Baytown to Host Harris County Mayors and City Councilmen Meeting
Baytown hosts the Harris County Mayors and City Councilmen Association meeting at the Ramada Tower Thursday night with social hour at 6 30 p.m. and dinner at 7 30 p.m. Dave Moore, chamber manager, is main speaker. Carlos Smith La Porte mayor presides. Also notes a fish fry at Baytown Rod Reel and Gun Club February 19 with two service windows. Marine Lance Corporal Johnny J Rodriguez, son of Mr and Mrs Jose C Nieto, promoted at Camp Pendleton and attended Lee College before joining the Marines in February 1971. Five Lee College regents and its president attended the Association of Texas Junior College Board meeting in Austin. Boy Scouts Order of the Arrow holds Junior Leaders Training at St Marks Methodist Church. Arch ie West of Baytown injured in car train collision near Dayton. Driver’s license office in Baytown closes February 21 for Washington’s Birthday observance.
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Chamber of Commerce
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Johnny J. Rodriguez
Jose C. Nieto
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AU Scouts
Webelos
Baytown Visit Notes and Local Snippets
Alan Erwin of Baytown visits family during a Washington assignment while U S Rep Bob Casey’s aide. Polly Dishman prepares Red Stocking Revue costumes. Ginny Wortham and Mik Wortham visit from Tulsa. T J Ickes of Highlands at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital for hearing tests with visitors welcome. Frances Rogers has a news tip. W W Brown remains busy. Peggy Power bakes a coffee cake. Oliver, head of Volunteer Fire Dept No 3, recovers from arm surgery.
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Baytown
U. S
Bob Casey
Washington
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Berry
Johnny Roelse
Mont Belvieu
Polly Dishman
Ginny and
Mik Wortham
Tulsa
Okla
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Gulf Coast Hospital
Frances Rogers
W. W. Brown
Peggy Power
T. J. Ickes
Highlands
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Lynette Busch
Early start urged for city street repairs by councilman
Councilman Ted Kloesel urged bidding for next year’s streets as soon as the budget is adopted in October to combat weather delays. City engineer Jack Morton was asked to design streets for 1972 and 1973 budgets. 1971 work continues amid rain. Kloesel cited Oregon Street in Britton Cravens as severely delayed by rain and mud.
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Ted Kloesel
Jack Morton
Kloesel
Oregon Street
Britton Cravens
Morton
Texas Exes Banquet Set For March 3
The Baytown UT Exes chapter hosts its annual banquet March 3 at the Ramada Tower with social hour at 6 30 p m and dinner at 7 30 p m. Dean W Page Keeton of UT Law will speak. Tickets are 5 with door prizes from UT items.
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University of Texas Exes
Ramada Tower
Page Keeton
University of Texas Law School
UT Exes
Jon Pfennig
Bryan T. Stratton
Tom Meier
Jodie Isenhower
Bill Darling
Fred Bednarski
University of Texas
Peoples State Bank
Citizens National Bank
Citizens Savings and Loan
Baytown Sun
O’brien Food
Girl Here Must Have New Kidney
Carol Tucker, 17, of Galveston, requires a kidney transplant due to chronic kidney failure. Her parents cannot donate and potential donors face age and health constraints. a donor under 40 with compatible blood type is needed. Her family history includes two brothers who died from similar kidney ailments.
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Carol Tucker
Jesse Tucker
Bayliss
Carol
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
Robert E. Lee
Tuckers
University of Texas Medical Branch
Tucker
Weather Outlook With Tides At Morgan's Point
Clear to partly cloudy and mild Thursday then cooler Friday. Temperature range Thursday mid 60s to mid 70s. Morgan's Point tides Friday highs at 4 74 am and 5 3 pm, lows at 5 37 am and 5 58 pm. Friday sunrise 6 59 am sunset 6 12 pm.
