Alaskan oil discoveries loom over Baytown future
Baytown officials and Humble Oil leaders warned that Alaska’s oil finds and a new North Atlantic transport plan will reshape Baytown as a refinery hub. Frank Turpin said East Coast demand will shift away from Baytown, cutting local jobs while prompting efficiency drives and a major growth budget to keep costs competitive.
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Fred Hartman
Alaska
Northwest Passage
Baytown
Frank Turpin
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Goose Creek Country Club
Turpin
Humble
U.S
M. A. Wright
Chas. F. Jones
New York
Washington
East Coast
Southwest
Midwest
U.S. Steel
Baton Rouge
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Crosby Board Approves New Building Project
Crosby School Board approved plans to add 10 classrooms at an estimated $123,000 but delayed drawing plans while reviewing the 1969 70 budget. Supt. Prochazka said trustees may need up to $135,000, including moving an old barracks on Drew campus to make room for construction, funded from the 1969 70 budget.
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Johnella Boynton Crosby
Crosby School Board
Matt Howard
Jerry Prochazka
Oliver couple return from Chicago funeral visit
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Oliver of Bay Villa return from Chicapo where they attended the funeral of his sister Mrs. Medina Reitman formerly a Houston resident.
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Eugene Oliver
Bay Villa
Chicapo
Medina Reitman
Houston
Local Notes and Community Updates from Baytown Area
Local brief mentions Henry Armstrong and Ron Kramer helping, Cynthia Huey busy, Mrs Dorine Sauls visiting, Barbara Jackson stunning in green ensemble, Linda Miller calling, Ellen Gill and Linda Irby packing for New Mexico trip leaving Thursday, Carol Underhill flying home to Baytown from Chicago, Beth Gibson released from hospital after auto accident hopes to return to work in three weeks. Rainbow Girls Founders Day event 6 p.m. Thursday at Elmer Gray home with Goose Creek Eastern Star serving supper. Mrs Willie May Parsons of 9209 Garth Road dies. Earthman Funeral Home to announce arrangements. Rehearsals for Tell It Like It fs held at Baptist Student Union Building Lee College. Swimming lessons after Aug 15. call Phyllis Nugent. Kart D Pullen named to Baylor University honor roll. Crosby ISD trustees debate building 10 classrooms and a $1.6 million band program. tax impact not yet determined. budget faces $11-113,000 in increased expenses.
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Henry Armstrong
Ron Kramer
Cynthia Huey
Dorine Sauls
Barbara Jackson
Linda Miller
Ellen Gill
Linda Irby
New Mexico
Carol Underhill
Baytown
Chica
Beth Gibson
Phyllis Nugent
Brownwood
D. Pullen
Baylor University
E. Roberson
Albert Shmmidl
Wilbert Eagleton
Shmidl
Crosby
Jack Woodard
Oliver Thompson
James Ewell
Ewell
Humble Names Tom M Campbell Public Relations Manager
Tom M Campbell, previously an assistant head in the Baytown Refinery fuels department, is named public relations manager for Humble and Enjay. He succeeds Clay Hooper, now in New Orleans as PR manager for Humble’s Southeastern Division. Campbell, a San Antonio native, joined Baytown in 1955 after earning a chemical engineering BS from Texas A&M.
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Tom Campbell
Baytown
Humble
Enjay
Clay Hooper
New Orleans
Campbell
San Antonio
Texas A&m University
Tropical Storm Anna spurs early hurricane warnings
Tropical Storm Anna moves rapidly through the Atlantic pushing the National Hurricane Center toward issuing warnings for the northern Leeward Islands while other world events unfold. First Lady Pat Nixon visits South Vietnam with guards and helicopters, officials discuss Okinawa base protection, Israeli jets attack Arab guerrilla concentrations, and Pope Paul VI appeals for a Nigerian truce. A Fulton County medical examiner cites 0.27% alcohol in Rev. A D King’s blood, while MLK's brother is found in a pool home. OAS tentatively settles El Salvador Honduras crisis as FAA warns of possible air traffic slowdowns or cancellations if conditions worsen.
