Highlands Water District Wins Partial Reprieve From TWQB
Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 escaped imminent state takeover after the Texas Water Quality Board approved its cleanup plans with a proviso to file monthly progress reports. The board could still revoke the permit or order facilities, taxes, or actions to stop pollution of the San Jacinto River. District officials plan new bond issues or rate hikes to fund improvements and may work with the San Jacinto River Authority. TWQB Executive Director Hugh Yantis praised facility upgrades since manager Eddie Harvill took charge. Harvill said a smaller bond issue could pass and that 90 days remain to resolve the problems before further board action.
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San Jacinto
Eddie Harvill
San Jacinto River
Mathews
Harvill
TWQB
Hugh CG. Yantis
Water District
W. A
Pete) Rupp
James Pace
Joseph Ge Hild
Rundell In ICU After Fall At Home In Baytown
Walter J. Rundell retired Lee College dean remained in unchanged condition in the San Jacinto Methodist Hospital ICU after a fall at his Baytown home Thursday. He sustained a concussion fractured ribs and spine flanges with no broken legs reported. Auditions are set for The Solid Gold Cadillac at Baytown Little Theater Sunday at 2 p.m. Jackie Hooper directs. A Baytown Fire Department response was required Thursday afternoon when a wig shop at 316 W Texas experienced a fluorescent light short and smoke no fire damage. Nathan Spencer reports a stolen tape deck and 14 tapes from his car Tuesday night valued at 154.
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Walter J. Rundell
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Rundell
Lee College
Baytown Little Theater
Jackie Hooper
Baytown
Texas
Nathan Spencer
Michigan
Ons Tornado Aid Door-To-Door Collection
Lee College Student Government members will go door to door at 6 30 p m Monday to collect items for tornado victims in Mississippi and Louisiana. Donations can be left at the LC Social Science Building room next to the cafeteria between 8 a m and 5 p m. The Harris County Cancer Society unit will host a Baytown Branch meeting at 7 30 p m Monday at the San Jacinto Professional Building.
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LEE College
Mississippi
Louisiana
LC Social Science Building
Cancer Society
Harris County
The
American Cancer Society
Baytown
San Jacinto Professional Building
Farewell for Ed Seegers and Baytown News Tour
Ed Seegers receives a rousing farewell from his Cub Scout pack. Bebe Corbell races the auditorium on a bet. Al Mitchell leads a tour of a Baytown peanut butter operation. Mary Kilpa celebrates a birthday and aids in a lost dog find. Mrs. Floyd Bengtson aids plans for a Baytown conference. Sgt and Mrs Stephen M Morgan and son Stevie from March AFB Riverside Calif visit relatives on leave. David and Rodger assist with a lost caller as Orchids from the press to City Manager D R Voelkel distribute information packets to newsmen at the council meeting.
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ED Seegers
Bebe Corbell
al Mitchell
Baytown
Mary Kilpatrick
Floyd Bengtson
Stephen M. Morgan
Stevie
March Afb
Riverside
Calif
David
Rodger
Lee College Board approves amended midyear budget
The Lee College board of regents adopts an amended budget of 3,192,758 for the fiscal year, up from 3,049,402. Increases affect physical plant maintenance, insurance, clerical and custodial salaries, capital outlay, utilities, and general institutional expenses, with board costs rising to 8,000 to cover a history write and presidential search expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanda Orton
Lee College
Board O of Regents
Weather and Tides for Baytown Area Weekend
Generally fair and colder through Monday with temperatures from the mid 40s to mid 60s. Morgan's Point tides Sunday highs at 4 01 am and 5 25 pm, lows at 1 19 am and 5 55 pm. Monday tides high at 4 13 am.
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Baytown Area
Morgan's Point
Removal Of Meter Posts In Baytown Downtown
Baytown City Council agrees to remove old parking meter stubs after Joe Butrick of the Downtown Merchants Association says meter removal has not harmed business and is progress. Butrick asks utility poles be removed if unused. City Manager Voelkel notes many poles still in use for traffic signals and may check for unused circuits with General Telephone. Al Chappell of GTE recalls poles were sold to Baytown in 1968 for $1 after cables were buried.
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Baytown
Joe Butrick
Downtown Merchants Association
Butrick
D. R. Voelkel
Voelkel
General Telephone Co
al Chappell
The
Telephone Company
Gumm Wins Open Juniors Riding Chicaro Jude at Houston Show
Lisa Gumm rode Chicaro Jude to first place in the open performance division for juniors over 12 at the Houston Livestock Show on Friday. Carol Hill finished second aboard Codys Garden Daisy in the same division.
