Mrs A D Carrington Funeral Held In Cooper Texas
Mrs A D Carrington died Tuesday in Cooper Texas. Funeral services were set for 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Baptist Church directed by Delta Funeral Home. Also notes Tri City Beach Civic Association meets at 7 30 p.m. Wednesday in Precinct 5 Building on Tri City Beach Road with covered dish supper. Baytown Coin Club to reorganize at 8 p.m. Thursday in Bluebonnet Room, Community Center. Attendance urged.
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E. L. Gunn
Cooper
Tex
Tri-City Beach
Baytown Coin Club
Bluebonnet
Own Marine Lance Jerry Licari Surprises Parents In Night Call
Jerry Licari on rest and recuperation leave from Vietnam telephoned his parents at 1700 Woodlawn from Yokohama Japan. The scene celebrates Baytown hospital volunteers who log thousands of hours, plus brief notes on Jim Kyle bedridden, Lou Hill receiving dual calls, Lowell Lammers' orange pants, Mike Mason’s graduation in Germany, Mike Gillette interviews, and Tina Ann Thompson with Patty Powers navigating the Big Thicket trail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Lance Co
Jerry Licari
A. Licari
Woodlawn
Yokohama
Japan
Vietnam
Baytown
Jim Kyle
Lou Hill
Lowell Lammers
Utex
Mike Mason
K. A. Graham
Germany
Mike Gillette
Tina Ann Thompson
Patty Powers
Unsinkable Cedar Bayou Masonic Lodge Turns 100
Cedar Bayou Masonic Lodge celebrates its 100th birthday this weekend marking 95 years in the same building since 1876. The lodge has met regularly since July 7 1876 except for one missed meeting, with roots tied to Cedar Bayou Baptists and local school use. Historical highlights by Francis Portis will be presented Saturday as he is installed as war See MASONIC Page 2
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanda Orton
Cedar Bayou
Gulf
Cedar Bayou Masons
Cedar Bayou Baptists
Francis Portis
Masonic
Group To Protest Closing Of Pools In Baytown
The Baytown Human Relations Council will send a letter to the school board protesting the closing of Robert E. Lee and Carver Jones pools this summer. The council plans focus areas housing jobs and improving communications with a possible question answer service. It also approved a $100 donation to Jim Campbell for Stepping Stones aiding ex convict literacy. A workshop meeting was held at the Community Center with another set for July 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown Human Relations Council
Robert E. Lee
Carver-Jones
Hardee Kilgore
HRC
Kilgore
Lee
Robert E. Lee High School
Weather And Tides at Morgan's Point
Partly cloudy and warm through Thursday with temperatures from the upper 60s to the upper 80s. Tides Thursday highs at 6 43 a.m. and 9 43 p.m. Lows at 8 49 a.m. and 11 07 p.m. Sunrise 6 20 a.m. Sunset 8 22 p.m.
Jordan King Hussein and Arafat Reach 10 Point Peace
AMMAN Jordan King Hussein and guerrilla leader Yasir Arafat announce a 10 point agreement to end fighting in Amman. Meanwhile extremists hold 14 Americans and 18 other foreigners in an Amman hotel. President Nixon observers to report on Southeast Asia trip. Cambodian forces push back near Siem Reap and reopen the airport. Labor Dept issues guidelines banning discrimination against women in fed contracts. Mississippi declines to aid FBI probe of Jackson State College shootings. British election day nears as a newspaper strike silences some Tory voices. A blast injures eight in New York police headquarters after a bomb threat.
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Associated Press
Amman
Jordan
Amman Radio
Hussein of
Yasir Arafat
Capital Improvements OK May Clear Street and Sewer Work
Baytown City Council may clear the way Thursday night for street sewer and related construction under the voter approved 11.6 million capital improvements plan. City Manager Voelkel said a new ordinance authorizing Mayor Walker to sign preliminary engineering contracts will be drafted. The session at City Hall starts 6 30 p.m. Voters approved the five year program March 17.
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Baytown
D. R. Voelkel
Brack Emerges as President of East Harris Bar
Joe B. Brack, partner at Reid Strickland Gillette and Ram sey in Baytown, elected president of the East Harris County Bar Association succeeding William J. Gidley. Officers named include Andrew J. Lannie vice president Judson L. Trout secretary and Ronn Haddor treasurer. Trout previously served as secretary treasurer in 1969. The year featured a committee to curb unauthorized practice of law 4000 legal pamphlets distributed to the public and the Harris County judges party.
