HL and P stands on Lake Houston power line easement
HL&P defends a 340 foot easement through Albert Deussen Park to tie its Cedar Bayou plant to Greens Bayou plant, arguing it keeps power flowing and avoids outages across the Texas Interconnected System. Harris County commissioners postpone vote amid opposition over park land use and potential need for underground lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Houston Lighting and Power Co
Albert Deussen Park
Lake Houston
Harris County Commissioners Court
W. V. Ramsey
W. Kyle Chapman
Hl&p
Cedar Bayou
Baytown
Greens Bayou
Texas
Bill Elliott
Bill Eliott
E. A.squally
Lyons
Bussey
Taason
Kiwanis Meeting to Hear New Zealand Native Speak
Mrs Philippi a native of New Zealand will address the Baytown Kiwanis Club at its noon Thursday meeting at the Tower. A pair of contact lenses in a white plastic case was found in the First National Bank lobby and may be picked up at the bank or by calling 422-8102. Beaqceants will host a covered dish dinner at 6 p.m. Thursday at the lodge hall before the meeting honoring charter members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis
Philippi White
New Zealand
Baytown Kiwanis Club
Tower
First National Bank
Baytown Chamber Meeting Discusses 1969 Progress Compared to 1959
Baytown 1959 BILL STRICKLER will compare Baytown in June 1959 with June 1969 during the Baytown Chamber of Commerce weekly meeting at noon Friday at the Holiday Inn. An open house for the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Chester H. Ogden will be 3 to 3 at Trinity Reception Hall. Other notices include a Saint Agnes cake sale after Masses at St Joseph Church, Monterrey trip tickets for a Baytown Hawks charter, American Legion Post No 1 323 officers election at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, and Mrs Beth Barrow of Mont Belvieu in Houston Methodist Hospital Room 503 after eye surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Bill Strickler
Chester H. Ogden
Trinity Reception Hall
E. Lebit
Saint Agnes Kjzt
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Legion To
American Legion Post No
Beth Barrow
Mont Belvieu
Methodist Hospital
Houston
Baytown Area Weather Forecast Includes Heat Through Thursday
PARTLY CLOUDY conditions and continued heat dominate the Baytown area forecast. Temperature range expected Wednesday from the upper 70s to mid 80s. Morgan's Point tides show high at 2 31 p m Thursday and 12 43 a m, with related low tides likely nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown Area
Morgan's Point
Port Neches sighting sparks church crowd testimony
Huey Carter reported seeing a very real looking image of Christ on the back screen of the C. P. Bass home in Port Neches. He stood at the front of the crowd for about ninety minutes as the scene drew attention from locals and neighbors. The item reflects a small town social scene with residents like Winnie Jones and Terry Smith referenced in local notes and gatherings at the Sun newsroom and Welcome Wagon Club luncheon attendees.
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Huey Carter
Christ
C. P. Bass
Port Neches
Carter
Winnie Jones
Baytown
Terry Smith
University of Texas
Thomas Gage
Thelma Hobbs
Bess Haggard
Buster Brown
Mags
Mary Upton
Robert L. Nixon
Welcome Wagon Club
R. S. Stuckey
Mame Mathie
Chris Wilkinson
Carl Wayne McAfees
The
S. Walkers
Summer Sports Show Opens Here On Thursday
A three day Summer Sports Show will start Thursday at Humble Credit Union grounds in Baytown featuring about 50 sports units including campers boats and trail bikes. The free event offers hundreds in prizes with a grand prize a 12 foot fishing boat. Gene Johnson assistant manager said the show aims for wide public attendance with eight local Baytown dealers taking part. The Terra Tiger vehicle for the sportsman is showcased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humble Credit Union
Baytown
Gene Johnson
Credit Union
Inquest Rules Judy Garland Death Accidental
The coroner's inquest finds Judy Garland's death at her Chelsea home Sunday an accidental result of incautious self overdosage of barbiturates. The ruling impacts ongoing political debates as Nixon's surtax extension bill faces setback.
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Judy Garland
Chelsea
Nixon
President Frosch Named First National Bank Chief Executive
W Otto Frosch of Houston a banker with more than 30 years experience has been named president and CEO of the First National Bank of Baytown. He will assume the post July 14 and relocate with his wife to Baytown. Frosch currently heads Northeast National Bank of Houston and succeeds Robert A Stokes who becomes vice chairman. Chandler chairman of the board praised his credentials and leadership. Frosch's career spans Blessing Liberty Dallas East End and Northeast National with noted earnings and deposits gains. The Froschs are members of a Houston German Lutheran church.
