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Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1967

Page

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BAYTOWN Notices Register and Meetings Snapshot

Community notices report student registration by Baytown Opportunity School including location 103 S Main and Sept 2, plus fire fighters meetings and after hours school programs. Also items on teacher needed and local calls. tours at Silver Springs. Service League and club meetings. a funeral return. Vietnam operation update. Optimist Club contact. parachutist badge award. local contest winners. and Chamber luncheon on job impact with Milton Stewart.

Baytown International Association S. Main

Baytown Weather Forecast Keeps Heat on Through Friday

Partly cloudy and hot conditions prevail in the Baytown area with temperatures inching up. Thursday's high is expected near 96 and low around 75, after Wednesday's 95 high and 74 low, with similar heat continuing into Friday.

Baytown Area

Unclehood News and Local Social Notes in Selma Area

ERWIN WILBANKS previews becoming an uncle. Selma Price Ecks enjoys a double dip ice cream cone. Elaine Linder asks for quickest route to Houston. Toy Woods promotes Baytown Little Theater summer workshops starting next week. Margo Sappington returns home before new assignment in California with a TV show. Ver Ha Tag travels to Austin for a short stay. Margie Rodgers to be home between flights as airline hostess. Clyde and E A Hurst and J C Mitchel attend Funny Girl in Houston. JoAnne Braswell hosts a party for Kathy Gaustson returning from Austria study. Mrs Fred Hederhorst shares a garden club program. Charles Tillery discusses American Field Service students. Becky Rogers and Mary Days recover from camp sleep this week.

Erwin Wilbanks Selma Price Elaine Linder Houston Little Theater Margo Sappington California Austin Margie Rodgers Clyde Martin E. Aa. Hurst J. C. Mitchel JoAnne Braswell Kathy Gauteson Austria Fred Hederhorst Charles Tillery Becky Rogers Mary Days

Congo War Update: U.S. Air Help and Rebel Movements

U S Air Force planes evacuated 150 Congolese soldiers to Bukavu as clashes raged nearby. Rebels reportedly held a stronger force of about 200 mercenaries and 80 Katangan fighters near the Rwanda border, while Congolese troops captured Punia and Lubutu amid conflicting reports of fighting.

Kinshasa Congo Kivu Katanga Rwanda Buktavu Punia Lubutu Purnia Jean Schramm

Milwaukee curfew curbs violence as guards guard streets

Milwaukee officials extend a city curfew to 7 p.m. amid riots in the Inner Core. National Guardsmen patrol deserted intersections while police seize arms and missiles after a youth was fatally shot. authorities report multiple arsons and arrests as curfew steadies street activity. Clifford McKissick, 18, dies. his brother is charged with attempted arson. Governor Knowles declines a riot meeting.

Milwaukee Wis APY Henry Maier National 3Rd Street Five Square Mile John Lavin Lavin Clifford McKissick Whitewater State University Maier Imagor Man Warren Knowles New

Faulkner Says Negroes Must Be Changed For Equality

Dartmouth AP report reveals a 1950s letter from William Faulkner saying Black people must change completely to gain justice. He criticizes NAACP support and urges individual responsibility, noting his foundation aid for teaching Negroes.

Dartmouth Mass Wiliam E. Faulkner Butler Paul E. Pollard Faulkner NAACP William Boelkner

10 Per Cent Surtax Is Proposed By LBJ

City reports public works plans with bid openings for Morrell Street and three street reconstructions. Southwest Paving Co. bid 111 623 vs est 138 000. Work to relieve congestion and improve safety. council to vote Aug 10 at 6 30 p.m.

LBJ Preston Pendergrass Morrell Street Pruett North Main Fritz Lanham Ashby Street Park South Pruett Stimpson South Main South Lanham Morrell Commerce Cedar Bayou Road Baker Road Commerce Street Defee Forrest Gulf

Racial News In Brief From Across the Nation

A set of brief items reports on racial tensions and unrest from cities including Washington Providence Wichita Wyandanch Detroit Birmingham and Birmingham. Topics cover rioting curfews arson burnings and investigations into civil rights groups with notes on welfare discrimination and national guard deployment.

