Honor Students Named to UT Dean's Honor Roll
Richard Eugene Bell and James Michael Wilkison earned Dean's Honor Roll honors at the University of Texas College of Business Administration. Baytown Teen Center hosts a junior school dance 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday with Standridge 201 providing music admission 0 cents. Humble Duplicate Bridge Club meets 7 15 p.m. Monday at the Community Building. St Joseph's Church adult choir rehearsal 7 p.m. Monday. Bayshore Mental Health Center to sponsor a death by own action prevention seminar 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Citizens National Bank meeting room. West Baytown Kiwanis Club meets noon Monday at Wyatt's Cafeteria with FAA official John Powell. Baytown YMCA scuba class begins Monday. six places remain. call 427-1797 or 427-1798.
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Richard Eugene Bell
James Michael Wilkison
University of Texas College of Business Administration
Baytown Teen Center
Standridge 201
Bayshore Mental Health and Retardation Center
Citizens National Bank
Kiwanis
West Baytown
Kiwanis Club
Wyatt
John Powell
FAA
Byard Sooy
Around Town Highlights From Baytown News Briefs
Patrolman Bobby Powell returns a license plate to a crash victim amid rain. Trey Wadley, son of Mr and Mrs John Wadley, is home after tonsil removal. Mr and Mrs C C Parrish praise a pretty grandson born Thursday at Memorial Baptist Hospital Houston. Tim Robbins brings early news. Annette Maroney is missed. Cynthia Huey promotes Baytown Youth Fair to be held April 17–19 at Baytown Fairgrounds. W J Tadlock notes medical career opportunities. J W Sheppard reports a wall issue at his home and seeks someone to take on the space. Jewel Jones visits Temple. the Skinners plan to move to Cleveland. Joyce Olice takes a flying trip to Raleigh NC. John Young alias Little Johnny is hit in the head by a stray golf ball. A San classifieds employee jokes about Around Town repeats.
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Bobby Powell
Baytown
Trey Wadley
John Wadley
Barbara
C. C. Parrish
J. W. Sheppard
Fayle
Miss Jewel Jones
Temple
W. E. Skinners
Cleveland
Joyce Olice
Raleigh
North Carolina
John Young
Little F Johnny
San Classified Department
Norman Chaate
Flood Damage Mounts Across Five States During Major Floods
Flooding caused more than 3 million dollars in damage in one area as authorities warned of rising water along the Mississippi and tributaries. States hit include Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota Iowa and Wisconsin with towns like Minot Enderlin Wahpeton Fargo Jamestown and Mankato evacuated or braced for further crest levels. Red Cross and emergency aid units distributed relief as rivers such as the Souris Red and James threaten dikes and homes across the upper Midwest.
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Associated Press
Mississippi River
U. S. Geological Survey
Midwest
Canadian
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Souris River
Minot
Red River
Canada
Enderlin
N. D
Wahpeton
N.D
Fargo
Jamestown
James River
Big Sioux
Sioux Falls
Sioux City
S. C
Des Moines
Estherville
Toveer Minnesota
Minnesota River
Montevideo
Mankato
Red Cross
Winds, Rain And Hail Due For Texas Coast
Severe thunderstorms battered the Baytown area with a tornado watch lifting at 10:30 a.m. Forecasts showed damaging winds and hail for coastal Texas, with Victoria hit hard by hail and wind. Police reported wrecks and injuries across Baytown and Sargent as storms moved through the region. Weather bureau alerts warned of heavy rain, rising rivers, and possible lowland flooding.
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Baytown
Texas
Naw
Bay City
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
King
Associated Press
Sargent
Btil
Matagorda General Hospital
Victoria
del Rio
Palacios
San Angelo
Laredo
Wink
Austin
Weather Bureau
Guadalupe River
Kennedy
Corpus Chris
Modern Day Agent 007 in Birmingham Stolen Tire Case
Police charged Ronald L. Crona with larceny after a 4957 Plymouth, found with apparent rocket launchers oil sprayer and other gadgets, was linked to allegedly stolen tires. Crona claimed plans for a "g07" type movie and nervously explained his setup.
