Playnight at Baytown Fairgrounds Third in Series
BAYTOWN Fair Association sponsors the third of five playnights at 5 p m Saturday on North Main Baytown Fairgrounds. Knights of Columbus volunteers urged to report 4 a m Saturday to prepare broths for Columbus Day festivities and donate pies cakes auction items for Sunday event. United Fund drive reported two thirds of goal with 264670 raised. officials hope to hit target in two weeks. City crews will start brush pile and debris pickup Monday across Glen Arbor Priest Addition Graywood Morrell Park and surrounding districts through Busch Terrace.
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Baytown Fair. Association
Wall
Baytown Fairgrounds
North Main
Knights of Columbus Hall
Kcs
United Mund
Baytown United
Baytown Drive
Glen Arbor
Priest Addition
Graywood
Morrell Park
Main
Pelly, Lee] Heights
Britlom Cravens
West Gaytown
Central Heights
Busch Terrace
November 29 Bond Vote Likely For School Building Plan
School trustees set a tight schedule to prepare for a possible November 29 bond election to finance a building program. A second workshop this week will continue with interviews of architecture firms, cost estimates, and project scope including a new junior school and a special education facility.
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D'Ava Luthringer
Wayne Hanson
Airce
Dan Perkins
Lowell Lammers
Davis
Burge
Houston McKittrick
Drennan
Richardson
Wallace
Galeman
Rolfe
Willie Moreno
Bhilder
Nore Mumpower
Ight
Liecos
Lrusters
del. Urand
Adeltces
Sve Scubol
Weather and Tides for Daytown Saturday
Partly cloudy and muddy with a 10 percent chance of thundershowers. Low expected Friday night in the mid 60s, high Saturday in the mid 80s. Daytown tides mark highs around 7:25 a.m. and a low around 2:20 p.m., sunrise 7:14 a.m., sunset 6:39 p.m. Denotes weak sides.
Jobless Rate Edges Down to 6.9 Percent in September
The Labor Department reports a 6.9 percent September unemployment rate, a slight drop from August but near 7 percent, with most improvement among Black workers. Employment rose by about 320,000, to 91.0 million, while inflation and overall growth shape a slow recovery. An economist warns the rate could reach 7.5 percent next year due to new government actions.
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Washington
Carter
Jorge Layous
Ofj
Labor Department
Arthur M_ Okun
Na‘uom
TANYA NETTLES KIM BARROW STAR GOLFING FRIENDS
Own Tanya Nettles and Kim Barrow of the Ross Sterling Stars appear in Texas Monthly with touches of golf at Goose Creek Country Club. Virginia Venable Kidd of Sacramento writes plays. another accepted for publication. Local notes include Linda Burnearner Sun Dimension call and Baylawn friends visiting Cynthia and Rick Guiteau.
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Tanya Nettles
Kim
Barrow
The
Ross
Sterling
He DeLaber
Texas Monthly
Dick Cramer
Goose Creek Country Club
Sonny Rougeon
Newport
Mary
Edith Clayton
David Start
David Gunn
E. C. Sumner
Mary Duncan
Carolyn Banta
Baytown Approves Earnest Money for Land Purchase
Baytown City Council approves an earnest money contract to buy 18 06 acres north of I 10 from Texas Wesleyan Calleone at 3500 per acre for the surface water point. The land lies west of Thompson Road near the Coastal Industrial Water Authority and near earlier Russell estate land. A Houston engineering firm will conduct a 21000 study on existing facilities as part of the project.
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Wanda Orton
Baytown City
Baytown Area Water Authority
Ute
Interstate 10
Texas Wesleyan Calleone
Willard L. Russell
Stella Russell
He Coastal — Industrial Water Authority
BAWA
Lanham
Tte
Lornigd
Pete Styner
Lackwand, Andrews & Newnam
Sey
Briscoe vows DOJ civil rights inquiry into custody death
Governor Dolph Briscoe announced plans to request a Justice Department civil rights investigation into the death of Jac Campos Torres while in custody of Munsten police. He said a letter is being prepared.
Where's Walter Mon dale in Carter era talk
A Pearlce Street Journal reflection questions Walter Mondale's prominence as vice president after President Carter's remarks on the office. The piece contemplates when Mondale last stood out in national attention.
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Pearce Street Journal
Walter
Carter
Walter Mondale
Fragmented Soviet diplomatics reshaped by parliament action
Moscow reports say the Soviet parliament dismissed veteran diplomat Vassily Kuznetsov to a ceremonial post, reflecting shifting power dynamics. The dispatch notes toss the name into a broader reshuffle amid continuing Cold War era diplomacy.
Texas State Fair Opens Amid Cheer From All Ages
Dallas marks the 92nd annual opening as children and adults celebrate the long running event. Washington reports President Carter supports proposed Panama Canal guarantees. Detroit notes higher prices for 1978 American cars by about $400 vs 1977. Santa Monica forecasts US birth rate to stay low with a healthy economy and many women employed.
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Dallas
Texas State Fair
Carter
Dyday
Panama Canal
Senate
Santa Moniga
Galil
Res Search Firm
Banks In Baytown Area Show Increase In Deposits
Baytown area banks report rising deposits led by Banks in Baytown and nearby towns. Conrad Magoulis, bank president, cites steady growth amid regional economic factors, with total deposits across cited banks trending upward from last year.
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Baytown
Lynn Thoghds
Lee College
Clugena
Baytown Steaf
Ingula
Bank
Conrad Magoulik
Wilghlands
Croaby
Monit St
Teposite
Punk
Dune AG
Dune
Millen
Iast
First American Bank
Cileoys National Yank
Duty Sigir
Wrst American
National
Hank
Hiobert Clart
Handcastler
Gowlli
Cevaby State Bank
UM Plibuwnds
Dayton State Bank
Montselvint State Bank
Tite Hanks
Ways Of Reducing Need For Foreign Oil Sought
Washington AP reports Senate Finance Committee, opposing Carter energy taxes, seeks ways to cut oil imports to six million barrels daily by 1985./Holdout on taxes, considering incentives for conservation and production, while a broader energy plan advances through Senate House talks and utility reform.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Carter
Sen. Husselt Q. Long
Senate
Tonp
Senate House
House
Jtso
Allslay
Sesson
Long
Provident Hag
Psa
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