City Eyes $250000 for 1970-71 Street Rebuilding Plan
City Manager D R Voelkel asks Baytown council to begin steps for a 1970 71 street rebuilding program with a $250000 allocation. A priority list of streets is set, though total cost of projects exceeds funds and some cuts are expected. Voelkel invites public input on high priority streets while noting remaining projects and prior year work.
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D. R. Voelkel
Baytown
Voelkel
Aece Ad
Yoekel
Panel Studies St Allen's Teen Vote Bill Unopposed At Hearing
A Texas House committee heard testimony on Rep. Joe Allen's measure to enfranchise 18 to 20-year-olds in state and local elections. Supporters argued the change aids youth participation. opponents warned of potential chaos and dual elections. The hearing, held on Texas Independence Day, drew four favorable speakers and no opposition witnesses. Representatives from Lee College attended in Washington for a junior colleges meeting.
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Feinberg
R. G
Bob) Feinberg
Austin
San Ja
Cnto Methodist Hospital
Texas House Committee
U.S. Steel
Washington
Lee College
Washington, D.C
American Association of Junior Colleges
Richard D. Strahan
D. A. Boatright
Wallace Heaner
Bill Peace
John McCormick
Bob McGraw
Dallas
Frank Calhoun
Abilene
Houston
Constitutional Amendments Committee
Allen
Buck Wood
Texas Secretary of State
Texas
Wood
Harris County
R. H
Bob) Turrentine
Terry Shand III
Young Democrats
San Antonio
Trinity University
Shand
Babe Ruth
Richard Bruns
Texas Student “Education i Association
Ben Barnes
House
Senate
Barnes
Appropriations Subcommittee
Senate Finance Committee
Weather and Tides Outlook for Morgan's Point
Cloudy and cold likely with fall air Wednesday afternoon and Thursday. Temperatures in the mid 0s to low 50s, warming after noon Thursday. Tides show no high or low at 9 a.m. Thursday. Sunrise 6:44 a.m., sunset 6:23 p.m.
Garrison Starts Second Career As Justice Clerk
James C. Jimmie Garrison retires from the Baytown Refinery plant protection section and begins a second career as a clerk in Justice of the Peace N. O. Morrison's office. Other brief items note Alice Henscey planning a Big D trip, Leonard Stasney ill with a cold, Dave Moore teased about a true girls escapade, Karl Opryshek back after a week’s illness, Art Coltharp discussing a new project, Herman Boatman planning a school project, Dan Savell bundled up for winter, retired School Supt. George H. Gentry busy, and Joe Conway set to report to Uncle Sam for a few months.
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James C
Jimmie) Garrison
Dumble
Baytown
Jimmie
Justice of the Peace N. O. Morrison
Alice Henscey
Big D
Leonard Stasney
Dave Moore
Karl Opryshek
Art Coltharp
Herman Boatman
Dan Savell
George H. Gentry
Joe Conway
Uncle Sam
Baytown to feel hard freeze with 20s overnight
The National Weather Service warns of a hard freeze in the Baytown area Tuesday night into Wednesday with temperatures dropping to the mid 20s. Thursday should warm into the low 60s, while Wednesday may not rise above the low 50s. A cold front brings clearing skies and a cold drizzle that closed outdoor activities but no rise in weather related crashes is reported.
