31 Jul 1975
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Newspaper
Deer Park Progress
Location
Deer Park, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1975
Page
1
Ruth Herndon reflects on historic New England fishing for cod off eastern Canada. Early fishermen faced harsh winters, lack of antiseptics and anesthetics, no motor boats, and the need to salt catches immediately aboard rough coastal homes that doubled as processing facilities.
Drive Friendly urges caution in a weekly traffic safety column by M L Ritter. The piece questions law obedience, cites Texas road deaths, and asks readers to reduce speed following a July 13 to 19 period with one crash and one injury.
The Disabled American Veterans and American Revolution Bicentennial Administration join to raise funds for Bicentennial projects. DAV promotes a door to door sale of a 1975 silver commemorative medal and stamp medal combo, with net revenues supporting nationwide programs. ARBA Administrator John W. Warner praises the effort, noting veterans will promote items in communities, without direct cash solicitation, only order blanks.
Houston Mayor Fred Hofheinz announces the CarShare program. Beginning July 17 residents in the Houston metro area can join free to carpool via computer matching. Participants can sign up through employers or by dial in at 227-003. data used only for matching.
The Deer Park Volunteer Fire Department answered 10 calls in the past week including six fires and four first aid incidents. Incidents included a kitchen fire on Irene with no structural damage, a gas leak after a cut line on W Third, dumpster fires at Highway 225 and 134, and multiple fires in College Park including dumpsters on College Park Drive and a paper compress fire on the Luella and Spencer corner. All medical calls went to the hospital.
Two men accused of armed robbery were chased by Deer Park Pasadena and county officers after an incident that included a man losing money at a soda machine which the robber refunded. Police halted traffic at Lynchburg Ferry and entries to La Porte before the duo was captured 30 minutes later by Pasadena Police near Highway 225 and Richey. Bond set at $20,000 each. they were taken to Pasadena for questioning and will be moved to Harris County Jail.
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