Man arrested after watery escape during burglary
A Baytown burglary suspect tried to swim to a small island across Goose Creek to avoid capture after fleeing a residence on Barrymore. Anthony Wayne Powell, 21, was caught with a Baytown Public Works boat assist, booked on two counts of burglary of a habitation. Bond set at 15 000 and 20 000.
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LC Works to Halt Campus Burglary Wave
Interim Lee College President Robert Larsson told the Board of Regents officials are rehearsing steps to stop campus burglaries. Four break-ins across buildings in late May to early June yielded microwave ovens calculators a cassette recorder a cash register and $100 in cash with both unlocked and forced entries. No college employee is suspected.
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Baytown July 4 events and services listed
Obituary notes Billy Phweatt 63 of Baytown dies in Georgetown funeral 2 p.m. Monday at Davis Funeral Home. Fire calls report tractor wiring fire $70 damage and a mud truck tire fire $600 damage. Community event items include three wheel race July 4 at Robert E. Lee High School, parade entries due July 2, PWP dance June 28, SOS June 30, ice cream crank off and free style bicycle contest July 4, pickle contest, Toughlove meeting June 30, Goose Race at Bicentennial Park, Baytown Youth Fair meeting June 30, hoppity hop race at Bicentennial Park. Calls after events for details given to 427-7477 or 704 Inwood or 200 Caldwell.
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Mary) Childers
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Lawsuit Filed Over Explosion At Mobil Gas Plant
A lawsuit seeking unspecified damages has been filed against Mobil Enserch Gas Transportation and Houston Natural Gas Corp. over the death of Douglas Garness 22 of Liberty. The suit cites the Raywood gas pipeline blast that engulfed his Triangle Petroleum Service vacuum truck. A temporary restraining order bars Mobil from removing evidence and allows attorney inspections. a hearing is set for 1:30 p.m. Monday.
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Texas A&M expert warns coastal towns face repeat hurricane risk
Texas A and M University researcher Philip Berke cautions Hurricane Bonnie shows coastal communities still rely on emergency plans rather than long term land use and planning. He cites Galveston and lessons from Hurricane Alicia in 1983 as evidence of rebuilding density raising future risk.
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