Rail Bridge Reaches Cedar Bayou for Baytown Steel Site
A one million pound lift span bridges Cedar Bayou to Baytown, after a 30 mile trek from Cody Arkansas. The barge passage required three attempts through the Tri Cities Beach Road draw bridge and a 60 foot wide barge with a 120 foot length. The bridge will form part of a Missouri Pacific spur to the 14,000 acre U S Steel plant, including an overpass on Highway 146.
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Henry Holcomb
Alan McWhorter
Cedar Bayou
Baytown
U.S. Steel
Cody
Ark
Tri - Cities Beach Road
Missouri - Pacific
Patilroad Opera
Summer practice and choir tryouts at local high schools
Lee Brigadiers seniors are asked to meet at the Brig at 2 p.m. Monday for summer practice. Sterling High students may try out for ninth grade or boys and girls choirs with Mrs. Kina Stone this week. Meister Singer Choir begins rehearsals at 9 30 a.m. Monday at the school. Rotary film chairman Jack Jacobs will show a radar control airlines film at Baytown Rotary Club noon Wednesday at the Tower.
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Lee
Robert E. Lee
Brig
Sterling High School
Kina Stone
Meister Singer Choir
Rotary Film _ PROGRAM
Jack Jacobs
Houston
Baytown
Rotary Club
Baytown Weather Forecast Turns Clear to Partly Cloudy
Baytown forecasts show clear to partly cloudy skies and hot weather through Wednesday. Temperature range expected Tuesday is 74 to 96 degrees with similar highs and lows across the period. Monday’s readings were about 73 to 8 in Baytown.
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Baytown
Baytown theater leads Pajama Game star and Funny Girl outing
Theresa Moore, leading Baytown Little Theater in The Pajama Game, attends Funny Girl in Houston with her husband and mother. A Watermelon Square Dance Festival in Nava sota features Cat and Helen Har. Lillian Risher offers job search advice as Reg Wilson misses a wedding by ten minutes. The Hargis family returns from Expo 67 in Canada completing a continental tour. Linda DeLaVergne proves hard to reach while Martha O'Brien re-reads the sports page by phone. Mrs. Luther Lea arranges bail, Mrs. Sam Bethea plans a wedding. Debbie Jacobs keeps a Friday night appointment. Betty Haltom departs for Europe. Kim Fowler visits from Bryan as J C Fowler Jr. enjoys time with his grandson. Anny Gorman, once Anna Peacock, takes over her Houston ad agency as her husband pivots to new fields. Amy Curry and Carter Curry are sought after.
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Theresa Moore
Baytown Little Theater
Houston
Cat
Helen Hartrick
Navasota
Lillian Risher
Reg Wilson
Elmer R. Hargis
Ross
Mary Jane
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Canada
Linda DeLaVergne
Martha O'Brien
Luther Lea
Sam Bethea
Debbie Jacobs
Betty Haltom
Europe
J. C. Fowler Jr
Kim Fowler
Bryan
Anny Gorman
Anna Peacock
Baytown
Amy
Car
Curry
Allied Forces Kill 350 Cong In Largest Mekong Delta Sweep
U S and South Vietnamese forces say 280 Viet Cong were killed in the Mekong Delta assault, part of a 16,000-strong operation to clear Viet Cong mining on Highway 4 near My Tho. US casualties listed at 16 dead and 59 wounded, with 28 South Vietnamese killed and 50 wounded per field reports.
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Saigon
U.S
Mekong
Saigor
U S
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Navy
Hanoi-Haiphong
Tuy Hoa
U.S. Navy
My Tho
Fred C. Weyand
Highway 4
Weyand
Sth Marine Regiment
Intrepid
Forrestal
Gulf of Tonkin
Vinh
Railroads Win $300 Million Annual Rate Increase From ICC
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved a $300 million per year freight rate rise for U.S. railroads, about three percent, despite White House calls to hold steady. The rise, effective after filing a master tariff plan within days, aims to restore revenues and support commerce and national defense.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
United States
Commission
Bridge Study For Bay Would Cut Coast Travel Distances
A State Highway Commission hearing heard a Chambers County Galveston and Trinity Bay delegation seek a Galveston Bay bridge from Smith Point to San Leon. Estimated cost about 105 million dollars plus approach roads, aimed at shortening Beaumont to Brazoria and lower Texas Coast travel by 20 to 25 miles amid Gulf Coast growth and industrial expansion.
