Move To New Foundation Planned- Baytown Water Tower
Baytown’s leaning 200000 gallon water tower on Baker Road will be moved 744 feet to a new foundation as a routine operation by LaPlant Adair Co. The 140 ton structure will be braced with eight inch beams, raised by hydraulic jacks, and moved on a steel rail track with a winch. The project includes soil stabilization with lime, pipe relocation, and a new foundation by Gulf Coast Industrial Contractors, with completion targeted late next week.
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Baytown
Bee Landrum
Baker Road
LaPlant- Adair Co. M. L
Mike) Adair
Adair
Baker Road Tower
Indianapolis
Miami
Skria, Inc
Houston
Bay Jteven
Gulf Coast Industrial Contractors
Beaumont
KEM Machine & Welding
Bayshore Constructors, Inc
Ford Motor Co
LaPlant-Adair
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Chicago
U.S. Army Corps For Engineers
West Kiwanians to host Howard Newton visit
West Bay town Kiwanis Club welcomes Howard Newton of Houston, lieutenant governor of Kiwanis District 3, for Monday noon program at Rebel Inn. Newton will present the program. Lee College offers a 3 hour water safety instructors course from 4 to 6 56 pm beginning Monday. Classes run Mondays and Wednesdays in the college pool with no fee for Red Cross sponsored instruction. Participants must be at least 38 and strong swimmers. Bring towels and swimsuits. Rummage sale to aid Baytown Council for Retarded Children starts Monday at 3329 Market at 3 am with reduced prices per organizer Mrs. Frank Rice.
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West Kiwanians
Howard Newton
Houston
Kiwanis District 3
West Baytown Kiwanis Club
Rebel Inn
LEE College Physical Education Department
Red Cross
Baytown
Frank Rice
Bay town weekend forecast and tides report
FAIR AND colder is the weekend weather forecast for Bay town. Saturday morning's low temperature was 45 degrees after a high of 60 Friday. A B5 degree low is predicted for Sunday morning. No rain was recorded Friday. GALVESTON TORIES Sunday will be high at 2:18 a.m., 5 p.m. and 10:12 p-m. and low at 9:42 a.m. Tides Monday will be high at 3:30 a.m., 5:18 p-m. and 10:34 a.m. and low at 10:36 a.m.
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Baytown
Galveston
Tories
Baytown Greetings From Former Officials and Residents
Former Baytown area notices include ex city councilman Dave Clark sending greetings through Mrs Clark while on loan from Humble in Sicily and planning to return in May. Ken Badgett moves into a Highway 146 home from Tri City Beach Road as Knox Beavers heads to New York on a business trip. R R Ball assists his son Pat, Marcus Shelton seeks his power router borrower, and others like Kathleen Johnson Kay Morris and Mrs Joe Nunan appear in social checks.
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Dave Clark
R. R. Ball
Pat
Rusty Plocheck
Kathleen
Johnson
Kay Morris
Joe Nunan
Beverly Rockhold
Chuck Patman
Ricky Burch
Baytown
Eddie Bridwell
Light turnout at Lee College bond election draws totals
Voters cast only 304 ballots across 14 precincts by 11 30 am in the 1.3 million bond issue to fund Lee College expansion and land acquisitions. Officials expect turnout to rise late day as precincts report heavier voting. Funds would back three technical vocational buildings a new academic building a mechanical center and land purchase with federal aid sought to cover most costs.Enrollment now about 2000. projected to 3500 by 1970, signaling need for a future campus within a decade.
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Lee College
College
Alamo Elementary
James Bowie School
Thad Felton’s
Baytown Junior High
San Pacinto
Carver High School
James Bowie Elementary
Texas Education Agency
All She Wanted Was A Dress At The Livestock Sale
Mrs. Tilman O'Brien sought a dress at the Houston Livestock Show sale but received a cow instead. The scene captures the moment when the auction declared the cow sold to the lady who waved her hand, prompting her quip that she wanted a dress, not a cow.
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Tilman O’brien
Tillman O'Brien Jr
Houston
Houston Judge to Speak Here on Obscene Books
Houston judge Joseph M. Guarino of County Criminal Court at Law No. 4 will join a panel on obscenity enforcement at Knights of Columbus Hall Tuesday night at 7 30. City Councilman Reymond Donnelly will moderate. program co sponsored by Knights of Columbus and Baytown Optimist Club.
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Houston
Joseph M. Guarino
County Criminal Court
Law No
Knights of Columbus
Reymond Donnelly
Baytown Optimist Club
Guaring
Normandy
Omaha Beach
France
Houston Committee For Decent Literature
Baytown teen matches Sweden pen pals via band ad
Herbert Jacobson, a Baytown High sophomore, has received over 100 letters from Swedish students after placing a small ad in the Expression. He aims to match pen pals, many from 13 to 16, who want to study English and hear about U.S. life. He keeps about 30 letters and plans a radio tv announcing future.
