Texas Senate to convene amid reform clash and inaugurations
Texas Senators prepare for a new presiding officer and a U.S. reform push as House members await committees. Dolph Briscoe will be inaugurated as governor and Bill Hobby as lieutenant governor with talks on committee assignments and reform bills, including ethics and campaign finance rules.
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Austin, Tex
Price Daniel Jr
Dolph Briscoe
Bill Hobby
Daniel
House
Rules Committee
Hobby
Senate
Oscar Mauryoff
Dallas
School Board schedules exams and meetings across district
BARBERS HILL and STERLING HIGH announce 7 p.m. meetings for students and board, with third and fourth period finals shifted to Wednesday due to conflicts. ALAMO ELEMENTARY cancels its 7:30 p.m. meeting, rescheduled to January. Rites set for AUGUST LORENZ in Rosebud, and W T Draper listed as recovering after open heart surgery in Houston. Annuitants and library groups schedule events, Lee College offers swimming and writing courses, and Ronnie Edmonds from Anahuac seeks the Star Young Farmer award in Dallas January 19 20.
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iExam
Barbers Hill School Board
Sterling High School
Stu
Ronnie Edmonds
Anahuac
Star Young Farmer of Texas
Dallas
Ronnie
Anahuac High School
Snow coverage and local greetings fill Wooster notes
Mrs. W. Jackson praises The Sun’s snow coverage for Julie and Todd Schwendeman of Mobile Alabama. Birthday wishes to Wilford Irby. Amy Brock returns from Texas Children’s Hospital. Buddy Shelton discusses cooking. Jeanetta Payne and Malcolm Payne welcome Leslie Cherise. Bobbie Cheshire aided by Charles Sutton in Wooster Emergency Corps. many others send well wishes.
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W. €. Jackson
Julie and
Todd Schwendeman
Mobile
Ala
Wilford Irby
Amy Michelle Brock
Melton Brock
Texas Children's Hospital
Buddy Shelton
Marjorie Wolfean
Jeanetta
Malcolm Payne
Leslie Cherise
Gloria Wismer
Bobbie Cheshire
Charles Sutton
Wooster Emergency Corps
Bobbie
Clear to Mild Baytown Weather and Tides
Weather forecast for Baytown calls for clear to partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures. Lows around the 40s, highs in the upper 70s Tuesday. Morgan's Point tides Tuesday high at 2 12 a m and low at 1 16 p m. Tuesday sunrise 7 18 a m, sunset 5 45 p m.
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Baytown Area
Supreme Court to rule on Richmond school consolidation
The Supreme Court agreed to decide on plans to consolidate predominantly Black Richmond Virginia schools with nearby white suburban districts. The move follows ongoing litigation and debates over desegregation and educational access in the region.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Richmond
Baytown Plans Weekend Silver Anniversary Festivities
Baytown marks 25 years since consolidation of Goose Creek Pelly and Baytown with a city charter in January. The Sun’s historic edition debuts Thursday as merchants adorn windows and exhibits go up citywide. Friday events include a noon slide program at Holiday Inn and a 7:30 p.m. public program at the Community Center featuring a Spindletop film and Goose Creek oil fields slides. A 2 p.m. Saturday parade sponsored by the Lions Club runs from REL High School to Fourth Street, with floats and a 7:30 p.m. fashion slide show at the Baytown Little Theater pairing with Parks and Recreation.
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Baystown
Goose Creek
Pelly
Bay Town
the Sun
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Lee College
Holiday Inn
Baytown Historical Museum Board
Baytown
Spindletop
Gulf Coast Area
Baytown Lions Club
REL High School
Texas
Fourth Street
Baytown Little Theater
Baytown Parks and Recreation Department
Baytown Teachers Work On Pupil Holiday In-Service Day
Baytown teachers spent a school holiday on in service education at Robert E Lee High School and Sterling High School. Hearings on textbooks for the 1974 75 year were held in the morning at Lee High with publishers present to answer questions. Secondary teachers attended an inter discipline show and tell while elementary teachers gathered at Sterling for idea sharing and consultant talks chaired by Jenarie Alexander and Carman Norton among others.
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Baytown
Robert E. Lee High School
PT Caen Ers
Perea Eae
Lee High School
James Lewis
Sterling High School
Jenarie Alexander
Carmel (Boudy) Norton
Mary Petrash
Miss Torres
San Jacinto
Crosby School Board Sets April Trustee Election
Crosby board schedules its April 1973 trustee election at a 7 30 p m meeting Monday. Incumbents Dr Blaine Corman in Position 3 and Wilbert Eagleton in Position 4 face expiration this year. Other business includes calendar amendment for makeup days after snow dismissals, remedial reading program, Citizens Advisory Committee status, Houston Galveston Area Council renewal, defensive driving course use of classrooms, trustee runoff clarification, mildly retarded class program, teacher aides continuation, building updates, personnel actions and announcements.
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Crosby
Spi
Crosby School Board
Blaine Corman
Wilbert Eagleton
Isnow
Ice
Citizens Advisory Committee
Houston-Galveston
Former NBL Life official pleads guilty in Texas stock case
Amarillo reports Donald Akins former executive vice president of National Bankers Life Insurance Co pleaded guilty to one count from the Texas stock fraud investigation. He faced trial with two other former NBL officers John Osorio and Sam Stock shortly afterward.
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Amarillo
Tex
National Bankers Life Insurance Co
Texas
Donald Akins
NBL
John Osorio
Sam Stock
Revised Peace Draft Envoy Heads To Saigon For Talks
An eight hour session in Saigon reports a revised peace draft for Indochina. Haig seeks a Paris deal with Kissinger and Le Duc Tho. Saigon weighs sovereignty guarantees and a total withdrawal of North Vietnamese troops.
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Saigon
South
Coun
Alexander M
Haig Jr
Indochina
Tin Song
Nguyen van Thieu
Haig
U.S. Army
Thien
Paris
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
National Security Council
Pham Dang Lam
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Thieu
South Vietnam
Busy Baytown Legislator’s Broad Agenda In 63rd Session
Baytown Rep. Joe Allen chairs the House Administration Committee and curates a wide program spanning environmental protection education and reform. He backs campaign disclosure for speakers in the legislature and a shield law for reporters. several bills have already been filed with several measures slated for committee hearings. He also proposes local government power to address groundwater subsidence or let the Texas Water Rights Commission act, funds to acquire endangered lands, and school safety and consumer education mandates.
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Kim McSurray
Sun
Austin Bureau
Austin
Baytown
Joe Allen
Mien
the Sun
Price Daniel Jr
Ailen
Daniel
Allen
House
Texas Water Rights Commission
Texas
Nixon halts North Vietnam offensives amid Paris talks progress
President Nixon ordered a unilateral halt to bombing shelling and mining of North Vietnam effective 10 a.m. EST citing progress in Paris peace talks. Press secretary Ziegler said no changes in Hanoi military strategy were confirmed and Kissinger would return to Paris soon.
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Key Biscayne
Fla
Nixon
North Vietnam
Paris
Florida White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
White House
Ziegler
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
South Vietnam
Kissinger
Zeigler
Houston attorney denies asking favors in Ramsey case
Bay town lawyer George Chandler testified in the Ramsey bribery trial that he did not seek political favors from former Harris County Commissioner W V Ramsey. He said he never asked for appointment to the Houston Port Commission or a hospital board. Chandler denied requesting naming his former partner Noel Richardson as justice of the peace after M L M Brown's death.
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Bill) Draper
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Deacon) Jones
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