Baytown Council Tables Towing Agreement for Review
Baytown officials postponed approval of a proposed towing agreement to study other cities’ rates and insurance requirements. The plan would raise insurance to 1 million, add a 105 move, 65 tow fee, and 15 storage fee, while penalties risked a 12 month rotation suspension.
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Baytown
Calvin Mundinger
Brad Shirley
Shirley
Sammy Mahan
Chambers County plans funding for FM 565 safety project
Chambers County Commissioners Court moved to cover 150000 of the 1.5 million utility relocation for the FM 565 improvement. They voted to pay 50000 to the Texas Department of Transportation now and to cover the rest in 2006. The project aims to straighten dangerous 90 degree curves near the Bayer plant to improve traffic flow and safety for daily workers and visitors.
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Anahuac
Chambers County Commissioners Court
Bayer
Chambers County
Cherie Laughlin
Bayer Polymers
Baytown
Texas Department of Transportation
Highway Department
Geophysical Services
Premier Geophysical Services
Joe LaRive
Commissioners Court
Baytown Chamber to Meet at Goose Creek Club
The Baytown Chamber of Commerce holds a 11 30 a m membership meeting at Goose Creek Country Club 5000 Country Club Drive. Ted Poe will speak at lunch priced 15 dollars contact 281 422 8359 or info baytown chamber com. The Highlands jamboree opens with a Sept 30 Street Dance on San Jacinto Street between Main and Magnolia in front of Highlands Volunteer Fire Dept with a 2 dollar entry. For details call 281 426 7227.
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Country Club Drive
Ted Poe
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San Jacinto Street
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Magnolia Streets
Highlands Volunteer Fire Dept
Spacewalking astronauts test shuttle repair methods in orbit
Spacewalkers Soichi Noguchi and Stephen Robinson used caulking guns, putty knives, and foam brushes to test repair materials on cracked shuttle tiles and panels. The exercise aimed at emergency fixes while Discovery remains docked at the space station amid grounding of future flights due to fuel-tank foam loss.
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Space Agency
Columbia
Soichi Noguchi
Stephen Robinson
Robinson
Noguchi
Cindy Begley
Discovery
Shuttle
BP Texas City blast probes hydraulic pipe failure
Investigators from the U S Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board probe Thursday's explosion at BP's Texas City refinery, linking it to an 8 inch steel pipe failure between a compressor and heat exchanger in the Resid Hydrotreater. No injuries occurred this time, but 13 workers were nearby while investigators study root causes and request BP documents. The March 23 blast that killed 15 contractors and injured over 170 remains under review as officials assess mechanical integrity and unit shutdowns.
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Texas City
U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board
Chemical Safety Board
Carolyn Merritt
Environmental Protection Agency
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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