U S Steel to shrink Texas Works furnace operation
U S Steel plans layoffs at the Texas Works plant after switching from three to two steel making furnaces at Baytown. Plant official James G. Bradley cited improved efficiency and stable future production while noting a slight demand softening. Public relations manager H Dane Harris warned that exact layoffs are undetermined, with a cited range of 35 to 100 workers but likely well below 100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Guynn
U.S. Steel
Texas Works
Baytown
James G. Bradley
Bradley
H. Dane Harris
Houston
City water shortage considered unlikely
Baytown officials say surface water supplies appear adequate this summer despite a drought, with normal rainfall through May at 17.89 inches but only 9.29 inches in 1984. If conditions stay dry, farmers face a tough year as irrigation costs rise and rice and soybean crops strain water use. rainfall remains badly needed across the area.
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David Byford
Baytown
Rayford Kay
Harris County Agricultural Extension
West
Texas
Kay
Archer Road widening delayed by contract change order
Harris County commissioners approved a 147 988 change order to provide new base material for Archer Road widening from Garth Road to Sjolander Road. Marathon Construction will incur extra costs of 856 000, extending completion by about 20 working days with October now targeted.
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Bruce Guynn
Archer Road
Harris County
Bob Castille
Marathon Construction Co
Marathon
Castille
Archer
Garth
Sjolander
Garth Road
North Main Street
Sjolander Road
Precinct 2
Hart double victories set up Mondale clash in key states
Gary Hart swept Nebraska and Oregon on primary night signaling a potential bid to derail Walter Mondale. The results widen Hart’s delegate chase but Mondale remains well ahead in total delegates, with California and New Jersey looming as decisive contests on June 5. Jesse Jackson trails with limited white support in these states.
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Associated Press
Gary Hart
Nebraska
Oregon
Walter F. Mondale
California
New Jersey
Jesse Jackson
Rainbow Coalition
Hart
Mondale
Reagan
Oliver Henkel
Pennsylvania
Golfers Score Notable Holes On Local Course
Two golf stories emerge from Pearce Street Journal notes a golfer ace on hole six while aiming for five and another player who finished fifth before reaching the fourth, highlighting the quirky results on a local course.
Florence Niell Attends Luncheon Across Town
Florence Niell attends a luncheon while local figures such as Texora Satterwhite, Mary Grace Strickland, and Mary Lou Burkett mingle. Shane Boyer delivers a grand slam for Barbers Hill Texans and Lois Martin returns from Acapulco in this Around Town note from Houston Fort Worth and Texas events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Niell
Shane Boyer
Barbers Hill Texans
Texora Satterwhite
Texas Christian University
Fort Worth
Ouida Hester
Mary Grace Strickland
Mary Lou Burkett
Houston
BEF announces May 21 ballot deadline for Exxon officers
Baytown Employees Federation at Exxon sets May 21 as the deadline to return ballots. Ballots mailed May 11 will be counted May 21 with results due May 22. Nancy Mitchell, BEF president, notes no term for her. Candidates include Frieda Marshall and Thurston C. Rhoads III for president, Laird for vice president, Tolleson Herrington Catoe for treasurer, Haggerty for Position 2 trustee, Sawyer for Position 4 trustee, and multiple division representatives and lab positions. The union has about 300 Exxon members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown Employees Federation
Exxon
Nancy Mitchell
Frieda Marshall
Thurston C. Rhoads III
Ms. Marshall
Rhoads
BEF
Ms. Mitchell
Frank Laird
George A. Tolleson
Jim Herrington
Sam Catoe
Francis Haggerty
Ione
Sandra Sawyer
Mitchell
Engineering study on Kingsbend erosion near Cary's Bayou
City hires McClelland Engineers to assess erosion and possible house risk in Kingsbend subdivision. Study will seek causes, including a storm drainage pipe between homes, after residents Brent Brunson Danny Licatino and Randall Pitts reported four years of sink holes and ground movement. City crews repaired the pipe and leveled backyards, but subsidence recurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lisa Ocker
Kingsbend
Cary’s
McClelland
Brent Brunson
Danny Licatino
Randall Pitts
Council
Norman Dykes
Public Works
Weather Outlook With Thunder Showers Possible
Forecasters project a 20 percent chance of thundershowers Wednesday night increasing to 30 percent Thursday. Night temperatures about mid-60s, Thursday highs near upper 80s. From 4 a.m. Tuesday to 8 a.m. Wednesday, the low reached 70 and the high hit 92 degrees.
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Gary Balmain
Balmain
Kay’s Department
John Wood
Chambers County
Wood
Archer Road Construction
James Johnson
Colorado
Pearce Street Journal
Lois Martin
Acapulco
R.C. Stephenson
Bonnie Vowell
Cheryl Woods
Doug Butler
Geneva Jarmon
Gladys Smith
Bob Nine
Analytical Lab
Chemical Products Lab
Margie Albright
David Reid
Ken Thomas
Andy Coleman
Faye Broek
Exxon Research and Engineering
Dorothy Blakey
William Stegall Jr
Verma Tillis
Tom Moon
Hilda Hesler
Adalia Campos
Ora Hall
Tommy Bell
Justa Cooper
Sharon Gray-Smith
Sharon Buehring
Les Dimension
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Bork
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