City seeks 363000 in back taxes via public sale
Baytown aims to collect 363000 in delinquent taxes by selling property if needed. 1,648 accounts show unpaid notes dating back to 1927, with 300940 owed by unread notices, 2531 on hardship rolls, 21459 with unknown addresses, and 29000 on a payment schedule. A computerized program with Ad Valorum Records will speed up collections and allow at least 20 suit filings per month.
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Ron Lennard
Baytown
le Fevre
City Finance
Arl
Ad Valorum
Baytown groups schedule meetings and a kitten giveaway
Citizens Council Baytown Traffic Safety Council will meet at 71 a.m. Wednesday at Holiday Inn with Robert G. Feinberg presiding. San Jacinto Methodist Hospital Service Corps to hold annual meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Sterling Municipal Library. officers to be elected. BEA speaker John Simmons will address Baytown Education Association at 7:30 p.m. in Bowie School Auditorium. DeMolay Mothers Club meets at Goose Creek Masonic Lodge at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday following Highlands Junior High Parents Council visit at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Two kittens, one male one female, offered for free with owner’s phone 75-1179.
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Citizens Council
Baytown
Citizens Traffic’ Safety Council
Holiday Inn
Robert G. Feinberg
Service Corps
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Sterling Municipal Library
BEA
John Simmons
Deer Park
Baytown Education Association
Bowie
DeMolay Mothers
Demolay Mothers Club
Goose Creek Masonic Lodge
Highlands Junior High School Parents Council
Louise Bargainer Wins Expense Paid Trip to Las Vegas
Louise Bargainer and Andy won an all expenses paid trip to Las Vegas, Miami or New Orleans with Mary arranging the choice. Jane Nevil carries a standing rib roast bone to a friendly neighbor. Jim Helbig returns from a three week Japan trip thirty minutes early. Julia Acker from Longview sends East Texas greetings to Baytown friends. Doyle Bailey shows photos of a new son born this week. Jean Whitacre returns to arts and crafts for Christmas. Helen Kirkpatrick tests a lemony recipe with coffee. Elinor Shultz helps with dates. Gloria Laredo celebrates 16th birthday at 4522 Johnson Road.
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Louise Bargainer
Andy
Las Vegas
Miami
New Orleans
Mary
Jane Nevil
Jim Helbig
Japan
Julia Acker
Longview
East Texas
Baytown
Doyle Bailey
Jean Whitacre
Helen Kirkpatrick
Elinor Shultz
Gloria Laredo
Marcus Laredo
Johnson Road
Volunteers Repudiate Charges Against Baytown Firemen
John F. Donnelly and Arthur J. Anders of Baytown Volunteer Fire Station 2 denounce recent accusations by paid department members as false and harmful to the community. The statement defends department autonomy, explains age limits, outlines joint committee efforts, and notes wholesome recreation including weekly domino games at Station 2.
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John F. Donnelly
Baytown
Arthur J.anders
Station 2
International Association of Fire Fighters
Firemen
Saigon forces suffer heavier losses near Bu Dop
A week of combat around the Bu Dop Special Forces camp north of Saigon results in comparatively heavy Vietnamese casualties, according to official sources. In Washington, the Senate rejects a 100 million dollar cut to the space budget as Apollo 12 preparations continue at Cape Kennedy for Friday’s moon flight. Treasury Secretary Kennedy signals the administration can accept the Finance Committee tax reform bill. Also in Washington, new auto safety reports show failures in testing but officials caution against broad conclusions. In Tel Aviv, Israeli spokesmen say Egyptian planes were shot down in aerial combat over the Suez Canal. In New York, bombs explode in three major office buildings in what authorities describe as a coordinated attack.
