Baytown Charter Anniversary Reveals City’s Early Growth
Wanda Orton recounts Baytowns 1948 charter election and consolidation with Goose Creek and Pelly City, noting 1940s hopes and limited services. The piece places the 24 January 1948 vote within the larger ship channel bonds context and early municipal challenges. It recalls May, Perry, Connally, Thomas, and Eisenhower era politics alongside Baytowns fledgling infrastructure.
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Wanda Orton
Yhirly
Haytown
Felly
Ganse Creek
Pelly Ory Hall
West Main
Tri- Cities
Pelly
Goose Creek
Baylown Ino Surprise
Thhat City
Harris County
Hugh A. May
Glenn A. Perry
Tom Connally
Baytown Notices Include Hospital ICU Visitors and PTA Meeting
In Baytown, Shirley Turner at Gulf Coast Hospital ICU cannot have visitors. The Baytown Police Department's mobile Crime Prevention Unit serves Whispering Pines area. residents can call 422-4071 for free security surveys. Ashbel Smith Elementary PTO meets at 7 pm Tuesday with fifth grade performers. St John Catholic Church meeting canceled. Recovery group meets Thursday at First Presbyterian Church, 17151 Market. call 55-2044 for details.
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Jn Hospital
Baytown
Shirley Turner
Gulf Coast Hospital
CPU
GPU
Whispering Pines
Recovery
Recovery, Inc
First Presbyterian
Trustees Propose Workshop On Drug Education
School trustees plan a workshop here inviting district representatives to hear Fork Bend schools discuss a drug program viewed as effective. The board also aims to draft a crime and drug education policy after Monday's meeting, amid debates over values and parental roles in teaching ethics.
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U'Eva Luthringer
Willy
Fork Bend
Marcia Stasney
Gay Brock
Wayne Hanson
Barry Neulen
Curtis Herring
Grock
Slasney
Schayl
Unclear fragmentary notes from a local page
A garbled excerpt lists people and events with brief volleys of names such as Ken Hathaway Parker Winton Jerry Brewer Maxine Hatcher Toby Madison Peggy Langston Lyn Jenkins Mary Dubos Jack Curry Alden Weaver Mary Cushman Belly Metlveay Margaret Hook Brownie Wasson Becky Anderson and mentions visits, jokes, questions, and a rescue with no coherent story or dates.
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Ken Hathaway
Parker Winton
Oklahoma City
Jerry
Jerry Brewer
Maxine Hatcher
Toby Madison
Peggy Langston
Lyn Jenkins
Mary Dubos
Jack Curry
Seoul
Alden Weaver
Mary Cushman
Margaret Hook
Brownie Wasson
Becky Anderson
Funeral Services Held For 2 Huffman Brothers
Funeral services were held in Houston for Ralph Edm und Spence and Jack Webster Spence two Huffman High athletes now of Huntsville Both died in a two car head on crash near Conroe on Farm Road 83 The brothers were survivors of Huffman High and Sam Houston State University and were active in sports FTA donations recommended to the Jack and Ralph Spence Memorial Fund at Huffman Bank
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Muriel Scott ' Hunfman
Huffman
Ralph Edmund Spence
Jack ¢ Webster Spence
Huntsville
Brookshire Funeral Home Chapel
Houston
Evs
V.qlankenship
Garland Lipe
Joe Fredt Crabb
Department of Public Safety
Conroe
Spence
Hichard $Love Zstelman
PPS
Zstelman
Jack Spence
Sam Houston State University
Huffman| ‘High School
Jack
Brookshire Memorial Park
Allin
Michalak
JT. May III
James Jenson
Baytown Weather Forecast Tuesday Night Through Wednesday
Mild conditions give a 90 percent chance of showers or thundershowers Tuesday night and Wednesday with a colder turn by early Wednesday as rain ends late Wednesday. Temperatures dip to the mid 40s Tuesday night and the upper 40s Wednesday. Tides show Wednesday highs around 4:26 a.m. and 12:62 p.m., lows near 41:95 a.m. and 3:17 p.m. Sunrise and sunset listed. tides flagged as weak.
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Baytown Area
Baytown
1 000 Times A Billion Now Budget Puts Govt Spending
AP reports President Carter's budget outlines large-scale spending cuts and tax measures. The piece explains the immense scale of one trillion dollars and compares it to everyday facts, illustrating how a billion relates to time and history.
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New York
Carter
Souuhuou
Saud
Dudlar
Atlanta
39 Hurt In Philadelphia Trolley Crash
Philadelphia AP reports two tunnel bound trolley cars crowded with rush hour riders collided under the 30th Street station. Officials say 39 people were injured, many with back pain and bloody noses, as cars rear ended with about 70 to 100 aboard. Injured were rushed to hospitals. witnesses saw no warning.
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Philadelphia
30Th Street
T He
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Soviet Uranium Satellite Reentry Raises Alarm After Crash
Washington reports a Soviet satellite powered by a nuclear reactor disintegrated over the Arctic after entering Earth's atmosphere. Officials say contamination risk is low but monitoring continues. The U.S. notes a 1968 Soviet project used similar tech, while U.K. satellites have carried radioactive isotopes in power systems.
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Washington
Aly
Auelear
Gandy
Car Mulleny
Queen Charlotte Island
Anana
United States
Orbbit
Ulster
U.K
Urzerinski
U.S
What Elam Is New in Pearce Street Journal
In Albany a woman was sentenced to two years probation for embezzling from the bank where she worked. Probation requires restitution. prosecutors and bank officials arranged the loan to fund repayment. The judge called the arrangement unusual but accepted it.
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Albany
N.Y
Fog Lingers in Coastal Area Through Wednesday
Weather service foresees continued fog and showers across the region with a 70 percent chance of rain Tuesday night. Winds shift to north by Wednesday as a cold front moves in, raising temperatures to the 40s. Snowbound communities face thaw risks and potential urban flooding while nearby states report widespread travel disruptions and red cross pleas for blood donations.
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Hind Axl
Houston
Anda
Cost Guard
Galveston
the Sun
National Weather Service
Raytown
Ihn
Lnat
Raylawn
Isl Farhe
R Weather Service
Mhvrin
Toy Ty
Weather Service
Haytown
New York
Virginia
Boton
Boston
Red Cross
Window-Rattling Blast Hits Channelview Plant
A blast at Baroid Division's Houston Plant on Wallisville Road awoke Channelview residents early Tuesday. No injuries or major damage were reported though three magazines of blasting caps were detonated. area closed to traffic from 1:18 to 8:47 a.m. as responders assessed the scene and rerouted motorists. Debbie Allen of the Channelview Volunteer Fire Department recalled a loud boom that shook nearby homes. Police, including Harris County Sheriff’s Department, secured the area to prevent further blasts and advised caution while authorities investigated the cause.
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Cindy Horswiell
Raller
Channelview
Baytown
Nartis County
Sherrif
Toment Caps
Carl Mangogna
Mangogna
Baroid Division
Houston
Wallisyile Road
Mangagna
Debbie Allen
Wallisville Road
Shelton Head
Oxfane Construction
Wallisville
Sherrit
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