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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 04, 1967

Page

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Cheerleaders Headed to Dallas for SMU Event

Ross Sterling High School cheerleaders depart Sunday for Southern Methodist University in Dallas for cheerleader duties. The group includes Neldena Mooney Lane Lumus Sue Keezan Phillip DePrang Scottie Worden and Mark Ocker. Homemakers of America meet 7 30 p m Monday at Robert E Lee High School. Dr W H Starves led a seminar at Iowa State University on the oxidation of monohydric alcohols with lead tetraacetate. OES supper Cedar Bayou Order of Eastern Star invites Cedar Bayou Lodge members to a 5 39 p m Saturday covered dish meal. Rough Riders Club meets 7 23 30 p m Friday at Lakewood Clubhouse. Sterling Band rehearses 7 30 a m Monday with section practice. Hoglan named Outstanding Loadmaster at Travis AFB. LT John C Becka Jr, a 1961 R E Lee grad, serves in Thailand. earned a BS from Texas A&M in 1965.

Ross Sterling High School Southern Methodist University Dallas Neldena Mooney Lane Lumus Sue Keezan Phillip DePrang Scottie Worden Mark Ocker Cedar Bayou

Baytown Forecast Sees Heat Into Weekend in Baytown

The Baytown area weather forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies and hot temperatures through Saturday. Friday's high low estimate is 98 and 73 degrees, with Thursday's range recorded at 95 to 74. Galveston tides show high water at 3:15 am and 4:36 pm with no low tide times indicated.

Baytown Area Galveston

Baytown visitors and local notes from the paper

MR and MRS Donnie Tucker of Grand Isle plan visits to W. Lees and in Baytown. Ralph Trout and Mike Stubbs from Robert L. Lee High School perform in the Teen Corsade brass ensemble at the Houston Coliseum. City Engineer Jack Morton is on vacation. Various locals greet visitors, travel plans, and family notes including a Baytonian in Houston, fishing notes, vacations, and a birthday salute to Elaine Buckels.

Donnie Tucker Grand Isle W._ Lees Baytown Ralph Trout Mike Stubbs Robert £. Lee Houston Coliseum Jack Morton B. Lee Earl Lively Chester Resers Bleu Beathard Tonian Houston John Busch Glenn Lowry Roger Rocky) Keene H. D. Eee Duane Fairbanks Alaska Elaine Buckels

Violence Flare Reaches Wichita Amid National Tension

Reports describe a car shot at a sheriff and a group of Negro youths triggering a demonstration in Wichita Kansas amid scattered unrest nationwide. Milwaukee’s curfew eased, Providence officials declare violence near ending, while national leaders debate curfews and antipoverty funding.

Associated Press Wichita Kan Wyardanch N.Y Pheng Island Milwaukee Providence R.I Vern Miller Miller W. Willard Wirtz Stokely Carmichael Rapp Brown Wisconsin Fort Worth Tex Henry Maier

President Johnson rebuts Romney on troop dispatch claim in Detroit

A review of events cites constitutional limits on military action and Johnson's denial of politicizing troop deployment during Detroit riots. Reports mention global tensions from Congo clashes near Bukavu to Arab Israeli exchanges, with multiple political and military developments across nations.

Johnson Michi-gan George Romney White House Detroit

Ex-Gander Gridder Wins Award For Writing Letter

Capt Ronald W Harlan 28 son of Mr Mrs William E Harlan Baytown shows off 1966 Freedoms Foundation letter writing award won for Defending Freedom Safeguards America He served as co captain of 1955 Robert E Lee Gander team and earned all district tackle honors in 1955 He holds a PhD in geology from Texas A&M and recently completed an Engineers Basic Course at Ft Belvoir VA He and wife Dorothy have a five year old daughter Angela

Ronald W. Harlan U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lawrence Radistion Laboratory Livermere Calif Freedoms Foundation Maurice K. Kurtz Jr San Francisco William E. Harlan High St Baytown Ronnie Harlan John Tubbe Ronnie Maurice K. Kurt Jr Lawrence Radiation Laboratory U S. Army Corps of Engineers Livermore America Harlan George Washington Capt Texas A&m Ft. Belvoir Dorothy Angela

Bridge Collapse Buries Workers in Kansas City Construction

AP report from Kansas City notes a bridge under construction in the southeast area collapsed today, sending tons of concrete onto workers. Police estimated 13 men were struck with injuries not yet known, while 40 to 30 others were beneath the span. Ambulances rushed to the scene as concrete poured earlier at 03rd and Grandview.

Kansas City Ssr William O’brien Grandview

Orange Steel Plant Due Modernization

Washington AP reports higher draft calls and a possible 2 billion defense budget supplement tied to President Johnsons troop increase for Vietnam. McNamara to cut nonessential spend, 354000 troops now in Vietnam after a 7000 man adjustment. draft pace projected above 35000 per quarter.

