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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1964
Page
1
Events listing invites residents to a Republican party gathering at Stof the Knights Senate headquarters 1406 Main Houston on Saturday evening. Entertainment includes Justin Wilson Ruth Born and others with refreshments. dancing to follow at the Wagon Wheel Club hall.
The Vietnamese border crisis eased with no North Vietnamese attack last night while U S and Red Chinese buildups continue in Southeast Asia. American advisers and South Vietnamese forces on the Gia Linh frontier stayed alert as reports said a major attack might come, though ordinary fighting persisted along the frontier. World tensions rose over Red China as intelligence cited possible MIG fighters to Hanoi, while U S jets were said to operate from Hawaii toward undisclosed bases in Asia. President Johnson and officials kept cautious optimism amid conflicting reports. See crisis page 2.
A collage of brief items notes Baytown readers resettling in Elizabeth New Jersey receiving Sun subscriptions. Meetings show Leon Legler interview moments, job swaps by Jack Romb and Rusty Smith, Bob Crain returning from Georgia tips, and sports car drying efforts after heavy rain. Also mentions ad staff changes Jim Casey Doug Vicey Paul Putman and a Washington trip by Mrs. Galloway and daughter Lynn. A Marine Band highlight, librarian Hank Blasick travels to Tennessee, Tommy Kimmey Youth Fair storm damage, and birthday wishes for Larry Roebuck.
Letters to Baytown school board from the Human Relations Council praise the district for progressive desegregation measures. They urge immediate action including full transfer policy use, tutoring, district rezoning by geography, and full level implementation by September 1965, with junior and senior high timing as soon as possible.
The Houston Weather Bureau reports a small tropical storm named Abby forming in the northwest Gulf with winds near 60 mph. Small craft warnings extend from San Luis Pass to Port O’Connor as the disturbance moves westward and alerts are urged for all interests. Congress approves Johnson action amid Southeast Asian crisis as the Soviet government accuses U.S. Air Force of buzzing ships in international waters.
Baytown recorded 14.38 inches of rain in 1964, with July bringing 2.6 inches. A Humble Oil and Refining Co research center notes rainfall trails the normal pace, despite a 1.15 inch dump from a cloudburst.
Three Lee College MDT classes for unemployed Harris County youths are delayed by a one month hold on a $926,811 federal grant. TEC and Houston staff will process applicants as programs aim to start by Sept 21, with 40 off set printing, 40 cooks, and 40 tool and die students amid 200 applicants already.
Supt. George H Gentry at a joint school board budget and salaries meeting said he favors a plan to raise teachers pay, potentially not the full $200 per year BEA request. The group noted costs and tax implications, proposing alternative raises by tenure and education level, while acknowledging district budget pressures.
Premier Nguyen Khanh decreed a state of emergency and ordered mobilization, saying the coming weeks would be decisive in the struggle against the Communists. The UN Security Council prepared to invite North and South Vietnam to discuss the Southeast Asia crisis while border defenses and reconnaissance flights remained intensified along the 50 mile frontier.
The Associated Press reports Texas endures the worst heat wave in ten years with temperatures hitting 112 at Wichita Falls and 714 at Seymour. A thunderstorm in San Antonio offered slight relief but drought worsened. Victims include Elmer Allen 44 who died in 105 degree heat at Fort Phantom Lake near Abilene. Poultry losses mount around Nacogdoches as thousands of chickens perish from the heat. State hopes for weekend showers to ease conditions.
Amid Southeast Asia tensions and civil rights murders, President Johnson faces a harsh crisis as Goldwater warns against a single issue strategy. GOP and Democrats back prominent resolutions while foreign leaders greet visiting officials. violence, typhoons, and political tension color the day’s news across the United States and abroad.
Gulf Oil announces plans for a second Cedar Bayou olefin plant on Interstate 16 Baytown to produce normal alpha olefins using ethylene feedstock. Details on cost and employment were not disclosed and construction targets target the latter half of 1965 with a capacity exceeding 1 million pounds of high purity products.
William V. Allen, 38, of 206 Grantham, treated at Gulf Coast for a superficial gunshot wound above the left knee after his wife, 34, said she took a Winchester rifle from the living room gun rack and a hammer cocked it. She carried it toward the bedroom doorway when the weapon fired striking Allen as he stood on the bed edge. The bullet passed through the mattress. Allen’s left knee bone was broken and the rifle's cap damaged. No charges filed.
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