Funeral attends in Pittsburg for R. Stuckey
Mrs Raymond McCullough travels to Pittsburg Kansas to attend her father R A Stuckey’s funeral. The brief notes a beauty winner Sandra Jo Buford among six at Lamar Tech’s 1969 Les Belles contest with nearly 100 coeds competing. A Lee College Guys And Dolls dress rehearsal set for 6 pm Wednesday ahead of Friday opening. A Bayshore Center seminar on death by own action runs 9 am to 2 pm Wednesday at Citizens National Bank meeting room. Rotary Club guests include Robert E Lee High students. Fidelis class to hold 630 pm dinner at St Marks fellowship hall. Richard Bell named UT political science honor society Pi Sigma Alpha. About 75 attended a coffee for Glen Walker at Holiday Inn. Walker seeks mayor in April runoff.
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Sandra JO Buford
Lamar State College of Technology
Walker
Glen Walker
Holiday Inn
Clyde Fuller
Baytown Area Weather and Tides Forecast
Clear to partly cloudy and mild through Wednesday in the Baytown area. Temperatures range from the upper 50s to the upper 70s. Morgan’s Point tides show a Wednesday high at 10 49 p m and a low at 7 31 a m.
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Baytown Area
Morgan's Point
Leslie Couch and friends in a slice of life
The clipping lists locals and their roles in daily scenes. Gertrude Marsh wears a duck to school while Charles McKay uses a typewriter for his secretary Mrs Cave Kominek. Tommy Zeglin sports a cowboy hat and Mrs Emma Langford gives automotive accident advice. Joyce Maley prepares for Atlantic City state project, Peggy Cheatham makes ham burgers at midnight, Al Melinger knows who does. The Hendersons attend the Texas Orange White game in Austin. Claire Buenz renews an acquaintance Eva McMurrecy discusses decorating.
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Leslie
Couch
Gertrude Marsh
Charles McKay
Cave Kominek
Tommy Zeglin
Emma G. Langford
Joyce Maley
Atlantic City
Peggy Cheatham
al Melinger
John Hendersons
University of Texas
Austin
Claire Buenz
Eva McMurrecy
Nixon Plans Double Track Viet War Cut
The Nixon administration outlines a two track approach to reduce U.S. combat in Vietnam, aiming for thousands of troops to return home this year while preparing South Vietnamese forces to take on more fighting. Secretary Rogers stresses readiness for a negotiated settlement and urges practical Paris talks on mutual force withdrawals, warning against relying on any single path.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
Vietnam
Paris
North Vietnam
United States
South Vietnam
William P. ‘Rogers
Associated Press
New York
Rogers
Police Officer Quits Over Low Pay in Baytown
Patrolman Thomas R. Hasten resigned after a year with the Baytown Police to return to electrical construction work. In his letter to Chief Blair W. Mann he said the salary makes it impossible to provide for his family and cited better construction wage opportunities in Baytown growth. He noted he enjoyed service but must pursue a standard cost of living wage.
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Thomas R. Hasten
Baytown
Blair W. Mann
Hasten
County Judge Elliott Brooks Fete Speaker Dinner Honor
County Judge Bill Elliott to host as master of ceremonies for a testimonial dinner honoring State Sen. Chet Brooks and the Texas Highway Commission. Co chairs for the event are Delbert Atkinson and Jesse Steicklin of Houston. The dinner at San Jacinto College Student Center on Spencer Highway includes a musical program and a $10 ticket. Proceeds express Harris County gratitude for urban transportation leadership and highway construction support. Tickets via The Baytown Sun or by calling 472-1291 or 424-7511. deadline is Thursday.
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Bill Elliott
Chet Brooks
Texas Highway Commission
J. C. Dingwall
Delbert Atkinson
Jesse Steicklin
Houston
Cochairmen
Imiliott
Pam
San Jacinto College
Spencer Highway
Baytown
Sun
Preston Pendergrass
Atkinson
Harris County
The
Highway Commission
Texas
Sen
Brooks
Repeal of Tax Credit Faces Mixed Reaction
President Nixon proposes major tax reforms including ending the 7 percent investment tax credit and a 10 percent income surtax cut. Support comes from some Democrats and Republicans while others warn repeal could harm the economy. Opinions vary on widening credits for retraining and accelerating tax fairness.
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Washington
Nixon
Hai
Defense pleads with jury to spare Sirhan Sirhan
In Los Angeles the defense pleads with the jury to spare Sirhan Sirhan's life, urging compassion and citing Robert Kennedy's memory. The attorney asks the jury to consider mercy amid the lengthy proceedings and contested motives in the case.
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Sirhan
Los Angeles
Sirhan Sirhan
Robert Kennedy
Sirhan Jury Deliberates Death Penalty Posture
Prosecutor presses for fair trial while urging not to extend mercy as jurors return from a long session without a verdict in the penalty phase of the Sirhan Sirhan murder trial. Grant Cooper and John Howard address the panel as they weigh life versus death for the 25 year old Jordanian Arab.
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Sirhan
Grant B. Cooper
John E. Howard
Howard
Goose Creek landowners invited to lake discussion
Landowners on Goose Creek are invited to a May 19 meeting at City Hall to hear Urban Research of Houston present a plan for a private development corporation to fund and manage a fresh water lake. The $600,000 project would reuse 165 acres of tidal marsh for a lake with parks and recreational facilities, backed by state and federal cost-sharing programs.
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Goose Creek
Jean Froneberger
Houston
Rotary Club
Baytown
Urban Research of
City Hall
Urban Research
Glen Walker
Walker
Udall forms consulting firm after contract approval
Former Interior Secretary Stewart Udall has formed a consulting firm with a man for whom he approved a $550.40 government contract last July. The move follows Udall's recent government dealings and raises questions about post‑office employment.
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Atlanta Constitution
Stewart Udall
Move To Correct Inequity
Washington AP administration spokesmen told Congress that Nixon tax reform aims to quickly repair flaws and set up basic structural changes. Treasury officials said the plan includes a cellar-to-attic review and steps to curb tax preferences for the wealthy while reducing the income tax burden on those below the poverty line.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
Treasury
Charles E. Walker
House
Ways and Means Committee
Walker
Edwin
Cohen
the Treasury
Capitol Hill
Blood donors urged for Baytown hospital patient
Mrs. P. J. Kuhn Jr. of 400 Haler is in need of 34 pints of blood to be donated at the Metabolic Research Foundation in Houston. Donors should submit slips to the Baytown Police Department to credit Mrs. Kuhn's account. She recently underwent extensive surgery after childbirth on April and cannot have visitors at this time.
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P. J. Kuhn Jr
Baytown Hospital
the Sun
Metabolic Research Foundation, Inc
Yoakum
Houston
Baytown
Kuehn
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Fidelis
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Tamarach
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Oklahoma
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Indiana
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Michigan
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L, B
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W. A. Thomas
Baytown Society For Crippled Children
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Kaytown Sun
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Falmouth
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