Baytown Peace Corps Volunteer Recounts Thai Track Trip
Gene Norton of Baytown recalls guiding 21 Thai students from Yala to Bangkok for a national track meet. He describes a rough 800 mile trip by train, limited sleeping, and students’ fatigue, then notes medals won and his later work with anti poverty programs and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. He studied Thai for months, met Sargent Shriver, and reflects on democracy in Thailand amid travel through Asia and Europe.
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Gene Norton
Baytown
Peace
Wanda Or'lon
Peace Corps
Thailand
Bangkok
Gene
Yala
Sargent Shriver
Shriver
India
Bureau of Indium “Affairs
University of Michigan
Kemedy
East Pakistan
Ran
Lebanon
Jordan
Syria
Turkey
Italy
Greece
Austria
Czechosia
Berlin
Spain
Lisbon
Portugal
East Berlin
Berlin Wall
No Man's Land
R. E. Norton
Craw Road
Stephen F. Austin State Teachers College
Nacogdoches
Prague
Pinto Horse Show Opens In Houston On Sept 19
The Pinto Horse Association will host its first annual all Pinto Horse Show on Saturday September 19 at the association arena located 13921 Chrisman Road off the Aldine Mail Route Road in Houston. Entry inquiries should contact Mrs Dale Heller at 3004 Randolph Pasadena. Also notes Baytown refinery staff engineer promotion for T B Brister and council meeting schedules, with local weather and tides updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Pinto Horse Association
Association
Chrisman Road
Aldine Mail Route
Houston
Dale Heller
Randolph
Pasadena
Around Town: Open house honors newlyweds Dr and Mrs Jesse B Kirkpatrick
Mrs Tom Jenkin Thames Derek and Russ of Dallas visit her mother Mrs Bisie Berly. George Thompson returns from Huntsville. Washington DC guests attended the open house for Dr and Mrs Jesse B Kirkpatrick. Larry Manney returns to Dyess Air Force Base after furlough. Patricia Ellis hosts Avis Linder. Anna Killough seeks owner of found cat. Thurman Rowlett released from a hex. Jan Lammers displays DeMolay golf plate-nide cup after statewide event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Farmer
Jenkin Thames
Derek and
Russ
Dallas
Bisie Berly
Don Diltman
Elray Mallory
New Mexico
Georganne
Thompson
Huntsville
Barton Brice
New Orleans
Cameron Gates
Washington, D.C
Jesse B. Kirkpatrick
Larry Manney
Dyess Air Force Base
Abilene
L. F. Manley
Patricia Ellisof
Avis Linder
Lakeview
Anna Killough
Felton
Anna
Thurman Rowlett
Jan Lammers
Stolen Continental Trailways Bus Found Near Channelview
A red and white Continental Trailways bus No. 5258 was stolen from Baytown Monday night and found abandoned on a feeder road off Highway 13 near Channelview. Houston drivers helped by using a substitute bus. authorities, including Continental Trailways and Baytown police, investigated theft and noted the bus was in working condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jbalige
Houston
Ray McFerren
McFerren
Alto Houston
Tof
Eall
Baytown
McFer‘wen
Continental Trailways
Channelview
Noel Roach
Raymond Hardy
R. H.bo Turner
Viown
Nannie Coody
Bayshore
Baylawn
Commerce
Effie Chambers
H. L. Williams
Cood
Judge Krichamer to argue charge to jury in Sam Flow robbery case
In Houston the jury may begin deliberations this afternoon in the Sam Flow robbery trial, now in its third week. Testimony ended Monday after the defense rested. Hoover, a Pasadena attorney and former mayor, is accused of taking part in the March 1 Schepps robbery, with significant testimony Monday from his wife Mary Hoover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Krichamer
Houston
Hoover
Pasadena
Lee College Loan Fund grams toward goal
Lee College Community Loan Fund stands $2,000 shy of its $8,710.10 goal as it enters the final week of solicitations. Roy Comeaux, president, said donations since April total over $80, with applications due for loan decisions at a board meeting Monday night at the Holiday Inn. Contributions may be made at several local banks or mailed to Box 4223 Baytown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee College
Lown Pend
Roy Comeaux
Holiday Inn
Comeaux
Citizens Tional Bank
First National Bank
Peoples State Bank
High Plants State Bank
Lee College Community Loan Fund, Inc
Im Baytown
Night Ducats On Sale For Baytown Baseball Game
Tickets available at Scarborough's Drug Store 3507 Market Street for special reserved seats for the Colt St Louis Cardinal game. Limited general seats to Baytown. plans include bus transportation to and from Call Stadium. Sales organized by local commerce office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Cardinal
Tires
Ims
Resebuck Wander of
Commerce
Scarborough
Market Street
Bee Rice
Fron Call Stadium
Schlumberger President Gillingham to Speak at Rotary Meeting
British born W. J. Gillingham president of Schlumberger Well Surveying Corp will address the Baytown Rotary Club at noon Wednesday on The Free Enterprise System at the Tower. Gillingham, a Royal School of Mines graduate, rose through Schlumberger to become president in 1957 and has held multiple executive roles and director positions in Schlumberger Limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J
Bill) Gillingham
Schlumberger ‘Well Surveying Corp
Baytown
Gillingham
Caracas
Venezuela
Schlumberger
Sureneo
South America
Schlumberger Well Surveying Corp
Hous
Global and Local News Mixed From Fragile Wire Copy
Washington reports speeded approval delays due to court-ordered reapportionment while Charpentier miners trapped since dawn are rescued as teams reach a surface shaft. In New Jersey riots erupt with gasoline bombs and gunfire injuring several. Goldwater ends vacation and returns to Washington. Texas crops suffer as a heat wave persists. ships sail from Keng Wong amid North Vietnam tensions.
