Obituary and town notices from Baytown region
Mrs Lois Cobb dies in Conroe hospital sister of C R Leonard of Mont Belvieu. Services Friday in Feague. Monthly meetings include Rough Riders Baytown, Gulf Coast Hospital Candy Stripers, Service League at Mrs Gillette’s home, and Humble Pioneer Club at Baytown Civic Center. Walter Stricklin to perform with UT jazz ensemble in tour. Liberty High Thespian Club to present Oklahoma May 9 10 at school auditorium. Cedar Bayou Junior School plans eighth grade party. Dean’s List recipient Leonee Claud UT College of Pharmacy. Cold snap and scattered thunderstorms forecast Baytown. Galveston tides listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Cobb
Conroe Hospital
C. R
Char- He) Leonard
Mont Belvieu
Feague
Walter R. Stricklin
S. B. Stricklin
Cedar Bayou
Lynchburg Road
University of Texas
Brownwood
Kerrville
Brady
Fredericksburg
Liberty High School
Thespien Club
Thespian Review
Rodgers and Hammerstien
Oklahoma
Elks Fellowships, Births, Birthdays in Local Notes
Claude Peoples and John Adamack fund Elks Club Fellowship Day aiding crippled children. Ella Bauer recuperating. Bryan Crav ey's great grandfather Ben Gunther proud of new arrival. Ola Krenick birthday celebration. Marie Peterson grandmother. Blanche Still receives new title. Flora Wilhite Frances Lewis go to San Antonio library conference seen at a movie. Libby Cynthia Moore. Marlene Lanham wonders how a review might read. Annelle Lovering asks about a review from Ross Sterling's play. Sarah Der stood up. Mary Mead sets rules for talent judging. Elodie Edwards shares happy thoughts. Mrs Mahlon Hanle slowed down. Mrs C E May heads Youth Fair committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Peoples
John Adamack
Elks Club
Ella Bauer
Bryan Cravey
Ben Gunther
Ola Krenick
Marie Peterson
Blanche
Flora Wilhite
Frances Lewis
San Antonio
Libby
Cynthia Moore
Marlene Lanham
Annelle Lovering
Ross Sterling
Sarah der
Mary Mead
Elodie Edwards
Mahlon Hanle
C. E .May
Celanese Announces Second Bayport Unit Expansion
Celanese plans a second Bayport unit as part of a $5 million, long range expansion at its Clear Lake complex. The project will add facilities for making ethylene glycol, glycol ethers, and acetates. The Bayport site encompasses about 1,000 acres with 125 acres currently fenced for the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Hartman
Humble
Bayport
X- Houston
Cela
Pronese Corp
Clear Lake Chemis
Cal
Peatepeenyg Ce Ee Peetee Ae
Celanese
Homer Wilson
Baytonian
Clear Lake
Texas
Bishop
Bay City
Pampa
la Porte
Seabrook
Viet Peace Talks On Hanoi Moscow Hope Hinted
Soviet informants in London say preliminary Vietnam peace talks may begin in Moscow next week with North Vietnam promising no major offensives while US bombing pauses take effect. President Johnson plans direct talks and a Moscow or Hanoi contact to set time and place for real negotiations amid cautious optimism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Moscow
United States
Head
Khe Sanh
Lions Will Name Officers
Baytown Lions Club will elect officers at their meeting next Tuesday. The slate includes Allen Rice as president J Bruce Woods first vice president Max A Mosesman second vice president Clinton YW Bates Julian W Spring third vice president George L Bennett secretary Erwin W Froehner treasurer Clifton M Y Sparky Band tail twister Robert E Buntin James Kent Creecy George P Pat Mann lion tamer and William T Burge W Curtis Herring Robert E Sauls John Wiesner directors. The nominating committee was chaired by James M Cauley with George P Pat Mann Robert E Sauls and Ewing L Guan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown Lions Club
Allen Rice
J. Bruce Woods
Max A. Mosesman
Clinton YW. Bates
Julian W. Spring
George L Bennett
Erwin W. Froehner
Clifford MY. “Sparky Band
Robert EB. Buntin
James Kent Creecy
George P
Pat't
House approves air travel tax and lower duty free limit
Washington AP reports the House passed two bills to tax airline tickets to foreign countries and cut the duty free limit for returning tourists, sending the measures to the Senate for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Substitute teacher assaulted in Brooklyn junior high
A young substitute science teacher is attacked by a teenager who entered the Brooklyn school classroom. Separate items note Kennedy planning a New Orleans weekend campaign stop with a foreign policy speech and Humphrey gaining labor backing for his bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn
Robert Kennedy
New Orleans
South Viet Government Welcomes Peace Efforts
