Baytown Hearing Splits Voters On Zoning Issue
About 150 Baytown residents attended a public hearing on zoning held by the city council and planning commission. The audience appeared evenly split in approving and opposing zoning, with discussion continuing at a regrouped session next Monday. Several candidates in the April 1 city council race were present.
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Bill Hartman
Baytown
City Council
Planning Commission
Planning and Zoning Commission
L. A. Hale
Derli
Luther T. Lea
James D. White
Kathy Hall
Stasney
White
Patton
Glen Arbor- Creekwood
Strausser
Country Cub Civic Association
Safety Council to Meet at Holiday Inn in Baytown
The Baytown Safety Council will hold a regular breakfast meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Holiday Inn. Chairman Robert G. Bob Feinberg urges all members to attend and participate in an important discussion. A Baytonian, Mrs. Etter Osborn Hickman of Apple Spring, mother of Mrs. Virgil Simms, is in Gulf Coast Hospital for eye surgery Wednesday morning. The Monday St Joseph’s basketball story misspelled the coach. the correct name is Jerry Fiewellen.
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Baytonian
St. Joseph's
Jerry Fiewellen
Billy Flewellen
Weather forecast and local notices from Baytown
Cloudy and continued cold through Wednesday with temperatures in the low 40s to low 50s and light rain possible starting late Tuesday. Community notices include theater tryouts, law enforcement lectures, youth banquet reservations, Rotary talk, EHCMA meeting, security display, a mayoral campaign office opening, and a civic association covered dish supper. Local names include Buster Brown Margaret Fowler Pam Ingersoll Glenda Butler Suzan Todd Edwina Font Mrs J M Butler Steve McBride Kathy Grant James Bailey and others.
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Buster Brown
Margaret Fowler
Pam Ingersoll
Glenda Butler
J. M. Butler
Suzan Todd
Edwina Font
Tom Barron
Mark Allen
McAllen
Baytown
Jed Schiller
Steve McBride
Jim Bailey
James 2. Bailey
Apollo 9 crews weigh possible earlier Earth return
Apollo 9 astronauts continue space tests aboard the command ship with plans for more photos and navigation checks as weather in the Atlantic recovery zone remains unsettled. Flight director Kranz warned a decision on an earlier or adjusted landing could come by Tuesday to guide carrier-based recovery options.
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Eugene Kranz
Earth
Kranz
Guadalcanal
Widow says King assassination a conspiracy lingered
Memphis AP report notes Mrs King believes multiple actors were involved in her husband Martin Luther King Jr's killing and remains a national issue despite James Earl Ray's 99 year sentence. Ralph Abernathy supports conspiracy claims while District Attorney Canale denies evidence of a conspiracy.
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Memphis, Tenn
Martin Luther King Jr
James Earl Ray I
Ralph David Abernathy
Dr. King
Ray
William Bradford Huie
Strikes, school meals, and policy pitches across cities
Millions of French workers strike for higher wages in Paris as debates heat over wage hikes. Houston votes to restore 4,000 needy children to free lunch by trimming 100,000 from summer programs. Houston eyes ideal Texas medical school site before a House subcommittee. US Congress weighs joint operating pacts as paper industry faces court rulings. West Gulf longshoremen plan final contract demands ahead of Wednesday talks in Galveston. Joe Moore Jr. announces his replacement as head of the Water Pollution Control Administration after resigning from the Texas Water Development Board. Senate members oppose the nuclear nonproliferation treaty and eye limits on neighbor schools. Sirhan Sirhan’s mental state debated as jurors weigh Kennedy assassination capacity.
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Houston School Board
New Chamber Officers To Be Installed At Banquet
Frank G. Turpin of Humble Oil Baytown Refinery will be installed as Baytown Chamber of Commerce president at the March 31 banquet. Other officers include Tillery and Kimmons as vice presidents, Hartman as secretary, and Edwards as treasurer. Banquet at the civic center with Dr Charles Jarvis as speaker and Robert Gillette as master of ceremonies. New directors announced include Hartman Turpin Kimmons Wilburn Beaver Britton Echols Stewart Spitz and Strahan.
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Frank G. Turpin
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Turpin
G. E. Vaught
Charles L. Tillery
Baytown Sears
And
Jack) Kimmons
Houston Lighting and Power
Bill Hartman
Baytown Sun
Paul J. Edwards
Peoples State Bank
Civic Center
Charles Jarvis
San Marcos
Dr. Jarvis
Robert L. Gillette
Realtors State Boss To Be Honored Here
More than 100 Realtors and guests will attend a dinner at The Tower Wednesday night honoring Don H. Mason of Amarillo, president of the Texas Association of Realtors. The event, President's Annual Visit and Dinner, is hosted by the Bay Area board with three boards present, featuring speakers W. J. Strickler, K. E. Antone, and Ray Williams. The 7:30 p.m. dinner follows a 6:30 p.m. social hour hosted by Drew Mortgage and Stewart Title Co.
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Texas Association of Realtors
Don H. Mason
Amarillo
Bay Area
Gulf Coast
Pasadena
K. E. Antone
Houston
TAR
Ray Williams
Alta Loma
Drew Mortgage and
Stewart Title Co
Claire Thaman
Trustees Delay Choice Of School Period For Harlem Plan
The school board delayed the annual choice of school period to May 10 to June 10 to develop a curricular experiment at Harlem Elementary School. Supt. Gentry opposed the delay citing HEW guidelines, but Trustees majority supported the move with only James Ellis voting against it.
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George Gentry
Harlem
James Ellis
Troy Peterson
Karl W. Opryshek
Gentry
U. S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Opryshek
Bob Wahrmund
W. C. Herring
Supt
Solons Awaiting 2nd Money Bill
In Austin the House opened at 10 a.m. and the Senate at 11, as lawmakers awaited Gov. Preston Smith and an Attorney General opinion on using oil and gas lease income from submerged lands for the Available School Fund. Smith aims to ease a 52 million dollar drain on general revenue for schools, after an earlier opinion barred surface-land lease revenue from flowing to the fund.
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Smith
Tidelands
Martin
School Board hires consultant for superintendent search
The Baytown school board unanimously approved hiring Dr. E V Huffstutler of North Texas State University as a consultant to guide the selection of a new superintendent. The $100 daily fee plus travel costs could total about $1,000, with a special meeting planned within two weeks to finalize details.
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Johnella Boynton
E. V. Huffstutler
North Texas State University
Glenn Lippman
Huffstutler
Lippman
Huffstutter
George H. Gentry
Gentry
Baytown Education Association
High Schools Plan Bond Drive for AFS Students
High schools from Robert E. Lee and Ross Sterling announce a bond drive on March 17 to fund the American Field Service exchange program here. A 5:30 p.m. meeting at the Community Center precedes a 6 p.m. drive start. Ray Swofford, president, cites plans for an April 1 AFS chapter meeting and invites prospective members to contact local officers.
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Robert E. Lee
Ross Sterling High Schools
Ray Swofford
AFS
AEL
Swafford
Forrest Gober
George Felkner
Felkner
J. W. McClintock
S. P. McMurrey
J. H. DeGarmo
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