Bond sales pressed amid suit and tax delays in Baytown
City leaders defend the bond issue as needed for sewer and park improvements while legal action challenges the sale. Mayor Walker explains late tax payments and signing issues, noting the market is favorable and delays would be costly with urgent projects under order of the Texas Water Quality Board.
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Baytown
City Hall
Evans
Laughlin
Walker
Reguar City Legal
Texas Water Quality Board
Parks to likely take lower salary in P and W post
Singleton, 51, succeeded Weldon Watson as executive director of the Parks and Wildlife Department after Watson was fired. Johnson did not ask for a resignation and Jersig and Gilvin urged him to stay, backing the Mustang Island purchase despite objections from Gov. Preston Smith. Interior Department approved matching funds, but litigation in Texas courts delays final outcome.
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Singleton
Weldon Watson
P&w Department
Commission
Watson
Johnson
Harry Jersig
L. P
Pete) Gilvin
Jersig
Gilvin
Mustang Island
Preston Smith
U.S. Interior Department
Texas
Roads Continue To Challenge Baytown Morning Commute
Weather in Baytown stays cloudy with intermittent rain and northeast winds 8 to 16 mph. A 50 percent chance of precipitation and a Friday low near 32 degrees are expected. Power briefly disrupted when two large bell insulators on a main Baytown transmission line broke loose.
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Knight
Weather Bureau
Baytown
E. C
Jack) Kimmons
Houston Lighting and Power Co
Bertran
Bike Taken From Horace Mann Junior School
Gene Austin of 516 Parkway reported a 24 inch boy's bicycle stolen Tuesday near Horace Mann Junior School. A stray black puppy wandered into James Caruthers' garage at 703 Brentwood early Thursday. owner may claim by calling 422-5526.
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Gene Austin Wright
Parkway
Horace Mann Junior School
James Caruthers’ Garage
Brentwood
Historic 1819 Ohio River survey found in Kentucky records
An 1819 survey of the Ohio River was discovered in the secretary of state office and lawyers say it could be used in Kentucky’s river boundary dispute with Ohio now before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Frankfort
Ohio River
Secretary of State
Kentucky
Ohio
U.S. Supreme Court
Stock Quotes and Math Aid From Northwestern Expert
A collage of stock quotes lists many company symbols and percent figures. Dr Lola J May of Northwestern University criticizes math teaching gaps and promotes an audio visual drill program from Borg-Warner Educational Systems to reinforce number facts for children.
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Niles
Lola J. May
Northwestern University
Winnetka
Stockholder meetings set for Baytown area banks and S&Ls
Baytown area banks and savings and loan associations have announced stockholders meetings through January and February. Banks including Peoples State Bank Security State Bank Anahuac Highlands State Bank Baytown State Bayshore National First National Citizens National Bank and Trust Co Bank of Baytown and Harris County Federal Savings and Loan Association note meeting times ranging from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. on dates in January February with locations at the respective banks or S&L buildings.
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Baytown Area
Savings and Loan Associations
Peoples State Bank
Ramada
Crosby
Security State Bank of
Highlands
State Bank
Clear Creek
Channelview
Baytown State
Bayshore National
First
National
Citizens National Bank and Trust Co
Bank of Baytown
Harris County Federal Savings and Loan Association
S&l
Citizens of Texas Savings and Loan ‘Association
Congress Blamed For Woes
London Financial Times pins Nixon problems on the 91st Congress calling it muddled and ineffective. Balogh urges wage and price controls with labor and industry to curb unemployment and falling output. Paris Le Monde cites Hanoi’s 968 prisoners list as a failing administration embarrassment. Tokyo Sankei warns of contradictory U S policy toward Japan amid economic issues and textile concession promises.
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London
Britain
Financial Times
91St Congress
Nixon
London Evening Standard
U.S
Congress
91St
Lord Balogh
Evening Standard
Washington
le Monde
North Vietnam
Jacques Amalric
Hanoi
Amalric
Paris
Hanai
Tokyo
Sankei
Japan
Pearland Ruling Lets City Hire Auxiliary Police
Texas Attorney General Crawford Martin ruled Pearland may appoint temporary auxiliary officers who qualify as peace officers, but Baytown’s civil service status keeps its reserve police under scrutiny. The Pearland decision does not overturn the 1968 ruling that civil service cities like Baytown cannot rely on reserve police as regular officers.
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Texas
Crawford C. Martin
Pearland
Baytown
Crawford
Martin
Brazoria
Robert R. Farmer
Angleton
Rites Held In Hearne For Baytonian 38
Funeral services for Mrs Otsy Moss 38 of 140 Linwood were held at Heartfield Funeral Home Hearne with Rev Danough officiating. She died Friday in a Houston hospital after a long illness. A Baytown resident four years she was a member of South Avenue Baptist Church Pasadena. Survivors include her husband Charles Ray Moss Baytown a daughter Linda Pyle Baytown two sons Charles Ray Moss Jr Howie Moss Baytown a granddaughter Kelly Rae Pyle Baytown her parents Mr and Mrs J W Gough Hearne a brother Bill Gough Hearne and a sister Mrs Ola Mae Ritchie Bryan. Burial in Suggs Cemetery Hearne. Pallbearers were nephews.
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Otsy Moss
Linwood
Heartfield
Earne
Danough
Hearne
Moss
Houston
Baytown
South Avenue Baptist Church
Pasadena
Charles Ray Moss
Linda Pyle
Baytown Sealed bids for garbage collection body due Jan 22
City of Baytown invites sealed bids in duplicate for two 1971 twenty cubic yard packer garbage collection bodies with rear end loader. Bids accepted until 2 30 p m Thursday January 22 1971. For specs contact Purchasing Agent at Baytown City Hall 240 Market Street Baytown Texas 422 8281. Don Cooke Purchasing Agent.
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City OF
Baytown
Market Street
Texas
Don Cooke
Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School
Odistrict
Board Room
Box 30
Board of Trustees
David Sherron
City Council weighs parking rule and loop 201 right-of-way
The council considers a proposed amendment to off-street parking rules, exempting areas of Harbor Market and West Main. It also weighs a Texas Highway Department recommendation on disposing of surplus Loop 201 right-of-way tracts.
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Council
Harbor and Market
West Main
Texas Highway Department
Loop 201
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