In Saigon the South Vietnamese government said it welcomes moves toward peace talks with North Vietnam and is consulting with the United States and allies on Hanoi’s offer to meet US representatives. A Roman Catholic bloc in the House criticized the offer as a trick and urged resuming bombing. The communique followed a dawn conference with US Ambassador Elsworth Bunker and meetings with allied ambassadors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vietnamese
House of Representatives
Hanoi
United States
House
Thieu
U.S
Elsworth Bunker
Bunker
New Long Distance Circuits Tested by General Telephone
Lester Guidry tests the new long distance circuits for operation at 12:01 a.m. Sunday. The Baytown area residents will dial most long distance calls directly, including person to person and credit card calls. Station to station uses 1 plus area code and number. person to person uses 6 plus area code and number. Information to distant cities may be reached direct at no charge. instruction books on Expanded Direct Distance Dialing mailed this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Telephone
Lester Guidry
Baytown Area
Teoperwan
The
Telephone Company
Trustees Restudy Plan For Cooling Of Schools
School officials opened a detailed review of the 5.8 million air conditioning program. They seek a reasonable figure the district can afford and may have architects redesign remaining systems. The board declined bids on chill water installs at Carver Horace Mann Anson Jones Baytown Lamar, rejecting a bid far over budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Holcome
School 2Rd
Seth Mitchell
Carver School
Horace Mann Junior School
Anson Jones
Baytown Junior School
Lamar Elementary
Saturn 5 Flight Loses Two Second-Stage Engines
The Saturn 5 rocket lifted off from Cape Kennedy and soared to orbit before two of its five second-stage engines failed, forcing the third stage to compensate. The unmanned Apollo craft and lunar module would have attempted a lunar distance burn if needed, but the mission faced uncertain plans due to the engine loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Kennedy
Fila
America
Macon
Fla
Pacific Ocean
Russia
Eckhardt Links Illness to Air Pollution at Conference
U S Rep Bob Eckhardt told delegates at the National Pollution Control Exposition and Conference that air pollution increases respiratory illnesses fivefold when a southeast wind carries pollutants from the Houston ship channel toward Galena Park Deliberations urged federal responsibility for pollution control with a call for coordinated action among government industry and research groups A panel warned that a trained personnel shortage hampers pollution abatement and officials emphasized public cooperation with industry
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Clear Air Institute
U. S
Bob Eckhardt
D-Tex
Wednray
Houston Ship’ Channel
John T. Middleton
National Center For Air Pollution Control
U. S. Public Health Service
Middleston
Eckhardt
Galena Park
Samuel Lenher
du Pont
Caleb Boggs
U.S
Jennings
Randolph
Senate Public Works Committee
Academicians Study Sterling High By Johnella Proynton
Dr. Arvin Donner of the University of Houston leads a 26-member Southern Association evaluation team at Ross Sterling High School for a three day visit. The group acts as a fact finding committee with no authority to grant or withdraw aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnella Proynton
Arvin Donner
University of Houston
Donner
Southern Association of Schools and Colleges
Ross Sterling High School
Texas Education Agency
Southern Association
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Beta
Denner
Sam Houston College
Galena Park
Montle Young
Beleaguered Marines To Be Freed
In Saigon a large U S relief force pushes toward Khe Sanh base advancing from Highway 9 with Marine infantry and air cavalry, despite sporadic artillery and fire. Bridges are repaired as engineers create bypasses to ease the long siege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Ithe Sanh
U.S
Khe Sanh
3Rd Marine Division
Highway 9
1St Air Calvary Division
Mmere Marine
Co Roc
Laos
Sunship
Also Mentioned on This Page
SA Shors
Rough Riders Club
the Bay
Gulf Coast Hospital
Service League
Robert L. Gillette
WN. Burnet
Pioneer Club
Humble Pioneer Club
Baytown Civic Center
Liberty Musical
Leonee Claud
T. J. Claud
Pleasant
University of Texas College of Pharmacy
Baytown
Galveston
Johnson
Hawaii
Saigor
Ho A
North Vietnam
Nhan Dan
Ihe
South Vietnam
Washington- Hanoi
Enjay, Philips and
Micagato
Celanese Corp
Lions
Bulletin
Hubert Humphrey
Justice Minister of
Canada
Liberal Party
Lester Pearson
Senate House
Ftrlois
Mississippi Valley
Great Plains
South Viet
George Gentry
Sterling High
Citizens National
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