Coffee Prices Surge Spark Supply Panic Across Baytown Stores
Shopkeepers from Ronnie Wood Market Highlands to Safeway Baytown report shoppers stockpiling coffee as wholesale prices jump to about 3.68 per pound. Retailers cap purchases, warn of potential price relief only if supply stabilizes, while census of demand shows sustained buying despite rising costs. Experts cite Brazil and Colombia frost damage cutting 40 percent of output, with recovery spanning years.
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Betsy Werren
Sis Bay
Ronald D. Patterson
Ronnie
Highlands
Baytown Arcs
Cokeron
Kendall
Safeway
Baytown
Dim Heashey
Keer Family Center
Taylor
Weihgarten
Patterson
Texas
Fas
Jerry Lyons
Lyons Food
Es- Lyons
SUN Sunby
Colle
Brazil
Colombia
Houston Livestock Show steer fetches 42000 at sale
The grand champion Limousin steer from the 1877 Houston Livestock Show sold for 42 000. Restaurateur Bill Williams of Houston bought the steer named Payday, owned by Pam Esse of Three Rivers. This marks Williams's first purchase of the champion steer.
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Houston
Holmes Jr. obituary and Baytown ties noted
Attorney Darrell Forsythe Holmes Jr. died February 22 at his Athens Georgia home. He was the father of former Baytonian Hyron Brown Holmes and once worked for the Baytown Sun. An ensuing note mentions a Baytown AARP meeting and Coast Guard hearings on a January 27 Exxon San Francisco dock fire in Houston.
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Darrell Forsythe Holmes Jr
Athens
Coast Guard
Exxon
Southwest Conference basketball tournament crowd figures
Russell Boone of Anahuac and Sterling assistant coach were seen at The Summit during the Southwest Conference tournament. Dub Rogers and Morris Fayle paused for coffee while Foxy Matherine handled business. Wayne Gray announced his new office, Ronnie Smith offered guidance to a clothes buyer, and J. D. Latham appeared to be notably clever in this brief notes column.
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Russell Boone
Anahuac
Sterling
Clyde Alexander
Dub Rogers
Morris Fayle
Foxy Matherine
Wayne Gray
Ronnie Smith
J. D. Latham
Public School Week schedule highlights city events
Schedules announced as district schools open for Public School Week with tours, meet the teacher sessions, and student displays. Events include Robert E. Lee concerts and NHS installation, Baytown and Highlands activities, plus a science fair, choir concerts, and community focus day with forums and demonstrations.
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Eva Luthringer
The
Sun
Robert E. Lee
Amarillo
Ross Sterling
Highlands
Baytown
Optimist Clubs
Wait A Minute Chad Still Reluctant Over Dad’s Texas All Star Honor
Chad Dennis, six, son of Mr. and Mrs. Al Dennis of Baytown, resists his father Big Al Dennis being named South All Star coach for the 1877 game in Texas Stadium. The boy hopes for staying put and prefers not to move.
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Chad Dennis
al Dennis
Big al
Texas Stadium
Chad
Baytown
Public Hearing Set Monday Lower Age Requirement For Firemen
The Baylown Civil Service Commission will hold a 10 a.m. public hearing Monday at the Fire Administration Building to consider lowering the minimum fire department employment age from 21 to 18, aligning with state law. If approved, city council action is needed before formal change. Fourteen applicants had sought the next entrance test, with officials hoping the change attracts more candidates and increases hires.
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Baylown Fire Department
Baylown Civil Service
Fire Administration
Main
Fritz Lanham
Mary Ralph
Constable
Jim Douglas
Thunday
Eva Whitfield
Rhondal
Chambers
Fire Department
Ocal
Civil Service
Sam Alford
Ake Civil Service
Tme
One Of Strongest In History Earthquake Strikes Bucharest
An earthquake described as one of Europe s strongest ever recorded devastated Bucharest, flattening apartment blocks and driving thousands from their homes. Early reports warned that hundreds may have perished, with Ploesti heavily damaged and ambulances rushing to the city. The Romanian government acknowledged casualties and great material damage.
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Bucharest
Romania
Europe
Tanjug
Ploes
Ploesti
Minor quake rattles New Mexico region and Romania
A magnitude 4.0 quake centered near Chaco Canyon NM was followed by a separate 7.6 tremor in Romania. No damage reported in US event though reports from Bucharest describe collapsed apartments and fires. Rescue teams and hospitals in Romania coped with injuries as authorities urged calm.
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Golden
Colo
New Mexico
U.S. Geological Survey
Chaco Canyon National Minument
Gallup
John Derr
USGS
Dennis to Coach South Stars in Texas All-Star Game
Dennis is chosen by fellow coaches to lead the South All-Stars in the Texas High School Coaches Association North-South All-Star game this summer at Texas Stadium. L W McConachle announced the selection. Tommy Hudspeth will coach the North. Dennis calls the honor a dream for a high school coach.
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al Denis
Texas High School Coaches Association
Coaching
Dallas
L. W. McConachle
THSCA
Texas Stadium
Flying
Tommy Hudspeth
Sherman
Becoes
Haytown
Pete Sultis
Robert F. Lee
Rice Stadium
Houston
New Ethylene Unit At Gulf On Stream Near Baytown
Gulf Oil Chemicals announces Cedar Bayou ethylene unit at Baytown near Baytown on stream with annual capacity of 2 billion pounds. Don P. Noel notes startup within 75 hours from feed introduction. The facility adds about 800 million pounds of allied products and boosts Gulf's total ethylene capacity to about 3 billion pounds.
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Cedar Bayou Gulf
Gulf
Gulf Oil Chemicals Co
Ings
Cedar Bayou
Baytown
Don P. Noel
Houston
Petrochemicals
Noel
Guill
Port Arthur
Hinil Hocals Company
Gull
U.S
Texas ‘Gulf Coast
Ceduc Bayou
Gulf Qi Chemicals
We Can See His Light And He Can See Ours
In Tower City Pennsylvania seven coal miners trapped inside a 400 foot mountain faced a lengthy rescue as drill work and jackhammers pierced the rock. Ronald Adley, 37, remained hopeful while rescuers pressed on and two men outside were reported dead. Families waited near the Kocher Coal Co. mine as operations continued.
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Tower City
Lhair
Ronald Adley
Adley
John Shulack
Epna
Federal Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration
MESA
Adiey
Kocher Coal Co
Weather And Tides Forecast For Baytown Weekend
After a ten percent chance of showers Sunday should be fair and mild with tides moving from the lower to upper bay. Sunday tides show highs near 84 and 9:29 with lows around 2:48 and 1:17 pm. Monday tides list highs at 8:48 am and 9:48 pm with lows at 2:27 am and 3:59 pm. Sunrises at 6:42 am Sunday and 6:41 am Monday with sunsets at 6:24 pm Sunday and 1:25 pm Monday aligned to the day.
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Baytown
Sunger
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Pearce Street Journal
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Citizens National Bank and Trust
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Tes
Maghera Boulevard
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