Bonded upgrades and sewer crisis in growing Baytown
The city hall improvements are cited as a morale boost and efficient governance. A $2.15 million sewer expansion plan in 1965 now faces a proposed $32 million upgrade as the Water Quality Board flags overloaded plants and contamination risks from rain. New subdivision lines are planned to meet demand, with financing to come from user fees.
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Hage F
Civil Defense
Citizens
Jere Johnson
Thad S. Fenneman
Texas Water Quality Board
Baylawn
West Main
Goose Creek Stream
Fast District
Cedar Bayou
Craigmont
Goose Creek
Land Lakewood
Burnet Bay
Baytown
Texan Renamed To Employment Commission Job
Dr Luther Helcomb formerly of Dallas has been renominated by President Nixon as vice chairman of the U S Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He was an original commissioner whose term expired July 1 marking the first reappointment recommendation for a commissioner. He is father of Henry Holcomb of Baytown, former Baytown Sun assistant manager now with the Houston Post.
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Washington
Luther Helcomb
Dallas
Richard Nixon
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Holcomb
Henry Holcomb
Baytown
Baytown Sun
Houston Post
Gulf Oil Promotes Baytonian Jd. L. McCartney to Vicksburg Post
Jd. L. McCartney, operations foreman at Gulf Oil's Cedar Bayou olefin plant, is named manager of Gulf's chemical facility in Vicksburg Miss. Announcement by W. Friedrich notes McCartney joined Gulf in 1956 at Port Arthur refinery after earning a chemical engineering degree from Louisiana Polytechnic Institute.
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Jd. L. McCartney
Gulf Oil
Cedar Bayou
Gulf
Vicksburg, Miss
W. Friedrich
Agricultural Chemicals
McCartney
Port Arthur
Louisiana Polytechnic Institute
Pittsburgh
Chemicals Department
Houston
Keep Warm to Live London: Heat Saves Lives
AP reports Dr Geoffrey Taylor says Britain loses up to 90000 people annually from cold homes. His analysis of 1964 to 1967 shows an average of 60000 excess deaths in six cold months versus warm months. He notes warm houses may extend life by up to five years.
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London
Britain
Geoffrey Taylor
Taylor
Water pressure complaints rise as Baytown grows
Marton cites citizen complaints about low pressure in areas with two inch mains in Holloway and Nolan Knowlton Cedar Bayou corridors. City population surge over two years boosts water use. last summer was wet so impact was muted. One well at Cleveland and Carlton is exhausted. No 3 well at South Main and Gulf fading from 3600000 to 475000 gallons daily due to falling water table.
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Marton
Gail Street
Holloway
Nolan
Knowlton
Cedar Bayou
Morton
Baytown
Xbottom
Cleveland
Carlton Streets
South Main
Gulf Streets
Garlier
Funeral Notices JOSEPH F TEPERA Crosby resident dies at 59
Joseph F Tepera 59 of 3019 Highway 90 Crosby died at 11:30 p.m. Tuesday in a Baytown hospital. He was a retired Humble Oil pipefitter and had lived in Crosby 19 years. Survived by wife Helen, daughter Karla Greaves, sons Fred J Tepera and Joseph E Tepera, eight grandchildren, two brothers, one sister, one half sister, one step sister, two step-brothers. Rosary Friday 7:30 p.m. Earthmans Highlands Chapel. Funeral 9:30 a.m. Saturday Earthman Highlands Chapel and 10 a.m. Sacred Heart Crosby. Interment Woodlawn Houston. Pallbearers Louis Tepera, William Tepera, Ben Tepera, Johnny Kopecky, Joseph Vatka, Clyde Ward. Honorary pallbearers Dr. W. E. Sharp, Charles M. Eeles, Joseph D. Polka, Ervin Eilers, G. Bily, Arnold Garris. Donations to American Cancer Society requested.
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Joseph F. Tepera
Crosby
Baytown
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Helen Tepera
Karla Greaves
Houston
Fred J. Tepera
New Orleans
Joseph E. Tepera
Fort
Woodlawn Cemetery
Louis Tepera
William Tepera
Ben Tepera
Johnny Kopecky
Joseph Vatka
Clyde Ward
W. E. Sharp
Charles M. Eeles
Joseph D. Polka
Ervin Eilers
G. Bily
Arnold Garris
American Cancer Society
Beaumont Residents Hurt Here
Three Beaumont residents were injured at 1 44 a m on Interstate near the Wade Roat exit when their east bound car swerved to avoid a vehicle that pulled in front. James Polk told Patrolman Bailey he lost control after the swerve. Polk and passengers Victor Maxwell and Steve Banninger were treated for lacerations and abrasions. later released from Baptist Hospital in Beaumont. The other driver fled the scene.
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Beaumont
Wade Roat
Chuck Bailey
James Polk
Bailey
Polk
Victor Maxwell
Steve Banninger
Gulf Coast Hospital
Baytown
Baptist Hospital
Trustees dispute HEW power over Crosby school plans
The board notes HEW and Justice Department limits on forcing a central high school. A $2.2 million bond would fund Barrett Station elementary and Crosby area high school, while a prior $2.75 million plan failed in 1967. Petitioned $1.6 million high school bond draws mixed district support as integration views shift. The board will review a bond fact sheet next week.
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U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Crosby
Justice Department
Petrick
Blomstrom
Barrett Station
Central High School
Schmidt
Ewell
HEW
Supt
Jerry Prachazka
Enjay Executive Grandy Details Career and Family
Enjay and a member of the Texas Chemical Council and the Houston Chamber of Commerce Manufacturers Committee. Gillis and his wife June have two children, David and Dana. Grandy hails from Chattanooga Tennessee and joined Humble in Baton Rouge in 1983 after earning a civil engineering degree from Auburn University. He served two years in Korea, returned to Baton Rouge in 1997, and held multiple technical posts before moving to Baytown in 1968. Grandy and his wife Pat have four children.
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Texas Chemical Council
Manufacturers Committee
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Gillis
June
David
Dana
Grandy
Chattanooga
Navy Seaman Barker Aboard USS Columbus at Norfolk
RADARMAN THIRD Class William O Barker USN son of Mr and Mrs Henry M Barker of 515 Grantham serves aboard the guided missile heavy cruiser USS Columbus at Norfolk Virginia The first real highway in the US was the National Road begun in 1815 in Pennsylvania serving as a brief historical note.
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William O. Barker
USN
Henry M. Barker
Grantham
Columbus
Norfolk, Va
U.S
Pennsylvania
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