Absentee Voting Ends in School Board Election Tuesday
Absentee voting ends at 5 p.m. Tuesday for the October 2 school board election. Mailed ballots postmarked by midnight will be accepted. Voting is at the administration building. eight people had voted through Friday. Rock and Gem Club to meet Monday at 7 p.m. at Lee College geology room. Past Matrons Club to meet Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the Lee Prigmore residence. Story Hour at Sterling Municipal Library Tuesday from 10 to 10:30 a.m. with tellers Mrs. James Wager and Mrs. Fred Bednarski.
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Rock, Gem
Rock and Gem Club
Lee College
Cedar Bayou
Lee Prigmore
Baytown
Semi Finalists Advance In National Merit Program
Five Baytown high school students named semi finalists in the 1971 72 National Merit Scholarship Program. David K Rice of Robert E Lee High School and four Ross Sterling students among top scorers nationwide from the February test. They must advance to finalist status by the second exam and other qualifications for next spring Merit Scholarships.
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Baytown
David K. Rice
Gerald L. Rice
Lazy Lane
Robert E. Lee High School
Ross Sterling High
Vicki Harwill
John W. Harding
Optimist
Andrews
Ronald R. Buescher
Market Street
Barney C
Buescher
Belvedere
Kent McCulloch
William J. McCulloch
Tamarach
Philip Osterhus
Sigurd M. Osterhus
Somerset
U.S
Weather and Tides Bay Area Forecast and Local Snapshots
Partly cloudy and warm through Sunday with a chance of showers or storms. Bay town area expects mid 70s to high 80s. Morgan's Point tides Sunday high 11 37 a m low 8 43 p m Monday high 12 49 p m low 9 35 p m. Sunday sun rises 2 00 a m sets 7 13 p m Monday sun rises 7 12 a m sets 7 12 p m. Nearby items note Nancy Montgomery explains why a box of animal crackers sits in a grocery basket and Pat Poirot takes on Girl Scout leadership. Continuous brief social notes include shopping trips, a new fence, volunteer needs at Harlem Elementary, and city highlights from Brown Shaver.
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Baytown Area
Morgan’s Point
Nancy Montgomery
Pat Poirot
Mary Nevil
Patti Johnston
Julia Wilson
Jean Richardson
Jan
Joy Winster
Nancy Neaver
Harlem Elementary
Humble Credit Union Chief Emerges to Lead Texas League
Wilfred S. MacKinnon, longtime Humble Credit Union manager, was named chief executive officer for the Texas Credit Union League, Members Mutual Insurance Co, and TCUL Services. He will move to Dallas to assume duties December 1, guiding the league’s coordinated resources for more than 1,400 Texas credit unions serving about 1.5 million people. MacKinnon, in his second CUNA presidency term, aims to foster optimism and experimentation within the league and affiliated entities.
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Wilfred S. MacKinnon
Humble Credit Union
Texas Credit Union League
Members Mutual Insurance Co
Tcul Services
Nine
MacKinnon
League
Dallas
Members Mutual
Tcul Services, Inc
Texas
Leagues
Walter Duncan
Credit Union National Association, Inc
CUNA
U.S
World Council of Credit Unions, Inc
Dan Given Reappointment Cast in 1971 Credit Union Context
The note recalls Dan as trustee of the CUNA retirement savings fund and pension plan and member of the personnel policies committee. It mentions a 1971 reappointment and a six year term tied to a Credit Union Commission in a Y football setting, with a prompt to see POST Page 2 for details.
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Cuna Retirement Savings Fund
Cuna Pension Plan
Dan
Credit Union Commission of Boys
World leaders discuss European security with Nixon next week
In New York William Rogers and Andrei Groymko held talks on European security and will continue discussions with President Nixon. In Washington 118 nations gathered for IMF World Bank talks amid devaluation pressure. In Saigon US strikes continued in North Vietnam while ground clashes hit South Vietnam and a Cambodian dam project. In Miami Florida Georgia faced beach erosion from Hurricane Ginger as it stayed offshore. In Dallas storms and tornadoes rattled parts of Texas with heavy rains across the region.
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United Nations
N. Y
William P. Rogers
Andrei A. Groymko
Nixon
Washington
United States
International Monetary Fund
World Bank
Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
U.N
Cambria
Miami
Florida
Georgia
Ginger
National Hurricane Center
Dallas
Texas
City to Adopt 7.1 Million Budget With 1.39 Tax Rate
City council set to approve a 7,169,739 operating budget at 5 p.m. Monday with the tax rate held at 1.39. Voelkel notes increased valuations raise revenue while the council trimmed 32,534 from the original 7,203,273 plan. Final personal services total 2,829,863 and 274 new city positions were added across departments.
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DR. Voelkel
Voelkel
Sterling Municipal Library
Fire Department
Baytown Police Association
Fire Fighters
Red Cross Explains Bay Town Shelter Closing Mix Up
Civil defense director Hickerson blames poor communication for a shelter closing at Burnet School Bayway Drive during Hurricane Fern. Red Cross says it received notice from the Emergency Operations Center but asserts it has authority to open or close shelters since it funds them. Bolyard notes only three people at Burnet, they were moved, and explains Red Cross duties including custodians, meals reimbursement, and nurses in shelters.
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Baytown
Red Cross
Burnet
Fernemer
Hickerson
Dick Bolyard
Harris County Red Cross
Ballyard
Bolyard
New State Traffic Laws Reviewed At CC Luncheon
Baytown officials discussed controversial new state traffic laws at a Chamber luncheon led by Police Chief John Wilkinson. He noted the trailer brake rule, lack of cut off dates, and costs, urging possible legislative reconsideration. Also covered were turn signals, private property restrictions, parking lot rules, leaving keys in cars, opening doors, backing safely, and school bus stop rules. Bicyclist status now treated as a motorist with required lights and limits on riding side by side.
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Wanda Orton
John Wilkinson
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Holiday Inn
Wilkinson
Wilkingon
Mutscher to Step Down Amid Bribery Indictments
Dallas sources report Speaker Gus Mutscher plans to resign as speaker within a day or two after a three hour meeting with about 40 House members. He named his successor and possible interim speakers were discussed, including Dick McKissack Joe Golman Grant Jones and others from Dallas Abilene Hondo Bay City Austin Springlake LaGrange Lubbock and El Paso.
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Dallas
House
Gus Mutscher
Mutscher
Austin
Texas
Dick McKissack
Joe Golman
Grant Jones
Abilene
Retired Justice Hugo Black Dies at Eighty Seven
Washington AP reports Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black died in his sleep at Bethesda Naval Hospital eight days after retirement. He served 34 years, named by FDR, seated 1937. Earl Warren called him a great man and intimate colleague. Further statements expected from White House and court officials later.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
U.S
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Black
Earl Warren
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Marshall Harlan
Nixon
High Court
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Sun
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Jepp Busch
Becky LaFour
Samanthia Herrington
Sara Fitrell
Dayton
Ohio
Brown Shaver
Corpus Christis
Phyllis Cavarretta
Gina
W. S. Mackinnon
Our World
Peoples State Bank
Meviter F
Death Claims Court
City Hall
J. Fletcher Hickerson
Civil Defense
The
Chief Wilkinson Guest
Aste
Raytown State Bank
Nancy Price
Sterling Rangers
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Nancy
Perry Price
Chandler
Mike
Rangers
Jin Kyle
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