Community Help Amid Brownwood Flood Aid Efforts
Brownwood flood victims receive coordinated support from Wooster Baptist Church at 7007 Bayway Drive with Civil Defense and Red Cross. Volunteers call 424-4747 to donate or assist as 800 people were fed and 50 families registered for help. Case workers plan to speed up intake with more staff and extend feeding through midweek.
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Brownwood
Wonster Baptist Church
Bayway Drive
Baytown Civil Defense
Wooster Church
American Red Cross
Civil Defense Center
Red Cross
Chuck Smith
New Braunfels
Civil Defense
Gulf Coast Waste Group Seeks Land Acquisition
Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority seeks 40 acres in Chambers County to be acquired by negotiation or condemnation. A 4 pm Wednesday staff meeting at 910 Bay Area Boulevard Houston will consider the request. Land destined for ecological exchange to create wildlife spawning grounds near a Texas City area plant.
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Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority
Chambers County
Bay Area Boulevard
Houston
Bill McAlister
Anahuac
Texas City
McAlister
Baytown Guard Leader Is Honored in Texas State Guard ceremony
Baytown Texas Guard leader Captain R R McClellan was commissioned major and given battalion command of the 202nd Military Police Battalion in a ceremony at John Kader Armory. Brig Gen W C Green and Lt Col Clarence J McBride officiated. McClellan previously served with the 9th Battalion in Port Arthur, rejoined in 1988 in Pasadena, and became commander of the Bay lawn unit in 1969.
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John Kader
R. R. McClellan
Texas State Guard
Baytown
Houston
W. C. Green
Adjutant General's Department
Clarence J. McBride
McClellan
Port Arthur
Guard
Pasadena
Baylawn
Staff Sgt Bob J Moore Assigned to Radolph AFB Class II Office
Staff Sgt Bob J Moore son of Loyd C Helder of Channelview is a member of the top Class II Consolidated Base Personnel Office in the U S Air Force Air Training Command. Seth Moore is assigned at Randolph AFB as a personnel specialist.
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Bob J. Moore
US. Navy
Loyd C. Helder
Channel View
U.S. Air Force Air Training Command
Seth Moore
Radolph Afb
Houston courts hear bid to bar school board talks
District Court Judge John L. Compton dismissed a suit by the Congress of Houston Teachers to stop the Houston School Board from bargaining with the Houston Teachers Association. The congress seeks to appeal, while the school board argues exhaustion of remedies before court. An EPA official reported a surprise aerial inspection of a DuPont waste dumping operation in the Gulf found no dead fish in the barge wake after a 30 minute Sunday flight.
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Houston
John L. Compton
Congress of Houston
Houston School Board
Houston Teachers Association
HTA
William K. Wilde
Congress
Commissioner of Education
Robert D. MacPherson
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
du Pont
Gulf of Mexico
Malcolm F. Kallus
Galveston
U S Launches Plan To Halt Gun Thefts
Washington reports more than 1 000 firearms lost or stolen monthly in interstate shipments and announces a nationwide program to trace them. Rex Davis of ATF cites New England pilot with 18 reports in six weeks and urges manufacturers and insurers to report losses. Secretariat syndicated for 6 080 000 dollars.
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Washington
New England
Rex Davis
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Davis
Bureau
Secretariat
Police Seek Boat Thief and Two Burglars
Baytown police pursue a 1973 ski boat valued at 3575 and a custom trailer stolen from Bill Hood between Friday and Monday. Port Arthur resident Charles H. Cotham reports $150 damage from vandalism at 201 Rue Orleans in the past two weeks. Gary Webb of Phillips 66 Service Station reports $9 taken from the cash register and entries through a broken window affecting cigaret and soft drink machines.
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Baytown
Bill Hood
Marlin Lane
Charles H. Cotham
Port Arthur
Rue Orleans
Gary Webb
Phillips 66
Pruett
Refrigerator Cleaning Tips From Mrs Alma Appelt
Mrs Alma Appelt of 125 W Bayshore Dr offers several methods to deodorize and clean refrigerators in flooded Brownwood homes. She suggests baking soda with water, oil of wintergreen in a pad, vanilla in rinse water, tomato juice or diluted Lysol, and leaving coal pieces inside to absorb odors. Her home was near flooding during Hurricane Carla.
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Alma Appelt
Bayshore Drive
Company Shifts to Subcompact Cars in Energy Move
Baytown Division Manager A. M. Chappell said three or four subcompact cars replace standard cars and pickups as the company switches to smaller vehicles. The plan phases out older foremen and division pool cars over four years, saving costs on acquisition and operation, with about 130 vehicles in Baytown, and a monthly fuel spend of 20,000 to 30,000 gallons. Vans are retained for space and testing, while feasibility studies assess smaller vans.
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General Telephone
Baytown
A. M
al) Chappell
Chappell
Doll's House at Brunson Set for Wednesday Debut
A Doll's House, the Paramount production based on Henrik Ibsen, opens Wednesday at Brunson. Directed by Hillard Elkins, the film stars Claire Bloom, who has played the role on Broadway and in London. Filmed in Norway, the Victorian Christmas tale centers on a troubled marriage with a dominating husband and a childish wife.
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Paramount
Henrik Tbsen
Brunson
Hillard Elkins
Claire Bloom
London
Norway
Victoria
Camera Angles By Irving Desfor AP News
Irvings AP News tutorial explains how to diagnose and handle film tearing on 3mm cameras during travel. It covers how to test film advancement, start errors, torn film scenarios, secure retrieval of film leaders, and makeshift darkroom options in hotels or cars.
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Irving Desfor
Carridge
Eight Vehicles Wrecked On Rain Slick I-10
A chain reaction on Interstate 10 west of the San Jacinto River bridge left eight vehicles wrecked around 2:30 PM. No injuries were reported as drivers slowed after a cement chunk blocked the road and a semitrailer braked hard, causing a cascade of collisions tracked by DPS Patrolman Segura and Patrolman Carroll.
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Segura
DPS
Billy Carroll
San Jacinto River Bridge
F. S. Segura
Department of Public Safety
Beagle
Lad
Lost Boxer Beckett Missing After Flood in Brownwood
A male Boxer named Beckett is missing in the Brownwood area after the recent flood. If seen, please call the owners at 427 3267.
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Beckett
Brownwood
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Kenneth Johnston
Gulf Coast Waste Group
Texas Guard
Houston Area
U.S
Christopher Salinas
Genaro Salinas
E. Sterling
Raymond D. Barajas
Gabriel Salinas
Ester Barajas
Pantalion Rodriguez
Sharon Ann Cooper
Leathus Cooper, Crosby
Arlington
Drew High School
University of Texas
Plas
Kiart
Bonita Delozier
Charles Cowan
Sue Horton
Wilda McMahen
John Lewis
Dice Huffine
Trady Foster
Brad Williams
Colleen Wilcox
Marilyn Mills
Kmart
Scarborough Drugs
Woolco Center
Texas Ave
Alexander DR
Harris County Federal
Harris County
North Alexander Drive
West Defoe
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