Sharon Mitchell Wins Cora Crawford English Scholarship
Sharon Mitchell daughter of Mr and Mrs Seth H Mitchell of 514 Harvey Blvd and UT senior earns one of four Cora Crawford Scholarships for excellence in English studies she will graduate in December Nurses Speaker R E Ryan counselor for the Texas Prison System on alcoholism will address East Harris County Registered Professional Nurses Society at 7:30 p m Tuesday in the vocational building a film and pamphlets on alcoholism to be distributed
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Sharon Mitchell
Seth H. Mitchell
Harvey Blvd
University of Texas
Cora Crawford
Sharon
R. E. Ryan
Texas
East
Harris County Registered Professional Nurses Society
Booster Club meetings contrast opponents and film showings
Gander Booster Club meets 7 p.m. Monday in Robert E Lee cafeteria for a Texas City scouting report and a film of Friday's 29 12 win over Clear Creek. Ranger Booster Club meets 7 30 p.m. Monday at Sterling cafeteria with all remaining on Tuesday. Musen health official speaks at 7 13 p.m. Tuesday AAUW meeting at Lee College.
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Gander Booster Club
Robert E. Lee
Texas City
Ron Kramer
Clear Creek
Ranger Boosters
Ranger Booster Club
Sterling
Jim Hess
Ball High
Rangers
Alvin
Odis Muennink
Baytown
American Association of University Women
Maude Moler
Lee College
Weather forecast and tides for Baytown area
Partly cloudy and continued mild through Tuesday. Monday temperatures mid 50s to low 80s. Morgan's Point tides Tuesday high 11 19 a.m. low 9 19 p.m. Tuesday sun rises 7 30 a.m. sets 6 40 p.m. Barbara Lancaster enjoying a new project. U N Ambassador George Bush honored in Houston reception. City and regional figures attended.
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Baytown Area
Morgan's Point
Barbara Lancaster
Felix Cloudy
Crosby
United Nations Association of the USA
U. N
George Bush
Houston
New Zealand
Belgium
Yugoslavia
U.S
Bill Archer
Kay Stanley
North Texas State
Denton
Baytown
Young Allen Speights
Glen Walker
Industrial Waste Hearing Stays Open In Liberty
The Texas Water Quality Board hearing on Petro-Chemical Systems Inc. permit for an industrial waste disposal plant in Liberty County resumes after Aug. 15, with attorney Thomas F. Lay claiming all evidence has been presented and that the application is being amended to remove maximum security areas. Lay asserts waste would be incinerated and kept at least 3,500 feet from Turtle Bayou, while former Guam Governor Bill Daniel presses for a site in Harris County. The judge notes the board structures for engineering plans and ongoing monitoring.
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Betsy Webber Liberty
Austin
Petro-Chemical Sys+_stems, Inc
Texas Water Quality Board
Liberty County
Houston
Thomas F. Lay
Pasadena
Petro-Chemical
Lay
Turtle Bayou
Guam
Bill Daniel
Liberty
Liberty Co
Daniel
Harris County
Stephen L. Rosenthal
TWQB
Rosenthal
Sun Woman Editor Wins State Post in Corpus Christi
Martha Ann Hemphill, women's editor of The Baytown Sun, was installed president of the Texas Press Women at the state convention in Corpus Christi. New officers include Holly Wood Seguin first vice president Audrey Maeser Baytown second vice president Connie Green Brownsville third vice president Billy Crowley Longview secretary and Ann Faragher Greenville treasurer. Hemphill has seven years as women's editor and multiple state and national awards. The 7th annual Texas Press Women convention met at the Sheraton Marina Inn with main speaker Charles Ferguson of Readers Digest.
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Martha Ann Hemphill
Baytown Sun
Texas Press Women Sunday
Corpus Christi
Holly Wood
Seguin
Audrey Maeser
Baytown
Connie Green
Brownsville
Billie Crowley
Longview
Ann Faragher
Greenville
Texas Press Women
Sheraton Marina Inn
Charles Ferguson
Reader's Digest
Cleo Dawson
Pioneer Mont Belvieu Resident Dies At 74
Marcus Lee Langston a 74 year old Mont Belvieu resident died Sunday in a Houston hospital. Services set for 3 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church with burial at Cedar Crest Cemetery. Langston active in church and civic affairs, survived by wife Gertrude two daughters a brother three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. He was a charter member deacon and Mason and served on the Barbers Hill School Board and Lions Club. Memorial fund established at the local church. Barbers Hill schools will dismiss at 2 20 p.m. Tuesday for the funeral.
