Second Year In A Row REL Latin Students Win Sweepstakes
Robert E. Lee High School Latin students, led by Sherman W Childres, won the Sweetstakes award at the National Junior Classical League Convention. 1,800 delegates from 41 states attended Bowling Green WKU. 19 delegates earned 22 medals across scholastic, handicraft, and Olympic events, with Henry Stevenson and Dean Littlepage setting multiple national records.
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REL Latin
Robert E. Lee High School
Sherman W. Childres
Bowling Green
Western Kentucky
Texas
Henry Stevenson
Dean Littlepage
Stevenson
Littlepage
Phice
Kurt Pullen
Lane Ward
Lee Ekholm
Jane Parker
Ant
Kenneth Head
Saie
Chit Winds
Add Re Satenance Crafts
Mike Mullen
Carolyn Strickland
Pullen
Ward
John Childres
Kathy Masters
Baytown
Jane
Home Burglarized in Baytown Woman Reports Loss
MRS. ETTA SCARBOROUGH of 907 WN Pruett reported $2 in cash a gold pendant watch valued at 345 and a set of white dominoes valued at 20 stolen from her home. The incident is noted among local notices and community items.
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Etta Scarborough
Weather Summary for Galveston and Nearby Areas
Partly cloudy and hot with highs 78 to 95 degrees. Sunday low 79 degrees and 85 at 2 a.m. Monday readings from the Sun weather station in Galveston show varying temperatures. Tuesday tides include high at 5:24 a.m., 10:36 a.m., and 2:24 p.m. Low tide at 10:12 p.m.
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Monay
Sun
Galveston
Local Baytown Scenes Highlight Everyday Wins
Jeff Fleming and son start the day with a Baytown trip while Mickey Jenkins laments car brakes missing a reliable ride. Mrs. Gordon Johnson handles a phone link as Veree Whiddon and Ruth Johnson adjust a heat season schedule. Carl Staples rises early but meets S Winston Nowlin on the way out. Ray Rushing clears out sold signs. Eddie Coxes begin week with optimism. Fishing joy returns to Fontenot area. Esther Gunter and Frances Rogers visit Mrs Karl Springer in La Porte. Johnny Holloway praises progress with a round of soft drinks.
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Jeff Fleming
Baytown
Mickey Jenkins
Gordon Johnson
Veree Whiddon
Ruth John
Carl Staples
S. Winston Nowlin
Ray Rushing
Eddie Cox
Reeggie Brewer
Hampton (Frenchy) Fontenot
G. Clark
Esther Gunter
Frances Rogers
Karl Springer
la Porte
Johnny Holloway
Baytonian Attacked in Houston After Movie Visit
Johnny D. Riley a 1914 Baytown teacher at Robert E Le Scheel was attacked on a Houston theater parking lot Saturday night. Two youths struck him with a soft drink bottle and demanded his wallet and car keys. They fled when a man and woman approached. Riley suffered a two inch scalp cut and severed artery, received hospital care and has recuperated at home.
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Johnny D. Riley
Robert E. le Scheel
Houston
Riley
Heart Pump Now In Use A Full Week
Houston doctors report Mrs. Vasquez a 31 year old Mexico City woman in the first week with an artificial heart pump at Methodist Hospital. Attendants note her condition improving and she rests well with lungs clear. kidney function fluctuated but returned to normal as pump output was adjusted from 20 to 35 percent. Earlier patients with similar surgery faced lung complications and death.
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Houston
API
Myrs_ Esperanza del
Vasquez
Marcel L. DeRudder
Louise Caruso
Brooklyn
Maimonides Hospital
Rioting Whites Clash With Police In Chicago Park
Rioting whites clashed with police after civil rights marches into all white Chicago neighborhoods. At least 16 injured, 21 arrested as Marquete Park crowd fought officers with clubs and rocks. A Nazi leader urged a white revolt, while civil rights leaders planned next demonstrations and a congressman proposed curbing march sizes.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Marquete Park
American Nazi Party
Gage Park
Logan
Jefferson Park
John Patter
Civilights
Roman C. Pucinski
D-Ii
Releigh
N.C
School Budget Hearing Set for 1966 67 District Budget
A public hearing on the 1966 67 school district budget is scheduled for 7 30 p m Monday at the administration building. Expenditures for next year are estimated at 7 819 230 dollars, up from last year’s 3 370 TM, which included about 2 million for the district’s building program.
Resigning Baytown Pastor Accepts Texas Post
Rev. Paul W. Stephens, longtime Second Baptist Church leader in Baytown, resigns to become pastor of Long Point Baptist Church in the Spring Branch area of Houston. His departure takes effect Sept 1 after 14 years at Second Baptist. He and wife Joy lead community efforts including Seniorama, parent groups for retarded children, and local revival work. Stephens has held denominational roles and appeared on Houston TV programs. He planned his move after a month of consideration and will preach his first Long Point sermon the first Sunday in September.
