3.35 Inches High Rainfall Strains Baytown Area
After a Saturday lull cleanup and repair continued from a Friday thunderstorm that dumped over three inches of rain. In Humble Street area rainfall reached 3.35 inches within 25 minutes, causing flooding in South Main, sewer backups, and minor traffic accidents. Power and telephone outages affected large portions of Baytown with restoration underway.
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Baytown
Humble Street
Harris County
Rebel Motel
Highway 146
Esso Research and Engineering Co
South Main
Sewior
Thhe New Federal
10Th and
Foyle
Cameron
Houston Lighting and Power Co
Harrell Colwell
Decker Drive
Flumwood
iPower
Associated Press
Texas
Amarillo
Dumas
South Plains
Lubbock
la Marque
Hitchcock
Panhandle Plains
Sun Spots Tickets Available for Ozma of Oz Show
Last minute reservations for Baytown Little Theater production of Ozma of Oz show at 3 p m Saturday and Sunday. Call theater 3667017 or Mrs E Zinn 566-1945 or Mrs M D Haley 566-5338 for tickets. partly cloudy and warm Sunday with thundershowers. temps 72 to 82. Galveston tides high at 5 54 am 11 30 am and 6 30 pm Sunday.
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Baytown
Little Theater
E. Zinn
M. D. Haley
Galveston
One-Eyed Chihuahua Joins Ride Home in Baytown
James Gaskin of La Porte encountered a Wide Chihuahua during a Baytown thunderstorm. The one-eyed dog jumped into his car and was brought home to avoid exposure to rain. Owner can reach Gaskin at GR 13261 in Ea Porte.
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James Gaskin
la Porte
Baytown
Pruest
Gaskin
Ea Porte
Newest Members In Fight Chambers County Joins Shell Dredging Battle
Chambers County commercial oyster and fishing industry unites with sportsmen and conservationists to oppose dredging of exposed shell reefs in Gulf Coast bays. About 40 fishermen formed a fireman committee at a Smith Point meeting near three active dredges to present a case to Gov. Connally and the Parks and Wildlife Commission. Neal Nelson and others were chosen to draft a resolution and lead a delegation to Austin, with a late June target for a meeting among sportsmen, conservationists, and officials.
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Chambers County
Gulf Coast Bays
Smith Point
John Connally
Parks and Wildlife Commission
Foster Wilson
C. A. Hartfield
Beaumont
Bayshore Rod, Reef and Gun Club
Baytown
Trinity Bay
Neal Nelson
Bill Newton
Smoky Sanders
Alvin Otter
Joe Nelson
Austin
Hartfield
Gulf Coast Red, Reef and Gun Club
Sportsman's Clubs of
Texas
Gov. Connally
Wilson
Rocksport
Corpus Christi
SHELL
May Baytown speeding and traffic cases total 335
Baytown Corporation Court filed 335 speeding cases in May. Traffic cases reached 816, with 55 drunk, 55 miscellaneous. Total revenue 7756.72 including traffic 6735.22 and parking 524.50. 631 fines paid. 55 jailed for drunkenness. 124 cases dismissed. 16 not guilty. 664 found guilty. 715 pending. Parking two hour tickets 1277 issued. 432 pending.
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Baytown Corporation Court
Corporation Court
David Thomas
Esso Houston Tanker Feels Like A Football Field
BILL LACE tours the 800 foot long Esso Houston tanker, 116 feet wide and 12442 feet deep, with 6,700 deadweight tons and over half a million barrels capacity. The writer notes the ship’s vast deck could hold a football field, but lines and valves hinder play.
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Bill Lace
Esso Houston
Proseller
Humbie
Houston
Sal
Lynchburg Ferry Work Delayed to July 18
Lynchburg south landing repair is delayed 28 days to July 18 after Coastal Construction Co won the contract at 127,014.71. The county cited material shortages and opted to delay to avoid mid project shutdown. Road work contract went to W E Worthen for 387.29, Brown and Root second. The project widens and raises the south landing to 24 feet and elevates surrounding roads by about three feet.
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Lynchburg Ferry
Tiarris County
Richard BP. Dass
Doss
W. E. Worthen
Worthen
Brownland Root
Viet Nam Letter Brings War Home to Highland Woman
Mrs. R. S. Burton of Highlands says the Viet Nam conflict is serious. President Johnson sent a reply letter thanking her for her views, noting her husband Sgt. Ronald J. Burton, a Marine at Camp Pendleton, is on standby for another tour. Burton has four children, Ronny Ann, Ub, Bill, and Ralph, and hopes her husband can return home before another deployment. The White House letter referenced a prior note from Burton to her daughter quoting her husband’s Viet Nam letters.
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Viet Nam
R. S. Burton
United States
White ‘House
Highlands
Johnson
U.S
Lei
Marines
Sgt
Burton
Viet Namj
Ronny Ann
Bill
Ralph
Serpeant
Paul M. Popple
Sgt. Burton
Ronny
Collins To Take Masonic Office
Herman Collins will be installed as Worshipful Master at Goose Creek Masonic Lodge No. 1192 at 7 p.m. Friday in the Masonic Temple at the corner of Texas and Gaillard. He succeeds W. J. Harris for a one year term. Other officers to be installed include J. C. Bevers senior warden and J. A. Boyer junior warden with E. Bounds treasurer and E. L. Waugh secretary. A reception will follow the installation and masons and their families are invited.
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Herman Collins
Goose Crack Masonic Lodge
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General Telephone&Co
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Bryan
Garrett
Stella Herring
Sherry Stakes
R. L
Bob) Martin
Goose Creek Country Club
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Ethel Lipscomb
John Nesselrode
Lowell
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Mona Lovelady
Lufkin
NASA
NASA Manned Space Craft Center
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R. M
Bob)Cheek
Kiwanis
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Kiwanis Chub
Rebel Inn
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Lee College
Roseland Park
Goose Creek Masonic Lodge
Glenn White
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Louis R. Gant
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