Crosby Road Push Sees $930,284 Free Bond Balance
Grady Fullerton's office reported a remaining free balance of 930,284 from 1956 road bonds for right of way purchases. About 225,000 is earmarked for Precinct 2 with court action needed to shift allocations, and 760,000 is due from the state though not all is billable. Estimates place right of way costs around 2 to 3 million for the Crosby beltway segment with potential state reimbursements of about 1 million. A commissioners court meeting in Crosby and Houston was scheduled for updates.
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Grady Fullerton
Precinct 2
Commissioners Court
Texas
State Highway Department
Jamie Bray
Crosby
Liberty County Line
Keating
Remaining Troops Below 30 000 Level
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird outlined President Nixon’s Vietnam withdraw timetable aiming for fewer than 50,000 U.S. troops by the end of 1972. He cited an average departure of 12,500 per month, suggesting about 34,000 would remain if the pace continues, with 50,000 as a cap.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
Vietnam
Laird
CBS Morning News
United States
Former School Boss To Speak To Baytown Group
George H. Gentry former superintendent of schools will speak at a 4 p m Thursday Baytown Area Retired Teachers Association meeting at Sterling Municipal Library He will report on the Texas Retired Teachers annual meeting in Dallas and members of the nominating committee will be elected
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George H. Gentry
Baytown
Trustees Seek Court to Allow School Prayers Broadcasts
Uniontown AP The Albert Gallatin School Board voted unanimously to ask the U S Supreme Court to permit prayers and Bible readings over school public address systems in the Fayette County district. The Third Circuit denied a similar request last Thursday, upholding a Dec 18 1969 federal court injunction forbidding the practice as unconstitutional under the First Amendment.
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Union Town
Albert Gallatin School Board
U.S. Supreme Court
Fayette County
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
U.S
Cornet Found In Baytown Woods In Good Condition
A cornet in good condition was found Sunday in a wooded area near Baytown. The owner may call Mrs. D. G. Spurlock at 427-5122 to identify and claim it.
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Baytown
D. G. Spurlock
Fund violations noted in desegregation aid program
Washington AP report cites Sen. Mondale accusing HEW of sloppy administration of a $75 million desegregation grant. Funds, largely in the Deep South, funded unrelated items such as a mobile zoo and newspapers while civil rights rules were violated. GAO confirms procurement haste and mistakes. Memphis spent $15,000 on a mobile tool and $25,000 on newspapers for disadvantaged students.
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Washington
Congress
Walter F. Mondale
Dminn
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Elliot L. Richardson
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
GAO
Mondale
Hew
South
Senate
Equal Educational Opportunity Committee
Memphis
Funeral Notice for Mrs Jewel Simer of Baytown
Mrs Jewel Meredith Simer 52 of 300 Bolster died at 5 30 p m Tuesday in a hospital. Native of Horatio Arkansas she lived in Baytown since 1953. Body to Paul A Lee Funeral Home sent to De Queen Arkansas for rites 10 30 a m Friday at Wilkerson Funeral Home with Rev Harold Wall officiating Burial in Millwe Cemetery Horatio. Survivors: husband Arnold Robert Simer Baytown daughter Mrs W C Bigott Pasadena two sons M M Simer Orange and R G Simer Pasadena parents Mr and Mrs W B Meredith Wilton Ark three sisters Mrs C C Duke Baytown Mrs Cecil Scott Baytown and Mrs E E Brewer Brownsville three brothers R F Meredith Baytown Kelsey Meredith Texas City Calvin Meredith Baytown three grandchildren.
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Jewel Simer
Jewel Meredith Simer
Bolster
Horatio, Ark
Baytown
Paul A. Lee
de! Queen, Ark
Wilkerson Funeral Home
Harold Wall
Millwe Cemetery
Horatio
Arnold Robert Simer
W. C. Bigott
Pasadena
M. M. Simer
Orange
R. G. Simer
W. 8. Meredith
Wilton
Ark
C. C. Duke
Cecil Scott
E. E. Brewer
Brownsville
R. F. Meredith
Bake Sale Candy Stripers at O Brien’s Market
Candy Striper bakers must bring baked goods to O’Brien’s Food Market on Highway 145 by 10 a m this Saturday. Items for sale include cakes pies cookies and cupcakes.
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O’brien
Highway 145
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