Dirty 30 Seeks 70 Amendments To $4.1 Billion Texas Bill
In Austin AP. The Dirty 30 minority announced they will push up to 70 changes to the 4.1 billion appropriations bill. They claim if passed the amendments save taxpayers 19 million with no loss of state services. Debate extended as House and Senate plan a compromise next week. Governor Preston Smith warns no new taxes.
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Garth Road improvement eyed with early fall start
City plans a 612273 project to widen Garth Road from Park to Baker to a 39 foot paved surface with seven inch reinforced concrete. Two of three right of way tracts remain. construction could begin 60 to 99 days after initiation ordinance.
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Ward Deaths and Local Notices Highlight Baytown Chronicle
Baytown residents and families are touched by obituaries and church notices. Ben Ward a former Baytown resident dies in Terrell after long service at the refinery. Funeral plans are pending with services and masses noted. The column also lists dean’s list student Alexander at Lamar University and multiple bicycle theft reports.
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Brownwood Sinks as Lands Slip Toward Channel
Aerials show Brownwood and nearby island subsiding with land dropping while groundwater pumped under the area. Data from a U S Geological Survey expert notes underground water decline of about nine to ten feet annually, with pumpage over 500 million gallons daily across industrial, municipal, and agricultural uses.
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Varied Fourth of July Holiday Plans in Baytown
Baytown schedules for the Fourth of July are varied with different holidays for workers across agencies. City and county employees enjoy a long weekend, with Tuesday off for many while city workers take Monday in lieu. Police warn against fireworks amid prohibitions and fines up to 200 dollars.
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Weather and Tides for Baytown Area
Weather will be clear to partly cloudy and hot through Monday with widely scattered showers. High near 98 degrees Saturday, low 82. Morgan's Point tides Sunday high at 6:13 a.m. and 7:30 p.m., low at 7:35 a.m. and 9:25 p.m. Monday highs around 1:17 a.m. and 8:05 p.m., lows 12:22 a.m. and 10:06 p.m. Sundays sunrise 6:25 a.m., sunset 6:26 p.m. Monday sunrise 6:25 a.m., sunset 8:26 p.m.
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Do-It-Yourself Plane Works A Baytown Chemist
A Baytown chemist M T Peery built a one seat Teenie I aircraft in his garage at 601 Lloyd Lane. The craft designed to cruise at 100 mph had its maiden flight on June 17 with four hours flight time logged. Peery, secretary treasurer of EAA Chapter 335, works as a chemist for Warren Petroleum at Mont Belvieu.
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Alexander Drive tops Baytown traffic count list
James Sanders told Baytown chamber members that Alexander Drive also Highway 146 records the highest vehicle count among nine segments. Counts show Baytown La Porte Tunnel second, Decker Drive third, with other readings along North Main, Texas Avenue, West Main and Bayway Drive. Counts aid planning and are publicly available at city hall.
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Cedar Bayou Dredge Pact Awarded for Major Channel Maintenance
A $140 445 contract for maintenance dredging of about five miles of channels in Harris and Chambers Counties was awarded to Garret Construction Co of Corpus Christi. The work covers Cedar Bayou Channel and related basins near Baytown and Morgan Point, with 13 000 cubic yards of material to be removed to restore depths of nine to 12 feet and widths of 100 to 176 feet. Completion targeted for early October.
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Same Firm 44 Years Later New Partners and Name Shingle
The Baytown law firm trace its history from 1928 when Joe Reid opened a shingle here. By July 1 the firm would be Reid Strickland Gillette Elkins with Dan Elkins replacing Bruce Ramsey. New partners H Erwin Wilbanks and Everett Williams join, firm growth paralleled Baytown’s, moving from a suite in Pruett Building to larger quarters in Harris County Federal Building.
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