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Global tensions and industry updates flash across the world
Our World Our World reports Paris and Hanoi press for resumption of Vietnam peace talks next Thursday. Humble Oil selects Houston Denver as HQ for exploration in 14 western states. British miners halt supplies to curb power blackouts as industries pause. Saigon reports two days of bombing inside North Vietnam with strikes on artillery and anti aircraft defenses. Northern Ireland sees a militant execution and a British soldier killed amid sectarian violence raising the death toll to 245 in 2% years. Howard Hughes quietly returns to the United States from the Bahamas after 15 months in seclusion.
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Northern Ireland
Oscar’s Breaks Speed Record in Wyatt’s Table Race
In a fast paced event at Wyatt’s, Oscar’s marked a world speed record as he raced a woman to a table. The dramatic moment highlighted precision and speed in a crowded venue setting.
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Pipeliners Attend 5 Week Tech Course At Lee College
About 23 oil companies send representatives to Baytown for a five week pipeline technology school at Lee College. The program is sponsored by the American Petroleum Institute and run by the Petroleum Extension Service of the University of Texas at Austin. Attendees include international and U.S. delegates from Iran The Hague Netherlands Costa Rica Japan Tripoli Venezuela and Tel Aviv among others.
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American Petroleum Institute
Petroleum Extension Service
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J. N. Fuquay
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W. E. Boyd
Division of Petroleum Extension Service
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Costa Rica
Japan
Tripoli
Libya
Caracas
Venezuela
Tel Aviv
Israel
Nixon Begins First Leg of Journey to Peking
President Nixon departs for China on a historic trip aimed at easing two decades of hostility. White House mobilizes schoolchildren and officials for a quiet, no band sendoff as the White House assembles top lawmakers for bipartisan farewells before a ten hour flight to Hawaii and onward to Guam and the Chinese mainland.
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Taipei
Sam Savage Announces Run for City Council District 4
Baytown candidate Sam E. Savage 50 a sanitation department supervisor filed for District 4. He competes with Milton Stewart and Tom Gentry while incumbent Leonard Stasney undecided. Savage and his wife Helen reside at 2217 Charlotte with children Sharon Prairie Grant milyn Suzette. He says he seeks change to improve the community and living conditions.
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Sam E. Savage
Milton Stewart
Tom Gentry
Leonard Stasney
Savage
Baytown
Ingleside
Helen
Sharon
Prairie Grant
Bowie
Milyn Savage
Suzette Savage
Charlotte
Council
Evening Optimist Fete Set in Baytown
Baytown Evening Optimist Club schedules its Respect For Law program for Monday night February 28 at the Optimist Building on Market street. Five awards will honor Baytonians for city betterment across the Respect For Law program including Law Enforcement plaques and The Respect for Law Citation.
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Optimist
Market Street
U.S
Canada
Lester Alford
Bray to address Baytown Chamber at noon meeting
Harris County Commissioner Jamie Bray of Precinct 2 will speak at the Baytown Chamber of Commerce noon session Friday at the Holiday Inn. The Chamber’s County Liaison Committee arranged the appearance, his first as a Baytown Chamber speaker.
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Jamie Bray
Chamber of Commerce
Holiday Inn
Chamber
Bray
Baytown
Water board rejects plan to clean Houston Ship Channel
Texas Water Quality Board moved to junk an EPA backed plan to improve Houston Ship Channel water quality after five day Baytown hearings. The decision follows reports from Hugh Yantis Jr. and Joe Teller noting strong industrial and civic opposition and a high projected cost between 800 million and 1 billion dollars over 20 years. The board will negotiate with the EPA to develop a more reasonable alternative.
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Teller
Yantis
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Walker Files For Position On LC Board
Richard Walker 27-year-old accountant becomes the sixth candidate for the Lee College Board of Regents election on April 1. He lives at 2200 Belvedere and works as Supervisor of general accounting at M.W. Kellogg Co. in Houston. Walker is married to Patricia Whalen and they have two children. He is a REL valedictorian, ex-baseball captain, and holds a BBA from Sam Houston State, an MBA? no, a master's in professional accounting from the University of Texas, and is a certified public accountant.
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Lee College Board of Regents
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Belvedere
M.W. Kellogg Co
Houston
Arthur Anderson and Co
Patricia Whalen
Baytown
Curtis Walker
Robert E. Lee High School
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Sam Houston State University
University of Texas
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