Subsidence District Accepts Two 15000 Loans to Start Fund
Harris Galveston Coastal Subsidence District board approved unsecured $15,000 loans from Texas Commerce Bank and Allied Bank of Texas totaling $30,000 at its first meeting on July 31. Charles Bowcock elected chairman with Ralph Somers as vice chairman and Mary Brown as secretary. The board set ground water well permit applications due Sept 30 with a $10 processing fee to collect pumping data and potential future taxation. A finance committee led by Michael Tyson and a personnel committee led by Jo Graves were formed to hire a temporary general manager with NASA help. Public hearings on permit fees scheduled for Sept 10. next meeting Aug 13 at Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority.
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Harris-Galveston Coastal
Texas Commerce Bank
Allied Bank of Texas
Charles Bowcock
Ralph Somers
Mary Brown
Harris
Galveston
Bowcock
Michael Tyson
Claude Williams
Wesley Nelson
Jo Graves
A. Spence Lehmann
E. A. Thomas
David Stewart
Bencock
NASA
Harris Galveston Coastal Subsidence District Board of Directors
Regents Exempt Senior Citizens from Higher Tax Relief
San Jacinto College board expands senior citizens homestead exemption from 3000 to 4000 dollars matching county rules. The move ends lengthy tax collection inconsistencies and will reduce college revenue by about 7500 dollars yearly.
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San Jacinto College Board of Regents
Harris County
Carl Smith
Smith
Williams Jamail Electric Company
Deer Park wood loss echoes colonial forest fate
Ruth Herndon notes how Deer Park’s sparse trees reflect a broader pattern begun 300 years ago as European settlers cleared forests for housing, farming and industry. The piece cites colonial practices of bark removal and land shifting, recalling Zeisberger’s diary of dense underbrush and a clash with open skies.
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Ruth Herndon
Deer Park
Texas
America
Europe
David Zeisberger
New York
Wheat Named Asst VP At UH In June 1975
David Wheat was named Assistant to the Vice President for Public Affairs at the University of Houston. A Deer Park native, he will liaison with the Federal Government and handle public affairs policy planning. He previously worked with the White House and Harvard, and will reside in Clear Lake City with his wife and two daughters. Anne Frank’s diary entry note follows about Nazi arrest of Anne Frank and seven other Jews on August 4, 1944.
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David Wheat
University of Houston
Deer Park
Wheat
Houston
Washington
D.C
Cambridge
Mass
White House
Anne Armstrong
Armstrong
Ford
Donald Rumsfeld
Cost of Living Council
Council
Harvard University
Mr. Wheat
Harvard
Deer Park High School
Deer Park Ladies
Civic Club
National Elks Foundation
Texas Tech University
Woodrow Wilson
Cynthia Plunkett
Amy
Autumn
Clear Lake City
Anne Frank
Amsterdam
Diamond Shamrock Moves Offices to Pasadena Building
Diamond Shamrock announced it will relocate Gulf Coast Area offices to the former Pasadena Executive Center, renaming the six story property the Diamond Shamrock Building. About 80 employees will move to floors one, five, and six, with Regency Development noting more than half the space is already leased and occupancy near total by year end.
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Diamond Shamrock Corporation
Pasadena Executive Center
Pasadena
Guardian Mortgage Investors
Ellsworth
Diamond Shamrock
W. D. Weyrich
Gulf Coast
Deer Park
Weyrich
Deer Park Works
Pasadena Chamber of Commerce
Regency Development Company
Dick Dennié
Dennis
Reed and Clements
C. W. Croom Co
Hudson and Carter
Family Service Center
Governor's Office of Traffic Safety
John O. Harris
Southern Associates
Regency Development
Diamond
Shamrock
Cleveland
Ohio
United States
Houston
Highway 134
la’ Porte
Greens Bayou
Barbers Hil
Deer
Diamond Sharereck
Continental
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Texas
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Deer Park High
Stephen F. Austin University
Laurie Velazquez
Karen Hartwell
Roni Clark
Kim Hartwell
Patt! Stringer
Lisa Howard
Shery Tunstall
Regents
Gerald Holtzman
Texas Department of Labor
Labor Board
Holtzman
Stanley Baskin
James Burleson
Burleson
Drake Printing Co
Womens
South Campus
Riviera Spa
Paul C. Gunn
San Jacinto College North
Brightwell
England
Charles Mi Webb
DDS
Langley
DLS
Polo Conger
Jambeaux
Lencer Hwy
Sal
San Jacinto Battleground
Featuring
Michael Twitty
Johnny Lee
City Beats
Spencer
Amato
Spagheni
Lasazne
Pizsa
Foal
Parmagiana Raviola
San Jacinto
College
Oor
Laporte
Tan Vern
Shamrock Moves Offices
la Porte
Barbers Hill
Amarillo
Lincoln Service
Dept
Sreet
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