Local clubs set meets on Thursday for awards and talks
Sons American Legion Post 323 plans a 6 30 p m gathering at the Community Building to discuss Boys State school awards and Memorial Day service Kiwanis Baytown group meets at noon at the Holiday Inn featuring Carl Thenemann discussing his voyage on an icebreaker tanker and Prudhoe Bay Alaska travels Retired Teachers in Baytown meet at Wyatt s Cafeteria to hear from Carl Thenemann about his Arctic voyage BAQTA meeting plans a 12 noon talk at Wyatt s Cafeteria by Thenemann onhis North Alaska trip aboard an icebreaker supertanker
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American Legion
Haytown Area
Wyatt
Carl Thenemann
Prudhoe Bay
Alaska
BAQTA
Baytown
Area
Refined Tesehers Association
Caleleris
Carl Thenemane
Biides
North Alaska
Weather and Tides for Baytown Area Forecast
Partly cloudy with a slight chance of rain or drizzle. Warm night and a mild day expected. Tides show high at 6 33 am Thursday and low around 12 16 am and 12 4 pm. Sunrise Thursday at 6 29 am. Sunset at 8 1 pm.
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Maytown
Ares
Fal
Baytown
Local Readings and Notable Moments From Town
Candy Smith finds and returns a fast thing while Charlie Moore visits longtime friends Janet and Al Pyle help a friend in need Irene Lesier enjoys a Holy Land trip R H Turner receives a girl Mildred Gibbs looks pretty as usual Janlyn Smith from Char lie's Angels in Houston tells Baytonians Janet and Beverly Guy Farrah Fawcett Majors may return to the show Jimmy Meier surprises his parents on 26th anniversary Polly Hall proves lucky Sunny Simmons and Maudine Irby stay put Shirley Dillon has a scary ride home from Bryan Wayne Follis shares a funny story Beery and Cheryl McQueen describe moving day Butch Hall cooks seafood dinner.
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Candy Smith
Mes
Charlie Moore
Janet
al Pyle
Irene Lesier
Holy Land
R. H
Bo) Turner
Mildred Gibbs
Janlyn Smith
Charlie’s Angels
Houston
Jimmy Meier
Polly Hall
Sunny Simmons
Maudine Irby
Shirley Dillon
Bryan
Wayne Follis
Deery
Cheryl McQueen
Butch Hall
Texas House Speaker Hill Clayton Seeks Third Term
Speaker Hill Clayton announced his candidacy for a third term as House speaker for the 1979 legislature in Austin. He said he is not pursuing Agriculture Commissioner or a Senate race, and voiced no plans for governor or lieutenant governor, noting potential openings could arise later.
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Austin
Ten
Hill Clayton
John White
Lam
John Tower
Clayton
Uie
Jet
Buddy Temple
Diboll
Will Sun
Biil Sullivant
Dainesville
Houston bond sale plan draws mixed votes in City Council
City officials led by Mayor Tom Gentry and Manager Fritz Lanham push a 7.68 million bond offering to fund roads traffic signals drainage and parks with Moody's and Standard and Poor's weighing ratings. Five council members oppose the trip to New York City for rating talks and Gentry abstains while Houston school board members face a controversial trip with one member absent.
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Tom Gentry
Iwatain Bonds
Fritz Lanham
Tora
Masterson
Houston
New York
Moody's Investors
Standard and Poor
Corp
Ite
Baytown
New York City
Ted Kloesel
Gentry
Houston School Board
Monster School Board
Jody R. Lander
Durain Ferry Road Closure at Loop 201 Contested by City Officials
City traffic committee weighs whether Durain Ferry Road should stay closed at the Loop 201 intersection once the east side reopens. Residents favor keeping the road closed due to two way traffic and safety concerns, while some officials recall a 1970s agreement amid calls for permanent closure.
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Durain-Ferry Road
Durain-Derry Rond
Allen Cansnon
Duran Ferry Road
Cannon
Ted Kloesel
Durain-Herry Road
Rafe
Durain-Ferry
Taltic
West Main
Brittan-Cravens
Goose Creek
BAWA weighs sale of Baytown surface water outside district
BAWA considers selling treated surface water to Harris County Water Control and Improvement District 1 in Highland in 1973 after plant completion. The board to discuss a $2.28 million revenue bond sale and a land purchase for the water plant, with final city approvals set for March and April.
