City eyes Baker Road upgrade with county help
Commissioner Jamie Bray asks County Engineer Dick Doss to draw up cost estimates for upgrading Baker Road from Decker to the east fork of Goose Creek near Sterling High School. The plan would extend outfall drains and link to past Harris County flood control work while discussing a possible eastward extension to Highway 46 and tying into FM 1403.
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Baker
Jamie Bray
Dick Doss
Decker
Goose Creek
Sterling High School
Harris County
North Main
Garth
Busch
Baker Road
Harris County Flood Control District
St. James House
Highway 46
Chambers
Cedar Bayou
Construction Industry Contracts Lag In Antarctica
AP reports Texas contracts for half year total in 1971 reach 787,770,200 with Hensel Phelps of Greeley winning 21,095,000 for UT Dallas campus expansion. Other large bids include La Quinta, Warrior Constructors, Mid County Asphalt, and T L James for port and parking projects amid Senate funding disputes and conference committee wrangling over authority funds.
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Dallas
Texas
Hensel Phelps
Greeley
Colo
Richardson
Iy Ae
Lae Inc
San Antonio
Kelly Air Force
T. L. James
A 1& Co. Inc
Kenner
Allen
Corpus Christi
la Quinta
Warrior Dence
NAVY
William Talutis
Constructors Inc
Miss University of Texas System
Sally A. Sholes
Azalea
Braun
Antarctica
Austin
Midas
County Asphalt Co
Euless
Allen’s
Dallas-Fort Worth
Senate
House-Senate
Babe) Schwartz
Galveston
Yantis
Senators Pass Spending Bill After Record Filibuster
The Senate finally approves its version of the spending bill after a 42 hour and 33 hour filibuster by Sen. Mike McKool. Negotiations with the House trim differences on a 4.1 billion appropriation with key disputes over statement inspections and a Vernon drug dependent youth project.
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Senate
Mike McKool
Dallas
Tom Keel
Legislative Budget Board
Conference Committee
House
Comptroller
Sen. A. M. Aikin
Paris
Vernon
Vernon State School
State Health Department
el Paso
Fort Worth
DPS Officer Hurt In Wreck Near Baytown
Texas Highway Patrolman H. David Kemp of 3800 Baker Road was in good condition at Baytown Hospital after a motorcycle collision Sunday at 6 30 p m. Kemp swerved to avoid a child who ran from between parked cars in the 3300 block of Illinois.
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Texas
H. David Kemp
Baker Road
Baytown Hospital
Kemp
Ilinois
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U.S. Coast Guard
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