09 Jul 1971
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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1971
Page
1
The article notes a four day holiday period around Christmas and the Memorial Day holiday on the last Monday in May. Employers raise hospital plan contributions by $5, reducing employee costs, effective January 4, 1972. The contracts include language improvements and targeted pay adjustments.
Dan Savell aims for Planning Commission approval next week for Whispering Pines after Harris County Flood Control District cuts required ditch easement from 120 to 70 feet. Cedar Bayou’s 150-foot easement was rejected by Baytown Planning Commission, Savell says. He notes no flood problem but a land grab issue, with 81 acres and homes averaging $35,000, totaling an $8 to 10 million development for Baytown.
The Canal Authority loses ground over water pricing for the Devers Canal System. Rice farmers argued the $13 million value is closer to true worth and the authority claims $4.5 million bond funding justifies higher rates. Nine thousand acres to be served instead of 24,000 plus, TRA must seek permits, reducing customers and water. Streetlight plans in Washington aim to curb crime.
William Gobel Kelley 67 died Thursday in a Baytown hospital. Services at 10 am Saturday in Earthman Chapel with Rev. Roy Cloudt officiating. Burial at San Jacinto Memorial Park with Goose Creek Masonic Lodge rites. Survivors: wife Thelma, daughter Sally Evans, four sons, two brothers, three sisters, 12 grandchildren, two great grandchildren. Pallbearers listed.
State urges curtailment of nonessential water use while Lake Dallas residents follow a 1 hour daily lawn watering window from 5 to 10 am. A 5 horsepower pump will boost a near completion water well and a 500 gpm flow will feed storage tanks as demand rises. Tanks at Interstate 35E and near the high school regain levels midweek. Plans for extra storage and expansions hinge on regional approvals.
Citizens National and Underwead report mixed stock activity as New Haus and Company influence prompts uneven trading. Analysts cite fluctuating prices and cautious investor sentiment amid evolving market conditions.
Dr. Alton Laird, president of the Baytown Rotary Club, announced committee chairmen for the coming year. Officers include Bill Lyons as vice president and president lect, Glen Woods as secretary treasurer, and Dr. Henry Dismukes as immediate past president. The program chairman is Diamond Shamrock, with Lyons and a large slate of members guiding committees across budgets, attendance, and club roles.
Obituary notice for Baytonian 46 whose survivors include wife Dorothy Copley of Bay town, father Lee Copley Sr. of Livingston, two sons Robert Lee Copley of Houston and Charles Lee Copley of Denver, daughter Sherrilee Copley of Bay town, sister Lorene Clifton of Houston, and other relatives. Burial at Forest Hill Cemetery Livingston. funeral home Sterling in Dayton.
In Washington officials disclosed plans to provide Greece with 217 million dollars in U S arms aid this fiscal year under Nixon administration proposals whose secrecy label was lifted. In Washington the administration abandoned its target of a 1 065 trillion national economy forecast in its January report to Congress. In Santiago Chile a severe earthquake killed at least 32 people and injured over 168 in central Chile Thursday night according to the government.
The article details a Texas bill introduced March 10 allowing churches religious societies veterans groups and other nonprofits to run lotteries. Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes aided passage pushing the measure from committee to floor and securing a Senate amendment requiring sponsor organizations to own property. Bayshore Rod Reel and Gun Club owns its building on Minnesota and readies equipment for bingo.
The LP Production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs will show at 7 30 p m Friday July 16 and 2 p m Saturday July 17 at the La Porte Civic Center 618 San Jacinto Final season production for the Children’s Theatre on the Bay Admission 1 for adults 25 cents for children Nassau County reports 149000 cars crossed the county line to New York City on the Long Island Expressway in one day.
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