Baytown Chamber Plans Easter Break and April Meeting
Local BAYTOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE will skip the Good Friday session and resume on April 11. Navy serviceman Herb Bruner, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Bruner, visited Japan while aboard USS Stribling in Vietnam. Rufus Honeycutt will speak at a national Concessionaire Industry of America meeting in Dallas April 8, detailing Brunson Theater kid die shows begun in 1940. About 2,000 attendees expected for sessions in Dallas Monday and Tuesday.
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Japan
Herbert
Buddy) Bruner
H. EB
Bruner
Harvard
Navy
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Stribling
Vietnam
Dallas
Rufus Honeycutt
Concessionaire Industry of American
Pam
Hilton Inn
Brunson Theater
Honeycutt
Baytown Area Weather And Social Notes
Weather calls for considerable cloudiness and mild temperatures through Thursday into Friday with highs mid 60s to lower 80s. Baytown residents G F Kilarman and family plan Easter visits, Ding Bert Allen stationed at Sheppard AFB Wichita Falls, then trips to Lubbock and family. At a Spring Branch open house, Blalock building, guests include Linda Watts and Suzanne Watts as well as other local residents. Pal and Evelyn Spurlock visit Baytown briefly. Lil Rowe’s schedule tight while Melanie Moore tours a Baytown classroom during spring break.
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Baytown Area
G. F. Kilarman
Pamela
Bert Allen
Sheppard Air Force Base
Wichita Falls
Lubbock
Bernard Selensky
Shannon
Diana
M. L. Watts
B. R. Coltharp
John D. Brian
Vietnam war toll surpasses Korea in deaths
AP reports U.S. casualty totals in Vietnam exceed Korean war figures. Last week 312 Americans were killed in Vietnam, bringing combat deaths to 33,641 since Jan 1, 1961, with 1,593 wounded that week and 210,639 wounded overall. The Vietnam conflict is now the fourth costliest in U.S. history by deaths and near 257,515 total casualties.
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U.S
Vietnam
Korea
U.S. Command
Vintnam
Yarborough to Speak on Brownwood Levee Effort
U S Senator Ralph Yarborough of Texas is set to address a Brownwood Civic Association meeting at 7 30 p m in the Civic Center on securing federal funds for the proposed levee. Rep Bass Eckhardt aides Chris Little and Keith Ormore will discuss the levee plan and flood insurance along with State Rep Joe Allen and Gene Muller. The Corps of Engineers estimates 40000 is needed to begin preliminaries. Yarborough, on the Senate Appropriations Committee, will outline efforts to obtain funding. He will fly in from Washington Thursday afternoon and depart Friday morning.
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Ralph Yarborough
Texas
Brownwood
Yarborough
Joe Allen
Baytown
Gene Muller
Corps of Engineers
Sen
Senate Appropriations Committee
Charles Holmes
the Sun
Sen. Yarborough
Washinton
Braswell backs Fanestiel in Baytown runoff vote
Baytown City Councilman A M Braswell endorsed Albert Fanestiel for mayor in the runoff, after being eliminated earlier. Fanestiel faces Glen Walker, who led the field but fell short of a majority. Braswell urged voters to reject factional politics and praised Fanestiel's experience.
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Albert Fanestiel
Baytown
A. M
Andy) Braswell
Braswell
Albert Panestiel
Tol
Fanestiel
Glen Walker
Walker
Yates
Hbraswell
Palm Springs unrest as police chase youths
City police backed by reinforcements from up to 109 miles away try to quell two days of violence and party conduct by thousands of vacationing youths and girls in Palm Springs California as authorities seek order in the desert resort. Airman Nugent discharged says he won t start credibility gap about political aims. He plans to work for Johnson owned station in Austin. Texas draft call for May stands at 1453, down 284 from April, says Selective Service Director Schwartz. Eisenhower lies at peace in Abilene Kansas chapel. Gladiolus rests on his vault in plain coffin. Washington faces debate on first anniversary public gesture for King assassination. Nixon aides oppose repeal of 7 percent investment tax credit critics call inflation engine.
