Coach retracts claim of no hit game by Mus tang pitcher
Fast Minor League coach John Fox apologized Thursday for an earlier report that Mus tang pitcher Gary Clanton threw a no hitter against the Panthers Monday night. The Baytown forecast calls for scattered showers through Friday with highs near 80 and lows around 70s. Galveston tides Friday include a light 7:36 am rise and 1:36 pm low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fox
Mustangs
Gary Clanton
Mustang
Panthers
Crosby School District to discuss annexation by Lee College
Crosby School District trustees meet Thursday night to discuss annexation by Lee College as part of plans for a Greater Houston Community College district. They evaluate whether Crosby should be included in the college district and which route would be best.
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Rosey School Board Menters
Lee Colege Regents
Crosby
Lee College
Greater Houston Community College
McGraws Celebrate 26th Wedding Anniversary
Readable items note Mr and Mrs L F McGraw celebrate 26 years Thursday. Alva Dean and Donna French assist Alva's grandfather with his 80th birthday cake of 80 candles. Roy Reeves recalls the first cake with candies. Stefani Shapiro visits by grandparents the Leon Paines. Louisa Plantation trip referenced. Various locals profiled with brief mentions of birthdays travels and a police incident.
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L. F. McGraw
Alva Dean
Donna French
Alva
Roy Reeves
Stefani Shapiro
Houston
Leon Paines
Dale T. Adams
Molls
Louisiana Plantation
Rosedown
Lesser Newton Blackmon
Zeddie Blackmon
Rockdale
Minerva
Lexington
Belton
A. W. Henscey
W. A. Read
Frank Turpin
Jack Thorns
Clint Bates
Number Please Phone Booth Explosion at Park and North Pruet
The Park and North Pruet area saw a phone booth explosion Wednesday night around 0:15 pm. Lt. Charles W. Cowan witnessed the blast from nearby, narrowly escaping injury as glass and debris flew 100 feet. An “out of order” note and a tobacco fume point are being investigated, with Houston lab tests on fragments to identify the explosive.
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Wanda Orton
Park and North Pruet
Morrell Park
Park
West Nurb
North Pruett
Charles W. Cowan
Cowan
Houston
Blair Mann
C. W. Smith
Robert Rakestraw
Set
R. L. Hardy
Bill Killingsworth
General Telephone Co
Park and North Pruett
Alan McWhorter
Apparent Election Set For Poverty Group Here
A poverty group election to name a poor representative to the Harris County Community Action Association board is reported for 3 p.m. Sunday at a town hall meeting in Baytown, with voting limited to poor residents in McNair and Barrett Station areas. Mayor Seaborn Cravey plans to name himself Baytown’s representative amid concerns over HCCAA efficiency funded by federal Office of Economic Opportunity money. The board will have 24 members with broader local and regional appointments, including City of Houston, Harris County, and various organizations.
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Johnella Boynton
Harris County Comunity Action Association Board
Oak Street
McNair and
Barrett Station
Seaborn Cravey
Baytown
Hccaa Sford
Cravey
Beytown
HCCAA
Office of Economic Opportunity
City of
Houston
Herris County Commissioners Court
The
Houston Chamber of Commerce
AFCIO
NAACP
Houston Counci of Churches
United and and Latin American Proms
Merv Rosenbaum
Trained wrecker stuck on South Main tracks
Early one morning this week on the South Main railroad tracks a wrecker responding to a stalled car became stuck in a rut. A railroad employee helped by pulling the wrecker out with a train, after which the wrecker freed the car. Police Sgt. J. C Geel reported the incident.
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Rairoad
J. C Geel
Senators push tax raise amid liquor bill threat
AP report notes lawmakers urge a penny increase in the state sales tax and warn of a possible special session. President Johnson urges lawful, appropriate replies on poverty issues while US troops withdraw from Khe Sanh and mobile forces engage in South Vietnam. John Birch Society and far right groups are predicted to attack the NEA’s agenda.
