Kroger's Cincinnati Start in 1883 Forged a Modern Grocery Empire
The Kroger story begins July 1 1883 on Pearl Street Cincinnati with Barney Kroger opening a tiny store with 722 dollars. He pioneered selling meats and groceries under one roof and baking bread for 24 cents a loaf. The chain grew to about 1500 stores across 23 states with headquarters in a 25 story Cincinnati building.
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Cities Continued Frees Page on single-member districts
Legislative council director Robert E. Johnson warned a House plan by the Oct 23 deadline would be difficult. Senate apportionment favors Harris and Dallas counties with multiple senatorial seats while rural areas would gain. Open rural districts are expected with several incumbents facing re election, and debate over gerrymandering and district legality continues as Martin states plans will meet the deadline.
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Mineral Wells
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Waco
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Calhoun
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Port Arthur
Roy Harrington
Bryan
Bill Moore
Pasadena
Chet Brooks
River Oaks
Ray Lemmon
World Series Controversy Roils Baltimore Right Field
In game six at Memorial Stadium the Orioles and Pirates clash as Roberto Clemente and Frank Robinson lead both clubs with hot bats. Clemente cites field conditions in right field with hard lighting and a visible background that obscures the ball, while Robinson powers the Orioles’ offensive efforts in a tense fall classic.
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Radio address broadcast for Columbus Day by Supreme Knight
Supreme Knight Dr. John W. McDivitt will deliver the Columbus Day address on Baytown KWBA at 12 15 pm Sunday. The program is sponsored by San Jacinto Council No 2708.
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Police Probe Arms Thefts
Baytown police are investigating two firearm thefts. W C Reeves of 603 Chandler reported a Winchester rifle valued at 296 dollars stolen from his home within the past two weeks. Mrs Tommye Glynn Clack of 2303 Bowie Drive reported a 22 caliber automatic pistol stolen from her home between June and Oct. 4.
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Bowie Drive
Harris County redistricting plan eyed for single member seats
Lt Gov Ben Barnes says Harris County will likely gain single member House districts in a new redistricting plan. The proposal would split the county into multiple districts while Dallas County stays in a county-wide district. Baytown and nearby areas would gain their own seat under the plan.
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City council delay on Spur 53 plan and annexation
All councilmen except Ted Kloesel attended Friday's meeting as Mayor Walker discusses contacting the Texas Highway Department and Commissioner McCollum about Spur 53 status. A public hearing is set for October 27 at 10 a.m. in the Chambers County Courthouse on Spur 55 from Highway 146 to FM 140. The proposed western annexation would shift Baytown's ETJ two miles west, with contiguity needing to be preserved.
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West Chambers County
Baytown
Leonard Stasney
Joint Hadassah and B'nai B'rith Meeting Notices
A joint meeting of Hadassah and B'nai B'rith is set for 7 30 p m Wednesday at the Jewish Community House. Nahum Dangani of the Southwest Zionist Organization of America, recently back from Israel, will present a film about Israel.
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Two Baytown women remembered in dual funeral notices
Mrs. Ruth Alma Collins 70 of 126 John A died in a Bay town hospital. Services at Earthman Chapel at 4 p.m. Saturday with burial in Memory Gardens. pallbearers listed. Mrs. Velma Annie Gomer 70 of 402 Tiffany Houston died Friday morning in a Houston hospital. Services at Earthman's Gulf Freeway Chapel 2 p.m. Monday with burial in Forest Park Cemetery. survivors include husband two daughters a son brother and two sisters and four grandchildren.
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H.C. Steadman
John Fuchs
Earthman Chapel
Richard Fuchs
Richard Hutto
Jim Reid Miller
Hugo Walthers
Harold Dewhirst
George Dewhirst
Velma Gomer
Velma Annie Gomer
Tiffany
Hubert W. Gomer
Betty G. Corban
Tona G. Powell
Bellingham
Wash
Carmen J. Stafford
Hobbs
N.M
C. W. Perry
Victoria
John W. Eggleston
Tulsa
Oklo
Earthman’s
Nurses' Workshop on New Hospital Standards in Galveston
District No. 6 of the Texas Nurses Association sponsors a two day workshop at the Holiday Inn Galveston on October 21 and 22. The event will cover newly revised Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals standards as they relate to nursing service.
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Brooks laments redistricting cuts East Harris County unity
The speaker voices deep regret over Baytown area disenchantment as redistricting dissolves an East Harris County, 7th Senatorial District coalition. He condemns the plan as vicious and an abortion that the patient will not survive, criticizing the lawmakers who backed it.
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School Lunches Monday at Barbers Hill
Breakfast features tomato ice cooked cereal buttered toast and milk. Lunch options include meat loaf cheese stuffed wieners or beans spinach corn two sides green salad cornbread milk and apple cobbler. Barbers Hill serves corndog potatoes beans tossed salad loaf bread milk and fruit cocktail cake.
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