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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 19, 1968

Page

6

National Library Week Observed Here In Baytown

Editorial notes National Library Week April 21 to 27 in Baytown under Texas committee guidelines. City Librarian Flora Wilhite leads Sterling Municipal Library program promoting inter library loan and state library development plan. Emphasis on accessibility to Texans, inter library loan steps, TELEX rapid communication, and major Texas resource centers in Abilene Amarillo Austin Corpus Christi Dallas El Paso Fort Worth Houston Lubbock and San Antonio.

Baytown Texas Flora Wilhite Sterling Municipal Library Texas Library Association Libraries of Texas State Library Abilene Amarillo Austin Corpus Christi Dallas el Paso Ft. Worth Houston Lubbock San Antonio

Government Probing Mergers in U.S. Economy

Washington reports that Congress and federal bodies debate conglomerate mergers and their impact on competition. The Senate Economic Committee urges deep probes into economic concentration, noting tax law incentives and the rise of family-owned firms as drivers of consolidation.

Washington U.S Lan Nomic Economic Committee Wright Patman D-Te Cabinet Fannan

Baytown Sun staff and mailing details

Editorial and publishing staff roles listed for The Baytown Sun including editor general manager and advertising department heads. Notice of second class matter status and publication schedule. mailing address in Baytown Texas, subscription rates, and republication rights noted.

Baytown Texas Baytown Sun, Inc Memorial Drive P.O Texasewspaper Representatives, Inc Associated Press

Uncle Sam and the Tax Fight in Election Year

A critical editorial arguing federal spending outpaces growth and taxes rise. It cites 1960 172 billion budget and 1964 projections, urging taxpayers to pressure Congress to cut spending and tie tax hikes to reduced outlays. It warns of inflation eroding buying power and questions efficiency in government programs.

Nikolai Lenin Germany England America Sam Congress White House United States Humphrey Ivory Coast Africa Arizona Republic Lady Bird Johnson

Rostow's Vietnam stance shapes Warsaw peace talks

Washington column notes Walt Rostow, Johnson advisor, opposed Warsaw talks as a peace venue, arguing danger of Chinese leverage from Warsaw’s role. Rostow’s background, policy influence, and Kennedy era decisions are traced, linking his views to Vietnam troop increases and later shifts within the administration. The piece blends biographical detail with a critique of Cold War diplomacy.

Drew Pearson Jack Anderson Washington Warsaw Johnson Ley Walt Rostow Rostow Massachusetts Institute of Technology John F. Kennedy Kennedy Bobby Kennedy Vietnam Southeast Asia Lyndon Johnson United States State Department North Eugene Debs Walt Debs Eugene Debs Rostow Walt Whitman Rhodes Yale Oxford Cambridge MIT OSS Ellsworth Bfoote R Conn Congress Diefenbaker Canada SOB U.S Vienna Khrushchev Roestow Krushchev Berlin Wall Maxwell Taylor South Vietnam Eisenhower Bay of Pigs White House Policy Planning Council

Outlaw Brothers of Buffalo Chip Turf Tale

In South Texas SB, nicknamed SuperBull, recalls a legend of three outlaw brothers Joe Jake and Jack Sheat from Buffalo Chip. Their gang terrorized the border region, opened a failed school for miscreants, then attempted a bank job, ended in a fatal end for a crime they did not commit. The tale ends with their tombstone noting they were hanged for a misdeed they didn’t make. The narrator hints at more off the record details.

Texas Bull Sheat Sun Three Brothers Sheat Jack Sheat Buffalo Chip Sheat Boquillas Borracho Siblings Sheat Joe Sheat Jake Hijack High Sheat Gang National Bank of Buffalo Chip Trig Sheat Brothers Southwest Brothers Sheat Joe Jack Jake Sheat Bar of Justice Tod

Favorite hand of all time from a bridge expert

In a James Jacoby column Bobby Wolff discusses his prized hand. Facing a heart slam after slow bidding he declines leading an ace and chooses spades. He underled the ace of spades against a heart slam, a misplay that would have doomed the contract, but the hand ends with a dramatic, learning moment.

James Jacoby Bobby Wolff Bobby South North North Cue Oswald Jacoby Declarer Newspaper Enterprise Assn

Bridge bidding puzzle question with misprinted text

A shuffled bidding problem asks what to bid after a spade opening and a double. South holds AKRST6 WR3 OHRG5422 with two high kings. East doubles after partner opens one spade. The prompt invites answering tomorrow.

la Dole East

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