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AY Wies
Palm Springs
Calif
Desert Resort
Patrick J. Nugent
Air Force
Johnson-owned
Austin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Abilene
Kan
Lack of CIWA Park Action Worries Baytown Official
Baytown official Johnny G. Jennings expresses deep disappointment over Harris County representatives blocking a bill that would grant CIWA authority to acquire park land along the 70 mile waterway. Rep. Joe Allen notes county delegation hesitation despite Senate approval, while Jennings cites $242 million saved by opening the waterway to the public and warns land scarcity could raise costs for future park sites. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission backs the plan, calling it a natural park concept.
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Johnny G. Jennings
Baytown
Coastal Industrial Water Authority
Harris County
CIWA
Chet Grooks
Pasadena
Senate
Joe Allen
Sun
Allen
Jennings
Good Friday Rites Set At Grace Methodist Church
Baytown Christians observe Holy Week with a noon Grace United Methodist Church service sponsored by the Baytown Ministerial Alliance. Rev. Roy A. Crouct preaches "Turning the World Upside Down" at 12 18 p.m. Rev. Asbury Lenox presides. A 7 p.m. interdenominational service at St. Pauls United Methodist Church features a Bible Bowl, song service, color movie I Behold His Glory, and leadership by Jimmy Clark of First Church of God. Baytown schools close Friday through Tuesday, with Lee College resuming Monday after break.
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Grace United Methodist Church
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
Bayway Drive
Crusade For Christ
Jimmy Clark
First Church of God
Glen Walker
First Baptist Church
South Texas Bible College of Houston
Mrnday
Christ
Retirement Won’t Let The Lee Tags Sit At Home
Lee Tag, longtime Humble refinery employee, recalls starting as a file clerk in 1929 and later joining a newly formed technical service division. Now retired after a varied career, he and his wife Verna stay active in community life, with Tag's German heritage and distinctive license plates sparking local interest.
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Jean Froneberger
Lee Tag
Technical Service
Thad
Verna
Baytown
Tag
Threats To Czechs Disclosed By Moscow Delegation
Moscow warned Prague leaders to curb anti-Soviet demonstrations or face intervention by Soviet troops. Andrei Grechko and Vladimir Semyonov delivered the ultimatum, pressed for tighter censorship and security, amid riots sparked by a hockey defeat and vandalism against Russian interests. Militia injuries were reported as police and security forces moved to quell unrest.
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Moscow
Czechoslovakia
Andrei Grechko
Vladimir
Semyonov
Tass
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Stockholm
Sweden
Aeroflot
Chechoslovak Party
Kromeriz
Moravia
Interior Ministry
Slovakia
Viet Cong accuses US of “cunning treachery” in Paris talks
In Paris the Viet Cong denounces progress reports on Vietnam peace talks as misleading. Tran Buu Kiem, head of the NLFs delegation, demands a unconditional withdrawal of US and allied troops from South Vietnam as the key to settlement. US accuses North Vietnam of violating Laos and Cambodia sovereignty with bases and routes used for attacks.
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Viet Cong
United States
Vietnam
Tran Buu Kiem
National Liberation Front
North Vietnam
Laos
Cambottia
South Vietnam
Kiem
Cambodia
Kieny
Nixon
Saigon
Batlefield
Yvietnam
Expos Trade Final Staub Clendenon Deal with Astros
Montreal sends John Billingham and Skip Guinn to Houston for Steve Shea Howie Reed and Leo Marentelte in final payment for the Staub Clendenon exchange. Expos are allowed to keep Rusty Staub and Donn Clendenon after the deal. Staub had earlier announced his retirement.
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Fla
Montreal Expos
John Billingham
Skip Guinn
Houston Astros
Steve Shea
Howie Reed
Leo Marentelte
Staub-Clendenon
Houston
Montreal
Rusty Staub
Donn Clendenon
Pittsburgh Pirates
Expos
Clendenon
Nouston
Staub
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