Drainage report not completed in Cherry Point subdivision
Mont Belvieu County engineer Don Brandon says survey finished but no recommended solution for drainage from Farm Road 3360 construction. Workers removed part of a levee between a ditch and houses causing water to flow toward Cherry Point Gully. Officials discussed asking the state to install culverts at the FM 3360 and Cherry Point Drive intersection to redirect water under the road into a north ditch.
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David Mohlman
Mont Belvieu
Chambers County
Don Brandon
Eagle Drive
Cherry Point Subdivision
Cherry Point Drive
Cherry Point Gully
State Highway Department
Cherry Point
Buyer found for Baytown Airport after 40 years closed
Airport owner Howard Humphrey Jr. confirmed from Oklahoma City that a buyer has been found for the Baytown Airport which closed Tuesday after more than four decades of operation. The sale is pending, with details to be finalized.
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Ly Linner Schlobohm
Baytown
Howard Humphrey Jr
Oklahoma City
Dallas Attendant Hired After Boast of Skills
Blackie Sherrod recalled a Dallas parking lot attendant hired after he convinced the boss he could do a bang up job. The remark highlights informal hiring lore from the era and notes the attendant’s claimed competence.
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Blackie Sherrod
Dallas
Around Town Notes From Local Hospitals and Visits
Jason Cates, patient at San Jacinto Hospital room 542, can now receive visitors. Bill and Ronald Trahan deliver items while Jim Jones works overtime on a project. Dr and Mrs John Carter with children visit relatives in Baytown en route to New York after a 10 month Japan stay. Rose Hieman, coronary unit patient Fondren-Brown Methodist Houston, can receive cards. Anna Barnett Harris and puppy visit grandparents Mr and Mrs R A Barnett. Linda Kuhlman appears ready.
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Jason Cates
San Jacinto Hospital
Jason
Bill
Ronald Trahan
Jim Jones
John Carter
Baytown
New York
Japan
Rose Hieman
Fondren-Brown
Methodist Hospital
Houston
Minority hiring eyed as Baytown trustees review ethnic breakdown
Baytown school trustees will hear a report on the district staff ethnicity at 7 p.m. Monday in the administration board room. The item stems from a May 12 board meeting when trustee David Smith abstained on two promotions. The district’s hiring by May 1986 included four administrators two white one black one Hispanic, 105 white six black 10 Hispanic teachers and 15 white one black five Hispanic secretaries. Transportation and operations staff shows a mix of white black and Hispanic hires. Superintendent Kennedy called it a real effort to hire minorities and noted focus on best qualification. A follow-up report on the Texas EAMs testing and minority student performance is also on the agenda.
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Baytown
David Smith
Bill Kennedy
Texas
Residents dispute oil spill claim near Spring Gully
Lakewood residents along Spring Gully dispute Hi-Port Industries spill reports calling them false and say cleanup is only in its early stages. Two cleanup boats worked downstream with absorbent pads and a containment boom while observers note an oily sheen on water and floating pads as crews from Garner Services and Gulfco Vacuum and Dump Services conduct the effort. Barrett claims Gulfco handles cleanup. residents doubt the scope and timing. The Texas Department of Water Resources inspected for sheen and will proceed with findings.
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Lakewood
Herb Meyer
Billy Wadkins
Meyer
Spring
Hi-Port Industries
Highlands
Hi-Port
Sun
Angie Bracey
Linner Schlobohm
Spring Gully
Ray Barrett
Barrett
Burnet Bay
Garner Services
Houston
Gulfco Vacuum
Gulfco
N. Barnet
Texas Department of Water Resources
Linda Capitan
Water Resources Department
Baytown Weekend Weather Forecast Sees Scattered Thunderstorms
The Baytown forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with a 40 percent chance of thunderstorms through Saturday night. Lows near the mid-70s Saturday night, 30 percent chance of thundershowers Sunday, and highs near 90 degrees on Saturday and Sunday.
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Baytown
Oil and gas workers win extended benefits vote
The Senate approved an amendment to an emergency spending bill to place oil and gas workers under the Trade Adjustment Act, potentially granting 52 weeks of unemployment benefits plus retraining and relocation. Sponsor Sen. J Bennett Johnston urged support amid budget waiver opposition from Sen. Phil Gramm.
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Washington
U.S. Senate
J. Bennett Johnston
White House
Johnston
Sen
Phil Gramm
Texas
Gramm
Senate
Latin nations fail to reach Central America peace accord
Foreign ministers from thirteen Latin American nations met in Panama City behind closed doors and failed to resolve differences between Nicaragua and its neighbors over a Central American peace pact. They warned no treaty could be signed this weekend and called for a timetable to work out remaining disputes including arms reductions verification and democratic governance. Nicaragua's Miguel D Escoto accused the United States of trying to sabotage the pacification effort in the Contadora process involving Mexico Venezuela Panama and Colombia.
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Panama City
Panama
Nicaragua
Rodolfo Castillo Claramount
el Salvador
Oscar Arias
Castillo
Miguel D’escoto
Rodrigo Madrigal
D’escoto
Contadora
United States
Mexico
Venezuela
Colombia
Central America
Panamanian
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Gexas
Pearce Street Journal
Anna Barnett Harris
Mrs. R.A. Barnett
Linda Kuhlman
Stehofe
Smith
David Hicks
Jerry Roy
Highlands Elementary
District
Dimension
Oil and Gas
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