Baytown and area news brief roundup and notices
Blood needed at John Sealy Hospital Galveston for Billy Wilkins Baytonian donors may give at John Sealy Houston Blood Services or Community Blood and Plasma Org Goodwill Bags for Cub Scouts Boy Scouts and Explorers Baytown area will distribute bags this week Nov 5 pickup from doorsteps Details coming later Opera Singer Sharon Shaddix daughter of Dr and Mrs Porter Shaddix to perform in The Magic Flute at North Texas State University Denton as a sophomore majoring in voice Gulf Coast Hospital Women's Auxiliary holds orientation at 10 am Wednesday at Gulf Coast cafeteria Führung drive social for VFW Post 912 Auxiliary set for Tuesday bring two covered dishes Half-eye glasses belonging to Darlene Atkinson found at San Jacinto Elementary owner to claim at school or 582-4065 Women ballet class planned Tuesday 9 am Bruce Roush studio call 592-8341.
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Billy Wilkins
John Sealy Hospital
Galveston
John Seely
Houston
Blood Services
Community Blood and Plasma Organization
Baytown
Sharon Shaddix
Porter Shaddix
Clayton
North Texas State University
Denton
Darlene Atkinson
San Jacinto
Weather and tides detail from Baytown forecast
A Panhandle cold front moves into the state by Wednesday night with scattered showers and cooler temperatures. Tuesday lows expected in the mid 80s. Galveston tides earlier in the day note a 2:42 p.m. high. Local items include Bil Strickler returning after two weeks away, Grover Edge to present, and community notices about gifts, birthdays, and visitors from Longview to Houston.
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Buytons Ares
Panhandle
Kaife
Sam Alford
Bil Strickler
Grover Edge
Pat Ball
Jean Frymieer
Kathy Chandler
Austin
al Johnson
Baytown Kiswanis Club
Lorna Me
Ladye Taylor
Longview
Baytown
Houston
Helen Wilkinson
B. Lee
Arkansas
Lala Smith
Jane Griffin
Baton Rouge
Ashland Oil Plans Separate Ashland Chemical Co
Ashland Oil will form a separate company for its chemical division, to be named Ashland Chemical Co. Orin E. Atkins announced at a Baytown event honoring United Carbon employees. Possible first expansion in Baytown includes the igl-acre United Carbon tract. Bob Yancy to be president with W H Gammon as senior vice president.
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Bull Hartman
Ashland Oil and Refining
Ashland Chemical
Baytown
United Carbon
Renaland Chemical Co
Hubber Co
United Carton
United States
Ashland
Chemical Division
Ashland Chemical Co
Lee College Plans Bond Vote Amid Growth Forecast
Henry Holcomb reports on Lee College seeking voter approval for a $1.5 million bond as Baytown’s growth fuels rising costs and a U.S. Steel complex. The issue would raise taxes by about $3.60 annually on a $15,000 home to complete and upgrade facilities, amid expanded projects and renovations following bid overruns.
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Lee Colleges
Henry Holcomb
Lee College
Hartown
Humble
U.S. Steel
College
U. S
Baystown
Baytown
Taytown
College Board of Regents
Annual Yule Parade Set For Dec 2
Baytown will host the annual Christmas parade at 2 p.m. Saturday, December 2, with Dale Ripley as chairman and Dave Sherron as parade chair. Interested entrants should contact him. Decorations go up in early November and lights will be turned on November 24. Many merchants will stay open late from November 24 until 3 p.m. and some begin late-night openings November 14 through December 23.
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Baytown
Dale Ripley
Downtown
Retail Merchants Association
Dave Sherron
Baytown Voters To Consider Six Texas Amendments
The Baytown Sun explains six proposed Texas Constitution amendments as voters prepare for the November 11 election. Absentee voting runs at Harris County Courthouse from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays and Fridays, ending November 7. The county line change, mental health services, bonds for Veterans Land Board, and several public office provisions are described. Absentee voting is in the Harris County clerk’s office and covers constitutional amendments and the county line proposition.
