Baytown council weighs federal funds for city plans
Baytown Council debates financing revisions to the parks and master thoroughfare plans. City Manager Fritz Lanham says federal funds could cover two thirds, with HUD approval needed for updates. Public debates timing amid U.S. Steel's anticipated impact on growth.
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Mike Lonsford
Baytown
Welcome Wagon
City Welcome Wagon Club
Waseland Ratte
O'Brien
Fritz Lanham
Lanham
Ross Wihite
HUD
Wilhle
Wilhite
Willhite
U.S. Steel
Andy Braswell
Lu.s. Steel
Braswell
Around Town Highlights in Baytown Society
Ryal Harmon brags about a drum tackled in Trinity Bay while Doris Hendricks recuperates in Gulf Coast Hospital Room 26 with visitors welcome. Weldon and Erma Cox sail Jamaica Queen for eight days. Joe Allen seeks the ship's name. Jimmy Shepard returns to base to fetch a new car. Larry Huddleston rushes past a waving friend. Bill Strickters plans Rice birthday celebration as Dr and Mrs Mal McGregor of San Francisco visit relatives. Kay and Rich ard Park host George Reynoldses from New York on Baytown business and pleasure.
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Ryal Harmon
Trinity Bay
Doris Hendricks
Gulf Coast Hospital
Weldon
Erma Cox
Jamaica
Joe Allen
Jimmy Shepard
Larry Huddlestons
Rice
Bill Strickters
Mal McGregor
San Francisco
W. McGregor
Kay
Richard Park
George Reynoldses
New York
Baytown
Nixon rejects Wallace debate proposal in Michigan
President Nixon rejected a Wallace backed televised debate and urged voters to elect a Republican Congress. Ron Ziegler said the Wallace suggestion changes nothing and the debate is closed. Wallace offered to be both candidates in a half hour and demanded time. Nixon planned an eastern Pennsylvania tour amid GOP gains forecasts.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Richard M. Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
George C. Wallace
Nixon
Ron Ziegler
Wallace
Ziegler
Senate
Humphrey
Congress
Michigan
Pennsylvania
House
Car Washers Boost United Fund Drive Totals
The United Fund Drive has raised 165554 to date, with Cedar Bayou Junior High's Bayonettes group raising 3472 in a recent car wash. General Chairman Frank Turpin, optimistic, expects the drive to exceed the goal of 65301 as workers push to contact all prospects. Notable supporters include Baytown Credit Union Harris County Federal Savings and Loan Woods Home Center DeZavala and San Jacinto Elementary staff Carver staff and Horace Mann Junior School cafeteria workers.
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United Fund
Bayonettes
Cedar Bayou
Frank Turpin
Turpin
Baytown Credit Union
Harris County Federal Savings and Loan Association
Woods Home Center
DeZavala
San Jacinto
Carver
Horace Mann Junior School
Protests, police move onto UC Berkeley campus
Five bus loads of police and state highway patrols move onto the University of California at Berkeley as student protesters barricade a building overnight. Other items note Soviet troop withdrawal from Czechoslovakia and nearby border celebrations, plus political race buzz in Texas.
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San Francisco Bay Area
University of California At Berkley
Teachers Reject Ocean Hill Brownsville Peace Offer
New York AP report: Striking teachers reject a peace proposal from Ocean Hill Brownsville district aimed at ending a 1.1 million pupil public school paralysis. AFL-CIO UFT president Albert Shanker derides it as a public relations gimmick while other city unions press slowdowns to force contract talks.
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New York
Ocean Hill Brownsyile
Albert Shanker
Afl-Cio
United Federation of Teachers
Ocean Hill District
Baytown TSPE Backs Bayou Bridge Endorsement
The Baytown Chapter of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers endorses a Cedar Bayou crossing connecting Baytown and Chambers County. Sponsor is Baytown city and Chamber of Commerce. A public hearing by the State Highway Commission is set for 2 p.m. November 18 in College Station.
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Baytown
Texas Society of Professional Engineers
Cedar Bayou
Thad S.fennema
Fennema
TSPE
Chambers County
Firemen's Exam Set For November 4 in Baytown
Civil Service Director Robert P. Beman Jr announces a 7 p.m. exam for prospective Baytown firemen on November 4 in Room 4 of the Baytown Community Building at 2407 Market. Applications available at the Civil Service office, 1800 De Fee, 9 a.m. to noon, or at Baytown Fire Department chief’s office. Deadline 5 p.m. November 1. Pay about $525 with about seven openings. Applicants must be 21 to 35, 5'8" tall, weigh at least 14 pounds? and be a high school graduate or equivalent. Applicants must follow height weight rules and demonstrate ability to read and follow directions and stay calm in emergencies.
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Baytown
Market
Robert P. Beman Jr
Civil Service Commission
Commission
W. Defee
Chief's Office of the
Bay
Civil Service Office
Baytown Council to mull street bids and bids on hall sale
Baytown City Council will discuss South Main paving bids, approve final payment to Brown and Root for Ward Road and Daniel Street paving, and review a radio KWBA agreement for a public broadcast unit in the emergency center. Proposals from Turner Collin Braden on sewer problems will be heard before bidding on Fireman's Hall. Meeting at 6 30 p m at city hall.
Police Negroes Discuss Criticism Harassment in Baytown
A police community panel in Baytown brought together Police Chief Blair Mann and the Negro community in a dialogue that stressed words over weapons. Mann urged a Black officer on the force while Lt. Charles Cowan spoke of officer frustration over harassment claims. Frank Kendall proposed council help for Negro applicants to police exams.
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Johnella Boynton
Baytown
Human Relations Council
Charles Cowan
A. G. Kelley
Mann
Oak Addition
Woodrow Lewis
Kelley
Woodrow
Lewis
Frank Kendall
Police
Cowan
Police Department
Psi Alpha Beta Sigma Phi Plan Thursday Style Show
Tickets will be sold at the door for a 7 30 p m style show at the Community Building. Psi Alpha and Beta Sigma Phi sororities host the program and will offer refreshments and door prizes.
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Psi Alpha
Beta Sigma Fhi
Brigadiers Host Two Foreign Students Before Pasadena Trip
The Lee Brigadiers will entertain Robert E. Lee Band and two exchange students Marcia Machado of Brazil and Robert Maquis of Luxembourg at a 5:30 p.m. Commons party before the Gander football game in Pasadena. Event chairs Mary Beth Wood and Pam Kelley with Corps president Cindy Couch lead activities as military drills and band performances unfold.
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Pasadena
Lee
Robert E. Lee
Rel ‘Commons
Marcia Machado
Brazil
Robert Maquis
Luxembourg
Mary Beth Wood
Pam Kelley
Cindy Couch
Company Com
Heaviest DMZ clashes as allied forces drive back troops
In South Vietnam near the DMZ, U S Marines and South Vietnamese infantry and tanks routed about 20 North Vietnamese soldiers from bunkers after a day of fighting. The week saw the lowest American death toll in 14 months, with 112 North Vietnamese and seven U S aircraft losses reported amid ongoing mobile combat and a lull on the front.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
U.S
Command Today
Dmz
Det
Youth party splits in Baytown Sun interview
Jean Froneberger reports that university students show limited antagonism between Republicans and Democrats in the presidential campaign. American Party members highlight gun registration as the major issue, while others see no true national choice this year.
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Jean Froneberger
Baytown Sun
University of Houston
Ron Keller
American Party
Ronsald
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