Bayton area notices and memorial fund plans
The Bayton community reports on the Roy White Memorial Scholarship at Ross Sterling High School, the East Harris County Order of the Arrow meeting at Grace Methodist Church, and family updates including Mrs Wanda Fry’s trip to Kansas City to join her husband Dick who served in Vietnam. Also noted are Easter drama plans at First Church of God and the death of Mrs Henry Pohl’s mother in Miami. Weather brief and Galveston tides are included.
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SI Roy White
Rossie Sterling
Sterling
Ross Sterling High School
Roy White
Order of Arrow
East
Harris County
Order of the Arrow
Grace Methodist Church
Vietnam
Wanda Fry
Kansas City
U.S
Frys
Laura Dianne
Fry
Around Lawn Around Lawn Birthday notices and local scenes
Birthday wishes are extended to Mrs. Col in Laughlin and Mrs. Katherine Bertsch. Brenda Casey enjoys a party. Mike Davis hitches a ride. Peggy Will and Charlie Strauss sing a duet during rehearsals for JJ Abner as Jack Walton coaches from the sidelines. Karen Schnell treats a friend to lunch, Margaret Campbell smiles. Tammy Fayle, Gail Guidry, Masterson and Bobbie Fortinberry dine on a movie set and return to work in an elated mood. DePlant busy collecting Cerebral Palsy fund donations, still short of the goal by the same amount. Ted Hloesel and wife visit. State Rep Joe A Jen notes daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. on Tuesday, April no, when it will be 3 a.m. Police Chief Blair Mann says the taxpayers are having a good day. Red Grantham inspects a city project early. James Ellis comments on a tough school district problem.
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Colin Laughlin
Katherine Bertsch
Brenda Casey
Mike Davis
Peggy Will
Charlies Strauss
JJ Abner
Jack Walton
Karen Schnell
Margaret Campbell
Tammy Fayle
Gail Guidry
We Masterson
Bobbie Fortinberry
DePlant
Ted Hloesel
Joe A
Jen
Blair Mann
Grantham
James
Stick” Ellis
Racial disorders claim 16 lives after King death
Across the nation riots and looting erupted in several cities after Martin Luther King Jr. was killed. At least 16 people died, including nine in Chicago and four in Washington, with extensive damage and hundreds arrested as National Guard and federal troops moved in to restore order.
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Associated Press
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Chicago
Washington
Detroit
Tallahassee
Fiat
Pittsburgh
Pelice
National Guard
Richard ‘T
Dunn
Memphis
Boston
Pine Bluff
Nashville
Tennessee A&t Uiversity
Astros Open Schedule Shift After MLK Death
The Astros postponed their Monday NL opener with the Pittsburgh Pirates to Wednesday and rescheduled Tuesday’s game. The move, amid national grief after Dr. Martin Luther King’s assassination, joins similar delays across MLB and NBA, including the Senators vs. Twins AL opener and the Cubs vs. Reds NL opener delayed to Wednesday.
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Houston
Housto Astros
Pittsburgh Pirates
Astros
Fame
Martin Luther King
Washington
Senators
Minnesins
Rome
Chicago Cubs
Ace Hurler Visits Baytown Twins
Major League pitcher Dean Chance of Minnesota visited Baytown Friday with former minor league teammate Duke Jones. Chance, coming off a 3-1 win over Houston, discussed old times, signed autographs at Culpepper Furniture, and reflected on his storied fastball while recounting memories from Bluefield, West Virginia, in 1959 and earlier days in Wooster, Ohio.
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Mike Blackmon
Dean Chance
Minnesota
Twins
Washington Senators
Baytown
Duke Jones
Houston Astros
Gaytown
Culpepper Furniture
Jones
Commiate
Culpepper's
Chance
Duke
Kitty
Dean
Bluefield
W. Va
Baltimore Orioles
Wooster
Ohio
Ghivan
Culpepper
Marines Break Siege at Khe Sanh Relief Push Advances
U S Marines and South Vietnamese forces launched a relief operation into Khe Sanh Vietnam as a 76 day siege was declared broken. A helicopter lift brought in paratroopers while South Vietnamese rangers seized trenches, opening routes as Marines moved to clear surrounding hills and reopen Highway 9 for supply and future offensives.
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Khe Sanh
Vietnam
Itelief
Khe
Sanh
Colvan
U.S
Laos
Highway 9
Ke Sanh
Humble Pavilion A Big Attraction At HemisFair
San Antonio officials dedicated the Humble Pavilion at Gate One, a restored Schultze Hardware Store. The building features tin trim reminiscent of New Orleans French Quarter, a touring service, a museum on transport, and a film titled My Name is Paul. The pavilion will become city property after HemisFair ends and aims to attract up to ten million visitors through next October.
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Fred Hartman
San Antonio
Lyndon B. Johnson
Schultze
Texas
Germnan
Humble
Herms Fair
New Orleans
HemisFair
America
Paul
Alamo Street
Press Center
Light voter turnout in Lee College board election
A spot check of 13 precincts in the Lee College District Board of Regents race shows extremely light voting. Seven precincts report only 167 ballots by noon as voters pick three members from a seven-man field. Polls close at 7 pm, suggesting a light vote overall.
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Lee College District Board of Regents
Board of Regents
Baytown Ministers Deplore King Death
Baytown ministers of the Baytown Ministerial Alliance deplore the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King. They pledge to observe a day of mourning and call for nonviolent action and civil rights justice, urging unity among Christians to turn words into deeds. The statement was signed by Rev. Jim Ray Brown and other alliance members.
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Baytown
Lenay
Martin Luther King
Johnson
Jim Ray Brown
Alliance
Rudy Pace
E. H. Dominique
B. D. Nisbet Jr
Jim Armsworth
Brest Woolley
Asbury Lenox
E. R. Burns
Mack H. Smoke
W. Edward Thiele
Sam Cotter
Brown
Five Dead In Aftermath Of King Murder
Washington AP reports fresh looting and arson in Negro neighborhoods as federal troops augment to quell disorders. Nine killed in Chicago and Washington, with teams of 2nd Airborne Division paratroopers deployed. Violence also noted in many cities, while Washington guards the capital.
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Washington
Martin Luther King Jr
D.C
King
Chicago
Detroit
Tallahassee
Minneanolis
Memphis
S2nd Airborne Tdivision
Veterans of Vietnam
Pentagon
Philadelphia
Wichita
Kan
Oakland
Palo Alito
Calif
Denver
Colo
Hartford
Conn Jefferson City
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Lee Brasfield
First National Bank
Hermann Hospital
First Church of God
Conner Smith
Henry Pohl
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Galveston
Peoples State Bank
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Our
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Bee Chance
Marne
Highland
Kenton City
Humble’s Pavilion
Palsy Center
Jom Kyle
Melissa Welles
Melissa
John Wayne
Red Adair
Jim Hutton
Katharine Ross
Shagey
Blue
Carla Ainsworth
Wayne
Hutton
Cerebral Palsy Center
Society of Crippled Children
Box
Tes
Citizens National Bank & Trust Co
Regent
Brian Sullivan
Pres
Katherine Ross
Baytown Cereberal Palsy Center
Jim Kyle
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