Gun control law debate grows after Austin and Chicago slayings
Editorial argues gun control is a debated issue with strong arguments on both sides. It notes President Johnson’s push for swift action, acknowledges limits in preventing all tragedies, and questions the feasibility of universal, fair controls. It cites Austin sniper Whitman and Texas sales laxities, urging careful, reasoned policy over spur-of-the-moment laws.
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Austin
Chicago
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Congress
Charles Whitman
University of Texas
Texas
Texas Department of Public Safety
Bobby Kennedy creates GOP chances in Florida and South Carolina
Southern Democrats view Bobby Kennedy as a liability aiding Republican efforts in Florida and South Carolina. Claude Kirk in Florida and Marshall Parker in South Carolina campaign Kennedy ties, leveraging support from Kennedy aides and prominent defections from the Democratic Party to boost GOP prospects in gubernatorial and Senate races.
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Bill Schulz
Fulton Lewis
Washington
Bobby Kennedy
Florida
South Carolina
Claude Kirk
Bobby
Robert King High
Miami
Hayden Burns
Kirk
High
William F Haddad
Robert Clampitt
Kennedy
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
Hirk
U.S. Senate
GOP
Eisenhower
Nixon
Marshall Parker
Senate
Donald Russell
D.-S.c
Parker
Hollings
Kennedy - Johnson
Richard Nixon
Barry Goldwater
Barry
Sen
Strom Thurmond
R.S.C
Thurmond
Joseph Rogers Jr
Robert McNair
Albert Watson
John McMillan
Wiliam Jennings Bryan Dorn
Try Your Word Power NEA Feature Across 2
Across and down crossword style clues present a word power feature. Entries include Mescaline appellation, diatribe, expunger, austere, landed property, mask maker, sign of the Mediac, false god, adolescent years, absolute rulers, health resort, ostrichlike bird, trapped, and other numbered hints. The puzzle catalogues various short clues and definitions with themed wordplay.
Letter Urges Baytown Action On MOPAC Rail Route
A Baytown letter to the editor argues the MO PAC rail right of way decision is pivotal for the city. It contends the public broadly supports action from city government to attract U S Steel and avoid missed opportunities seen with past deals. It urges residents to contact council for a prosperous, expanding economy.
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the Sun
MOPAC
Harris County
U.S. Steels
Baytown
Dones
Laughlin
Baytown Jaycees
Mystery Key Opens Desk of Father in Alabama
Gene Garrett of Monroeville solved a ten year mystery identifying the desk key that opens the desk his father used while serving in the Alabama House of Representatives. Garrett, now a state legislator, traced the keys to their locks and found the final key fits his late father’s desk. A second item notes LaVina Tackett’s seventh grade class at Central Junior High in Alamogordo sending Christmas gifts to soldiers in Viet Nam, inspiring a community club of 30 members aged 13 to 82 to dispatch supportive letters. John E. Cunningham, son of Arthur E. Cunningham, began a four week orientation at Fort Hood after graduating in 1962 from Robe rt E. Lee High School.
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Montgomery. Ala
Gene Garrett
Monroeville
Garrett
Hose of Representatives
Alamogordo
Num
LaVina Tackett
Central Junior High School
Viet Nam
John E. Cunningham
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Arthur E. Cunningham
Fort Hood
Cunningham
Robert E. Lee High School
Dodd Libel Case and Deposition Drama Unfolds
Washington column recounts Sen. Dodd a Connecticut Democrat suing for 5 million and seeking quick pretrial depositions while seeking to keep proceedings secret. It details subpoenas, deposition delays, Dodd’s absentee record on foreign relations and space panels, and the shift toward public roll calls amid the libel suit.
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Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Washington
Tom Deda
Dconn
Senate Ethics Committee
Dodd
John Sonnell
Wall Street
Alexander Holtzoff
Sen. Dodd
Sennett
District of Columbia
Jme
Attornney
Senate
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. Dirksen
Connecticut
Congress
Adam Clayton Powell
Senate Space Committee
John Glenn
West Germany
Julius Klein
Baytown Sun Staff and Publication Details
The Baytown Sun details editorial staff and management along with printing and mailing information. It lists editors, publishers, department managers, and office addresses. It notes publication schedule afternoons Monday through Friday and Sundays, postal designation, subscription rates, and agency representation. The Associated Press is credited for news dispatches.
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John Wadley
Paul, Purmanes
Coe Scescog Cea Baegyeessne
Corrie Laughlin
Baytown
Texas
Baytown Sun, Inc
Memorial Drive
P.O
Carter
Texas Newspaper Representatives, Inc
Associated Press
First Aid For Rabies Bites Emphasized By Doctor
Wayne G Brandstadt explains rabies risk from animal bites and stresses immediate wound cleaning with soap and water, observation of biting animals when possible, and vaccination or antirabies serum as needed. High risk groups should complete a vaccine course, and children should avoid handling stray animals or feeding wild rodents.
Barbs on Pleasure and Home Beneath a Humorous Tease
A humorous columnist notes some folks pursue pleasure to avoid thinking while suggesting some women think they have nothing to wear. The piece observes home as a space where a man can do as he pleases until his apparel choices reveal deeper quirks.
Wife Returns From Parents Visit Reflects on Happiness
A visiting wife comments that money alone cannot buy happiness, and poverty also fails to guarantee joy, prompting reflection on value beyond wealth.
Smother play leads to end play in diamonds fails
A bridge expert recalls a four heart contract where a smother play failed. South ruffed the third spade, played the queen of hearts, and after a false finesse East showed out. He attempted an end play by cashing trumps and clubs but East produced the queen, costing diamond tricks. South admits better club running would have saved the contract.
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South
East
Dummy
West
Bridge play analysis asks why a line beats a misfit plan
The discussion explains a hypothetical sequence after pQ108 BOT52 SOUTH aQ6 and orm g92 eAkK3. If East holds queen, he must lead a spade or club, allowing South to ruff and smother West trump. West would overrule with the king, dummy with ace, or discard if West trumps low. The key point is South gains the chance to drop a double ton queen of diamonds, offering an alternative favorable outcome compared to the line South tried.
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East
South
West
Bidding dilemma in no trump after diamond control
In a bridge hand West Passes and North opens two no trump then a sequence of passes leads South to a proffered six diamond bid. You, South, hold a strong hand offering second round diamond control. The question asks what to do when partner continues to fix no trump and what action should follow in the bidding.
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N.T
Hola
President Wilson proclaims national Mother's Day in 1914
A historical note recalls Woodrow Wilson issuing a proclamation in 1914 that established Mother’s Day as a national observance on the second Sunday in May. The quiz also asks for Buddha’s sacred texts, the Tripitaka, describing its three baskets of metaphysical rules disciplinary discourses.
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Woodrow Wilson
Buddha
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