Baytown Sinking Threatens Bayfront Homes and Prices
Baytown area suffers land subsidence as tides rise. Residents like Porter and Chappell have built seawalls and spent thousands to reinforce properties. Real estate values have fallen dramatically. some owners abandon houses as saltwater encroaches. The city and Corps of Engineers pursue elevated roads and flood protections as studies explore levee solutions and potential buyouts.
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Porter
Chappell
Baytown Bayfront
Carla
Bayside
Baytown
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Galveston Bay
Brownwood
Lakewood
Fritz Lanham
Lanham
Two Democratic Appointments Fill County and District Clerk Posts
Anahuac Texas two Democratic nominees run unopposed in the November 7 election and are appointed to fill the unexpired term of the late county and district clerk J B Wooldridge. Norma Beanie Rowland is sworn as county clerk and R B Scherer Jr as district clerk to serve until certification of election and for the next two years of the four year term. Judge Jack Chambliss also serves as Justice of the Peace and will be certified to fill the remaining two years of Judge Calvin Walker term.
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Anahuac
J.B. Wooldridge
Norma (Beanie) Rowland
Chambers County
Oscar ‘Nelson
R. B. Scherer Jr
Clarence Cain
Vath District
J. B
Jimbo) Wooldridge
Nelson
Jack Chambliss
Precinct 6
Commissioners' Court
Calvin Walker
Walker
Deaf and blind students train in photography at West Virginia school
Deaf and blind children in joint classes at the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind receive photography training. Instructor Charles Thompson leads a four week summer session that may expand to multiple classes, aiming to place graduates in related jobs with support from superintendent Eldon Shipman.
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R Thompson
Thompson
Eldon E. Shipman
Charles Givec
Namorse
Cave
Saga
West Virgina
Rawlings
Andresses
Funeral Services for Herbert M Campbell in Baytown
Funeral services for Herbert Myrie Campbell aged 62 of 604 West Cleveland will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Baptist Temple with Revs A L Jordan and Coy Lively officiating. He died Monday at Bayside Nursing Home Anahuac. He served on the Baytown Housing Authority board and was a former city councilman. He is survived by his wife Ruby Pearl Campbell a daughter Janet Findley a son William T Smith two grandsons two great grandchildren his mother Ida Mae Fudge a brother L S Campbell and three sisters Stella Dietz Ida Tilliston and Bessie Brown Burial is Memory Gardens Cemetery under Paul A Lee Funeral Home pallbearers listed.
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Herbert M. Campbell
Herbert Myrie Campbell
W. Cleveland
Baptist Temple
A. L. Jordan
Coy Lively
Campbell
Bayside Nursing Home
Anahuac
Ioof Lodge
Senior Citizens Club
Baytown Housing Authority
San Antonio
Stella Dietz
Ida Tilliston
Bessie Brown
el Paso
Memory Gardens
Paul A. Lee
Mont Belvieu Council Approves 17 New Street Lights
Mont Belvieu council approves a 17 light request list from Houston Lighting and Power or HL&P. The meeting covered fire phone cost fears and potential rate cuts, council votes to join Texas Municipal League, and discusses a city maintenance truck engine purchase with mixed bids and two minor injuries in a two vehicle collision.
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Betsy Webber
Mont Belvieu
Houston Lighting and Power Co
Douglas Dugat
Virgil Carlile
Houston-Galveston
Texas Municipal League
Earl Porter
Gis Shull
Port Arthur
Q. J. Pomykall
Shull
Keneth Ray Aaron
A. B. Davis
Highlands
One Injured In Car Crash On Decker Drive
A head on collision occurs when a car traveled the wrong way on Decker Drive at 4 49 p m Monday three miles east of San Jacinto police report one person injured in the incident Baytown authorities provided the initial details.
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Decker Drive
San Jacinto
Baytown
City Finances Show Overruns and Contingency Uses
The report details $2,749.47 sick leave and $1,507.77 vacation pay for 38 and 21 days, totaling $8,357.24 including a consulting fee. Garage budget overruns reached $16,385, with $15,000 from the contingency fund. Waterworks and sewer funds drew $9,600 from another contingency, aided by $4,500 in labor costs. Unappropriated general fund surplus provided $25,553 for street improvements amid emergency calls for broken water lines. Sulphur butterflies drift in crowds, forming yellow patches over clover or roadside puddles.
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Fritz Lanham
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Sears
Galveston
Lert Lemareae
Avnwtisal Technicolor
Devil Riders
Naked Angels
Sean Connery
James Bone
Wes
Panall
Arert Rerilol Herhs
Thor Yore
Texas Ave
Telly Savalas
Clint Walker
Ann Francis
Chuck Conners
Jores Saneu
Ryan
Racmel Elon
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
School of Medical Laboratory Assistants
Becky Salinas
Anthony Bell
Jackie Schwartz
Henry Alfred Ford
Sue Treat
George Fleming
Rebecca Stallworth
Jim Thomas
M. D. Haley
Sun
Ed Malcik
Patty Manuel
Western New Mexico University Language and Literature Department
Cherie
Baytown Youth Fair and Rodeo Association
Priscilla Massengake
Agareil Kimmey
Maudice Davis
Barbara Harman
Mary Nam Forestiel
Georgia Haltom
Betty Stolander
San Phote
Cabs Ferrell
MB Council
Aaron
Gulf Coast Hospital
Citizens Nations Bask
Aurea Riad
Arlan’s Dept Store
At&t
Anaconda
Armco Wy Ashland
Atlantic Richfield Als Bei
Beth Steel Carrier Corp
Chrysler Corp
Columbia Gas Dart Industries
Delta Air Ole
Dresser Ind
DuPont
el Paso NatGas
Ethyl Corp Extendicare
Ford Teace
Foremost McKesson
Elec Steurate
General Motors
T&t
Gen Tire
Georgia-Pacific
Getty Oil
Gillette Gordon's
Greyhound
Gulf Oil
Gulf States Util
Gulf West
Halliburton
Harman Clark
Hl&p Jones
Inland Steel
Interlake Steel
Don McLeod
IBM
Jones & Laugh
Kerr-McGee
Kraft Foods
S.S. Kresgewale Seo Ale
Ling-Temco-Vought
Sperry-Rand
Stan Ind
Union Carbide
Union Oil of Car
United Aircraft
UpJohn
US Steel
Walgreen
Westinghouse
Woolworth
Xerox
Dow Indus
Piex
N.E. Loop
San Antonio International Airport
Cacress Space
Frontier Restaurant
N. Main
Market ST
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