Baytown community events and notices roundup
Pors Story Time at Sterling Library for preschoolers requires adult supervision for under four. Avey and Bankdey families returned from Kingsland after a heart attack affecting Mrs Avey’s son. Baytown Youth Fair and Rodeo to air live on KWBA at 7:35 p.m. Saturday. events start with a Thursday parade. Sonny Ferguson rally and spaghetti dinner set for May 1 at American Legion Hall Crosby. J W Hayes attends Texas AEM water treating course in Pasadena. Senior Citizens Club hosts semi annual dinner at St Mark's Methodist on Thursday at 5 30 p.m.. Ladies Auxiliary invited. Baytown First Presbyterian Men’s Brotherhood meets 7 p.m. Wednesday. Neal McKay speaks.
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Baytown
KWBA
Politico! Fete
Sonny Ferguson
American Legion Hall
Crosby
Senior Citizens Club
St. Mark's Methodist Church
Oklahoma
Senior Citizens Ladies Auxiliary
Weather notes show scattered showers and heat across region
Temperatures ranged from 95 to 86 degrees with Tuesday highs near 76 to 81 and a 72 degree reading at 6 a.m. Wednesday. No rain was recorded. Thursday tides at Galveston will be low around 3:48 a.m. and high near 12:36 p.m. Weather station data reflects a damp, hot pattern with tide movements for the day.
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Sun
Around Town Highlights from Baytown Area
Social notes from Baytown and nearby areas list visitors and events. Mr and Mrs A R Cornelius of 610 Peggy visit Hodges Gardens in Louisiana. Kenneth and Beverly Vorns celebrate the birth of daughter Dianne at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital. Peggy Fower gardens near the police station and Leitha King covers Baytown Chamber tasks while Leitha King is called out. The Rev Ed Pendleton attends the Texas Assembly of Christian Churches in Wichita Falls.
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A. R. Cornelius
Peggy
Hodges Gardens
Louisiana
O. W. OL Tidman
Fred B. Hartman
Kingston Adams
al Melinger
Syd Gould
Baytown
Bill Beckman
Emmitt Hutto
Kenneth
Beverly Vorns
Dianne
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Papa
Peggy Fower
Lorna Gail Dickens
Frances Smith
Martha Moore
Not Surprised Says Assistant DA on Baytown Bingo Case
Bayshore Rod, Reel and Gun Club faces grand jury nonbilling after a February raid. Assistant DA Maida says bingo is illegal but the case may reflect public feeling rather than a test. Club leaders and members express relief and intend to use funds for charity work.
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Baytown
Wanda Orton Baytown
Bayshore
Rod, Reel and Gun
Harris County Grand
Macia
Houston
Andrew Lannie
Rawitscher
Bel
Sixth Annual Bay Town Youth Fair Opens With Parade
A downtown parade kicks off the sixth annual Bay Town Youth Fair and Redes. The event runs Thursday through Saturday at the fair grounds on North Main just north of I 10. Nights feature an open show rodeo at 8 pm, with poultry, rabbit judging, livestock judging, a style show, horse show, and a Shetland pony show scheduled across the days. Committees for livestock, parade, and carnival are named, with details on trail ride and catalog work noted.
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Baytown
Fair Grounds
North Main
Interstate 10
Lavern’s Cafe
New Caney
Councilmen Set To Review City 25 Year Plan
Baytown council to discuss long range city needs after Bernard Johnson study final report review. City Manager Fritz Lanham cites a 65 50 study with city share 25,970 and federal funding. Recommendations include zoning building codes and parks with a focus on mud dump ban and street safety. An ordinance on storm sewer repair, traffic signal at Bayway and Decker, bid openings for fuel contracts and city hall center, sale of unused police motorcycles, and annexation of a 10 foot strip along Southern Pacific ROW north of I 10.
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Baytown Ifor
Bernard Johnson
Fritz Lanham
Lanham
Country Club Oaks
State Highway Department
Bayway and Decker
Lowell Lammers
Police Department
Flooding cuts U S 287 in East Texas and heights rise
Flood waters from Chambers Creek flood U S 287 east of Corsicana as East Texas evacuations continue. Rain and rising creeks push levels at Caddo Lake, Big Cypress Creek, and Jefferson threaten towns. forecasts show crest 22 to 25 feet at Jefferson and Lake of the Pines releases up to 3,000 cfs. Residents report water three feet deep at Caddo Lake dock offices and higher levels along shorelines.
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Press Chambers
Corsicana
U.S. 287
East Texais
East Texas
Caddo Lake
Virginia Curtis
Big Cypress Creek
Taylor Island
Caddo
Big Cypress
Jefferson
Lake the Pines
Bis Cypress
Symphonic Band Prepares Selections For Local Concert
Robert E. Lee High School Symphonic Band, winner of the Class 4-A Sweepstakes Award, schedules a Thursday REL Auditorium concert at 7:30 pm conducted by Charles E. Forque. The program opens with An Original Suite by Gordon Jacob, includes Debussy nocturne Fetes, Carnival of Venuses, Serenata, The Jack Paar Tonight Show, Rimsky Korsakov Procession of Nobles, Offenbach Orpheus, a Tijuana Brass medley, and Sousa King Cotton march. Garynte Gowan is the baritone soloist.
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Robert E. Lee
Rel Auditorium
Charles E. Forque
Gordon Jacob
Claude Debussy
SEC probes church bonds for improper use in oil schemes
The SEC cracks down on suspected misuse of church bonds to fund operations, filing three suits this year in federal courts from Miami to Washington. One suit alleges bonds financed private oil exploration, while others probe speculative ventures by church groups. Proceeds from a $2.5 million issue were cited as diverted to private exploration.
