Kiwanis Meet at Baytown Holiday Inn Noon Thursday
Kiwanis Club will meet at noon Thursday at the Holiday Inn. Don Perry will discuss the Lee College Circle K Club. An information session for senior citizens on wills trusts and probate sponsored by Lee College Continuing Education will be held 9 30 to 11 30 a m Thursday at Grace United Methodist Fellowship Hall with speaker J Milton Stewart. A Heart Association representative will check blood pressures at the Community Building 1 p m Thursday for Baytown Senior Citizens Club. the screening is free. Mr and Mrs Reese Bains have returned from Bentonville Ark where they attended the funeral of Mrs Bains brother Darwin Allred February 11.
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Kiwanis
Baytown
Kiwanis ‘Club
Holiday Inn
Don Perry
Lee College Circle K
Lee College Continuing Education Department
Grace United — Methodist Fellowship Hall
J. Milton Stewart
American Heart Association
Baytown Senior Citizens Club
Reese Bains
Ashwood
Bentonville
Ark
Baytown Weather and Tides Forecast
Decreasing cloudiness and cooler Wednesday night, then fair Thursday. Low temperatures around the 40s, with Thursday highs near 70. Tides on Thursday: highs at 2 38 p.m. and 11 30 p.m., lows at 6 43 a.m. and 5 03 p.m. Sunrise Thursday at 6 53 a.m., sunset 6 17 p.m. Denotes weak tides.
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Baytown
Community Snippets Highlight Local Helpers and Hints
A cascade of small notes features Linda Hafer proposing a service project while Inez Clayton awaits papers. Vivian Harrison explains a technique. Wesley Hicks seeks a crowd. Barry Nettles does a favor. Joy Woodall celebrates a full family, Ray Williams lends a key, Don Kerr discusses basketball, Mrs Travis Smith shares her washing machine, Julie Bliss provides information. Sgt Johnie Deel shows a macrame planter his wife Anna made. Betty McGilvray nurses a sick child. Gene Parker tracks time, Judge Steve Hebert returns from California calling it great. Patty Albright gathers recipes. Hal Turner offers directions. Mrs J L Long helps. Skipper Smith on menu suggestions. Pam Mengo comments on tennis.
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Linda Hafer
Inez Clayton
Vivian Harrison
Wesley Hicks
Barry Nettles
Joy Woodall
Ray Williams
Don Kerr
Travis Smith
Julie Bliss
Sgt
Johnie Deel
Newport Lands Women's Pro Golf Tournament
Houston clubs announce the 1977 LPGA sanctioned Houston Exchange Club Classic at Newport Yacht and Country Club October 7 9 with a 50000 purse. A pro am is set for October 5 with a 2500 purse as top players contend for year end money with 25 of top 40 money winners guaranteed.
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Mike Hallmark
Houston
Crosby
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Newport Yacht and Country Club
Ladies Professional Golfers Association
LPGA
Newport
Exchange Clubs of Houston
Bill Parmeter
Ladies Golf Tour
Gulf Coast Golf
Wititiers
Drew Gross
Jean Haesner
Women’s Golf Charities
Chris Meister
Baytonian
Elizabeth Bybee
Caroline Ferrer
County employees air complaints over pay scale
About 60 county employees met in a special Chambers County Commissioners Court session to discuss pay scales and a new classification system adapted by County Judge Oscar F. Nelson Jr. The meeting, led by Commissioner E. B. Booster Stephenson, considered raising the starting salary from 400 and ensuring salary steps align with experience and tenure, amid concerns of inequities and ad hoc boosts.
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Muriel Scott Anahuac
Chambers _ County Commissioners Court
E. B
Booster) Stephenson
Oscar F. Nelson Jr
Nelson
Chambers County
Stephenson
Utility Sales Tax Will City Keep It
City Manager Fritz Lanham says the council has not discussed dropping the one cent city sales tax on utilities and would likely not support eliminating gas and electric taxes. He cites the needed revenue as a reason to retain the tax, noting state surplus contrasts with city needs.
