Fires Sweep Baytown During “Promotion Week” Report
Firemen battled multiple blazes across Baytown in a week of Loosely connected incidents. A house at 113 Daniels in Oak Addition burned dawn Monday with no occupants. A plywood fire on Massey Tompkins Road and a car blaze at 2523 Bayou Blvd in Lincoln Courts followed. A grease fire at 1101 caused stove and smoke damage. Worst blaze struck Hazel's Pie Shop at 206 E Hunni where an oven mishap sparked a business destruction. Fire Chief Bailey noted cycles of fires and warned residents to avoid risky practices during the period.
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Highlands State Bank Declares Cash and Stock Dividends
Highlands State Bank directors declare from 1970 earnings a cash dividend of 70 cents plus a 30 cent stock dividend per share. One half payable July 8 1971 to holders of record Dec 15. Remaining half payable July 8 1973 to holders of record June 15 1971. A 16 percent stock dividend also approved to be payable February 1971 after shareholder approval. Total shares rise from 47,520 to 54,648 with par value $5. Board also increases certified surplus from 242,400 to 276,780 and total capital and surplus from 480,000 to 550,000.
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Baytown Students Hold MNTST Offices at NTSU
Three Baytown students were elected to university offices for the 1970-71 year at North Texas State University in Denton. Van Alan Boswell was elected treasurer of Phi Eta Sigma. Soneeria Van Messiah became Clark Hall vesper chairman. Virginia Narcisse was named second vice-president of the Panhellenic Council.
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The Greatest Thing That Almost Happened
Don Robertson delivers the final Morris Bird It volume 196 in a Cleveland setting. The high school senior navigates adolescence sex and basketball while facing a deadly disease. Robertson blends gruff flippancy with pathos to evoke nostalgia for a yesterday.
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Woman foils bomb scare in Dallas office building
Nelda Bellows, a 42 year old secretary in Police Chief Frank Dyson's office, calmly alerted colleagues after spotting a suspicious briefcase near the entrance. Bomb experts were ready to act when a dispatcher officer emerged with a short fuse, claiming the briefcase as his and escaping.
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Police Crack Burglary Ring in Dallas
Detectives link a pink and white Cadillac to a citywide burglary ring, responsible for about 100000 in thefts over eight months. Four men and an 18 year old girl were arrested after a raid recovered TVs, guns, stereo gear, jewelry, and other items.
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Outlook Not Bright For Vets
Washington AP reports a Senate labor subcommittee was told that returning Vietnam veterans face high unemployment, with 7 percent joblessness and stress hindering civilian reintegration. Witnesses cited insufficient job opportunities and scattered, uncoordinated government support as factors complicating veterans’ postwar employment prospects.
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