Meany Faults Ford Plan. Texas Unemployment Rises
President Meany criticized Ford's economic and energy program and urged an emergency plan to restore jobs and stabilize the economy. Texas unemployment reached 4.8 percent with 245,500 jobless, as officials appealed for $4 million for retired teachers and state workers. The Civil Rights Commission urged extending the Voting Rights Act for 10 more years due to ongoing hostility to minority participation. Snow fell in West Texas with up to 1.4 inches, while cold and rain lingered elsewhere.
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Washington
AFL- Cra
George Meany
Ford
US Civil Rights Commission
Congress
Dallas
West
Texas
Contract Talks Tue as Steelworkers Strike Ethyl Plant
Workers from United Steelworkers Local 16000 began a strike at Ethyl in Pasadena at 4 p m on Wednesday demanding new contract terms retroactive to January 8. About 670 Ethyl employees are represented with roughly 1 000 total workers honoring the picket lines amid ongoing negotiations.
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Wanda Orton
Brotherhood of
Eilectrical
Pasadena
Ethyl
James Parker
Nmber
Parker
Funeral Held For Clif Terry In Excelsior Springs
Clif Terry 89, of Excelsior Springs Missouri, funeral attended by his daughter Mrs La Donna and son Robert of Mont Belvieu. Louis P Williams 63 of 708 E Gulf Baytown died in a Baytown hospital. Earthman Funeral Home directing arrangements. Antique show to run at Community Building with Baytown Business and Professional Women's Club sponsorship. Spring courses registration ongoing at City Parks and Recreation Department Community Building daily 9 to 5.
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LA Donna Coffin
Robert
Mont Belvieu
Clif Terry
Excelsior Springs
Baytonian
Louis P. Williams
E. Gulf
Baytown
Earthman Funeral Home
Business and Professional Women's Club
City Parks and Recreation Department
Banquet and civic quirks color Lynchburg notes
Irene Losier attends a banqu et for Rev Jerry Falwell in Lynchburg Va. Mayor Tom Gentry hints at trading his gavel for an umbrella after a recent meeting where he banged a conference table with it. Mrs E P Smith delighted by a surprise in her mailbox. Darlene and Joe Williams welcome son Clayton at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital. Gordon Martin recovers from a broken foot Jeana Miller has mumps Ellen Flynt finally gets a needed newspaper after complications. Donya and Doug Jones host grandmother Bea Anderson for a birthday supper.
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Irene Losier
Jerry Falwell
Lynchburg
Tom Gentry
Gordon Martin
Jeana Miller
Ellen Flynt
Bridge Closure Affects Baker Road School Bus Times
Baker Road bridge over Goose Creek will be closed for two weeks starting February 3 for a temporary bypass. Detours run north on Busch Road or south via Decker Drive and Garth Road or North Main. Students will ride same buses but start 10 to 20 minutes earlier and return 10 to 20 minutes later.
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Baker Road
Goose
Jers
Busch Road
Decker Drive
Garth Road
North Main
Garth
Trai ‘Country Club Oaks
Craigmonth
Land Ponderosa
Charles
Bud)Cross
Services Friday For Baytonian 58 Years
Landon Merritt retired trucking contractor and Baytown resident of 82 died at a Baytown hospital. Funeral set for 11 a.m. Friday at Paul A. Lee Chapel with Rev. H. E. Zimmerman officiating. Burial in Cedar Crest Cemetery. Survivors include wife Alda Merritt daughter Wilma Jean Carson three grandsons and one sister. He moved to Baytown in 1917 and ran Landon Merritt Trucking Co.
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Landon Merritt
Baytown
Paul A. Lee
H. E. Zimmerman
Merritt
W. Miriam
Old River
Chambers County
Glen Pelts
San Marcos
Robert
Charles Carson
Annie Fisk
Haines
Alaska
Baptist Temple
Cedar Crest Cemetery
Beware The Unjust Weathered Umbrella Warning
A late January reflective note compares rain falling on the just and the unjust. It humorously laments theft of an umbrella, suggesting moral lessons amid damp weather and a quaint philosophical mood.
Tentative union Exxon contract reached for Gulf Coast workers
The Gulf Coast Industrial Workers Union and Exxon USA and Exxon Chemical Co. reached a tentative contract. The plan goes to the union board on Monday, with a membership vote possible if approved. The union, representing about 4,600 employees, sought a $1.50 hourly raise, cost of living protection, three extra holidays, and an extra week of vacation. Negotiations began in December with a federal mediator involved. terms were not disclosed.
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Gulf Coast Industrial Workers Union
Exxon USA
Exxon Chemical Co
Union Board of Stewards
On Sale Feb 3 New Texas 5 Year License Plates
Texas counties prepare for the 1975 license plates with the new five year plan. Baytown drivers will get white plates with vowels, beginning with KK for passenger vehicles and GE for trucks. Mrs. Zoe Ann Miles notes mail return rules and annual $1 handling fee, with specifics on mailings and deadlines for 1975 plates and adjustments for those moving or buying cars mid year.
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Baytown
Zoe Ann Miles
Miles
Carl
Smith
San Jacinto
Housyear
Texas
Regents to Review Pact Over Lee College President
Sturgeon, hired in 1972 as instructional head at Seward County Lee College in Liberal Kan, faces board action on contract terms amid ouster fallout. The meeting will discuss extension, with Sturgeon already acting president since last March and holding a doctorate from the University of Tulsa.
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Eva Luthringer
Sturgeon
Seward
Rundell Hall
Sity
University of Tulsa
Baytown
Oklahoma
Northern Oklahoma College
Tonkawa
Okla
Treasury seeks 2 percent debt limit rise to 604 billion
Treasury Secretary William E. Simon urged Congress to raise the federal debt ceiling to 604 billion dollars through June 30, 1976, citing deficits and a temporary 498 billion limit expiring March 31. He warned the government would exceed the temporary 495 billion cap on February 8, as Ford pushes oil tariff plans amid the energy debate.
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Washington
Treasury
William E. Simon
Congress
Simon
House
Ways and Means
Capitol Hill
Ford
Miss Baytown Lee College Pageant Planned for Spring
The Part Of Bicentennial Fete LC and Baytown Lee College sponsor Miss Baytown a beauty and talent pageant. Preliminary rounds begin April 19 with finals on April 26 at Ross Sterling High School. Contestants must be Baytown residents or Lee College students aged 17 to 28 and meet graduation and marriage criteria. The winner advances to the Miss Texas Pageant and may reach the Miss America Pageant. Prizes include at least 200 dollar scholarship and 150 dollars in clothing for state competition. Co chairs are Theresa Moore and Helen Kirkpatrick.
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town-Lee College
Ross Sterling High
Gahanl Anditneinen
Baytown
Lee College
Miss Baytown-Lee College
Miss Baytown
Theresa Moore
Helen Kirkpatrick
Weather And Tides Forecast Cloudy to Warmer Friday
Cloudy and cool Thursday night then partly cloudy and warmer Friday with a slight rain chance. Lows around the upper 40s and highs in the low 70s with a 20 percent rain probability. Baytown tides show highs around 1:55 am and 8:23 pm with lows near 11:59 am and 11:44 pm. Denotes weak tide.
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Baytown
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