Trinity River Canal Plan Clear. Senate Urged Action
Rep Jim Wright hailed approval by Budget Bureau Army Secretary and Corps of Engineers noting a study confirms economic feasibility of converting Trinity River into a canal from Fort Worth to the Gulf of Mexico. The Congress had backed the project in 1965 with a new economic assessment required.
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Uwugh
Trinity Rine
Budget Bureau
Army
Stanley Reser
Army Corps of Engineers
FA. Worth
Gulf of Mexico
House
Senate
Congress
Corps of Engineers
Washington
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Congress Eyes Waterway Shifts in Trinity Canal Plan
Engineers report to Congress outlines major updates to the waterway project. The plan expands three locks to raise and lower barges, reduces the number of locks to 20, and scales the canal size, potentially edging the project beyond the 1965 original scope and delaying completion.
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Congress
Dallas
Canal project revisions cut Dallas Fort Worth tows and locks
The plan trims four locks on the Dallas Fort Worth canal project with one Dallas lock widened to 4 by 600 feet and three between Dallas and Fort Worth widened to 34 feet. The navigation channel remains 200 feet wide and 12 feet deep. If opened in 1985, first year commerce is projected at 15.9 million tons with a 2.50 to 1 benefit cost ratio over 50 years. Initial construction costs are estimated at 531 million in 1967 prices. The project still includes water resources development for flood control water supply recreation and related goals.
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Dallas
Fort Worth
Rockefeller Optimistic On Ticket With Nixon For VP
Rockefeller privately believes he can win the Republican nomination and could be a strong vice presidency candidate alongside Nixon. He has toured 42 states, addressed large crowds, and argues a Rockefeller Nixon ticket could dominate in November while noting Nixon cannot win alone. He emphasizes privately persuading delegates in closed sessions that he can energize state and local races and warns Nixon against underestimating his own path to the nomination.
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Rockefeller
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
Ing
Indiana
Midwest
U.S
Barry Goldwater
Johnson
Onl
Rickover Attacks Navy Academy and Defense Contractors
Vice Admiral Hyman Rickover told a closed House hearing that the United States Naval Academy fails to produce mature confident officers needed by the modern Navy. He cited insufficient academics and immaturity and criticized broad military training amid calls for deeper education. He also charged defense contractors hide profits and that personnel moves between government and industry compromise national security.
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Adm
Hyman
G. Rickover
Naval Academy
Navy
Rickover
Defense Department
House
Naval Reserve
Academy
Annapolis
Rikover
Heinrich Named by ER&E To Top Research Post
R L Ray Heinrich named a research specialist at Esso Research and Engineering Co Baytown Chemicals Research Laboratory. He designed a pilot plant for a new chemical process and ran its continuous operation. He holds a Rice University chemical engineering BS and has over 300 patents. He belongs to ACS divisions and various local groups. he and his wife live at 112 Lakewood Drive with four children.
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R. L. “Ray
Heinrich
Esso Research and Engineering Co
Baytown Chemicals Research Laboratory
Rice University
Daniel Ripley
Phi Lambda Upsilon
Texas
Plastics and Coatings
Polymer
Petroleum
American Chemical Society
American Association of the Advancement of Science
Lakewood Drive
Raymond Jr
U.S. Army
Catherine
Texas University
Roger
Paul
Sterling’ High School
Barbara
Baytown
Texas Conservation, Council
Harris County Democrats
Baytown Society of Professional Chemists
Engineers
The
Unitarian Brotherhood
Bayshore Pool, Reel and Gun Club
Aerial Show Invites Baytonians to Thunderbird Demonstration
Baytonians are invited to a Sunday afternoon aerial show at Erlingin Air Force Base in Houston by the U S Air Force Thunderbirds. Between 2 and 3 p m there will be fly bys and aerial demonstrations by Houston and area units before the Thunderbird show.
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Houston
U.S. Air Force
Thunderbirds
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