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Newspaper
Deer Park Progress
Location
Deer Park, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1974
Page
1
Children’s letters to Santa Claus will be printed in a Christmas issue published Monday December 16. Letters may be delivered to Progress office 104 W Seventh Deer Park or mailed to P O Box 369 Deer Park 77536. All letters received will be published.
Representatives from Shell Oil Co and OCAW Local 4367 met December 3 at the Astroworld Hotel to begin contract talks. The current contract expires January 7 and a second meeting is set for December 6. The union seeks wage increases, inflation adjustments, better benefits, and extended vacations amid hundreds of other contracts nationwide for oil workers.
City Council approved a five minute obstruction limit for trains at intersections, citing resident complaints near Highway 225 at Center. Enforcement would rest with those controlling trains, with fines from 1 to 200 dollars. The meeting also advanced Dow Park Civic Center plans, scheduled Dec 20 bid openings, and rejected a garbage can offer and barb wire fence bids while directing open market procurement for the wire.
Mayor Bill Black City Administrator John Sarris and Deer Park council members join 15 000 city representatives at the 50th Congress of the National League of Cities in Houston. Opening session featured Tom Bradley Los Angeles mayor as speaker.
Diamond Shamrock's Battleground Road chemical plant began operations on Tuesday December 3. The site spans 200 acres at a cost of 75 million dollars and will produce daily 1200 tons of chlorine 1380 tons of caustic soda and 12 million cubic feet of hydrogen while minimizing odor without drawing water from the Houston Ship Channel. About 75 hourly and 45 salaried workers start, with 65 Brown and Roat staff staying in maintenance roles. the seventh Electro chemical Division plant and third on the south side of the Ship Channel, after over two years of construction and weeks of testing, with more than 1.5 million spent on environmental and anti-pollution infrastructure.
Deer Park Post Office to stay open 9 am to 1 pm on December 7 and 14 to help residents mail early. Pasadena Little Theater auditions for Butterflies Are Free on December 8 and 9 at 3339 Tulip in Pasadena. Santa visits during Christmas Tree lighting December 12 at 7:30 pm with a Deer Park High School choir. Public hearing on December 16 at City Hall to rezon e Lots 12 and 13 Block 15 Houston Suburban Estates to general commercial. La Porte Lions Club auction December 7 at Civic Center with doors at 9 am and bidding at 11 am. Deer Park Chamber open house December 19 from 2 to 5 pm at 1605 Center. DPS Board workshop December 9 at 7 pm in Administration Building. Board of Adjustments hearing December 9 at City Hall on skating rink variance Pasadena Blvd South. Dolly Eblett to speak December 12 at Holiday Inn NASA Rd 1 for Women's Aglow Bay Area. tickets $2. Call 488-4281 for details.
Deer Park City Council and Planning and Zoning reviewed joint paving of an access road to Deer Park Hospital. The plan would use land from a ball park. the hospital would bridge a county ditch to continue the street. Concrete curb and gutter could be built for about 5,000 dollars.
A round of neighborhood notes includes John Nail debating the meaning of eating the whole dish with soft-shell crabs while Harrell Kesterson seeks a clarified title and a printing bill. Bill Handrick helps a newcomer. Gordon Robb forgets returning calls. Dot Wallace resumes work after surgery. Brigette Richnow compliments Sandra Beckham's College Park Corner, described as a favorite part of The Progress. W J Knox the Deer Park electrical inspector is praised by Jane Bauer as a guardian angel. Raymond Bailey reports Deer Park post office lobby opened early for early patrons after a long line. Madeline House Marguerite Holitzke and Don Bradley helped. Sue Masterson questions a delay. Doug Burgess makes a request and invitation. Cecil Cummins did not look both ways on Center Street. Toxie Wright cuts price for a quick sale. Rick Davis is not ready yet but expects improvement next week. An apology to Polly Rhame is noted.
Shell Chemical plans late next year to start two new Deer Park units for Phenol and Bisphenol A production to boost epoxy resin output. Phenol unit 500 million pounds yearly, Bisphenol A unit 200 million. Completion targeted for late 1977. Over 50 new full time jobs creation expected.
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