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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 17, 1968

Page

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Spring Festival at Bay Town Junior School

The Spring festival at Bay Town Junior School runs from 3 3 4 5 to 8 p m Thursday with a spaghetti supper at 5 p m for 1 per person Alamo PTA meets at 3 0 p m Thursday in the school auditorium guest speaker W D Hinson nursery provided Also Bay Town Woman's Club and other local groups hold meetings and events including baseball, chicken dinners, church festival and senior citizens dinner with details and hosts listed

Baytown Junior School Speghetti Alamo Pta Lamo Pta W. D. Hinson LAMAR ALAMO Dads Club

Weather and Tides Forecast for Galveston

Cloudy and continued warm Wednesday with temperatures from 60 to 80 degrees. Brisk wind gusts expected and no minimum temperature through Thursday. Galveston tides show high at 21:66 a.m. and low at 1:54 a.m.

Galveston

Bay Town Notes Include Travel and Family Fun

Constable Paul Anderson recovers from an asthma attack as families and locals share Easter weekend scenes. Gene and Johnella Bnynton rough it on a camp trip. Velma Ansley inquires about local happenings. Clay Hooper offers to stand in for an absent reporter. Dave Cashion, ex Baytown, now Houston air line executive, visits frequently. Mike Clark, former Bay Town Sun staffer in Dallas, makes a surprise call. Jimmie Woods chases gubernatorial campaign updates. A. V. Bickley family enjoys Tyler trip. Threadgill family visits kin. Pvt. Richard Henderson to return Wednesday for 30 days, then duty in Vietnam. Della and Gerry Landry look pretty on Easter. Glenn Simpson goes to a picnic. Marines Cpl Paul Picczynski and Terri visit W. D. Wood’s family in Highlands. Piceynskis stationed in San Diego.

Paul Anderson Gene Johnella Bnynton Velma Ansley Winston Hayes Clay Hooper Jimmie Woods 5. A Wilhites Florida Richard Lee Henderson Vietnam Della Landry Gerry Landry A. V Bickley Tyler Roy Threadgill Roy Jr Allen J. L Threadgills Glenn Simpson Marine Cpl Paul Piccynski Terri K W. D. Wood Edie Duffey Highlands Piceynskis San Diego Calif

Four Die in Mass Murder on West Texas Highway

State police report four people killed in a mass murder on U S 277 between Del Rio and Sonora. Two women a man and a child about 2 were found scattered along a roadside. An infant and a young child were injured and rushed to hospitals. One woman missing. Victims believed dead for hours. identities not yet released.

del Rio Tex Sonora Texas Austin del Filo U.S San Antonio Sutton County

Editors See Humphrey Nixon Favored in 1968 Presidential Race

An Associated Press poll of 80 ASNE editors at the convention shows Humphrey as a strong favorite over Kennedy for the Democratic nomination while Nixon leads the Republican field over Rockefeller and Reagan. Editors cite Johnson withdrawal and labor backing as factors.

Washington Associated Press Hubert H. Humphrey Richard M. Nixon White House Humphrey Robert F. Kennedy D. N.Y American Society of Newspaper Editors Eugene J. McCarthy de Minn Kennedy Nixon New York Nelson A. Rockefeller Ronald Reezan California Rial New Orleans

Memphis Garbage Workers End Strike After Settlement

Memphis sanitation workers return to duties after a walkout that drew Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to the city. The accord includes a 10 cent raise May 1, a 3 cent raise Sept. 1, union recognition and dues checkoffs. The agreement is called a memorandum of understanding and is seen as a major step in civil rights goals.

Memphis J. O. Patterson Jr Fatterson Jing Mephis

New Zap Missile Promises Rapid Fire Aid in Vietnam

Washington reports the Navy is moving toward production of a new weapon nicknamed the Zap to suppress North Vietnamese antiaircraft guns. The solid fueled hypervelocity rocket would fly about 2000 mph and detonate over flak sites. Within two years it may equip Navy fighters and Air Force use is possible. Production could reach hundreds of thousands annually with large budget implications.

Washington Navy U.S Zap

Civil Service Testing For Firemen April 23

The Beytown Civil Service Commission announces another exam for firemen applicants. Test at 7 p.m. Tuesday April 23 in Activity Room 2 at the Community Building. Applicants must be 21 to 35, 5 ft 8 in tall, 143 pounds minimum, with a high school diploma or equivalent. Salary around 3505 per month. Submit by 5 p.m. April 22 to the Civil Service Office or the fire department chief.

