EPA urges tighter Galveston Bay discharge controls
The EPA report calls for capping cooling water discharge temperatures at 4 degrees in cooler seasons and 1.5 degrees in summer, and for assessing total assimilative capacity of Galveston Bay. It recommends centralizing sewer plants, restricting shellfish harvesting, and possibly banning commercial fishing until safety is confirmed. Officials note bay cleanliness has improved since the 1950s and 1960s despite ongoing concerns. Dr Jody Grant to speak on officer elections at Baytown Kiwanis Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity Bay
Galveston Bay
EPA
Texas State Department of Health
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Texas Water Quality Board
Ship Channel
Gordon Fulcher
State Health Department
Fulcher
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Joe P. Teller
Federal Pollution Agency
Houston Ship Channel
Jody Grant
Ramada Tower Center
Baytown
Noon Call Quotes Allis Chalmers and peers on market bids
A snapshot of midday quotation board shows diverse industrials and utilities with varying percentages. Notable entries include Am Tel Tel at 4558, General Motors 83 percent, Exxon and Chevron style tickers, and a spread across steel, oil, chemicals, and electronics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allis Chalmers
Bee
Arlan’s Dept Store
Tel & Tel
Vies
Anaconda Oc
Armco
Ashland Atlantic Bendix Beth Steel Oo
Csces
E Carrier Corp Vee Celanese
Bee T5
Chrysler Corp
Columbia Gas
Basse Delta Air Diamond Shamrock
Dow Chem
Caras Abe
Dresser Ind
DuPont
el Paso
Nat Gas
Ethyl Corp Extendicare
Ford
Tel & T
Tire
Georgia-Pacific
Getty Oil
Gillette
Gordon's Jewelry
Greyhound
Gulf Oil
Gulf States Unil
Gulf West Ind
Halliburton
Harvey Aluminum
Houston Light & Power
Inland Steel
Interlake Steel
IBM
Ool
Jones & Laugh
Kerr-McGee
Kraft Foods
S. S. Kresge
Ling - Temco - Vought
McDonald - Douglas
Magnavox
Marathon Oil
Microdot
Ee Mobile
Monsanto
Nat, Distillers
Occidental Petra Penn Central Pepsi Cola
Phillips Pet
Gymtex Ees
Taft Broadcast Technicolor
Teledyne
Tenneco
Texaco
Texas Eastern
Texas Gulf Snr
Transamerica
Traveler
OTS
Union Carbide
Union Oil of Cal
United Aircraft
Upjohn
Steel Westinghouse Xerox
City grapples with fire plug upkeep and water pressure
Fire officials warn that flushing during repairs to the McElroy Park water well strains the system. Councilman Kloesel criticizes inaction on fire plugs and urges routine checks by public works and verification by the fire department. Immediate tagging of out of order plugs is demanded.
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McElroy Park City
Bland
Kloesel
Public Works Department
Army Promotes Eddie T. Gray to First Lieutenant
Eddie T. Gray son of Mrs. Virginia T. Gray of 1006 Wright Blvd. receives promotion to Army first lieutenant while serving with the 13th Support Brigade at Fort Hood.
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Eddie T. Gray
Virginia T. Gray
Wright Blvd
13Th Support Brigade
Fort Hood
Kiwanis Sale and Auction Planned in Baytown
Kiwanis Club of Baytown East sponsors a Saturday parking lot sale at Woolco Shopping Center starting 10 a.m. Proceeds fund Baytown youth activities. unsold items go to Goodwill. An auction kicks off at 6 p.m. with a Gemini mini train motorcycle among items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Baytown-East
Woolco
Baytown
Session reshapes districts and ethics bill passed
The special session will focus on congressional redistricting and Gov. Smith's topics. Lt. Gov. Barnes expects redistricting done by Friday. An ethics measure was approved late, requiring officials earning over 11,000 annually to file annual financial disclosures with penalties up to five years in prison and a 10,000 dollar fine. Baytown joins a four member at large district including Pasadena Deer Park La Porte NASA area to the Galveston Harris line, with incumbents Joe Allen Johnny Nelms and Laura Cruz set to represent. Senator Chet Brooks expects Baytown to stay in his district.
