Prize Chili the Chili cookoff heats up Baytown
A brisk Saturday at San Jacinto Mall hosted 103 teams in a chili cookoff drawing over 700 tasters. Houston’s Barbara Benold won first place as the Go-Texan Committee presented her plaque. proceeds were estimated between 5,000 and 7,000 dollars for the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo scholarship fund.
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San Jacinto Mall
Baytown
Randy Pantoja
Freddie Pantoja
Jeremy Hernandez
Jimmy Hernandez
Barbara Benold
Houston
Joe Wright
Go-Texan Committee
Crews cover sulphur to prevent more fires
Fire crews fought a grass blaze at the Texas Gulf Sulphur Co plant on Farm Road 563 near Anahuac. Sulphur piles burned, prompting evacuations for residents around Lake Charlotte as smoke drifted low and visibility dropped to 5 to 10 feet in places. Officials urged those with respiratory issues to leave and coordinated with Texas Sulphur and Governor's Office responders.
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Louise Shaw
Anahuac
Texas Gulf Sulphur Co
Monroe Kreuzer Jr
Kreuzer
Wallisville
Moss Bluff
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas
Gary Haag
Governor's Emergency Management Office
Beaumont
Lake Charlotte
Sherman Road
Pinehollow
Shultz Gromyko hold extended arms talks in Geneva
Secretary of State George P. Shultz and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko wrapped an overtime first session in Geneva. The 2:30 a.m. to 6 a.m. meeting at the Soviet mission lasted an hour longer than planned with a second session in the U.S. mission scheduled later. The talks aim to revive nuclear arms negotiations and shape policy for Reagan's second term. Both sides sought a constructive approach and discussed radical reductions and eventual elimination of nuclear weapons.
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Geneva
Switzerland
George P. Shultz
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.S
Baytown
Reagan
Gromyko
Shultz
Lyons 82 Baytown business leader dies after long service
Thurston Willard Lyons, 82, longtime Baytown businessman and former Goose Creek Grain Co. manager, died Saturday in a Baytown hospital. A Orange native and 1929 arrival to Baytown, he led Lyons Supply Co. and served as board chairman. He held roles in Memorial Baptist Church, Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce and Masonic Lodge. Services set for 2 p.m. Monday at Memorial Baptist Church with Rev. A L Jordan and Rev. Mark Brister officiating.
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Baytown
Thurston Willard Lyons
Memorial Baptist Church
A.L. Jordan
Mark Brister
Lyons
Orange
Beaumont
Josey Miller Co
Texas
Louisiana
Goose Creek Grain Co
Lyons Supply Co
Tourist misdirection ends in hotel lobby joke
A weary tourist asks the clerk for his room, then learns he is already in the lobby. The exchange highlights a humorous mix up that ends with a simple, everyday punchline.
Around Town Highlights Include Opera Plans and Local Names
The town notes Thelma Gray plans a trip to New York to hear her son Michael sing at the Metropolitan Opera. Adrian Metzer aids a friend. Sandra Eddings is the mistaken identity victim, while Michelle Marchand enjoys a special cake. June Morris faces a dog problem. Paul Golding hosts a dancing show. Carel Sherer misplaces an item at the movies. David Hein is not into sci fi. Allison Gunn’s picture is found intact.
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Thelma Gray
New York
Michael
Metropolitan Opera
Adrian Metzer
Sandra Eddings
Michelle Marchand
June Morris
Paul Golding
Carel Sherer
David Hein
Allison Gunn
Baytown Weather Forecast: Clear Skies Bring a Cold Night
The Baytown area will see clear skies and cold temps Monday night with lows near 30s. Tuesday brings partly cloudy skies and milder readings in the 60s. A Sunday to Monday period recorded a low of 44 and high of 62.
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Baytown
U S Steel offers land and facilities to lure Navy port
U S Steel proposes donating up to 250 acres in West Chambers County plus golf course and marina for Navy personnel to establish a Gulf Coast home port. The plan includes 100 acres for the facility and 150 for recreation, with $3.5 million for the golf course and marina and $3.7 million for roads and utilities. Local officials see potential regional economic impact.
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Lisa Ocker
U.S. Navy
U.S. Steel
Houston- Galveston
U.S. Steel Development
West
Chambers County
Navy
Baytown
Houston-Galveston
Brownsville
Florida
Texas
Corpus Christi
Port Arthur
Beaumont
Galveston Bay
Galveston
U.S. Coast Guard
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Fort Point
University of Texas Medical Branch
Bayport
Baytown Permits 1984 Near City Building Record
Construction value in Baytown reached 46.84 million in 1984, up 8.5 percent from 1983 and just shy of the 1981 record. December permits dropped to 416 thousand, residential activity halved from 1983 levels, while commercial permits rose 22.4 percent to 15.718 million. additional items included 51 pools, 73 garages, 29 storage rooms, 153 signs, two hospital additions, 32 duplexes, and one wind turbine tower among others. December saw four new homes and VIP Limousine Service inc. proposed at 3200 Woodway.
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Baytown
VIP Limousine Service Inc
Woodway
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T.W. Lyons
Pearce Street Journal
Dimension
Aoe Babate Et Aa Editorial
Ileleblien
Nestea
Navy U.S. Steel
John Focke
Marion Johnson
Johnson
Naval
Gulf Coast
Focke
Sterling & Defee
Citizen
Bank Trust Co
F.C
American Bank
EY 3 PLC
Ete Rey
Lone Star Bank
Haigary Rab Nakeet
Ite
Century Savings
Aus
Alexander
Batvinn
Nsw
Baytown State Bank
Rad
Remy Lae
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