Council Appearance Set Rate Hike Is Sought By General Telephone
General Telephone Co plans a rate increase to boost annual revenue by about 400000. The proposal was to be on the agenda for the June 17 meeting, with details not yet disclosed. City Manager D R Voelkell indicated the request was filed with the council for consideration at the regular meeting next Thursday.
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General Telephone Co
Ser
Baytown
New Reve- City
D. R. Voelkell
Senior Citizens Meet Set at Community Building
SPOTS Senior Citizens will hold a regular meeting at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Community Building with arrangements for the July dinner to be made. Reservations for the Robert E. Lee Class of 1951 reunion have been extended at $12 per couple, Pat Mann 1403 Idaho, social hour 6:30 p.m. Saturday, dinner at 8 p.m. Ramada Tower. American Business Women's Association hosts a trash sale 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday for charity. A car wash fundraiser for Grace Methodist Church scholarship fund at 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the church parking lot, $1.50 per car. Mrs. Mattie Dell Shaver returned to Baytown from Crockett after attending her brother Herman Allen’s funeral Friday in a Baytown hospital.
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Robert E. Lee
Pat Mann
Idaho
Ramada Tower
American Business Women's Association
Grace Methodist Church
Robert E. Lee Thay
Ross Sterling High School
Mattie Dell Shaver
Baytown
Crockett
Herman Allen
Local Baytown Notables and Area News Tidbits
Garrett R. Herring celebrates 78th birthday and 51st year at same Baytown drugstore. Brenham show honors Mike Pillow with live trophies. A O Briggs on tomatoes. Velda Nettles, Lanell McDonald, A Read, and others noted in brief items. Deborah Duncan earns University of Houston BS in education. family details included. Demolay Mothers Chile to meet at Goose Creek Masonic Lodge. Funeral attendees from Stegall and Phillips families. City considers rate hike for residents and businesses. approval hoped to raise earnings to seven percent. Phone company had planned increases and a new franchise wait continues.
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Mike Pillow
Brenham
O. Briggs
Velda Nettles
Lanell McDonald
Water Tower Climb Lands Man In Jail
A 21 year old man was jailed after climbing a water tower on Park Street Tuesday night. Police were called at 8 32 pm to find him on the railing and writing his name on the tank. He was charged with disorderly conduct.
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Park Street
Weather Preview For Baytown Area Wednesday
Partly cloudy and continued heat in the Baytown area forecast. Temperature range from the low 80s to 90 degrees. Morgan's Point tides Thursday high at 6 31 p m and low at 4 37 a m. Thursday sun rises at 6 20 a m and sets at 8 20 p m.
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Baytown
Morgan’s Point
Houston Channel Clean-Up Effort Cited by Chamber
The Houston Chamber of Commerce told the EPA conference that ship channel industries have invested nearly 100 million dollars to clean up waste discharges, with half in the last three years. Dissolved oxygen improved and aquatic life reappeared. BOD dropped 75 percent from 1967 to 1971.
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Houston CC
Johnella Boynton Houston
Houston Chamber of Commerce
Environmental Protection Agency
Houston Ship Channel
Morgan's Point
D. R. Keck
Manufacturers Committee of the Chamber
Keck
EPA
Texas Water Quality Board
Tax Board At MB To Be Named
Mont Belvieu city council set June 14 to appoint a three member tax equalization board and to calendar tax valuation hearings likely July 1 at 3 pm alongside school district hearings. City attorney reported tax roll work nears completion with notices to be sent 10 days before hearings. He urged annexation petition by 50 percent landowners for Cherry Point Acres subdivision north of town. Council also approved hiring a city secretary with applications due June 21.
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Mont Belvieu
Mont Selvieu
Andrew Lannie
Pritchard and Abbott
Houston
Lannie
Cherry Point
Gordon Speer
Witnesses challenge EPA findings on Galveston Bay pollution
Houston Texas witnesses from TWQB and state agencies rebut EPA conclusions on Galveston Bay pollution. Dudley J Johnson cites shellfish data showing oysters from approved areas meet standards. TWQB criticizes “all” pollution bans as meaningless. Leary notes limited productive reefs and small economic losses compared with EPA estimates. Scientific input from UT Port Aransas stresses need for evidence on hydrocarbons.