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Bobby Sutphix
Herbert Jac
U.S
Baytown
Bay-Beatles
Herbert
Bert
Rabous
Sweden
Gro
Ac. J. Sech
Stockholm
Houston
Tannadt
Clarence Jacob
Cedar Bayou Road
Sarah Jacobson
Raytown
Robert E. Lee High School
Dencie
Cedar Bayou
Funeral services held for Walter Casey of Lamesa
Funeral services were held Saturday for Walter Casey, brother of J. C. Casey of 1568 Mississippi in Bay town, marking the family’s tribute to the deceased.
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Walter Casey
Lamesa
J. C. Casey
Mississippi
Baytown
No Letting Go In Our World Today
A chaotic blend of weather and politics travels through North Central United States as Mrs. George C Wallace launches her campaign for governor of Alabama while her husband dominates the talking. In Vietnam, Marines and government troops clash with hundreds of North Vietnamese regulars in Quang Ngai coastal province. A BOAC airliner crashes near Mount Fuji, 70 miles south of Tokyo, killing all 124 aboard.
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George C_ Wallace
Aishams
Quang Neai
Mt. Fuji
Tokyo
Golf Pro Jack Shelton Resigns From Goose Creek Club
Jack Shelton, long time golf pro at Goose Creek Country Club in Kenedy Baytown, announced his resignation effective soon. He served five years in World War II and placed seventh in the 1957 PGA tournament, later joining the Texas Cup team. A committee was formed to seek his replacement, with prospects to interview several pros. Shelton plans to stay in Baytown for a while with his wife and two daughters at 4995 St Andrews.
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Jack Shelton
Shelton
Goose Creek Country Club
Iday
Kenedy
Baytown
Homer C. Wilson
GCCC
T. D. O'Brien
J. W. Ainsworth
B. A. Stewart
O’brien
Ken Schoppe
Andrews
Few candidates file for Baytown council seats
Interest in the council races is lukewarm as the midnight Saturday filing deadline nears for three city seats in the April 5 election. Only Albert Fanestiel for District 5 and Andy Braswell for District 4 had filed by noon. Pat Ball is expected to run for the district seat vacated by J. Robert Barnes, with Ball’s father planning to file for him. Mayor Seabom Cravey and councilmen Hulium Donnelly and Massey have terms not expiring this year.
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Albert
Fanestiel
Sack Huron
Andy Braswell
Baytown
Pat Ball
J. Robert Barnes
Ball
R. R. Ball
Pat
Seabom Cravey
Don Hullum
Raymond Donnelly
Clem Massey
Two Strips To Protect Property
The city council finalized annexation of two two mile strips around U S Steel property and set a March 18 public hearing to extend city limits into Chambers County. Action moves ahead of possible incorporation of Tri City Beach area with a petition received by Judge Oscar F Nelson Jr. The measure could affect extra territorial control and includes about 600 acres with at least 200 residents.
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Bee Landrum
U.S. Steel
Chambers County
Tri-City Beach Road
Tri- City Beach
Keocenes County
Oscar F. Nelson Jr
Nelson
Baytown
Chandler
Cedar Bayou
Bay
Texas
Eloise Jordan
Ruth Hoover
Jordan
Hoover
Tri-City Beach
Baytown Traffic Woes Climb Sharply In Early Months
Baytown police data show traffic injuries nearly tripling from 21 to 53 in January and February. Vehicle damage rose to 87,185 dollars from 49,379 and major wrecks reached 31 versus 18 the prior year. No city fatalities this year, two nearby, with 215 total wrecks year to date versus 145 last year. age groups 21 to 24 accounted for most crashes, while 15 and younger had four incidents. non moving violations hit 222 and moving violations 1,034 with 150 unlicensed drivers. DWIs rose to 13 from four.
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Wanda Orton
Baytown
Viet Nam War Hits New Peak
Viet Nam war widens with U S and Vietnamese forces battling Communist troops in heavy air and ground offensives near Hanoi and Quang Ngai. Air power hit a surface to air missile site west of Hanoi as MiG interference occurred. Marines and airborne units claim over 300 enemy killed in a two day clash.
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Saigun
South Viet Nam
U.S
Air Force
Hanoi
Quang Ngai
Resident Here 75 Years Dies in Baytown
Mrs. Tula Annie Wright 75 of 117 Cedar Bayou Road died at home Friday afternoon. Born July 3, 1890 at Frank Busch Ranch Goose Creek she lived in Baytown all her life. Survived by husband Allen Wright three daughters Louise Endern Anna Pearl Thomas Algie Nance two brothers W. S. Busch Sr Claudie Busch six grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Funeral 4 p.m. Saturday at Deár Bayou Methodist Church Reverend E. J. Davis Jr officiating burial Cedar Crest Cemetery Paul A. Lee Funeral Home directing.
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Tula Annie Wright
Cedar Bayou Road
Frank Busch
Theest Bank
Goose Creek
Allen Wright
Louise Endern
Anna Pearl Thomas
Algie Nance
W.S. Busch Sr
Claudie Busch
Baytown
E. J. Davis Jr
Dear Bayou
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Herbert Jacobson
Peoples State Bank
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