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Saigon
Bu Dop
Washington
Senate
U.S
Cape Kennedy
Tel Aviv
Suez Canal
Champion Hog Caller From Arkansas Joins Annuitants
James S. Johnson a 63 year old Humble Oil retiree from Foreman Arkansas is feted by over a hundred colleagues at Humble Oil and Refining Co with a final Razorback hog call. The long time lab worker received gifts including a white hog themed helmet and a 41 year pin while plans for retirement emphasize family fishing and church service. Johnson never missed more than two days in 41 years except for flu in World War II.
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Wanda Orton
Humble Oil and Refining Co
James S. Johnson
Humble
Foreman
Ark
Johnson
Charles
Crystal Lake
Livingston
Mona
Wooster Baptist Church
John A
No Other Changes Made Elementary Schools Lunch Prices Reduced
Elementary school children will pay 36 cents for planned lunches under new cafeteria price schedules approved by the school board. The reduction from 40 cents previously charged in elementary schools, while junior and high schools remain at 40 cents, marks the first price break since entering the national lunch program this fall.
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Johnella Boynton
Johnny Clark
Clark
W. D. Hinson
Philip Dignam Clark
Hinson
James Ellis
Ranger And REL Ducats Are On Sale
Advance tickets to Friday nights game between Ranger and REL Ducats are on sale at Memorial Stadium athletic office until 1 p.m. Friday. General admission is 1.50, student advance 0.50, student at gate 0.75. Seating changes place season ticket holders in reserved sections, with north stands or end zone bleachers for adults, south stands for Lee and Sterling students, and east end zone for elementary and intermediate students. Standing room only tickets available when seats sell out.
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Robert E. Lee Sterling
Pete Sultis
Memorial Stadium
Ganders
Rangers
Donnybrook
Lee
Sterling
Student Tickets To Shrine Circus Free
The Baytown Sun and Arabia Temple Shrine offer free student passes for seven Shrine Circus 1969 performances in Houston. Pick up passes at The Sun, 1301 Memorial Drive. extra tickets available at the Coliseum box office. Passes first come, first served. regular students eligible.
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Baytown
Baytown Sun
Arabia Temple Shrine
Coliseum
Houston
the Sun
Memorial Drive
All Star Shrine Circus
Blinko
Sherman Brothers
Shrine
Baytown Officials Confront Police Status Dispute
Attorney for Mrs. Shirley Turner seeks a Baytown Civil Service hearing to determine if she is a policewoman or meter maid. Flowers and McManus argue Turner was underpaying and entitled to patrolman pay from April 1964 to present. The commission delayed action as members were away. city officials await Civil Service action.
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Shirley Turner
Baytown
Turner
Glen Walker
Delly R. Voelkel
John B
Wilkinson
Veterans enlist support for Baytown Monument Plaza drive
Veterans in Baytown plan a Friday night fundraiser at the Sterling-Lee game to raise 14000 for Monument Plaza between City Hall and the Community Building. The red granite shaft and branch markers will anchor the site with a Battle Hymn ceremony and band performance by Ross Sterling.
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Glen Walker
Ross Sterling
Armed Forces
Baytown
Veterans Committee
Warford
Veterans Monument
Veterans of the Armed Forces
First National
Citizens National Banks
Watford
Monument Plaza
Veterans Day Signals Support for Nixon Vietnam Policy
Americans observed Veterans Day amid demonstrations supporting Nixon's Vietnam stance and protests planned for Washington. Supporters touted a silent majority while antiwar groups organized, as Nixon visited a veterans hospital and aides prepared speeches. Tickets for the Arlington ceremony sold out for the first time in 16 years.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Veterans’ Hospital
David Eisenhower
Northampton
Mass
Arlington National Cemetery
David Packard
Defense
Veterans Affairs
Donald E. Johnson
Arlington
Weather Outlook With Tides For Morgan's Point
Partly cloudy and warm through Wednesday. Temperatures Tuesday range from the upper 50s to mid 80s. Tides on Wednesday at Morgan's Point show highs at 5 43 a.m. and 12 43 p.m. and lows at 5 43 a.m. and 4 43 p.m.
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Morgan's
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