Highlands Weighs Incorporation Question By Baytown
Baytown officials consider allowing Highlands to hold an incorporation election amid petitions for and against. City Attorney Laughlin cites validated annexation strips and an agreement that Shields Highlands from Houston annexation as factors. A straw vote in Highlands may determine public will before July 24 council action.
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Wanda Gaton
Highlands
Baytown
Bill Laughlin
Laughlin
Houston
Baytown Special Meeting and Weekend Community Events
Baytown City Council to hold a public special meeting at 6 30 p m Friday in city hall chamber to discuss grievances from a Mexican American petition. A dance from 8 30 p m Friday to 12 30 a m Saturday at Knights of Columbus Hall with Lee Roy Matocha Orchestra. Pistol matches at Baytown Pistol Club indoor range 1310 Harbor Drive with Pasadena and La Porte officers invited. Youth Week at Crosby Methodist Church July 21 25 nightly meetings led by Jake Thorp. Houston Symphony Orchestra tickets on sale July 31 for 2 50 at Robert E Lee High School auditorium via Baytown Kiwanis. Gospel singing Saturday 7 9 p m at Bayou Baptist Church all denominations welcome.
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Baytown
City Hall
Glen Walker
Knights of Columbus
W. Main
Christopher E. Byrne
General Assembly
Lee Roy Matocha
Fayetteville
Baytown Pistol Club
Pasadena
la Porte
Laytown
Harbor Drive
Crosby Methodist Church
Tadd Pan
Jake ‘Thorp
Houston Symphony Orchestra
Robert Tg, Lee High School
Baytown Kiwanis Club
Bayou Baptist Church
Sjolander Rod
Local Notes on People and Places in Brief
Alan Erwiwn of the US Navy Air Force heads for Saigon late October to join the Joint U.S. Public Affairs Office. He and wife Gay are in Boston in warm high 70s. Pat Brian, formerly of The Sun women’s page, appears on the University of Houston dean’s list with a 4.0. Sue Jones plans a week off from Lee College duties. Jean Froneberger and children Dale Mark and Karen visit Junction. Buddy Hill trips to the 200. Mabel Zerby of Hollywood visits Bertha Kirkpatrick. Zerby is Kim Darby’s grandmother. Kent Liggett misses an appointment. Pat Bond family returns from Wyoming and Yellowstone vacation. Myra Hornberger visits Puerto Rico.
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Dale
Mark
Karen
Junction
Buddy Hill
Mabel Zerby
Hollywood
Calif
Bertha Kirkpatrick
Zerby
Kim Darby
Kent Liggett
Pat Bond
Wyoming
Yellowstone
Myra Hornberger
Puerto Rico
Highlands Citizens Endorse Sewer Improvement Program
Highlands residents on the Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1 committee vote to back a two year study and a 100 page plan by Waco engineer Robert W. Kelley. The endorsement, with one dissenting vote, supports upgrading an antiquated sewer system to handle district growth and health needs.
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Highlands
Harris County
James W. Brazzil
Robert W. Kelley
Waco
Citizens’ Committee
Brazzil
B. W.starkey
Water District
Highlands Citizens
Highlands State Bank
Brazzil and
Starkey
Stan Little
Jimmy Ezell
James H. Sammons
Don Lang
Don Perry
M. E. Caughman
W. D. Wood
M. W. Gargrove
T. J. Kaminski
J. O. Lamb
Bernard Miller
C. D. Chaplin
Dan Estes
Seburn Chappell
W. Sherndon
Courtney Curry
M. I. Lamb Sr
Ken Pace
Oliver Harman
Jack Lindsay
Clifton Adams
B. B. Talley
Arthur Lostak
Kelley
Holiday Changes Selective Service Schedule Explained
Baytown Selective Service Board No 63 announced no change to the order for Baytown area young men to report for physical examinations and induction into the Army. The notice, issued Friday, cites July 22 as the reporting date and time is listed as a.m. an official clarifies that the schedule remains as previously set.
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Baytown
Weather and tides for Morgan's Point with draft date note
Showers and cloudy skies remain through Saturday with warm highs in the mid 70s to 90s. Morgan's Point tides show highs at 4 37 am and 7 13 pm, lows at 6 43 am and 1 7 pm. A National Day of Participation declared for Monday July 21 delays draft calls to Wednesday July 30, with exceptions for Tuesday July 22. Inductions and physicals still set for 5 am at the Federal Building and transport to Houston, Baytown offices closed for the holiday.
Nixon backs five year free birth control advice plan
President Nixon tells Congress he wants to provide free birth control guidance to American women of child bearing age with low incomes within five years. Senate Republicans report 43 GOP votes against any tax reform amendments to surtax extension. An AP wide summary of unrelated events follows.
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Nixon
Congress
Senate
Apollo 11 Sails Toward Silvery Moon
Apollo 11 sails toward the moon with Armstrong Aldrin and Collins aboard Columbia. Ground control let the crew sleep long hours as the craft closes in on a twilight zone where Earth and Moon gravity balance. Lunar landing slated for early Monday with Eagle to be checked for damage from liftoff. Luna 15 rivalry looms as Soviet probe may detach a return capsule to demonstrate automated sample return.
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Charlie Merrifield
Edwin E. Aldrin
Moon
Aldrin
Lunar
Armstrong
Collins
Apollo MV
Eagle
Columbia
Cape Kennedy
Heridte
Soviet Union
Earth
Elbert King
Houston
Lee College Plans Fall Celebration and Dedication Events
A Lee College Fall Celebration is being organized by a committee of citizens foenlg students and administrators. November open house and dedication for two new buildings the dramatic arts center and academe facility are planned with a date to be announced. This fall marks the college 35th anniversary dating to 1934.
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Lee College
Damies Davis
Baytown Sun
Robby Nixon
Foenlg
Dramatic Arts
Academe
Robert I.leeigh
Mixed Group To Study City Woes Coordinating Panel Formed
Five Negroes five Mexicans and five whites will be chosen for a city coordinating committee on disadvantaged issues in Baytown. John P. Henderson assistant to the mayor will head the panel tasked by the city council. Negro representatives meet at 7 30 p m Monday in the Mockingbird Room Civic Center. Mexican representatives vote at 7 40 p m Tuesday at the same venue.
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John P. Henderson
Baytonians to Work Monday Despite Nixon Day of Participation
Most Baytonians will work Monday as Nixon’s National Day of Participation is not a holiday here. Post offices and federal offices close, city offices shut, police and fire and garbage workers remain on duty. Schools may excuse absences with make up work later. libraries close. Lee College ends summer term Friday. banks and merchants keep normal hours. stock quotes omitted.
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Richard M. Nixon
Lee College
Earl Lively
Laborers International Union of North America
Baytown
Baytown, Highlands and
Crosby
Baytown Retail Merchants Association
Baytown Sun
New York and American Stock Exchanges
Federal grant to Bayshore Center aids retardation program
A $49,216 federal grant funds initial staffing at the Harris County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center Bayshore Center at 1410 Louisiana. The center seeks $16,000 more from state and focal sources to meet a $65,621 first year operating budget for the retardation division. The grant comes from the U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare division of mental retardation.
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Harris County Mental Health and
Bayshore Center
Louisiana
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Division of
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