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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1967
Page
3
A nationwide poll of 40,089 physician subscribers in Modern Medicine shows 86.9 percent favor liberalizing abortion laws while 33.1 percent oppose. Results span specialties including general practice, internal medicine, surgery and obstetrics with catholics split nearly even.
U S and Vietnamese officials plan a major resettlement of about 20 000 people from the southern DMZ area as part of a new military approach The plan includes clearing a 12 mile death strip along the coast and moving civilians to a new area near Cam Lo Logistics work begins with wells food and refugee housingCam Lo already hosts 60 refugee families from Gia My on the move by bus and truck
Algiers officials report Red China has placed the equivalent of 2 million dollars at the aluminum government for development projects as part of a 40 million dollar grant promised by Beijing.
JOHN T. HOLZINGER a former Humble Oil and Refining Co. employee at Baytown has been promoted to vice president of North Carolina National Bank in Charlotte.
Indian authorities plan to attract more tourists by constructing honeymoon huts amid riverine lanes. The initial huts will be tested at Mussourie, about 200 miles north of Delhi.
Captain Marvin E. Dougharty Jr. has completed the Air University Squadron Officer School at Maxwell AFB. He is reassigned to the Ground Electronics Engineering Installation Agency Pacific regional HQ at Hickam AFB Hawaii as a communications officer for AF Logistics Command. He is a 1956 Lee High School graduate and a 1966 University of Texas alumnus. His wife Gena is daughter of Lt. Col. Eugene H. Field of Biloxi Mississippi.
A Texas study by Glen Ivey shows several school districts underpaying their share of education costs while others could receive more state aid. The 128 district survey compares assessed values with market values and indicates some districts would gain or lose aid under different methods. The Fort Worth ISD could gain over a million dollars under a market value system for 1966-67. The report notes many districts pay only the minimum salaries for beginning teachers, and questions whether the foundation program favors high-ability districts over poorer ones. The committee was set up by the 59th legislature to review all aspects of public education and will deliver its findings before September 1968.
Mrs. G. C. Damuth, 33, wife of a Magnolia rancher and mother, won Mrs. Texas in Conroe Texas. She will represent Texas in Mrs. America in San Diego. In the shopping and cooking contest she spent 85.47 the lowest among eight contestants for a chicken dinner with plantation pie using an old family recipe.
Reporters and Hollywood crew film a reenactment of the Clutter family murders at the Wichita area site now owned by the Byrds. Director Richard Brooks and actors recreate the 1959 killings in the Basment while journalists observe from the upper floors.
Nine members of Cub Scout Pack 18 received awards at a Roseland Park Pavilion gathering. Norman Ponder presented denner stripes to Paul Folwell Kyle Schultz two year service star and one-year service star to Merk Considine Bobcat badge to Mark Lambrecht wolf badge to Robert Barrow assistant denner stripes to Joey Rotella assistant denner stripe to Barry Armer and denner stripes to Larry Armer. Cubmaster Ron Trachsel. Pack sponsored by Baytown Lions Club.
U S Senator Ernest Gruening argues against U S intervention in Vietnam saying a Communist Vietnam would be better than prolonged war with 10 000 American lives lost and 50 000 wounded He and Senator Tower of Texas agree China is the main antagonist and propose encircling China with prosperous allies including Taiwan South Korea Thailand and Japan
RINPUNDZONG Bhutan AP reports the Himalayan kingdom has inaugurated its first general Post Office and aims to complete a telegraph link with India by next year. It previously relied on a courier system until 1962 and now has a telephone line reaching India.
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