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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1966
Page
1
Partly cloudy and warm conditions with temperatures between 72 and 91 degrees expected. Sunday temperatures ranged from 70 to 92 degrees with a low at 8. Monday’s figures show weekend rainfall near .93 inches. Galveston tides note Tuesday high at 3 24 a.m. and low at 4 18 p.m.
Dr R W Pipkin hammers cinch bags on his front lawn during vacation. Jack Jacobs learns vacations end and Baytown changes with Joan and Lillian Sylvester away. Mary and Leon Brown return to work while Homer Wilson and Jim Black share a lunch. Eldon Beny battles laryngitis as Allen Rice calls from strange places. Archibald Dillahunty nicknamed Arch. Nita Gale Chandler’s photo appears as Barbara Miller and Lynn Hart visit The Sun. H W Arsement runs an errand for his daughter. Linda Bonner and Beverly Threadgill keep busy this summer as Janet Summers shops.
The House Commerce Committee resumes hearings on a bill to end the strike and reemploy up to 180 days. Leaders signal reluctance to move on Senate measures as negotiators from unions and five airlines attend hearings. Javits predicts Congress will pass permanent limits on strikes within a year, with Humphrey warning on wage price issues and dire outcomes. Senate actions referenced on page 14.
Inwood National Bank in northwest Dallas is robbed by a white male gunman. A bystander, Herman Nachman, 43, of Dallas, is killed while attempting to stop the robbery. The robber flees with an undetermined amount of money into an apartment complex behind the bank. Police describe the suspect as about 30, 165 to 170 pounds, with black hair, armed with a .38 revolver.
A school board meeting is set for 7 20 p m Monday with a secret session beforehand to consider personnel changes including resignations and faculty elections. The agenda covers Baytown Optimist Club facility use, joint use study of school property and city parks, report from O L Clevenger on equalization, immunization policy changes, federal program participation, and a building program report by Architect James A Davis.
AP reports the UT shooting spree ends with Karen Griffith age 17 dying at Brackenridge Hospital after a gunman, Charles Whitman, killed 13 others and wounded 31 on the campus tower. Authorities seek pep drug tests and autopsy results while Dexedrine is found with Whitman.
Baytown Jaycees will present a long list of petitioners to city councilmen Monday night in support of the Missouri Pacific rail spur route to serve the U S Steel site. The effort, backed by regional chambers and unions, reports 93 percent signups. Representatives of Mopac, Southern Pacific and U S Steel will attend to seek a mutually acceptable path.
A compact reflection linking James 5 7 on patience with Michelangelo's claim that genius is eternal patience. The text contrasts spiritual waiting for divine timing with the artist's enduring labor and time, underscoring patience as a universal driver of growth and achievement.
Soviet built missiles fired at North Viet Nam on Sunday caused the heaviest single day loss of U S planes in the air war. Seven planes were shot down and 326 aircraft were reported down over the North to date. Ground fire and a mix of radar and SAM sites were cited as causes with most missiles aimed north and west of Hanoi.
About 1,500 civil rights demonstrators marched through a jeering crowd of 2,000 in Chicago's Northwest Side to demand open housing. Police protected the integrated march as rocks and bottles were thrown, dozens arrested or injured, and a priest led prayers outside two churches amid hostile jeers and vigilants.
North Vietnamese moves in central Viet Nam gain pace as rains and jungle hamper U S forces. A 25th Division unit held, a platoon from the 1st Cavalry was overrun, and helicopters could not fly due to zero visibility. Reinforcements trudged 4,000 yards overnight through rain soaked terrain.
Board of Regents will meet at 6:30 p m Tuesday to review the proposed 1966 67 budget totaling 2 637 457 with a two cent tax rate increase. The rate would be 15 cents per 100 dollars valuation, down from 17. Finance Director Robert Sauls says maintenance and operation levy rises to 13 5 cents and debt service levy to 5 1 2 cents. College district valuations are projected near 276 million, down from 278 million.
The city marks the two year anniversary of Watts violence with an arts and jar festival this weekend. Also noted are political clashes in California between Gov. Brown and Ronald Reagan, and anew Cal open housing repeal as a campaign issue. Violent deaths across Texas reach at least 28, many in traffic crashes.
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