Two Injured in Separate Baytown Wrecks
Baytown police investigated two Thursday wrecks with injuries. Robin Wilder, 22, of Baytown, was rushed to Humana Baytown Hospital after rolling her car on icy Stimpson Street near 201 Stimpson. Sharon Nichols, 15, of Pasadena, was treated at Gulf Coast Hospital after being injured while riding on a car hood at Florida and Durrain Ferry Roads.
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Baytown
Robin Renee Wilder
Humana Baytown Hospital
Navarre
Stimpson
R.G. Rhodes
Wilder
Rhodes
Freezing Texas Snow Strands Cities as Schools Close
Heavy freeze blankets Texas with near freezing coastal lows and teens inland. Snow disrupts Houston Beaumont Austin San Antonio with dozens of accidents and two dozen deaths linked to icy conditions. Traffic slows nationwide as officials deploy sand and report numbers rise. Residents react with mixed wonder and practical warnings.
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South Texas
National Weather Service
Rio Grande Valley
Houston
Beaumont
Ray Broussard
Texas
Austin
San Antonio
C.F. Adams
Cathy Senterfitt
Henry Cisneros
Hilda Burt
Conroe
Manuel
Houston Independent School District
Public Works Department
Dan Jones
Maria Sandoval
Val Verde County
Sheriff's Office
del Rio
Texas-Mexico
David Postma
Houston Bay
Farm workers urged to gain unemployment benefits
In Austin AP report labor leader Joe Gunn former Texas Employment Commission member urged extending unemployment compensation to farm workers. He argued the Texas Unemployment Compensation Act unfairly excludes agriculture workers who lose jobs. Rebecca Harrington of United Farm Workers testified wages in Rio Grande Valley range from about $2.35 to $2.95 hourly with many paid less than the $3.35 target.
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Gunn
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Trial date set for Sanctuary worker Jack Elder
Federal judge fixed January 21 for Jack Elder to stand trial on charges he transported Salvadoran refugees in the United States. Venue change motion denied as not sufficient to prove bias. testimony on defense motions to dismiss to begin January 9. Elder, 41, runs a Casa Oscar Romero halfway house. Merrit, 30, previously convicted for a related incident and given two years probation.
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Corpus Christi
Jack Elder
United States
U.S
Hayden Head Jr
Elder
Head
Harlingen
Fire damages four units housing four families in La Porte
Olive reported the Willingham apartment fire likely began from a space heater. Firefighters found the gas valve on and the heater on its side, suggesting earlier ignition. Clothing near the heater may have caught fire. At least three units were occupied. two were destroyed and two heavily damaged. Owner Walter Reints was unavailable for comment.
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Olive
Willingham
Walter Reints
la Porte
Lois Elizabeth Hard obituary and Crosby Legion event
Services pending for Lois Elizabeth Hard 66 of Moss Hill, former Baytown resident, who died Thursday at her home. Crosby American Legion hosts its regular Saturday Night Stamp dance from 9 to 11 p.m. Jan. 5 at the American Legion Hall with Breckenridge band.
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Navarre
Paul A. Lee
Lois Elizabeth Hard
Moss Hill
Baytown
Crosby American Legion
American Legion Hall
Breckenridge
Police suspect informant set up abduction for sex ring
Houston authorities say a Dec. 26 kidnapping of two 12 year olds may have been engineered by an informant identified as Champion who then alerted police. Bond set at 40000 as charges include two counts of aggravated kidnapping.
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Houston
Joe
Lee Champion
Nogales
Ariz
John Burns
Champion
Burns
Bill
Gary
Bill Warren Cara
Gary Don Barkley
Sophia Ramirez
Lee
Joe’' Champion
Harlingen
F. 5. Dobyanski
PRI selects Trevino Martinez as Nuevo Leon governor candidate
The Institutional Revolutionary Party chose Jorge Alonso Trevino Martinez, a federal Deputy and Monterrey native, to run for Nuevo Leon governor. Trevino Martinez leads the chamber's finance and public credit committee with labor and peasant support, while opposition PAN warns of fraud risks amid regional contests and past protests in Coahuila.
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Monterrey
Mexico
Institutional Revoluonary Party
Nuevo Leon
Jorge Alonso Trevino Martinez
Federal Chamber of Deputies
Humberto Cervantes Vega
Nuing
PRI
Trevino Martinez
Chamber
Finance and Public Credit Commission
Notimex
National University of Mexico
University of Paris
National Action Party
Fernando Canales Clamond
Coahuila
Piedras Negras
Monclova
Texas
Sonora
Arizona
San Luis Potosi
Guanajuato
Colima
Queretaro
Campeche
Baytown Post Grice Rates and Address Notice
Baytown Texas Post Grice lists publication details under the Act of Congress of March 3 1679. It shows mailing addresses at 1301 Memorial Drive Baytown Texas and P O Box 90 Baytown Texas 77522 with subscription rates of 4 85 per month 5 20 per year and single copy price 25 cents daily 59 cents Sunday. Mail rates available on request. Represented nationally by Coastal Publications.
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Baytown
Texas
Memorial Drive
Eartier
Coastal Publications
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Highway 145
Pasadena
Decker
Bowie
Annie Jurek
St. Joseph Catholic Daughters
Ms. Jurek
J.P. O’sullivan
Sun
Angie Bracey
Postma
Colorado
Vermont
IN Bay
Dobyanski
Mexican Party
the Bartown Sun
Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship International
Johnny Barham
Johnny
Jesus
Holiday Inn Restaurant
S. WT
Battown
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