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Lisa Gumm
Chicaro
Jude
Houston Livestock Show
Carol Hill
Cody’s Garden Daisey
Baytown City Faces Multiple Legal Suits
The City of Baytown faces seven suits and claims totaling seven thousand dollars in various actions. Billy B. Angel seeks reissuance of a self service station permit despite an ordinance. Lawsuits also involve capital improvements bonds, right of way disputes on Memorial Drive and Garth Road, back pay for policewoman Shirley Turner, property damage from a defective traffic signal, wrongful removal of property owned by Callie Merle McManus, and wrongful death claims of the Doucet brothers at Lakewood sewage plant. Kenneth Brooks also sues over a city vehicle collision in 1970.
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Billy B. Angel
Angel
Taxpayers Alliance
W. A. Shaffer
B. B. Williams
Memorial Drive
Garth Road
Truman Cox
Elmer Gray
Et al
Laughlin
Shirley Turner
Woodie Vowell
Callie Merle McManus
Willie
Wallace Doncelt
Brothers Doucet
Doucet i Brothers
Lakewood
Kenneth Brooks
West Baytown forms public works council to tackle water issues
West Baytown residents organize a Community Council inviting City Public Works Director Jack Marton to speak at 7 30 p m Monday at St Josephs Junior School about dirty water flood and drainage sewage disposal and traffic congestion. The group aims to address lack of access to city council and urges open discussion and a comprehensive plan for sewage disposal and drainage.
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West Baytown
City Public Works
Jack Marton
St. Joseph's Junior School
Caroline
Morton
Eladio Diaz
Diaz
Garey
Baytown
Vernon Hill
Southwest Addition
Baytonian Will Head Houston CC Division
R L Grandy, manager of Enjay Baytown Chemical Plant, named chairman of the Air and Water Division of the Houston Chamber of Commerce Manufacturing Committee. The 20 member group seeks practical solutions to area air and water issues with support from about 100 industries. Grandy, Baytown native, has led the plant since 1966 and serves as director of the Greater Baytown Chamber. he and wife Pat have four children and attend St Mark's United Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Grandy
Enjay
Baytown Chemical
Air and Water
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Houston Area
Korea
Baton Rouge
Baytown Ensoy
New York
Baytown
Grandy
Pat
Rodney L. T
Matthew
Byron
Karen
Grandys
St. Mark's United Methodist Church
Baytown Seeks New Landfill Site As Current Fills
Baytown council met behind closed doors after a public session to discuss securing a new landfill site as the Cedar Bayou location nears capacity. A 55 acre Wade Road site faces local opposition, while incineration and grinding options are studied. current costs run 2.61 dollars per cubic yard for collection and 25 cents for disposal.
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Baytown
Wade Road
Delly Voelkel
Endless War Is Pitch In Indochina Debate
Washington AP reports Democrats urge total U S withdrawal from Southeast Asia by year end and within two years, while Kissinger warns against fixed timetables. Harriman and Warnke critique Nixon policies as expanding war into Cambodia and Laos. Senate Democrats back a two year deadline amid Thieu’s North Vietnam threat and Mondale led resolution.
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Washington
Nixon
Indochina
W. Averell Harriman
Paris
Cambodia
Laos
Democratic Policy Council
Committee On International Affairs
Harriman
Defense Department
Paul C. Warnke
Southeast Asia
Democratic National Committee
Henry A. Kissinger
U.S
Hanoi
Senate
Robert Byrd
North Vietnam
West Virginia
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Nguyen van Thieu
Saigon
North
Thieu
Vietnam
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
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Highlands
Austin
the Water District Board
M. C
Buddy) Bray
Houston Livestock Mexico
Houston
H. W. Kilpatrick
Kilpatrick
Miguel Santamaria
Columbia
ICC
InterAmerican Confederation of Cattlemen
Ramon Tellaeche
Department of Agriculture
Lown
ILC
City
Bill Laughlin
Texas Federation of Independent Businesses and
H. A. Tarski
D. L. Garey
Baytown State “Bank
FDIC
Baytonian
Houston CC
Air and Water Division
Jack Morton
Citizens National Bank
Johnella Boynton
Cedar Bayou
Lamar Kelley
Optimist International
Charles
Buddy) Campbell
Optimist Club of
Campbell
Lester Alford
Dave Reeves
Optimist
Linda Cassity
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