Explorer Post 617 Meeting and Bridge Film Night
Explorer Post 617 sponsored by U S Steel will meet at 7 p m Wednesday at the Community Building. A film on the Mackinac Bridge building will be shown. All interested youths ages 14 to 18 are invited. Service League meets at 9 30 a m Friday at 1607 Southwood. Change of address from previous notice. Hostesses are Mrs Leon Brown and Mrs Bill Hartman.
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Explorer Post
Explorer
U.S. Steel
Mackinac Bridge
Michigan
Service League
Southwood
Leon Brown
Bill Hartman
Open House for Ross Sterling Meister Singers
Meister singers invite all former Meistersingers to an open house in the choir room from 7 to 9 30 p m Friday. Including details of related community events and meetings in the area.
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Ross Sterling Meistersingers
Sun Subscriber Log Brings Casual News Bits
8 LARRY LAMPLEY joins the Sun subscribers. Alan Erwin— Navy officer discharged—home with wife Gay. Mrs. A. D. Anthony praises her son-in-law’s new promotion in cold Chicago. R. D. Pryor laments winter’s 500 degree drop in temps. Paul Putman flies to New York for an ad meet. Pete Sultis introduces. Ol Santa likely to visit Dianna Reese next Christmas. Remembrances and travel notes cap the page.
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Larry Lampley
Sun
Alan Erwin
U.S. Navy
Gay
A. D. Anthony
Chicago
R. D. Pryor
Paul Putman
New York
Pete Sultis
Ol Santa
Dianna Reese
Vivan Gentry
Jeanne Chatham
Frank Turpins
Baytown
Colorado
Dennis Williams
Austin
University of Texas
Lynn McDowell
The
San Marcos
Southwest
Texas State
National Merit forms available for local students
Ross Sterling and Robert E Lee high schools announce 1971-72 National Merit Scholarship Program participation for students expecting to finish secondary school in 1972. NMSQT test set for Feb 16 at 9 a.m. with a $1.25 fees, registration after Feb 1. High scorers in each state may become Merit semifinalists. handbook provided with results.
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Ross Sterling
Robert E. Lee
Winnie Brown
Henry Armstrong
NMSC
First Baby of 1971 is Big Prize Winner
Baytown's New Year Baby Fern Evelyn Clemmer born at home to Cecil Clemmer, a Baytown fireman, early Friday weighing eight pounds two ounces. She and mother are healthy. Clemmer plans UH sociology study. may teach after master's. Family links to Odessa San Angelo Merkel. prizes include shoes, silver spoon, rocker, diapers, radio, savings account, baby bed, and more from local merchants.
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Baytown
Fern Evelyn Clemmer
Cecil Clemmer
Scarlett
Wooster
University of Houston
Smother
Clemmers
Clemmer
Fire de
Earl Benson
Odessa
Harrell Clemmer
San Angelo
A. W. Clemmer
Merkel
Moore's Shoe Store
Jacobs, Jewelers
Tthe Stork
Wilkenfield’s
Black’s
Scarborough’s
North Main
Wright Packing Co
Gene's
Harris County Federal Savings and Loan Association
Culpepper
HL&P Plans Record 1971 Expenditures in Houston Area
Houston Lighting and Power Co announces a $135.8 million 1971 capital program to expand generation transmission and distribution capacity and customer service facilities. Major items include $44.88 million for generating capacity and $45.14 million for distribution equipment. A 750,000 kilowatt unit at Cedar Bayou Baytown and a 425,000 kilowatt unit at Greens Bayou are under construction with an Energy Control Center near completion. Three new service centers will speed local service in the Houston Gulf Coast region.
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Houston
Houston Lighting and Power Co
Harris County
Houston-Gulf Coast
Houston Gulf Coast
Hla&p
Cedar Bayou
Baytown
Greens Bayou
Energy Control Center
Hl&p
Tri-County
HLAP
Cloudy and cold with a chance of rain through Thursday
Weather forecast calls for continued cold and cloudy skies through Thursday with a chance of rain. Temperatures near the mid 40s. Morgan's Point tides show high at 1:19 a.m. and low at 12:13 p.m. Thursday sunrise at 7:18 a.m. and sunset at 5:38 p.m.
