Texans Press For Tougher Air Pollution Rules
A Houston hearing before the Texas Air Control Board drew a packed crowd as officials and residents urged stricter pollution standards. Speakers included Harris County Judge Bill Elliott and State Rep Rex Braun, who pressed for rapid action and broader state and local controls targeting industrial emissions along the Houston Ship Channel and beyond.
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Fred Hartman
Houston
Texas Air Control Board
Great Southern Life
Home Office
Dan Burleson
State Board
Keith Ormore
U.S
Bob Eckhardt
Bill Elliott
Harris County
Ray Holbrook
Galveston
Dean S. Mathews
Dallas
Rex Braun
Braun
Harris County Commissioners’ Court
Nixon
Spiro Agnew
Holbrook
Houston Ship Channel
Eckhardt
Elliott
Moon Spinners shown in City Parks program
Walt Disney suspense mystery The Moon Spinners will be shown at 10 am Friday in the Community Building 2407 Market as part of the summer recreation program. Admission is 25 cents for children and 50 cents for adults.
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City Parks and Recreation Department
Baytown
Weather Outlook and Tides At Morgan's Point
CLOUDY AND continued warn with scattered show ers through Wednesday. Temperature Wednesday, near 70 to lower 90s. MORGAN'S POINT tides Thursday: High at 7:25 am and 8:55 pm, lows at 8:43 am and 10:01 pm. Thursday sunrise 6:22 am, sunset 8:25 pm.
Miscellaneous Community Notes From Local Page
SAM BRAMLETT delivers a Story and picture. Rev. Harry Holmes explains a Biblical mystery for an inquiring friend. Truman Cox misses a friend’s wave. Mrs. Donald Wheaton seeks views of American soldiers in Vietnam and Cambodia. L. E. Orr makes an explanatory phone call. Steele McDonald clarifies publication of a polaroid photo. Laura Pohler counsels at McKinney Job Corps Center. Janet Bryant excited about a call from Justin Wilson. Larry Hook swims frequently. Mrs. John C. Brian helps out. Maudine Irby discusses the fish that got away. Mildred Simon visits the Sun for information. Margaret Callaway called for help. Elaine and Jack Sager discuss a recent movie. Birthday greetings go to Rose Ayler. Ellen Spiller and children get lost in Houston.
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Sam Bramlett
Harry Holmes
Truman Cox
Donald Wheaton
Vietnam
Cambodia
L. E. Orr
Steele McDonald
Ronn Haddox
Laura Pohler
McKinney Job Corps Center
Janet Bryant
Justin Wilson
Larry Hook
John C. Brian
Maudine Irby
Mildred Simon
Margaret Callaway
Elaine
Jack Sager
Rose Ayler
Ellen Spiller
Houston
Cambodian air attacks deepen into Cambodia
Reports from Phnom Penh say Cambodian military sources confirm American jet fighter-bombers attacked deep into Cambodia in direct support of Cambodian ground forces. The strikes would signal a major shift in U.S. policy as regional tensions rise.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
U.S
Baytown to host Area III Jaycees convention
Baytown Jaycees will host the Area II summer convention at the Ramada Tower Center on August 14 to 16. Ernest Hauser, convention chairman, announced the plans with Mayor Glen Walker, Chamber of Commerce President Charles Tillery, Emmett Hutto, and Jaycee representatives. Attendees include Jaycees and wives from Houston Freeport Lake Jackson Sugarland Texas City Galveston and 19 other cities. several hundred are expected. The program features get acquainted sessions, meetings to strengthen Jaycee ties and a Sunday awards luncheon with a style show for visiting women. Rick Peebles urged Baytown residents to help make the event memorable.
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Baytown
Hauser
Sydney Brasfield
Cynthia Moore
HI Jaycees
Emmett Hutto
Renn Haddox
Jaycee
Charles L. Tillery
Chamber of Commerce
Glen Walker
Auction Bucks Winners Told for Fourth Week
Auction Bucks winners announced for the fourth week by four of 28 participating Baytown merchants. On July 3 a special auction will offer merchandise priced with Auction Bucks printed daily in the Sun and weekly merchant drawings. Each week merchants grant 1750 in Auction Bucks in 1000, 500, and 250 amounts. Winners include Gregorys E H Morgan 1000 Fred J Kana 500 Dan Van Put Jdr 250 from Famous Brand Shoes F D Colley 1000 Mrs Betty Hebert 500 Mrs Barney L Ward 250 Kovar s Ginge Foxworth 1000 Lynn McDowell 500 Duane Blakeney 250 Wilkenfeld Fred Kana 1000 Edna Peel 5 M Savoy 250.
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Baytown
the Sun
Gregory's
E. H. Morgan
Fred J. Kana
Dan van Put
Edna Peel
M. Savoy
Water Bond Vote May Be Useless
Baytown City Council will meet to discuss amendments to the animal and junkyard ordinances and hear a bond market briefing from a Houston adviser. Mayor Walker assigned council members to draft recommendations. expected actions include junkyard ordinance revisions and enforcement concerns over hedge provisions.
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David Specht
Baytown
Houston
City Hall
Glen Walker
Calvin Evans
Citizens Animal Ordinance Committee
Bill Laughlin
Laughlin
Council
Don M. Hullum
Tom Masterson
Underwood-Neuhaus and Co
Walker
Engi
Master Plan For Lee College North Campus Revealed
Dr Richard Strahan Lee College president will ask the board to hire Century A E Co to draft a long range master plan for the north campus on Interstate Highway 10 The plan may include a nine hole golf course and other recreational facilities contingent on federal funding The project cost is estimated at 175000 to 200000 and would use no local funds plans call for a buffer area on the 136 acre site with no early building details
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Richard D. Strahan
Lee College
Board of Regents
Lee
Parks and Wildlife Department
Century A-E Co
Houston
McCune Paint Center Plans Grand Opening
McCune Paint Center invites Baytown shoppers to a three day grand opening Thursday through Saturday at 1309 Sandy Lane across from Bay Plaza. Owner R L Baker partners with M L Masters Jr. store history traces to 1920 and Joe G McCune.
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New McCune Paint Center
Sandy Lane
Alexander Drive
Bay Plaza
McCune’s
R. L. Baker
Baker
M. L. Masters Jr
Baytown
Joe G. McCune
McCune
EW McCune
Annexation Threatens Mont Belvieu Bond Election
Mont Belvieu faces possible legal issues from the June 5 annexation as the Chambers County Water Control and Improvement District No 1 bond election set for June 12 may be invalidated. Bond sales could be blocked as the city may assume control within 90 days, requiring a city election and independent bond sale.
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Mont Belvieu
City of
Chambers County Water Control and Improvement District
Howard May
Vinson, Elkins
Searles and Connally
Houston
Jegal
Water District
May
Texas Water Rights Commission
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Rhodesia
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Woodside
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Russia
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Tower Center
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Joe Aylor
Aylor Homes, Inc
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Beaumont Street
Largo
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Barcelona
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