City to Battle Red Water in West Baytown
Baytown officials move to fix red water by injecting sodium hexametaphosphate across 13 wells. Public works will install 13 chemical feeder points at an estimated 900 each, with total chemical cost around 11 000. Residents should see improvement within two to three weeks after installation.
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Montana
Jack Morton
Morton
Maintenance Engineering Corp
Houston
J. R. Nelson
J. W. Saunders
Harry Massey
Senior High youth car wash at Grace Methodist Church
The Senior High Methodist Youth Fellowship of Grace Methodist Church will sponsor a car wash from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Grace Methodist Church located at 304 North Pruett. Donations will be one dollar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Youth Fellowship of Grace Methodist Church
Grace Methodist Church
N. Pruett
Excessive iron in Baytown water raises health concerns
The Texas State Department of Health reports West Baytown water samples show iron levels far above Public Health Service standards. GULF COAST Firemen's Water Supply Program chief A Haneman Jr notes turbidity and taste issues likely from iron at 2.4 milligrams per liter. bacteriological tests show Baytown meets standards with no coliform or harmful organisms. The 1962 Drinking Water Standards call iron and manganese highly objectionable in domestic or industrial use.
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Texas State Department of Health
Austin
Baytown
Haneman
Public Health Service
New water line project connects West Baytown streets
Public works reports an eight inch water line being laid along Minnesota Oklahoma Missouri and Louisiana Streets to improve circulation in West Baytown. The $530000 Bayshore Constructors contract is part of the city capital improvements program.
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Minnesota Street
West Baytown
Oklahoma
Missouri
Louisiana
Jack Morton
Bayshore
Banquet Speaker to Speak at 13th Annual Court and Banquet
Dr Richard Strahan president of Lee College will be guest speaker at the 13th annual court and banquet of the Society of Colonial Wars in Texas. The event is Saturday in Houston. Policeman's Ball runs 9 p.m. Saturday to 1 a.m. Sunday Oct 7 and 16 at Sylvan Beach Pavilion La Porte. Tickets by calling 427-7114 or 422-7317. Highlands Junior School candy sale starts Monday. Three varieties sold door to door in Highlands and Baytown at $1 per box.
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LEE College
Richard Strahan
Society of Colonial Wars
Texas
Houston
Sylvan Beach Pavilion
la Porte
Highlands Junior School
Highlands
Baytown
Baytown Area Weekend Weather Forecast
Weather outlook cloudy to partly cloudy and warm through Saturday. Friday temperatures expected in the mid 60s to mid 80s. Morgan's Point tides for Saturday list high tides at 3:19 a.m. and 2:43 p.m. and low tides at 4:07 a.m. and 4:01 a.m.
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Baytown Area
Morgan's Point
Peggy Cheatham Takes Tests at San Jacinto Methodist
Peggy Cheatham undergoes a series of tests at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital. Other notes mention Buddy Bruner in the Navy at Mayport sending items via a middleman, Paula Clover celebrating a fifth anniversary, and several locals with daily tasks and hospital updates.
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Peggy Cheatham
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Buddy Bruner
U.S. ‘Navy
Mayport
Fla
Paula Clover
Sandy Traylor
Fred Huey
Cynthia
Bernice Warner
Bonnie Lewallen
Liles
Potter Wins Gulf Coast Union Post
Potter a boilermaker craftsman at the Humble refinery is the new president of the Gulf Coast Industrial Workers Union after a second ballot. He polled 263 votes to incumbent C. H. Hargrove's 242. Potters takes office Tuesday night as Hargrove completes three years as president.
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Potter
Humble
Gulf Coast Industrial Workers Union
C. H.hargrove
Hargrave
Autopsy petition on Kopechne body advances hearing set
A Massachusetts prosecutor seeks an autopsy to determine how Mary Jo Kopechne died in Senator Kennedy's car. A judge refuses to dismiss and schedules a hearing for October 20. The case raises questions about exhumation and the method of inquiry.
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Wilkes - Barre
Massachusetts
Mary Jo Kopechne
Edward M. Kennedy
Common Pleas
Bernard C. Brominski
Mary Ja
Shirley Turner Backed In Bid For New Title
Baytown policewoman Shirley Turner lined up support from the Baytown Police Association on Thursday night to seek an official job classification. Sgt. Thander Reeves confirmed the backing as unanimous and said a lawyer will be contacted to represent Turner at a hearing.
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Baytown Police Association
Baytown
Shirley Turner
Spur 55 Vital Traffic Artery Hearing Slated Here Nov 20
The Texas Highway Department will hold a public hearing at 2 p.m. November 20 at Baytown City Hall to review the Spur 65 corridor linking State Highway 146 with FM 1405 in Chambers County. The hearing precedes routing drawings for a Cedar Bayou crossing. Spur 55 would intersect Highway 16 near the Holiday Inn in Baytown and FM 1403 at Rice Farm Road in West Chambers County, with districts 12 of Houston and 20 of Beaumont cohosting. The route, already approved by the Baytown Chamber of Commerce and Baytown City Council, awaits Highway Commission sanction. County governments will handle right-of-way after approval.
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Texas Highway Department
Chambers County
Baytown City
Holiday Inn
Baytown
Rice Farm Road
West Chambers County
Houston
Beaumont
Cedar Bayou
Fred Hartman
Baytown Chamber of Commerce Highway Committee
Oscar Nelson
U. S. Steel
City approves street work contracts and drainage bids
City Council OKs 112000 for Phase III street work with Warren Brothers at 87220 and Bayshore for storm drainage at 25150.60. Dissenting vote by Councilman Ted Klossel. Attorney Laughlin seeks emergency item on Ward Road condemnation of 6913 square feet with total award of 14000.
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City Council
Allen Cannon
Leonard Stasney
Muiplavhich
Warren Brothers Construction Co
Bayshore Construction Co
Ted Klossel
Bill Laughlin
Lee College Hosts Emeriti in Residence Program
Lee College participates in the federally funded Emeriti in Residence program with four colleges including Wharton County College as coordinator. Emeriti consultants from South Texas Developing Junior College Consortium visit LC, SWTJC, and Laredo JC to advise student services, libraries, social sciences, humanities, and sciences during fall and spring terms. Waller Bell, an LC consultant in audio visual education, has worked in Atlanta schools since 1924 except for a two year Public Health Service period.
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Lee College
Eimeriti In Residence
Wharton County College
Southwest Texas Junior College
Uvalde
Laredo
Emeriti In Residence
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Itl
James McWilliams
South Texas
Waller Bell
Atlanta
U.S. Public Health Service
Bell
Baytown
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Delly R. Voelkel
Srons
W. R. Holleman
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Peoples State Bank Weraher Fdic
Gulf Coast Union Post
Kiwanis Club
Baytown Kiwanis Club
Dave Sherron
John Henderson
Bill Gidley
Gordon Smith
A. N. Johnson
Citizens National Bank & Trust Co
First National Bank
Faci AG
Baytown State Bank
F.C
Our World
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Clement F. Haynsworth
Supreme Court
Senate
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Paris
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Asbury Lenox
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