Ceremonies Open New Bank Office at One Fortified Center
A morning ribbon cutting at First National Bank on One Liberty site drew about 350 attendees including former Texas Governor Price. Officials opened the bank building with remarks on the area’s future and its role in local commerce.
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Berg
Thomas Circle
Texas Gav
Price
Liberty
First National Bank
Bob Stakes
Price Daniel
H.W. Kilpatrick
Charles Tillery
Glen Walker
Baytown
Asbury Lennox
Grace Methodist Church
First National
Stakes
H. W. Kilpatrick
Security State Bank
W. W. Moore
Texas
Ashbel
W. T. Busch
Kilpatrick
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Daniel
Tillery
Walker
Hearing Postponed Over Sewage Discharge Plan in Baytown
A hearing before the Texas Water Quality Board on Westheimer Properties Inc. seeking to discharge treated sewage into Spring Slapout Gully was postponed at the firm’s request. The developer now pursues an alternate disposal method while Baytown officials protest the plan. A related seminar on the Federal Truth in Lending Act is set for June 19 at the Community Building.
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Texas Water Quality Board
Westheimer Properties, Inc
Westheimer
Marvin Leggett
Baytown
Notable Baytonians and Local Happenings Across Town
Tom and Treine Greaney, now in New Jersey, praise their son as Oratory Prep valedictorian. Joe Wheel to lecture at Baytown Little Theater Monday. Jackie Hooper heads to Freeport for a fishing week. Cynthia Moore and Lillian Spear with Marsha Seale study at TCU. Madam Lili Krause to perform with Houston Symphony next season. Sharon Forresters juggle Boy Scouts and U S Open. Lee Tag shows off retirement camera gear. Mrs Jodie Jsenhower plans a wedding. Burton Bomhoff and son Jeffrey visit from Anchorage for a family celebration.
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Tom
Trene Greaney
Baytonians
New Jersey
Mighty
Oratory Prep
Joe Wheel
Baytown Little Theater
Jackie Hooper
Freeport
Cynthia Moore
Lillian Spear
Marsha Seale
TCU
Madam Lili Krause
Houston Symphony
Sharon Forresters
U.S
World Briefs From AP: Global Politics and Conflicts
AP wires report Pompidou elected French president after 25 years in de Gaulle era. Vietnam battle leaves 181 Viet Cong dead after six hours with U S air and helicopter support. Nixon trustbuster eyeing anti monopoly moves. Senate hears police officials on SDS. Rockefeller Latin America trip continues. Armstrong trains for moon mission. Dow strike talks extend past midnight. 500 Reform rabbis convene in Houston. Alaska search suspended for missing four engine aircraft.
Baytown Panel Seeks Tips On Illegal Drug Sales
Bill Darling chairs Baytown's legal Drug Study Committee appointed by Mayor Glen Walker to study the drug problem. Residents with knowledge of unauthorized drug sales or use are urged to contact the committee. Letters to be sent to Bill Darling care of the Mayor's office in Baytown Texas. All replies will be confidential.
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Bill Darling
I Legal Drug Study Committee
Baytown
Glen Walker
Legal Drug Study Committee
Tex
Darling
Income Surtax Extension Faces Uncertain Future
Washington AP reports five Democratic lawmakers on the House Commerce Committee push to widen cigarette advertising controls as the 1965 tax extension nears expiry. The panel backed a stronger warning label but kept the six year preemption, while the six-year surtax extension faces a tight path to completion by the June 30 deadline.
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Washington
House Commerce Committee
Brock Adams
John E. Moss
Lionel van Deerlin
California
John D. Dingell
Michigan
Robert ©. Tiernan
Rhode Island
House
Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Everett M. Dirksen
Congress
Kennedy
CBS
Dirksen
ABC
New Lump Sum Enlistment Bonus Studied by Pentagon
A new approach to end the draft may include a lump sum enlistment bonus of several thousand dollars. The plan is under study by the Pentagon and a presidential commission, with other proposals like broadened education benefits, housing, improved servicemen status, and sharper recruiting methods. The Gates commission reports to Nixon in November as part of efforts toward an all volunteer force.
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Washington
Pentagon
Presidential Commission
Nixon
Armed Services
Adm
Lester Hubbell
Hubbell
Thomass. Gates Jr
Gates
Crosby Trustees To Finish Bond Canvass
Crosby School Board plans to complete the canvass of the May 24 bond election and discuss appealing TEA’s recommendation to drop the district's accreditation. Supt. Prochazka noted affidavits were checked amid clerical errors and illegible signatures. The board also received a July 1 deadline from the State Commission on Accreditation to file a brief, with a July 14 meeting set.
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Crosby
Crosby School Board
Texas Education Agency
Jerry Prochazka
Prochazka
Rural hospital aid questioned amid urban shortage
An Associated Press survey shows more than 150 hospitals built or expanded with Hill Burton federal aid sit half empty in rural areas while crowded urban hospitals beg for more funds. The report cites Idaho Idaho’s Caribou County Hospital and St. Alphonsus in Boise, Alabama Bay Minette and Atmore remodels, and Louisiana Huey P Long Charity Hospital as examples of rural-urban aid imbalances and political influence shaping funding.
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Washington
Senate
America
House
Durward G. Hall
R-Mo
Associated Press
Soda Springs
Idaho
Caribou County
Boise
St. Alphonsus Hospital
Bay Minette
Ala
Mobile
Atmore
Pineville
Huey P. Long Charity
Louisiana
Romney
Tides Clear to Partly Cloudy Baytown Forecast
Baytown area weather shows clear to partly cloudy skies through Tuesday. Temperature ranges from the low 70s to mid 30s expected Monday. Morgan's Point tides for Tuesday predict a high at 7 25 p.m. and a low at 5 19 a.m.
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Baytown Area
Lindsay Battles For Job
New York Mayor John V. Lindsay faces a stiff conservative primary challenge on Tuesday for the Republican nomination. He hopes to overcome anti inflation and racial tension fatigue to reach November’s general election. Marchi of Staten Island runs as a contrast, with debate over city financing and Albany’s role shaping the race.
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New York
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
John d. Marchi
Staten Island
Marchi
New York City
Albany
Senate
Gov. Rockefeller
Jacob K. Javits
Charles Goodell
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Ralph. E. Dittman
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Harvard University
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France
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Students For A Democratic Society
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Latin Americas
Neil Armstrong
Dow Chemical Co
Houston
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Alaska
van Deerlin
Wisconsin
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Peoples State Bank
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