Baytown's 1969 Boom Sets Stage For 70s Growth
Baytown ends the 1960s with soaring construction and wage gains as Humble Enjay Esso and U S Steel spur new projects. Decker Drive gains a 12 story Humble building plus Rollingbrook development, Globe Shopping City, and the Woolco center. Banks expand, schools raise pay, and housing shifts toward apartments amid inflation and tight money. Groundbreaks on motel restaurants and a new hospital wing mark a brisk postwar expansion that foresees a bright decade ahead.
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Decker Drive
Humble Company
Baytown
Friendswood Development Co
Old Camp Reber
Rollingbrook
Humble-Enjay
Thomas Circle
Globe
First National Bank
Ford
Pollution Talk At Baytown Scout Troop 208
Dr Walter Quebedeaux Harris County pollution control director speaks at 7 pm Tuesday to Baytown Boy Scouts troop 208 at St Mark's Methodist Church on Baytown area pollution topics and Q&A. Alaska Frost?
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Walter Quebedeaux
Harris County
Baytown
Boy Scouts Troop 208
St. Mark's Methodist Church
Holiday chatter from The Sun staff captions
Ted Watson returns from Brazil for holidays while Sally Staton enjoys a break from university studies. Jim Foster discusses his Christmas saw and fence work. Dottie Floyd recalls San Francisco sights as Forrest and Margaret Gober recount a Mississippi visit and church services over a century old. Pam Lander changes hair style. Dorothy Buckner seeks a last minute football ticket. Kirk and Molly Mann report 17 degree weather from Plain View. Dub Ward posts holiday vacations. Eddi and Jaci Huron greet The Sun staff for New Year wishes.
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Ted Watson
Brazil
Sally Staton
Jim Foster
Dottie Floyd
San Francisco
Forrest
Margaret Gober
Mississippi
Pam Lander
Dorothy Buckner
Kirk
Molly Mann
Plainview
Dub Ward
Eddi
Jaci Huron
the Sun
First New Year's Baby Born To Raymond Hills
Kristi Lynette Hill born at 6 03 a m Thursday to Mr and Mrs Raymond Hill 703 E Adone Baytown Gulf Coast Hospital the only baby born at Baytowns three hospitals in the 3 am check gifts from merchants include baby bed crib mattress stroller gown diaper service two packs disposable diapers and various local business donations supporting Kristi with family ties to Baytown residents.
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Baytown
Kristi Lynette Hill
Raymond Hill
E. Adone
Kristi
Gulf Coast Hospital
E. P. Hill
C. E. Caswell
Pearl Anderson
Culpepper’s
Morrison's
Gibsons
Beall's
Weather device found by Texas student near Huffman
One year old Ross Sterling High School sophomore Tom Hamman saw a weather testing device by FM 2100 north of Huffman on Wednesday. He retrieved it and planned to mail the electronic apparatus to the Environmental Science Services Administration, noting it likely drifted from Victoria about 150 miles away.
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Tom Hamman
Ross Sterling High School
Huffman
Tom
Environmental Science Services Administration
Victoria
Weather And Tides Outlook By Morgan’s Point
Clear to partly cloudy Thursday with slightly warmer temperatures. Friday will bring warmer conditions with highs in the upper 20s to low 30s. Tides at Morgan’s Point indicate a high at 7:49 a.m. and a low at 10:31 a.m.
Mothers Asked To Aid March In Baytown Drive
Baytown area mothers are urged to volunteer for the annual March of Dimes canvass later this month. Mrs Drew Dunlap 128 Rose Bud Lane is general chairman. Call 424 8070 to help as area leader. 1970 is designated as the Mission Possible Year.
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Baytown
Drew Dunlap
Rose Bud Lane
Harris County
Dunlap
Ffer
March of Dimes
Baytown Pasadena Crash Kills Man. Six Hurt in Mont Belvieu
A Baytown Pasadena collision on Highway 1486 at Farm Road 207 left Morgan Hill, 46, of Highlands dead and six others injured from Baytown and Pasadena. Odom, driver of the second car, and four occupants were listed in serious or satisfactory condition at local hospitals. Investigators continued to examine the pattern of the crash as patrols described the vehicles’ movements prior to impact.
Humphrey Calls FHA VA Rate Hike Gross Violence
Humphrey and labor chief denounce Nixon boost in maximum interest on FHA and VA home loans as a gross violence to economy and democracy. Patman and Proxmire pledge hearings to curb high rates. Meaney warns of slower construction and rising unemployment. George Romney announced the rate increase Tuesday.
