Pool Now Open at Carver-Jones Elementary School
The Carver-Jones Elementary School pool is open for public swimming from 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday with admission 15 cents for elementary students 25 cents for older students and 35 cents for adults. Baytown Reserve Police meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday at city hall and all members are urged to attend. A book review club meets at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Citizens of Texas Savings and Loan director's room to hear Miss Eula Potter on This Stubborn Soil. Evangelist Rev Glenn Richards from Olathe Kan will lead a revival at Bay Tabernacle at 7:30 p.m. each day this week. A Baytown Committee for Christian Information meeting is set for 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday in the Civic Room of First National Bank to discuss the Biblical Definition of Liberty and Christian Responsibility. U S Air Force S Sgt James A Tousek son of Mr and Mrs Jimmie A Tousek of 1421 Edison is on duty at Tan Son Nhut Air Base Vietnam.
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Carver-Jones Elementary School
Baytown Reserve Police
City Hall
Citizens of Texas Savings and Loan Director's Room
Eula Potter
William A. Owens
Glenn Richards
Olathe
Kan
The
Bay Tabernacle
Baytown Committee For Christian Information
First National Bank
Dean Harrison
U.S. Air Force
James A. Tousek
Jimmie A. Tousek
Edison
Tan Son Nhut Air Base
Vietnam
Weather And Tides At Morgan's Point
Partly cloudy and warm through Wednesday with a slight chance of afternoon showers and a few thundershowers through Thursday. Tuesday temperatures range from the low 70s to the high 90s. Tides Wednesday show highs at 5:25 a.m. and 8:37 p.m. with lows at 7:49 a.m. and 9:37 p.m. Sunrise at 6:22 a.m. and sunset at 8:25 p.m.
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Morgan's Point
Local notices span music, anniversaries and golf in small world
Susan Hodges earns another accomplishment Janet Hall receives a grand piano for her birthday E A Hursts celebrate 25th wedding anniversary David Kadjar wins in golf Mrs H C Ball hosts bridal shower for Janet Fiorma Rhonda Re nae Rossi assists her dad John Rossi Jim Girardeau plays golf at Hilltop Rev and Mrs Peter Katt return from a European vacation recalling their trip from Frankfurt Germany to Houston airport and 11 am All Saints Episcopal service
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Susan Hodges
Janet Hall
E. A. Hursts
David Kadjar
H.C. Ball
Janet Fiorma
Gene Paul Hale
Rhonda Renae Rossi
John Rossi
Jim Girardeau
Hilltop
Small World Department
Peter Katt
Europe
Frankfort
Germany
Houston
All Saints Episcopal
Nixon OKs Vote Bill Amid Legal Doubts
President Nixon signed a bill lowering the voting age to 18 as part of an extension to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, directing the attorney general to seek a swift court test of its constitutionality while urging Congress to pursue a constitutional amendment. The 18 year old vote provision, attached for five years, preserves the act’s core protections even if challenged.
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Washington
Nixon
Toa
Congress
South
Mont Belvieu Plans Bond Question Session
Betsy Webber reports Mont Belvieu will hold a 7 30 p m meeting at the Firemen's Recreation Hall to answer questions about the water district bond election. City leaders say annexation expands district duties and financing prospects depend on water revenues amid current overflows and permit concerns.
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Mont Belvieu
Betsy Webber
Chambers County
The
Texas Water Quality Board
Clarence Johnson
Water Board
la Porte
Smith Gully
Cedar Bayou
Johnson
Andrew Lannie
Lannie
Virgil Carlile
Water District Board
Dole Moves to Repeal Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Sen Robert J Dole proposes a Republican effort to repeal the Tonkin Gulf resolution used to justify U S involvement in Vietnam. North Vietnamese troops push a Cambodian battalion from two Mekong villages near Phnom Penh and recover a Soviet rocket. A New York researcher reports plant oil derivatives reversing muscular dystrophy in chickens. President Nixon vetoes a 1 26 billion three year extension of the H I I Burton hospital aid program, calling it fiscally irresponsible.
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Washington
Robert J. Dole
R-Kan
Tonkin Gulf
Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S
Vietnam
Saigon
Mekong River
Phnom Penh
Vandalism Costs Hit Local School Taxpayers
Deputy Supt. W D Hinson told the school board vandalism to district property cost an estimated 85200 last year about two cents on the tax rate. Vandalism is widespread affecting every facility with incidents at Highlands Junior School and newer campuses like Pumphrey Elementary and Sterling High. Glass, roofs, exteriors, interiors, and grounds suffered damages across the district.
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W. D. Hinson
Hinson
Highlands Junior School
New Pumphrey
Sterling High School
Maximum Salaries Set for 41 School Administrators
The school board approved 1970-71 maximum salary ranges for deputy superintendents administrative assistants finance purchasing agent cafeteria and special education directors and principals and coordinators. Raises vary from 2.8 to 17.6 percent with most around $1000. some positions receive supplements up to $6800 annually. Several posts are 11 or 12 month contracts and a new state approved vocational director post awaits appointment.
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Speciaight
Nixon vetoes Hill-Burton hospital aid extension
President Nixon vetoed a 1.26 billion three year extension of the Hill-Burton hospital aid program citing fiscal irresponsibility and over budget growth. The veto blocks 1969 73 grants and threatens the program as Congress must override with a two thirds vote or rewrite the bill. The program ends with the current fiscal year next Tuesday.
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Washington
Nixon
Hill-Burton
Congress
Muscular Dystrophy Cure May Be Coming
Washington AP reports a scientific accident led to a discovery that reversed muscle disintegration in chickens, potentially illuminating muscular dystrophy causes. Dr Ade Milhorat says human trials may follow if safety tests pass, with optimism but no guaranteed results.
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Washington
Ade T. Milhorat
New York
White House
Milhorat
Richard Nixon
Institute For Muscle Disease, Inc
Not A Policy Change In School Transfers
The school board eliminated the requirement that each child sign freedom of choice forms for 1970 71. Supt. Johnny Clark says this is a change in procedure not policy. Students may transfer to their desired school after applying with the principal, subject to capacity and considerations of prior attendance distance and order of application.
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Johnella Boynton
Ught
Johnny Clark
Supt
Clark
Pumphrey
Burnet
Harlem
Robert Fe, Lee
Ross Sterling
Ocean to Ocean Covered Wagon Venture Heads East
Norman Person wagon master Robert and son Jacky travel 2000 miles by muledrawn wagon from San Diego to Jacksonville. They carry Pacific Ocean water as a symbol and plan to pour it into the Atlantic in Florida. The trio averages 25 to 30 miles daily on feeder roads, departing February 2 and aiming for August arrival.
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Muril Hart
Channelview
Norman Person
Robert
Jacky
San Diego
Calif
Jacksonville
Fla
Norman
Pacific
Atlantic
Florida
Interstate 10
Baytown
Beaumont
California
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Citizens National Bank
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