Anahuac rally backs barge plan for Liberty river
About 350 Chambers County rice farmers and civic leaders urged the Chambers Liberty Counties Navigation District to underwrite around 70 000 for a nine foot depth barge channel on the Trinity River to Liberty. Former Gov Price Daniel and local officials said dredging nine miles below Liberty is needed and funded, with broad regional support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anahuac
Chambers County
Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District
Liberty
Liberty County
Liberty District
American Rice Growers Exchange
Trinity River
Vernon Poole
Board of the Navigation District
Price Daniel
Joe Wells
Lake Charles
Daniel
Libertyj
Trinity
Oscar F. Nelson Jr
Chambers Courty
County Commissioners Court
Nelson
Night Work On Rail Spur Protested In Meeting Postponed
Cubs planned a July 2 guided NASA tour at Rose land Park Pavilion with 8 am gathering. Scout leader Howard asks uniforms and sack lunches. Houston obit: Gus M Borgstrom Sr brother of Sophia Steirer of 35 High Street died in Houston. Funeral at 10:30 am Saturday George H. Lewis Funeral Home Chapel. Otto Schlamm e to speak at Congregation Kneseth Israel in Baytown Friday at 7 30 pm. Weather clean to partly cloudy 71 90 with recent 72 89 and 0.22 inch rainfall. Galveston tides Saturday high at 3 am 12 12 Fom 5 06 pm and 1izl8 pm. No low tide.
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NASA
Roseland Park Pavilion
Howard
Gus M. Borgstrom Sr
Mre_ Sophia Steirer
High Street
Houston
George H. Lewis Funeral Home
Sun Weather
Galveston
Private Land Surveys Charged Over Railroad Spur
Baytown council hears charge that railroad survey crews stake private property without permission to lay a spur for U S Steel. Citizens including Mrs Jones and Robert Rogers press for owner protections as mayor Cravey notes public easements may exist. See Spur, Page 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Pendergrass
Baytown
U.S. Steel
Missouri Pacific
Mes. Alton
B. Jones
Seventh St
Cravey
Jones
Robert W. Rogers
Parkway
Jack Alexander
S. Circle Drive
Lamar Kelley
Danubria
St John’s
Local notes from TriBay Day Camp and area events
BERTIE CARPENTER is joked about by TriBay Girl Scout Day Camp staff. MARY BETH McELROY seeks reporter prospects. ROBERT SAIDLS misses a school board meeting. Fritz Lanham and family retire for a short vacation. Pat Thulis cancels a trip to the Astrodome. Mrs. Dempster Heald gathers federal aid program details. Marine Cpl. David Alford, son of School Trustee and Mrs. Sam Alford, returns home from Viet Nam. Maj. George H. Gentry Jr., son of the School Supt. and Mrs. G.H. Gentry, is home on leave from Viet Nam. Lynn Anderson presents herself as a lover not a fighter. Mocky Keene views the back seat after persuading a friend to be the chauffeur. Mr. and Mrs. John Wadley and family enjoy a camp-out in the Great Smoky Mountains. Mr. and Mrs. Lester Alford and Bert Allman vacation in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertie Carpenter
TriBay
Mary Beth McElroy
Robert Saidls
Fritz Lanham
Pat Thulis
Astrodome
Dempster Heald
Henry Armstrong
Marine Cpl
David Alford
Sam Alford
Viet Nam
George H. Gentry Jr
George H. Gentry
Lynn Anderson
Mocky Keene
Direct Dialing To Houston Due In 1967
Baytown and Highlands telephone customers will gain direct dialing to Houston zones starting December 1967 after a contract between General Telephone Co and Southwestern Bell. The plan adds two way local calls to Baytown and Highlands, with 450000 phones covered, while other Houston areas remain long distance. Local rates from 1965 Baytown city approval will apply after the cutover.
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Baytown
Highlands
Houston
E. O. Cambern
General Telephone Co
Cambern
Continental
United States
Canada
Bell
General
Houston Central
Channelview
Baytows
Deer Park
la Porte
Sheldon
Reginald Brewer Named Citizens Assistant V
Reginald Brewer named assistant vice president at Citizens National Bank and Trust Co in Baytown after long service since 1947. A Sax fendean officer and Baytown native, Brewer joined the stock department in 1958, educated at Lee College and the University of Houston, and active in Second Baptist Church, the Baytown Junior Chamber, Optimist Club, Masonic Lodge 1192 and Knights Templar. He and wife Patsy Rowe Brewer reside at 2307 French Place with daughter Pamela Marie.
