Housing rebound lifts 1976 starts and permits surge
U S housing activity shows a rebound in early 1976 with 266 500 new starts up 47 percent from a year earlier and 249 000 building permits up 70 percent. Costs rise sharply, especially in Houston and the West, while land and lumber shortages push prices higher and push builders outward from metro areas.
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Advance Mortgage Corp
Mississippi
Houston
San Diego
Los Angeles-Orange County
U.S
Florida
Midwest
West Coast
Ivy League and Stanford oppose federal activity fee bill
Legal officers from the Ivy League and Stanford urge Senate Bill 285 to impose federal standards and remedies for student activity fees at colleges under the Higher Education Act. They warn it could flood federal courts with trivial disputes like bake sale permissions while arguing the federal intrusion harms campus operations.
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Congress
Senate
Stanford University
United States
Baptist Parsonage Built Forty Years Ago
The Baytown Sun reports on the Baptist parsonage built forty years ago by E. Woodall with Home and Co. furnishing. Beebaby Co. hosts its annual picnic at Sylvan Beach. Highlight of the day is the cramming of the 1996 Phenix.
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Baytown
E. Woodeall
Home Ae Co
Beebaby Co
Sylvan Beach
Phenix
the Sun
Cleveland
East Humble Street
Veterans Hospital
Houston
Local notices from Baytown and area including events
Mrs. Harry Blum attends a Texas Centennial style show in Dallas. A four year old, Ted Weatherly, drowns in a Yale drainage ditch while an uncle tries to rescue him. C T Bonner runs for constable against Wyatt Busch and Edgar Jones. Suzanne Bynum and Gloria Hill, new residents from Ingleside, are honored at a dance. Patsy Cater hosts a watermelon party. Shirley Stassi becomes president of the Chickery Chicks Club. Baytown Kiwanis Club updates dated June 10 1856.
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Harry Blum
Dallas
Ted Weatherly
Hal Weatherly
Yale
C. T. Bonner
Wooster
Wyatt S. Busch
Edgar A. Jones
Suzanne Bynum
Gloria Hill
Goverment By Bureaucracy Fuels Public Distrust
The piece argues distrust of the federal government grows from bureaucratic rule by agencies like HEW and the EPA. It cites funding dependence as pressure on school districts, criticizes forced busing and court power, and urges citizens to influence local boards to reclaim control of schools.
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California
Ronald Reagan
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Environmental Protection Agency
HEW
Federal Bureau
HBW
Crosby
Board of Education
Ford
Congress
I Am a Fisherman Changes Color in Memory and Verse
The narrator recalls decades of saltwater angling and a postwar solo trip to a Colorado lake. He admits miscast casts and mossy results while friends boast trophies. He reflects on past and present, ending with a note that the second paragraph should be put in past tense.
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Thaye
San Saba
Llano
Pedernales
Colorado
Vanderstuckens
Luckenbachs
Rogers
Baytown Sun Editorial Department and Contact Details
The Baytown Sun lists staff including Leon Brown editor and publisher John Wadley general manager Fred Mortberger and editor Fred Hartman 1950 1974. It notes editorial staff Preston Pendergrass Jim Finty Wanda Orton Jerry Winton Pat Stapies and advertising departments with mailing and subscription details for Baytown Texas.
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Leon Brown
John Wadley
Fred Mortberger
Fred Hartman
Southern Newspapers, Inc
Preston Pendergrass
Jim Finty
Wanda Orton
Readers' Views on Circle at Decker and West Texas
Letters critical and personal address issues in Baytown. One writer objects to removing the Decker West Texas circle, calling it an asset and accusing a self serving motive. Another plea asks aid for a displaced brother facing eviction from a sold rental. The third letter defends balanced political coverage and cites historical context from the era of General Howe and Gage.
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the Sun
Decker
West Texas
Mary Korver
Lakewood Drive
Barnabas Finds Saul in Tarsus and Teaches in Antioch
Acts 11 25 26 notes Barnabas seeking Saul in Tarsus and bringing him to Antioch where they taught the church for a year. The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
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Barnabas
Tarsus
Saul
Antioch
Continental Congress Adopts Step Toward Independence
On June 10 1776 the Continental Congress decided to draft a declaration of independence marking a pivotal move toward formal separation from Britain. The decision reflected growing colonial unity and the shift toward establishing a new American nation.
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Continental Congress
Diverticulosis and Digestive Tips From Dr Lamb Letter
Reader questions diverticulosis with diarrhea and dairy issues. Advice covers higher dietary bulk via bran, lactose intolerance causing gas and diarrhea, and avoiding milk products with lactose. Boiled milk not helping. consider low lactose milk or calcium supplements. Also notes thyroid overdose risks with excess thyroid intake.
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DR. Lamb
Lam
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