Crosby School Board votes for closed meeting in split decision
Crosby citizens advisory requests trigger a 4 to 3 vote to hold a closed session after 9 p.m. The board also named a tax equalization board, accepted resignations, hired a new teacher and discussed building plans. An extra meeting is set for May 24 to review improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanda Orton Crosby
Crosby School Board
Citizens Advisory Committee
Citizens Committee
Matt Howard
Citizens ‘Committee
Pruett Reappointed to Second Term on Port Authority
Former Baytown mayor R H Red Pruett wins a 3 1 vote to continue on the Houston Port Authority. Harris County commissioners approve the reappointment while Judge Elliott opposes and Commissioner Bray abstains, after prior discussions and a test vote last week amid lobbying in Austin. Pruett remains the sole Port Authority member from outside Houston city limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
R. H
Red) Pruett
Houston Port Authority
Harris County
Pruett
Bill Elliott
Jamie Bray
Precinct
Judge Elliott
Bray
Austin
W. Kyle Chapman
BI Elliott
E. A. (Squatty) Lyons
Port Authority
Elliott
Louis M. Pearce Jr
Houston
Kindergarten Workshop and local club notices
Community Building hosts a Kindergarten Workshop from 6 30 to 7 p m Wednesday led by Dr Minnie Alice Robertson and Phillip J McCrenden with East Harris County teachers invited for information call 422 5454 Other items include Cedar Bayou 4H Club meeting at 7 p m Tuesday Baytown Fairgrounds Baytown Little Theater board at 7 30 p m Tuesday Methodist Men meet at 7 p m Wednesday Deer Park School Board rescheduled to 7 30 a m Thursday May 27 and other regional notices about Alaska visitors shipboard tours and local events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Alice Robertson
Phillip J. McCrenden
Harris County
Cedar Bayou
Baytown Fair Grounds
Baytown Little Theater Board
Deer Park
Lance McFadden
Mons
Hal Cook
Dorothy Bart Aek
Alaska
Anna Mae
C. N. Banning
Anchorage
Dick Johnston
Baytown
Mexico
B. Aubrey Thompson
Geana £. Waugh Sr
N. Gail
Jard.ua Tafabanne Inka Oanten
Redistricting Plan Split Into Five Congressional Districts
Rep Delwin Jones of Lubbock, chairman of the committee on redistricting Texas for the 1970 Census, said he is preparing amendments to the congressional redistricting bill to divide the six-county at large district into five individual districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Delwin Jones
Lubbock
Texas
Baytown
San Austin
City Traffic Department Meter Purchase Question
A reader asks about buying an old parking meter to place near a sofa for brother-in-law visits. The inquiry references the city traffic department and seeks guidance on acquiring a used meter and any related regulations.
Baytown Council, bank weigh depository deal
Baytown officials and First National Bank executives met Monday to discuss the city depository contract. The city plans to deposit about $7.75 million in bond funds now held at the Federal Reserve, with estimated daily interest costs around $1,200 based on a maximum rate of six and three quarters percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
First National Bank
Federal Reserve Bank
Vietnam War News Briefs From AP Wires
Our World From AP Wires reports a heavy NVA rocket attack devastates Ban Dong Hene in Laos near the Ho Chi Minh trail amid escalated Laotian panhandle fighting. In Istanbul Turkish threats to abduct Israel's consul-general spark a prison release demand. In Washington a 5 percent Social Security benefit hike clears Ways and Means as Nixon welfare reform advances. A National Commission says marijuana is probably dangerous but should be legalized.
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Saigon
Ban Dong Hene
Ho Chi Minh
Fistanbul
Israel
Istanbul
Washington
House Ways and Means Committee
Nixon
National Commission On Marijuana and Dangerous Drugs
Shell Building 75000 Service Station In City
The third Shell Oil service station in Baytown is under construction at Ward Road and Alexander Drive, on the former Trainer's Drive-In site. Engineer Hugh Roche says completion is set for mid July. Pemceo Inc. of Houston is contractor. Estimated cost for the white brick masonry building with heavy timber construction and double ridged roof is 75000. The station will be leased. Other Baytown Shell stations are at Interstate 10 and North Main and at North Main near proposed spur 201.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shell Oil
Baytown
Ward Road
Alexander Drive
Trainer's Drive-In
Hugh Roche
Houston
Shell Oil Co
Pemceo, Inc
Roche
Shell
Interstate 10
North Main
Weather Forecast For Baytown Area Tuesday
PARTLY CLOUDY and continued mild with a chance of afternoon showers. Temperatures expected in the low 60s to mid 70s. Morgan's Point tides Wednesday: highs at 11:07 a.m. and 11:25 p.m. lows at 12:19 a.m. and 11:49 a.m. Wednesday sunrise 6:26 a.m. sunset 8:10 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Morgan's Point
Baytown Man Found Dead in Trinity Bay Search Ends
The body of Lee Harp, 52, was found at the mouth of a discharge canal in Trinity Bay after an hours long search by Baytown and Wooster Emergency Corps and Coast Guard helicopters. Harp, who ran a crew boat for an oil company, disappeared Monday after reporting shrimping time. His body was recovered by his sons and son-in-law near McCollum Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Harp
