Deer Park Schools Hold Open House and Tour of Renovations
The Deer Park school system announces an open house at the junior high and administration buildings from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday March 5 inviting the public to tour new facilities. The school board will also inspect three ongoing construction projects at Tiing High School Highlands Elementary and Harlem Elementary, meeting at 12:30 p.m.
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Deer Park
Tiing High School
Highlands Elementary School
Harlem Elementary School
Completon
Baytown Weather and Services Mix of Events
Weather in Baytown shows mostly cloudy skies and mild temps through Thursday with highs near 41 and lows around 36. Galveston tides note a 2:36 am high and 11:24 am high on Thursday. Midweek Lenten service at St Pauls Lutheran Church set for 7:55 pm with the Rev. Harold Bomhof delivering a children’s message and sermon. Congregational Methodist Church hosts Westminster College choir at 7 pm Saturday. all welcome. Dr H E von Rosenberg earns two U S patents from Esso Baytown for isobutylene rubber yield and a catalytic cracking back mixing reduction. Trinity Episcopal plans a 6:30 pm Lenten supper Wednesday with a 6 pm confirmation by Bishop Percy Goddard and slides of his Holy Land trip. nursery provided.
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Baytown Area
Galveston
Jones
St Paul's Lutheran Church
Harold Bomhoff
H. E. von Rosenberg
Esso Research and Engineering Co
Trinity Episcopal Church
Percy Goddard
Holy Land
Banquet Scenes and Houston Fat Stock Show Tie Diverse Names
Mrs Dora Ward enjoys her meal at a banquet. Mrs Okley Ficklin finds a forgotten picture. Mrs Mary Lou Burkett helps former students. Vicki Hutchinson distributes helpful tips. Rev Calvin Parish and family visit Crocker relatives in Highlands. They attended the Fat Stock Show in Houston. Apologies to Swarm and Seligman families for a name switch in a photograph. Dorothy Warner shares a needed calendar. Mrs Howard Via makes a major decision. Esther Horton comments on compliments. Margaret Calloway is quoted. Mrs Fritz Lanham submits a lengthy report. Don Bronson plans a banquet. Margot Sappington, Baytown dancer, appears on Ed Sullivan.
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Dora Ward
Okley Ficklin
Mary Lou Burkett
Vicki Hutchinson
Calvin Parish
Tammy
Tim
Crocker
Curtis, Parrish
Highlands
Houston
Jean
Dave Swarm
Aggie
John Seligman
Frances DuPlantis
Boots
Dorothy Warner
Howard Via
Esther Horton
Margaret Calloway
Fritz Lanham
Don Bronson
Margot Sappington
Baytown
House OK's It 85 63 Sales Tax Bill Goes To Senate
The Texas House passed a local option city sales tax bill by one per cent and sent it to the Senate. Supporters say it grants local self government while critics warn it could hinder future state tax increases. The measure ties city collections to the state tax base, altering the starting point from 25 to 17 cents for combined taxes.
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Austin
House
Senate
Texas Municipal Leage
John Traeger
Seguin
Traeger
Texas
Paul Floyd
Houston
Tarrant County
Dallas
Bexar
el Paso
Istate Comptroller
REL Senior Wins National Science Talent Search Honor
Richard John Buckman a senior at Robert E Lee High School is among 40 national winners in the Westinghouse Science Talent Search. He will travel to Washington for six days of interviews exhibits and lectures culminating in an awards banquet at the Sheraton Park Hotel. Buckman son of Mr and Mrs Charles F Buckman of Bay Town studied derivatives of turpentine oil.
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Richard John Buckman
Robert E. Lee High School
Westinghouse
Washington
Sheraton Park Hotel
Richard
Charles F. Buckman
Baytown
North Cotil Tion
Sheraton Park
Rayburn House
Nicolai Gogol
Arlington National Cemetery
Son's Job Cited Justice Clark To Quit Court
President Johnson faces a second Supreme Court appointment as Naomi Ramsey Clark nominates his son Ramsey Clark Jr. to the high court. Chief Justice Tom C Clark plans to retire midyear to avoid conflicts, paving the way for Senate approval of the younger Clark. The family move would leave multiple high court changes in a single term.
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Washington
Ramsey Clark
Johnson
Supreme Court
Hll
Clark
Tom C.clark
Senate
Edward A. Kennedy
D-Mass
Justice Clark
High Court
Harry S. Truman
Nicholas Katgenbach
Judiciary Committee
Committee
Attornney
Big Crowd to Hear Highway Bridge Plan at Luncheon
Baytown Chamber of Commerce highway committee will host a Friday luncheon with guests from communities along Highway 146. Fred Hartman will present a push for state action to study and acquire right of way for a multi lane bridge over the Houston Ship Channel at the Baytown La Porte Tunnel site, with officials from Harris and Chambers counties in attendance.