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John
Connally
Khe Sanh Voombat
South Vietnam
Council OKs Thompson Road water district plan
Baytown voters approved a special water control and improvement district for Thompson Road area by a split council vote. The new district No. 127 bounds Interstate 19, Spring Gully and Thompson Road, with a veto option for future plans. Critics warned of competitive edge for the developer, while supporters cited city control and potential cost savings for residents.
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Mike Lonsford
Baytown
Ity Council
Resi
Dents
Thompson Road
Ted Kloeser
Molion
Thompson ‘Road
Spring Gully
Clevenger
Water District
Seaborn Cravey
Cravey
Salary Raise OK'd For Barbers Hill Teachers
Barbers Hill School Board approved across the board increases raising starting pay to 6000 annually for teachers with a bachelor's degree, placing the district atop Baytown area salaries. Other scale boosts include increments for experience up to 32 years and higher pay for master's and PhD holders. Coaching stipends also increased for head and assistant coaches and girls' teams.
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Mont Belvieu
Barbers Hill
Baytown
Tom
Paving Contract Awarded By Baytown Council
Baytown City Council awarded a $225 995.50 street paving contract to Warren Bros. Construction Co. of Houston, formerly Gulf Biulithic Corp. Four other bids ranged to $283 982.48. The project funds will rely on surplus from other budgets, likely the water fund. Streets to be improved include Florida Crow Road Bryan and Hill Rabin Road Walker Cline and Singleton Schilling between Garth and Pruett East Foyle between Strickland and Narcillé West Gulf. The work covers repaving and pothole repair with Crow Road raised six inches.
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Baytown
Warren Bros. Construction Co
Houston
Warren Bros
Gulf Biulithic Corp
A. B. LeFevre
Florida
pCrow
Bryan and
Hill Streets
Rabin Road
Walker, Cline
Singleton
Schilling
Garth
Pruett
East Foyle
Strickland
Narcillé
West Gulf
Crow Road
Jack Morton
Fair Weather Would End Flood Threat
The San Jacinto River's rise has halted and should recede with no unusual tides or rain, per Harris County flood control engineer Frank Mitchell. By 8 a.m. Thursday the river had dropped 6.14 inches since midnight. three feet of water flowed over the Lake Houston spillway Wednesday. Evacuations continued as residents tallied damage to homes and businesses. many remained in stilted or elevated houses while debris and whirlpools from the Lake Houston spillway haunted the river.
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San Jacinto
Frank Mitchell
Harris County
Ergaineer
Lake Houston
Highlands
Funeral Services Friday For Donnie James Wood
Funeral services will be held at 2 p m Friday at Central Baptist Church Uliveland for Donnie James Wood 4 of Ill Ave E killed in a gun accident The youth son of Mr and Mrs James H Wood attended Ross Sterling High School and was a member of Cleveland Central Baptist Church He is survived by five brothers and five sisters and two grandmothers The Harris County sheriff s department described the death as accidental and said the weapon discharged while another youth handled it at a Baytown area home The body was taken to San Jacinto Methodist Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival by the medical examiner.
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Ross Sterling H High School
Cleveland Central Baptist Church
Robert Wood
Galena Fark
Jimmy Wood
Cleveland
Ricky
Michael
Terry Wood
Highlands
Darlene Godsey
Houston
Sandra Mize
Coral Hyde
Vickie
Gail Wood
Lucille Wood
Conroe
Carrie Jones
Goesbick
Harris Couty Sheriff's Department
Richard D
Oakland Ave
Baystown
Davis
Army
Bobby Glen
iGakland
Harris County
Wood
Carrico
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
James H. Sammons
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American Association of University Women
Pat Mann
Baytown White Theater
Galveston
Qwn
Citizens National Bank & Trust Co
Wrecker
AP Wik
James Earl Ray
U.S
Martin Luther King Jr
London
Ray
Johnson
John Birch Society
Aiiles
National Education Association
Charles Baker
Institute For American Democracy
World Traveler
Andy Sgraswell
Middleton Road
Thompson
Peppies State Bank
Donnie James Wood
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