Ten Cars Jump Tracks in McNair Spree Across Broad Street
Eight empty tank cars of a Southern Pacific train derailed at Wade Road and Broad Street in McNair Tuesday morning. No injuries were reported as the McPac train of 34 cars left the track for about 200 yards damaging the line. The engine remained untouched and the Broad Street crossing reopened within half an hour. Missouri Pacific spokesman O L Smuth said damage estimates were not yet determined.
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Southern Pacific
Wade Road
Broad Street
McNair
McPac
Missouri Pacific
O. L. Smuth
Absentee voting ends May 14 primaries at 5 p.m
Harris County Clerk R E Bob Turrentine reports heavier than usual turnout with 2009 Democratic and 289 Republican absentee ballots cast by 5 p.m. Monday at the Caroline Preston fire station in Houston near the courthouse. Ballots received by mail must arrive by noon Saturday. Monday 5 p.m. was also the deadline to render property for the $3000 homestead exemption and for taxpayers to render property for taxes.
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Harris County
R. E
Bob” Turrentine
Caroline and
Preston
Houst
Ton
Housten
Turrentine
Grace Methodist Launches Its Goal for Giving Campaign
Grace Methodist Church begins its Goal for Giving drive in Baytown with guest entertainer George C. Dent of Park Place Methodist Church Houston. Rev Asbury Lenox will speak on The Magic of Thank You as the campaign aims to raise the 1968 69 budget of 115 00 over six weeks with Solicitations completed by May 5 1968.
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George C. Dent
Houston
Park Place Methodist Church
Grace Methodist Church
Baytown
Dent
Park Place
Southwest
Texas
Asbury Lenox
Grace Church
Kicx
Jack de Cell
Philiia Schelberger
A. J. Froehner
L. Gunn
Grant Horton
Steele McDonald
Charles McKay
R. W. Presnal
Floyd Spear
Jack Strickler
Thea Wiburn
W. E. Wratten
Hobart
Enoch
Rites Wednesday For Father Of Baytown Resident
Funeral services for M. R Harris 51 of Arp Tex father of Lewis C Harris of Baytown will be at 2 p m Wednesday at Pearson Funeral Home Overton with Rev Q Proctor of Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Leverett s Chapel officiating Burial will be in Overton Cemetery He died after an apparent heart attack at his home He was a native of West Virginia and had lived in the Overton Arp area since 1931 He worked as a tool dresser in East Texas oil fields He is survived by his wife five sons four daughters two brothers one sister 35 grandchildren 23 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild
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M. R Harris
Arp
Tex
Lewis C. Harris
Baytown
Pearson Funeral Home
Overton
Q. Proctor
Cumberland ‘Presbyterian Church
Leverett's Chapel
Harris
Overton Memorial Hospital
West Virginia
Overton-Arp
Crane
East Texas
Idabelle Harris
Lewis
Robert P
Wilbert H
Denison
Raymon W
San Antonio
Don
Gilmer
Mary Spangler
Houston
Maxine Bynum
Henderson
Elizabeth Kirkpatrick
Kilgore
Lucille Worley
Silas
Chester
W. Va
Tice
Delphia Perkins
Burgertown
Texas Campaign Voices Clash Over Insurance and Education
In San Antonio Yarborough claims a 20 percent vote rise citing stand on auto insurance rates while attacking the industry. Smith, Arlington teachers say officials should be morally responsible for lives lost in arson. Locke ties campaign to Connally circle. Hill backs lower school age and bilingual programs. Briscoe promotes public forums. Eggers urges local solutions over federal.
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Yarborough
Texas
San Antonio
Smith
Arlington
Hves
Locke
John Connally
Austin
Eggers
Wichita Falls
Washington
Federal programs for student training and life long learning
The government funds education from early childhood to advanced research and management training. Programs cover teaching, farm profit, nuclear science seminars, reading and arithmetic for the illiterate, and lifelong study at low personal cost. Caution advised: progress varies by region and local start times.
