Baytown cab driver no billed in shooting death
A Harris County Grand Jury exonerated Robert Clements of 3209 Illinois after he shot 23 year old Charles Ray Hicks during an apparent armed robbery on April 11. Hicks demanded money in Fortinberry area after Hicks rode in front seat of the cab, fired a shot, and collapsed after being wounded.
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Baytown
Harris County
Robert Clements
Illinois
Charles Ray Hicks
Clyde Drive
Hicks
Shady Hill
Decker Drive
Fortinberry Road
Clements
Fortinberry
Fortinberry and Park
Gulf Coast Hospital
Hermann Hospital
Life Flight
Landmark Estates inching toward Baytown area subdivision
Baytown Planning Commission gave preliminary approval to Landmark Estates a 34 acre subdivision off Sjolander Road featuring 49 lots of about one acre each. Developer Kevin Speer said construction could start next week with homes priced $50,000 to $80,000. The site lies outside Baytown but within its extraterritorial jurisdiction and Harris County already approved. A variance to allow a 3000 foot dead end was approved 6 to 1 despite dissent. A work session with City Council was set for Thursday.
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Bruce Guynn
Baytown Planning Commission
Sjolander
Landmark Estates
Archer Road
Kevin Speer
Mont Belvieu
Speer
Baytown
Harris County
Mike Finley
Finley
More Baytonians now wear car seat belts
A Baytown traffic survey by Boy Scout troops 105 and 255 shows 59 percent of drivers and frontseat passengers wearing belts at Garth and Baker on April 19, rising from 12 percent in spring 1985 before the law and 38 percent after its start. Of 7,041 observed, 3,640 were male, 2,863 female, 538 children. belt use by gender and age groups is detailed.
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Donna Pardy
Boy Scout
Garth
Baker Roads
Lonnie Taylor
Freddie Litt
Kevin Blagrave
Troop 255
Baytown
Memorial Day program urged by VFW in Baytown
Baytown civic groups are asked to join the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 912 in organizing a Memorial Day program on May 26. Call the VFW at 422-9358 or 421-1257 to volunteer.
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Memorial Services Veterans OF Foreign Wars Post 912
Baytown
VFW
Nightmare Survival After Lake Livingston Storm
Baytown family of six rode out a violent lake storm near Pine Island after a Friday afternoon outing. A tornado warning, 30 foot waves, and a dam near the Trinity River Authority site left the Bayliner submerged and the family clinging to a tarp and rocks. They reached shore after two miles of scrambling. the mother suffered a sprain and the father multiple cuts while two children were aided from the water.
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David Mohlman
Janie Higginbotham
Baytown
Lake Livingston
Lufkin
Higginbothams
Mrs. Higginbotham
Fred Higginbotham
Smoking in Bed Sparks La Porte House Fire
La Porte residents escaped harm after a bed fire started when a smoker fell asleep. Elmer Coleman, 5072 N Third St, reported the blaze at 3:50 a.m. Tuesday. His brother Otis Coleman slept nearby as damage reached about 500 dollars.
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la Porte
Paul Hickenbottom
Elmer Coleman
N. Third St
Hickenbottom
Filter Media Inc
18Th St
Crosby trustees release Miksch from contract
Crosby school trustees unanimously freed Superintendent Tom Miksch from the remaining two years of his contract after he requested to take a job with Cypress-Fairbanks School District in northwest Houston. Miksch will become associate superintendent for fiscal affairs. officials say the board reluctantly released him and that he was noncommittal about his reasons.
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Crosby — Crosby
Tom Miksch
Miksch
Cypress-Fairbanks
Houston
Earl Boykin
Boykin
Cypress Fairbanks
Baytown newspaper rate card and publication details
The notice lists second class matter status for the Baytown Post Office, publication times and address at 1307 Memorial Drive, Baytown Texas, P.O. Box 90, with subscription rates 5.25 monthly and 63 yearly, single copy price 25 cents daily and 50 cents Sunday, mail rates on request and Coastal Publications as the national representative.
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Baytown
Texas
At of Congress
Memorial Drive
P.O. Box
Coastal Publications
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Hickerson
Dale Schimming
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Aston
Travis Aston
Earthman Funeral Home
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Bay Area Board of Realtors Inc
Texas Ave
Grace United Methodist Men’s Club
Fellowship Hall
Ed Vaught
America
Baker Road
Exxon Annuitants
Exxon Annuitants Association
Yom Degen
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Rel Reunion
Robert E. Lee High School
Library of Gentry Junior School
Barrow Reunion
Barrow
White Memorial Park
Anahuac
Robert E. Lee
Sterling Municipal Library
Ross
Sterling High School
Baytown Area Water Authority
Market
Federal Employees National Association For Retired Federal Employees
Wyatt's
Rotary
Gaylard Fenley
Ross S. Sterling High School
Goose Creek Country Club
Ernest A. Archia
Edna Mae Washington Park
Wade Road
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John White
Howard Sampson
James Stafford
Trinity River Authority
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Otis Coleman
Crosby
Bay Pleze
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Sharing & Preett
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Baytown Sun
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Sanxane Welmber
Max Altman
N. Alexander Century Savings
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