Baytown veteran defends Calley amid Vietnam war remorse
The Baytown writer reflects on returning from Vietnam and argues the war's moral weight, praising soldiers while condemning the moral confusion. He says Calley did not act alone, questions legality versus morality, cautions against punitive zeal, and urges ending the war or changing tactics rather than punishing veterans. He cites Nuremberg overreach and calls for peace.
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Baytown
Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon
Vietnam
William Calley
U.S. Army
South Vietnam
Shrine Benefit at Lee High School Auditorium
Baytown Shrine Club hosts a benefit for Crippled Children’s Hospital at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in the Robert E. Lee High School auditorium. Tickets are $1 at the door. A parade was planned for 2:30 p.m. Saturday in downtown Baytown.
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Baytown Shrine Club
Crippted Children's Hospital
Robert E. Lee High School
Baytown
Baytown News Briefs From The Sun Office and Local Notes
Baytown items include Jack Huron on assignment in Billings Montana planning June return to Baytown. Mayoral candidates Glen Walker and Don Hullum clash in a Sun newsroom confrontation. Joe Speck discharged after a heart attack and recovering at home. Baytown historian I M Deacon Jones seeks a photo of a former Baytown mayor, and State Senator Chet Brooks phones regrets about not speaking at the Chamber luncheon, sending his aide Woody Butler instead. Camping Club meets Tuesday at 7 30 pm at the Community Building on camping safety. Rainbow Girls assembly will attend church services Sunday at St John’s Methodist Church.
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Jack Huron
Billings
Mont
Baytown
Glen Walker
Don Hullum
Sun
Joe Speck
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
I. M
Deacon) Jones
Chet Brooks
Pasadena
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Baytonian
Woody, Butler
Community Notices in Baytown Area ACS Meeting and More
The Harris County ACS Baytown branch meets at 7 30 p.m. Monday in the San Jacinto Professional Building. Goose Creek Investment Club gathers 12 30 p.m. Wednesday at Mrs James Wager 2102 Eaves with a program by Mrs Raymond Tickner and Mrs Don Gidden. Baytown Fire Dept to start annual home inspections Monday led by Chief Jim Bland Jr with uniformed inspectors canvassing neighborhoods for fire hazard checks.
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Baytown
Harris County
American Cancer Society
San Jacinto Professional Building
Goose Creek Investment Club
James Wager
Eaves
Raymond Tickner
Don Gidden
Realtor Board Backs Walker For Council
The Bay Area Board of Realtors unanimously endorsed Charley O Walker for Baytown city councilman District 2. The board cited his constant contact with residents, knowledge of city tax issues and familiarity with planning growth and development. Other District 2 candidates are incumbent David Evans Doug Tromblee Jack Bray and Mrs Ruby Callaway.
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Bay Area Board of Realtors
Charley O. Walker
Baytown
Walker
Bay Area Board
David Evans
Doug Tromblee
Jack Bray
Ruby Calllaway
Nixon to Decide Calley Fate and Evacuation Plans
Calcutta reports say President Nixon to decide Calley fate as evacuation plans proceed. Pakistan offers flights by PIA to relocate about 750 Americans and Britons from East Pakistan to Karachi. Chittagong port fires and refugee movements reported. rebel hold in Jessore areas weakening while Dacca remains under army control.
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Calcutta
East Pakistan
U.S. State Department
Pakistan
Department
Karachi
West Pakistan
Chittagong
India
Jessore
Baytown Relay Queen finalists named for Sterling area contest
Ten Baytown area high school girls are listed as finalists for the Baytown Relay Queen contest. Finalists include Patti Schneider and Marilyn Hoskins from Sterling High School, with sponsors ranging from the Chemistry Lab to the Interact Club and Stars. Debbie Davison, 1970 Queen, announced the finalists as roses were presented by Gena Gosse, crown bearer in 1971.
