Baytown Red Cross Office Aids Military Families
Baytown Red Cross SMF services assist service members and veterans through counseling financial aid and leave verification at 220 Defoe. Staff include Judy Kilgore Carolyn Haynes Jane Stewart and Peg Bradley. Volunteers welcome. March Red Cross Month highlighted. office operates as a Community Chest agency aiding families and disaster relief efforts.
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Betsy Webber
Red Cross
SMF
Baytown
American Red Cross
BE. Defoe
Judy Kilgore
Carolyn Haynes
Judy
Carolyn
Jane Stewart
Peg Bradley
Haynes
Cross
Vietnam
Bradley
U.S
Xylenes and Ethylbenzene in Gasoline and Solvent Roles
Harry E. Cier of Esso Research and Engineering Co. reports in Kirk-Othmer Volume 22 on xylenes and ethylbenzene. Produced at Humble Enjay complex, these compounds are key gasoline components for lead free fuels and widely used solvents. They serve as raw material for Dacron resins polystyrene foams and alkyl resins.
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Harry E. Cier
Kirk-Othmer
Humble- Enjay
Cier
Esso Research and Engineering Co
Baytown Plastics Research Laboratory
Olivier Receives New Title Lord Olivier in Peerage
London AP Sir Laurence Olivier, 63, is granted the title Lord Olivier becoming the first actor named to the peerage. He was nominated by Queen Elizabeth II a year ago and sought a title honoring family ties with a governor of Jamaica and India secretary. Garter king of arms suggested adding a place name, such as Lord Olivier of Brighton.
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London
Laurence Olivier
Lord Olivier
Elizabeth II
Olivier
Jamaica
India
Anthony Gardner
Garter King of Arms
Brighton
Bentsen defends loan as legal and aboveboard
Senator Lloyd M. Bentsen D Texas defends a $140000 loan from Frost National Bank as legal and aboveboard saying the loan had full collateral and has been repaid The Frost Bank faced a separate indictment for a $7500 loan to Gov Preston Smiths 1970 campaign committee highlighting concerns over the Corrupt Practices Act and banks gifts to campaigns
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Washington
Lloyd M. Bentsen
D-Tex
Houston
Frost National Bank of
San Antonio
Bexar County
Preston Smith
Bentsen
Johns Hopkins President Lincoln Gordon Resigns
Dr. Lincoln Gordon resigns as Johns Hopkins University president after three years in office. The board accepts the resignation and will appoint a successor, with a latest effective date of June 30, 1972.
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Baltimore
Lincoln Gordon
Johns Hopkins University
Board of Trustees Executive Committee
Congress Pushes 5 Billion Social Security Boost in Bid town
Congress, with Senate approval, moves to place a $5 billion Social Security increase on President Nixon's desk by Tuesday. The plan raises benefits for 26 million Americans 10 to 56 percent, effective January 1, with checks arriving June 1. The Senate approved an 8-0 amendment funding higher benefits and payroll taxes, with House conferees to settle a quick compromise. The package includes a minimum monthly payment debate, tax base rise from 7800 to 9000, and long term tax rate growth to 6.5 percent for workers and employers by 1987. The measure boosts individual retirement payments and includes a 5 percent increase for 600,000 seniors 72 and over lacking regular Social Security.
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Washington
Senate
Nixon
Senate House
House
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Mahatma Gandhi
Jonkknit
Atton Cool
Bay Fair Charge
BankAmericard
Humble Credit Union
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