Firm EPA Bay conference to reconvene in Houston
The EPA enforcement conference on Galveston Bay adjourned after six days with about 75 witnesses and no firm recommendations. A reconvened session in 45 to 60 days will seek agreed pollution facts and timelines for cities and industries to curb discharges.
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Houston
Environmental Protection Agency
Galveston Bay
Murray Stein
EPA
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Texas Water Quality Board
Gordon Fulcher
Hugh Yantis
Thomas P. Gallagher
United States
Stein
Malcolm F. Kallus
Story Hour Fun At Sterling Library and Local Notices
Story hour for five to nine year olds at Sterling Municipal Library starts Tuesday at 10 am with Mrs. Gidley, Mrs. Mayo, and Mrs. Bowen as tellers. Baytown Jaycees host a 7:30 pm meeting at the Holiday Inn with speaker Allen Baumann. Annuitants Club gathers next Wednesday at the Humble Community Building. Marines and ROTC students receive training updates and campus briefings accompany local social notes.
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Service League
Sterling Municipal Library
William J. Gidley
Tom. Mayo
Joe Bowen
Jamie Sister
Bray
R. D. Wallace
Baytown Jaycees
Baytonian
Allen Baumann
Ing
Holiday Inn
Phillip Luckey Funr
Rockdale
Baumann
Annuilants
Family escapes injury as fire destroys home
Wanda Orton reports a daytime fire at 2001 Texoma that destroyed the Swanagan home and damaged the adjacent President residence. Mrs Swanagan woke her family after smelling smoke, allowing all to escape uninjured. Cause cited as an electrical short in the den. four Swanagan children present. Firefighters also responded to a separate 2 a.m. blaze at 2603 Cedar Bayou Road with minor couch damage.
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Wanda Orton
Norene Swanagan
Texoma
Reggie President
Swanagan
Barnes weighs run for governor or U S Senate in 1972
Youthful Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes, a Lyndon Johnson protege, signaled at a news conference he may seek either the Texas governorship or the U S Senate seat held by John Tower in 1972. Reports from Ft Hood, Detroit, Albuquerque, Saigon, Washington, and Tel Aviv accompany the update on national and regional tensions.
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Austin
Ben Barnes
Lyndon Johnson
U.S. Senate
Barnes
U. S. Senate
John Tower
Vowell Named Welfare Commissioner by State Board
The State Welfare Board announced the unanimous selection of Raymond Vowell, special assistant to the University of Texas chancellor, as welfare commissioner.
Baytown Water Supply Safe Despite Rust Tint From Low Pressure
City Manager D R Voelkel said persistent dry weather has lowered water pressure in some lines, stirring up rust and giving the supply a brownish tint. He assured the water is safe to use and noted a new well coming online next week will ease the shortage. Consumers should use water discreetly to restore pressure.
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Baytown
D. R. Voelkel
Voelkel
Voelker
Change Of Zone Is Topic Change Of Zone Is Topic
School board to appoint a school attorney for 1971 72 and consider a boundary change between Travis and Pumphrey Elementary Schools. The plan would affect about 900 students and addresses overcrowding due to housing growth. The board also weighs student transfer recommendations amid ongoing court decisions from the Fifth Circuit.
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Johnella Boynton
Travis
Pumphrey
Stewart and Park
Reid, Strickland, Gillette and Ramsey
Johnny Clark
The
Sun
Clark
Barbers Hill
Deer Park
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Florida
Tyler
Texas Education Agency
Sentencing Set For Sharp Plea On Two SEC Charges
Frank W. Sharp pleaded guilty to two federal counts amid a Texas securities scandal. The 64 year old, former head of a bank and related firms, faces up to five years per count and a 5000 dollar fine. Sentencing by Judge Singleton was scheduled for 2 p.m. Sharp is linked to loans to state political figures to benefit stock deals with insurance firms controlled by him. The SEC alleges he influenced banking legislation and manipulated accounts, including a Houston Jesuit order that reportedly lost 8.5 million. Gov. Preston Smith vetoed the bills after legislative approval.
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Houston
Tex
Frank W. Sharp
Texas
Sharp
Securities and Exchange Commission
Trail
Jwy
U.S
Securities Land Exchange Commission
Nies
SEC
Prestan Smith
Vote On Withdrawal Date In Vietnam Is Scheduled
Washington AP reports a months long push to end U S forces in Indochina by December 31 faces likely defeat in both chambers as votes loom midweek. Opponents press to cut funds while White House maintains no fixed date.
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Vietnam
Washington
U.S
Indochina
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Senate
Capitol Hill
Nixon
White House
Secretary of Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Laird
CBS
Humphrey
Congress
Boston
Mike Mansfield
Boston College
South Vietnam
Mansfield
Weather Outlook For Baytown Area Tuesday
PARTLY CLOUDY and continued hot is the Tuesday forecast for the Baytown area. Temperatures range from mid 70s to near 90. Morgan's Point tides list two daily highs at 7:13 am and 9:13 pm and lows at 8:49 am and 10:43 pm. Sunrise at 6:20 am and sunset at 8:23 pm.
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Baytown
Morgan's Point
Fire Chief McBride completes two weeks at management school
Assistant Fire Chief W. H. McBride of 720 Gresham recently finished a two week course at the National Fire Department Management School hosted by Southern Methodist University.
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W. H. McBride
Gresham
National Fire Department Management School
Southern Methodist University
Ambassadors Called In Nixon Panel Eyes Drug Woes
Nixon summoned seven ambassadors and top officials to the White House to probe growing drug abuse in American society and foreign trafficking. The meeting included envoys to Mexico, Turkey, South Vietnam, Thailand, France, Luxembourg, and the United Nations, plus Secretaries Rogers, Mitchell, and Connally.
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Washington
Nixon
Administration
White House
U.S
Mexico
Turkey
South Vietnam
Thailand
France
Luxembourg
United Nations
William P. Rogers
John N. Mitchell
Treasury
John B. Connally
Ellsworth Bunker
Andrews Air Force Base
Saigon
Robert H. Finch
Donald Rumsfeld
Europe
Africa
Finch
Rumsfeld
Leonard Inger
Robert McBride
Arthur K. Watson
William J.handley
George Bush
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