Baytown Bond Issue Q&A For City Improvements
Citizens ask about binding nature of council promises on future councils and what bonds fund. Answers explain that bond authorizing ordinances may be amended but bond proceeds must be spent as voted, with funds allocated to streets waterworks and other categories. The Q and A cover taxes revenues and city services funded, and details on proposed fire station site, municipal center, and land purchase near Market Street as part of the public works plan.
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Parks and
Tecrea
Main Street
Civics
City Menager
Ely
City Barn
North
Market Street
West Main
Baratan Es Wit
Todd
No. 2
Phony Prices Flag Double Contracts in Texas Home Loans
Texas lawmakers hear testimony on double contracts used to inflate home prices for loans. A Lubbock witness described a couple who signed two agreements, one at 20 000 and a second at 25 000 with a 5 000 down payment, then obtained a 20 000 loan on the higher price. Witnesses from real estate and insurance groups warned of widespread use affecting inflation and property values. The bill to outlaw double contracts and impose penalties was sent to a subcommittee for study.
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Austin
Texas
House Judiciary Committee
Bill Parsley
Lubbock
Persley
DeWilt Hale
Corpus Christi
George McCause
Texas Real Estate Association
Haley
McCause
Sam Winters
Texas Life Convention
James Kalger
J. E. Johnson
Houslige
Gene Fondren
Taylor
Dear Helen Letter Sparks Etiquette Debate at Tea Party
A reader questions serving coffee in paper cups at a stylish home, while others defend practicality over formality. The exchange shifts to marriage plans, then veers into lunar lecture notes about Ranger 7 and moon surface detail near Tranquillity, tying manners to space talk.
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Helen
H.jier
Mare Nubum
Mary
Ranger 7
United States Leads Massive Mexican Insect War Against Screwworms
The United States expands a large scale but welcomed campaign against screw worms with billions of sterilized flies released under Agriculture Department plans. Cooperation with Mexico and five Southwestern states aims to limit infestations and protect livestock across the border region.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
America
Agriculture Department
Department
California
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Southwest Animal Heart Research Foundation
Oklahoma
Arkanas
Louisiana
Fyecter
Mission
Tex
Noon Cal Stocks Spark Broad List of Corporations
A dense list of company names fills the page including Allis-Chalmers, Amer Tel, Anaconda, Ashland, Colgate Palmolive, Columbia Gas, Ford, IBM, Mobil, Goodyear, Philips, Shell, Texaco, Union Carbide, Westinghouse and others. The compilation reads like a stock quote digest noting diverse industries from oil and gas to consumer goods with numerous tickers and brand references.
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Allis-Chalmers
Amer Cyan
Amer Tel & Tel
Anaconda
Atinco
Lee
Gen Tire
Georgia Pacific
Goodyear Tire
Greyhourd
Socony-Mob 'Sou Pacific
Snerry-Rand
Stan Calif
Stan Ind
Stan Not
Stan Ohio
iSun Oil
Sunray-Mid Syntex
Tennessee Gas
Texas Co
Texas
Texas Gulf Suip
Tidewater
Transam Corp
Union Carbide 'Uin Oil of
Calif
Upjohn Drugfu 5 Steel
iDel Webb Westinghot Eton
Dear Mary and Dear Helen Christmas Card Debate
Letters reveal readers debating meaningful personal notes over impersonal holiday cards. One writer praises handmade gifts and honest letters, while another vows to send only real letters to trusted correspondents, resisting rush and impersonal printed names.
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Helen
Charlotte
McNamara warns Vietnam stakes loom large for US policy
Secretary McNamara said the situation in South Vietnam is grave yet not hopeless and that U S support is essential to stem Communist expansion in Southeast Asia. He outlined the stakes in a closed House Armed Services Committee session, warning that victory there is crucial to broader world security and the domino theory.
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Washington
Robert 5. McNamara
South Viet Nam
McNamara
Strateic
Southeast Asia
United States
Viet Nam
House Armed Services Committee
North
T MacNamara
U.S
South Viet
South Viet iNem
Highlands Man Held on Six Counts of Worthless-Check Swindle
Vance Lee Marin, 27, of 105 Mable in Highlands, was arrested Wednesday night by Harris County Deputy Jack Bonner in Justice of the Peace M. M. Brown's court on six counts of swindle by worthless check. He was held in Bay Town jail Thursday morning after failing to post a $2,400 bond. A window in the DG Seamans home at 3013 Ashwood Drive was broken about 1:30 Wednesday when four beer cars were pitched at the house. police sought a description of a car seen leaving the area. LEE College offices closed at noon Thursday and will reopen Monday morning, with classes except for MDTA sections and a few vocational courses also dismissed Friday. the college faculty is attending the annual Texas Junior College Teachers Association meeting in San Antonio.
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Highlands
Vance Lee Marin
Mable
Harris County
Jack Bonner
Justice of the Peace
M. M. Brown
Martin
Baytown Jall
Seamans
Ashwood Drive
LEE College
Annua Texas Junior College Teachers Association
San Antonie
Baytonians Attend Funeral in Austin
Mr and Mrs Dal Grigg of Baytown traveled to Austin after learning of A D Gaston father in law of their daughter Mrs Bill Gaston of Austin death. Gaston owner of Island Lodges at San Marcos died in a fire Thursday morning. Funeral services set for 10 am Saturday at Wood Corley Funeral Home in Austin.
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Dal Grigg
Baytown
Austin
A. D. Gaston
Bill, Gaston
Gaston
San Marcos
Wood- Corley Funeral Home
EBAYSHORE Concert Association Membership Drive Planned
The EBAYSHORE Concert Association announces a membership drive for the 1965 66 season running through February 27 with campaign headquarters at the Chamber of Commerce. A workers dinner is set for 7 p.m. Saturday.
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Ebayshore Concert Association
Chamber of Commerce
Did You Know About Robins And Celtic Languages
A fragmented note states robins rear in weeds of young in a year and implies black color annoys them. It also claims the Celtic languages are spoken by about three and a half million people.
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