Baytown
Houston Lighting and Power Co
Trinity Bay
Baytown Emergency and Wooster Emergency Corps
U.S. Coast Guard
Harp
McCollum Park
Emergency Corps
Crawley
Tri-City
Beach Road
Eddie
Dale Harp
Henry ‘Bernshausen
Fire training session attracts Gulf Coast officials
About 200 police, fire and industrial security officials from the Gulf Coast area will attend a Thursday classroom session at the Community Center and a field demonstration at the former Camp Rebel site off Decker Drive in Baytown. Fire Capt. W C Turner, coordinator, said explosions during the exercises will help officials recognize devices they may encounter. Some cars will be blown up and there will be noise but no danger, he stressed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Coast Area
Decker Drive
Baytown
W. C. Turner
Voters approve tax districts for Gulf Coast Waste Authority
Gov. Preston Smith signs a bill allowing the Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority GCWDA to create pollution taxing districts within Harris Galveston and Chambers Counties by public vote. Districts fund waste treatment facilities via bonds taxes and user fees with GCWDA oversight and district boundaries set by the authority. The Anahuac area is cited as a potential district example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Preston Smith
Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority
Jack Davis
Harris
Galveston
Chambers Counties
GCWDA
Davis
Anahuac
Lee College to award first hearing impaired degree
Friday exercises mark a historic moment as Lee College grants an associate of science degree in technology to Freddy Clifton of Houston the first for the Hearing Impaired Program. Thirteen other students will receive vocational-technical certificates in office practices offset printing auto mechanics welding drafting and related fields with a reception planned by the Baptist Student Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betsy Webber
Lee College
Freddy Clifton
Houston
Judy Montgomery
Lubbock
Laura Proffiett
Dallas
Hazel Benefield
Charles Crawford
Don Bucci
Chris Cadena
San Antonio
Larry Proffitt
Austin
Walter Richardson
Texas
Baytown
Richard Barnes
Edward King
Joyce Berryman
Fred Simerka
McAllen
Danny Hensley
Pasadena
The
Baptist Student Union
Mack Smoke
W. Republic
Inbound Traffic Halted as Signalmen Strike Binds Rail Lines
Southern Pacific Baytown operations paused as the nationwide signalmen strike enters its second day while Missouri Pacific continues train movements to Houston. Don W. Smith reports only office staff at Baytown and that cars are moved to Houston and Beaumont terminals, with perishables held only while trains are assembled. He urged quick congressional action on Nixon's emergency legislation to resume service. The Senate Labor Committee approved a resolution to halt the rail strike until October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Pacific Railroad
Baytown
Missouri Pacific
Houston
Don W. Smith
Beaumont
Smith
Congress
Richard Nixon
Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Signalmen's Union
SP Agent Lanford Ready to Run Train in Emergency
SP Agent W F Lanford called to main line for emergency use as trains operate normally. Pickets absent at local yards, workers report for duty though Missouri Pacific notes no incoming trains and no signalmen among staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Lanford
Smith
Houston
Beaumont
Missouri Pacific
L. E. Cole
MOPAC
BEA Election Ballots Mailed forFederation Officers and Reps
Ballots for the Baytown Employes Federation officers trustees and representatives are mailed. Ballots must be returned to 3607 Market by 5 p.m. May 25. Incumbents Phillips Stuart and McAlister contend for president secretary and treasurer. A slate of candidates covers chemical products ER&E M&C Clerks and several technical and lab areas with multiple incumbents and challengers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown Employes Federation
L. B. Phillips
Federation
Pata
Arencumbent Phillips
Rayford Strickland
W. L. Murdock
Jim E. Burgess
Leon Chase
Douglas
Doug Walker
LaNell Stuart
B. McAlister
Johnnie Allen
James Bond
Henry Holland
Knute Blomstrom
H. J. Tarski
Er&e
Larry Waddell
L. J. Patton
Bobbie F. Richardson
Coralie Roe
Tom Moon
M&c
John Eby
D. J. McFadden
Paul Hinton
Fred Gregerson
Gregory Strawn
Jimmy Selkirk
A. G. Fayle
KT Laboratory
Troy Calhoun
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Crosby
Royce Robb
Rudy Sikora
Albert Schmidt
Robert Luquette
MEET
Methodist Men of Grace
United Methodist Church
Church Fellowship Hall
ITU Ope
England
Belgium
France
Don Riddick
David Kadjars
Amarillo
Bob Beman
Terry Dopson
Glendon
Clifton E. Cranford
George C. Plantz
Granville
Stephen F. Austin State University
Nacogdoches
Bulletin
Capt. Turner
LIONS
Baytown Lions Club
Paulette Rivers
Floyd C. Rivers
N. Main
Highlands
Ross Sterling High School
Larry Shook
Robert E. Lee
Mary Shook
Wyoming
Kim Worden
Lions Club
iPhoto
Linda Cassity
Gcwda Board
Peo
Authority
Roy Hatch
Nassau Bay
Lazemont
Clear Lake City
Water Authority
Clear Woods
Due LC
Charles McKay
Clifton
McKay
BEA
Sal
Enjay
Ernie Davenport
HOR Tech
Mfravis Craig
J. B. Gill
Floyd H. Dauphin
W. E. Carroll
M. A. Currey
Physical Testing Lab
H. C. Ayhart
Archie Atkins
Walter Hill
Joe Remeore
Baytown 5S
Lavy
Ura
Citrrens National Bank Ar
Baytown State Bank
FBC
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