Senator Yarborough to Speak at College Question-Answer Program
Ron Roberts and Don Martin announce that Senator Yarborough will visit the campus for a question-answer session with government and history classes. The Young Democrats aim to host future speakers including John Henry Faulk and State Representatives Joe Allen and Ron Waters to discuss higher education and public policy in Texas.
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Don Martin
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Lee College Humanities
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Young Demers
John Henry Faulk
Joe Allen
Ron Waters
Baytown Refinery Handles South American Oil and Jay Field Shifts
Exxon Baytown Refinery processes about 30,000 barrels daily with over 90 percent from Texas. From 1934 to 1936 bond ed crude from South America was refined and sent back to markets there. The Jay Field in north Florida now supplies the remainder. Intermittent Middle East crude deliveries begin April 1.
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Baytown
South America
Exxon
Texas
Jay Field
Florida
Middle East
Driver Course MHS. Georgia Mackrel Completes Defensive Driving
Georgia Mackrel of Route 2 Baytown has finished a Defensive Driving Instructor Course sponsored by the American Association of Retired Persons and the National Retired Teachers Association.
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Mackrel
Baytown
American Association of Retired Persons
National Retired Teachers Association
Funeral notices for William Dillard and Foster couple
William Donald Dillard 79 of Old River will be laid to rest at Old River Baptist Church with Rev. Bobby King presiding. He retired from Exxon Refinery after 35 years. Wiley A Foster 90 and Florence Roberta Foster 86 of Channelview will be honored at Earthman Funeral Home Chapel with burial in San Jacinto Memorial Park.
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Old River
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Hardin County
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Eradale
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Baytown
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Galveston
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Allen Wilder
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G. W. Owens
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Florence Roberta Foster
Hardin Channelview
Earthman Funeral Home Chapel
Kenneth Trent
Foster
Poleet
Tex
Channelview
Fosters
H. T. Humble
San Antonio
Kelly Joel Foster
Liberty
Edna Carr
J. P. Caudill
Mary Goodman
Lovington
N. M
Rites Pending For Former Baytonian Mrs Sheffield
Services are pending for Kathry n Fenton Sheffield 68 of Los Angeles California former Baytown resident who died Monday in a Los Angeles hospital She is survived by husband Norris A Sheffield in Los Angeles son H Vance Borland of Honolulu Hawaii daughter Elizabeth Hanson of Houston four grandchildren and four great grandchildren also surviving are two sisters Edith Fenton Dudley and Frances Fenton Seale both of Baytown and two brothers John E Fenton of Hardin and Fred M Fenton of Baytown
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Los Angeles
Calif
Norris A. Sheffield
H. Vance Borland
Honolulu
Hawaii
Elizabeth Hanson
Houston
Edith Fenton Dudley
Frances Fenton Seale
Baytown
John E. Fenton
Hardin
Fred M. Fenton
Elderly Channelview Couple Die Within Hours of Each Other
Funeral services were held for an elderly Channelview couple who died seven hours apart in Po teel Texas. Mrs W A Foster 86 died at 6 am Sunday and her husband Wiley died at 10 pm the same day after years living in the nursing home since 1967. Both had been ill and were not separated since their marriage. Wiley was unaware of his wife s death at the time of his own passing. Service held at Earthman Funeral Home.
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Poteel
Tex
W. A. Foster
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Aj ‘Hospital
Wiley
Earthman Funeral Home
Kenneth Trent
Baytown Administrator Named to Area Health Panel
Melvin D. Carter, hospital administrator at Baytown Medical Center, was named to the health services study group of the Houston Galveston Area Council and serves as the sole Baytown representative on the 58 member commission. City Councilman Allen Cannon selected him, with the appointment effective January 25. The Area Health Commission, formed March 14, 1949, aims to plan and coordinate regional health needs and resources across counties and jurisdictions in the HGAC area. The HGAC, a federally funded regional planning agency, was established September 9, 1966 and includes counties, municipalities, school districts, and soil and water districts serving about 2.3 million people.
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Melvin D. Carter
Houston-Galveston Area
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Carter
NEW Arfa Health Study Group
Allen Cannon
Multiple Global Events Highlight Cold War Tensions
In a week of international incidents, U S statements reveal Thailand based air forces may shrink with progress on Indo China ceasefire. A Beirut air strike targets Syria, while Irish sectarian violence escalates at a shipyard. A U S defense secretary change occurs amid honors, and a Cyprus jetliner crash kills Americans and others. A Manila area air crash claims Marines and others.
Chester Rogers chronicled Baytown life and crime with grit
The obituary recalls Chester Rogers a long time Baytown Chronicle reporter and outdoors columnist. Son of Slim Rogers his career spanned decades covering double murders and local politics while teaming with Fred Hartman on many stories. His family roots lie in Morgans Point and Baytown institutions.
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Roy Fulkerson
Baytown
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Sun
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Trail
Weil
Police Sgt Don Baker Returns Home After Back Surgery
Police Sgt Don Baker has been discharged from a Houston hospital where he underwent back surgery and has returned home to recover.
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Don Baker
Houston
Baytown Native Lander Named to Church Post
Trinity Episcopal Church in Baytown announces Dallas native Lander who moved here in 1948 after graduating from Texas A&M as a Sunday school teacher and vestryman. He is married to Frances Shannon and they reside at 102 Woodside with three children, Pam Shannon Klein.
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Baytown
Texas A&m University
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Woodside
Pam
Southwest Texas State University
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Robert E. Lee
Klein
Ashbel Smith
Texas House Chooses Open Meetings Bill Advance
Texas House members advance to the Senate a bill extending the open meetings law to the legislature for the first time and increasing penalties for public officials who attend or host secret meetings. The measure, part of a reform package, aims to require public disclosure, three day notice for closed sessions, and to cover conference committees.
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Dumas
A. L. Dramberger
San Antonio
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Grand
Saline
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Edinburg
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Tyler
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Port Arthur
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Rotary Speaker to Address Baytown Club at Noon
The Baytown Rotary Club will meet at noon Wednesday at the Ramada Tower Center. Deputy school superintendent Bill Hinson plans to speak about his trip to Russia.
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Baytown
Funeral Duty PFC Ricky W French Attends Johnson Services
PFC Ricky W. French son of Mr and Mrs James A French of 405 W Gulf was chosen to attend funeral services for former President Lyndon B Johnson in Austin He serves as a security force member at Ft Hood There are so many takes in Canada that they have never been counted.
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Ricky W. French
James A. French
W. Gulf
Lyndon B. Johnson
Austin
Ft. Hood
Canada
Pruett's dual roles draw legal scrutiny in Texas panel
Pruett argued that serving on both the Texas Offshore Terminal Commission and the Houston Port authority is governed by customary practice. He said that when a state senator supports you, colleagues generally follow their recommendation. The article discusses the legality and political dynamics of his holding two public posts.
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Pruett
Texas Offshore Terminal Commission
Houston
Amazon River Rise Near Andean Divide Maps
A new South America map shows the Amazon River rising just east of the Andean continental divide, about 97.5 miles from the Pacific Ocean.
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South America
Amazon River
Pacific Ocean
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