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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 22, 1968

Page

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Community meetings planned this week in Beach City area

James Bowie PTA schedules a Tuesday school event with fourth grade students and teachers in the school auditorium and lounge. Beach City Council to install new members Tuesday at 7 p.m. at the West Bay Road community building. WANIS Ladies Night set for Thursday at Goose Creek Country Club at 7 30 p m. Obituary SAM E ZIMMERMAN 74 of 404 Harvey Baytown services pending Earthman Funeral Home. Witness call urged for 4 p m Saturday April 13 crash at Pruett and Texas by Mrs Travis Smith.

James Bowie Studias Aus Beach City Beach City West Bay Road Gockel Sam E. Zimmerman Harvey Baytown Earthman Funeral Home Travis Smith Pruett and Texes Deaconness Gladys Hall St. James House Sterling Municipal Library National Library Week Lbrary Weldon Lynch Oakdale Trustees National Library Association Kmart Friends of Sterling Library Sun Jim McLainy

Reins Honored in Alaska Unit Service Ribbon

SGT. JACK C. Rains of Mrs. Cecyle Haw of Fairfield Iowa will wear the service ribbon marking his assignment with the Alaskan Communications Region at Elmendorf AFB Alaska, earning the U S Force Outstanding Unit Award.

Jack C. Rains Cecyle Haw E. Lobit Scout H. l Fairfield Iowa Elmendorf Afb Ahi U. S. _Force

REL Students Win Interscholastic League Honors

REL High School wins at the Region DI meet on the Fiouston Baptist College campus. Karen Wheeler and Roxee Ann Marshall secure first in tennis earning a trip to the statewide meet in Austin May 24. Additional REL students place in science and other events as over 1,000 students from surrounding schools participate.

Fiouston Baptist College Robert E. Lee High School Karen Wheeler Roxeet Ann Marshall Austin AEL Haren John B. Wheeler Clive Royce Ann Cecil H. Marshall Iso Beth Willan McEthanston Eee William A. McElhannon Katherine Bayshore Rentai Health Re U REL St. Paul's iLatheran Church

Weather and Tides for Baytown Tuesday Forecast

Mostly cloudy and warm with scattered showers in the Baytown area. Temperatures expected from the upper 60s to low 80s. Tides: Tuesday highs at 1:06 a.m. and 2:24 p.m. Low tides at 7:48 a.m. and 8:15 p.m.

Baytown Area Galvestox

Around Town Bettty and Stan and Local Happenings

Reid excited about son Skip coming home from Vietnam. Peggy Power and Kathryn Abota hot as air conditioning is being fixed at the police station. Alma Morgan starts a telephone chat with Cynthia Huey about a sewing course. Mrs M W Harper busy over the weekend. Sarah Dev crying over broken glass at Baydown Little Theater. Tony Schillaci angling for a part in Barefoot in the Park about interior decorators. Barbara Swain on first visit to two seafood restaurants with atmosphere. Glenn Whitcomb sporting a beard for the King in The Jesters Mistake. Joy Woods travels to Central Texas for a geology trip. Ricky Newby home for weekend awaiting Air Force discharge. Tom Lutras is high ball captain. John Heastley, Neta Gayle McAfee and Bob Orachett playing bridge and winning. Mrs Lee McDaniel new to town from Florida.

Betty Stan Reid Barbara Swain Glenn Whitcomb Joy Woods Central Texas Ricky Newby Tom Lutras John Cynthia Heastley

Connally Slightlyendorses Humphrey on Meet the Press

News brief notes Gov. Connally almost endorses Hubert Humphrey on Meet the Press. Weekend violence in the state results in two traffic deaths and eight homicide victims. In Korea, three North Koreans and one American die in the ongoing clashes near the front. North Vietnam accuses the U.S. of rigid peace terms, proposing two or four conditions.

John Connslly Hubert Humphrey Korean Front North Vietnam U. S

Trustees mull two policy changes at Monday board meeting

Hope Dim reports on two proposed policy changes affecting junior athletics and employee communications. The board will consider allowing eighth graders in football basketball and track to compete in Channel District play and review a trustee committee plan to improve staff communications along with consultation reports on the Parkinsons committee and school building program. Also on the agenda are grievance and suggestion procedures, possible repurposing of Anson Jones Horace Mann Tumor School and Carver School, and bids for athletic awards trainer supplies basketball equipment and football programs.

Hear & Teppart Paul Parkson Robert Sauls Hinson Troy Peterson James Elis George Gentry Anson Jones Horace Mann Tumor School Carver Schiot Gentry Carver Horace Mann

Slaves of Dr. King case widens inconsistencies

Memphis officials acknowledge many discrepancies in descriptions of suspects tied to Martin Luther King Jr. slaying. Authorities say James Ray and Jerry Galt may be same man. fingerprint evidence and changing statements sparked confusion as investigations broadened nationwide.

