Kmart Lot Crash
A minor crash in the Kmart parking lot leads to the recovery of a stolen gray Chrysler. James F. Bracey of Baytown waited for the car owner at the scene and later called police, revealing the vehicle had been stolen from M. E. Taylor, Baytown wrecker owner. The car had been abandoned on the lot.
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Kmart
James F. Bracey
Baytown
Bracey
M. E. Taylor
Boat Launch Ramps Sought In Chambers
Chambers County Commissioners Court seeks a permit from the Galveston District Corps of Engineers to install two 13 by 28 foot concrete public boat launch ramps with two timber bulk head wings five and a half feet long at each end of Double Bayou in Job Benson Park eight miles south of Anahuac. Plans are available for review in Galveston or at Fort Point with objections due by February 18.
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Anahuac
Chambers County Commissioners Court
Galveston
U.S. Corps of Army Engineers
Double Bayou
Job Benson Park
Santa Fe
Corps of Engineers
Fort Point
Penal Code discussion by district judges in Houston meeting
District judges and assistants will discuss the new penal code at 7:40 p.m. February 24 in the Civil Courts Building Houston jury assembly room. Public invited. John Crossland, chairman of Harris County Grand Jury Association legislative committee, speaks at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Pecan Room of the Community Building. Former grand jurors invited.
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Civil Courts
Houston
John Crossland
Harris County Grand Jury Association
Levee hearing weighs relocation and federal action
About 200 residents attended a hearing on protecting Burnet Crystal and Scott Bay areas from flood waters. Speakers urged alternatives to a levee, including possible buyouts and relocation, while Corps officials warned any plan must weigh costs against property value. Local officials and representatives pressed for federal action with minimal ecological sacrifice.
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Galveston Bay
Crystal
Scott Bay
Campbell
Corps
Col. Rhodes
Bay Area
A. M
Andy) Braswell
Baytown
AFS Chapters To Host Joint Meet With Swiss Exchange Student
Robert E. Lee High School student and adult AFS chapters will hold a 7 p.m. Monday meeting to hear Anne Marie Kurth of Switzerland speak about her homeland with slides. She is staying with the Nelson family in Baytown during American Field Service exchange week.
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Robert BE. Lee
American Field Service
Switzerland
Anne Marie Kurth
Anne Marie
San Antonio
Baystown
Joe Nelson
Mont Belvieu Opposes County Utility District Plan
Mont Belvieu Mayor J W Grimes and citizens at a Friday hearing oppose a proposed Chambers County wide utility district aimed at sewer and water problems. Anahuac and Beach City officials back the district, arguing rural pollution must be addressed, while Mont Belvieu demands an escape clause allowing withdrawal if taxes fail to serve the city. Officials estimate the district could cost about 11 million dollars in facilities. no action was taken.
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Anahuac
J. W. Grimes
Mont Belvieu
Chambers County
Beach City
Grimes
Dalton LaFour
Jimmy McClellan
Trinity Valley Telephone Co
Winnie
Phillip Patton
Patton
Trinity Bay
Winnie-Stowell
East Chambers
Texas Water Quality Board
Austin
TWQB
Trinity Bay Conservation District
Texas
Oscar F. Nelson Jr
Offici
Conservation District
Carl Fitzgerald
Houston
Fitzgerald
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