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Houston
Texas Water Quality Board
Federal
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Galveston Bay
Dudley J. Johnson
Texas State Department of Health
State Health Department
Texas
Dick Whittington
TWQB
Whittington
Terence Leary
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Bay
Leary
Carl Oppenheimer
University of Texas Marine Science Institute
Port Aransas
DPS Draws Praise Defensive Driving Course Is Traffic Group Project
Baytown groups of 20 to 25 will teach a defensive driving course costing $4 per person, announced by Robert G. Feinberg of the Baytown Citizens Traffic Safety Council. City officials praised DPS for DUI crackdowns, urged belt use, and discussed traffic issues including 20 mph signs and striping changes on Bayway Drive. Officer Don Baker and Allen Cannon spoke, and Feinberg cited National Safety Council slogans about drunk driving.
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Wanda Orton
Baytown
Robert G. Feinberg
Baystown Police Department
Cannon
Feinberg
National Safety Council
Fletcher Hickerson
Europe
Hickerson
City Hall
Community Center
Bayway Drive
Bay Villa
Humbledocks
Record Budget OK'd By Hospital District
The Harris County Hospital District approves a 1971 72 budget of 27.99 million funded at a 63 cent tax rate per 14 valuation. It funds satellite clinics in Baytown Settegast Acres Home and Casa de Amigos and the Ben Taub family clinic. Major increases cover salaries and expanding facilities at Jefferson Davis Hospital while strengthening ties with Baylor College of Medicine. Public hearing set for June 18 and budget presentation to Commissioners Court June 24.
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Houston
Harris County Hospital District Board of Managers
Harris County Commissioners Court
Don Horn
Baytown
Settegast
Acres Home
Casa de Amigos
Ben Taub
Erwin Heinen
Jefferson Davis Hospital
Commissioners Court
Neal Vaughan
Jack Blanton
Baylor College of Medicine
Eight Percent Wage Increase Agreed By Houston Oil Firms
Humble Oil and Enjay Chemical Co and Gulf Coast Industrial Workers Union officials agreed on an eight percent across the board wage increase for about 2000 production and maintenance employees to take effect Jan 1 1972. The tentative pact, reached in wage reopener talks, requires ratification by union members after other negotiations finalize. A lump sum of 50 to each employee and an extra holiday are planned plus $3 more annually to hospital benefits. A follow up wage reopener conference is set for Jan 1 1973.
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Preston Pendergrass
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Enjay Chemical Co
Gulf Coast Industrial Workers Union
Pete Brewer
Humble
Enjay
Brewer
Connally rules out Nixon ticket for 1972
Secretary of the Treasury John Connally told Texas business leaders he will not be President Nixon’s running mate in 1972. The remark was reported by the Dallas Times Herald on Tuesday.
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Dallas
Secretary of the Treasury
John Connally
Texas
Nixon
Dallas Times Herald
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Goleman and Rolf
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Louisville
General Telephone
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Garrett R. Herring
Barbers Hill
Dorothy
Steve Nash
Jean Lee
Bernie Carpenter
Deborah Duncan
420
Arbor
University of Houston
Woody Duncan
Floyd Hart
Massey-Tompkins Road
Chile
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Goose Creek Masonic Lodge
Garth Road
Teens National Bank
Aoe
Mits
Richard A. Vanderhorf
DPS
Peoples State Bank
Phember F.c.1.c. Wo Service Charge
Frank W. Sharp
Sharpstown Realty Co
Houston Educational Foundation
The
Jesuit Fathers of Houston
Arthur Moller
Texas Independent Oil Operators
United States
Phnom Penh
U.S
Washington
Defense
Clark Clifford
Indochina
West Point
Sweden
Military Academy
Senate
Santiago
Edmundo Perez Zujovie
Jan Hickman
Ross Sterling
Nelda Ward
Robert E. Lee High School
Seguin
Jan
T. K. Hickman
Lloyd Lane
National Honor Society
Nelda
W. L
Dub) Ward
1604
California
Rotary Anns
Baytown State “Bank
FEVC
Baytown Arco Car Wash
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