Community notices and upcoming events in Baytown area
Local groups schedule a Dirt Gardeners meeting at Mrs. Alexander's home on Gloria Drive. Brigadiers host Parents Night at Robert E. Lee High School with Around the World theme. Leslie Couch returns from Fort Worth after his father Coy Couch’s funeral. Charley Walker hosts open house after an election. Answerline provides human relations help. TB and Respiratory Disease Association offers mobile X-ray unit at Kmart from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday with $2 per X-ray.
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Lee
Robert E. Lee High School
Leslie Couch
Fort Worth
Coy Couch
Charley 0. Walker
S. Burnet
SAN Jacinto Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association
Kmart
Dinner Honoring Cedar Bayou Ex Trustees Draws Out-of-Towners
Dr Henry Singleton former Cedar Bayou School Board trustee now in Dallas attended the town dinner honoring ex trustees along with notable visitors from Liberty Wimberly Midway and Houston Sam Stolander first served in 1919 B T McKin ney tied to Goose Creek board since 1931 Knox Beavers Roy Fuller and several doctors were among recent veterans Carole Opryshek Edna Gray two women trustees joined by Joy Woodall Patsy Murphy organized by the district and the Petersons traveled in a new buggy praised by onlookers.
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Henry Singleton
Cedar Bayou
Holy Land
Egypt
Gentle Sex
Joy Woodall
Patsy Murphy
Troy Petersons
Sam Alfords
Former Trustees Aid Is Asked In School Growth
Former trustees, present school board members, and administrators gathered at Ross Sterling High School for a dinner as the district reflects on progress from a $7.7 million capital improvements program begun after 1967 bond approval. Supt. Johnny Clark urged helping to tell and sell the district’s forward growth, noting future needs include a junior high, more kindergartens, and open concept, computerized education. The program’s phases showed $8.5 million spent with renovations, air conditioning, a new 16,000 seat Stallworth Stadium, and facility upgrades across elementary and junior high schools.
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Johnella Boynton
Jannny Clark
Clark
Ross Sterling High School
Robert E. Lee High School
Memorial Stadium
Our Oscar Challenge Tears Into Coaching Claim
A terse quote questions a coach alignment as a bold claim about throwing distance. The remark centers on debate over athletic ability and coaching credibility.
Production Cut at Enjay Baytown Plant Meets Slump in Polypropylene
Enjay Chemical Co announced a production cut at its 300 million pound a year polypropylene plant in Baytown. One of four lines is shut down and about 1,800 employees are affected as the company transfers staff to other Baytown facilities due to extremely poor polypropylene resin prices. The move targets markets where prices do not justify operation. Enjay is the U S chemical arm of Esso.
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Enjoy Chemical Co
Baytown
Accord
Ing
Joseph E. Eger
Enjay
Eger
U. S
Esso Chemical Company, Inc
Nation braces as protests fail to materialize in capital
Thousands of police and federal troops position across Washington for a second round of guerrilla style protests but none appear by sunrise and traffic runs smoothly. Justice Dept studies if a federal grand jury should probe the Kent State shootings as 7,000 detainees processed in courtrooms. Supreme Court okays death penalty procedures, 648 condemned face future rulings. James Earl Ray nearly escapes prison steam tunnel. House Banking chair signals new probe of Chase Manhattan Bank stock sale before Penn Central bankruptcy. Harris County official refuses to sign bid papers for a $3,600 food stamp department wagon pending legal bid procedures.
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Associated Press
Washington
Houston
Bill Emott
Harris County
Ceremony Set for Planned Baytown Phone Complex
Gray Beck of San Angelo, president of General Telephone Co. of the Southwest, will attend a groundbreaking ceremony in Baytown at the site of the new Baytown service center on North Main. The event is scheduled for 11:15 a.m. Paul Edwards, Baytown Chamber of Commerce president, will preside and a luncheon will follow at the Holiday Inn.