Lamar Tech honors Patricia Deckert Phi Kappa Phi member
Patricia C Deckert wife of Charles A Deckert daughter of Mr and Mrs T M Clayton 2919 Ferry Rd elected to Phi Kappa Phi Lamar Tech The Deckerts live at 1403 Adams Baytown Little Theater hosts open house 4 p m Sunday Lakewood Shopping Center board meeting precedes event
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Patricia C. Deckert
Charles A. Deckert
T. M. Clayton
Ferry Roid
Phi Kappa Phi
Lamar Tech
Deckerts
Adams
Baytown
Little Theater
Lakewood Shopping Center
Federal aid maze for students across colleges and schools
The text notes federal programs require local cooperation and initiative, with funds often insufficient. Grants and loans pass through state and community channels, varying by institution and agency. Despite complexity, billions exist, and ambitious students can finance college or training through federal, state, and private aid and continue learning throughout life.
Final Rites Held For Cedar Bayou Man C G Busch
Funeral services were held Sunday for Cedar Bayou resident Charlie Gien Busch 64 at Cedar Bayou Methodist Church with Rev J Davis and Rev Wright officiating. Interment followed at Cedar Bayou Cemetery under Earthman Funeral Home direction. Survived by daughter Mrs Wanda Porter son-in-law Ercel Porter brother W T Busch sisters Mrs Cora Favre Mrs Edna Westbrook two granddaughters Loretta Hayes Lisa Porter and one grandson Timothy Brcei Hayes. A Humble Oil veteran Busch worked 25 years in the process department retiring seven years ago. Pallbearers named Jaca Lantz Billy Rhoades Ellis Smith Herbert Bishop Dr Fayle and Henry Becker.
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Cedar Bayou
Charlie Gien Busch
J. Davis
Wright
Cedar Bayou Methodist Church
Cedar Bayou Methodist Cemetery
Earthman Funeral Home
Bessie Maé Busch
Wanda Porter
Injaw
Ercel Porter
W. T. Busch
Cora Favre
Edna Westbrook
Loretta Hayes
Lisa Porter
Brent
Timothy Brcei Hayes
Baytown
Busch
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Jaca Lantz
Billy Rhoades
Ellis Smith
Herbert Bishop
P_ i
Fayle
Henry Becker
UT football player Joe Nobis drowns in Lake Austin
Our World reports 19 year old Joe Wayne Nobis, UT football player and brother of Tommy Nobis, drowns while swimming in Lake Austin. Also notes Dreft chief Lewis B. Hershey says President Johnson rejected a sweeping remodeling of the Selective Service System proposed by a White House advisory commission.
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Joe Wayne Nobis
University of Texas
Tommy Nobis
Lake Austin
Dreft
Lewis B. Hershey
Johnson Bug
Selective Service
White House
Funeral Notices R T Gomer and Edwin O Bonner
Richard Thomas Gomer 81 of 1604 Alabama Baytown died 12 50 pm Monday in a Baytown hospital veteran custodian of the school district survived by four daughters one son sister brother ten grandchildren and nine great grandchildren services Thursday 10 am Missouri Street Church of Christ burial Memory Earthman Funeral Home pallbearers named. Edwin O Bonner 70 of Baytown died 930 am Monday in a Baytown hospital retired from U S Rubber Co survived by a stepson and stepdaughter a brother and half brother four grandchildren and one great grandchild services Wednesday 130 pm Earthman Chapel burial Rest Haven Cemetery Houston graveside service by Oddfellows Lodge No 960.
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R. T. Gomer
Richard Thomas Gomer
Alabama
Baytown
Gomer
Daughers
Carl E. McAfee
Elaine Macon
Merle Bryant
Denison
Melvin Vaughn
Norfolk
Avery Gomer
California
Alice Herndon
Odessa
Joe ‘Gomer
Illinois
Missouri Street Church of Christ
Jack Arvin
Earthman Funeral Home
W.T Welsh
Fred Langham
Guy Willis
Luther Neill
J. D. Durst
H. C. Durham
Bonner
U. S. Rubber Co
Doyal Mitchell
Houston
Dorris Sanford
George I. Bonner
Corsicana
Early Phinnie
Folgore
Earthman Chapel
Roy Cloud
Rest Haven Cemetery
Oddfellows Lodge No. 960
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