Baytown club and church groups schedule meetings through Thursday
Senior Citizens announce a Jobs for Women Seminar Friday at First Christian Church 201 Forrest Jat Bayway Christian Church 6505 Decker Drive. Baytown Chamber of Commerce hosts Civil Defense briefing by J Fletcher Hickerson at noon Friday Holid ay Inn. Delta Kappa Gamma Eta Psi meets Thursday 7:30 pm Sterling Municipal Library. DATA PROCESSING Association meets Thursday 8 pm Lee College room TV I 110 with Eugene Masera of Honeywell Houston. American Legion Post 323 March meeting 7:30 pm Thursday Baytown Community Building Commander C C Davis confirms.
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Lowell Lammers Discusses Opera Reaction in Houston
LOWELL LAMMERS was interviewed about his reaction to an opera he and Jean saw in Houston on Tuesday night. Jean declined to comment for the interviewer.
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Whalen Green
Winter ends mild across most of nation
Weather reports show rain splashes in the Pacific Northwest and Northeast while the last day of winter remains mild and dry elsewhere. In Washington the Senate debates a quick tax cut bill with contention over raising Social Security benefits and taxing major oil companies.
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Pacific Northwest
Washington
Senate
Refugee Column Reaches Safety as Saigon Yields Territory
A 20 mile long column of more than 100000 fleeing civilians and soldiers moved into Phu Yen province as South Vietnam ceded territory including Hue. Officials warned more areas could be surrendered beyond the one fifth already conceded while the British Embassy closes due to Cambodia’s deteriorating war.
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CIA Sub Recovery Sparks Limited Congressional Interest
Congress investigates the CIA partial recovery of a Soviet G class submarine. One third of the vessel was raised, possibly including a conning tower section with missiles, amid questions on legality and future salvage plans. The Glomar Explorer, funded by Howard Hughes, recovered parts in 1968 about 750 miles NW of Oahu. Senator Symington says he was not briefed.
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Congress
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D-Mo
Senate Armed Services
Anahuac Names Gene Best New School Superintendent
Gene Best, long time Anahuac High School principal, is named superintendent of the Anahuac School District effective July 1, succeeding Henry Wheeler who left to lead in Longview. Board president Etton Kirkham announced the move after a special session. Best, a Port Arthur native, holds a BS in physical education and an MEd in educational administration, with prior roles as coach, counselor, and principal at multiple Texas schools. He and his wife Linda have three children Gena John and Jennifer.
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Henry Wheeler
Longview
Etton Kirkham
Anahuach
Best
Wheeler
Port Arthur
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Sam Houston State University
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Hearne High School
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Westwood High
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Robstown High School
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Gena
John
Jennifer
Baytown High Schools Select Relay Queen Contest Delegates
Baytown’s Lee and Sterling high schools name senior contestants for the 1975 Baytown Relay Queen contest to be held during the Baytown Relays. Ken Burrough and Guy Robjeris of the Houston Oilers will judge the 51 contestants from color photos. Ten finalists, five from each school, will be announced at the relay finals on April 5. The girls will be presented in school assemblies April 4.
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Guy Rob‘Jeris
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Jan Tarbett
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Tina Cavaretta
Interact
Raye Dean Davis
Future Farmers of American
Susan Dodgen
Stagg
One Bees One Geogy Green Day Cheer
A fragment from Pearce Street Journal recounts a St Patrick Day joke about wearing green to avoid being pinched and notes repeated retellings heard since noon on St Patrick’s Day. The piece includes a personal aside question to FR about similar experiences.
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St. Patrick’s Day
Optimists Oyster Fry Planned by Baytown Club
The Baytown Evening Optimist Club will host an oyster fry Friday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Bayshore Rod Reel and Gun Club building at 3223 Minnesota. Tickets are $3 from members and include oysters french fries and trimmings with serving continuing until 7 p.m. or until guests are served. Proceeds go to youth and community service projects. Club president Busch leads with committee members listed.
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Louis Weidman
Lester Alford
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Harry Dinwiddie
R. C. Yar Jepp Busch
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Baytown Weather Forecast With Tides
Partly cloudy and continued warm through Friday in the Baytown area. Expect low temperatures Thursday night and Friday highs in the low 80s. South winds 8 to 16 mph. Friday tides show a high at 6:45 p.m. and low tides at 10 a.m. and 10:52 p.m.
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Baytown Area
Lowes
Baytown
Prices Rise Sharply In February While Food Moderates
Consumer prices edged up six tenths of one percent in February driven by higher costs for services including medical fees utility bills and rent Finished goods rose as labor costs mounted Hourly earnings rose slightly but real spendable earnings fell five tenths of a percent annual inflation slowed to its lowest in months with a three month rise at about eight one percent and annual rates easing from last year Ford administration forecasts inflation subsiding to five to nine percent.
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Washington
Labor Department
Ford Administration
Texas gas for Texas bill advances in Senate action
The Texas House tentatively approves a measure to require state land oil and gas leases to prohibit gas sales outside Texas without Railroad Commission approval. Senate 30 to 0 votes push the bill toward the governor with a final vote expected next week. The bill aims to secure Texas gas for Texas needs across 23 million state acres.
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Railroad Commission
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Ridee
Harris County Approves 16500 for Library Bookmobile
Harris County Commissioners Court unanimously approves 16500 funding for the Sterling Municipal Library bookmobile. Commissioner Jim Fonteno initiated the motion, seconded by Commissioner Bob Eckels. Fonteno says the bookmobile serves outlying Baytown communities and senior citizens, and he opposed closing the Wooster library branch if the county would fund the bookmobile.
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Harris County Commissioners Court
Sterling Municipal Library
Jim_‘Fonteno
Bob Eckels
Fonteno
Baytown
Wooster- Branch
Familiar Tale Letter Takes Long Side Trip
The U.S. Postal Service may have misplaced Mont Belvieu as odd mail deliveries surface. Janet Dotson nearly missed Barbers Hill School Board agenda after sending a letter on March 12.
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Mont Belvieu
Janet Dotson
Barbers Hill
Trustees Allow Janet to Speak After Mail Route Review
A hearing item from the SOME PLANT district traveled from Sweeny to Mont Belvieu by mail and arrived March 14 after the board agenda was mailed. Trustees, after reviewing legality, allowed Janet to speak. C Wayne Watson, the School District Business Manager, questions a letter from a Houston firm sent 14 days after its date.
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Houston
Ballet Troupe To Perform Here Friday
Several hundred Baytonians prepare for a Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre performance at 8 p.m. Friday in Robert E. Lee Auditorium. Brought by US Steel, the 45 member troupe will present excerpts from Swan Lake Romeo and Juliet and Soiree Musicale. Carl Forkum welcomes spectators and the troupe will base at the Ramada Inn for five days. A Baytown Community Chorus reception and breakfast follow at Charlie Brown's on Decker Drive. Ticket demand exceeded supply.
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Texas
Baytown
Ramada Inn
Charlie Brown
Decker Drive
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