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Becka
Sterling Cosmetology
Departtown
Ross
Sterling
Robert
Miss Hoskins
Sterling Anchor Club
Debbie Davison
Gena Gosse
Sterling High School
Patti Schneider
Vivian Chandler
Patti Kunz
Monica Becka
Marilyn Hoskins
REL
Joy Hoffmann
Cathy Seichelberger
Marilyn Nelson
Betsy Phillips
Marsha Morris
Miss Schneider
H. J. Schneider
Sterling Chemistry Lab
Patti
Vivian
Sterling Interact Club
George W. Chandler
Miss Kunz
Sterling Stars
Ralph Kunz
Charlie R
Baytown Chiropractor Dr Jessie Halsted Dies at 66
Baytown chiropractor Dr Jessie Augusta Jordan Halsted 66 of 301 Tri City Beach Road died at 3 30 a m Friday in a Baytown hospital after a long illness. Services planned 2 p m Sunday at Earthman Highlands Chapel officiated by Rev Joe Wilson and Dr Lamar Clark. She opened practice in El Paso 1997 after Palmer College graduation, practiced in Galena Park and Pasadena before Baytown. Burial White Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters five sisters two brothers and grandchildren. Burial directed by Earthman Highlands Funeral Home.
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Baytown
Jessie Augusta Jordan Halsted
Tri-City Beach Road
Earthman Highlands Chapel
Joe Wilson
Lamar Clark
Jean, Tex
Halsted
el Paso
Palmer College of Chiropractic
Davenport
Ands
Lola Hare
Slaton
Medora | Elliott
Dallas
Jewell Ross
Paso Robles
Calif
Jessie Hawkins
Vera Brooks
Graham
Allen Jordan
Huntingdon Park
Pete Jordan
Casper
Wyoming
Danielle
Jeff W
Lucian E. Craig
Leah Ann Griffin
White Cemetery
Earthman Highlands Funeral Home
Baytown Weekend Weather Forecast Notes T:
Weather forecast for Baytown shows partly cloudy skies and warmer conditions. Tides at Morgan's Point on Sunday peak at 12:19 a.m. and dip at 11:25 a.m. Monday tides rise to 12:49 a.m. and 9:49 a.m. with lows at 1:19 a.m. and 12:25 p.m.
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Baytown Area
Morgan’s Point
Campaign expense filings reveal varied candidate loans and debts
City hall records show April 6 council race campaign reports detailing gifts, loans, and debts. Notable figures include Dr. Jim McWilliams with $555 in contributions and $425.39 spent as of March 11, and Evans with $528 in contributions and $145.43 debts as of March 29. Mayor Glen Walker reports $330 contributions and $207.45 spent by March 30.
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Jim McWilliams
District 6
David Evans
Evans
Glen Walker
Walker
Jack Bray
Tom Gentry
Gentry
Tony Campos
E. Q. Camp
Charley Walker
Don Hullum
Joel Lander
March Wand
Doug Tromblee
Nixon to review Calley court martial conviction
San Clemente California AP reports President Nixon will personally review the court martial conviction of Lt. William L. Calley Jr. The decision was announced by John D. Ehrlichman, a presidential assistant, citing the Western White House.
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San Clemente
Calif
Nixon
William L. Calley Jr
White House
John D. Ehrlichman
Calley
Sterling Student Admitted To Notre Dame Freshman Class
Herbert S Hampton Jr a Ross Sterling High School senior in the top tenth of his class has been admitted to Notre Dame for the September 1971 freshman class He plans to teach German and will tour Germany this summer with a TAMU student group He is active in Student Council Key Club Who's Who and various Sterling activities
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Herbert S$. Hampton Jr
Ross Sterling High School
Notre Dame University
William Taylor
Dwinnel
Notre Dame
Herbert
Germany
Texas Association of German Students
Sterling
Margaret Schulze
Baytown
Carver Elementary
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U.S
Austin
D.C
William
Danang
Aclus Calley
Secretary of Defense
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Hanoi
Nuremberg
Cathy Eichelberger
Dgis Alb A
Shrine
Camping Club
Buoy and Gull
Rainbow Girls
Igoose Creek
St. John’s Methodist Church
Realtor Board
Preston Smith
Dacca
Rilyn
George E. Hoskins
Miss Hoffmann
Daugh
Pier
Ial Peoples State Bank
Citiaensy National Bank
Enn
Charles Gates
Carl Canerton
Tromblee
Williams
Campbell
Callaway
Carlton
Herbert Hampton
Baytown State Bank
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