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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1966
Page
1
The text contrasts doubt and faith with Romans 14 23 noting sin in actions not from faith. It extols strength from belief in unseen things and asserts that belief yields strong actions while doubt weakens. It closes with Clarke quote on strong convictions preceding great deeds.
C W Hastings former Baytown VEW post commander warns that a tele phone solicitation group using his organization name is unaffiliated with the local post and lacks VFW permission. Astro Game Humble Pioneer Club sponsors a bus trip to an Astros game for members on Aug 24 with a $2.50 man $1.50 woman price. reserve via R H Weaver at 582-3496 by Aug 17. Yell Camp cheerleaders from Robert E Lee High School attend a camp at Sam Houston State Teachers College Huntsville. camp ends Friday. Service League meets Friday 9:15 am at Goose Creek Country Club. Rummage Sale by Licensed Vocational Nurses 8 am to 6 pm Friday and Saturday at 3417 Market. Weather shows scattered showers 75-54. yesterday 72-89 with Jadegree at 3 am Thursday. Galveston tides Friday high at 7:18 am 1 pm 5:36 pm. No joy ride.
Roger Heinrich Billy Mc Hugh and Hal Smith enjoy a pizza. Mrs B B Angel receives several neighbor inquiries about the long promised and publicized ice cream. Mary Ann Whitaker makes plans for a big weekend. Richard Gresham visits The Sun office. A V Haynes has four tickets for Sunday's game in the Astrodome. Dan Ellis and Rocky Keene are noted for eating and roaming. Mrs R W Pipkin attends a Denver convention. Tobe Brown explains western attire. Linda Knobles prepares for a big event. Joanie Wells and Becky Groner have their picture made. Rosalind Nettles brings in a story.
Our World Today reports University of Texas sniper Charles Whitman, who killed 15, suffered two nonfatal wounds and a brain tumor found later is not believed to have influenced his rampage. Also noted are Beattie group’s Texas reception, Pat Nugent party, white protests in Chicago, and a fatal collision near Pascagoula, Mississippi.
The Cedar Bayou Crossing Port Commission approved Missouri Pacific Railroad’s request for a 27 foot bridge linking Mo Pac tracks to the U S Steel site about seven miles from the bayou mouth and 0.5 miles east of Tri City Beach Road. The approval is contingent on possible future bridge height increases if navigation demands.
Pittsburgh Steel Co along with Armco, Jones & Laughlin and Inland Steel raised prices on hot and cold rolled sheets and hot rolled strip by 15 cents per 200 pounds. Cold rolled strip climbs 15 cents per 100 pounds, or $3 per ton, with secondary grade sheets up 10 cents per 100 pounds. Effective August 10, the company cites higher costs for the boost.
In Rio de Janeiro Gov. John Connally spoke of a flashback to President Kennedy's murder as he discussed a mass shooting in Texas. He was meeting Brazilian foreign affairs officials when news reached South America, prompting questions about Lee Harvey Oswald.
Lee College begins work on a five-building technical vocational complex. Footings for the foundation are under construction and a two story building’s steel frame is planned for completion by Thanksgiving. Alvin Miles, assistant dean, notes progress as the School of Licensed Vocational Nursing moves to 301 Whiting.
AP dispatch reports B42s bombed both Vietnamese positions in the buffer zone between North and South Vietnam. U.S. troops remained deployed in the highlands near Saigon amid planned spoiling operations. Casualties and specifics vary, with Marines and Vietnamese forces engaging in Hastings operations and air support continuing at high tempo.
The Senate seeks a compromise to end a strike by airline machinists. The proposal splits action between Congress and President Johnson in three steps, including a 30 day back to work order and a mediation panel, with possible 90 day extension if no agreement is reached. Senators Javits Dirksen Riore weigh changes as the clock runs.
Members of the Bayshore Rod Reef and Gun Club who formed a marine picket line around a Trinity Bay shell dredge last weekend plan to protest to Governor Connally in Austin. They will also picket shell company offices in Houston. The protest targets ongoing dredging of exposed shell reefs seen as harmful to conservation. The floating line forced the Parker Bros. dredge off Smith Point to halt operations. Joe Nelson and Jack Walker said lines will be set up in Houston and Austin in coming weeks, with further plans to circle more dredges in Beaumont, Port Arthur, Galveston, and Trinity Bays.
The Baytown Junior Chamber of Commerce followed the Greater Baytown Chamber of Commerce in backing Missouri Pacific’s proposed rail spur route through Baytown. The Jaycees endorsed Moone's plan at a noon Wednesday meeting and spoke in favor of the city council accepting it at the earliest time. They plan petitions to mobilize citizen support and present them at the Monday council meeting with U S Steel Mopac and Southern Pacific officials attending.
A general meeting for precinct chairmen and campaign workers for John Tower will convene at 7 30 p m Thursday at Tower headquarters on West Texas Street in Dallas.
The Wooster Chamber of Commerce unanimously urged Wooster City Council to approve Missouri Pacific's proposed route for a spur to serve the U S Steel plant. Richard King, chamber president, will attend Monday’s council meeting to advocate the plan.
The White House labeled recent steel price increases by Inland Steel and others as irresponsible for acting without government discussion. Gardner Ackley, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, urged firms to delay action and seek talks, warning of inflationary impact on the economy and goods using steel. Additional companies followed Inland’s move, while the administration opposed inflationary rises and hinted at possible rollbacks.
The Baytown Sun promotes a "college special" for students in Southeast Harris County offering a home town news subscription at 39 for nine months and a bonus Encyclopedic Dictionary valued at 15 for 4.95. Circulation Manager Jim Kyle handles signups and extensions.
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