Baytown Honors Longtime Public Servant Red Pruett
Lloyd Gregory and port officials plan a ceremony with Baytown leaders for Red Pruett a native Baytonian and long serving mayor Pruett died after duties with the Goose Creek port area He served on the City Council from 1949 to 1960 including eight years as mayor and was connected to Citizens National Bank his father Price Pruett was a local official The event will be held June 15 with participation from local dignitaries and state figures The elder Pruett helped develop the Goose Creek townsite in the region
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Lloyd Gregory
Pruett
Whamsand
Prihe
Gina
Citizens Na- Pruett
Iti Anal Bank
Amsterdam
Baytown Man Remains In Anahuac Jail
Sidney Elliott, 23, of Baytown, is jailed in Chambers County on a murder charge after his wife Karen Dee Elliott, 20, was shot in the Cove Drive-In Grocery on Cove Road Tuesday night and died at 7:55 p.m. He remains jailed with no bond set. sheriff cites no motive and notes Elliott once ran a construction firm now run by his son Rokland. details place the incident at Cove Drive-In Grocery, not Old River Drive-In.
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Anahuac
Sidney £. Elliott
Bay
Cove
Chambers County
Louis Otter
Cove Drive-In
State college funding shifts to contact hours basis
The Senate Bill sets 1973-74 funding at 1,360,095 and 1974-79 at 1,107,698 for technical vocational instruction, higher than the House figures. The difference reflects funding per contact hour. Enrollment must hold in both divisions to earn funds. contingency shares possible if base period enrollment rises. Faculty receive uniform 3-4 percent raises in 1974 and 1975 for fully state supported colleges. Lee College may use funds for raises or equipment. Regents earlier approved a 2 percent salary boost for all college employees.
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Stan
Senate
Pechacek
Lee College
Harlem Elementary magnet plan sparks HEW desegregation dispute
The Harlem Elementary School magnet program, begun in 1969 with free transport to boost white enrollment, faces HEW scrutiny after the district proposed severing Harlem from its attendance zone to guarantee 30 percent white enrollment. Clark says no new federal applications exist and current programs remain unaffected.
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HEW
Clark
Harlem
Tis Spring
Baytown officials discuss road plans and bond project
A Baytown crowd heard County Commissioner Bray outline road work on Baker Road and Park Street, with potential bike lanes and material changes amid bond funding limits. Tom Langford of the Harris County Flood Control District announced drainage projects, while Mayor Gentry and City Manager Lanham addressed trash pickup delays and enforcement of related ordinances.
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Baker
Higi
Highway 146
Baytown City
Bray
City
Baker Road
Park
North Main
Baytown
Park Street
Exxon
Tom Langford
Harris County
Langford
Country Club Oaks
Massey-Tompkins Road
Bob Smith Road
Harris’ County
Bernard Johnson and
Lanham
Civic Association
Goose Creek Country Club
School Luncheons Friday Menu Highlights
Baytown and Dayton menus list Friday options with breakfast items including a fruit cup sausage buttered biscuit and milk. Lunch features fish fillet or a choice of checked chicken with sides like blackeyed peas spinach green salad and buttered rolls with milk and praline cookies. Dayton offers fish sticks with satsup or tartar sauce, mashed potatoes June peas tossed salad gelatin and hot rolls with milk.
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Baytown
Dayton
Texas considers new constitution with voter education urged
Hartman stresses the need for public education on a proposed Texas constitution as a commission studies executive legislative and judicial functions and state finances. The draft will be presented to Texans for study before a November 1974 vote, with no specific changes hinted. The commission operates in Austin with a staff of 19 professionals.
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Texas
Hartman
Ile
Commission
Austin
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