Baytown and Harris County Lease County Jail Building Details
A dated contract outlines city obligations for operating maintaining and repairing county jail facilities including space for justice court patrol offices and prisoner holdover. It notes a $1 annual lease and possible back payments, unresolved jailer provision, and a 1962 remodeling cost shared by Harris County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Court
W. L
Dub) Ward
LeFevre
Commissioners Court
Ward
Harris County
City of
Baytown
Main
Sunglasses Found At Kroger Store In Baytown
A pair of men’s prescription sunglasses was found Saturday at Kroger. The owner may claim the glasses at the Baytown front office.
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Kroger
Baytown
Sun
Funeral Notices Highlight Baytown Residents and relatives
Notices list Mary Ar della Grant 97 of 415 W Fran cis, Clara B Wiggins 82 of San Antonio, John William Schiller 55 of 1606 N Harvard, Johanne Sorensen 75 of Crosby, Mable Bankston 76 of Pasadena, Suphronia Grimes 90 of 2111 Louisiana, Reginald Evans Jr of Oakland Calif, Mrs John Reagan Canter Bevers 83 Hull, with service details, survivors, and burial sites.
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Mary A. Grant
Mary Ardella Grant
W. Francis
Paul A. Lee
Burnette W. Dowler
First, Presbyterian Church
Order of Eastern Star
San Antonio
Baytown
Pelly
John Kilgore
First Methodist Church
Cedar Bayou
Rob Trumbo
Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery
Houston
Dean Foster Grant
Cliff Grant
Gregory Grant
Bert Burdock
Harold Elliott
Mike Grant
John William Schiller
John William Schiller Jr
Harvard
Robert B. Moore Jr
Grace
United Methodist Church
Schiller
Caldwell
Culpepper Furniture Co
Grace United
Methodist and
Evening Optimist Club
Betty Francis Schiller
Elizabeth Ann Ellisor
Tulsa
Okla
Ronald D. Haddox
Clarice Schiller
Glenn Schiller
Johannes, Sorensen
Johanne S. Sorensen
Crosby
Sterling Funeral Home
Dayton
Chester McCowen
Sorensen
R. A. Sorensen
Oscar Sievertsen
Tarpon Springs
Flg
Agnes Lindgren
Anna Ronney
Chicago
Mable Winfred
Bankston
Pasadena
Earthman’s Funeral Home
Gary Bonner
Bernie Bankston
Ricky and
van Johnson
Jerry W. Blackwell
Paul Granger
Clifton Reynolds
Suphronia E. Grimes
Suphronia
Elizabeth Grimes
Louisiana
Reginald C. Evans JR
Oakland
Calif
Zion Hill Baptist Church
Joe Durden
California
Evans
Baytown - la Porte
Alberta M. Evans
Reginald C. Evans Sr
la Porte
Prentice Evans
Boston
Mass
Johnny Joe Evans
la Porte Cemetery
Johnson - Frazier Funeral Home
J. RC. Bevers
John Reagan Canter I Bevers
Hull
First Baptist Church
C. D. Martin
David Elliott
Oakdale
Dassetta
Raywood
First Baptist
S. E.J. Bevers Jr
J.C. Bevers
J. E. Selkirk
K. L. Loerwald
Austin
Allison Funeral Service of
Liberty
Write-In Options Discussed for Constable Race in Amendment 4
The piece explains write-in voting for the constable position in race 33 with Don Baker as a possible candidate if the voter writes in his name. It notes no Republican nominee and describes changing a ballot line to allow write-ins and backtracking the key to open the slot. Bob Baker urges voters to seek full write-in guidance from election judges by November 1, 1973.
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Don Baker
Constable
Jpost
Douglas
Baker
Bob Baker
Proposed Amendments On Dual Office Holding And State Funds
The article outlines several Texas constitutional amendments including No 9 to exempt soil and water district directors from dual office rules, No 12 allowing certain state employees to serve on local governing bodies without losing state salary, No 10 on amendment proposal timing and notice, No 13 increasing interest on bonds, and No 14 letting county courts reduce the permanent school fund for per scholastic distributions.