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Mike Blackman Austin
State Highway Commission
Galveston Bay
Chambers County
Galveston
Trinity Bay Area
Commission
Smith Point
San Leon
Galveston County
Anahuac
Winnie-Stowell
O. F. Nelson Jr
Welson
Nelson
Beaumont
Brazoria County
Texas
Houston
Gulf Coast
Highway Commission
U.S. Steel Corp
Houston Lighting and Power Co
Milwaukee curfew eased as security tightens citywide
Milwaukee lifts the curfew temporarily after police and National Guardsmen restore calm in troubled inner core districts. Curfew to resume at 7 p.m. gasoline sales and liquor sales remain prohibited. guards on standby as police patrol streets.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Jit
Botttom Negro
Racial News In Brief From Various Cities
A spread of disturbances hit South Providence rioters tossed bottles at police cars injuring three officers. Detroit ended the curfew as riots subsided. In Lubbock an official warned the unrest signals a larger insurrection needing UN force. Washington residents flood lawmakers with views by mail amid urban unrest. Detroit riot blamed on rabble rousers during plant dedication trip. Stokely Carmichael passport investigation noted by government agencies. Johnson urges funding for Vietnam and domestic programs to head off uprisings. Havana accuses U S of genocide against Black civil rights claimants. Portland Albina District quiet after second night of disorder. Erie arson and attacks on fire crews mark fifth race-related incident in two weeks.
Newark Black Patrol Forms Amid Riots Aftermath
Newark officials report a Community Black Patrol of 25 year old Willie Wright led Afro American Association volunteers patrolling streets for alleged police brutality. They plan to arm if conditions worsen, though members are currently unarmed observers. Police say they have no comment and continue to review incidents from the riot period.
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Newark
N.S
Black Patrol
Willie Wright
United Afro-American Association
United Community Corporation
U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity
Wright
National Guard
Kennedy McCampbell Crockett Named Ambassador to Nicaragua
Kingsville native Kennedy McCampbell Crockett is sworn in as U S ambassador to Nicaragua. The piece notes a Texas water board ruling that three directors of Brazoria County Water Control and Improvement District No 8 have served legally since appointment rather than election. A Roman Catholic order seeks creditor claim in Errésit Medders bankruptcy case. A Tunis military tribunal convicts a theology student for instigating a mob that burned a Jewish synagogue.
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Kennedy McCampbell Crockett
Kingsville, Tex
Nicaraugua
Texas Water Rights Commission
Brazoria County
Errésit Medders
U.S
Tunis
Budget shifts cut debt service tax to 37.5 cents
School Supt. George H. Gentry presented the 1967-68 tentative budget to the school board at a special meeting. He cited a debt service tax rate drop from 39.7 to 37.5 cents due to new bond interest estimates and deposits made July 18. The total tentative budget is 11,022,333, up from last year's 7,691,553.
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Preston Pendergrass
George H. Gentry
Morday
Gentry
Gerty
Tthe
Sime
Herbert Named To Handle School Insurance Matters
The school board approved Herbert V. Herbert as insurance consultant in charge of placing district building and property insurance for the coming year. He will be assisted by Pat Ball and Jim Bond with about 15 other eligible agencies in the mix. Commission shares are set with Herbert at 45 percent, Ball and Bond at 10 percent each, and 35 percent for other agencies. Renewal and policy reviews followed, with a public hearing planned for Aug. 7 after revisions to the policies manual. Four bids for equipment and services were accepted, naming Fruhauf Co. and others for band uniforms, musical instruments, and athletic concessions. The board also accepted two resignations and hired five teachers.
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Mike Blackman
Herbert V. Herbert
Herbert
Bob Wahrmund
Paul Parkinson
Pat Ball
Jim Bond
Wahrmund
Ball and Bond
Herbert, Ball and Bond
Parkinson
Sam Alford
Neat
Fruhauf Co
Wichita
Kan
Sterling High School
Chet
Bay- Lowes
H and H Music &c
Houston
Norco
Baytown
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George Romney
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United Nations
Arch Roberts
Dallas
Herty Ford II
Dalas
State Department
Stokely Carmichael
Justice Department
Black Power Advocate
Johnson
Americana
Havana
Osvaldo Dortices
Portland
Ore
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Erie
Erle
Plainfield
Pisinfield
UAA
Dominick Spina
Wored
A.ee
John O. Mitchell
Washington Monument
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