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Morgan’s Point
Nixon Greets New Congress Amid Antistrike Fight
Multiple brief items cover President Nixon preparing a greeting for the new Congress as organized labor vows a full battle against his proposed antistrike law and other White House priorities. Also notes Dole to lead the Republican National Committee, Hoover praising FBI year performance, Angela Davis defense seeking trial location change, a U S drug abuse program in Vietnam, and Vietnamese shelling near Phnom Penh.
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Washington
Organized Labor
Congress
Nixon
White House
Robert J. Dole
Republican National Committee
Rate Freeze Offer Withdrawn In Baytown Telephone Talks
General Telephone and the City of Baytown face a stalled dispute over key system rate adjustments and service charges. After a brief session, a new meeting was set for next Monday with company reps. The city will not challenge current bills while a settlement is sought, affecting about 458 business customers. The company has withdrawn its rate freeze offer to leverage renewal of its 35 year franchise due in April. Revenue estimates from the changes run about 47 000 dollars in added key charges and 30 900 dollars annually from new service charges.
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General Telephone Co
City of
Baytown
Utility Committee
Lamar Kelley
Telephone Company
Kelley
al Chappell
Ted Kloesel
Don Hullum
Alen Cannon
Bill Laughlin
George Chandler
Chandler
700 Vote Forms At Schools Here
Harris County officials distribute about 700 voter registration forms to Baytown high schools and plan college distribution at Lee College. Since 18 to 20 year olds can vote in federal elections, many youths may register. deadline is January 31, 1971, with registration open the day before. Total registered voters over 21 near 425,000, with expectations to top 700,000 in 1971.
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Rosalind Nettles
Baytown
Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector
Lee College
Carl Smith
Harris County
U.S. Supreme Court
Smith
Martin Dies Jr
Dies
Texas
Cold Weather Continues In Baytown Area
The U S Weather Bureau in Houston says the cold spell will persist for at least one more day in Baytown with temperatures dipping into the 30s tonight and tomorrow morning. Clouds linger with a chance of rain and Wednesday’s high in the low 40s. Overnight lows near freezing mark at 32 degrees.
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Baytown
U.S
Houston
Seven year old Channelview boy missing near home
Ken Dell Sowell, a first grader from Viola Cobb Elementary School, was last seen Tuesday morning walking along Overbluff Street near his home in Channelview. About 200 responders including Harris County deputies, volunteer firefighters, and civic club members searched woods and bayous Tuesday evening. Helicopters with searchlights aided the effort as temperatures dropped below freezing. On Wednesday morning the search continued with divers possible and horseback units in the area surrounding Channelwood subdivision. The stepmother last saw him leaving for school.
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Channelview
Ken Dell Sowell
J. H. Sowell Jr
Arundel
Viola Cobb
Harris County Sheriff's Deputies
Channelview Volunteer
Channelwood Civic Club
Sheriff's Department
34 Years At ER&E Ward Retires Won’t Garden
W L Dub Ward retires after 34 years with ER and E, and refuses to join gardeners or pursue fishing, hunting, gardening or travel. A three term city council veteran, he offers few public comments on current politics while recalling the late 1950s and early 1960s when the city consolidated and began to grow. The first major street project is noted in his reminiscence.
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Er&e
Dub’ Ward
W. L
Dub) Ward
Dub
Dad
Dud
Politico
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Melvin Massey
Ridgway
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Highlands
Citizens’ Committee
Sound and Progressive Water District
M. W. Hargrove
R. B. Hopkins
Oliver Harman
Jim Pace
Robert E. Lee High School
Jerry Don Smith
Scenic Dr
Laround
Serica
Larry Holliday
San Antonio
C. J. Collum
Larry
Margaret Manley
Texas Rehabilitation Commission
Big Spring
Baytown Partners
Iris Citizens National Bank
Ams
Our World
San Clemente
Calif
Capitol Hill
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
San Rafael
Angela Davis
Marin County
Saigon
Vietnam
Phnom Penh
Mekong River
General Telephone
Ken Sowell
Rei, Mra
Rosalind Netiles
Jake Smitherman
Peoples State Bank Chamber
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