Baytown Civil Service Promotes After Exams
The Baytown civil service commission held simultaneous exams for promotions with three drivers tested and three of four passing. Lieutenant and captain tests saw nine of ten and nine of thirty taking the exams, producing a ranked list of top candidates. Promotions follow the top ranks as vacancies appear, with seniority and test scores determining final order. several names and rankings are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Luthringer
Fire Department
W. H
Buddy) McBride Jr
W. C. Turmer
Joseph Hlanak
David Miller
Berard Olive
McBride
Baytown
Civil Service Commission
Olive
Richard W. Alpha
Carl J. Pullbright
Miller
Jimmy D. McCorde
Frankie L. Spicer
Carl, Holzaepfel
Robert E. Wingate
Asst
Frank Lerma
Greely N
Sam) Lanier
Aland
Jimmie W. Hughes
Exxon
Holzaepfel
Wingate
Turner
Eckhardt’s Big Thicket effort shaping Big Thicket Preserve story
Congressman Bob Eckhardt from Harris County champions Big Thicket protection. He lobbied for a national preserve, backing multiple bills from 1966 to 1977, securing corridors and unit designations, and saving tracts with declarations of taking. Efforts tied to Yarborough and Wilson, culminating in 1977 with funding boosts for land acquisition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Eckhardt
Cypress Creek
Harris County
Texas
Sabine River
Eckhardt
Big Thicket Association
Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation
Woodville
Chief Battiste
Tribe
Lance Rosier
Piney Woods
Big Thicket
Yarborough
Lance
Big Thicket National Park
U.S
Ralph Yarborough
Senate
Saratoge Triangle
Saratoga Triangle
Beaumont
Jack Gore
Big Thicket Coordinating Committee
Charles Wilson
Wilson
Congress
National Park Service
House Interior Committee
Park Service
Big Thicket National Preserve
I Can Live Like A King Now In Mexico
Ed Schopp, formerly of Salix Iowa, says he can live like a king in Mexico after a currency devaluation. The peso floated and then stabilized to about 19.9 per dollar, lowering hotel and restaurant prices while ensuring some staples remain controlled. Retired Americans worry as inflation lingers, yet fixed incomes stretch further as rents and living costs adjust downward for many expatriates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Benoits
Jeremiah
Caroline Benuitt
Baytown
Benoit
J. B. Black
Briarwood
Black
Exxon
Guadalajara
Mexico
United States
Iwelvo
Linda Binl
Santa Barbara
Calif
Ed Schopp
Salix
Iowa
John Colobero
Bill Austin
Newport Beach
California
Colobero
Elliot Prescott
Oak Park, Dl
City Awards 225000 Sewage Plant Contract
Baytown City Council readvertised bids and will consider awarding a 235000 contract for sludge dewatering facilities at the East District Sewage Treatment Plant on Cedar Bayou Stream. Other awards included water sewer service connections 27300 to Savell Contractors and library shelving 41350 to Hallowell Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Council Construction Co
East District
Cedar Bayou
Savell
Trees, Inc
H. Tennant Co
Plains Machinery Bochek and Gardner
Bayway Drive
Norville H. Phillips
Hallowell
Public Works Department
Don Cooke
The
Sun
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hlanak
Jessie K
Hoke
Baytonians
Claudia G. Robertson
B. R. Robertson
18Th St
Nederland
Lamar University
L. R. Williams
Route 2
S&m Studio
E. Fayle
New Baytonians
Andrew’ Benoits
Newee
Jeremiah Goth
FLECT
Pillip Lord
Aeg Phillip
State Senate
Joan Shaster
Chariasa-Sharat
Ree College
Nini
Tita
Consumer Credit and Collections
David Gunn
Rapins
Bay Tims
Lang East
Kan Fay
CPA
Derry Wintenay
Leon Washburn
Tra
IKI
Sea College
Lea College
A. Busch
P.O
Titexet
Fromesal
House
Houston
Neches River
Bos Eckhardt
Neal Wright
Committee
J. Edwin Smith
New York
Institute of Life Insurance
Sterling Municipal Library
Library Bureau
Baytown Motors
Bob Hamrick
Tony Schillaci
Fred Vollmer
Ted
Bay Plaza
Perry W. Britton
Peoples State Bank Ayfown
Wmber F
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