Mont Belvieu City Council Slates 6 30 P M Meeting
Mont Belvieu City Council will meet at 6 30 p m Monday at the Sub courthouse to discuss plans for a new city hall site. Mayor J W Grimes announced the agenda includes development of the location and related issues.
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Houston
Bombers Hit North Vietnamese Positions Near Laos Border
U S B 52s attacked infiltrations routes storage sites bunkers basecamps and staging areas in South Vietnam for the first time in a month as intelligence warned of a renewed buildup in north western Vietnam. In the Mekong Delta clashes left 21 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong dead while 4 South Vietnamese soldiers were killed and 12 wounded. American casualties included 3 dead and 14 wounded in scattered firefights and mine blasts. Cambodia reports 7 Cambodians and 11 enemy deaths with 4 Cambodians wounded. American troop strength fell to 335 800 on December 31 the lowest since 1966 with 8 200 under the ceiling of 344 000. Melvin Laird to visit Saigon to discuss speeding withdrawals.
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Weather turns cold in Baytown area forecast
The Baytown area forecast warns of windy conditions and a sharp cold snap turning much colder Monday night. Low temperatures expected between 20 and 30 degrees Tuesday morning, with Morgan's Point tides showing high at 7 43 a m and lows at 10 25 a m and 11 19 p m. Tuesday sunrise 7 18 a m and sunset 5 36 p m.
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Local Notables Return From Trips And Visits
Joe Speck returns from Spain while Charlie Cowan builds a new home. Jewett Montgomery recovers from a leg injury after a car wreck. Dr Karl Opryshek recounts a hunting trip. James Ellis and family come back from a holiday visit. Seth Mitchell departs for Australia on a month long work assignment. Doc Xatterwhite jokes about retirement sleep. Mrs Teschendorf and daughter visit Tallahassee after visiting Mrs Archer in the Panhandle region, with family in Spring Branch returning.
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Jewett Montgomery
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Australia
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Xatterwhite
Teschendorf
Bowie
Gordon Williamson
Alan
Spring Branch
Tallahassee
Fla
Crosby Couple Loses Belongings In Fire
Mrs. C R Heil and her husband lost their two bedroom trailer in Apache Land Trailer Park Crosby to a Saturday morning fire. Faulty wiring started the blaze and they have no insurance. They survive on a $105 monthly pension and $25 weekly babysitting. They are staying with their daughter at 5302 N Reddel Road. Donations of money clothes and items are requested through Mrs Boatright or Mrs Lange.
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C. R. Heil
Apache Land
Crosby
Yorktown
Ing
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N. Reddel Road
Boatright
Alton Saage
Public School Students Back In Class In Baytown
Public school students in the area return to classes on Monday while most college students stay home for two more weeks of holiday. Baytown high schools begin the term as Dead Week starts ahead of final exams. The fall semester ends January 15 with a holiday on January 18 for faculty workday. Lee College sets spring registration for January 18 and 19 with first classes January 20 after a Christmas break.
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Safety overhaul urged after Glasgow arena disaster
British sports arenas face renewed safety scrutiny as the Glasgow soccer disaster triggers pressure for improved measures. Other notes cover Nixon era politics, a Colorado youth group spy claim, a Kentucky mine blast with 38 dead, Reagan's welfare reform vow, a refinery labor talks pause, and a Houston bombing inquiry.
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New Year's Holiday Traffic Fatalities Across Nation
The Associated Press reports 434 lives lost in traffic accidents during a three day New Year weekend as heavy snow and treacherous roads affected travel nationwide. Texas accounted for 54 deaths while the National Safety Council warned 400 to 500 motorcyclists could die in the period from 6 p.m. Thursday to midnight.
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National Safety Council
Winter Storm Slams Texas Panhandle To North Central
A major winter storm closes highways across the Texas Panhandle and Southwest Texas. Motorists are stranded and temperatures plunge toward zero in parts as heavy snow, up to four inches in the Guadalupe Mountains, blankets the region. Chaos extends to North Central and East Texas with a tornado watch issued earlier.
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Texas
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Baytown Soldier Killed in Vietnam Rocket Attack
Pfc Thurston Craig Roberts 21 of Baytown was killed by an enemy rocket attack in Vietnam after two months there. Funeral arrangements at Earthman Funeral Home, with a military funeral planned in Baytown. Roberts, a helicopter gunner, was wounded December 27 and died December 31. He was a Ross Sterling and Robert E Lee High School graduate, entered the Army March 1969. Survivors include wife Mrs Dennis F Roberts, mother Mrs Helen Jean Stephenson, father Thurston Earl Roberts, a half sister Shena Johnston, a half brother and another half sister, and grandparents Mr and Mrs C F Montgomery. Burial in Anahauc Cemetery.
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Houston
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Snowstorm Leaves Heavy Snow and Fatalities Across Midwest
A foot-deep blizzard from the Rockies to the Great Lakes stranded thousands of motorists as highways shut down in Iowa Nebraska Kansas Missouri Utah and Wisconsin. Six deaths are linked to high winds and whiteout conditions with crashes and heart attack incidents including a Minnesota couple killed near Eureka Utah a New Mexico woman in a Rio Grande spill and Omaha man from a heart attack while shoveling snow. A snow plow truck became stuck near Millard causing carbon monoxide poisoning death of a passenger.
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Light Freeze Dims Baytown Chill and Flood Threat
Baytown faced a light freeze Monday night with temperatures in the upper 20s after a cold front brought showers and gusty winds. A high tide risk along upper Galveston Bay affected Bayshore Drive in Brownwood, where flood gates helped hold back water despite anxious moments warned by Civil Defense Chief Fletcher Hickerson. The tide receded as the norther arrived, easing flood threats to local homes.
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Baytonian Neyland Receives Bronze Star in Vietnam
Army Sp4 Steven W. Neyland, son of Rob ert C. Neyland and Mrs. Neyland of 10130 Tri City Beach Road, received the Bronze Star Medal near Phuoc Vinh for meritorious service in operations against hostile forces in Vietnam. He is assigned as a cannoneer with Battery C, 20 Battalion, 19th Artillery, First Cavalry Division (Airmobile).
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Du Pont starts world largest unit for Elvanol plant
Construction begins at Du Pont La Porte site to build the world’s largest polyvinyl alcohol plant. The Elvanol facility supports warp sizes for polyester cotton yarns and adhesive binder uses in paper. Completion is planned for 1972 with about 700 workers during peak build.
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Niagara Falls
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