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Washington
Securities and Exchange Commission
Commission
SEC
Cos
Lothé
Miami
Oklahoma City
Wasington
D. C
Golden Circle Gospel Foundation
Austin
Tex
Santa Barbara
Calif
U S Air Force Pounds North Viet Nam In Push
AP wires report intensified U S air strikes against North Vietnam to cut Communist supply routes as the Mu Gia Pass attack continues. Detained 18 year old Diolet Goldman's family hopes for return. Wilson begins informal Rhodesia talks to resolve rebellion. Viet Congs abduct or kill over 4000 in two years. Madlyn Murray O'Hair sues 42 defendants for 8.6 million. Accusers include Gov Tawes and Baltimore outlets. Lamarr acquitted of shoplifting at May Co Wilshire store on Jan 27.
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U.S
North
Viet Nam
Mu Gia Pass
Bids Due At 5 P.M. For Baytown City Hall Center Project
City bids from 43 bidders for the Baytown joint City Hall and Community Center on Market Street are due at 5 p.m. Wednesday. The project, funded by a 1965 capital improvement bond of about 940000, allocates roughly 709000 for buildings after land, leveling, and furnishings. The main floor spans 15866 square feet with 4000 square feet in the basement, aided by a 250000 federal Civil Defense grant, offsetting civil defense offices in the basement. The center will total about 22000 square feet with parks and recreation offices. remaining space will host activity rooms for teams, an auditorium, meeting rooms, and a gym area.
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Baytown City Hall
Ac City
Market Street
Fritz Lanham
The
Civil Defense Agency
Baytown
Civil Defense Unit
Parks and Réc
Erat
Hot Menu Slated By Sportsmen Club
Grover Edge heads Bayshore Red Reel and Gun Club and invites the public to a May 7 primary election meet the candidates at 6 p.m. on Thursday at 3223 Minnesota. Free chili and 50 cent chili will be served. proceeds go to retire litigation fees from the club’s bingo case.
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Grover Edge
Bayshore Red
Reel
Minnesota
Edge
Eddie Huron
Pope and Gromyko Hold Historic Vatican Talk
Pope Paul VI and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko met in private at the Vatican for 45 minutes in a historic audience. They said they agreed to work together for world peace independent of ideologies, continuing dialogue begun at the United Nations visit last October.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
United Nations
New York
Chess Championship Returns to Baytown Highlighted by Bone
Eric Bone of Baytown, a master, reclaimed the Texas championship after a Dallas tourney finishing with three wins and two draws, just one point from perfection. The playoff occurred at Kenneth R. Smith's Dallas home. Bone, an aerospace tech at NASA, previously held the state title in 1963 and the Texas Junior title.
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Eric Bone
W. Bayshore
Baytown
Texas
Dallas
Bone
Kenneth R. Smith
NASA
Cal Tech
Penn’ State
Houston Chess
Sw. D. “Broyles
Channelview council pushes six point letter to trustees
Channelview Coordinating Council trustees letter lists six questions regarding the new assistant superintendent for special services. It asks for salary sources, funding from state or federal funds, retroactive dating to September 1965, and whether a secretary will be funded, with requests for dates and allocations. Florence Butler chairs.
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Chiare
Channelview Citizens
Counéil Sulmbens
Aus
J_ Hh
Tennison
Supe
Channelview
Sistent
Astich
Testang
Jchaninelview ‘Coordinat
ing-Council
Florence Butler
Interstate Commerce approves major railroad merger
The Interstate Commerce Commission unanimously approves a merger between two railroads after a key vote, marking a historic move though a competing plan is rejected by a narrow margin. The planned integration drew strong support from some factions and opposition from others, signaling a pivotal moment in rail history.
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Washington
Onse Interstate Commerce
Commvision
Sylvania
New York Central
Diggeat
GS. Histor
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Sterling Municipal Library
W. H. Avey
E_ C. Bankdey
Kingsland
J. W. Hayes
Texas Aem University
Pasadena
Brotherhood
First Presbyterian Men’s Brotherhood
Neal McKay
Citizens National Memoer F.d.1.c
Bach
Brahms
Robert E. Lee High School
Grace Methodist
David Petrash
Mike Fink
Sue Atteberry
Mary Cartridge
Mike Rogers
Dennis Williams
Gary Burroughs
Beverly McCall
Sharon Shaddix
la Jan McAlister
Steven Faulkner
Sharon Creel
Jesus
People
W. B. Anderson
Jimmy Jones
Lawrence Casey
A. W. Alford
E. B. Herrington
Tommy Kimmy
Brice Foster
Tex Haltom
Jack Singer
J. W. Siolander
Dalton Clanton
Tommy
Kimmey
Eddie Gray
Bruce Foster
Johnny Moler
Ben Foster
Jack Singger
Ray Anderson
Chambers Creek
East
Peoples State Bank
Mamorr F
Executive Car Sale
Thad Felton
Symphonic Band
Citizens OF Texas Savings
Diolet
Gokdman
Fila
Harold Wilson
Rhodesia
Madlyn ‘Murray
O'alr Hag
Marylang
J. Millard Tawes
Associated Press
Baltimore
Baltimore Sun
Baltimore News-Fest
White House
Senate
Agriculture Department
Hedy Lamarr
May Co
Wilshire Boulevard
Instan
Jack Reed
Ponders
Attack Reed
Robert Whitted
Jack Taylor
Harold Bone
Pope
Vatican
Harris
County Federal Savings and’ Town
Alan
Bulletin
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