Nixon visit hailed as diplomatic breakthrough in China relations
Western diplomats in Hong Kong and U Thant welcomed Nixon's trip as opening a new era in U.S.-China ties with potential to ease world tensions. The Indonesian Foreign Office and Britain praised the move, while cautioning against excessive optimism about regional peace.
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U.S
Asia
U.N
U Thant
Peking
Nixon
China
Foreign Office
Crosby Board Delays Stadium Plans As Bond Debate Rages
Crosby trustees wrestled with building options and a stalled bond program. A motion for land purchase near the Crosby Fair Grounds to host a stadium and future school site failed, triggering accusations and a push for compromise.
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Page
Andrew Spence
Corman
Davis
Crosby
Drew
Wii
State Board of Education
Stauffer Houston Agree On Injunction
In Houston a district judge approved a temporary injunction restraining Stauffer Chemical Co from emitting air pollutants near the Houston Ship Channel. The action follows an emergency order by the Texas Air Control Board and involves a plan to shut down the No 1 sulphur unit for 20 days.
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Houston
Stauffer Chemical Co
Houston Ship Channel
William N. Blanton Jr
City of Houston
Stauffer
Texas Air Control Board
Charles R. Barden
Harold
Mickley
New York
Herbert C. McKee
Air Board
Suauna
Beaumont Street Townhouses extend preliminary approval six months
Langford easements accepted by Savell. The commission extended preliminary approval for Joe Ayler's Beaumont Street Townhouses by another six months as the plot lapses after 180 days without further action. The Spring Meadows Subdivision review noted 231 lots on 59 acres near Wallisville Road and N Main. Budget talks sought $100,000 yearly for right of way purchases at problem intersections. City planners discuss hiring a traffic engineer on retainer to address Baytown growth. Traffic control involves four city agencies and Jim Sanders noted existing coordination gaps.
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Commission
Joe Ayler
Beaumont Street
Spring Meadows
John C. Fontena
Interstate 10
Wallisville Road
N. Main
Alexander Drive
Ward Road
Ross Wilhite
Wilhite
Baytown
Public Works Department
Inspection Department
Police Department
Jim Sanders
TWOB Approves Highlands Waste Capacity Increase
The Texas Water Quality Board approved a waste control order for Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 99 in Highlands. The plant's permitted capacity rises from 500,000 to 750,000 gallons per day with a maximum of one million, funded by district funds and federal and state grants. Eddie Harvill attended but did not testify.
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Texas Water Quality Board
Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No
Highlands
TWQB
Austin
Eddie Harvill
Highlands District
Harvill
Experimental Air Craft Association Meeting
The Experimental Air Craft Association will meet at 7 30 p m Friday in the Mockingbird Room at Baytown Civic Center to discuss club affairs and upcoming events.
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Experimental Aircraft Association
Mockingbird
Baytown Civic, Center
Winning Essay Earns Third Place at Key Club Meet
Matthew Martin son of Mr and Mrs J Raymond Martin of 2100 Montana won third place trophy at the International Impromptu Essay Competition during the 28th Annual Key Club International Convention in Anaheim California. The Kiwanis International sponsors the convention.
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Matthew Martin
J. Raymond Martin
Montana
Key Club International
Anaheim
Calif
Kiwan' Jis International
Guy H. Hensley Dies Ex Baytown Resident
Former Baytown resident Guy H. Hensley 65 of Moose Wyoming died at a hospital in Jackson Wyoming after a heart attack. Graveside services Saturday at Memorial Cemetery in Victoria with Rev. Ewing McPhail officiating. Burial under McCabe Caruth Funeral Home Victoria. Survivors include his wife June Younker Hensley two sons Guy Sherwood Hensley and Charles Michael Hensley one sister Mrs. C D Feland one brother Harold L. Hensley four grandchildren. Hensley had worked in advertising signs sales Humble service stations and Clyde Jones Automobile Agency. He lived in Baytown before moving to Tucson and Moose.
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Formew Baytonian
Guy H. Hens
Teton Lodge Co
Ley
Wya
Memorial
June Younker Hensley
Victoria
The
Guy Sher
Ewing McPhail
Houswood
Hensley
Baytown
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Presbyterian Church In
Bay-Lubbock
C. D
Cown
Feland
Corpus Christi
Bay
Harold L. Hensley
Tucson
Lakeway
Lake Ariz
Travis
Austin
Jackson
Wyo
McCabe-Caruth Funeral Home
Funeral Notices for Mayfield and Ray
Funeral arrangements follow for Kelly Lee Mayfield 55 of 5055 Avon Baytown and Willie Surginer Ray 76 of 522 W. Pierce Baytown. Mayfield died in Houston hospital with burial at Veterans Services in Houston and services Friday officiated by Rev Dan L Stribble. Surviving relatives include parents two sons eight brothers and a sister. Ray’s graveside service Saturday at Cleburne Memorial Cemetery under Earthman Funeral Home with a daughter sister and two grandchildren among the survivors.
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K. L. Mayfield
Veterans Services
Kelly Lee May
Eld
Avon
Rarthman Funeral Home
Veterans Chapel
Houston
Dan L. Stribble
Baytown
Mayfield
W. T. Mayfield
James Mayfield
Atlanta
Willie
Willie Surginer Ray
W. Pierce
Cleburne Memorial Cemetery
Cleburne
Earthman Funeral Home
Humble tax study prompts school district value debate
Humble faces tax roll reassessment amid industry growth. Windlinger says new industries justify reduced valuations while board members weigh fairness and realism. U S Steel and Houston Lighting and Power critique Humble’s appraisal as excessive, citing plant capacity and canal discharges.
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DiCorcia
Windlinger
Duane Jones
Humble Tax Department
Knox Beavers
Beavers
U.S. Steel
Lasse
Pany
Barbers Hill
Quarantine Keeps Horses Isolated As Vaccination Debate Rises
Health officials report stepped up mosquito spraying in South Texas as vaccine bans spark state discussions. The disease mostly spreads by mosquitoes but can transfer directly between horses. Baytown owners are urged to isolate horses and deter mosquitoes while a statewide quarantine restricts moving horses across county lines or off home premises.
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Texas
Baytown
Nixon desegregation aid proposal faces House snag
President Nixon’s plan to fund desegregation costs runs into trouble as the House Education and Labor Committee weighs expanding it into a general school aid bill. Cabinet and union officials bargained through the night but failed to avert a strike against the Union Pacific and Southern railroads by the AFL-CIO United Transportation Union. More than 40 percent of America’s grass seed is grown in Oregon.
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Washington
Nixon
House Education and Labor Committee
Union Pacific and Southern
Afl-Cio
United Transportation Union
America
Oregon
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H. L. Taylor
Tyler
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Venturia
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Waelder
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Lee College
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Miller
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