Fenn Aoe Memsphis Peice Ee Martin Luther King Jr Bill Price Jamas Ea Ray Missouri Naliom FSF Gether Galt Rey Ray Case

Bayshore Center Opens New Mental Health Facility Here

The Bayshore Center for Mental Health opens at 141 Louisiana Baytown with an open house from 2 to 5 p.m. Reverend Harold Bombhoft chairs the advisory council and Don Marler is administrator. Board members Robert Parish and Dr Spencer Bayles from the Hart County Mental Health board attended. The center offers outpatients services and will refer inpatients to San Jacinto Methodist Hospital with fees adjusted by ability to pay.

ADY Bayshore Center For Mental Health and Mental Retardation A. N. Johnson Nolan Schulze Johnella Boyston Baytown Louisiana Harold Bombhoft Don Marler Houston Hartis County Board Robert Parish Spencer. Bayles Harts County Commissioner Court Bayshore Bayshore Center San Jacinto Methodist Hospital

Anti Pari Mutuel Bet Drive Launched

The Anti Parimutuel Bet Drive, led by the Anti Crime Council of Texas and church leaders, organized rallies in Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio and Houston to defeat a May 4 statewide pari mutuel betting measure. Speakers argued betting profits fund crime while proponents say strong controls would curb corruption.

Associated Press Texas Anti-Crime Council of Ji Ped Dallas Fort Worth San Antonio Houston Veral Jimmy Allen First Baptist Church Egal W. E. Berry

A&M Faces SWC Rules Violations Pack

Dallas AP reports Texas A&M amid a SWC spring meeting facing about 17 charges from eight members over rules concerns. Allegations include inducements to recruits, selling football tickets, improper travel and entertainment of prospects and families. Coach Gene Stallings defends compliance, while investigators and officials confirm inquiries but keep details confidential.

Dallas Texas A&m Fort Worth Aggies

Pre School Clinic Starts On Tuesday

The school district hosts a multi-site pre school clinic for children entering first grade next fall. It runs Tuesday to Friday at churches across the area with hours roughly 7:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. Our list includes St Mark's, Numerial Baptist, Mevaurval Baytist, Second Baptist Church and locations assigned to San Jacintos, De Zavala, St Tom's, Travis, Barnet, Bowie, Lamar, Austin, Ashhel Smith, Harlem and Highlands Elementary zones.

St. Mark's Methodist Church Oklahoma San Jacints de Zavala St. Tom’s Travis An Barnet Numerial Baptist Church W. Sterling Bowie Dlamo Anson Jones Lamar Austin Ashhel Smith Second Baptist Church East Wallisville Highlands Highlands and Harlem

Tensions Roil United Methodist Church Merger

In Dallas tensions over a planned United Methodist Church merger culminated in a walkout by about 40 Black Methodists during a huge Holy Communion service. The protesters, led by Rev. Cecil Williams, cited racial segregation and discrimination in the merged denomination joining 10.3 million Methodists and 746,099 Evangelical United Brethren members. The disruption occurred as the service at Dallas Memorial Auditorium proceeded and the new church prepared for inauguration.

Dallas, Tex America United Methodist Church Methodist Church Evangelical United Brethren Church Black Methodists Dallas Memorial Auditorium Cecil Williams San Francisco

Triangle Parts Missing Adage Comes True in Baytown

Baytown police officer Billy Welch investigated a claim of a suspicious car Saturday night. He filed a report noting an old adage about a lovers triangle with one third of the trio found and the others missing, describing the event as the third part of a broken romance.

Baytown Billy Welch

Anti-Union Injunctions Hit Nationwide Telephone Strike

In a nationwide strike day five, AFL-CIO leaders blasted injunctions against workers and blamed courts for stalling a wage dispute. Beirne denounced orders against Bell and AT&T, as AT&T reported most service maintained while unions refuse to return to work.

Washington Afl-Cio CWA Joseph A. Beirne Southern Bell Telephone Co Alabama Kentucky Beirne Bell Telephone System American Telephone and Telegraph Co At&t Ben Gilmer Gilmer Bell System Bell Western Elects Co Western Western Electric Manufacturing Buffalo

Rain Likely as Spring Storms Scatter Texas

The Associated Press reports wild spring weather in Texas bringing two observed tornadoes and broad turbulence threats across the state. Strong storms disrupted parts of Texas today as forecasters warned conditions could worsen.

Associated Press Texas

Heavy thundershowers drift from city to bay area

Heavy thundershowers were reported Monday near Kesenberz and in the southwest Houston area, but dissipated before reaching Baytown. The U S Weather Bureau forecast 0 percent showers statewide. Mail and gusty winds accompanied the storm as rain fell in Rosenberg at four inches per hour and hail was reported near the Post of Houston.

Nea Kesenberz Houston Baytown UC. S. Weather Bureau Rosenberg Hsil

Strangest April 22 forecast spooks Pan region

The April 22 weather page teased a bizarre forecast of possible snow in the Pan region, a headline grabber that surprised readers and sparked questions about the season’s late chill. The note hints at further details on Page 2.

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