Exxon cuts fewer jobs than expected
Exxon Research and Engineering expects a smaller workforce reduction than anticipated with about 60 Baytown employees transferring to Baton Rouge and roughly 30 leaving the company. Remaining staff reassigned within the Baytown-Houston area. Severance and career counseling offered.
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Exxon
David Mohlman
Exxon Research and Engineering Co
Er&e
Jeff Lieber
Saxon
Baytown
Exxon USA Synthetic Fuels
Baton Rouge
Eaxon
Baytown-Houston
Jeff Leiber
Cording
Leiber
Exxon Chemical Americas
Exxon USA
Abrams pressed over Contra testimony with contradictions
Assistant Secretary of State E Hott Abrams faced sharp questions from Iran Contra investigators who accuse him of inaccuracies and misstatements. Senators Nunn and Cohen cited conflicts with Abrams's Senate Intelligence Committee and other testimonies about private aid to the Contras and a secret airstrip plan. They noted Abrams’s disputed handling of requests for foreign donations and possible limited access to information.
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Washington
E Hott Abrams
Congressional
Sam Nunn
Senate
William S. Cohen
Rlaine
Senate Intelligence Committee
Abrams
Senate Intelligence Panel
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Presidential Tower Commission
Cohen
State Department
U.S
Nicaragua
Congress
Brunei
Tower Commission
John Singlaub
Asia
Singlaub
Nunn
CIA
Joe Fernandez
Costa Rica
Defense fund plan targets IRS to Pentagon shift
A legislative hawk urged vast defense funding by scrapping the IRS and routing all income tax receipts directly to the Pentagon. He argued Congress should abolish the IRS to fund military needs entirely.
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Defense
Congress
IRS
Pentagon
Around Town Highlights and Community News
Frank and Lucy Russell enjoy a trip to Hawaii while Jim and Judy Kyle return from Mexico. C L Miller recovers well after heart surgery. Lonnie Gregorcy provides a final report. Jack Smith and Jim Jones tackle a construction job. Louis Bates showcases basketball skill. Anne McCafferty recognizes a familiar face. Merle Hunt holds two roles. Paul Schlegel attends faithfully. Kris Isaacson reports local updates.
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Frank
Lucy Russell
Hawaii
Jim
Judy Kyle
C.L. Miller
Lonnie Gregorcy
Jack Smith
Jim Jones
Jeannie Lankford
Louis Bates
Anne McCafferty
Merle Hunt
Paul Schlegel
Kris Isaacson
AIDS spread to heterosexuals cited at conference
At the Third International Conference on AIDS Belgian researchers report a 48 year old engineer infected 10 women before dying in 1986. Dr Redfield notes heterosexual contact as a major global transmission mode and increasing risk as AIDS progresses.
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Washington
Robert Redfield
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
Redfield
Margaret Fisch
University of Miami
Federal
Centers For Disease Control
Atlanta
Nathan Clumeck
St. Pierre University Hospital
Brussels
Belgium
Central Africa
Peter Piot
Institute of Tropical Medicine
Antwerp
Baytown TEAMS Scores Show District Leads State Improvement
TEAMS scores rose statewide this year for grades three, five, seven and nine. Baytown district reports its rate of improvement exceeds the state average, with teachers implementing new instructional methods to boost math reading and writing performance across multiple grade levels.
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David Mohlman
Texas
Baytown
David Hicks
Mike Madison
Hicks
Tom Gentry
Weather outlook predicts showers and mild heat
Forecasters expect mostly cloudy skies with a 20 percent chance of thundershowers and a low in the low 70s for Tuesday night. Wednesday brings mostly cloudy conditions with a 40 percent rain chance and highs in the upper 80s. Recent measurements show Monday 8 a.m. to Tuesday 8 a.m. with a low of 75 and a high of 86.
$300 Million Road Work OK'd Near Crosby Vicinity
The State Highway Commission approves 300 million dollars in rehabilitation across 325 projects on 1600 miles of Texas highways under the 1988 Consolidated Rehabilitation Program. In Crosby, U S Highway 90 from east of Farm Road 2100 to east of Bohemian Hall Road will be improved and another segment to the Liberty County line. In Huffman, Farm Road 1960 from FM 2100 to the Liberty County line will be upgraded. Contracts expected within two years.
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Austin
Barrett Station
Crosby
Huffman
State Highway Commission
Texas
Raymond Stotzer
State Highway Department
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Sylvia and
Helmuth Mayer
Helmuth
Sylvia Mayer
Raytown
Sterling Municipal Library
Nancy
Karen Sprouse
Hank
Arla Sprouse
Highlands
Sara Wooley
Sun
Carrie Pryor
Pearce Street Journal
Leece
Ciizens B Trust Co
Wechler Thardowski Chevrolet
Mara
Ences Wo
Bayshore Motors
Loming
Bept
Astroworld
Tis teeBreese
Eepee
Fire
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