Beytown Civil Service Commission Hre Baytown Office The Civil Service Commission Fire Department Office of the Civil Service Conmission

Sunray D X merger blocked by stockholder seeks stay

Tulsa AP bulletin reports Helmerich & Payne Inc sought a court injunction to halt Sunray DX Oil Co and Sun Oil Co Philadelphia merger on a day Sunray stockholders approved the merger 22 291 851 to 61 610 and called for postponement of Sunray's annual meeting next Tuesday when the deal is to be voted.

Tulsa, Okla Sunray DX Oil Co Ste U. S. District Court Tulsa Sunray Sun OU Co Philadelphia Helmerich & Payne Inc Sun Helmerich & Payne

Leaders Meet as Park Visits Honolulu for One-Day Talks

President hosts South Korea's Chung Hee Park in Honolulu for a brief summit. With Hubert Humphrey rising as a potential Democratic delegate, strategists weigh how to secure the nomination without New York or California.

Vietnan Chung Hee Park South Korea Honolulu Hubert Humphrey New York California

Growth topic at Friday Baytown Chamber program

The Industrial Development Committee of the Greater Bay town Chamber of Commerce will host a Texas A&M University study group presentation titled Baytown Planning for Metropolitan Growth. Speakers include John H. Shanahan Jr. and Charles Hearne and Robert Welsh. Slides and maps will illustrate planning issues and alternatives, with no concrete solutions offered.

Greater Baytown

Kidnapping Report Sparks Confusion in Texas Tale

An AP dispatch from Emory, Texas, reports Bobby Johnson aged 24, son of Sam Johnson of Mont Belvieu, was kidnapped Tuesday but escaped. Det. Glen Rosier said he first learned of it from radio. Johnson claimed two men lured him into a car near Baytown, then drove north before he leaped out at a Lone Oak stop sign. The father, unaware until contacted, sent money for a Baytown return by bus and anticipated his son around 7:00 p.m. Wednesday.

Associated Press Bobby Johnson Sam L. Johnson Mont Belvieu Bear Lone Oak Texas Glen Rosier Emory Rains County Dallas Bothy Johnson Johnson Lester Skidmore Bay Town Lone Oak Baytown

Bonnie and Clyde Impostors Surrender in Arizona Clash

Three fugitives identifying themselves as Bonnie, Clyde and Jessie James surrendered after an officer ordered them to stop. They face kidnapping charges involving a Fort Worth youth and his girlfriend after a nine hour, 300 mile abduction ending near Synster. The pursuit began with a $100 grocery store holdup in Salford.

Bensgn, Ariz Fexasy Bonnie, Clyde Jessie James Fort Worth West Texts Snyster Salford

Regents to call May 14 bond election for Lee College

Lee College regents plan a special election on May 14 to issue a 994000 bond and seek eight cents extra tax authority. The vote, tied to a state election called by Gov. Connally, aims to fund growth and campus buildings over three years, after a prior 1.5 million bond measure lost voter support.

Lee College John Connally Texas House of Representatives Glenn Vickery Vickery O.A. Boatwright Cheney Coker John Henderson

Reagan Considers Presidential Bid After Grassroots Push

Gov. Reagan says he will assess a rising grassroots movement toward a Reagan presidential bid. He outlines a speaking tour starting April 26 across the Midwest and South and confirms discussions with Republican leaders and a party platform review with Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and three other governors.

Sacramento Calif Fonaki Reagan Reagar Midwest Fen Franks California Nelson A. Rockefeller New York

Trends Of Colleges Is LC Program In Lee County

Baytown area residents and parents are invited to Lee College on Thursday night for a slide presentation on nationwide trends in community college development. Bob Reed of Can dill, Rowett and Scott will lead the program with live narration and a duo-carousel slide show. The session starts at 7 50 p.m. in the Lee College auditorium and is sponsored by Student Government and Administration. O A Boatright will preside. A Ford Foundation Educational Facilities Laboratory tour previously featured Reed, and a parent effort to support the Lee College bond election planned for May 14 will be organized.

Baytown Area Lee College Bob Reed ALA Candill, Rowett and Scott Houston Reed O. A. Boatright LC Board of Regents Educational Facilities Laboratory Ford Foundation New York

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