Washington House Committee On Un-American Ciites South

Humphrey urges Marshall Plan to curb riots in U S

Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey told a Detroit county officials gathering that the rule of the jungle must not prevail and proposed a Marshall Plan for impoverished American areas to prevent violence. He backed civil peace councils with broad representation to hear unheard voices, detect disorders early, and seek community cooperation, with federal funds possible.

Detroit Hubert H. Humphrey United States America Fiots George C. Marshall Humphrey National Guard National Association of Counties

World and National Briefs Highlight Foreign Aid and Space News

Five week talks on a shop craft dispute yield no progress as a rail shutdown ends. A House committee shapes a foreign aid package close to Johnson aims, likely facing stiff opposition in both houses. America’s Lunar Orbiter enters a promising phase for its moon photo mission.

Natron House Johnson Senate America Moon

Aberfan disaster blamed on British Coal Board

A three member tribunal in London blamed Britain's nationalized coal board for the Aberfan mine waste slide that killed 116 children and 26 adults. It faulted bungling ineptitude and lack of tipping policy, urging safeguards and proper communications to prevent future tip failures.

London Britain Nationalized Coal Board Today Aberfan Coal Board Wales Tipulafsty National Coal Board

Port Arthur Cop Shot in Burglar Firefight

Port Arthur police officer Paul Emerson died of gunfire while probing a burglary in a Negro neighborhood. Partner James Hutchins chased an armed suspect, who was disarmed and detained for questioning. The pistol matched a drugstore burglary. Emerson was 27 and the suspect also 27 with residence listed as Galena Park Texas.

Port Arthur Paul Emerson Emerson James Hutchins Hutchins Galena Park Tex

Schneider Rites Set For Friday

Funeral services for Robert William Schneider 19 of 1402 N Alexander Drive killed in an auto accident on Interstate 10 will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Paul A Lee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Lile Calhoon officiating. He is survived by parents Mr and Mrs H B Schneider two sisters Mrs Sam Cherry and Lytha Sue Schneider grandmothers Mrs Blanche Edwards and Mrs Lavonia Ivy. Interment Cedar Crest Cemetery under Earthman Funeral Home direction. The fatal crash occurred midway between Thompson and Wade roads.

Robert William Schneider N. Alexander Drive Paul A. Lee Baytown Blanche Edwards Tyler Lavonia Ivy Nixon Tex Cedar Crest Cemetery Earthman Funeral Home Thompsson Wade Roads

Johnson proposes tax surcharges to fund Vietnam war

President Johnson outlined an 11 percent surtax on individuals and corporations to finance the Vietnam war and announced an increase of 45 000 U.S. troops, lifting total American forces in Vietnam to 506 000. The plan would raise 36.3 billion in fiscal 1968 with taxes retroactive to July 1 for corporations and next October for individuals, and would extend through 1969 while war costs persist. It also calls for accelerated corporate tax payments, broader current status for small and large corporations over five years, continued excise taxes on autos, and a postponement plan for rate reductions until 1969 or 1970.

Washington Johnson Vietnam Viet[nam

Market slump follows Johnson tax surcharge request

New York stocks fell sharply after President Johnson proposed a 16 percent tax surcharge to fund Vietnam spending. Trading volume remained heavy as the market faced a normal digestion after a recent 1967 peak. Early in the session prices weakened on the tax news and further declined as details of the message emerged.

New York Johnson Secont Congress Key Wall

Question Over Driver Of Wrecked Car Arises

A fatal two car crash on Interstate 10 between Thompson and Wade roads prompted questions about who was driving. Robert William Schneider, 18, of 1402 N Alexander Drive, died in the collision. Mrs. Schneider disputes she was not the driver, while the Harris County Sheriff’s Department listed Schneider as the driver and Walter Frrell, 20, of Mont Belvieu as passenger. The car is registered to Mrs. Walter Farrell, 1406 First St., Mont Belvieu. Farrell says Schneider was driving when the crash occurred.

Interstate 10 Thompson and Wade Roads Robert William Schneider N_ Alexander Drive Schneider Harris County Sheriff's Department Walter Frrell Mont Belvieu Farrrell Walter Far

Forrestal Fire Toll Rises to 131 Dead

Two more injured victims die raising the death toll to 131 from the Forrestal fire. Three others remain unaccounted for as the case unfolds. The Justice Department seeks stricter integration rules in Houston as the incident prompts federal scrutiny.

Forrestal Justice Department Houston

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