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Birmingham
Mich
Ronald L. Crona
Crona
Harvard Faculty Drops Charges Against 200 Students
Harvard University Faculty votes 396 to 13 to drop criminal trespass charges against nearly 200 students ejected from University Hall during a dawn sit-in. Police had entered after doors were broken and records rifled. A few demonstrators face separate assault or disturbing the peace charges.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
University Hall
Students For A Democratic Society
Nathan M. Pusey
Franklin L. Ford
RFK murder labeled cold blooded first degree
Los Angeles AP reports prosecutor Lynn J. Campton called Senator Robert F Kennedy’s assassination “plain old cold-blooded first-degree murder” as the final arguments begin in the Sirhan Sirhan trial. The prosecutor attacked psychologists who testified premeditation was unlikely, while defense counsel Grant B Cooper urged caution. The case could go to the jury by Monday, after juror replacements and courtroom tensions.
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Los Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Lynn J. Campton
Sirhan
Kennedy
Vemnpton
Grant &. Cooper
Compton
Cooper
Ronald
Baytown Weekend Weather and Tides Forecast
The Baytown forecast calls for cloudy skies with thundershowers on Saturday and decreasing rain chances by Sunday. Highs reach the low 80s with a Saturday night low in the mid 60s. Tides show highs at 1 13 am and 1 07 pm, lows at 1 55 am and 2 19 pm.
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U.S
Baytown
Lung Recipient Okay After Donor Lung Transplant
Joe A. Bunch a 37 year old San Angelo office manager is reported in satisfactory condition at Methodist Hospital Houston after receiving the left lung of a one year old Lubbock High School boy. The youth died from a brain clot while attending Easter church services. Also noted is the failure to match tissue with a potential heart recipient from Lawrence Mass and the transfer of a heart donor to Houston.
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Houston, Tex
Joe A. Bunch
San Angelo
Tex
Methodist Hospital
Bunch
Lubbock
Friday
Methodist
John F. Hickey
Lawrence
Mass
Hickey
Houston
Andover
St. Luke's
Five children die as fire tears through apartment building
A fire in an apartment house west of Houston's downtown district kills five children who huddle together. Investigators and firefighters work to determine cause as residents evacuate.
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Houston
Three Viet Cong Peace Demands Announced
Radio Hanoi quoted the Viet Cong outlining three peace terms: US must end aggression in Vietnam, withdraw all troops unconditionally, and the South Vietnamese government must cease its role in betraying the nation. The broadcast dismissed Thieu’s plan as worn out and repeatedly rejected at Paris talks.
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TOKYG
Viet Cong
Vietnam
United States
Radio Hanoi
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnaa
Paris
Vietnan
Wyer Arrives for Duty at Air Force Academy
SGT Richard C. Wyer arrives for duty as a medical supply specialist at the U S Air Force Academy in Colorado. He is married to Patricia Clements of La Porte, the former Miss Clements.
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Richard C. Wyer
U.S. Air Force Academy
Colorado
Wyer
Patricia Clements
la Porte
Matagorda Tornado Hits Caney Creek Resort Area
AP report from Tes JAY CITY describes a tornado that damaged Caney Creek Development in unincorporated Sargent, tallying 178 dwellings destroyed or damaged and 13 hospitalizations. Deputies Amos Garcia and Pat Foster note it worse than Carla and quote residents amid wreckage and displaced trailers along the Gulf coast.
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Jay City
Tes
Matagorda County
Amos Garcia
Gulf Coast
Caney Creek
Sargent
Brooks presides as S J R 13 advances in Senate
Sen. Chet Brooks of Pasadena presided during floor debate on Senate Joint Resolution 13.4 proposing a constitutional change to four year voter registration. The measure, authored by Sen. Mike McKoo of Dallas, passed second reading and awaits final Senate passage next week.
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Chet Brooks
Pasadena
Senate
Mike McKoo
Dallas
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H. G. Work
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E. Defoe
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Stewart
Leslie
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Utah
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Opportunity School
Jeff Werrer
Walter Loflin
Baytown Opportunity Center
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Webber
RFK
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Rea
Bae Si Aol
Citizens National TS Ae
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Nearhy
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
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Czechoslovakia
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Robert Kennedy
James Earl Ray
Ashville, Tenn
Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen and Railroad Management
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Parimunuel Racing
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Matagorda Tornado
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Pat Foster
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