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Baytown
Baytown Sun
Veterans* Land Board
Harris County
Houston
U S pause in bombing Vietnam eyed as war drags on
An American diplomat in Suigos signals a major halt in bombing of North Vietnam likely starting in December but says it will barely alter the war’s course. Meanwhile Beulah’s winds leave only 35 percent of Lower Rio Grande Valley citrus trees alive per Texas citrus officials.
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Suigos
North
Vietmam
Rw Grande Valley
Beulah
Cecil Lanier
Texas Valley Citrus Committee
New School Surety Plan Adopted by District
The school board approved a new 22.86 million dollar insurance contract covering facilities after extensive study by the board’s insurance committee and engineers. First year premiums total 47,418.80 from the current budget, with three year costs projected at 1 118, a7. The package includes casualty, boiler, plate glass and fidelity coverage, with 12 estimated for the 1967 63 year. Hartford Insurance Group writes most coverage. BicDonald & Herbert act as agents. Trustees say the plan aligns building values with replacement costs, noting 48 of 106 buildings were over insured and 59 underinsured. two buildings were reinsured at the same value.
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BicDonald & Herbert
Agent of
Jim Bond
Pat Ball
Hartford Insurance Group
Bob Wahrmund
Wahrmund
North Shore Man Jerry Brown Dies In Baytown Auto Mishap
One dead and eight injured in two Baytown area wrecks Monday afternoon. Jerry Neal Brown, 24, of North Shore Village, died en route to San Jacinto Methodist Hospital after a crash on Cedar Bayou Road near Thompson Road. Wayne Tindal, Darling Bradbury, and John Childress were among those injured. Tindal and Bradbury were in fair condition. A separate Head-on style collision on Highway 146 near Northeast Baytown injured Mrs Eli Duncan and three others with Mrs Jane Chautan hospitalized with fractures awaiting surgery.
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Alan McIwhorter
Baytown
Jerry Neal Brown
Duluth
North Shore Village
Leytown Police
Baytown Ambulance Co
Thompson Road
Cedar Bayou Road
Wayne H. Tindal
Brown
John Childress
Darling Bradbury
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
M. C. Schottie
Sheriff's Department
Joe Huniley
Eli Duncan
Duncan
Jane Chautan
Pasadena
Gulf Coast Hospital
Crosby to vote on school bonds Saturday
Crosby voters decide on a proposed 2.75 million bond for a new combined Crosby Drew high school complex serving grades 7 through 12. Plans include an athletic stadium and nine separate limits with construction slated for spring 1968 and occupancy by September 1969.
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Alan Erwin
Crosby
Crosby School Board
Drew
Dickson, Dickson, Buckiey and Bullock
Runneberg and
Lindstrom Roads
R. C. Perkins
Demic High School
Vocational
Runnerberg
Linstrom
Panel Will Work For Improved Employee Relations
A committee of school trustees studies ways to improve employee relations within the district. They plan to meet principals and teachers in coming weeks and report by December 11 on communication improvements. Trustee Parkinson cautions the issue is complex and may evolve toward professional consultation, while other members urge broader involvement beyond teachers. See EMPLOYES, Page 2.
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Johnella Boynton
Swork
Dee
Seth Schell
Ae Shi Trastes
Paw
Parkinson
Rm Ot
Trent
Pattinson
Astros add four to coaching staff under Grady Hatton
Houston announces the addition of Mel McGaha Salty Parker Buddy Hancken and Jin Owens to the 1568 coaching staff behind manager Grady Hatton. The move reshapes the on field brain trust with Harry Walker and Owens as the only holdovers.
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Houston
Houston Astros
Mel McGaha
Salty Parker
Buddy Hancken
Jin Oweng
Grady Hatton
Astro Brain Trust
Harry Walker
Owens
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Harry Bier
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Ashland Oil
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Orin FE Atkins
Ashland Oil Ard Refining Go
Texas Railroad Commission
Superior Ol Co
Atlantic - Richfield Co
East
Texas
Vletnam
Baigest
Phuc Yen
Hanoi
Bernard Calkins
Houston Hut Line
Pentagon
Thompson Sun
Alan McWhorter
North Shore
Perkins
Crosby High School
Drew High School
Cresby
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