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Mont Belvieu
Marcus Lee Langston
First Baptist Church
Langston
Houston
Pro Baptist Church
Cedar Bayou
Parkersburg
W. Va
Ferencio Gutierrez
Wallace Langston
Three
First Baptist
Barbers Hill
B. L. Farmer
Antiwar Amendment Seems Destined To Pass In Senate
Sen. Chet Brooks of Pasadena plans a Tuesday meeting with a Houston law firm to discuss filing suit to overturn the state senatorial redistricting plan. The plan, approved 3-2, splits East Harris County and bonds Baytown, Deer Park, La Porte, and Pasadena into new districts, drawing criticism from Brooks and others who say it targets incumbents and undermines orderly legislative process.
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Senate
Pasadena
Chet Brooks
Houston
Lecton
Harris County
Armstrong
Mutscher
Brooks
Baytown
Texas
Deer Park
Porto
Sent Memorial Drive
Mittee
House
Sen
Bill Patman
Ganado and
American Civil Liberties Union
Texas Supreme Court
Herman Jones
Austin
Texas five man commission outlines senatorial gerrymander plan
The five man commission includes Atty. Gen. Crawford Martin, State Comptroller Robert Calvert, Land Commissioner Bob Armstrong, Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes and House Speaker Gus Mutscher. The senatorial plan has drawn widespread criticism for gerrymandering and its adverse effects.
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Atty
Crawford Martin
Robert Calvert
Bob Armstrong
Ben Barnes
Gus Mutscher
Baytown luncheon to honor highway officials
Only 15 tickets remain for the Baytown Chamber luncheon on Wednesday honoring highway officials. State highway leaders will attend two dedication ceremonies at the Spur 33 Interstate 10 interchange over the San Jacinto River and the Highway 146 opening in La Porte. C. C. Greer will speak at noon, with Paul Edwards presiding.
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Baytown
la Porte
Spencer Highway
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Paul Edwards
Chamber
Grand jury calls more witnesses in Mutscher bribery case
Travis County grand jury to hear further testimony in the bribery case against House Speaker Gus Mutscher and associates. The surveillance adds pressure to ongoing investigations amid Texas political fallout.
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Austin
Travis County Grand Jury
Gus Mutscher
Fate Not Certain In House War Ends In Senate Move
The Senate moves toward passing a double bar r eled antiwar amendment to the foreign aid bill that calls for a total U S withdrawal within six months and a halt to funds for operations in Indochina except for pulling out troops and protecting the exit. Senate debate opens Tuesday as House opposition narrows to under 30 votes amid White House lobbying. Meanwhile Pentagon sources suggest Nixon may announce full ground troop withdrawal by July or sooner, with British adviser Sir Robert Thompson predicting a near complete phase-out within a month or more.
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Senate
House
Nixon
Vietnam
U.S
Indochina
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Cambodia
Southeast Asia
White House
Pentagon
Robert Thompson
Hearing Set Wednesday On Spur 55
Anahuac Texas Highway Department to hold a public hearing at 10 am in the Chambers County courthouse on Spur 55 design linking West Chambers industrial area to Baytown. Project includes a 2000 foot Cedar Bayou bridge with right of way cost shared by state and Herris and Chambers Counties and $1.8 million construction funded by the state. Initial two lanes planned with wide shoulders and future expansion potential noted.
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Anahuac
Texas Highway Department
Commissioners
Chambers County
Baytown
Cedar Bayou
Herris
Chambers
Scholastics Enjoy A Holiday Yet Baytown Teachers Train
Baytown's 14 000 scholastics enjoyed a holiday while about 8 00 teachers reported for in service training from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. across elementary and secondary levels at Pumphrey Travis San Jacinto and REL. Workshops covered math language arts social studies physical education crafts instrumental music and homemaking with leaders including Sheila Liles Dr Thomas D. Carter Beverly Rockhold and Mrs Shirley Prince among others.
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Besty Webber
Baytown
Matt
Ers
Sheila Liles
Thomas D. Carter
Shirley Prince
Carver Jones School
Pumphrey
Travis
Alene Bunting
San Jacinto
Rose Cravey
Lamar
Beverly Rockhold
Robert E. Lee
P.E
Mike
Cedar Bayou
Dorothea Enderli
Elizabeth Muennink
Barney Webber
Rel
Charles [Forque
Kay Park
Sterling
Judith Jackson
Texas Education Agency
Con
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