Robbery attempt at Mr Donut store on Garth Road
Police described a black male about 19 or 20 who asked about job openings then demanded $20 with a knife after receiving two doughnuts. He fled when a car arrived. A 13-year-old Baytown girl reported sexual molestation by two men in a blue car with a black stripe. Police investigate burglaries and thefts across Baytown including a $10,082.70 business-account theft and a car crash on Highway 146 injuring a local man.
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Garth Road
Baytown
Michigan
Illinois
Louisiana
Houston
North Alexander
West Baker Road
Ward Road
East Gulf
Highway 146
Alexander Drive
Alberto J. Thillet
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Navarre
Robert Huron
William Littlefield
Thillet
Littlefield
Huron
Bonnie Vowell Becomes Heart Board President in Baytown
Bonnie Vowell took office as president of the Baytown Heart Board at a Monday night meeting, succeeding Steve Schoaps who left the city. Baylor College of Medicine researcher Roger Bick discussed American Heart Association funding, noting more than 40 million people are affected by heart disease and that the AHA has provided $522 million for research since 1949. The Baytown unit is now a division. Jump Rope for Heart plans were reviewed and a Walk for Heart was tentatively planned, with the next meeting at Wyatt's Cafeteria on Feb. 26 at 6 p.m.
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Bonnie Vowell
Baytown Heart Board
Steve Schoaps
Roger Bick
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston
American Heart Association
The
Heart Association
Rick
Cindy Builer
Baytown
Carmel Norton
Judy Culbréath
Wyatt
Meese Hearing Marks Ideological Clash Over Ethics
The Meese confirmation hearing signals the first Reagan second-term clash with liberal senators. Independent counsel Stein found ethics rule violations by Meese in two instances. Metzenbaum and Common Cause had argued against Meese after the report.
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Reagan
Meese
American Civil Liberties Union
Jacob A. Stein
Howard Metzenbaum
D-Ohio
Citizens’ Lobby
Common Cause
Stein
Fielding
Garment
Ethics Office
Metzenbaum
Lee College Foundation to boost scholarships to 40
The Lee College Foundation board voted to increase awarded scholarships from 35 to 40 for 1985 86. Trustees noted hidden funds and potential expansion money to cover the rise, stressing student needs and community support. Gala proceeds totaled 28 924 with valuable exposure to the college. New officers were elected: George Walmsley chair, Robert Gillette vice chair, Randy Busch secretary, Bettie Bennett treasurer.
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Lee College Foundation
Charles Tillery
Paul Edwards
Tillery
George Walmsley
Robert Gillette
Randy Busch
Bettie Bennett
George
O Rear services set for Clara E O Rear
Funeral services for Clara E O Rear 79 of La Porte will be held at 10 a m Tuesday at the Paul A Lee La Porte Chapel. She died Sunday at a Baytown hospital. A gas odor at Mont Belvieu and east Baytown Monday came from a small ethyl mercaptan spill at Warren Petroleum in Mont Belvieu. Spokesman Don Burns said a repair on a tank car rack released a small odorant amount used in LPG gas but there was no danger. The odor spread prompted notices in nearby areas.
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O’rear
Clara E. O’rear
la Porte
Paul A. Lee la
Mont Belvieu
East Baytown
Warren Petroleum
Don Burns
Burns
Bridges
Kersting-Yettie Memorial Hospital
Liberty
Humana Hospital
Baytown
Wayne Green
Creekbend
Baytown Sun Publication and Mailing Details
The notice states the Baytown Sun is entered as second class matter at the Baytown Texas Post Office under the act of March 3 1879. It lists publication schedule Monday through Friday and Sundays and provides the Baytown address 1301 Memorial Drive Baytown Texas and P O Box 90 with subscription rates four dollars eighty five per month fifty eight twenty per year single copy price twenty five cents daily fifty cents Sunday and mail rates on request. It notes representation nationwide by Coastal Publications.
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Baytown
Texas
Kenefick man injured while battling blaze
A 40 year old Kenefick man suffered a severed artery while trying to extinguish a fire in his home on Farm Road 1008 eight miles from Dayton. William Bridges broke a plate glass window to reach a garden hose as flames engulfed the upstairs area.
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Kenefick
William Bridges
Dayton
A.L. Parker
Kenefick Volunteer Fire Department
Parker
Trustees drop partial lottery amid racial balance debate
Trustees voted to drop the partial lottery plan to avoid neighborhood inequities in high school assignment, citing family bus time, local petitions, and calls for a citizen committee. Residents urged keeping students near home while others opposed busing. minority projections show REL rising to 62 percent by 1990, RSS stable at 25 percent.
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Cedar Bayou Park
Whispering Pines
Chaparral Village
Highlands
Highlands Junior School
RSS
REL
Phil Sandel
RSL
Sandel
Linda Blevins
Kingsbend
Gerald Teel
Joan Pruett
Horace Mann
Qswall Harman
Pat Chandler
Senior Citizen Valentine Party Set in Baytown
A Senior Citizen Valentine Party will run February 14 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Baytown Community Building Auditorium, 2407 Market. Activities include games, a hot lunch, a musical program, door prizes, and a Valentine sweetheart. Admission is 1.50. Co sponsored by Baytown Parks and Recreation and Lee College Continuing Education. Call 427-7477 to donate door prizes or to reserve a spot at 427-7477 or 425-6311.
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Baytown
Market
Valentine Sweetheart
Baytown Parks and Recreation Department
Lee College Continuing Education Department
Mixed drink tax rebates rise across Baytown area counties
The article reports that effective Q1 1985 the local cut will drop to 12.5 percent with the remainder sent to state coffers. State mixed drink tax receipts rose 22 percent in Q4 1984 to 46.5 million, while Harris County revenue for the same period reached 1.853 million, up 11.85 percent. Baytown area cities and counties posted varied rebates: Chambers County 82, La Porte 3353, Liberty County 4035, the Liberty 2301, Dayton 29, with several gains and declines from the prior year.
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Harris County
Baytown
Chambers County
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