12 Mar 1975
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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1975
Page
1
Baytown City Council weighs an industrial wastewater ordinance to limit or ban discharges into public sewers. The measure aligns with state and federal rules under Water Quality Board oversight and could affect plants with treatment facilities. An executive session follows the regular meeting at City Hall.
IMSPORS II Auxiliary Senior Citizens of Baytown will hold its regular meeting at 9 30 am Thursday at the Community Building Harris County meeting at 2 pm Thursday Cason Monk Funeral Home in Nacogdoches awaits arrangements for John A Spurgeon father of John T and Ralph Spurgeon of Baytown who died Wednesday morning American Association of University Women's style show plans an informal rehearsal 3 to 3 pm Thursday at the Community Building with the main event at 7 30 pm Thursday.
Warm wet and windy forecast for Baytown Wednesday night into Thursday with low near 30 and high around 60. North winds 15 to 20 mph through Thursday. Showers and thundershowers possible Wednesday night at about 60 percent. Baytown tides Thursday highs at 9:47 am and 10:03 pm. lows at 3:38 am and 4:40 pm. Local notes include Wayne Follis and others in everyday activities.
Houston tale centers on Cynthia Hanson detained in a drug raid. The Sterling High student with the same name is not the same person. Art League of ART League will meet at 230 p.m. Monday at the Com indy Building with guest speaker Jack McClendon, Lee College art instructor.
Harris County Water Control and Improvement District No 1 directors hired Norman A Palmer of Houston as fiscal agent to draft an order for a bond election. Voters have defeated six bond issues since 1970, so the district split into four sections to educate residents and gather feedback on financing options for sewer collection improvements. Plan I would cost about 2 million dollars, with $600,000 to $1,000,000 from federal funds and a monthly bill impact of about 4.25 dollars.
Washington AP report says House Democrats voted 188 to 40 against any U S military aid to Cambodia or South Vietnam. The tally nears a majority to reject President Ford’s emergency aid request while Sen Mansfield ponders talks with Sihanouk to form a new Cambodian government. In Saigon a Viet Cong shot down an Air Vietnam plane from Vientiane with six crew and 21 passengers aboard near Pleiku. survivors unconfirmed.
DEVA LUTHRINGER reports trustees approve next year’s calendar 180 class days 15 holidays and 10 in-service days for teachers. year begins with Aug 18 22 faculty registration. first day Aug 2. trimester structure shows 69 58 attendance days and holidays including Labor Day Easter break. immunization policy changes under discussion.
U S Steel sponsors a free one night Baytown ballet at Robert E Lee Auditorium on March 2. Pittsburgh Ballet Theater presents excerpts from several works with community tickets at Chamber of Commerce and Texas Works office. Four tickets per person due to limited seating. Anahuac offices also distributing tickets.
Pearce Street Journal chronicles James E. Sherwood once a Baytown banker rising to national lender status with the American Bankers Association. Now based in Bay City, he faces the challenge of securing a loan for an old friend amid heightened scrutiny of certifications and influence.
Sun sports writer John Black travels to Cocoa Florida to inspect the 1975 Houston Astros. Manager Preston Gomez says the club has more versatile players than before. Read his daily Astrotown reports for updates.
Brownwood residents remained shaken by Sunday’s high tides and unrest as the Corps of Engineers Galveston District forwards a evacuation study to Dallas then to Washington. The report recommends evacuating the low dying area and relocating residents. Local officials push for expedited action and civic leaders consider letters to Congress and Corps headquarters urging prompt review and action.
Galveston Corps of Engineers official Pawlik says Baytown levee feasibility study is very nearly finished and will be discussed at a meeting with Baytown Chamber of Commerce Flood Protection Committee next week. The study updates 1968 69 work, includes Lind subsidence data and new improvements, and considers Cedar Bayou and Goose Creek watersheds for a possible levee.
Baytonians will attend a March 18 hearing on House Bill 352, a groundwater control measure creating the Harris Galveston Coastal Subsidence District. Reps. Joe Allen and Bill Carraway push the local bill, with Baytown Mayor Tom Gentry among expected attendees. Public input invited via mail to the Natural Resources Committee in Austin.
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