undercover agent: Texas Avenue described as a drug store by police
An undercover narcotics operation in Baytown portrays Texas Avenue as a drug store with a high drug connection to crime. Police report that August arrests include 32 narcotics offenses and a Friday motel party yielded multiple indictments, highlighting a growing drug culture and about 3,000 regular marijuana users in the area.
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Baytown
Lynn Hughes
Baytown Police
Harris County Organized Crime Control Unit
Texas
Texas Avenue
Turner
Texas Avery
iSee Drug
R. H.bd Turner
Hospital update and two society events in Baytown area
In Houston Texas Children's Hospital room 7501 Lisa Baldridge daughter of Mr and Mrs Hugh E Baldridge Beach City is recovering from surgery and can receive visitors. San Jacinto Council Knights of Columbus will sponsor a dance from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday at the KC hall 2600 W Main Western Ramblers will provide the music. Bill Bauer US News and World Report sales official will speak to the Baytown Full Gospel Businessmen's Fellowship at 7 30 p.m. Saturday at Charlie Browns Restaurant on Decker Drive buffet at 6 15 p.m. precedes the meeting. Mrs G E Whittle of 711 E Humble recuperating at home after surgery and two weeks in hospital and can have visitors.
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Lisa Baldridge
Hugh E. Baldridge
Beach City
Texas Children’s Hospital
Houston
Knights OF Columbus
San Jacinto Council
KC Hall
W. Main
Western Ramblers
Bill Bauer
van Nuys
Calif
US News and World Report
Baytown
Full Gospel Businessmen’s Fellowship
Charlie Brown
Decker Drive
G. E. Whittle
E. Humble
Captain Gerald W. Epperson Named Top SAC Bomb Squadron
Captain Gerald W. Epperson, son of Mr and Mrs A Epperson of 3614 Highway 146, has been named member of the best bomb squadron in the Strategic Air Command. A 1962 graduate of Robert E Lee High School, he is assigned at Andersen Air Force Base Guam.
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Gerald W. Epperson
Highway 146
Strategic Air Command
Robert £. Lee
Andersen Air Force Base
Guam
Baytown Weather Forecast Sees Cloudy Day With T-Storm Chance
Baytown area forecast calls for considerable daytime cloudiness with a 20 percent chance of thundershowers Friday night and a 40 percent chance Saturday afternoon. Low temperatures near the 70s Friday night, highs around 90 Saturday, with two tides noted at 8:23 am and 3:49 pm and low tides at 12:08 am and 12:08 pm. Denotes weak tides.
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Baytown Area
Baytown Yydes
Dawn Elizabeth Davis Joins Kappa Kappa Gamma at Arkansas
Baytown student Dawn Elizabeth Davis pledged Kappa Kappa Gamma at the University of Arkansas Fayetteville. The item notes campus sorority activity and a local Baytown connection.
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Dawn Elizabeth Davis
Baytown
University of Arkansas
Sewage Spill At Scott's Bay Raises Health and Evacuation Concerns
Residents allege a lift station failure caused raw sewage to back up into ditches and Scott's Bay from Brownwood subdivision. Public Works strengthened disinfection. officials warn of recurring lift station problems and potential $2 million infrastructure repairs including sewer and street work. Evacuation debate hinges on water quality and health risks as authorities pursue fixes under a Texas Water Quality Board order.
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Wanda Orton
Scott's Bay
Brownwood
Public Works
Ivan Langford II
Mapleton
Langford
Lakewood
Jean Shepherd
Milner
Perimeter Road
Baytown
Shepherd
Texas Water Quality Board
West
Scott's
Connally to lead Ford Texas effort in 1976 race
Former Texas governor John Connally will direct the Ford organization in Texas alongside Sen. John Tower. The move comes as Ford allies seek to mobilize support in the state for the 1976 campaign.
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Austin
Texas
John Connally
Ford
John. Tower
R-Tex
Crosby Board Votes To Abolish Hair Code
Crosby School Board, in a narrow one vote margin, ousted the district hair code after a months long HEW dispute. Trustees argued for local control as HEW warned of loss of federal funds if noncompliance persisted. The policy previously mirrored Pasadena rules and banned head coverings and certain hair styles while permitting no beards.
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Crosby Board
Muriel Scorer
Crosby iSp
Crosby School Board
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Crosby Tru
Jerry Prochazka
Pasadena
Shyrel Barrett
Duke McAlli
Curtis St. Julian
John Victor
Elsie Luquelle
Prochazka
Rudy Sikora
Proctizki
Luquette
Sikora
Crosby
Conflicting Views On Roughing It In Town And Country
Two city dwellers debate summer roughing it versus country manners. A pair of visitors from the country counters with each claiming roughing it means luxury disappointments and a tough dining experience. The piece ends with a proverb about greener grass.
Police Chief Says Budget Request For New Cars Is Needed
Police chief John Wilkinson argues for a 10 car buy, seven replacements and three new vehicles, to cover 57 officers with assigned cars and a remaining pool of shared vehicles. He notes several officers living outside the city still rely on city cars or pool cars, and the pool would remain three until new hires reduce the gap.
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John
Wilkinson
Wilkingon
Fritz Lanham
la Porte
Baytown
Unemployment Rate Edges Up to 7.9 Percent in August
The August unemployment rate rose to 7.9 percent from 7.8, the highest this year, with nonfarm payrolls up 194,000 and total employment at 88 million in a 95.5 million labor force. Joblessness reached 7.3 million, the largest since December. The rise shapes the fall election debate.
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Washington
la Row
Labor Department
gradu@ally
Twelve Texas legislators to attend Baytown seminar
Twelve state legislators from the Texas House and Senate will meet with Baytown business and industrial leaders at a September 10 seminar in Baytown sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce. Speakers include chamber president Rep. Allen and bank president Conrad Magouirk, with tours of Exxon Baytown Refinery, U S Steel Texas Works, and Gulf Oil Chemical plant.
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Texas
Baytown
Holiday Inn
Quiz McWhirter
Chamber
Rep. Allen
Fritz Lanham
Conrad Magouirk
Ail Citizens National Bank
Ron Haddock
Exxon
Vic Glass
U.S. Steel Texas Works
John Strausser
Gulf Oil Chemical Plant
Joe Butrick
Mister B's Menswear
Baytown Names New Scout District Executive
East Harris district announces Herman Ashcraft as Bay Scout District executive replacing Jim Pace. Ashcraft, an Eagle Scout from Hot Springs Ark, began Aug 1 after transferring from Deaf Smith Bay Scout District in the Richmond Rosenberg area. He has two years in scout admin work and completed a 30 day training set.
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Baytown
Harris Bay
Herman Ashcraft
Hot Springs
Ark
Jim Pace
Arkansas
Ashcraft
Deaf Smith Bay
Richmond - Rosenberg
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