Texas House committee backs local bus purchases bill
The Texas House public education committee heard a bill to let individual school districts buy their own school buses, ending the state Board of Control purchase requirement. Baytown Supt Johnny Clark urged the measure, introduced by Rep. Joe Allen, aiming to permit local market purchases.
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Alan Erwin
San Austin Bureau Austin
Texas House Public Education Committee
Baytown
Joe Allen
Texas Board of Control
Johnny Clark
Teens plan coffee house at community center meeting
A Lee College group and Mrs J W Coates will meet the Parks and Recreation Board at 7 30 p m at the Community Building to discuss teenagers use of the center as a coffee house. Also Baytown planning commission meets at 7 p m Thursday in City Hall Conference Room to discuss the 1971 72 capital improvement program. Immunization clinic for rubella set May 20 in Mont Belvieu for ages 1 to 10.
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Lee College
J. W. Coates
Parks and Recreation Board of
City
Baytown Planning Commission
City Hall
Chambers County
Mont Belvieu
Virginia Keyes
University of Texas School of Nursing
Galveston
Rundell Hall
Nixon proposals plan for independent Legal Services Corp
President Nixon sent to Congress a plan to create an Independent Legal Services Corp to provide legal services for the poor in noncriminal matters. The agency would supersede similar services now offered by the Office of Economic Opportunity.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Legal Services Corp
Office of Economic Opportunity
Breen Named General Manager of Oilers in Houston
John W. Breen, the club’s first hire in 1960, was named general manager of the Houston Oilers. He built the early talent core that won three division titles and two AFL championships. Breen, previously director of personnel and more recently VP and public relations chief, fills the GM post left vacant since Don Klosterman’s 1970 resignation. He joined Houston from the St. Louis Cardinals in 1960.
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Houston, Tex
John W. Breen
Houston Oilers
Breen
Houston
George Blanda
Oakland Raiders
Don Klosterman
Baltimore Colts
St. Louis Cardinals
Global markets jitter as West German mark eyed for rise
Across Europe investors fear a renewed currency crisis as anticipation of a German mark revaluation grows. Continental banks halt US dollar purchases amid intensified speculation and risk of broader financial turmoil. The situation follows stalled policy and mounting political tension on exchange rates.
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Frankfurt
U.S
Chambers County Court-at-Law Bill Introduced in Texas House
Rep Price Daniel of Liberty filed a bill creating a county court at law for Chambers County at the request of the Chambers County Commissioners Court and Judge Oscar F Nelson. The measure would authorize a court judge court reporter and assistants with the judge’s salary set at 20000 annually and would take effect January 3 1972 if approved.
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San Austin Bureau Austin
Chambers County
Texas House
Price Daniel
Liberty
Chambers County Commissioners Court
Oscar F. Nelson
Nelson
Daniels
Weather and Tides Baytown Area Forecast
Cloudy to partly cloudy and warm with a slight chance of rain for Wednesday in the Baytown area. Temperature is expected to reach the high 60s to mid 80s. Morgans Point tides for Thursday show highs at 12 43 a m and 1 49 p m and lows at 1 59 a m and 2 25 p m. Sunrise 6 35 a m and sunset 8 01 p m.
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Baytown
Baytown April permits total over six million dollars
Baytown posted a bumper April with building permits over 6 million dollars, second only to the 1969 August peak. The month included 24 new homes and a 290 unit apartment complex, plus 3 million dollars in commercial projects and 38 thousand in home additions. A Ward Road Kilgore Road apartment project by Villa Marina Architects is among major listings.
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Baytown
Humble
Decker Drive
Baytown Hospital
Harris County Federal Savings and Loan
Ward Road
Kilgore Road
Lowell Lammers
Villa Marina Apartments Ltd
Alabama
Houston
E. James
Don Brunson
Louis Carter
Jim Bailey
Dan Mundinger
N. Main
Diamond Shamrock Corp
Shamrock Oil and Gas
Ritter Construction Co
Baytown Ambulance Co
Chambers Youth Show Slated for Weekend in Anahuac
Chambers County Youth Project Show runs Friday and Saturday at White Memorial Park Anahuac with parade, wagon rides, poultry and calf judging, races, halter classes, western events, and a 3 PM fireworks display. Entries limited per child. livestock projects arrive Thursday. Awards to all entrants.
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Chambers County
White Memorial Park
All Hall
Oscar urges Baytown weather caution in forecast driven plan
Oscar states readiness for Baytown weather by listening to forecasts and planning for the opposite forecast. He emphasizes preparedness and adaptability to changing conditions based on meteorologist updates.
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Baytown
Baytown selects mayor and council in runoff vote
C Glen Walker, 38, Baptist minister, wins a second term as Baytown mayor, defeating Don H Hallum by 857 votes. Charley O Walker leads in District 2 with 2,846 votes, beating incumbent David Evans by 1,052. Jody Lander wins District 3 and Jim McWilliams District 6. Turnout 4,801 ballots, about 26 percent of 18,000 eligible. Results canvassed May 12 prior to swearing in.
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C. Glen Walker
Baytown
Don H. Hallum
Walker
Charley O. Walker
David Evans
Jody Lander
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Jim McWilliams
Lee College
Lander
McWilliams
A. M. Simon
E. Q. Camp
Segal
Leonard Stasney
Spring Chorale Concert At REL Slated On Thursday
The Robert E. Lee High School Chorale presents its annual spring concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the high school auditorium. Franz Schubert Mass in G is the major work with Marsha Seale as pianist. Soloists include Eleanor Grant soprano Joe Escobar bass and Charles Stephenson tenor. Grant, a choral music teacher at REL, has performed with the Houston Symphony and other groups. Escobar teaches at Southmore Junior School in Pasadena and has performed with regional ensembles.
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C. Teschendorf
Bowie
Jack Walton
California
Anne Fortney
Howie Ayrhart
David Alyea
Claudia Brown
Jimmie Sanderson
Sambo Johnson
Linda Emory
Wanda Saucier
Leslie Foyt
David Cannon
Tim Dodson
Rick Strahan
Jack Strickler
A. F. McKay
Virginia Herrington
Carole Kohl
Emma Kohl
Robert E. Lee High School Chorale
Jack Waiton
Franz Schubert
Marsha Seale
T. F. Seale
REL
Eleanor Grant
Joe Escobar
Charles Stephenson
Miss Grant
Robert E. Lee High School
Houston
St. Phillip't Presbyterian Church
Can*tata Singers of
Don Strang
Houston Symphony
Houston Symphony Chorale
Houston Baptist College Chorus
Wolfgang Mozart
Theater Under the Stars
Houston Opera
Houston Chamber Music Society
Escobar
Southmore Junior School
Pasadena
Rio Grande Valley Symphony
Rio Grande Valley Civic Chorus
Pasadena Civic Chorus
Houston Chorale
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Don M. Hallum
Happy Glen Walker
Eric
Marla
Melinda
Charley Walker
Peggy
Johaella Boynton
Clark
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Coffée
Highlands
Stephen D. Grant
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Earthman Funeral Home
Pioneer Club
Humble Pioneer Club
Friendship and Lone Star
Gulf Coast Hospital Ladies Auxiliary
Holiday Inn
Sun Austin Bureau
Peoples State Bank
We Service Charge
Oilers
Our World
Saigon
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Cairo
William P. Rogers
Egypt
Israel
Suez Canal
Pentagon
Chambers Court
Travis
Hasta LA Vista
Willie Pitzgerald
Joe Longacre
Martha Frost
Leon Legler
Sun
Johnella Boynton
Chambers
American Cancer Society
Baytown State Bank
FBLC
Baytown 5
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