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Baytown
City Hall
Lanham
Houston
San Jacinto
Ronald L. Taylor
The
Water District
Harris-Galveston
BAWA
Haytown
Italian hijacker overpowered after 4500 mile flight
Luciana Porcari, an Italian hijacker, is captured by Swiss police after a 44 hour, 4500 mile Iberian Airlines flight from Warsaw ending in Zurich. He injured one officer with a Winchester rifle and freed hostages before surrendering. his family and backers blame government policies.
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Switzerland
Europe
West Africa
Luciana Porcari
Porcari
Turin
Italy
Isabella Zavoli
Swifrestand
Spain
la Fly
Iberian Airlines
Moscow
Ivory Coast
Maria Teresa Lloret Castell
Zurich
Warsaw
Poland
Jesus Millarado
Pearce Strve Journal Seccess And Failure
A Baytown news veteran recalls his career highs and lows spanning over 45 years. He reflects on a 100 pound gain from a major 400g haul and admits his toughest year involved struggles with a persistent weight issue.
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Baytown
City to Seek Re-Hearing in Personal Injury Suit
The city will file for a rehearing in the personal injury case involving Alfred Yancy Zimbalist. The dispute arose from an injury at Baytown and Houston tennis courts after Alfred brushed a net post, resulting in a severe arm laceration. The City Attorney Noel Richardson said the motion for rehearing must be filed within weeks from last Wednesday.
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City
Travis
Houston
Allred
Noel Richardson
129Th District Court
Richardson
the Sun
U. S . . Ag Supreme Court
Court of Civil Appeals
Red
Yancy Zimbalist
Alfred
Dallas
Baytown
Torney
Glenn Vickery
Tig
Hill Coach Rehired Amid One Trustee Opposition
The Barbers Hill school board renewed head coach C. R. Richards contract with a dissenting vote from Trustee Larry Dugat who declined to comment. The board also rehired all middle and high school teachers, appointed a director of special services for remedial education, and filled a remedial program post to meet federal and state requirements.
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Ay Betsy Webber
Mont Belyieu
Barbers Hill
C. R. (Pudge) Richards
Qustecs
Larry Dugat
Dugat
Barry Harvey
Bob Jugal
Davis
C.T
Butch) Joseph
Whalen Green
M. Q
Bradford
Joseph
Richardson
Debbie Walter
Green
Waller
Ton
John
Wheeler
Prin
Mediately
Next Step Approved For Hill School Expansion
Mont Belvieu officials approve plans for a 56 000 square foot high school addition at Eagle Drive with estimated costs of 1 120 000 to 3 500 000. A 7 30 p.m. March 29 workshop reviews bond funding and master plan phases including an intermediate school and nearby sewer and water needs.
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Mont Belvieu
John Perry
Barbers
Hill
Eagle Drive
Sam Goss
A. B. Davis
C.J. Cotten
Disteel
Ulen
Perry
Dugal
Goss
Environmental Protection Agency
World News Roundup: Vance seeks aid for Rhodesia transfer
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance will urge Congress to approve a $100 million aid package to aid a peaceful transfer from Rhodesia's white minority to the black majority. In Zaire Belgian weapons and U.S. medical and military gear are being rushed to aid the government against alleged foreign mercenaries. In India the world’s largest election begins as silent masses vote to form a new Parliament and decide if Indira Gandhi keeps power.
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Washington
Cyrus R. Vance
Congress
Rhodesia
Kinshasa
Zaire
Taine
Fereign
Anpila
Juror Count Reaches 4 In McManus Case
In Houston the capital murder trial of Vernon McManus advances with jurors named including William Achgill Clifton Fridge and Jerry Gips. The state holds 15 challenges while the defense has 10 as voir dire continues in Judge J. McMaster's court over the July 24 Baytown double slaying of Paul and Mary Cantrell.
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Houston
Vernon &. McManus
Daytown
Chasen
William A. Achgill
Credit Raimager
Don Smith
Mark Vela
Mike Minton
J. J
Stu) Stewart
Jerry TR. Gips
Clifton H. Fridge
Wiliam Ft. Wilson
J. McMaster
McManus
Baytown
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