Townley Mother Dies Funeral Services Held
Funeral services for Mrs. S B Townley of Livingston were held at 4 30 p m Thursday. She was mother of Mrs Melton Durant of 4313 Crestmont Baytown. Pace Funeral Home in Livingston handled arrangements. Durant is foreman of The Baytown Sun's composing room. Art League of Baytown to hold sidewalk sale Saturday Beall's Dept State. Motorcycle races set for Sunday Highlands Raceway with registration 8 90 a m to noon and prizes for the winner.
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S. B. Townley
Livingston
Melton Durant
Crestmont
Baytown
ART League of
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the Highlands Raceway
Sunshine Girls Fun Fair Aims for Bus Fund Drive
The Sunshine Girls host a fun fair this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday 2 to 6 p.m. at 2909 Broad Street. Proceeds go toward buying a bus for the Sunshine Girls.
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Sunshine Girls
Broad St
Barbours Cut Terminal Phase 1 Work Underway
Phase 1 dredging began at Barbours Cut near Morgan's Point signaling a new era in deep water navigation. Atlantic Gulf and Pacific won the $572,855 contract to dredge 14 million cubic yards to a 42 foot depth and create a triangular mooring area.
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Barbours Cut
Morgan’s Point
R. H
Red) Pruett
Baytown
Houston Port Authority
Tredge
Houston
West Baytown
Fentress Bracewell
Port Commission
W. D. Haden TI
Bracewell
Harris County
Pruett
Baytonian
Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Co
Port Authority
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Mother's Rites for Mrs Sam Turner Held in Crockett
Funeral services for Mrs. Sam Turner 8 of Crockett mother of Charles G Turner 2621 W Main set for 3 p m Saturday at Callaway Funeral Home Crockett she died at 3 a m Friday Survived by Russell Appleby Houston and C G Turner Jr Bryan Baytown Music Study Club to hold a musical at 3 p m Sunday at Mrs Thad Johnson 310 Hines
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Sam Turner
Crockett
Charles G. Turner
W. Main
Callaway Funeral Home
Russell Appleby
Houston
C.G. Turner Jr
Bryan
Baytown
Weather Ahead for Bay Town Clears Through Saturday
The Bay town area forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies through Saturday. Highs Friday and Saturday reach about 70 to 9 degrees. Tides at Morgan's Point Saturday show highs at 1:49 a.m. and 3:37 p.m. with lows at 3:31 a.m. and 4:01 p.m. Saturday sunrise is 7:07 a.m. and sunset 7:23 p.m.
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Baytown Area
Morgan's Point
City Scene Reports Fire Chief's Wife Comment Session
Fire Chief Jim Bland's wife attends her first City Council session and is asked for a comment. Mildred Vaughan and Helen McMillin discover mutual acquaintances at the post office, including Helen's daughter Marky. Gordon Gallatin comments on a haircut for his role in a play. Peggy Rogillio helps. William Daley praises the first aid class. Carol and Frank Spubler visit a new neighbor. Happy 10th birthday to Forest Marler and greetings to Terry Presley.
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Jim Bland
Mildred Vaughan
Helen McMillin
Helen
Marky
Gordon Gallatin
Peggy Rogillio
William Daley
Carol
Frank Spubler
Forrest Marler
Terry Presley
Nine Burglaries Cleared In Baytown Area Case Set For Sept 23
About 50 burglaries cleared by Baytown police and Harris County Sheriff’s Department from July 1970 to date. Over $20,000 in goods recovered from Baytown to Louisiana and Kerrville. Nine defendants to be tried next Thursday Sept 23. Led by Sgt. Merchant and Deputy Scott with Sheriff's help.
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Baytown Police
Harris County Sheriff's Department
Louisiana
Kerrville
Baytown
Robert P
Bob) Merchant
George B. Scott
John Wilkinson
Merchant
Nixon signals faster Vietnam withdrawal plan
Informants say President Nixon intends to cut U S combat maneuver battalions in Vietnam to under 20 percent of peak by end of November. Current total stands at 27 maneuver battalions with two thirds in the northern 1st Military Region including Da Nang.
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Saigon
Nixon
Vietnam
da, Nang
U.S
South Vietnam
Washington
Senate defeats move to reject compromise draft extension bill
The Senate voted to table a motion to reject a compromise draft extension and military pay raise bill approved by the House. President Nixon had pressed the measure as crucial for arms talks, while warning scuttling could jeopardize negotiations.
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Washington
Senate
House
Nixon
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Planning panel backs flood ordinance for Brownwood Lakewood
Baytown Planning Commission recommends to Brownwood city council a flood hazard ordinance requiring first floor construction at 16.3 feet above mean sea level in floodprone Brownwood and Lakewood areas and 16 feet at Cedar Bayou. Council must act by Dec 31, 1971 to keep federal flood insurance eligibility.
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Betsy Webber
Brownwood
Lakewood
Cedar Bayou
Baytown
U. S. Corps of En
Jim Sanders
City Planning Department
Bob Frysinger
Frysinger
Baytown Waste Control Permits Approved by TWQB
The Texas Water Quality Board approved three Baytown area waste control permit applications. The Eddie V. Gray Mobile Home Park will discharge treated domestic sewage into a Harris County Flood Control ditch heading to Cedar Bayou, up to 40 000 gallons per day. Baytown’s West Main and Craigmont plants receive amended permits to higher discharges and will unite at West Main with 11 750 000 gallons daily at West Main and 765 000 gallons at Craigmont, with Craigmont phased out. Preliminary Baytown facility permits granted pending final approval after expansion.
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Alan Erwin
San Austin Bureau Austin
Texas Water Quality Board
Baytown Area
City of
Baytown
Gray Mobile Home Park
Harris County
Cedar Bayou
West Main
Craigmont
Johnny Railton Honored After 38 Years With HL&P
Johnny Railton, UT pitching star and Baytown Oilers alum, was honored by Houston Lighting and Power Co. for 38 years of service. A former Yankees farmhand, Railton recalled facing Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, his UT career from 1927 to 1930, and his transfer from baseball to HL&P after an arm injury in 1932. He helped build HL&P’s Baytown operations and recalled early company days at 501 Pruett.
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John H
Johnny) Railton
University of Texas
Shaft
New York Yankee Farms
Houston Lighting and Power Co
Railton
Hl&p
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Lou
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Pruett
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Texas
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Dish
Jodney Railton
Longhorns
The
Albany, N. Y
Death Penalty Upheld For 1968 Baytown Slaying
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin upheld the death sentence for Larry Michael Lane 33 convicted of the January 23 1968 shooting death of Effe Chambers a Baytown Continental bus station employee. Lane was executed Aug 24 1969 after a claim jurors were biased was rejected.
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Larry Michael Lane
Baytown
Court of Criminal Appeals
Austin
Lane
Effe Chambers
Dan Walton
Houston
Edith Cyclone Edith Downgraded Yet Potent for Floods
Edith weakened to a tropical low over the Gulf but remains capable of tornadoes and flash floods in Alabama and surrounding areas. End of alert notes potential severe weather threats across the region today.
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New Orleans
Edith
Alabama
City Policeman's Summons Before Jury In Error
Baytown Officer W R Dabney was listed as appearing before a Harris County grand jury with La Porte and Baytown residents but did not join that group. Assistant District Attorney Rod Gorman said Dabney appeared with six La Porte police officers who had been subpoenaed by the jury investigating alleged gambling activities in La Porte.
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Baytown
W. R. Dabney
Sun
Harris County
la Porte
Rod Gorman
Gorman
Dabney
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