Brownwood subsidence eyed in flood control talk
The Baytown Sun reports on Brownwood area subsidence linked to groundwater withdrawal as a factor in flood control planning. Eckhardt favors bills to reimburse property owners and supports Plan 3, which uses a 25 year flood contour with estimated $16.0 million relocation costs and a 12 percent benefit advantage if pumping stops by 1980.
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Public hearing on flood plan prompts petitions and relocation talk
Blackburn and residents discuss substituting petitions for a December hearing while Pawlik urges signatures from Lakewood Wooster and Lynchburg areas affected by a flood plan. An environmental impact statement must be prepared and circulated to 30 agencies for 45 days. A May 15 public meeting is set to gather opinion.
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Baytown Man Wounded in Lounge Shooting Incident
Baytown resident Patrick Herrington, 25, was shot in the chest by Teacker's Lounge owner Peter McGhee Jr. after allegedly entering the closed lounge. Herrington was hospitalized in critical condition. McGhee faces burglary charges and potential grand jury referral. officers report three warning shots were fired.
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Agnew Signals Will to Fight Charges and Stay
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew appears ready to contest political corruption charges. Lawyers plan to file motions in Baltimore federal court to halt the probe, while an Agnew defense fund is reportedly being organized. A Gallup Newsweek poll shows strong public support for Agnew remaining in office.
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Baytownian Heads Texas Airport Parking Firm
Baytown native Marshall Wayne Watkins, 38, founder of Automatic Controls Inc. ACI, headquartered in Houston, secured a 90 000 contract to install and operate parking and gate equipment at Dallas Fort Worth Airport. The firm has a Dallas office and has installed equipment at Galleria Greenway Plaza Shell Building and Texas Medical Center. Watkins, son of E M Watkins, is a 1955 Robert E Lee High School graduate who studied electronics in the Air Force and later built ACI with local stockholders and his wife Charlotte McCarty.
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Dakota preserves one room school in North Dakota
In North Dakota 36 one room schools serve 375 pupils with the rural system offering acceptable education but limited expansion. Officials note geography will keep some from vanishing and praise close community benefits, while Burleigh County schools highlight individualized attention in tiny districts.
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North Dakota
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Ssney
Stastney
Ucation
Hhool
G. A. Lample
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Hample
Nixon Furor Fuel Rationing Plan Drafted for Shortages
Washington officials unveil a working contingency plan to ration fuels only in extreme shortages. The draft notes voluntary conservation first and price steps, with potential gasoline rationing to motorists and heating oil allocation to homeowners as a last resort.
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Ummer
Baytown Rifle Club Offers Hunter Safety Course
Baytown Rifle and Pistol Club will host a hunter safety course at 7 p.m. Monday and Thursday in the Mockings Bird Room of the Community Building. The class targets young hunters planning hunts in other states. Contact Jim McLean at 424 8597 for details.
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ABC To Cover Watergate TV Hearing Today
ABC will televise live the start of a new round of Senate Watergate hearings in New York. NBC will take over on Tuesday and CBS on Wednesday under a rotation plan. PBS plans to videotape each session and replay it in full at 8 p.m. EDT.
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Motorcycle stolen from Sterling High parking lot
Mrs C D Russell of Idlewood says her son’s green Yamaha 100 motorcycle was taken from Sterling High parking lot Friday. Anyone with information to its recovery may call 427 4886.
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Idlewood
Sterling High
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