Politics and football mark 1971 in Baytown area
A 1971 retrospective highlights debates on college payrolls for public office holders, including Jim McWilliams and Tony Parker, and notes Brownwood peninsula flood fears with Corps study underway. It recalls Russell Clark’s game of games 20 19 win for Sterling, Barbers Hill reaching state finals, Lee High valedictorian Paul Seale’s 98.17 average, Crosby school integration issues, and Channelview bond approval amid a Texas financing ruling.
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Jim McWilliams
Baytown
A. M
Tony) Parker
Lee College
Morgan's Point
McWilliams
Attorney General
Brownwood
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Corps of Engineers
Frank Moon
Fern
Russell Clark
Sterling
Robert E. Lee
Rangers
The
Ganders
Jim Hess
Barbers Hill
Gene Sharp
Eagles
Sonora
Robert E. Lee High School
Paul Seale
Paul
Europe
American Field Service
Crosby
Distrct
Diamondhead
Channelview
Texas
Force Analysis Signals Saigon Needs Better Air Support
The report outlines South Vietnam’s vulnerability in northern provinces as North Vietnamese forces steeply press through Laos and Cambodia. It notes limited helicopter mobility for Saigon troops, uneven unit effectiveness, and the political clout of President Nguyen Van Thieu as U.S. withdrawal tightens military aims.
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South Vietnam
Dmz
Laos
Plain of Jars
Quang Tri
Thua Thien
Cambodia
U.S
Bolovens
Long Cheng
Vang Pao
Vientiane
North Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Saigon
Ngo Dinh Diem
Thieu
New Jersey Lottery Posts Big First-Year Profit
The New Jersey State Lottery, one year old, reports a $44 million profit with expectations of about $60 million in the first year final report. Experts credit 50-cent weekly tickets for the surge as cheap tickets offer fast rewards.
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Trenton
N.J
New Jersey
New Year Notes Across the World and New Jersey Lottery
A look at global celebrations with police clashes in Sydney and quiet observances in Tokyo. In New Jersey the first year of state lottery shows $148 million gross revenue with $44.4 million direct profit and potential $64.7 million total profit, outlining tax shares and prize allocations.
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New Hampshire
New York
New Jersey
Services Set For Relative Of Baytonians
Funeral services for Walter Callaway, a Liberty resident, will be held Sunday at two temples in Liberty. Theand Rev. A. L. Jordan will officiate in private chapel. Survived by wife Frances Callaway and two sons Jimmy Lee Partin and another, plus three sisters and relatives including H. Pruett and Pauline Griffith. Participants include Rev. Pope Paul VI officiating and attendees from New York City and California.
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Tula Kaaneerwaaer
Liberty
Walter Callaway
Allison
Pope Paul VI
A. L. Jordan
Apostolic Palace
New
Frances Callaway
York City
Jimmy Lee Partin
Californi
Aries
John F. Ken H. Pruett
C. J. McAlpinnedy
Martin Luther Kings
Pauline Griffith
All Jr
Robert F. Kennedy
Baytown
Whitney Young Jr
Mal
Smokeless Tobacco Business Prospects Are Looking Good
NEW YORK AP Smokeless tobacco gains traction as a steady consumer base grows across jobs and regions. The Smokeless Tobacco Council notes 1971 demand rising to 98 million pounds, with loose leaf and plug types popular among chemical plant workers farmers lumberjacks hunters and climbers seeking safer use away from open flames.
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New York
Chawin
Coun- U.S. Department of Agriculture [Oil Inc
Sylvania
Wisconsin
America
Europe
Council
Husky race dawns at Rendezvous in Anchorage tale
A lively Anchorage scene unfolds as a dogsled race starts on 4th Avenue during Rendezvous Day. The event traces to 1936 and now marks a citywide celebration of Alaska’s heritage, with dogsport energy and spectators cheering as teams dash along town streets.
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Anchorage
Alaska
4Th Avenue
Labor unions vow drive to oust Nixon in 1972
Washington reports Meany pledges organized labor to campaign to replace President Nixon in 1972. Unions react as national mood shifts. labor movement aims to build broad political pressure amid ongoing administration criticism.
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Washington
George Meany
Nixon
Army exercise to be led by Col. Robert G McGraw
COL Robert G McGraw director of the 75th Maneuver Area Command Houston Army Reservists will be chief controller of a map maneuver exercise Sword Thrust 59 at Patton U.S. Army Reserve Center in Bell California. Bird count participants from Baytonians will join the annual survey from dawn to dusk Sunday in a 15 mile diameter area centered at Bob Smith and Highway 146 intersection.
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Robert G. McGraw
Felton
Umjpire
75Th Maneuver Area Command
Houston Army Reservists
Patton U.S. Army Reserve Center
Bell
Calif
Bob Smith
Highway 146
Car crashes into beer warehouse on New Year’s Eve
A car ran off Decker Drive in Baytown and struck the Schlitz beer warehouse at 4701 Decker Drive around 11 p.m. The driver, Gary Trautman of Lynchburg Road, was charged with negligent collision after veering to avoid another car. No injuries reported amid a dozen DWI charges statewide.
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Baytown
Schlitz Beer
Stefani Distributing Co
Decker Drive
Gary Trautman
Cedar Bayou
Lynchburg Road
Decker
Troutman
Baytown leaders share hopes for 1972 solutions
City Attorney Noel Richard and Robert G. Feinberg of the Baytown Citizens Traffic Safety Council discuss city traffic issues and the drive for safer roads by 1972. Johnny Clark, School Superintendent, backs local district control in Texas by 1972.
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Noel Richard
Baytown
Robert G. Feinberg
Johnny Clark
State of
Texas
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