Baytown Plans Water District Near Thompson Road
Baytown city planner Ross Wilhite described Westheimer Properties Inc. led by Marvin Leggett as pursuing a water district off Thompson Road west of the highway. The council tentatively approved the district with limits on bond interest and a new treatment plant on Spring Gully soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Wilhite
Baytown
Westheimer Properties Inc
Marvin Leggett
Houston
Thompson Road
Wilhite
Interstate 30
Cedar Bayou Road
Spring Gully
City Planning Board
Water District
San Jacinto
Lakewood
Craigmont
Applications For Head Start In Baytown Due Now
Parents should submit Head Start applications immediately for their children to join the program starting June 2 in Baytown. Coordinator L. Pennington said entries are accepted on a first come, first served basis, noting past demand exceeded available slots. The program operates with the Office of Economic Opportunity, though funding has yet to be approved, often delayed until just before the start. It serves children from economically disadvantaged homes entering first grade next fall.
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Baytown
L. &. Pennington
Pennington
Office of Economic Opportunity
Hospital Notes Admitted to Gulf Coast
New Arrival. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn W. Roberts Jr Terry welcomed a son born May 21. Admitted listed: Charles T. Herman Mont Belvieu room 202 Pearl Annie Doucet Crosby room 217 James Salter Hull room 131 Charles MaeMorrow Baytown room 113 Myrtle Bounds Mississippi room 127 Brenda Leigh Downs Baytown room 127.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Herman
Mont Belvieu
Pearl Annie Doucet
Crosby
James Salter
Hull
Charles MaeMorrow
Baytown
Myrtle Bounds
Mississippi
Brenda Leigh Downs
Glenn W. [Roberts Jr
Terry, Son
Noon Stock Quotes From Major Industrials and Utilities
A fragmented listing of stocks from several large United States companies spans steel, oil, chemicals, electronics, airlines, and manufacturing sectors. Notable names include Anaconda, Am Tel and Tel, Arlan’s Dept Store, Chrysler, Ford, General Motors, IBM, US Steel, Texaco, Gulf Oil, Dow, DuPont, Exxon, and Westinghouse among others, with varying percentage figures attached. The data appears as a market snapshot from a historical newspaper, reflecting the day’s bid and movement across diverse industries.
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Allis Chalmers
Arlan's
Am Tel & Tel
Anaconda Wat Kraft Foods Armca
Teogopie Kreage SS
Ashland Oil
Ling-Temco-Vought Atlantic
McDonnell-Douglas Bendix
Magnavox
Beth Steel
Marathon Oil
Carrier Corps Microdot
Celanese
Mobile
Socony
Chrysler 7Onsanto
Columbia Gas
Nat Dist
Delta Air Oo
Ceeeee Occidental
Diamond Shamrock
Penn Central RR
Dow Chemical
Pepsi Cola Dresser
Phillips
DuPont
RGAS
el Paso Na Raytheon
Ethyl Corp
Roan Selector
Ford
Stauffer Chem Gordon's
Sun Oil
Greyhound
Syntex
Gulf Oil
Taft Broadcast
Gulf States Unil
Gulf Western
Halliburton
Texaco Harvey Aluminum
Texas Eastern Hoffman Electr
Texas Gulf Snr
Ho L&p
Union Carbide
Inland Steel
Union Oil of
Cal Interlake Steel
United Air Lines
Upjohn Drug US Steel
Westinghouse Xerox
Dow Jones Industrial Wiheed
Technicolor
Tenneco
Funeral Notices Graydon L Shaver
Graydon Leroy Shaver 65 of Baytown died 5 15 p m Wednesday in a Baytown hospital born Grapeland April 12 194 died in 1953 he worked for the City of Baytown member of Second Baptist Church and Baytown Lodge AF&AM Survivors include wife Mattie Dell Shaver daughter James Sidney Dugat grandson James Michael Dugat sister J D Kyle Services 10 a m Friday at Paul A Lee Funeral Chapel with Rev Roy Cloudt officiating Graveside services under Baytown Lodge AF&AM interment site to be announced Pallbearers listed Masons to be pallbearers at cemetery
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Graydon L. Shaver
Graydon Leroy Shaver
Terrace Lane
Baytown
Grapeland
Second Baptist Church
Af&am
Mattie Dell Shaver
James Sidney Dugat
Mont Belvieu
James Michael Dugat
J. D. Kyle
Lalexo
Paul A. Lee
Bill Wardlaw
Jim Fields
E. Dugat
Bill Dunman
David Duncan
Doyle Myrick
Burger’s Supreme Court Pick Is Honored by Nixon
The White House praised Judge Warren Burger for his philosophy favoring government to protect citizens and property, as President Nixon and guests celebrated his forthcoming confirmation. Burger, a St Paul native, previously led the Civil Division of the Justice Department and argued a key security case for Eisenhower. His selection was welcomed by Warren, who pledged to help with the transition as Burger prepares to assume the seat next month.
