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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 01, 1968

Page

2

Noon Stock Quotes From A Harried Market Screen

A scrambled list shows numerous firms and symbols with varied percentages, including Foremost Dairies Gen Elec and Texaco among others. The fragment hints at a stock quote page with technology, oil, and consumer names, but exact changes or dates are unreadable.

Dairies Elec Moors Tel Ans Tire - BE Georgia-P2 Getty Gillette Gordon's Greyhound Gulf Oil Gulft States Halliburton Hoffman Electr Interlake Steel Tbm Wiessaees Jones & Laugh Kerr-McGee Kresger S Seseereeeeeys Ling-Temco-Vough' Weaeee McDonnell-Douglas Bos Magnavox Marathon OU Mobile Socony Monsanto Wat Dairy Nat Dist Occidental Pepsi Cola Phillips Pet RCA Crane Raytheon

Independent council candidate funding details emerge

The article notes Bouillon pledging independence from any group and filing with City Clerk Edna Oliver that no money was spent on the District 1 council seat campaign. Dub Ward reports $77.40 expenses with $50 in contributions. Ted Kloesel reports $165 in contributions and $286.54 in expenditures.

Bouiilion Hl Burgess Ptacek Bouilion Edna Oliver Dub Ward Ted Kloesel

Johnson Leaves Party Bid Amid Vietnam Crisis

President Johnson announced he will not accept his party’s nomination for another term, citing the nation’s urgent duties. He unveiled an immediate halt to most air and sea bombardment of North Vietnam as a first step to de escalate the conflict, a decision that stunned politicians and citizens alike.

America Johnson Vietnam North Vietnam Richard M. Nixon McCarthy Kennedy Humphrey Mexico City Saigon White House George Washington University L.B

Baytonians react to Johnson withdrawal and Vietnam notes

Baytown residents including Dr Lee Liggett and Frank Turpin reacted to President Johnson's decision not to run again. They called his withdrawal courageous and said he seeks to end the Vietnam War. Local officials and citizens weighed health, timing, and political impact on 1968 campaigns.

Johnson to not seek re election shocks nation

Highlights from page one show Americans reacting with disbelief to President Johnson's announcement that he would not run again. Joseph Kelley of Boston asks, “He made that announcement?” as others call the move wonderful or tragic. Wisconsin primary features are removed from the race and McCarthy vows an all out campaign with Kennedy. A Rockefeller aide says no immediate comment. In Vietnam pilots express surprise and disapproval at halting bombing of North Vietnam while in Austin the state party meets over Johnson’s decision not to seek the Democratic nomination.

LBJ Tillman O'Brien Citizens National Bank John C. Eckels Bobby Kennedy Humphrey Johnson Aetter Echols Joe Aten Turner Allen Robert Strickland Strickland GOP Frank E. Abbey Bay American Party George Wallace Abbey Earl Lively Construction and General Laborers Union No. 313 Lively Washington New York Ito Joseph Kelley Boston X *K * New York Nelson A. Rockefeller Austin Win Davis Democratic Executive Committee Davis Lyndon BR. Johnson

President Johnson withdraws from renomination for 1968

AP Television Radio writer Cynthia Lowry reports the surprise move as President Johnson says he will not seek or accept the Democratic nomination. The announcement shocks network correspondents and White House reporters who scramble to interpret implications for rivals, de escalation, and the 1968 campaign.

Cynthia Lowry New York Johnson Vietnam White House

Sun Oil transfers three employees at Barbers Hill

Sun Oil District Supt. John Hooper and three lease workers from Barbers Hill are moved to other sites with Hooper taking a Beaumont production engineering post under John Tansil. Hooper, in the Barbers Hill field 28 months, is replaced by Clifford L. Evans of Beaumont. Pinson, Sullivan, and Collins also depart Barbers Hill after varying tenures. new assignments to be finalized. A farewell barbecue gathered colleagues to wish them luck, with attendees from Barbers Hill and Anahuac.

Lake Sullvan Assignohn Hooper Russell Pinson Melvin Colments Or of Co Ment Belvien Mont Belvieu Sun Oil Distriet John Hooper Barbers Hill Field Hooper Lake Sullivan Melvin Calings John Tansil Beaumont Clifford L. Evans Pinson Barbers Hillfield Sullivan Collins Derrickman Joseph Coch

Letters to the Sun on Baytown sales tax equity

A Baytown reader argues the proposed city sales tax favors retailers who back the measure, noting high handling charges reduce proceeds for the city while locals pay about $35 extra in sales tax and $30 in property tax. The letter questions fairness and growth benefits.

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