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W. Otto Frosch
Houston
First National Bank of
Baytown
Frosch
George Chandler
Northeast National Bank of Houston
Robert A
Bob) Stokes
Chandler
First National Bank
Lexington
Tex
Tyler Commercial College
Tyler
Blessing State Bank
Blessing
Liberty State Bank
Dallas
East
Froschs
HUD approval seen for Baytown housing program
Baytown officials report HUD may certify the workable program allowing federal funds for low income housing despite a failed zoning referendum. Mayor Glen Walker led a city delegation to Fort Worth and said ordinances strengthening land-use controls support approval. The group also learned of other federal funds for parks and urban beautification not tied to the program.
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Johnella Boynton
Baytown
Glen Walker
HUD
Ft. Worth
Walker
Fort Worth
Ross Nilhite
Delly Voelkel
Bill Laughlin
Laughlin
Planning Commission
Wilhite
Panel studies charity medical facilities here
Baytown Human Relations Council names a chair and committee to study two charity medical facility proposals. The Health League Clinic at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital and a proposed hospital charity clinic are considered, with space, staffing, and community impact discussed for Sept. 1 moves and Family Planning Center services.
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Wanda Orton
Robert C. Wahrmund
Baytown
HRC
J. T. Sloane
Area 7
Harris County
Lee College board to hear bank bids and campus plans
The Lee College board of regents will recommend a two year bank depository contract at 6 30 p m Thursday after bids from First National Bank Citizens National Bank Peoples State Bank and Bank of Baytown were opened last Friday. The meeting will discuss a contingency reserve bids for furniture fixtures and equipment plus reports on campus lighting a hydrant installation and property abutting the college. Six new instructors for police science social science electronics technical math journalism and physical education will be presented for approval.
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Lee College
Board of Regents
First National Bank
Citizens National Bank
Peoples State Bank
Bank of Baytown
Southern Pacific Huse
Southern Association
Texas Department of Corrections
Alton Laird
Lee
Texas Prison System
Regents
Moody Center
Tulaeetttucevcaut
Humble PR Man Clay Hooper to Lead New Orleans South Central
Clay Hooper, Humble Oil and Refining Co. public relations manager, named to head Humble’s south central region from New Orleans with responsibilities for marketing operations in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas and Tennessee and production and exploration across southern and eastern states. Turpin announced he had been temporary since February. Hooper has strong community ties in Baytown and has held multiple public roles. He will also oversee Humble’s central marketing region based in Memphis.
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Clay Hooper
Humble Qi! and Refining Co
Enjoy Chemical Co
Baytown
Humble
New Orleans
Frank Turpin
Hooper
Memphis
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Arkansas
Tennessee
New Jersey
Turpin
Clay
Enjay
Welfare League and Lee College Loan Fund, Inc
Sterling Municipal Library Advisory Board
East Harris
Boy Scouts
Harris County
Harris County Mental Health and
The
Texas Chemical Society
Texas Public Relations Association
Carter Family Scholars Travel to Ceylon for Studies
John and Sandra Carter, former Baytonians now at Harvard, are in Ceylon where John works at the University of Colombo and continues toward his PhD. His wife, Sandra, studied at Baylor and London, with multiple scholarships and fellowships supporting their education including Teagle, Frank Knox, Rockefeller, and Fulbright grants. They plan to return to the U.S. in early 1970 as John pursues further studies at Harvard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Ferrell
Baytown
Cambridge
Mass
John
Harvard University
Ceylon
Carters
University of Pennsylvania
Humble Oil and Refining Co
National Defense
Rockefeller Foundation
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Jessie Pumphrey
Fairway Drive
James A
Billy) Davis
Marshall Construction Co
Massard
Baker Road
Decker Drive
al Bussey
Hs&p
Bussy
Monterrey
Baytown Hawks
FDIC
Citizens National Bank & TruSt CO
Carl J. Gilbert
Senate Finance Committee
Prague
Otto F. Otepka
State Department
Senate
Otto Frosch
Jaycees Award
Jim Ainsworth
Baytown Jaycees
David Evans
Ernest Hauser
Ainsworth
Allstate Insurance Co
Jaycees
Jim Rigsby
Richard Timmons
Sloane
Rigsby
Bowling Green
Fulright
U.S
OHN
Ross Carter
Sandra McNeill Carter
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