City weighs rescinding annexation and redrawing bounds
Northward expansion debate centers on extending city limits toward the San Jacinto river. The council weighs a protective ordinance multiplying implicated areas including Lakewood and Brownwood, with a March meeting set to discuss a revised territory. The note adds a statistic on two car ownership rising through 1950s-60s era.
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City council actions outlined in 1956 minutes
The council discussed paying two percent on phones not in the city. They ordered rusted steel signs replaced and allowed mercury vapor lights for merchants with fee differences. A traffic signal at Decker and Park will hold green until a Park street car arrives. An offer for city maps was rejected and map work assigned to the city engineer. A street right of way near Stimpson to connect to the Southern Pacific was proposed to ease traffic near Horace Mann junior high. Abstract fees totaling $500 were approved for tax maps. Police Chief Roy Montgomery and the city manager noted the Harris County Commissioners Court removed county prisoner responsibilities from the 1956 jail cease.
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Johnson favored for 1960 GOP nomination by Texas official
United Press reports Agriculture Commissioner John White endorses Lyndon B. Johnson as his presidential favorite and as chairman of Texas’ delegation to the national convention. Police seek two youths in San Antonio for window-sniping vandalism causing about 100000 dollars in damage.
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Robert E Lee High School Band Produces Regional Show
The Robert E Lee High School band under J C Burkett prepared a program with diverse acts including Study Eindersl and Thompson on dance and a trumpet trio led by Robert Dippel. Hid ensemble earned high marks at the South east Texan Music Festival in Conroe. Norman D Oliv e entertainment chair reports the band received one of the festival’s top ratings from judge Al Wright. Also announced is the Shrine Crippled Children’s Ball at Baytown Community House starting 4 30 p m with tickets at the door.
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Life magazine finds best marriage prospects in Wyoming and Nevada
In a Life magazine study reported by NEW YORK UP, Fridays issue notes the best prospects for a mate are in Wyoming and Nevada where seven single men exist for every three maidens. It says bachelors migrate to open country for survival with only 60 percent of the nation's 14.5 million bachelors living in cities versus 70 percent of single women.
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Baytown Veteran Chooses Dentistry After Navy Service
Gillette, who lost records and faced four extra weeks, was discharged on September 10, 1945, and reached Baytown. He registered at Lee College on October 2 and decided dentistry would be his career, while remaining proud of Baytown as home. Police dogs herd sheep away from British Railways tracks after train whistles alert them.
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