City offices close for Good Friday observance
HaytOwn CITY offices shut for Good Friday with skeleton crews to maintain essential services. City Manager Fritz Lanham cites observance of San Jacinto Day. Communion service at St Pauls Thursday led by Rev Harold O Bomhoff. Roden dies at 74. services pending Earthman Funeral Home. Sterling Booster Club garage sale at VFW Hall to aid band, athletics. Mrs George H Dunn dies age 81. funeral Friday in Bellville. Air Patrol meets Baytown airport for new civil air patrol squadron. call numbers for details.
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HaytOwn
Fritz Lanham
San Jacinto
St. Paul's
Harold O. Bomhoff
Sterling Booster Club
VFW Hall
Decker Drive
Stars and Athletic Department
Air Patrol
Th Baytex
Civil Air Path
Baytown
Ellington Air Force Base
R. F. Wunsch
A. E Watson
Baytonian 44 Years Dies Rites Friday
Williard W. Cox aged 68 of 3205 Nebraska died at 9:40 p.m. Wednesday in a Houston hospital. A Baytown resident for 41 years and a Humble Traffic Section retiree, he will be buried at Oliver Cemetery in Smithville after a Friday 10 a.m. Earthman Chapel funeral. He is survived by two daughters Mrs D R Hughes and Mrs R E Payne of Baytown, one sister Mrs Lillian Ilyson of Smithville, and six grandchildren Carle and Linda Payne Cathy Steve Randy and Caren Hughes.
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Williard W. Cox
Nebraska
Houston
Baytown
Humble
Earthman Chapel
Oliver Cemetery
Smithville
D. R. Hughes
R. E. Payne
Bay Town
Lillian Ilyson
Carel
Linda Payne
Cathy
Steve
Randy
Caren Hughes
Baytown Weather Summary With Galveston Tides
Partly cloudy and continued mild through Friday in the Baytown area. Temperature expected to range from the low 70s. Galveston tides on Friday will be high at 3 48 am and 3 13 pm and low at 2 06 am and 8 48 pm.
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Baytown
Galveston
Easter Visit Highlights Local Residents
Mrs. Rogers Byers of San Marcos arrives in Buda to spend Easter with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Sam Alford while her husband serves in the army at Ft. Benning Georgia. Baytown figures include George Ferguson from Altus Ohio visiting friends, patrolman Zach Booth stopping by, and Jim Armsworth on a publicity assignment. Local 21st anniversary greetings for Bob and Mary Martin appear alongside residents meeting leads and a Baytown Justice of the Peace lunching with the Robert E. Lee High School Homemaking Department.
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Rogers Byers
San Marcos
Buda
Sam Alford
Mobile TB unit announces April schedule for mobile unit
A mobile screening unit operated by the San Jacinto Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association will be at Weingarten's Friday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Then at K-Mart 1 Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Next week Baytown visits occur Monday Thursday and Friday with follow ups in May. The unit staffs include association personnel and Service League volunteers. microfilm chest x rays cost 50 cents for high school students and $1 for adults.
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San Jacinto
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Gulf Coast Hospital
United Carbon Plant
O'Brien's
SMS Industries Inc
E. Wallisville
Highlands
First National Bank
Sterling
Robert E. Lee
San Jacinto Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association
Service League
New city council sworn in after April 2 election
Newly elected District 1 councilman Ted Kloesel and incumbents Albert Fanestiel and Andy Braswell were sworn in at a special council meeting after canvassing the records. The meeting also considered speed limit changes on Crosby Cedar Bayou Road and Highway 6, plus sewer service requests for Marvin Middleton and Fisher Hill, with easement notes and an auditor reappointment.
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Mike Lonsford
Ted Kloesel
Albert Fanestiel
Andy Braswell
Pat Ball
Secong
Kloesel
Dub Ward
Ikteh Ptacek
CL. Bouliion
Jana Jim Burgess
Bayt
Texas Highway Department
Crosby- Cedar Bayou
MecKinney
Mabry Wads
Highway 6
Lee Drive
Holiday Inn
Mar [Vin
Middleton
Fisher
Counter Braswell
Fanestier
Thery
Barney Ward
Fed Hloesel
Spots Open in Pasadena Job Corps Centers
Pasadena Texas Employment Commission office at 172d 5. Richey seeks applications for boys and girls ages 16 to 21 for admission to Job Corps Centers nationwide. The federally funded program offers food clothing shelter and monthly spending money, plus 350 a month after six months. Training lasts about a year to two years. Call Mrs. Wini Jones at GR 33301 Extension 29 for interviews.