Washington Johnson Vietnam Pentagon U.S Defense Robert S. McNamara McNamara North Vietnam

Litras Named Personnel Chief for Texas Works Project

Thomas Litras, formerly with U.S. Steel at Gary Works, is appointed general supervisor for contract administration employment and training for the Texas Works project near Baytown. A native of Oshkosh Wisconsin and UW graduate, Litras has held multiple safety and training roles in steel plants and serves in civic and religious organizations. He and wife Harriet have two sons, Christopher and Jonathan.

Oshkosh Wisc University of Wisconsin Litras US. Steel Waukegan (I Duluth Duluth Miiing) Works and the Cuyahoga (Ohio) Works of U. S. Steel Gary Littras Gary Steel Works United Fund of Greater Gary Bishop's Swarden Episcopal Church of the Incarnation American Society of Safety En~igingers Minors Trading Directors Association Harriet Christopher Jonathan

Baytown steel plates drive Orange pipe mill upgrade

U S Steel plans modernization at its Orange plant to handle larger diameter pipe up to 44 inches. Plates will be shipped from the Texas Baytown Works, with a new Cedar Bayou railroad link and a $1 million bridge improving freight access. Construction begins late 1963, with first operations in 1965.

Peitsbrgh Texas Works Baytown Orange American Bridge Division U.S. Steel Pittsburgh US. Steel Edwin H. Gott Cedar Bayou West Chambers County Missouri Pacific Railroad Co MOPAC Coady Ark Goti U.S Texas mAore American Bridge Gott John C. Magness Magness American Bridge

U S Steel and rivals raise tinplate prices nationwide

U S Steel Corp along with National and Wheeling Steel raise tinplate prices by about 1 1 percent, with Bethlehem Steel studying the move as the industry faces cost pressures and weak first-half earnings across major firms. A copper surcharge also set by Phelps Dodge Copper Products Corp adds 2 cents per pound to brass products.

Pittsburgh U.S. Steel Corp National Wheeling Steel Corporations Bethlehem Steel Corp Bethlehem Penis el Passo US Steel Republic Wheeling

Opposition To Tax Proposal Rising In Congress

Congress debates President Johnsons 10 percent income tax surcharge with reactions ranging from lukewarm to chilly. Key figures like Proxmire and Mills question the move while others consider hearings from August 14 and potential retroactivity. Supporters stress deficit and Vietnam costs, while critics urge fiscal restraint and limited surtax impact on lower brackets.

Congress Wilbur D Mills D-Ark House Ways and Means Committee Miss Johnnson Johnson Arkansas Democrat Ways and Means Gay Ways ‘and Means Committee

Bankers Back LBJ Plan Polarized By Varying Reactions

New York AP report shows bankers broadly back President Johnson’s proposed 10 percent surcharge on corporate and personal taxes, while some business leaders warn it could worsen a softening economy. Public opinion ranges from acceptance to opposition, with calls to cut nondefense spending and avoid war funding.

Johnson NEW York Man Gabriel Hauge Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co Edmund F. Martin

Humphrey Plans Galveston Tour With Oceanographic Focus

Vice President Hubert Humphrey will briefly tour Galveston coast facilities including the oceanography labs at Texas Maritime Academy and a visit to the U S Bureau of Fisheries, with plans for a 2.5 hour stop before heading to Fort Worth for a Texas AFL-CIO convention speech.

Galveston Tex Hubert Humphrey Humphrey Fort Worh Scholes Field Municipal Washington Texas Atea U.S. Bureau of Commonc Fisheries Texas A&m University Laboratories Texas Marinae Academy Varius Historic Sealy Professions Scholes Field Worth

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Robert E. Lee High School Herbert Lorfing W. H. Starves Iowa State University Dr. Starnes Esso Research and Engineering, Co Baytown Chemicals Research Laboratory Rough Riders Rough Riders Club Lakewood Clubhase Sterling Bend Sterling Elmer Hargis Hoglan Atrman Billy L. Hoglan Arvel L. Hoglan Crosby 86Th Travis Afb Karen Sue Sarah White Bowie Ford & Climatic FORD Joseph A. Doorley Jr Senate Judiciary Committee Nashville, Tenn Office of Economic Opportunity Howard A. Franklin Judiciary Committee Nashville Edward M., Kennedy Dmass John Soerace Our World Capital New ‘York Ketel Bukavus Congo Hivu Church of Holy Sepulcher Christendom Uruguay Mississippi River Preston Smith DeWitt Ce Greer Jorianian Jordan River Jericho Crawford Martin James M. Gavin France Massachusetts Democratic Act“visery Council Sobnson Oklahoma Nevis Briscoe I Oklahoma State University Vatican City Paul VI Tipo Moscow Alexis Canada Gander the Freedoms Foundation Jr Valley Forge U. S Bulletin Orange Steel Plant Thomas Litras William Proxmire D—Wis Senate—House Economic Committee Jack Miller Wallace F. Bennett Utah Senate Finance Committee al Ullman D— Ore Frank Snyder Seattle Thers Sherman Pulley Washington, D.C Light Company PTO Peswraike Ceaspany John O. Mitchel
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