Holiday closings announced for Fourth of July
Government offices will be closed Friday for the July 4 holiday except law enforcement. Baytown City Hall and several others close. some trash pickups shift to Thursday or Tuesday. Post Office opens Friday with regular mail, banks mostly closed, San Jacinto Mall hours adjusted Saturday. courthouses closed.
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Baytown City Hall
Sterling Municipal Library
Mont Belvieu
Anahuac
Dayton
Liberty
Harris, Liberty
Chambers County
Drivers’ License Bureau
Loop 201
U.S
San Jacinto Mall
Charles Polk Named New Principal at Bayram Junior School
Charles Polk, 42, promoted from Ross Sterling High School assistant principal to head Bayram Junior School. He replaces retiree E C Woods and has twelve years in administration and counseling across Angleton and Brazosport districts. Polk, his wife Dorothy, and two sons reside in Baytown.
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Charles Polk
Bayram
Polk
Ross
Sterling High School
E.C. Woods
Sterling
Angleton
Brazesport
Prairie View A&m University
Prairie View A&m
University of Houston
Baytown
Dorothy
Highlands Junior School
Adrian
Eric
Pearce Street Journal Saving Grace Quote
Quote from Winston Churchill about the United Nations offered in a local note. Insightful remark attributed to the era shows a cautious view of international bodies as a shield from global peril. FH
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Winston Churchill
United Nations
Heaven
Hell
Around Town highlights from town social briefings
Cindi Powers and Kristi Suggs are noted for their exuberant actions. Herbert Bishop shows off a stylish pair of cowboy boots. Beverly Molchan shares practical tips. Thelma and Frank Campbell have returned from visiting their son Steve Campbell and daughter-in-law Christi in Colorado.
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Cindi Powers
Kristi Suggs
Herbert Bishop
Beverly Molchan
Thelma
Frank Campbell
Steve and
Christi Campbell
Colorado
Pioneer business leader Willie T. Busch dies at 94
Baytown honors Willie T. Busch a longtime advocate for roads and growth. He helped push Baytown La Porte Tunnel Decker Drive and I 10 improvements while supporting Cedar Bayou United Methodist Church. Funeral 3 p m Friday at Cedar Bayou church burial Cedar Bayou Masonic Cemetery Earthman Funeral Home. He chaired highway efforts with the Baytown Chamber and Texas Good Roads Association and funded church properties totaling over 1 million. He was the Lions Club founder and longtime banker on Texas Avenue. He died at his home after a period of ill health.
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Willie Busch
Baytown
Busch
Bessie
Cedar Bayou United Methodist Church
Asbury Lenox
Emmitt Barrow
Cedar Bayou Masonic
Texas
Cedar Bayou
Houston
Port Arthur
Lee Drive
Airhart Drive
Loop 201
W.T. Busch
Texas Avenue
First National Bank
Security State Bank
Beach City civic leader Gus Dauzat dies at 73
Beach City resident and longtime civic figure Gus J. Dauzat died Tuesday in a Houston hospital at age 73. He served as Beach City marshal at incorporation and civil defense director, was a charter Lions Club member and Camp Allen caretaker, and held various local roles. Funeral services set for Friday at Navarre's Paul A. Lee Funeral Home in Baytown with burial in Cedarcrest Cemetery.
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Gus J. Dauzat
Beach City
Navarre
Paul A. Lee
Baytown
P. Walter Henckell
Moncla
Dauzat
Civil Defense
Tri-City Beach Fire Department
Beach City Civic Association
Beach City Lions Club
Camp Allen
The
Episcopal Church
Zoning appeal heads to the U S Supreme Court over Baytown plan
Citizens for Better Education, a group formed in May 1985, asks the U S Supreme Court to review Baytown high school attendance boundaries set for the 1985 86 year. The plan shifted REL and Sterling districts to balance ethnicity, prompting legal fights through courts to restore or overturn the zoning.
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David Mohlman
Baytown
Citizens For Better Education
U.S. Supreme Court
Robert E. Lee
Ross
Sterling
REL
Rollingbrook Drive
Massey- Tompkins Road
Chaparral Village
DeZavala
San Jacinto
Lee Drive
South Main
West Main
Texas Avenue
U.S
District Court
O’brien
First District Court of Appeals
123Rd District Court
Appeals Court
Supreme Court of Texas
Tom Oliver
Oliver
Rick Peebles
Bill Kennedy
LC Regents Award Depository and Insurance Contracts
Lee College Regents approved a two year bank depository contract with Citizens Bank and Trust Co. starting Sept 1 1987 and ending Aug 31 1989 by a 5-0 vote with three members absent and one abstention. They also awarded a 14 month employee health insurance contract to Prudential Insurance Co. effective Aug 1 1987 through Sept 30 1988, with a 5-0 vote and one abstention.
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Lee College Board of Regents
Citizens Bank and Trust Co
Prudential Insurance Co
Citizens
Claudia Smith
Alden Weaver
Mike Bargainer
Wayne Gray
Gray
Baytown State Bank Board of Directors
Citizens and
Baytown State Banks
Surance
Prudential
Prudential’s
Keith Coburn
Coburn
Baytown
Unemployment Drops to decade low 6.1 percent nationwide
Washington reports civilian unemployment at 6.1 percent the lowest of the decade as teen summer job demand falls. Employment decreased by 196000 last month while Texas rate stayed at 8.6 percent for the third month due to limited summer work. June 1986 rate was 10 percent. Bryan Richey of the Dallas Labor Department cites lack of capital investment hampering recovery.
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Washington
Labor Department
Texas
Bryan Richey
Dallas
Texas House expected to pass 5.7 billion tax package
In Austin AP Texas House aims to approve a 5.7 billion tax plan to fund the budget avoiding deep cuts. Speaker Gib Lewis foresees votes on the plan to raise sales tax to 6 percent and make the 15 cent fuels tax permanent while debating the 38.4 billion dollars appropriations. The plan seeks quick effect with a simple majority and faces a 100 vote hurdle for immediate implementation.
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Lewis
Appropriations Committee
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Pearce Street Journal
Saving Grace
McKinney Road
Sun
Angie Bracey
Willie T. Busch
Jesse Jones
Texas Commerce Bank
Gus Dauzat
LC Regents
WSBT
Bayshore
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