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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1973
Page
1
Sterling High School seniors sponsor a chicken fry at Bayshore Red River Gun Club on Saturday from 10 30 a m to 6 p m. Tickets cost 150 and proceeds go to support the senior prom.
Gates argues annexation should proceed only if the city can meet residents' needs without burdening Baytown taxpayers. He notes drainage and maintenance of facilities as ongoing problems to be solved before expansion.
Baytown officials debate taxation reform and city services. Gates urges conservative assessment limits and exemptions for disabled veterans while outlining sewer and water expansion plans including five plants and 14 lift stations. note George Young returns to offensive line coach role for the Baltimore Colts under Howard Schnellenberger. Joe Thomas names Fred Schubach as personnel director.
Filing members include Charley Walker District 2 and Jody Lander District 3 each with opponents. Col Henry Dittman vies for District 2 while Leroy Boone runs District 3. Newcomers include Mrs Wilbanks Mrs Cryer Boone and Col Dittman. District 6 incumbents Gates and Connerton previously ran.
Zelman Kuehn seeks amendment of final approval for Town Square Townhouses on Ward Road after three units exceed the 2 foot setback by 16 inches to two feet. Planners may grant an exception only if undue hardship is shown, as engineers discovered the mistake after slab pours and building erecting. A separate item notes a life light device for the incapacitated to signal for help in Hempstead New York.
Harlem School seeks HEW recognition of Baytown district as unitary and operates as a magnet to desegregate. Free transport offered to magnet enrollees and within Harlem zone. enrollment has shifted from 100 percent black to about 74 percent black as white students increase. Eckhardt credits HEW engagement and notes ongoing court order considerations. warns against overoptimism while stressing need for a racially nondefinable, districtwide plan.
Crosby High School will host a four session defensive driving course beginning March 7 at Lee College for Crosby School District residents. Enrollment, limited to 35, costs 10 dollars with shifts through March 12 13 and 2, instruction by Ben Moskowitz. The course aims to reduce crash costs and improve wrecker response efficiency in the district.
Descendants of original Austin colony settlers and Texas Declaration signers gather at the old Republic capital Washington On The Brazos for Texas Independence Day events. Gov. Dolph Briscoe is among the speakers. Also note Ireland’s government handover planned by Prime Minister Jack Lynch to Liam Cosgrave.
In Dublin AP reports nearly 100000 acres of Irish land have been bought by foreigners in the last decade with Germans as the principal buyers. Lands minister Sean Flanagan says a takeover by EEC citizens is unlikely despite free buy rights after two years. The piece notes Canada’s first electric street railway began service in St. Catharines in 1887.
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