Joe Speck Improves After Heart Attack at San Jacinto
Earth Man Funeral Home owner Joe Speck was reported improved Thursday morning in the intensive care unit at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital after suffering a heart attack Tuesday afternoon. Harris County Hospital District Board of Managers will meet at 5 p.m. Thursday in the Ben Taub General Hospital conference room. Baytonians are invited.
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Speck
Joe Speck
Earthman Funeral Home
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Harris’ County Hospital District
Ben Taub General Hospital
Baytonians
Joint meeting of Baytown engineering societies
A joint meeting of the Baytown Branches of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Society of Civil Engineers will be held at 7 30 p m Thursday in the Mockingbird Room of the Baytown Community Building. Gene Bowers, manager of environmental control for MoKay Chemical Co., will speak. The public is invited to attend.
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Baytown
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Society of Civil Engineers
Mockingbird
Gene Bowers
MoKay Chemical Co
Fire damages La Porte outbuildings minor incident
A fire at Boys Harbor in La Porte caused slight damage to outbuildings but was extinguished before the La Porte Fire Department arrived. In Cove, Mr and Mrs W E Griffith will host an open house for their 50th wedding anniversary from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at their home. friends are invited.
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Boys Harbor
la Porte
W. E. Griffith
Cove Road
Baytown
Cecil Powell
Baytown Area Weather Forecast Through Thursday
Chance of light rain through Thursday with temperatures mid-50s to lower 70s. Morgan Point tides Friday show highs near 3:01 a.m. and 2:37 p.m. and lows near 3:31 and 2:55 p.m. Friday sun rises at 6:35 a.m. and sets at 6:28 p.m.
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Baytown Area
Morgan’s Point
Local People In Briefs And Social Snippets
Mary Harmon and Eva Whitfield share a news scoop while Leis Barnes enjoys a dinner. Mrs G B Whittle makes jam. Gloria Alexander shows a jury wheel made by retired Municipal Court Judge Barney L Ward. Tommy Watkins leaves for Army service, son of Mr and Mrs M W Watkins of 215 W Homan. George Chandler wins an award from Houston Ski Club on his trip to Switzerland. Edwina Hughes comments on a BLT production. Pauline Parker out of hospital after back surgery. Three blondes Norene Robins Gay Brock Tommy Clark retake. Renee Bremond arrives from France. Buddy Bruner home on leave from the U S Navy, son of Mr and Mrs H E Bruner of 1500 Harvard, home until Monday.
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Mary Harmon
Eva Whitfield
Leis Barnes
G. B. ‘Whittle
Gloria Alexander
Barney L. Ward
Tommy Watkins
M. W. Watkins
W. Homan
George Chandler
Houston Ski 'Club
Switzerland
Lowell Westerman
Edwina Hughes
Pauline Parker
Norene Robins
Gay Brock
Tommy Clark
Renee Bremond
France
Herbert
Buddy) Bruner
U.S. Navy
Buddy
H. E. Bruner
Harvard
Baytown planners hear four development project requests
The City Planning Commission will hold a 7 p.m. meeting at city hall to consider preliminary approvals for four developments: Massey-Tompkins Road extension dedication by Shindler-Cummins Inc. 48 unit Danubria Street Townhouses by TIPCO Corp on four acres. North Creek Mobile Home subdivision with 226 lots by Gray Enterprises on 50.8 acres. Raccoon Drive subdivision by Dan Savell with 243 lots on 80 acres. and Bay Park subdivision by Shindler-Cummins for 50 lots on 297 acres east of Garth Road.
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Baytown
City Planning Commission
City Hall
Massey-Tompkins Road
North Main
Garth Road
Shindler-Cummins, Inc
Houston
Tipco Corp
Danubria Street
Ward Road
Danubria
Eva Maud
North Creek
Gray Enterprises
Barkaloo Road
Cedar Bayou-Crosby Road
Dan Savell
Raccoon Drive
Cary’s Bayou
Cedar Bayou
Cedar Bayou Road
Bay Park
Shindler-Cummins
Massey-Tompkins
Ridgewood Subdivision
Goose Creek Stream
Baytonian 75 Drowns When Boat Capsizes
The Polk County Emergency Corps searched for Milton J. Lowry 75 after a fishing trip on Lake Livingston turned fatal when high winds capsized their boat. Carl J. Stewart Jr. survived by swimming to shore in the Indian Hills Estates area near Leyton. Lowry’s wife Eugenia and sister Norman D Olive of Baytown survive.
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Polk County Emergency Corps
Eugenia Lowry
Norman
D’olive
Baytown
Oyster Fry to Benefit Baytown CAP Building Fund
Baytown Composite Squadron and Civil Air Patrol Group 20 plan an oyster fry from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on March 27 at the Bayshore Red Reef and Gun Club building to raise funds for the CAP building fund. Cadets will sell tickets at Baytown stores on March 13 and 20 for 1.50 each.
