Daylight time begins in Texas with changes in schedule
Begin Tuesday April 30 residents must rise an hour earlier as daylight saving time starts in Texas. People will have time for recreation and lawn mowing, with various community events scheduled including a dance at Knights of Columbus Hall featuring Gil Baca’s Orchestra and a college Democrats meeting at Walter Ruehl Hall. The week also brings theater previews, club teas, medical notices, and a postponed League of Women Voters unit meeting with updated dates.
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L A.m
Knights of Columbus
W. Main
Gil Baca
LC Young Demos
Young Democrats
Walter Ruedel
Bill Williams
Houston
Harris County Democrats
League OF Women Voters
Wallis Hunt
Elmwood
Gerald L. Glahon
Roseland
Weather forecast shows mild temperatures through Tuesday
Clear to partly cloudy conditions with continuing mild temperatures. Range expected Monday and Tuesday, mid 50s to mid 70s. Galveston tides: Tuesday high at 8:30 a.m. and low at midnight.
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Galveston
Don Baker
Ieft
John Rosamond
Robert E. Lee High School
Hometown paper memories shared during hospital stay
Frances AROUND recounts reading her hometown paper while hospitalized in Houston, says she enjoyed the activity and hopes to resume normal life. Lorene Fox shows off a sparkling Easter outfit, while Albert Fanestiel discusses city issues. A clipping from Stars and Stripes arrives from Crosby.
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Frances
Charles) Littlepage
Houston
Lorene
John R. Fox
Albert Fanestiel
Marine Cpl. Gonn
E. Smith
Crosby
Army
Stars and Stripes
Joe Whittington
Baytown Sun
Ft. Polk
Amy
Diana Dixon
E. W. Froehner
Gene Godkinses
Baytown
Kuwait
Arabia
Ida
Two Americans and two Koreans slain in ambush
In Seoul a North Korean ambush killed two American and two South Korean personnel near Panmunjom. Two American soldiers were wounded. The UN Command called the attack a flagrant armistice violation and lodged a protest. No perpetrators were found after a search of the area.
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Seoul
U.N. Command
Panmunjom
U.N
Chung Hee Park
Korea
U.S
Pueblo
Income Tax and Car Sticker Deadline Notice
Public advisory from Preston Pendergrass outlines Monday deadlines for filing income tax returns and displaying a 1968 auto inspection sticker. It warns penalties for late filing or missing stickers, including fines and potential criminal charges, and notes last mail times from Baytown Post Office to meet the 7 p.m. departure. Additional IRS projections for late filers and total returns are provided.
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Preston Pendergrass
Todey
Uncle Sam
Whchh
Internal Revenue
Baytown
Austin
IRS
Prospects Of Steel Strike Are Brewing
Pittsburgh AP report notes steel plant locals push local contract demands at Homestead and McKeesport including parking space doctor on duty full time and incentive pay. With an Aug 1 strike possible, local issues may spill into national bargaining as leaders fear White House intervention and wage demands.
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Pittsburgh
U.S. Steel
Homestead
McKeesport
United Steelworkers
White House
Httle
Anthony Tomko
Tomko
Johnson
New York
Search For Suspect In King Slaying Spreads
MEMPHIS AP FBI agents from Virginia to Florida hunted for Eric Starvo Galt a 37 year old Birmingham Alabama seaman believed linked to the Martin Luther King Jr assassination The FBI seized a car registered to Galt in Atlanta and checked multiple states while inquiries continued in Birmingham Jacksonville and other locations Police did not reveal why Galt is wanted.
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Memphis, Tenn
FBI
Virginia
Florida
Martin Luther King Jr
Eric Starvo Galt
Birmingham
Ala
Atlanta
King
Memphis
Galt
Associated Press
Alabama
FEL
Jacksonville
Fla
Texas Politicians Hit Trail Again
Democratic hopefuls resume campaigning after Easter weekend with Preston Smith and Eugene Locke on the trail in Dallas and Austin. Dolph Briscoe plans stops in Fort Stockton Pecos Monahans Odessa and Midland while Paul Eggers campaigns in Houston for the Republican gubernatorial nomination.
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Associated Press
Texas
Rain Sparks Memphis Race Tension and King visit
In Memphis a light rain triggered a major race related labor dispute as 1300 sanitation workers, 98 percent of them Black, go on strike after pay disputes. Clashes with police followed, leading to mass arrests, a City Council sit in, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Memphis visit. King's assassination on April 4 sparked riots nationwide and helped push civil rights legislation through Congress and into law.
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Memphis
Tenn
United States
Memphis Sanitation Department
City Council Chamber
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Washington
Chicago
Baltimore
Kansas City
Johnson
Leftist Students Blockade Press Amid King Assassination Fallout
Democratic governors meet in St. Louis as anti Springer protests flare four days after Rudi Dutschke was shot. White House hopefuls seek support. Kumphrey aims to announce this week. Courts handle thousands of arrests from looting arson and violence after Dr. King’s death. US Marines seize hill near Khe Sanh in Easter battle.
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White House
St.Louis
Martin Luther King
U. S
Khe Sanh
Baytown Pro Rodeo Opens With Weeklong Events
The Baytown Pro Rodeo begins at 8 p.m. Thursday at the North Main fairgrounds featuring professional cowboys from the Southwest. Events include bareback riding steer dogging steer roping barrel racing and bull riding with proceeds aiding the Youth Fair. Admission is 1.50 for adults 0.75 for students with three night passes available. A parade on Texas Avenue kicks off the festivities and exhibits and livestock judging run across Thursday to Saturday with champion steers announced Friday morning.
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Baytown
Fairgrounds
North Main
DI Rodeo Co
Southwest
Tommy Kimmey
Lthe
Johnny Ludtke
Ray Hunt
Tex Haltom
Jerry Fanestiel
Ned Rae
J. W. Stolander
Oor
Texas Avenue
California
Poul
Johnson to Meet Park in Honolulu on Vietnam Korea War
President Johnson heads to Hawaii for talks with South Korea's Park and U S military chiefs in the Pacific. He aims to reassure Park over U S resolve and press for an additional South Korean division to Vietnam, with about 50 000 Korean troops already serving. Also aboard are Adm Sharp and aides. ceremony at Honolulu Airport and Folani Palace.
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Austin
Tex
Johnson
Honolulu
South Korea
Pacific
Hawaii
Chung Hee Park
Seoul
Park
United States
North Korea
Vietnam
U.S. Grant Sharp
Sharp
Camp David
John S
Cain
U.S. Naval Forces i Europe
Honolulu International
Folani Palace
John Burns
Baytown Boy Is Lucky One
Charles L. Pierce a six year old Baytown boy was struck by a pickup in the 300 block of Lakewood. He ran into the street and was hit by the truck driven by Ben T. Mathes. The boy was run over but sustained only a head cut and was treated at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital and released.
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Charles L. Pierce
John K. Pierse Sr
Lakewood
Young Pierce
Ben T. Mathes
W. Defoe
Pierce
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
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