Baytown Council Restates Open Door Employee Policy
The Baytown City Council confirmed and clarified an open-door policy allowing city employees to contact council members about grievances after consulting their department head and city manager. Acting City Manager Le Fevre said the restatement clarifies the chain of command, ensuring employees fear no job loss for speaking to council members. Mayor Glen Walker supported open access, while Le Fevre noted past disapproval of bypassing city management.
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Baytown
J. B. le Fevre
Glen Walker
le Fevre
Four Area School Districts Under Government Review
Four Texas school districts including Crosby and Liberty face federal action as the U S Office of Civil Rights reviews their desegregation plans. HEW notes 63 districts are under review with Crosby, Anahuac, and Dayton listed among the affected districts. Authorities say Texas leads southern states in desegregation progress though some plans are deemed unacceptable and could trigger loss of federal funds.
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Johnella Boynton
Robert Finch
U.S
Texas
Crosby
Calvert
Center
Garland
la Vega
Lufkin
Richardson
Augustine
South Park
Temple
Madisonville Consolidated
Ale
Cypress - Fairbanks
Anahuac
Liberty
Dayton
Office of Civil Rights
Jevel
Washington
Galena Park
Associated Press
Anahuac Anahuac
Henry Wheeler
Funeral for Charles K R Hayden Held in Corsicana
Mr and Mrs C R Leonard of Mont Belvieu traveled to Corsicana for the funeral of Charles K R Hayden who died Wednesday morning. Services were at 2 pm at Corley Funeral Chapel. Hayden was the father of Charles B E Hayden. Mrs Hayden is the former Darlynne Leonard of Mont Belvieu.
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C.R. Leonard
Mont Belvieu
Corsicana
Charles KR. Hayden
Corley Funeral Chapel
Hayden
Charles BE. Hayden
Darlynne Leonard
Mont Belview
Around Town News Highlights and Personal Announcements
George Gordy, son of Blanche Boehme, leaves for Hawaii as a Merchant Marines chief engineer. Sp4 Gary L. Hughes, serving in Korea, calls home to proud parents L. H. Hughes. Jerry Gott questions a camera issue. Belated birthday wishes to Eola Cox. Ed Vaught seeks Baytown Little Theater colleagues. Hobart Enoch offers to buy the coffee. Mrs Tom Dutton helps with Vicki Bonner's graduation party. Libby Newby in a secret. Lillian Spear recalls a romantic memory. Ruth Gantesen aids seafaring family publicity. Debbie Johnson and Bobby Kinsey earn acting titles at Robert E. Lee High School.
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George Gordy
Blanche Boehme
1300 Pine
Hawaii
Merchant Marines
L. H. Hughes
Gary L. Hughes
U.S. Army
Korea
Jerry Gott
Eola Cox
Ed Vaught
Baytown
Little Theater
Hobart Enoch
Tom Dutton
Vicki Bonner
Libby Newby
Lillian Spear
Ruth Gantesen
Debbie Johnson
Bobby Kinsey
Robert E. Lee High School
Baytown Area Weather And Tides Forecast
Weather shows showers, partly cloudy and mild Thursday in Baytown area. Temperature range: low 40s to mid 60s. Morgan's Point tides Friday: high at 12:55 a.m. and 5:19 p.m.. low at 3:49 a.m. and 6:25 p.m.
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Baytown Area
Morgan
God
Nixon outlines eight point Vietnam peace offer
President Nixon presents an eight point Vietnam peace plan calling for a mutual pull out of major forces over 12 months. The proposal reaches Paris today for talks led by Henry Cabot Lodge with mixed reactions from U S politicians and critics. Nixon emphasized troop withdrawals and cited Gen Crieghton Abrams on South Vietnamese forces taking over fronts.
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Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
Paris
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
White House
Saigon
Creighton Abrams
Baytown graduation plans for three district high schools
Baytown schools finalize state graduation plans for Robert E. Lee High School Ross Sterling High School and Lee College. Commencement set for late May at Memorial Stadium with baccalaureate services May 5 May 25 28 29 and 30 for REL Sterling and Lee College. Bush to speak at Lee College commencement with diplomas awarded by Supt Gentry and college officials.
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Robert E. Lee
Ross Sterling
Lee College
Baytown
Robert E. Lee High School
Memorial Stadium
Hev
William Edward Thiele
Mike Stubbs
REL
Steven Dickerson
Bob Kinsey
Lewis Clarke
Henry Armstrong
Supl
George H. Gentry
Paul Ostermayer
Ross Sterling High School
Stev. B. D. Nisbet
Winnie, Brown
Sterling
James Boswell
Randy Calhoun
Randy Ruhr
Sterling Choir
Patricia Sammons
Brown
Gentry
Edward Eglar
George Bush
Richard Strahan
James McWilliams
Alton Baird
Baytonian Elected A&M Senior Class President
Jimmy D. Dunham son of Mr and Mrs Orval Dunham of 180 McFarland was elected president of the Texas A&M University senior class. He attended Robert E Lee High School majors in architectural construction and served as junior class president and Ross Volunteers member. He marched in Gov Preston Smiths inauguration Mardi Gras in New Orleans and will participate in ceremonies for Medal of Honor winners at the Astrodome next March. He is executive officer for the cadets next year assigned to Company E-2 Rebel-BR and may pursue an Army career as an infantry officer.