Budget Pay Panels Will Meet Jointly
Baytown school board weighs a $200 across the board teachers pay hike as budget and salaries committees plan a joint session for action next week. BEA data, cost projections, and district contingency notes shape the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Hat
Baytown Education, Association
Trus
Ine Horeczy
Hereczy
Ries
Patictes
Knox Beuvers S
Karl Opryshek
Opryshek
Bayd
Moree
von) Stark Wax
Horeczy
BEA
Sapt
George
Gentry Saint
Heart
Bavlawen
Mittee
Baytown Tax Board Keeps Valuations Largely Steady
Baytown Board of Equalization reports little overall change in city property values this year. Chairman Ro Prue says next year’s valuations will reflect minor shifts mostly from additions to homes and lower values in West Baytown business district. Oil company hearings prompted the largest revisions as the board considers a depreciation scale and a full report for the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prue
Baytown
West Baytown
Rasa Seid
Hely Connec
Pritt
Salinger To Take Engle's Senate Seat
Sacramento Calif AP Gov Edmund G Brown named Pierre Salinger to fill the unexpired term of the late Sen Clair Engle The announcement followed a campaign season and Salinger former White House secretary attended the news conference Brown’s first choice Salinger rushed to the capital after a to deliver remarks at the Arts Center in How Brown’s plan to fly to the Porte for a dinner the same day highlighted his leadership role in the transition with Salinger previously principal of La Parte High School
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Calif
Edmund G. Brown
Pierre Salinger
Clair Engle
White House
Salinger
Avara
Td Porte High School
Metical Arts Center
Brown
Ralph Pwares
Schoal
San Francisco
The
Elinic
Washington bulletin outlines unnamed Viet Nam protest wording
The State Department officer Robert J. Claskes said the protest was sent to the American Embassy in Saigon for transmission through appropriate channels. The notice signals potential consequences if further actions are taken against U.S. military forces, but details remain unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
TU m
State Department
Robert JM Claskes
Ue Americag Emerssy
Saigon
Harris County Grand Jury Begins Term With Foreman
Thomas D. Anderson of Tex National Bank of Commerce serves as foreman as the Harris County Grand Jury begins its three month term on Monday at Houston. Members sworn in include Van Elea, Chase, Chute, and Bishop of Pasadena. The panel will handle criminal case investigations and fiscal matters in Houston, with the May term extended for 80 days.
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Thomas D. Anderson
Tex
National Bank of Commerce
Harris County Grand Jury
Hattston
van Elare
Chase
John Tr
iRvetene
Ratelsh
Pasadena
Crimin
Fastinet
EL Bo Dugean
Erand
Pasaiscal Affairs
Houston
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Duplex Serasyihe Street
Danduey
Wwarkul
Tine Magazine
Tme
Toerat
Peare Corps
Dunong
Hone
Wave
Cambodia
Vietnam
Hong Kong
Phillipines
Milawa
Bronte
HORC
Mrs. Brister
Azalea Drive
Robert E. Lee High School
George Crow
Charles Haden
Tarris County
Galveston
Parliakseah
Rotary
Childrves
Lawrenceville
Wien
Chamaqnole
Prawee
Daly
GegUe Abou
Y Negro
Chang
Dalhas
Opelousas
A. K. Citilipp Sr
Larking Foundry and Minchine Co
Newrtultyek
Larkin
Wharton
Willian Wilsh
Fans
Chermey, Pere “Srehiin
Rank Tris- Loe
Tolkenen
Jersey City
Riel
Barry Goldwater
Malbury
Cali
Limestone Inn
Constellation
U.S
Keng Wong
Johnson
North Viet Nag
Tong
Pals
Citdy
Little
Berane
Citizens National
Lphs Princinal Seriously
Engle
Senate
Virginia
Silents Kerndiy Srt
Cwath
Teperta
Salin Hospital
Iger
Obe Osivarn
Avan
Lai Brown
Natie Porte
Dindine
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