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Alma Rohm
Southern Baptist
Nigeria
Women's Missionary Union of the
San Jacinto Baptist Association
Central Baptist Church
Baytown
Exra
In & Stony
Paul W. Stephens
Second Baptist Church
Sunday
Long Point Baptist Church
Spring Branch
Houston
Stephens
Baptist General Convention of Texas
District Four Baptist Convention
Joy
Channel 13
South
Cuba
Second Baptist
Long Point
Hardin - Simmons University
Abilene
Southwestern Baptist Seminary
Fort Worth
Hardin - Simmons
University of Houston
Billy
John Paul
Optimists Announce Safe Driving and Respect For Law Programs
Baytown Optimist Club outlines two fall service efforts led by Bob Beverly and supporting sponsors. Safe driving program targets schools under the Wanted Alive banner with calls for community help, while Respect For Law kicks off Sept week, honoring law enforcement supporters. November features district meeting and Youth Appreciation Week, with Pee-Wee Bowl fundraising, Welcome Stranger holiday outreach, and Boys Harbor youth party planned.
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Baytown
Beverly
Alford
James Girardeau
Joe Zom
Gregg Bickerstaff
Texas
Boys Harbor
Boys Harbor Committee
George Lerch
Charles Fub ‘Er
J. W Schiller
More Errors Hit South Viet Nam Front Near Cambodia
Reports from Saigon say two more mistaken attacks on friendly villages in South Viet Nam killed and wounded civilians in the Mekong Delta and the demilitarized zone. A US spokesman noted unclear casualty causes and possible aircraft involvement. Ground fighting near Pleime and Chu Pong Mountains produced light American casualties. Air strikes and losses rose as the air war continued. Johnson linked a possible Communist take over to impossibility.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
South Viet ‘Nam
Mekong Delta
Emm
North
Mekong
U.S
Demilitarized Zone
1St Cavalry
Chu Pong
Plei Me
North Viet Nam
Air Force
Marine
Navy
Hanoi
96Th Light Infantry
Ft. Devens
Mass
President Johnson vows Vietnam will not be defeated
President Johnson says weekend talks with General Westmoreland strengthen his belief that American and allied troops will not be defeated by the Communists in Viet Nam. Shelby Hunster, Texas Aeronautics Commission chair, is killed in an air show near Amarillo during a stall maneuver. Beer distributors in Houston brace for a strike after contract offers are rejected.
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Johnson
Wiliam C. Westmoreland
Viet Nam
Shelby Hunster
Texas Aeronautics Commision
Amarillo
Houston
Orbiter Craft Ils Nudged Into Perfect Lunar Orbit
NASA announces Lunar Orbiter reached a stable lunar orbit at 1 34 am after a brief rocket burn. The 850 pound spacecraft carries cameras and experiments to photograph a 3000 mile equatorial strip for nine potential Apollo landing zones.
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Pasadena
Calif
America
Cameas
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Moon
Navy
Lee KR. Scherer
NASA
Terms Secret Pending Vote By Strikers
A tentative settlement ending the 33 day airline strike awaits ratification by 35,400 machinists across five major carriers. The pact, described as a memorandum of understanding, would raise wages and benefits and include a living wage escalator, subject to voter approval after extensive union meetings nationwide.
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Washington
Lebor
James J. Reynolds
Aflcio International Association of Machinists
Union
Pesident
P. J. (Roy) Siemiller
Labor Department
Siemiller
White House
Reynolds
United
Eastern
National Northwest
Trans World
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Parker
Jennifer Sirrat
Karen
Beaumont South Park
Beau Wheeler
Miss Paisy
John F Latimer
Press
American Classicadents
Charles
Old
Rome
Victory Ofudents
University of Southern Marnia
Mar
Tin
John @eat
Cari Rats
Rene
Hibraurian
Pabheny
Lee Ebholm
Service League
Sterling Municipal Library
Michael D. Fenley
L. D. Sowell
1St Marine Division
Chu Lai
Pend Delmas J. Hollaway
Sheldon Road
Channelview
Earthmean Baytown Funeral Home
Jaycee
Rotary Meeting
Wilnie Brown
Ross
Sterling High School
Rotary Club
Baytonian
Citizens National Memver F.c,le
Thad Felton
Meus
Robert Motherwell
Kennedy
Dallas
Boston
New England
New Boston
Paul Stephens
Cambodia
Johnson City
Tex
Wiliam Westmoreland
Ian Drang
Pei Me
Clifford H. Nelson
Suari
William Boyer
Boyer
Soviet Union
First National Bank
Wil Rogers
Citizens OF Texas ‘Savings
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