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Soil and Water Conservation Districts
County Commissioners Courts
Brave Bandits Hold Up Hutchins Grocery
Two bandits robbed the W. W. Grocery in Hutchins Texas taking 900 dollars before police arrived nearby at the Hutchins Police Department. The quick-response local law enforcement investigated the incident.
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Hutchins, Tex
W. W
Hutchins
Berlin East West talks begin final phase for treaty
East Berlin hosts the start of the last negotiation phase aimed at formalizing relations between East and West Germany. In Chile, the end of a major commuter strike sees shuttered stores reopened and workers returning. Bayshore Rod Reel and Gun Club plans officer elections at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday with an oyster fry planned. Margie Hooper from Baytown participates in Kilgore Junior College opera productions on November 16 and 17. Mrs. J. F. Odom offers old newspapers for free.
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Berlin
East Berlin
Reel Club
Bayshore Rod, Reel and Gun Club
Jack Walker
Imargie Hooper
Harold K. Hooper
Baytown
Kilgore Junior College
Baytonian Faces Murder Trial Set for February
Gene D. Georgi 47 of Route 2 Bay town is to stand trial February 12 in Judge William Hatten's 176th District Court on a murder with malice aforethought charge in the July 27 shooting death of Robert Lee Thomas at Cedar Lounge in Baytown. He was indicted August 28 and the trial was moved from October 20.
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Houston
Gene D.georgi
Route 2
Baytown
William Hatten
176Th District Court
Robert Lee Thomas
Cedar Lounge
N. Alexander
Georgi
Masked man bound for Cuba with ransom captured after eight hours
In Tokyo a masked middle aged man fired at a plane bound for Cuba demanding 92 million in ransom. He was tracked and captured on the ground eight hours later with injuries reported. In Miami a lobster boat was fired on by six Bahamian boats off Walker Cay, Coast Guard said today.
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Tokyo
Cuba
Miami
Walker Cay
Coast Guard
Chambers Voters Use Card System in Local Elections
Chambers voters will use punch card machines in two contested races including U S Congress and state representative from the 17th District while deep in the Ninth District. Election judges Ed R Watson and Joan Roosa will close polls at 7 p m with results tabulated by computer devices.
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Anahuac
Chambers
U.S. Congress
Brooks
Randolph C. Reed
Beaumont
Lee College
Baytown
R. Watson
Joan Roosa
Chambers County
Mary
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Erret
Legend OF
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Pawarisi
Columbia Pictures
ABS
Larry
PNM
Ces
Paramount Pictures Presents
Arosert
Goldston Gto Plaschkes
Larry Peesce
Saramount Pictlfe
SAT. & Sun
Clara B. Wiggins
Robert K. Schomp
First Christian Church
C. M. Hester
Dallas
Lillian Wait
Angleton
J. J. J O’brien
Jone
James V. Wiggins
Corpus Christi
San Jacinto Memorial Park Cemetery
Bernice George
Somerville
Carl Brawner
Duke Jones
David Garth
Jack Carter
Rick Peebles
W. C. Reeves
Walter N. Dean
Joaquin
W. R. Letney
Magnolia Springs
Davis Cemetery
Tyler County
W. Winch
R. J. Grimes Jr
A. M
Texas
Aere
Brownweed Civic Association
Milton Campbell
W. Bayshore
Joe Alles
Bertha Kirkpatrick
A. M. Chappell
Campbell
H. L. Wilder
Santiago
Chile
J. F. Odom
Barrymore
Baytonian
Iron Gate
Jac
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Catfish Inn
Lurch Buffet
Koffee
W. Pruett
Sanday
John Metcalf
Baytown Community Center
Market Street
All People
Bay Plaza Shopping Center
Jerry Zerinque
BAY Plaza
Baytown State Bank
Tai
Uiewit
Alexander
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