Baytown Doctors Remember Early Baytown Hospital History
In 1919 Humble refinery doctors recall Baytown Hospital a 16 bed wooden facility with eight to ten WWI tents for overflow and damp mildewed mattresses. A brick hospital replaced it in 1923 and later San Jacinto Memorial formed with doctors like Lillie and Duke guiding development.
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Humble
Baytown Hospital
Charles M. Aves
Norman Brooks
Culver
Burkhart Hotel
Rice Hotel
Thomson
William E. Marshall
H.a. Sappington
R. Pipkins
Theodore S
Consumer costs dip in early 1986 amid mixed price moves
Consumer costs fell at a 2.3 percent annual pace for January to April 1986, with energy as the exception. Food costs rose 0.3 percent in April and meat and seafood prices declined, while new car prices fell 0.6 percent after prior gains. Analysts cited weaker dollar boosting import prices as a factor.
City Council to weigh water service policy changes
City officials will discuss street improvements cost and bids for water line replacements in Eva Maude subdivision funded from the 1981 bond program. They will also hear on annexation of Coady Municipal Utility District and other items including dog bite case, setbacks for commercial buildings, and a storm drainage project. Regular meeting at City Hall starts 6:30 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert H. Duke
Lillie-Duke Hospital
West Pearce
Ashbel Streets
Herbert H. Duke Jr
Lillie
TCU Medical School
Goose Creek
Duke
Ashbel Street
Newton- Lillie Oil Co
Mississippi
Duke Sr
University of Texas At Austin
Ut-Galveston
Robert E. Lee Gander
Garrett Herring
Herring
Fred Hartman
Baytown Sun
Fulds
Eva Maude
George Fannett
Coady
Anita Jean Allen
Lynchburg
Cedar Bayou
Overseas
San Jacinto) Ltd
Racoon Drive
Beaumont Street
Ward Road
Wye Drive
Cultural Arts Council
The
Planning Commission
Baytown Housing Finance Corp
Houston-Harris County Area Agency On Aging
City Hall
Victim identified in Juarez canal murder case
Clothing found in a bathhouse room belongs to Rita Guadalupe Laura Melendez, 22, a Juarez resident who worked as a maid in El Paso. Police say Pedro Padilla Flores rented the room and is charged with the rape strangulations of two women found in the river on the Mexican side. Raul Antonio Chaparro, implicated by Padilla, was released for lack of evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ciudad Juarez
Mexico
Rio Grande
Pedro Padilla Flores
Ernesto Reyes
Chihuahua
Padilla
Rita Guadalupe Laura Melendez
Juarez
el Paso
Reyes
Maria Lara
Hte
Raul Antonio Chaparro
Reves
Certification hearing set for 16 year old in Baytown murder case
Testimony will begin at 1 p.m. Thursday in the certification hearing of Joseph Fordham, a 16-year-old held on murder charges connected to 11-year-old Mary Stiles. Fordham was detained Dec. 16 by Baytown police and faces potential adult trial. hearings have been repeatedly reset due to witness access, psychological testing, and legal challenges over search warrants and prosecutorial authority. Stites disappeared Halloween night from a Baytown apartment. her body was found about a week later behind the complex.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louise Shaw
Joseph Fordham
Elizabeth Godwin
Fordham
Baytown
Mary Stiles
Harris County
Ms. Godwin
Frank Panzica
Robert Lowry
Panzica
Mary Stites
States question AIDS funding by case count
States with many AIDS cases question a CDC grant plan that funds prevention by per case amounts. Idaho Montana South Dakota North Dakota receive modest sums per case, while New York California and Florida receive larger totals due to higher case counts or populations. CDC cites $44 million aimed at less aggressive states with few cases.
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Washington
Idaho
Montana
Centers For Disease Control Program
South Dakota
North Dakota
New York
California
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Florida
William Leavy
New York State
Kenneth Kizer
Department of Health Services
CDC
Don Berreth
LC regents weigh campus roofing and floor bids
Twelve firms bid $119,118 to $197,891 for roofing on eight LC sites while four firms offered $5,180 to $5,541 to refinish the gym floor. Six firms proposed $7,080 to $57,420 for a one year telephone system maintenance contract. The board also plans to hire English instructors Marianne Loyd and Gary D. Ervin to replace F. Philp Dignam and Margaret Painter, said Claudia Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marianne Loyd
Gary D. Ervin
F. Philp Dignam
Margaret Painter
Claudia Smith
Board of Regents
Also Mentioned on This Page
W.T. Jones
Hughes
Humana Hospital
Gulf Coast Hospital
Jones
Gulf Coast
San Jacinto
Insurance Agency of North America
INA
Hospital Corp. of America
Rotary, Lions and Kiwanis Club
Lowell Lammers
Lammers
Baytown Mutual Benefit Association
Exxon
Lee College Television Workshop
Alan Swenson
Sterling Municipal Library
Brownwood
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Don Treuhardt
Kesha Castleberry
Robert E. Lee High School
Chuck Brandon
Sherry Wallace
REL
Adam Roy
Ross
Sterling High School
Bryan Borah
RSS
Diedra Jones
Hardy White
Chamber
Sun
Angie Bracey
Ron Moser
P.J. Kuehn
Ted Poe
228Th District Court
Lowry
District Attorney's Office
LC Regents
Robert E. Lee
Alamo Tournament of Bands
San Antonio
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