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E. Reginald Brewer
Dent
Citizens National Bank
Trust Co
Bay- Brewer
Rob
Bert E. Lee
Baytown
Lee College
University of Houston
Patsy Rowe
C. F. Rowe Sr
Pamela Marie
French Place
Second Baptist Church
Brown & Root Wins Garth Road Extension Contract
Brown & Root awarded the Garth Road Extension contract from Park Street to Decker Drive for 170,538.60 after four bids. City funds include 317,000 for contingencies. total cost surpasses original estimates due to rising material and labor prices. The project features seven inch roadway, shell esplanade, asphalt topping, and a 3,000 added esplanade cost. Mayor Cravey notes budget strain and potential trims. other bids ranged up to 196,176. A separate Bayshore Constructors contract of 4,062.80 was also approved for Mapleton Street sewer work.
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Brown & Root
Garth Road
Park Street
Decker Drive
John Busch
City Court Jeil
Garth Extension
Busch
Seaborm Crayey
Cravey
Baytown
Andy Braswell
Conneriment
Clem Massey
Raymond
Donnelly
West Construction Co
Holland & Little Construction Co
Skrra, Inc
Council
Bayshore ‘Constructors, Inc
Mapleton Street Sanitary
Hold Over Dodd Alleged by Former Dodd Aide
Washington AP report cites former Dodd aide Gerald Zeiller saying he had nothing to fear from Senator Dodd because he had too much on him. Michael O Haire testified before the Senate Ethics Committee about removing documents from Dodd files and the remark attributed to Zeiller.
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Washington
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Michael O'Hare
Dodd
Gerald Zeiller
Norris Cotton
N Lhs
Zeiller
Zeier
O'Hare
Zeller
Connecticut
Sen. Dodd
Jet test ace holds world speed record at baytown luncheon
Baytown Kiwanians heard Col. Robert L Stephens senior Edwards Air Force Base test pilot discuss world speed records for straightaway speed and sustained horizontal flight. He piloted the YF124 to 2,069.5 mph in May 1965 reaching 80,000 feet, surpassing Soviet records. Stephens detailed jet materials, costs, and his career, noting the need for experienced pilots and titanium airframes. He is married to Joy Fuller of Baytown and is a Princeton aeronautical engineering graduate and former Texas A&M graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Hartman
Baytown Kiwanians
Mighty Fast
Robert L
Bob) Stephens
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Col. Stephens
Coronel
Johnson
Soviet Union
Silver Fox
California
Baytown
Stephens
Joy Stewart Fuller
Talbot G. Fuller
Perry Britton
Leutenant
Princeton
Aggie
A&m In
Baytown Camper Show Promises Plans and Autographs
Baytonians map summer trips as Citizens National Bank sponsors an all day camper and car show at the bank lot at Jones and In addition to new models and campers, Humble Oil will map trips. Astros stars Rusty Staub and Bob Aspromonte appear noon to 2 pm to sign autographs. From 9 am to 5 pm a drawing offers 700 in savings bonds with first prize 500 and 100 prizes for second and third. Visit, browse, and enter to win and perhaps upgrade your vacation with a Baytown vehicle.
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Bank
Ted McCall
Baytown
Bob Asipromonte
Rusty Staub
Houston Astro
Batchelors
Texas
Staub
Aspromonte
LC Library Renovation Near Finish
The Lee College Board of Regents reported the library renovation nearly complete with minor corrections. Architect James A. Davis said it is ready for inspection and nine contractors will bid Friday for the college's vocational-technical facility. Resignations of two staffers and three new hires were noted, with Judith G. Jenkins, Mauioine Beaugh, and Barbara Watkins approved as secretaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee College Board of Regents
James A
Bitsy) Davis
Davis
iIn
Dorothy L Bounds
Nolan M. Bounds
Judith G. Jenkins
Mauioine Beaugh
Barbara Watkins
Proverb Excerpt Cites Family and Neighbor Wisdom
A compact proverb note contrasts kin and neighbors in hardship. It quotes a biblical verse about not forsaking a friend or father’s friend and elevates nearby neighbors over distant brothers. The Danish proverb adds a line about no one being rich enough to do without a neighbor.
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Army
Guy Cade Jackson II
American Legion Hall
Fort Anahuac Park
Robert Nelson
Anahuac City
Otto Schlamme
BBC OQ
John Wadley
Great Smoky Mountains
Lester Alford
Bert Allman
Citizens National Samper F
ROTF
Cauley
Lions Club
James M
Jim) Cauley
Dudley Huckabee
Baytown Sun
Reginald Brewer
Citizens Assistant
Park
Decker
Garth Job
Aide
Robert Stephens
Paul DeVerter
R. W. Pipkin
Edna Boyer
Moygashel
Harris County
Federal Savings and Loan Assn
Baytown San
Citizens OF Texas Savings
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