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Pasadena
Texas Employment Commission
Richey
Derrill L. Lewis
Iour
United States
JobsCorps
TEC
Wini Jones
Jones
8th Annual Youth Rodeo On Docket April 18-20
Plans for the eighth Baytown Youth Fair Livestock Show and Rodeo set for April 18 to 20 at the fairgrounds on North Main. Event features Western Day parade, livestock judging, calf scramble, and an FFA Crosby versus Robert E Lee High School showdown. Tickets available all three nights. advance sales urged.
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Baytown
North Main
FFA
Crosby
Mont Belvieu
Sheldon
Tarkington Prairie
Hardin
Winnie-Stowell
Texas Avenue
Thomas Circle
Fourth Street
Robert E. Lee
Cstren
Ted McCall
Sean Wilson
W. B. Anderson
Gene Harmon
Barbara Mooring
Grey Enterprises
Johnson reshuffles Cabinet amid civil unrest crisis
President Johnson names W. Marvin Watson as Postmaster General in a shakeup he calls essential as civil disorders ripple across the nation. Gen Creighton Abrams is appointed in Vietnam while talks with Hanoi loom. Sporadic violence continues. UN and Tass report cautious diplomacy. Billy Casper pursues Masters glory in Augusta as national tensions mount.
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Johnson
Lawrence O'Bhea
W. Marvin Watson
LBI
Gen
Creighton W. Abrams
Vietnam
24 500 Reserves Called For Duty
Defense Secretary Clifford announces about 24 500 Army Navy and Air Force reservists recalled for up to 24 months with about 10 000 slated for South Vietnam. He says U S forces in Vietnam will be limited to 49 400, an increase aimed at shifting the main war effort to South Vietnam.
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Washington
Mm.cleford
Navy
Air Force
South
Vietnam
Saigon
Clifford
United States
Pentagon
Guiy
Johnson
Pueblo
Baytown Lions Club elects new officers for year starting July 1
Allen Rice named president of the Baytown Lions Club succeeding Vernon L. Myers of Ashland Chemical. First vice president is J. Bruce Woods, second vice president Max Mosesman, third vice president Clinton W. Bates. George Bennett re elected secretary and E. W. Froehner treasurer. Lions tamer is George P. Mann. New board members include William T. Burge and John Wiesner. Installation and 40th anniversary banquet set for August 12.
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Allen Rice
First National Bank
Baytown Lions Club
Vernon L. Myers
Ashland Chemical
J. Bruce Woods
Woods Home Center
Max Mosesman
Humble Oi and Refining Co
Baytown
Clinton W. Bates
Humble
George Bennett
Stewart Real Estate
E. W. Froehner
Rain Baytown
George P
Pat) Mann
Busch Construction Co
Lion Tamer
Clifford M
Sparky) Bond
Wiliam T. Burge
James A. Davis
John Wiesner
John Wiesner Chevrolet
Here's How Texans Voted Civil rights bill vote record
Washington AP reports the 229-195 House vote to clear final passage of the civil rights bill. Democrats for include Brooks Eckhardt Gonzalez Pickle Young. Democrats against include Burleson Cabell Casey de la Garza Dowdy Fisher Patman Pool Purcell Roberts Teague White Wright. Republicans against Bush Prices absent or not voting Poage Db.
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Washington
House
Brooks
Eckhardt
Gonzalez
Karen
Pickle
Young
Burleson
Cabell
Casey
de la Garae
Dowdy
Fisher
Milton
Patman
Pool
Purcell
Roberts
Teague
White
Wright
Bush
Poage
LBJ Plans Quick Sign on Landmark Open Housing Bill
Washington AP reports Congress approved a landmark open housing measure by a 250 to 471 House vote, and President Johnson said he would sign the bill into law as soon as possible. The action follows King’s funeral and amid riots, with civil rights leaders pressing for broader federal housing and employment steps.
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Washington
White House
Johnson
Martin Luther
Bound For Vietnam Book Drive At REL High School
Robert E. Lee High School National Honor Society launches a paperback drive through April to aid USOs service clubs and camps in Vietnam. Six members collect, sort, package, and ship books with help from students, clubs, and the student council led by President Jimmy Sheats and coordinator Joanna McCormick.
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BEL National Honor Society
Joanna McCormick
Jimmy Sheats
Vietnam
Robert E. Lee High School
Cil
REL
National Honor Society
McCormick
Cantaias
Nam
USO
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Bellville
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Fritz Lankan
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Roy Baker
Eddie Gray
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