Drought Blamed For Water Woes
City council hears that drought strains Baytown water supply as two jars show dirty water. City Manager Voelkel cites low storage and abnormal pressure from the drought. A McElroy Park well restart will restore about a million gallons daily in two weeks. Fire Chief Bland warns a seven day flushing program could take three months and provoke complaints.
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Britton-Cravens Addition
BD. R. Voelkel
Voelkel
McElroy Park
Baytown
Jim Bland
F Council
Exploration Post 517 to Meet at U S Steel Plant
Explorer Post 517 members will gather at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the U.S. Steel plant. The Esso Humble and Enjoy Women’s Club will meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the friendship room at the Community Center. The Baytown Parks and Recreation Association sponsored swim team trains Monday to Friday from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. at Roseland pool. eligibility is open to anyone under 18.
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Explorer Post
Explorer Post 517
U.S
ESSO
Humble
Enjoy
Baytown Parks and Recreation Association
Roseland Pool
Police Seek $100 Monthly Raise for Baytown Officers
Baytown police officers pressed for a $100 monthly salary increase and expanded benefits at Tuesday night’s city council meeting. Detective Glen Rosier listed seven benefit areas including family health premiums, retirement fund contributions, uniform cleaning, holidays, vacation, sick leave, and education credits. Rod Gorman praised the department as well trained and effective in reducing crime, noting officers’ strong crime-solving record despite rising overall rates.
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Wanda Orton
Baytown
Glen Rosier
Baytown Police Association
Rosier
Council
Houston Police Department
FBI
Kerrville
Rod Gorman
Justices of the Peace
Gorman
Justice Dept Says SEC Not Excluded in Sharp Case
Houston reports that the Justice Department asserts the Securities and Exchange Commission has not been excluded from the case against Frank W. Sharp. Also in Houston, county pollution official Allison R. Peirce testified on the Armco Steel cyanide outfall causing rapid fish kills during a federal pollution trial. In Austin, the Texas Railroad Commission cut the statewide oil allowable to 88.7 percent for July, marking the third month of reductions.
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Houston
Justice Department
Securities and Exchange Commission
Frank W. Sharp
Harris County
Armco Steel Corp
Allison R. Peirce
Pollution Control Office Laboratory
Armco
Austin
The
Texas Railroad Commission
Crosby Board Sets Special Meet Tonight
Crosby Texas, The Crosby School Board will meet at 7 30 P M Wednesday to interview three architects about future building plans. They will decide whether to appeal state accreditation before the July 1 expiration, with a September presentation planned. A TEA on site visit in January recommended not continuing accreditation.
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Crosby
Crosby School Board
Jerry Prochazka
State Commission On Accreditation
State Board of Education
Texas Education Agency
Baytown Area Forecast Partial Warmth With Spot Showers
Partly cloudy and continued warm weather with a slight chance of showers for the Baytown area on Wednesday. Temperatures range from the low 70s to mid-90s. Morgan's Point tides Thursday show highs at 12 01 p.m. and 9 43 p.m. with a low at 14 31 a.m. Thursday sunrise is 6 21 a.m. and sunset 8 24 p.m.
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Baytown Area
Morgan's Point
Rain Drought Eases Slightly in Baytown After Local Showers
Heavy rains reached parts of Baytown Tuesday, totaling up to .8 inch at Humble refinery and smaller amounts along Highway 146. While some downtown Texas Avenue streets flooded briefly, the city remains drought afflicted with water rationing ongoing in Houston, South Houston, and Pasadena. June averages are around 3.83 inches, and Baytown trails May rainfall by 9.3 inches.
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Texas
Baytown
Texas Avenue
Houston
Pasadena
Carl Tyler
Humble
Tyler
Highway 146
H. G
Harris County
Work
City council seeks state and federal funds for Bayway Drive
The Baytown city council unanimously votes to apply for state and federal funds under the capital improvement bond program for Bayway Drive. Mayor Glen Walker cites three possible funding programs and urges immediate action, amid a campaign by residents opposing property owner costs for esplanade and storm sewer work. A large citizen delegation, including Lakewood resident Mervin Rosenbaum, pushes for esplanade construction for safety.
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Glen Walker
Texas Highway Department
Walker
Oliver Stork
Baytown
Bayway Drive
Ross Wilhite
John Hurr
Citizens’ Group
Hurr
Bayway
Lakewood
Mervin Rosenbaum
New Manager Invites Foresters To Saturday Coffee
J Dalton Jones named manager of the Independent Order of Foresters invites members to meet him for coffee between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday at the society office. The invitation is a standing event for the first and third Saturdays each month.
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J. Dalton Jones
Independent Order of Foresters
Phone Rate Hike Pending City Study
Baytown council plans to act as a committee of the whole to study a General Telephone Co. rate increase. Al Chappell and Dick Felch outlined higher business, single and two party residential rates, aiming to raise annual revenue and return on investment while citing inflation and service expansions since 1967.
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General Telephone Co
al Chappell
Baytown
Dick Felch
San Angelo
Mont Belvieu
Crosby
Chappell
Felch
General Telephone
Texas
Attorney General Crawford Martin to seek fourth term
Atty. Gen. Crawford Martin, a recent heart attack survivor, announced at a Houston luncheon he will run for re election to a fourth term next year. The statement was released here.
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Austin (Ap
Crawford Martin
Houston
Spur 330 Opened for Decker to I-10 traffic
Spur 330 overpass opened 3:30 p.m. Tuesday to provide a new route from Decker Drive to I-10 and a future exit ramp expected by noon Wednesday. Drivers are advised to follow signs for I-10 East or West and observe a temporary stop sign where Spur 330 blends with I-10. Left and right Crosby Lynchburg Road lanes opened. both I-10 spans across the river expected back in service within a month.
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Decker Drive
Interstate 10
Market Street
Crosby-Lynchburg Road
I-10
San Jacinto River
Highway Department
Crosby-Lynchburg
San Jacinto
Film on Pollution to be shown at community center
The Pollution Film sponsored by the League of Women Voters will be shown hourly until 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Community Center. On Thursday the 28 minute film will be shown to different classes at Lee College. The Gifts is narrated by Loren Greene.
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League of Women Voters
Lee College
Loren Greene
Perimeter Street Work Urged in Brownwood Phase 1 Plan
Seth Mitchell urged Brownwood officials to accelerate perimeter street work in Phase 1 of the capital improvement program at a Brownwood Civic Association meeting. He noted Bayway Drive must be done but argued perimeter streets should take top priority and could be completed by August if not tied to Bayway Drive. The plan seeks to elevate streets to create flood escape routes, with savings possible by using fill from Bayway Drive.
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Seth Mitchell
Brownwood
Brownwood Civic Association
Mitchell
Bayway Drive
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