Baytown Council Sets April Election for Mayor and 3 Seats
Baytown City Council will set the next municipal election for April to fill the mayor's seat and three council districts. Incumbents include Mayor Allen Cannon and Councilmen Roy Fuller District 2 Fred Philips District 3 and Ron Embry District 6. The meeting covers park projects in Brownwood and Ward Road Highway 146, park grants, police crime prevention funds, demolition bids, and audits.
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Baytown
Allen Cannon
Roy Fuller
Fred Philips
Ron Embry
Brownwood
Cond
Ward Road
Highway 146
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Airhart
Criminal Justice Division
Police Department
Baytown sees crime drop for second year
Baytown police report 1984 total offenses at 4,113, down from 4,656 in 1983 a decline of 11.66 percent. Offenses cleared rose to 1,753, up 6.9 percent from 1,640, with Police Chief Wayne Henscey citing citizen involvement and Crime Stoppers plus neighborhood watches as factors and noting crime rates near 1980 levels despite population changes.
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Lisa Ocker
Baytown
Baytown Police
Wayne Henscey
Henscey
Alice Dearie
Regents to Set Cloud Salary at Lee College Meeting
Lee College Regents plan to set president Robert Cloud's salary at 73,000 per year under his current five year contract. Cloud has led the college since 196? and previously served as dean of students and instruction. Regents will also accept the Morrison's Furniture site deed and discuss the faculty handbook. An executive session precedes the meeting at 6 30 p.m.
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Baytown
Texas Ave
Big Nine
David Start
Gerace, Hallum and
Start
Transit Committee
Lee College
Robert Cloud
Moody Center
Rundell Hall
Cloud
Moted
College of the Mainland
Texas City
Morrison’s Furniture
Texas Avenue
College
Brunson
Morc O.G. Nieman on Retirement Timing by Tread
Morc O G Nieman offers a rule of thumb for deciding when to retire from a job or car. He argues that wear and tread indicate when to quit, not merely mileage.
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G. Nieman
Around Town Highlights and Local Happenings
Geneva Turner remains in Gulf Coast Hospital ICU after a heart attack. Paul Krizak enjoys a muddy day like a 3 year old. Bob Davis hosts Working cast for pizza. Wanda Jackson seeks someone to hire short hand. Carolyn Adair covers Beach City Council meeting. Ruth Milledge shares trivial answers. Glenda Tiner leaves early. Don Campbell plans dances. Donna Fowler becomes a business partner. Neal Weaver cleans old papers. Judy Dunn calls Katherine Hollis.
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Geneva Turner
Gulf Coast Hospital
Paul Krizak
Bob Davis
Wanda Jackson
Carolyn Adair
Beach City
Ruth Milledge
Glenda Tiner
Don Campbell
Donna Fowler
Neal Weaver
Tommy Hathaway
Katherine Hollis
Judy Dunn
Baytonians Weather Averages Cloudy Skies and Rain Chances
Forecast calls for cloudy conditions with a 50 percent rain chance and temperatures around 40 on Wednesday night, then clouds with a 20 percent rain chance and highs in the upper 50s on Thursday. A six to twelve hour window shows a low of 41 and a high of 45 recorded from 8 am Tuesday to 8 am Wednesday.
U S Steel offers land for Navy Gulf port site
U S Steel proposes donating up to 250 acres plus a golf course marina and recreational facilities valued at more than 14 million dollars to entice the Navy Gulf coast home port. The plan, part of Sail Baytown, aims to spur regional growth with 1 2 billion in ten years and 2 400 jobs during construction.
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Lisa Ocker
U.S. Navy
Gulf Coast
U.S. Steel
Dane Harris
Harris
Cedar Point
Cedar Bayou
Chambers County
Baytown
John Focke
Houston-Galveston
Focke
Houston- Galveston
Galveston
Bayport
Navy
Baytown-area
U.S. Steel Development
U.S. Steel Corp
Brownsville
Florida
Area bank deposits rise in 1984 across Baytown area
Fourth-quarter 1984 bank deposits in Baytown area banks totaled 452,693,268, up about 32 million from 1983 and roughly seven million above third-quarter figures. Individual banks posted varied results led by Bayshore National Bank La Parte at 65,513,624 and Dayton State Bank at 46,650,309.
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Louise Shaw
Baytown
Huffman Bank
First National Bank of Dayton
la Porte State Bank
First City Bank of
la Porte
Security Bank of
Channelview Bank
Anahuac National Bank
Bayshore National Bank
la Parte
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Dorothy Troxell
Thomas Y. Pickett’& Co
City Council
Community Development Advisory Commission
The
Mobile Home Review Board
Electrical Board
Civil Service Commission
Zambelli Fireworks
Holmes Construction
LC Regents
Howard Payne College
Baylor University
Pearce Street Journal
Aa Fire News
West Chambers County
Chamber of Commerce
Reggie Brewer
Tony Palumbo
Sun
Goose Creek Motors
Lone Star Bank
Saterday Banking
FORD
Rieu Polua and
Mt. Belgien
San Jacinto
Fld Bank
Anne
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