Texas welfare amendment defeated by wide margin
Texas voters rejected a proposed welfare amendment by 235 782 to 1 602 988. Assistant welfare chief Bee Grissom says high taxes influenced the vote and officials must reshuffle the budget before January. Welfare aid has been low, with continued concerns over AFDC and elderly and disabled payments amid rising living costs.
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Lion
Bee Grissom
Welfare Department
Grissom
Texas
AFDC
Texas Social Welfare Association
Paper by Floyd on Oils in Natural Gas Engines
M. Floyd of Esso Research presented a paper at the National Fuels and Lubricants Meetings in Tulsa. His topic compared performance of highly detergent versus highly dispersant oils in natural gas engines. Floyd is a Baytown Research Center specialist. The Ice Follies, pioneer ice show from 1936 by Shipstad and Johnson, played to more than 40 million people over 20 years.
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Bill) Floyd
Esso Research and Engineering Co
Haytown Research and Development Division
National Fuels and Lubricants
Society of Automotive Engineers
Tulsa
Floyd
Baytown Research Center
Pioneer
Shipstad and Johnson
All School Districts Do Not Have Social Security
An editor's note explains that many school districts are not covered by social security. The writer describes how earnings in covered districts up to 7800 dollars accrue credits while periods in noncovered districts reduce benefits. The article urges teachers and all workers to verify social security records every three years and to seek corrections from employers if needed.
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The
Sun
Murray W. Person
Social Security Administration
Federal
Defoe Street
Mall
A.fe
Goose Creek
Congress
Baltimore
BankAmericard Set to Reach Baytown Area Residents
BankAmericard, the world’s most popular credit card, will be available to Baytown area residents after the first of the year, with merchants in east Harris County invited to join as member establishments. Bank of the Southwest, licensee for the region, is preparing for plastic cards to reach more than a quarter million families and expects over 3,000 merchants to participate. The card offers one bill, one check, and access to purchases nationwide and internationally, with no joining fee.
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Houston
BankAmericard
Mos
Baytown Area
Harris County
Jack C. Lewis
Southwest Bank- Americar
Bank of the Southwest
Bank Americard
Harris-Galyveston - Chambers-Brazoria-Fort Bend County
Lewis
Bank of the’ Southwest Bank Americard
U.S
Canada
Japan
England
Ireland
South Africa
Texas Receives $1.56 Million for Handicapped Education
Washington reports Texas is awarded 1.56 million dollars by the Department of Health Education and Welfare for handicapped children programs. Congressman Eckhardt hopes funds will aid Harris County and expand services across preschool to secondary levels. The grant, part of Title VELA for fiscal 1968, funds non matching allocations to state education agencies for specialized education initiatives.
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Washington
von Jessian
Bob Eckhardt
Texas
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Harris County
James J. Gallagher
Bureau of Education For the Handicapped
Du Pont LP Plant Names Technical Superintendent
Lawrence A. Dirnberger named technical superintendent at Du Pont Co. La Porte plant replacing Roy Detweiler of Baytown who became general technical superintendent at Belle Plant in Charleston W Va. Dirnberger previously led Graselli Plant in New Jersey and served in the U S Navy. He holds an MIT chemical engineering degree and a Newark College of Engineering master’s in management engineering. He has worked at James River Plant and Cleveland Research, and led youth work in Westfield N J with his wife. The Dirnberger family resides at Timber Cove in Seabrook with five children.
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Pacific
du Pont
Cleveland
Ohio
Othe du Pont
James River
Virginia
Dirnberger
Grasselli
Westfield
N. J
Dirnbergers
Laurie
Silver Springs
Christine
Mount St. Vincent College
New York City
Lawrence
Monica
Joseph
Timber Cove
Seabrook
Attending DBC Gary Charles Fuller Heads Dallas Baptistee
Attending Dallas Baptistee, Gary Charles Fuller, son of Mr and Mrs M D Fuller of 1607 Adams, is noted. Robert Senders, Mr reattende H Sedans of 72 E Janes, sale a ste p there.
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Gary Charles Fuller
M. D. Puller
Adams
Dallas Baptistee Thiever
Robert Senders
E. Janes
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