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Fulton County
A.D. King
Martin Luther King
Weather and tide forecast for Morgan's Point
Weather clear and partly cloudy, warm through Thursday with temperatures in the mid 70s to upper 100s. Tides Thursday show highs at 3:19 a.m. and 6:25 p.m. with lows at 4:55 a.m. and 6:01 p.m.
Nixon urges enemy to respond to peace offer in Vietnam
President Nixon and South Vietnamese leader Nguyen Van Thieu urged the other side to respond to a generous peace offer as the United States and South Vietnam pressed for reconciliation. Nixon announced the move during a rapid Saigon stopover after a Thai trip, while Mrs. Nixon visited an orphanage and a field hospital near Long Binh as casualties arrived.
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Saigon
Nixon
United States
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
South
North Vietnam
Thailand
Tan Son Nhut
Independence Palace
Hubert H. Humparey
Big Long Binh
School Board Okays Plans To Implement Salary Hike
The board approved salary plans granting 11 to 18 percent raises for 11 administrators not on a scale, with Supt. George H. Gentry to remain at 18750 and become superintendent emeritus as Johnny Clark takes office. Deputy Supt. Hinson, W.C. Herring, and others receive substantial increases, while Clark’s new salary was not listed.
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George H. Gentry
Gentry
Johnny Clark
W. D. Hinson
Robert E. Sauls
W. C. Herring
Hobart Enoch
David Sherron
Clark
Amendment No 2 Texas Water Plan sparks debate
In the Aug 5 Texas Constitutional Amendment election the Water Plan amendment draws the most controversy. It aims to empower the Texas Water Development Board to shape water resources for state economic growth. The plan envisions diverting Mississippi River water south of New Orleans and building vast canal systems to the Texas coast, High Plains, and beyond toward Dallas and El Paso, with a total canal length about 1.20 miles.
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Theexas Water Development Board
Harris County
Criminal Courts
Houston
Texas Water Plan
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Texas Coast
High Plains
West Texas
Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Texas
Sabine
Trinity River
Dallas
Lubbock
New Mexico
el Paso
Barker Firm Sold to Maber Egg Farms in Baytown Purchase
Maber Egg Farms owners Maurice Uzick and Bernard Rosenblatt announced the $300,000 purchase of Barker Cage Eggs at Baytown. The deal includes 106000 laying hens plus all inventory and equipment, a five year lease of the Baytown facilities, and continuation of the Bayway sales office. The move aims to raise Harris County egg production to about 75 percent and expand to 500000 laying hens in two years.
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Maber Egg Farms
Maurice Uzick
Bernard Rosenblatt
Barker Cage
Baytown
Barker Cage Eggs
I. J. Gray
Eddie ¥. Gray
H. M. ‘‘Moody" Barker
Maber
Houston
Barker
N. Main
Mather
Bayway Drive
Maher Egg
Harris County
Maher
Leslie Gray
Robert Renteria
Gulf Coast
Moody Barker
Mahber
Grayca Mobile Homes, Inc
Eddie V. Gray
David M. Kadjar
AP Book On Moon Is Due In August
The completed portions of Footprints on the Moon by John Barbour are in press before the moon landing. Final press work awaits NASA color photos possibly arriving by August 1 after quarantine. Photos go to engravers for four color plates while the manuscript is being set.
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John Barbour
Associated Press
NASA
Moon
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Prince Warner
Decker Drive
Occidental Oil
New England
Crosby Board
Goose Creek Assembly of
Rainbow Girls
Elmer Gray
W. Jack
Goose Creek
Eastern Star Chapter
Baytonian
Willie May Parsons
Garth Road
Earthman Funeral Home
Baptist Student Union
Lee College
Baytown State Bank
Fdic Bay Plaza Center
Tom M. Campbell
Anna
Atlantic
National Hurricane Center
Leeward Islands
State Insurance Board
Pat Nixon
Long, Binh
William BP
Rogers
Japan
Okinawa
Mt. Hermon
Pope Paul VI
Organization of American States
Federal Aviation Administration
Mars
Earth
Mariner 6
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Richard Nixon
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Holly McLemore
L. B. Pennington
Barry D. Nettles
E. F. Green
Clifton McDowell
Wanda Orton
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