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Gray Beck
San Angelo
General Telephone Co
Southwest
Baytown
North Main
Paul Edwards
Mont Belvieu to Hire Firm for First City Tax Roll
Mont Belvieu City Council unanimously approved hiring Pritchard Abbott of Houston to compile the citys first tax roll to support a 145000 bond issue. The project aims for certification by July 15 with initial inventories focusing on industrial properties and later including residential properties. Notices will go to taxpayers 10 days before board of equalization. Also St Marks Kindergarten art show set at church on Oklahoma Street.
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Betsy Webber
Mont Helvieu
Mont BelvIeu
Pritchard
Abbott
Houston
Chambers County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1
Don McLeod
Barbers Hill
Chambers County
Andrew Lannie
Truett Pritchard
H. L. DeViney
Lannie
Board of Equalization
St, Mark's
Frank Maystorovich
Oklahoma
Light turnout in Baytown run off votes
Noon tally from Baytown runoff shows 1251 ballots cast across 11 precincts. compared with 1445 at the same point in the first election and 1811 in the mayoral runoff two years ago. turnout may fall well short of the hoped 5000 votes with four city council seats at stake.
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Baytown
Glen Walker
Don Hullum
David Evans
Charley 0. Walker
Joel R. Lander
Abe Simon
BE Q. Camp
Jim McWilliams
Good Food Good Fun Humble Day Fete Set Saturday
Four tons of barbecued beef will be served at Humble Day, a large outdoor picnic sponsored by the Humble Club of Baytown's Humble Enjay and Esso facilities. The 51st annual event features the Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang, Little Miss Humble Day, a tug of war, games, rides, bingo, and a Ross S Sterling band. Festivities begin at 9 45 a.m. with barbecue plates available from 10 15 a.m. through 6 p.m.
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Southwest
Humble Club
Baytown
Humble
Enjay
Esso
Alden Weaver
Enjay Chemical
Company
Bayway Drive
Harry Combs
Jack Ashley
Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang
West Texas
Combs
Ashley
Ross S. Sterling
New System Speeds Police Teletype Network Reach
Baytown Police in 28 seconds can access the National Crime Information Center via the Houston computer, with NCIC replies sent automatically to Baytown. The system, interfaced with Houston, improves reliability and speeds checks on stolen guns and other records. Previously, tapes traveled Houston Austin NCIC, taking 3–4 hours.
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Wanda Orton
Baytown
NCIC
Houston
Washington
Deel
DPS
Austin
Imme
Weather And Tides Baytown Forecast And Tides
Tuesday will be partly cloudy with a high in the 50s to lower 60s. Morgan's Point tides show high at 12 37 p m and 12 43 p m with lows at 1 31 a m and 1 37 p m.
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Baytown
Morgan’s Point
Crosby Youth To Attend Science Meet
Crosby High School junior Robert Thomas Garbs Jr. was named one of 40 students chosen for a National Science Foundation biology summer training program at the University of Texas at Austin. The June 6 to August 7 course blends coursework and research with hundreds of applications received. Garbs is son of Robert and Mrs. Garbs of 602 Kernohan and is active in the National Honor Society track team and band.
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Robert Thomas Garbs Jr
Crosby High School
National Science Foundation
University of Texas
Jerry Prochazka
Garbs
University of Texas At Austin
Irwin Spear
Robert T. Garbs
Kernohan
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Clarence J. Alexander
Gloria Drive
Juliana Addition
Highway 146
R. C. Read
American Cancer Society
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Stallworth
Leff
Marshall Haas
B. T. McKinney
Lamar Janes
Anyather
Phi Kappa Phi
Carol Sue Elderly
Samar State College
Johnny Deel
Mildred Russell
Sun
John Black
Our World
National Guard
Kent State University
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Petros
Tenn
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
House Banking Committee
Chase Manhattan Bank
Penn Central
MB Council
Sterling Municipal Library
Flora Wilhite
Bill Brookshire
Junior Forum
Bill Gidney
Kiwanis Club
al Chappel
Tex
City of Houston
Citizens National Bank
Crosby
Saytown
State Bank
Tambor
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