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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1966
Page
8
Baytown issued forty three permits in June for construction valued at about 1.42 million dollars. Through June 1966 the city totaled 245 permits for roughly 5.06 million dollars, with residential housing rising sharply. Openings include 117 new houses and four apartment projects costing 791 thousand dollars and 1.44 million for commercial additions and repairs, well above 1965 levels.
Texas business activity rose 2 percent in May to a new all time high per the Texas Bureau of Business Research and University of Texas data. The first five months averaged 9 percent above 1965 with high employment and earnings, though housing permits nationally fell.
A dense listing enumerates Baytown merchants and firms with owners or managers, including Shields Motor Co, Kerr-Bond Agency, Big Chief Super Market No 4, Sears Roebuck, Clark's Wheel & Brake Service, Mullens Enco Service, C H Miller Real Estate, Regan Glass, Tri City Optical, Baytown Builders Supply, Holiday Inn Baytown, and others, with addresses and contact numbers. The compilation covers multiple sectors from automotive to real estate, groceries, construction, and services.
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