Baytown calendar notes upcoming local meetings
Joe Allen of Baytown will address a noon lunch meeting of the Baytown Chamber of Commerce Friday at Holiday Inn. Various community groups schedule meetings including Farmers of America at 7 p.m. Thursday, City Council sessions Thursday evening, Cove Volunteer Fire Department, American Field Service at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, and a Senior Citizens group meeting January 14 at First Baptist Church.
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Joe Allen
Bayon
Chamber of Mmerce
Texas Legislae
Austin
Jbert E. Lee
The
Farmers of America
Pet
SL Agricultural Building
Ity Council
Baytown City
WWE
Cove Comunity
Cove
Sterling
American Field Service
Tiple F
Riple F
Kentucky
Weather and tides for Baytown area Thursday to Friday
Weather forecast calls for a cloudy Thursday night with a chance of showers and cooler temperatures. Friday will be partly sunny with highs near 70s and a brief ending shower. Tides show high at 3 43 am and 9 41 pm with low around 12 35 am and 2 35 pm.
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Baytown Area
Baytown
Local Notices of Greetings and Thanks Across Town
Community snippets show compliments on patience gifts and thanks for a Christmas puppy return. Residents share birthday wishes and visiting patterns while others note decorating efforts and office arrangements.
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LY Speer
Mildred Ast
Jim
Joanne Antene
G. C. Sartor
Sun
Allen W. Aird
W. D. Barge
Garth Road
Ronald Imonolulu
Will
Rainy Season Back As Cooler Weather Moves In
The region faces a wintry cold front from the Colorado Rockies with a 40 percent rain chance Thursday night dropping to 20 percent Friday. Temperatures range from mid 30s in Amarillo to mid 70s in Corpus Christi, with gusty southerly winds turning northerly and increasing Friday. Forecasters warn of dense fog in the Lower Rio Grande and travel advisories for West Texas as snow flurries and scattered showers are anticipated in the west.
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Lower
Rio Grande
Panhandle
Texas
Amarillo
Alice
Corpus Christi
McAllen
Rio Grande Valley
Ford weighing expanded aid to South Vietnam amid Viet Cong offensive
The Ford administration said it is considering a $300 million supplemental request to restore a cut in military aid to South Vietnam as officials press for more support against the Communist thrust that toppled Phuoc Long. South Vietnamese forces, aided by U S aircraft, clashed with Viet Cong and North Vietnamese units as fighting intensified across the region.
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State Department
Robert Anderson
Ford
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Phuoc Long Province
South Vietnam
Congress
Cambodia
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Phuoc Long
Ford and Democrats Spar Over Secret Economic Plan
Washington AP reports President Ford and House Democrats keep plans secret as a 10 Democrat task force under Speaker Carl Albert works on recovery measures. Ford defends a strong, defendable program including possible tax cuts, with Cabinet and press aides indicating a formal release next week.
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Ford
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White House
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Ron Nessen
It House
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Tax Cut Pushed to House Vote by Early March
The Ways and Means Committee chair-designate said a targeted tax cut mainly for low and middle income earners would be pushed through the House if possible by early March. Banquet Foods recalls two frozen items for under-processed bean sprouts contamination. Gulf and Texaco refinery workers remain on strike in southeast Texas. France revalues gold reserves to about 160 dollars an ounce, bolstering credit with a paper profit of over 12 billion.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
ST. Louis
Banquet Foods, Inc
Banquet
Paris
France
Arson Suspected In Wisconsin Fires
Investigators suspect arson after fires destroyed a vacant house at 31034 Wisconsin and damaged a dentist's office at 3103 Wisconsin, both reported at 7 p.m. Firefighters worked two hours, then a third fire at 3119 Wisconsin involved a trash bag, with police and fire crews probing linkage between incidents. Two people were seen fleeing the first blaze.
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Wisconsin
W. Bailey
Wisconsin J
Bailey
Viet Cong Offensive Spreads To South Coast Border
Vietnamese forces report a broad Communist attack across Bong Son area and Bien Hoa air base as Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops press along three district fronts. The Saigon command says 600 government troops defended Phuoc Binh and Phuoc Thanh, with heavy rebel losses and repeated repulses.
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South Vietnam
Bong Son
Bien
Mili Hoa
Wovpo
Phuoc Binh
Viet Cong
Phuoc
Saudis announce $756 million jet fighter deal with United States
Saudi Arabia reports it has finalized a $756 million purchase of several squadron level U S jet fighters from the United States to bolster defense of its territory. The deal includes Northrop FSE Tiger jets with an exact count not disclosed. The announcement follows another $860 million US arms package with France for tanks and air defense systems.
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Saudi Arabia
Northrop
Lly
FSE
Middle East
France
Palestine
PLO
Riyadh
Syria
Egypt
Jordan
Hus Feypt
Sein
Israel
United States
Woman announces candidacy for Baytown city council
Baytown retiree Eileen Caffey 182 Bayshore declares herself a District 2 candidate for the April city election. Filing rules require council resolution and a filing deadline 20 days before the election. If elected she would succeed Col. Dittman with mayoral and council terms expiring in April. Caffey cites flood protection and Baytown growth as priorities and notes her 10 years in Baytown plus extensive civic work and hospital volunteer service.
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Wanda Orton
Baytown
Eileen Caffey
Bayshore
Caffey
City Hall
Col
Henry
Penly) Dittman
Tom Gentry
Jody R. Lander
Mary Elizabeth Wilbanks
Col. Dittman
Houston
Kansas City
Avon Products
Harris County
Dallas
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Avan
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Hospital Service Corps
Brownwood Civic Association
le Livre Book Review Club
American Legion Auxiliary
A Word To The Wise On Texas Chamber Of Commerce
A movement among businessmen to form a Texas Chamber of Commerce to boost business in the state is proposed. The note warns against the descendants of Gen. Phil Sheridan gaining any policy positions within the movement. It recalls a Civil War quote about choosing Hell over Texas.
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Texas Chamber of Commerce
Texas
Phil Sheridan
Hell
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