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Baytown
W E. Carmichael
Houston
V. V Ramsey
Kyle Chapman
Harris County
Oscar Nelson
H. H. ‘McCollum
Chambers County
Kemah
Seabrook
Shorezeres
Bayport
la Porte
Mont Belview
Pecorta
Dome eyed as possible GOP 1968 convention site
Houston hosts GOP committee members weighing the Astrodome as a potential venue, with decisions possibly coming before June. Mrs. Jack Stacy, a Wyoming delegate and former Houston resident, praises the facility after touring with Roy Hofheinz and fellow scouts from Los Angeles and Arkansas and South Dakota.
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Houston
Republican National Committee
Jack Stacy
Wyoming
Henry Moeller
South Dakota
Frank 3icGil
Arkansas
Los Angeles
Stacy
Roy Hotheinz
GOP
McGillicuddy
City landscaping contest deadline nears in Baytown
Baytown residents show limited early interest as three have picked up plot plans for the Civic Center site contest directed by the Parks and Recreation Board. First prize is 75 dollars, with 50 and 25 dollars for second and third. Entries due by 4 p.m. March 6 at city hall. winners announced March 23 after a panel selects designs. Plans must cover areas inside service roads around two city buildings and may extend beyond. Plot plans cost 1 dollar at city hall for scale drawing.
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Bobby Sutphin
Baytown
Civic Center
Cty
Fritz Lanham
Parks and Recreation Board
City Hall
Norman Foote
Baytown City Hall
Comounity Center
Taki
March Comes In Like Lamb in Texas Weather Outlook
The first day of March brought mild springlike conditions with light showers around Brownsville adding .01 inch moisture to 37 inches total earlier in the week. Temperatures fell near freezing at Junction to 1 degree and to 1% at Lubbock while the Lower Rio Grande Valley remained cloudy. Forecasts show little change in the coming days as a transition from spring to potentially harsher weather looms later in the month.
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Associated Press
Texas
Miki
Brownsville
Rio Grande Valley
Junction
Lubbock
Zoning Views Given At Candidate Quiz by Bell Hartman
Baytown officials and candidates debated zoning at a Baytown Home Builders Association dinner. Mayors Cravey and candidates Savel, Donnelly, Umholtz, Walker, Williams, Hullum, and Kelley discussed a federal grant driven master zoning plan, commissions, hearings, and the need for a public vote. Cravey urged a referendum while cautioning that final proposals were not yet ready.
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Bell
Hartman
Baytown
Baytown Home Builders Association
Seaborn Cravey
Dan Savel
Raymond Donnelly
Chuck Umholtz
Glen Walker
Roy Wiliams
Don Hullum
Lamar Kelley
Cravey
Junior Science Fair Starts Here Monday
Baytown junior schools begin their first separate science fairs on March 6 with divisions in biological physical Earth and mathematics. Seven eighth graders plus seven seventh graders will produce top projects advancing to the Baytown Science Fair on March 18 at Sterling High School.
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Baytown
Torward
Frances Mookheek
Sterling High School
Highlands Junior School
Horace Mann
Baytown Sunoy School
Carver Junior School
Cedar Bayou
Baytown Junior School
al Tipps
Carolyn Anderson
Jessie Askey
Frances Mockneck
Karab McKissick
James Dawson
Floyd Dunn
Barbara McClintock
Evelyn
Arthur Hodges
Robert E. Lee
Continuing Pact Sought for Baytown Teachers
Baytown teachers may get continuing contracts with automatic yearly renewal under a plan from the Opportunities for Achievement committee led by Trustee Paul Parkinson. Teachers with one year of service could choose a continuing or one year term contract, with annual board approval in March. First year hires would receive one year contracts to gauge capability, and three months notice would be given if renewal is not recommended.
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Johnella Boynton
Baytown
Paul Parkinson
Parkinson
Bruce Ramsey
Houston Man and Wife Slain at Motel in Houston
Houston police sought a Latin American man for questioning after the fatal stabbings of Fred C. Davis and his wife Alyada at their motel apartment. The couple's bodies were found with multiple stab wounds, and their blue 1966 Volvo wagon and motel room belongings were missing. A note on the door claimed the house was closed and the couple had gone to New Orleans.
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Houston
Fred C. Davis
Alyada
Imotel
Davis
Chihuahua
Jack Watson
New Orlands
Jake
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Mustaine
Garent Arenes
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John ‘Dyer
Sehool
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Westminster College and Bible Institute
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National Gallery of Art
National Bureau of Standards
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
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