Baytown Chamber Luncheon Hosts Parks Chief Program
Terry Dopson will present the Baytown Parks and Recreation program at the weekly Chamber of Commerce luncheon at noon Friday at the Holiday Inn. Also in news, funeral services for Mrs. J. M. Ponder are set for Thursday at 2 p.m. in Port Neches with the Baytown party attending. Other briefs include a Stamp Club meeting in Baytown, American Legion Post No. 323 gathering, Crosby Altar Society garage sale, and Baytown Society of Professional Engineers earning a top chapter award in Ft Worth.
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Terry Dopson
City Parks and Recreation Department
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Holiday Inn
A. A. Ponder
Baytown
O. C. Ponder
la Porte
J. M. Ponder
Port Neches
Baytown Society of Professional Engineers
Texas Society of Professional Engineers
Ft. Worth
Tommy Cook
Fred O'Brien
A. R
Bob) Zubitk
Kerwyn Pietsch
Weather And Tides Cloudy Warm With Afternoon Showers
Forecast calls for cloudy warm conditions with afternoon showers. Thursday temperatures range from the mid 70s to upper 50s. Morgan's Point tides for Friday show highs at 9 49 a m and 9 07 p m with lows at 9 49 a m and 11 49 p m. Friday sunrise 6 23 a m sunset 8 26 p m.
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Exes President Barry Nettles Plans Europe Trip Stopover
Barry Nettles wearing orange attire signals his role as Texas Exes president in Baytown. Marky McMillin travels from California with Europe ahead for six weeks at the University of Sorbonne. Betty Ekholm cooks spaghetti. Kay Bednarski runs at the YMCA. Barry Lan caster and George Miles attend a baseball game. James Hall notes a busy week. Sunshine Kaler enjoys a funny story. Davey Moore gains a restricted drivers license. Mr and Mrs M B Bufkin celebrate 43rd wedding anniversary at their daughter’s Spring home.
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Texas Exes
Baytown
Marky McMillin
California
Europe
University of Sorbonne
Betty Ekholm
Kay Bednarski
YMCA
Barry Lancaster
George Miles
James Hall
Sunshine Kaler
Davey Moore
M. B. Bufkin
0. R. Billings
Import Quotas Seen as Trade War Looms After Talks Fail
Washington AP reports the Nixon administration faces a threatened trade war as talks with Japan on voluntary textile restraints collapse. A failed agreement jeopardizes congressional quota legislation and fuels pressure from textile and electronics industries hurt by imports.
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Washington
Nixon
Japan
United States
House
Ways and Means Committee
Donald F. McCullough
American Textile Manufacturers Institute
U.s.japan
Maurice H. Stans
Radio Shack Set For Formal Opening In Bay Area
The Radio Shack owned by O. Lee Jolly will hold its grand opening Friday and Saturday at McCune Center 1303A Sandy Lane off Alexander Drive near Bay Plaza Shopping Center. Jolly, a University of Houston graduate from Kilgore, has lived in Houston 14 years and previously worked for Shell Oil. The Baytown store is a franchise. The shop will offer hi fi and sound systems, CB and police monitoring gear, portable TVs, tapes and recording gear, car radios and auto tape decks. The Jollys have two daughters, June and Laura.
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O. Lee Jolly
McCune Center
Sandy Lane
Alexander Drive
Bay Plaza Shopping Center
Jolly
University of Houston
Kilgore
Houston
June
Laura
Satterwhite Joins San Jacinto River Authority Post
Satterwhite, longtime Humble technical service employee, will temporarily lead the Cypress Creek regional waste disposal project and help recruit an expanded staff for SJRA. He will remain as a consultant, with an engineer to be hired later. The $10 million, 21,000 acre Lake Conroe project advances with Cypress Creek regional system within Harris County to protect Houston water supply.
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Curry
San Jacinto River
Humble
Satterwhite
Bank of Baytown
Lake Conroe
San Jacinto
SJRA
Houston
Texas Water Quality Board
Cypress Creek
Harris County
Rogers to lead press briefing on Middle East topics
Washington AP reports Secretary of State William P. Rogers will hold a press conference today with the Middle East as the expected topic. Reports say the United States is pursuing new efforts toward peace in the region amid regional tensions.
Vandalism on the Rise in Baytown School District
Officials consider vandalism trends tied to Baytown's fast population growth. Police report 13 cases since Oct 1989 with $13,441 in damages, while schools suffered $85,200 vandalism losses last year. Insurance leaders note rising vandalism but attribute it to rapid influx of residents.
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Johnella Boynton
Betsy Webber
Baytown
John B. Wilkinson
Marion Magee
Baytown Reports First Quarter Sales Tax Revenue
City Treasurer notes Baytown earned 138 048 from the one per cent sales tax in the first quarter ending March 31 1970. City officials project about 329 559 through June and a 1970 71 fiscal year yield near 600 000, with a yearly take around 552 000.
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Baytown
Delly R. Voelkel
Voelkel
J.B. le Tayre
Funding Problem Is Cited By Volpe On Rail Aid
Transportation Secretary Volpe warned Congress the government may nationalize U S railroads if federal aid to Penn Central and others is withheld. He urged a 750 million emergency package, while Kennedy urged a desperate effort to save the railroad amid limited time and broader concerns for other firms.
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Washington
John Volpe
Congress
Penn Central
Volpe
House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
Chicago
Treasury
David M. Kennedy
Chicago Council On Foreign Relations
James Harvey
R-Mich
Sun Woman's Editor Wins National Press Awards
Martha Ann Hemphill, The Baytown Sun women's editor, travels to New Orleans to accept two NFWP national prizes in fashion writing and women's page editing. The Sun notched its first national honors in these categories as Wanda Orton earned an honorable mention for a Baytown Little Theater review and Jean Froneberger won for an interview. Over 250 delegates attend the NFWP convention at the Monteleone Hotel with Texas hosting a luncheon for Elizabeth Carpenter.
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Martha Ann Hemphill
Baytown Sun
New Orleans
National Federation of Press Women
Martha Ann
the Sun
Wanda Orton
Baytown Little Theater
Jean Froneberger
Baytown
Monteleone Hotel
Robert Maeser
Texas
Elizabeth Carpenter
Lyndon Johnson
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