Last In A Series- Dropout Problem Curtailed
In Wanda Orton's ongoing Easytoin dropout series the editor notes focus on prevention. Recommendations stress better school purpose understanding, remedial and developmental reading, parent information, and a counselor centered approach with reduced clerical work and time for student conferences to curb dropouts.
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Sun
Wanda Orton
Echool
Tyne
Dorothy Willis
Betttye White
Ouida Carre
Hual
Mshich
Iqad
Aterrete
Corfer
Impos
Rattine Oarier
Treachers
Crrrievlans
Town Notes and Encounters in a Weekend Scene
Marin Murray visits a Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Mrs Bertha Kirkpatrick accompanied the Kirkpatricks to Tlanteville and Trinity. Job Griffin visits Baytown, Vivian Taurham enjoys sun, Ed die Taylor boasts a pilot’s license, Gerald Yound attends a rodeo.
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Owida Ford
Wwe
Jay Ifnuwey Hicks
Jeb
Wilson
Geert Sen
Jennny
Ideil
Guadalupe Rover
Marin Murray
Chamber of Commerce
Bertha Kirkpatrick
Jesse Kirkpatrick
Tlanteville
Trinity
Job Griffin
Baytown
Highlands
Vivian Taurham
Wout CaDaway
Jean Gilmore
Sara Jones
Someon
Karen Mack
Tomball
Alan Mellinger
Pat Nunan
Eddie Taylor
Gereald Yound
Baytown Shoppers Face Excise Tax Cut Effects
Baytown merchants prepare to pass savings to customers as the federal excise tax repeal takes effect. The change, retroactive to various items, lowers taxes on new passenger cars and other goods, with immediate cuts to some items and further reductions scheduled for later dates. Stores warn that total price drops depend on state sales tax and consumer demand, with examples showing substantial price reductions on cars and luxury items.
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Baytown
Jahnsen
Tie Retail
Hib Heem
Uni
Crackdown On Dragging Ordered By Baytown Police Chief
Baytown Police Chief Blair Muann ordered a citywide crackdown on speeding and drag racing after a weekend of traffic fatalities and arrests. Radar patrols will run nearly around the clock with officers in marked and unmarked cars concentrating along Texas Avenue and Highway 146 and residential areas. Citizens are urged to report license numbers of suspicious cars as the force targets speeders and drag racers.
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Baytown
Blair Muann
Texas Avenue
Highway 146
Speed
Zens
Retired Teacher Vera Harper Dies at 66
Former School teacher Vera Harper aged 66 died Sunday at Home in Houston after a life in education. Born in German County she taught in Bay school and was a Grace Methodist Church member. Survived by J T Rather and Ne Rox Rather siblings three brothers L o Rather ty T Rather Jro and AL HO Yathe all of Houston. Interment at Forest Park Cemetery in Lawndale.
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Soma Kopt Pasoral
Haus Mes
H. Faerper
Somia
Cermell
Grace Methr Church
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J.T. Rather
Lo Rather
Ty T. Rather Jro
AL HO Yathe
Housten
Hea
Edwin Sum
Grace
David Keith
Earl
Frank Gordon
Houston
W. D. Hinson
Rox
Woc
Herring
Baytown
Forest Park Cee
Lawndale Ory
Mower Mishap Injures Child
A mower accident at the Spain home in Sayotown Saturday injures nine year old Brenda Lee Spain, daughter of Sir W H Spain. She fell while playing near the riding mower and suffered a foot injury. She was reported resting well at Sayotown Hospital with visitors limited.
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Cabi- Beas
Brenda
Sayotown Hospital
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Spain Yard
Brendy
Ken
Billy Sanchez Dies in Early Monday Car Crash
Billy Joe Peria Sanchez 19, laborer of 200 Ave L, died at Gulf Coast Hospital from head injuries after his car hit a concrete culvert and landed in a ditch at Decker and Sehenpa Lane at 1 am Monday. Patrolman M J Gill said speed and possible loss of control or fatigue caused the crash. He was alone. funeral arrangements will be announced by Earthmen Funeral Home.
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Ave. L
Gulf Coast Hospital
Decker and
Sehenpa Lane
M. J. Gill
Sanchez
Contra
Train Truck Crash Near Fire Station In Weekend Incident
A pickup truck was struck by a Missouri Pacific train at the Market Street crossing near Fire Station No. 2 Sunday morning. Rex Foulk, 16, of 1095 Pamela, drove the truck. his brother Mike, 18, was a passenger and admitted to Gulf Coast Hospital with facial injuries. Rex suffered minor injuries and was released.
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Jlal A.m
Market Street
Rex Foulk
Pamela
Mike
Gulf Coast Hospital
James Lankford
Rex
Baytown overparking drive-in fines yield May revenue
Baytown motorists favor the drive-in box for paying overparking fines, reports Corporation Court Judge Barney Ward. May 1985 total fine revenue reached 310.75 dollars, down from 499.75 in May 1964, with 639 tickets issued last month at 23 cents each and 450 at 2 cents each. Police reports note 18 minor accidents over the weekend and a fatality earlier in the week amid three major wrecks investigated by police.
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Baytown
Corporation Court
Barney L. Ward
Ward
Baytown Post
Judge Ward
Env
R. L. Sisson
Billy “Joe Sanchez
Baker and Decker
Grace
Youre Patterson
W. ‘Ard
Counel
Lee College Board to discuss Mannower Development Act pay plan
George Ho Gentry, college president, says the Lee College board will consider a salary schedule for teachers and other personnel under the Mannower Development Training Act. The agenda includes reemployment of MDEA personnel, resignations, new hires, a financial report and tax collection, with the meeting at 1 1 p.m. in the board room of the school administration building.
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Lee College
Generge Ho Gentry
MDEA
Jschool Administration
Maintenance Director Albert Costley Takes Full Time Role
Albert W. Costley, longtime avocation as maintenance and transportation director, becomes fulltime head of the MET department this month. He taught at Horace Mann Junista High, built homes and boats, and supervised remodeling and cabinet work. Costley, a UT graduate, now oversees 40 buses, 74 custodians, 10 grounds staff, and a team of trades, emphasizing service for the school district.
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Ceatley
We District
Robert F. Lee
Austin
University of Texas
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St. Paul's Merhindist
Lakewood
Baytosvit Education Association
Texas State Teachers Association
Esso Research and Engineering Co
Baytown
Costley
Albert W. iCostley
T. L. Hawkins
J. H. Gillam
F.M. McClain
R. L. Albright
al B. Hicks
Alfred Smith
J. S. Henderson
Collision in Cannalview Leaves Two Injured
Thomas D Marshall of Cannalview led the other car in a crash while following too closely. Ronald Cooper Cooner reported Patterson tried to turn left from Decker onto Baker when Marshall’s car could not stop. Patterson and her daughter were treated for minor injuries at Gull Coast Hospital.
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Thomas D. Marshall
Cannalview
Elises
Ronald Cooper Cooner
Patterson
Decker
Baker
Marshall
Gull Coast Hospital
Beaucrant Meeting Schedules Final Session in Goose Creek
Beaucrant will meet at 3 pm Wednesday in Goose Creek Masoanie Hall for the final meeting, continuing until September.
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Social Order Af Beaucrant
Wedneslay
Goose Creek
Masoanie Hall
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