City OKs acquisition of Brownwood tracts
Baytown voters approve first phase of property acquisitions and potential condemnations in the Brownwood subdivision. Twenty-two tracts face offers or condemnation with prices from 100 to 4900 dollars as lawsuits over the Brownwood Ordinance continue.
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Lisa Ocker
Brownwood Subdivision
Baytown
Brownwood
Gillum
Federal Emergency Management Agency
White House
FEMA
Gillums
Randy Strong
Reed never complained, wouldn’t take charity
Marcella Pearl Reed 86 showed pride in caring for her mentally incapacitated son in a Baytown home. Authorities found Reed dead in her bed after her son Danny, 34, allegedly fell and broke his hip during a slow return from the room. Neighbors described a life of isolation and self-reliance, with a long absence of outside visitors and a guardian angel friend who kept her identity secret.
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Lynn Hughes
Marcella Pearl Reed
Harlingen
Guardian Angel
Texas Avenue
Angel
Marcella
Baytown
Danny
Texas Ave
Ben Taub Hospital
Bond sale approved by Baytown Council plans $6.5 million issue
Baytown City Council authorized a $6.5 million bond sale to fund the 1981 Capital Improvements program. Bids will be opened January 24 for bonds earmarked for two new fire stations parks development and water sewer and drainage work. The councilors met with Moody's and Standard & Poor's analysts in New York to discuss ratings while noting year end balances improved from hurricane losses to about 16 million.
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Baytown
Fritz Lanham
Allen Cannon
Gerald Dickens
New York
Moody’s Investors Service Inc
Standard & Poor’s Corp
Lanham
Cannon
Woman Daunted by Persistent Doorbell Ring
A Baytown woman was irritated by a long distance doorbell ring. A man claimed he was from GTE and came to connect her phone. She refused to answer as she spoke on another line.
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Baytown
GTE
Around Town highlights from Lufkin to Dallas and Houston
Elsie Marcontell visits with Martha Gerbig of Lufkin while Nora Scheller and Kevin Borgfeldt head to Dallas for the Cotton Bowl. Pat Kind notes a missing for sale sign. Josie Hudman, Gary Hudman’s grandmother, cheers his University of Houston band performance at President Reagan’s inauguration on January 21, one of five UH students. Gary’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Hudman of Baytown. Joe Muller shrugs off weather impacts.
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Elsie Marcontell
Martha Gerbig
Lufkin
Nora Scheller
Kevin Borgfeldt
Dallas
Pat Kind
Josie Hudman
Gary Hudman
University of Houston
Gary
Reagan
S.M
Winter Storm Watch For Baytown Area This Weekend
A winter storm watch covers Baytown with windy conditions and near freezing temps. Rain chances rise to 50 percent Friday night and 80 percent Saturday with freezing rain possible. Earlier data show temperatures from 38 to 6 degrees between Thursday and Friday mornings.
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Baytown
Trustees Delay Grievance Decision In Channelview
After about three hours of testimony, Channelview school trustees postponed ruling on a grievance by Ramona Merrill public information officer alleging unjust treatment by the district She seeks upgrade of her pay grade and back pay noting her contract lists a higher grade and district filings once classified her as a foundation funding program grade ten administrator The board plans an executive session Monday and a likely decision at the 7 p m Tuesday meeting
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Louise Shaw
Channelview
Ramona Merrill
Joe Campbell
Merrill
Texas Education Agency
Foundation
James Holtz
Larry Kolarik
Billy Hamblin
Harvey Brown
Ex Baytonian 9 year old stabbed to death in Houston
A 9 year old former Baytonian Shane Thomas Smith was fatally stabbed while awaiting a school bus near Brompton Square Houston. A 23 year old Vietnamese man Huy Nguong Duong has been charged with murder and is held on 500000 bond.
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Linner Schlobohm
Brompton Square
Witte
Houston
Rebecca Smith
Spring Branch
Shane
Huy Nguong Duong
J.c. Mosier
Houston Police Department
Duong
Austin
Beaumont
Associated Press
Austin State Hospital
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