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Nixon
Elticenry
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Wright Pat Jmnan
Texas
House Banking Committee
William Proximire
Wisconsin
Senate Banking Subcommittee
Proxmire
Patman
George Meaney
Afl-Cio
George Romney
Federal ‘Housing
Alon and
the. Veter
Baytown Land Sold Near Decker Drive and Wade Road
Limery H Hughes of Hughes Really Co announced Wednesday the sale of three parcels totaling nearly 33 acres to a Houston Baytown investment group. The sale price nears $400000. The property fronts Decker Drive near Wade Road east of the highway and west of the railroad tracks. The buyers consider building a shopping center.
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Limery H. Hughes
Hughes Really Co
Houston
Baytown
Hughes
Decker Drive
Wade Road
Celebrations mark world welcome as Agnew tours Saigon
Public and private New Year scenes flash across London Trafalgar Square Rio beaches and a New York Central Park balloon. Vice President Agnew makes unplanned Saigon stop bearing a four moon rock gift to President Thien, visits U S troops. Combat resumes after a 24 hour cease fire. Death toll passes 40,000. Nixon aides seek uniform desegregation deadlines for remaining dual school districts in the Deep South.
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Trafalgar Square
Rio de Janeiro
Central Park
New York
Psaigon
Spira T. Agnew
Saigon
Neuyen van Thien
Sailgon
U.S
Washington
Apy
Supreme Court
Deep South
Four Injured In Two Car Crash Here
Four people were injured in a two car collision near midnight Wednesday at the intersection of Redell and Little roads. Mickey Lynn Clift, 16, of 6319 South Redell Road, was listed in satisfactory condition at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital Thursday morning. Also treated were Clift's mother, Daisy Bethke, and her son Damon Lee Bethke, both five. John Harrison, 17, of 4203 Redell Road, a passenger in the other car, was treated and released. Highway Patrolman K D Woolsey said Clift's car was turning left from Little onto Redell when Gregory of 214 Oakland struck its left side. All were taken to the Baytown Ambulance Service hospital. No charges have been filed and the investigation is continuing.
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Pasadena
Baytown
Duff
Morgan
Odom
West Chambers County
Jnoich
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Alta
Vista
Mont Belgieu
Paul Williams
Hill
Hall
Highlands
Morgan Hill
Dorothy
Jim Carter
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Garth Roadie
Terry Jackson
Frances Hill
Ste Crash
Elizabeth Ayler
Joe Jr
Barcelona
Bruce
Nealy
Troy Lynn Odom
Mont Belview
Jackson
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Ayler
Methodist Hospital
Houston
Gulf Coast Hospital
G. Duff
Odem
Highway 146
Farm Road
Redell
Little Roads
Mickey Lynn Cilft
South Redell Road
Cift
Daisy Bethke
Damon Lee Bethke
John Harrison
Redell Rosd
Ilao
K. D. Woolsey
Clift
Little
Im Gregory
Oakland
Woolsey
Santa Forgets Baytown Lad's Go-Cart And He's Not Happy
Baytown boy Johnny Bird, 10, wrote Santa letter about missing his one wish a go cart. He says Santa got the order wrong and even suspects another child got the go cart. Santa called The Baytown Sun to explain the mix up and indicated he might fix the error next Christmas if needed.
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Baytown
Ron Lennard
Johnny Bird
Santa Claus
Johnny
Bobbie Bird
Cedar Bayou
Lynchburg Road
Ichristmas
Baytown Sun
North Pole
The
Sun
the Sun
Sante Claus
Sante
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New Texas
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Mercial Project
Goose Creek Stream
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Bank of Baytown
Humble and
Enjay
Lee College
City of
Alpha Chi
Nancy Gwen Smith
H. A. Thompson
Sam Houston State University
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Memorial Baptist Church
West Sterling
Second Baptist
James Street
Book End
Bay Plaza
ART
Raymond Hills
White Star Launday and Cleaners
Lewis and Coker
Moore’s
Jacobs Jewelers
Stork
Wright Packing Co
Koyar’s
Wilkenfeld's
Harris County Federal Savings and Loan
Robson's
Krist
Lynette Hill
F.d.lc
Demos
Baytown Pasadenan
Decker-Wade
Our World
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