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Baytown
Group 20
Civil Air Patrol
Bayshore Red
Reef and Gun Club
CAP
Area Home Wrecked By Storm
Mrs J Ry Holland survived a tornado that demolished her mobile home on Tri City Beach Road at about 10 15 p m Tuesday. The home was picked up turned over and scattered through the neighborhood. Holland described being trapped under debris and clothes, then fleeing to the Perry residence. Her husband was at work. The Hollands lost most belongings and furnishings including a new maple bedroom suite. Neighbor Mrs Edgar Rountree salvaged silver pieces. See STORM page 2.
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Wanda Orton Lore
J. Ry Holland
Tri-City Beach Road
Kings Bend annexation eyed by Baytown council
Baytown City Council set for 6 30 p m Thursday to begin formal moves for annexing about 32 acres on the northeast side including 26 2 acres in Kings Bend Section 2 and two additional tracts on Massey Tompkins Road. Also on the agenda is allocating funds to cover a street fund cash shortage and general fund contingency charges related to the 1985 street bond program.
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Johnella Boynton
Baytown
Kings Bend
Massey-Tompkins Road
J. B. LeFevre
Delly Voelkel
Gerace and
Hallum
Baytown City Candidates Draw Ballot Spots
Baytown A lists 18 candidates for four city council seats and mayor as ballots are drawn. Mayor contenders Gentry and Walker secure first and second spots. others include Campbell Hullum Campos. District 2 sees Walker lead, Evans second, followed by Bray Callaway Tromblee. District 3 features Simon first, Carl ton second, Lander third. District 6 places Camp first, with Gates Williams McWilliams Savell trailing. One candidate for District 6 is barred for ineligibility over real estate rule. Absentee voting runs March 17 to April 2.
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Baytown
Tom Gentry
C. Glen Walker
H. M. Campbell
Don M. Hullum
Tony Campos
Charley C. Walker
David Evans
Jack Bray
Ruby Callaway
Doug Tromblee
A. M. Simon
Alvie C
A. C.) Carlton
Judy Lander
E. Q. Camp
Charles B. Gates
Jim McWilliams
B. B. Williams
Dan Savell
Carl Connerton
Houston Bids for 2 Party Conventions
Houston city council adopted resolutions inviting both Republican and Democratic national conventions to Houston in 1972. Mayor Louie Welch said delegations will visit Washington to meet the Republican site committee next Monday and the Democratic site committee March 26.
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Houston
Louie’ Welch
Washington
Republican Site Committee
Democratic Site Committee
Texas House votes to exempt from federal daylight time law
The House State Affairs Committee approved a bill to exempt Texas from federal daylight saving time rules and approved bills to create a commission to regulate automobile dealers. The measures proceed to the House floor for action. Also Nixon urged reform of courts and prisons in Virginia, opposing filming of proceedings and TV in court. Assistant Attorney General Will Wilson denied purging Democratic leaders in Texas.
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Austin
House State Affairs Committee
Texas
House
Senate
Williamsburg
Nixon
National Conference On the Judiciary
Flagmen Issue Raised In Baytown Crossing Cases
Five Southern Pacific railroad conductors request jury trials in Baytown Municipal Court over charges of failing to provide flagmen at unmarked railroad crossings. Trial dates to be set by Judge Neel Richardson. Attorney Larry York will defend the defendants Ira Matthew G D Vancil Eddie Ferguson J D Swinney and W K Roton. Prosecutor Ken DeHart represents the city. Local police have issued high tickets as the city enforces a railroad crossings ordinance.
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Southern Pacific Railroad
Baytown
Neel Richardson
Larry York
Baker
Missouri-Pacific
J. E. Darington
Gulf
Bill Laughlin
Department of Public Safety
Fire Vehicles Here To Shed Red Dresses
Fire Chief Jim Bland explains that Bay town will replace red fire trucks with white or yellow for better visibility. A first white van truck arrived last week, described as the captain's truck with rescue gear including gas masks and a portable generator.
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Baytown
Jim Bland
Study Not Ready To Release Brazos River Report
Texas Water Quality Board staff learned that a preliminary study of marine life in the Brazos River below Dow Chemical was released publicly. TWQB deputy director Joe Teller warned against treating the early data as final, noting records are public and the work by John Latchford is only a data start. The Houston Post reported the river below Freeport shows no aquatic life, a claim tied to the field study and cited as unresolved by TWQB officials.
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Alan Erwin
Sun
Austin Bureau
Austin
Texas Water Quality Board
Brazos River
Dow Chemical Co
Joe Teller
Texas Water Quality Bord
San’ Austin
Teller
Brazos
John Latchford
la Porte
Houston
Dow
The
Houston Post
Freeport
Texas 36
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J. R. Holland
Baytonian
Rufus Honeycutt
the Brunson
Texas Avenue
Linda Cassity
Water Board
Frank Dorr
Dorr
Council
Donald R. Wells
Ferguson Street
Bag Sanitation
Peoples State
Will Wilson
Preston Smith
Baytown State Bank
Fire Department
Henry K. Rowe
Linda Caasity
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