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White House
Burger
Ripon Collge
Evera
Nixon
Warren
St. Paul
John Peters
Simon E. Sobeloff
Eisenhower
Apollo 11 approach aims for safe Moon landing site
The article describes Apollo 11 target near crater Moltke as debris-strewn and rugged. Stafford and Cernan will navigate and photograph the zone while planning ground routes. They seek to map crater sizes and improve orbit predictions by studying eight hours of LEM flights and past orbital fluctuations.
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Moltke
Lis
Stafford
Cernan
Last Rites for Penelope Verbeck Mother of Baytown Man
Funeral services for Mrs Penelope Dobbs Verbeck mother of Robert P Verbeck Baytown former Deputy Collector of Customs will be held at 1230 p m Saturday at Forest Park Funeral Here 6900 Lawndale in Houston Burial will be in Forest Park Cemetery Mrs Verbeck 94 native of Grange County long time Houston resident died at her home in Houston at 647 p m Wednesday Survivors include sons John W Verbeck and Harry W Verbeck daughters Mrs Monroe Willey and Mrs G R Bowles 14 grandchildren 25 great grandchildren and three great great grandchildren
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Penelope Dobbs Verbeck
Robert P. Verbeck
Baytown
Forest Park
Lawndale
Houston
Verbeck
Grange County
John W. Verbeck
Harry W. Verbeck
Tarkington Prairie
Monroe Willey
Port Neches
G. R. Bowles
Baytown Stamp Club Meeting At Civic Center
The BAYTOWN STAMP CLUB will meet at 7 p.m. Friday in Room 31 of the Civic Center. Door prizes will be given and the public is invited.
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Stamp Club
Baytown Stamp Club
Civic Center
Channelview High names valedictorian and salutatorian for 1969
Hans Muller is valedictorian of Channelview High School Class of 1969. He belongs to the National Honor Society, French Club, Spanish Club, and Slide Rule Team. He won the 1965 Texas Chemical Council Award and is the son of Mr and Mrs K R Muller of 91 Coolidge. John Lee is salutatorian, president of Channelview NHS, student council senior rep, named Outstanding Teenager of America, member of the golf team and Spanish Club, and son of Mr and Mrs John Sidney Lee of 16308 Ave. Tesescubtten exercises are scheduled May 29 at the high school stadium.
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Channelview
Hans’ Muller
Channelview High School
Texas Chemical Council
Hans
K. R. Muller
Coolidge
John Lee
National Honor Society
John
John Sidney Lee
Ave. i
Voting Abuse Spotlighted by Texas Official
Turrentine reports voters casting absentee ballots multiple times across precincts using clipped newspaper application forms. He recalls county clerks observing election theft and criticizes current laws as unable to prevent fraud. He and county clerks urge reform including precinct checks and plastic photo voter cards, opposing permanent registration.
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Turrentine
Grand Jury
Texas
Two Pro-Zoning Leaders Deplore Issue's Defeat
Mervin Rosenbaum and John Strausser, heads of the Citizens Committee for Community Development, protest the defeat of the zoning ordinance. They condemn spending large sums on sensational ads for swaying voters and urge Baytown residents to reconsider their decision as time passes.
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Mervin Rosenbaum
John Strausser
Citizens Committee For Community Development
Baytown
Highlands Petition Looms as Baytown Council Set
Highlands residents seek annexation or alternative routes as Baytown ponders an annexation bid. Mayor Glen Walker warns the council may face a petition from 50 percent of landowners. A 6:30 p.m. meeting at city hall will also review a drug interdiction committee, revenue studies, and a federal funds application for Raccoon Drive recreation.
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Glen Walker
Walker
Baytown
Hallum
Highlands Group
Commissioners Court
Highlands
City Hall
Citizens’ Committee
Walker l
Parks and Recreation Board
Raccoon Drive
Massey- Tompkins Road
Crosby High School Graduation Set For Friday Night
Crosby High School plans graduation exercises at 8 p.m. Friday on the football field weather permitting. Reverend A F Pavelka will give the invocation and Bunny Roeder will deliver the salutatory. Valedictorian Debbie Rath and honor students will be announced as awards are presented by department heads. Crosby principal Robert Cunningham and school board president James Ewell will supervise diplomas with Carroll Teague delivering remarks. The band will play the processional and recessional, and the benediction will close the ceremony.
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Crosby High School
A. F. Pavelka
Sacred Heart Church
Methodist Men’s Club
Sam Houston Ex-students Association
Harris County Administrators Association
Pasadena Optimist Club
Pauline Adams
Kathy Blanscot
Robert Cunningham
James Ewell
Prochazka
Crosby Church of Christ
Deer Park to Dedicate New Public Library
Deer Park will dedicate its new public library at 2 p.m. Saturday with Sam G. Whitten of the Texas Library Association as principal speaker. The project cost 310,500 financed by 1986 municipal bonds and a 135,610 federal grant under Title II of the Library Services and Construction Act. The facility includes children and adult departments, reference and periodicals, a lounge, and 11,000 volumes of opening stock. the library began service in February.
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Deer Park
Sam G. Whitten
Texas Library Association
Texas States Library
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