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Martin
Bob Armstrong
Gov. Smith
Ben Barnes
House
Senate
Monlday
Baytown
Pasadena
Deer Park
la Porte
NASA
Galveston-Harris
Joe Allen
Johnny Nelms
Laura Cruz
Houston
Legislature Hectic Just Before Special Session
AUSTIN AP The 1971 legislature entered a hectic final phase as a special session opened to focus on congressional redistricting. Gov Preston Smith set the agenda, with Lt Gov Ben Barnes noting possible liquor by the drink tax and other measures to follow. The session aims to finish within 30 days, possibly by Friday, amid tense East and West Texas adjustments and a House Senate conference deadlock. The body also passed a broad ethics code, adopted a record 7.13 billion two year spending bill with almost 700 million in new taxes, and approved seven bank reform bills to curb bank risks.
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Austin
Preston Smith
Ben Barnes
Smith
Barnes
Texas
Panhandle
Lubbock
House-Senate
Gus Mutscher
Secretary of State
State
Memorial Day toll rises from traffic crashes nationwide
Across the nation Memorial Day weekend traffic accidents killed 532 people over three days with 27 deaths on Texas roads. In Roanoke Virginia wreckage of a chartered plane carrying World War II hero Audie Murphy and five others was found on a mountaintop and pathologists work to identify the bodies. Sheriff Roy Whiteaker in Yuba City California says orchard sites probed in the Feather River mass slaying inquiry were possibly dug as graves. Henry Gardiner Symonds, 47, former Tenneco chairman, died in Houston. B52 bombers hit North Vietnamese troop concentrations near Seoul as allied planes cover a retreat of a battered South Vietnamese unit. A top defense official hints at possible cutbacks on Navy Boeing F4 fighter purchases amid price rises.
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Chicago
Texas
Roanoke
Audie Murphy
Yuba City
Calif
Roy Whiteaker
Feather River
Exercise Exotic Dancer IV At Camp Lejeune
George Torres Jr son of Mr and Mrs George Torres of 608 Fortinberry participated in Exercise Exotic Dancer IV a mock assault at Camp Lejeune North Carolina. The operation involved about 50 000 personnel from the Army Navy Air Force and Marine Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Torres Jr
George Torres
Fortinberry
Camp Lejune
N.C
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Rites Held For Infant Son Of Baytown Couple
Funeral services for Steven Arthur Edgett infant son of Mr and Mrs Tom Edgett of Baytown were held Thursday at Cedarlawn Babyland Denison officiated by Rev Daniel Snowbarger stillborn at 4 pm Wednesday in Denison Memorial Hospital Survivors include parents a brother Bobby Thompson two sisters Barbara and Rhonda Thompson Baytown grandparents Mr and Mrs Luther McCormick Channelview and Mrs Addie Lou Edgett Denison
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Steven Arthur Edgett
Tom Edgett
Bowie
Cedarlawn Babyland
Denison
Daniel Snowbarger
Denison Memorial Hospital
Adgett
Pare Lents
Bobby Thompiigon
Barbara
Rhonda Thompson
Baytown
Luther McCormick
Channelview
Addie Lou Edgett
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HLPCO
Carter
Zachariah
Steuer
Southwestern Premiere
Baby Milo
Ails
Eas Ene
Dustin Hoffman
Paramount Pictures Presents
Advno DE Laurentiis Raeten
John Wayne
Haves Nyiigh Erpotto Airport
Burt Dean Lancaster
Martin Jean Seberg
Jacqeline Bisset
Universal Picture
Hou
USK
3 Stooges
JUST
Dracula, Prince OF Darkness
Dawl Indus
Dow Indus
Ver
Izengt
Goodwill Industries
Andrew Lannie
Ronn Haddox
Ear Turner
Kiwanians
Chet Brooks
Brooks
W. E. Snelson
Midland
Oil and Gas Committee
Sharpstown State Bank
Our World
Henry Gardiner Symonds
Tenneco Inc
Methodist Hospital
Saigon
Seoul
Washington
Newby
W. Alexander
Hwy
Frontier Restaurant
N. Main
Holiday Inn
Citizens OF Texas Savings, LO
Pratla
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