City Council Grants Back Wages to Baytown Firefighters
Baytown firefighters will receive 4600 in back wages after a pay scale error. The City Council voted 6-1 to approve the payment, following questions about whether police and firefighters were on the same raise schedule.
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Wanda Orton
Carl Fulbright
Lanham
Fulbright
Dittman
Edna Oliver
Fred Bednarski
Tom Gentry
Jody R. Lander
Baytown Homebuilders See Cautious 75 Market Rise
Baytown homebuilders express cautious optimism about 1975 as money loosens and expansion at Exxon and U S Steel spurs demand. President Dorothy Virdine says money is becoming available though rates hover around 9 to 9 1/2 percent. she notes prior savings and loan shortages. The group remains wary but hopeful about a rebound.
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Tom Wells
David Rogers
Baytown
Exxon
U.S. Steel
Rogers
Dorothy Virdine
Baytown Homebuilders
Virtine
Citizens of
Spur 330 Surcharge To Be Low Despite City Move
City Manager Fritz Lanham says Spur 330 assessments will be nominal for curb and gutter work between Airhart and Garth. Less than 10000 dollars will be charged to property owners, keeping the levy low as the Spur 330 project ties to the Loop 201 contract awarded to Macomb Construction Co by the Texas Highway Department. The council also deferred two agenda items including final payments for the Municipal Service Center and water mains in Glen Arbor and Creekwood Subdivisions.
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Port Arthur oil workers continue picket duty at Gulf refinery
Union spokesman says an agreement has been reached though local issues remain to be settled. In Texas cattle men and dairymen press planned slaughter despite pleas from the state agriculture chief. A TWA jet crash off Greece kills 88. Irish leaders seek cease fire extension in Northern Ireland. Texas unemployment at 4.8 percent nationwide. Thieu orders recapture of Phuoc Long province. A tornado hits McComb Mississippi injuring many and killing three.
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Gulf
Baytown Savings Plan Shows 1974 Jump Amid Union Talks
Baytown savings and loan firms end 1974 with total deposits near 100 million led by Citizens of Harris County Federal and Baytown’s Baytown area institutions. Union leaders say Gulf Coast plant employees may benefit from Exxon wage talks and a broader industry movement as negotiations continue with management and a federal mediator.
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Gulf Coast
Exxon
Jers
Gulf
Brewer
OCAW
Houston
Inrrassee
Donna Darling
la Porte
Bayshore Baytown Area
Baytown
Ings
Citizens of
Harris County Federal Report
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Harris County Fed
Dittman Urges Baytown Council To Do More For Taxpayers
Baytown Councilman Henry Dittman urged a taxpayer first approach at the first 1975 meeting. He praised 1974 city performance, urged fixing holes on Texas Avenue, improving street conditions, and noted volunteers aided firemen saving about $300,000. He called for cooperation and a first time correct job.
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Henry (Pelly) Dittman
Houston-Galveston
Dittman
Council
Henry
Pelly) Dittman
City of
Baytown
Titel Lanham
Lty
Texas Avenue
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Sixth
Kilgore native Hill a noted UT softball catcher
Texas Attorney General John Hill, a Kilgore native, gained fame at the University of Texas as a standout intramural softball catcher. The image of a tough, bruising catcher shaped a lawyer who now represents the people, blending campaign poise with courtroom skill.
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John Hill
Kilgore
University of Texas
Hill
Winds drive shed across yards in Maryland gusts
Gary Boyer of 706 North Bend reports his 10 by 10 metal storage shed was lifted by early morning winds Friday and blown across two lots into the home of A. Huff Jr. at 710 North Bend. Contents littered the yard and a children's swing set twisted while a metal fence sagged where the shed left the yard.
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North Bend
A. Huff Jr
Oil workers union reaches two year Gulf agreement
The 0,000 member Gil Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union, after a Tuesday expiry and threat of a Thursday walkout, accepted a Gulf Oil Corp contract raising wages 26.8 percent. Port Arthur workers walked out earlier. gulf refineries span California to Ohio.
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Oil ‘Workers Union
Gulf Oi Corp
A. F. Grospiron
Gil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union
Port Arthur
Tex
Gulf
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Ford weighs plan to send checks to all taxpayers
Washington AP report cites unnamed administration sources: President Ford mulls a universal tax credit style check program to stimulate demand during a deep recession. Officials warn the idea could be risky or hard to implement. potential $15 to $30 billion cost, about $70 to $140 per person.
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Ford
U.S
George
McGovern
Treasury
Amerrica
Baytown Area Weather And Tides Forecast
FAIR THROUGH SATURDAY WITH FREEZING TEMPERATURES FRIDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUED COOL SATURDAY. LOWS NEAR 30 FRIDAY NIGHT. TIDES HIGH AT 3:49 AM AND 10:09 PM SATURDAY. LOW AT 1:02 AM AND 2:06 PM. DENOTES WEAK TIDE.
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Baytown
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