Loop 201 Spur 330 work starts on major Baytown project
A public hearing outlined an $11.1 million plan to extend Loop 201 from Arizona to Spur 320 and widen Spur 330 to four lanes. Construction begins with storm sewer work on Hunter north of Dorris in Busch Terrace and includes dirt work from Arizona to West Main and bridge work at Goose Creek near Spur 330. The project aims for a full freeway section at Loop 201 east of West Texas with future interchange planning, while traffic on Spur 330 remains open during the work.
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Baytown
Loop 201
Arizona
Decker Drive
Airhart
Garth
Veity Hall
Hunter
Dorris
Busch Terrace
Texas Avenue
West Main
Goose Creek Stream
Thexisting Bridge
Myers
Rafi
McKinney Road
North Pruett
North Main
Goose Creek
Durain-Ferry Road
West Texas
Ranit
Lynchburg-Crosby Road
Workers approve tentative two year Exxon pacts in Gulf Coast
The Gulf month union board approves tentative two year contracts with Exxon USA and Exxon Chemical Co. The package includes 75 cents an hour raise, 4 and 8 percent general increases, retroactive to January 1 and July 8, 1975. Medical insurance premiums rise, plus a tenth holiday. A wage reopener clause starts January 1977. Grievances will be dropped with rights reserved. Negotiations continue for Exxon Research Center and Gulf Coast marine division employees with similar terms.
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Board of Stewards of
Gulf
Coast Industrial Workers Union
Federal Mediation and Comprohas
Exxon USA
Exxon Chemical Co
Pete
Gulf Coast “Union
Exxon USA Marine Division
Union Vote Slated at Kiwanis Meeting on Contract Talks
Members of the Wyeth Workers union and affiliated groups will discuss a federally mediated contract at an Exxon and Exxon Chemical project during a Kiwanis meeting at the Holiday Inn. The session follows a union vote planned for Thursday afternoon.
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Kiwanis
International Association
Bill Canghman
Territorial of Machinists and Aerospace
Wyeth Workers
em-|Laboratory
Exxon USA
Ex-pharmaceutical Industry
Xon Chemical
Holiday Inn
Baytown memories and greetings feature local figures
A collage of Baytown area notes highlights George Scott aiding handicapped children and social visits by Constable Jim Douglas and Alan and Gay Erwin from Washington. It mentions Rufus Honeycutt in Kerrville missing a Baytown trip due to an accident, Monroe Pryor’s Gulf Coast Hospital surgery, and Judy Roush Dunn sponsoring Brazosport High School’s Shipmates drill team at Lee College. Laura Compton thanks helpers after guiding a horse off a railroad bridge.
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George Scott
Baytown
Jim Douglas
Sandra Deckard
Monroe Pryor
Gulf Coast, Hospital
Laura Compton
Judy Roush Dunn
Bruce Roush
Brazosport High School
Shipmates
Lee College
Weather And Tides Mostly Cloudy Mild Through Thursday
Mostly cloudy and mild through Thursday with a slight chance of showers on Thursday. South winds 8 to 18 mph. Lows Wednesday night in the mid 60s and highs Thursday in the mid 70s with a 20 percent rain chance. Baytown tides: highs 10:15 a.m. and 11:16 p.m. lows 4:37 a.m. and 4:42 p.m.
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Baytown
Leading Economic Indicators Signal Sharp Downturn
Washington reports that leading indicators fell 2.4 percent in December with a revised 3.5 percent drop for November, the worst on record, surpassing the 3.3 percent decline in September. The Commerce Department cautions that these early figures may indicate a continued slide in economic trends.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Weather hits record high again in Baytown
Baytown saw a new high temperature record Tuesday with readings up to three degrees above the 1970 record for the date. The weatherman forecasts cooler weather by midweek with highs in the 70s and a 20 percent chance of showers Thursday while skies stay mostly cloudy.
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Baytown
Texas Avenue Opens to Traffic Amid Surfacing Work
Downtown Texas Avenue is open to traffic again in the four block area from Commerce to Whiting while asphalt surfacing is completed. City Manager Fritz Lanham says the street may close again for two days during surfacing and additional crack repairs are planned before paving. Curb and sidewalk work is finished and workers build planter boxes on the widened sidewalks.
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Texas Avenue
Commerce
Whiting
Fritz Lanham
Lanham
Tax deadline nears for city school and county in Baytown
City tax collector O M Mickie Coe says postmarks dated January 31 meet the February 1 deadline for city, school, and Harris County taxes. City hall offices extend to 5 pm Friday with expected high collections. school offices also close at 5 pm with about 96 percent projected. Harris County payments accepted until 8 pm or midnight via sign-in at the court house lobby.
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Harris County
O. M
Mickie Coe
Baytown
City Hall
Cee
John Muth
Muth
Carl Smith
Thelwitt
Houston
Zoe Ann Miles
Court East
Funoffice
Council To Get Draft Feb 15 On Baytown Bond Issue
Eight subcommittees finish work on Capital Improvements Study. Ken McNulty says final report to City Council is due Feb 15 and a general meeting will set recommendations on a city bond issue. Subcommittees report near completion with progress detailed by leaders and members.
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Wanda Orton
Capital Improvements Study Committee
Ken McNulty
Baytown
the Sun
McNulty
Andy Braswell
Quin Mee- Whiter
Clint Bates
Dorothy Badgett
Joe Davis
Roy Comeaux
Gary Armer
Johnny Busch
Cheney Coker
Alma Haddick
Ray Tickner
Don Hallum
Regete Brewer
Smoky) Wood
Harry Massey
Tony Campos
Henry Connor
Rick Trout
David Kadjar
C. E B. Stolhandske
B. H. Martin
Joseph Barolak
Public Safety
Robert G. Feinberg
Frank Turner
Albert Fanestiel
Thom Beckwith
Bordelon
Lillian Risher
Mike Hedges
Clyde Messiah
Public Buildings
Joe Barsalou
W. R. Epperly
Citizens
Optimum enrollment key to school zoning says trustee
Trustee Jerry Don Smith argues optimum enrollment guides boundary decisions not athletics. He cites Hoss Sterling target 2160 and Robert E. Lee target 2300, with current margins and projected enrollments suggesting future growth could affect academic standards.
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Deva Luthringer
Jerry Don Smith
the Sun
Hoss Sterling
Robert EB. Lee
REL
Sterling
Beach City adopts ordinances and sets April 5 election
Beach City moves to ban dogs roaming loose after a December attack and passes a burn notification rule to protect property. The council also votes to join the HGAC for regional aid and discusses Title 1 funding for a municipal sewer and water system. Mayor McClellan reports shoreline erosion concerns and burglary prevention efforts.
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Lynn Hughes
Beach City
McClellan
Georgia Mark
Gus Dauzat
Tell
Houston-Galveston
Council
Neigh
Bors
H-Gacy
HGAC
Jack Brooks
Ed Watson
Deer Park
How The Secret's Out In Newsroom
A newsroom veteran nicknamed Front Page Boy explains the recipe for success. He cites screaming praying and taking Tums as the key daily habits shaping his rise in the newspaper business.
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Preston Pendergrass
Jim Finley
Front Page
Aes
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Tony Kent
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Forrest
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Gay Erwin
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Crosby
Duke Adcox
JO Cook
John S. Cook
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Harvard
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