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Baytown
National Weather Service
Baytown Builds Focus On New Homes In February
February permitting in Baytown totaled 659,585 dollars, with 527,575 dollars for new homes and a 48 unit apartment complex at 501 Massey Torkins Road. T. C. Morrison of Witmore Investment Co. obtained the permit for the 280,000 dollar apartment project. A 25,000 dollar concrete slab for a Gulf Coast Hospital clinic on Garth Road was issued to Guico Inc. The Bayport Construction Co. won a 38,000 dollar lumber store permit at 3318 N. Main. A 32,993 dollar permit to Ray Pearce for a North Main and Ward Road typewriter sales and service building. Remodeling and additions accounted for 33,217 dollars in permits, with checks including a 7,000 dollar Checkmate, Inc. private club project and a 1,900 dollar addition for the El Toro Restaurant. Remodeling at 1085 Alexander Drive was 2,250 dollars. Lone Star Beer Co. project at 3215 N. Main 2,500 dollars for an office over storage. Der Wiener Schnitzel to become a restaurant for 6,000 dollars. 1,000 dollars to enclose a building entrance at 1003 Polly. contractor Rocky Roquemore. A 1,000 dollar fire-damage repair at C. O. Underwood’s home. (See HOMES, Page 2)
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Wanda Orton
Baytown
City Hall
Massey-Tormpkins
Doctors’ Clinic
Gulf Coast Hospital
Garth Road
Guico Inc
Bella Co
Brooks Starett
N. Main
Checkmate, Inc
Bayway Drive
Dave Swalm
el Toro
Swalm
Alexander Drive
Wayne Duddleston
Tecton Corp
Joe Dacy
Lone Star Beer Co
A. J. Nasser
der Wienersschnitzel
N. Alexander
E. R. Maddox
EF. C. Taylor
Bill Laughlin
Polly
Rocky Roquemore
C. O. Underwood
Chan
Baytown Relates New Human Relations Answer Line
The Baytown Human Relations Council with General Telephone Co starts a six month trial phone service for housing wage and hour food stamp and racial issues. Calls are recorded and answered by council committee and printed in The Baytown Sun starting March 18. Names omitted unless the caller requests personal reply.
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Baytown Human Relations Council
General Telephone Co
City Hall
General Telephone
Baytown Sun
Sun
Ralph Davidson
John Henderson
Tom Boyder
Buena Alice Bowen
Frank Williams
Mike Hodge
The
Houston Legal Foundation
Bob McCreary
East Side Baptist Church
Firsts in Indochina War Saigon missiles spark retaliation talk
AP reports North Vietnam fired surface to air missiles over South Vietnam for the first time in the war. U S sources hint at new air strikes in retaliation. The dispatch lists other incidents including a kidnapped American agronomist freed in Uruguay and bomb threats in Houston and Washington.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
U.S. Command
U.S
Texas Senate kills 9-3 verdict bill in civil reform push
Austin AP report says Senate Jurisprudence Committee rejected a bill to allow 9-3 jury verdicts in civil cases while approving other reform measures to speed trials. Critics warn of clogged dockets and higher insurance, supporters argue faster justice and unchanged auto rates.
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Senate
James P
Jim Krenzer
Houston
Texas
Tuition hike eyed for Texas colleges since 1957
Texas representatives debated a bill to raise state college tuition for the first time since 1957. The measure would lift average Texan tuition from 50 to 135 per semester and non residents from 200 to 705. A separate 431.9 million dollar tax bill, mostly sales taxes, was also slated for debate as lawmakers weigh new revenue to cover costs.
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Jones
Laredo Solon Proposes Personal Income Tax
A Texas House bill by Rep. Honore Ligarde would enact a piggy back personal and corporate income tax based on federal figures, effective 1973. The plan would tax one percent of federal income tax, projected to raise about $62 million annually, with 20 percent to the Available School Fund for classrooms and maintenance. Ligarde warned passage would be difficult and noted broad scrutiny from newspapers, business groups, and consumers.
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Austin
Texas
Honore Ligarde
Laredo
Ligarde
Ex Councilman Files In District 3 Race
Alvie Cecil Carlton 65 annuitant and former Baytown councilman filed for City Council District 3 joining Abe Simon and Jody Lander. Don Hullum seeks the mayoral post with filing deadline Saturday to city clerk Edna Oliver. Carlton served on Pelly and Baytown Goose Creek councils and is a Memorial Baptist Church member.
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Alvie Cecil Carlton
Baytown
Baytown Honors Namesake Miss Jessie Lee Pumphrey
Miss Jessie Lee Pumphrey returns Thursday to Baytown to see the elementary named after her. She served as De Zavala Elementary principal for 37 years until 1965. Principal Herman Boatman and Superintendent Johnny Clark greet her at 10 a.m. on Bean Road campus. Mayor Glen Walker proclaims Jess ie Lee Pumphrey Day as she tours the building and meets 675 students, many new to her. An afternoon slide show caps the visit with former colleagues invited to attend.
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Baytown
Jessie
Jessie Lee Pumphrey
de- Zavala
Bean Road
Herman Boatman
Johnny Clark
Glen Walker
Miss Pumphrey
Pumphrey
Edna
Boatman
DeZavala Elementary School
Miss Jessie
de Zavala School
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