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Jimmy D. Dunham
Orval Dunham
McFarland
Texas A&m University
Dunham
Robert E. Lee High School
Ross Volunteers
Texas
Preston Smith
New Orleans
Astrodome
Texas A&m
A&m
Army
Fortas resigns from Supreme Court under pressure
Justice Abe Fortas announced his resignation from the Supreme Court amid mounting pressure and impeachment threats. He sent President Nixon the resignation letter after criticism over accepting a $20,000 fee from financier Louis Wolfson’s family foundation, tied to investigations of Wolfson’s activities.
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Washington
Abe Fortas
Supreme Court
Fortas
Family Foundation
Louis &. Wulfson
Nixon
Earl Warren
Wolfson
Fortas Law
Damel Chase
Clark MacGregor
Rminn
House Judiciary Committee
Literary Magazine Renascence Debuts at Lee College Bookstore
The Renascence literary magazine, Lee College’s first all Lee College publication since 1939, is on sale at LC Book Store. It features poetry, short stories, and artwork by numerous contributors, with editors and sponsors noted. The price is 25 cents and over 200 copies have been distributed.
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Lee College
Rick Johnson
Crispin James
Ellen Spiller
Donald Dial
LC Book
Ron Lennard
Larry Hillman
Jo Morgan
Carl A. Robins
Eric Johnson
Jimmy Doby
Terry Sherman
John Lamonte
Michel Woody
Gail Kana
Dorothy Harris
Gene Maxwell
Mike Hunt
M. David Nelson
Max Schmeling
Donald Laut- Speich
Miss James
Merrill Brown
Philip Dignam
Sames
FAA Warns Baytown Model Aircraft Hobbyists
The Federal Aviation Administration cautions Baytown hobbyists flying radio controlled planes near Lillie Memorial Airport and at Ross Sterling High School fields to avoid careless operation. A near collision during landing prompted the warning, which notes violations of Federal Aviation Regulations 51.8 and urges safer operation despite the hobby's popularity.
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Federal Aviation Administration
Baytown
Lillie Memorial
North Main
FFA
Hoss Sterling High School
Ernest H. Dodds
Houston
Dodds
FAA
Ross Sterling
Crosby Trustees Plan Bond Election and Programs
Crosby School Board schedules meetings and public sessions ahead of the May 24 bond election. The plan funds a new Crosby high school site with 22 classrooms, a new Barrett Station elementary site, Drew site upgrades, a Crosby junior high conversion, new auditoriums, gym, band facilities, FFA building, and a central district cafeteria.
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Crosby School Board
Drew High School
Drew Gymnasium
Crosby High School
Crosby Auditorium
Drew
Crosby
Barrett Station
FFA
Weather Locks Good For Flight
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP favorable conditions predicted for Sunday Apollo 10 launch at 12 49 p m CDT. Astronauts Thomas P Stafford John W Young and Eugene A Cernan rest up on a relaxed schedule as they prepare for an eight day mission to circle the moon and test effects of lunar gravity. They plan close up photos of the Apollo 11 landing site near the crater Molike in the Sea of Tranquility to aid the July moon landing.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Navy
John W. Young
Eugene A. Cernan
Moon
Molike
Sea of Tranquility
New Cashier Appointed at Peoples State Bank in Houston
Tom W. Custer, 30, joins Peoples State Bank as cashier in a move announced by President Perry W. Britton. He brings 13 years of banking experience from First City National Bank in Houston and Port Lavaca’s First State Bank, with roles in trust, collections, and motor bank operations.
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Tom W. Custer
First City National Bank
Houston
Peoples State Bank
Perry W. Britton
Custer
First State Bank
Port Lavaca
First City National
American Institute of Banking
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Council
Texas Society of Professional Engineers
Robert BE
U.S. Steel
Peterson
TSPE
Texas Woeks
Lee Log
Sir Slob and the
Baytown Little Theater
Children’s Theater Workshop
BLT
Bayou Baptist Church
Joann Lehde
Roy Trusty
Welcome Wagon
Welcome Wagon Club
pRoseland Park Pavilion
O'Brien's
Ood
Citizens National Bank & Trust Co
Austin
Israel
Panhandle
West
Central
East
Tran van Huong
William P. Rogers
United States
South Vietnam
John Simmons
Orange
Rivers and Harbors Congress
Sabine River
Simmons
Sabine Basin
Louisiana
Senate
House
Sen
Chet Brooks
Pasadena
Ronald Reagan
California
Houston Baptist College
Baytonian
D. Dunham
Baytown State Bank
Bey Pines
Eer
Peoples State
AIB
Deanna Kay
Christine
The
Jaycees
Junior Achievement Organization
United Fund
Custers
First National Bank
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