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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1966
Page
4
Editorial urges residents to join elected leaders in solving school city and industrial expansion problems. Anticipates US Steel plate mill near Cedar Bayou, growth in population and tax needs, and the need for broad planning, funding, and citizen cooperation to build a progressive future without division.
In a private White House dinner briefing, Secretary of State Rusk forecast the fall of Sukarno in Indonesia, Nkrumah in Ghana, and Ben Bella in Algeria, warning that further leftist regimes would likely topple. He cited a massive Indonesian Communist backlash and depicted Red China as a broader threat amid Vietnam war discussions.
Washington reports U S ground forces in South Vietnam rose by 15,000 in March to 230,000, about 75,000 below the Korean War peak. Including offshore units, total U S forces in and around South Vietnam exceed 300,000 as of the latest count.
AP writer describes Wild, Wild West enduring nine producers in its first season. Star Robert Conrad defends the show’s popularity, noting CBS audience share lags behind Bonanza and I Spy, while planning a two-year color run and a move into films after four to five seasons.
Texas farmers, delayed briefly by light showers, hurried to plant crops. By week’s end 14 percent of cotton, 61 percent of corn and 26 percent of sorghum were in the ground. Wheat warmed in the northern high plains but dryland wheat faced moisture shortages.
Police say thieves tried to blow open a Chicopee office safe with nitro glycerin but the blast wrecked a third of the building and scattered $39,000. The thieves were behind the building and didn't take any money.
Fulton Lewis reports mass demonstrations across U.S. cities protesting the Vietnam War. Tass coverage is said to reflect a radical leftist influence led by Frank Emspak and a network including Communist and Trotskyist groups. Critics cite limited broad support and note key speakers pulled out amid concerns.
Arnold R. Jones, director of the Tennessee Valley Authority, says he will leave the agency to join the University of South Florida faculty in Tampa. His TVA term expires May 13. Also noted: Nimbus 2 weather satellite to launch April 26 with 3000 daily images to study weather.
Baytown Sun publishes weekdays and Sundays from 1301 Memorial Drive Baytown Texas with post office box 308 Baytown 77521. Subscription rates listed carrier 1.60 per month 19.20 per year mail rates on request.
A compact page offers trivia prompts about the last Confederate surrender, the last discovered continent, and early constitutional history. It features a note on George Washington’s 1782 Congressional precedent and a birth sketch of Booker T. Washington, outlining his rise from a Virginia plantation to Tuskegee.
Central Press recalls Ruth Ramsey on Washingtons writings and speeches, Tuskegee death in 1915, and lists birthdays of Herbert von Harajan Peter Odegard Chester Bowles Bette Davis Melvyn Douglas Gregory Peck Spencer Tracy. Includes a Fitzgerald quote and a quiz on Shenandoah Waddell Australia a harem slave Victoria Claflin Woodhull and Connecticut.
A writer's daughter Megan, seven, faces a bicycle company led private investigators probing her private life after her third grade paper said her bike broke down. The firm hired 30 detectives to study her cradle to grave, prompting questions about her teeth brushing and personal habits. The author asks when the Senate will call Megan for a hearing.
Jesus teaches that anyone who refuses his cross and does not follow him is unworthy of discipleship. The verse emphasizes total commitment and obedience to Christ above all else.
South dealer North South vulnerable South West North East 192 39 Pass as Opening lead king of diamonds. There are many ways to reduce luck and increase skill in bridge. A sure line eliminates risk: win the diamond lead with the ace draw two trumps then cash A K spades, discard seven of spades on the jack of diamonds, guaranteeing the contract regardless of partner or opponents' cards. A sure thing is a sure thing.
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