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Joe B. Brack
Baytown
Reid, Strickland, Gillette and Ramsey
East Harris County Bar Association
Brack
William J. Gidley
Andrew J. Lannie
Judson L. Trout
Ronn Haddor
Trout
Harris County
Auction Bucks Winners Are Announced
The weekly drawing names nine winners from 28 merchants for Auction Bucks entries. Each winner receives $1,000, $500, or $250, with winners list including The Cage, Downtown Discount, Kovar's, Merle Norman, Moore's Shoe Store, Robbins Shoes, Wiener's and more. Register at any participating merchant to be eligible for future drawings.
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the Sun
Maxine Williams
Peggy Walters
J. M. Richards Jr
Evelyn Milter
George A. Brown
Maude Hughes
Kovar’s
E. C. Beaty
B. R. Corday
Edna Peel
Rosemary Kotalik
Wiener
Anita Joe Schelle
Rayleen Bentley
Annie Kulak
Education Group Tours Lee College
The Advisory Council for Technical Vocational Education in Texas toured Lee College facilities on Wednesday. Members, including Lee College President Richard D. Strahan, Missouri ex dean John R. Guemple and Dr. Michael DeBakey, planned a Houston Ship Channel boat trip, a San Jacinto Battlegrounds stop, a campus luncheon, and a tour of Humble Oil and Refining Baytown Plant later Wednesday.
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Advisory Council
Texas
Lee College
Richard D. Strahan
Preston Smith
Texas Legislature
State Board of Education
John R. Guemple
Texas Education Agency
Michael DeBakey
Texas Medical Center
Houston Ship Channel
San Jacinto Battlegrounds
Humble Oil and Hefining Co
Wallisville Reservoir bid leads Galveston contract
GALVESTON Sp FarrelI Construction Co of Memphis submitted the apparent low bid of 11 156705 for the Wallisville Reservoir project while Brown and Root Inc of Houston bid 14 187656 The Corps expects about four weeks before award after a preaward survey The project on the lower Trinity River in West Chambers County includes dam and navigation lock with a 40 month timeline and broad purposes of water, salinity control, navigation, wildlife, and recreation.
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Galveston
Farrell Construction Co
Memphis
Morgan Campbell
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Corps of Engineers
Wallisville Reservoir
Trinity River
West
Chambers County
Student Honored at New Mexico Military Institute
Nathaniel Herman Conder III, son of Mr and Mrs N H Conder of 1501 Kilgore Road, is named to the commandant's list for the second semester of the 1969 70 school year at the New Mexico Military Institute.
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Nathaniel Herman Conder III
N. H. Conder
Kilgore Road
New Mexico Military Institute
Familiar Rotterdammers Head Home After Baytown Visit
Joe and Johanna Walter known as Ann leave Baytown after four weeks with Mr and Mrs Wilton P McCoy. They toured Houston area sights and Texas heritages, praising friendly locals and Texan openness after four months in Rotterdam. Joe works as a machinist at Esso Chemical Rotterdam plant and visited Baytown friends during their stay.
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Nona Higginhotham
Joe
Johanna Walter
Baytown
Wilton P. McCoy
Johanna
Ann
McCoys
Rotterdam
Esso Chemical
Emjay
Walters
Astrodome
Galveston
San Jacinto Battleground
Houston
Huntsville State Park
Lake Medina
Texas
San Antonio
Alamo
Governor's Palace
Joe and
Ann Walter
Holland
W. P. McCoys
McCoy
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U.S. Steel
Texas Works
New Texas Works
Lng
U.S
Fare- Steel
Baytown State Bank
F.d.lc
CB Lodge Stout
Pensacola
Fla
Clinton W. Bates
Max Mosesman
Baytown Lions Club
Goose Creek Country Club
Charles W. Philpp
Humble
Martha Hemphill
Our World
Washington
White House
Southeast Asia
Nixon
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Siem Reap
Labor Department
Miles
Jackson
Miss
John Bell Williams
Mississippi
Justice Department
Jackson State College
Williams
FBI
London
New York
Council
Lamar Kelsey
Bar
Education Group
America
Fothers
Citizens National Bank & Trust Co
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