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Fritz Lanham
the Sun
Jeshans
Exxon
Baytown
Texas
Allen
Baytown Rep Split On Refinery Tax Bid
State Rep. Joe Allen opposes a proposed state tax on oil refineries. The bill combines a refinery levy with school property tax cuts and has support from Sen. Walter Mengden and Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby, who defend the plan as easing highway funding pressure though Allen questions its merit and calls for veto if new taxes pass.
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Peyton McKnight
Tyler
William T. Moore
Bryan
Bill Hobby
Tam
Hobby
Sun
Associated Press
Louisiana
Allen
Texas
Lindy McDaniel Still Smooth After Pitching Days
Lindy McDaniel, once a Baytown pitcher, now retired in Kansas City with his family. He owns The Bull Pen bookstore in Hollis Oklahoma, and helps coach a basketball team starring nine year old Jonathan. He jokes about his youth pitching and a fastball that hitters mistook for a pill or spray powder.
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Lindy McDaniel
Baytown
Kansas City
Hollis
Okla
Lindy
Iaw
Jonathan
Linty
Ugandan killings spark refugee claims in Tanzania
A group of 22 refugees arrived in Tanzania claiming a nationwide massacre by Uganda's President Idi Amin targets two major Christian tribes. Separate reports include a $7,000 fire at the Houston Post offices, Hunt's release from a Florida prison, Rabin leading Peres in party polls, a Detroit quadraplegic winning $18 million from GM, Walter Reed testing Louis Hershey after a stroke, and Texas battered by strong winds and storms with some snow in the Panhandle.
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Dar ES Salaam
Tanzania
Idi Amin
Uganda
Local Control Essential in School Funding Debate
State funding could reach 100 percent if refinery taxes pass, but local districts fear loss of enrichment power. Baytown officials oppose a measure shifting funds from oil taxes, warning of future declines and higher costs. Houston’s Billy Reagan notes depletion and inflation threaten district finances.
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Eva Cuthringer
Texas House
Baytown
Barry Nettles
Ford
Nettles
Billy
Reagan
Houston
Allen
Annual Texas Exes Banquet Set March 2
The University of Texas Ex- Students plan their annual banquet March 2 at Newport Country Club. Social hour starts 6 30 p m with dinner at 7 30 p m Football autographed by the 1976 Longhorn team and coaches will be among door prizes Speaker will be David McWilliams Seafood buffet priced at 7 50 per person Office rs include Ed Ueckert Richard King Mrs John Sylvester Jr Bill Hinkle Mrs Juanita Umbholtz Roy Fuller Fred Bednarski and Mike Lawdon For tickets call Hinkle 424 8007 King 427 Ueckert 427 7870 or Mrs Cheryl Stratton 424 1430
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University of Texas
Newport Country Club
Longhorn
David McWilliams
Tri
Iwill
Ed Ueckert
Richard King
John Sylvester Jr
Bill Hinkle
Juanita Umbholtz
Roy Fuller
Fred Bednarski
Mike Lawdon
Hinkle
King
Ueckert
Cheryl Stratton
Beach City Council Approves Water Sewer Rate Ordinance
Beach City council gave first approval to an ordinance regulating water and sewer rates charged by Bayridge Maintenance Co and Sunflower Sewage Plant with a final vote planned for March 22. A second ordinance outlining utility service rules was also passed. The rate sets 6,000 gallons monthly at 19.20 dollars, a roughly ten dollar reduction from Bayridge’s current charges, with an extra 1.65 dollars per 1,000 gallons over the minimum.
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Lynn Hughes
Beach City
Bayridge Maintenance Co
Robert Nesmith
Sunflower
Herschel Scott
Bayridge
Scott
Bayridge Maintenance
Nesmith
Jack Sparks
John Leteber
Sewer trouble spills raw sewage into Adams Street Ditch
Public Works Director Ivan LangfordII says emergency fends are exhausted as a sewer sliplining project nears limit and the line is patched. The Adams Street flood control ditch drains into Cedar Bayou Stream after a county bond project improved it. Residents report sewage since December amid disputed charges from Bayridge Maintenance and Nesmith. Rates, deposits, and connection fees are debated. ordinance awaits final council approval with potential April 1 effectiveness.
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Adams Street
Cedar Bayou
Public Works
Ivan Langfordii
Colby
the Sun
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Elcin Air Force Base
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Tel Aviv
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