Utility Poles Show Work To Be Done
A sequence depicts Pruett Street poles with garage sale signs posters for a July 30 Highlands event and a political poster for a city election. Utility poles near Park Tex as Avenue and Horace Mann Junior High show remnants of posters and posters removed, with much work still needed to clear the poles.
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Pruett
Youte
Pruett and
Park
Highlands
Texas Avenue
South Pruett Dss
Horace Mann Junior High School
Equalization Board Sessions Open for Tax Hearings
The Sun reports the CITY TAX Equalization Board began hearings at 9 a.m. Monday with sessions planned for Tuesday and Wednesday at the same time. Taxpayers may schedule 15 minute appointments at the city tax office. only one person was heard at 9 a.m. Monday. Knights of Pythias Goose Creek Lodge No. 458 to confer the rank of knight on Humble Lodge No. 175 at 8 p.m. Tuesday at Castle Hall 2010 Alexander Drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equalization Board
Boar
Yegard
City Tax Office
Knights OF Pythias
Goose Creek
Humble Lodge
Castle Hall
Alexander Drive
Graham Goes to Aid With Peace Effort in L A Visit
Evangelist Billy Graham flew to Southern California to meet with Aarph Bell and press for congressional action to curb riots. He warned that forces aim to race and class warfare to overthrow the government and urged immediate passage of riot-curbing legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreat
N.C
Billy Graham
Los Angeles
Graham
Asherville
Johnson expresses relief over easing Los Angeles riots
In JOHNSON CITY Texas AP reports President Johnson voiced relief at the easing of the Los Angeles riots and condemned violence as a grave assault on democracy. House Leader Ford echoed that the nation must address root problems with law enforcement and unity.
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Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Los Angeles
Washington
Republican House
Gerald R. Ford Jr
Michigan
Ford
CBS
Staten
Rep. Prentiss
L. Mass
Great Society
LC Board Meet Reset
The school board has postponed its monthly meeting on Lee College affairs to 6:36 pm Tuesday. Regular meetings on college affairs are held on the second Monday each month. The postponement was due to Trustee Sam Alford being out of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee College
Sam Alford
Global storm sinks Chilean navy cutter. riots rock cities
Rescue teams search for survivors after the Chilean navy cutter Janequee sank during a week long storm near Rabin. More than a million feared dead. Chicago national guardsmen on alert amid racial tensions. Springfield Massachusetts quiet after rioting and 67 arrests. political forecasts in Texas and Alabama fuel national chatter about governors, attorney generals, and Johnson family funds.
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Rabin
Sar Pedro
Chicago
Springfield
Mass
Shrimp Season Opens in Trinity Bay and Major Texas Bays
The Texas shrimping season opens Sunday in Trinity Bay and other Gulf Coast bays and runs to December 15. Regulations are largely the same as last year. A sportsman with a basic license may take up to 109 pounds of legal size shrimp daily from major bays. Night shrimping is prohibited and shrimp must meet a minimum size of 39 per pound, except in Sabine Lake where any size is allowed. Shrimp cannot be sold by sportsmen. Trawl width is limited to 20 feet and mesh to five stretched inches. Trawl boards and minor bay rules apply, with minor bay limits of two quarts per person or four per boat for bait. Digests of regulations available from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Join H. Reagan Building, Austin.
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Trinity Bay
Texas
Gulf Coast
Terry Leary
Texas Parks, and Wildlife Department
Sabine Lake
Trinity
Galveston
East Galveston
West Galveston
Matagorda
Keller
East Matagorda
Tres Palacios
Esprito Santo
Lavaca
San Antonio Ayers
Aransas
Mesquite
Corpus Christi
Leary
Jabine Lake
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
H. Reagan
Austin
Wreck On Highway 146 Leaves Three Critically Injured
Three men remain in critical condition at Gulf Coast Hospital after a two car collision at 7 23 p m Saturday on Highway 146 and Ferry Road Extension. Injuries include fractures to a spine and arm, scalp lacerations, broken ribs and a concussion for Johnny Ervin Frazier Jr 31. Wilfred Robertson 20 suffered a fractured shoulder and collar bone with leg injuries and facial lacerations. Willard Henderson Sr 25 received facial injuries and fractures. Henderson and his daughters Linda Marie 3 and Lancene Kay 6 were treated and released. Officer M G Gill described Henderson as not yielding to Frazier causing the crash.
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Gulf Coast Hospital
Highway 146
Ferry Road
Willard Henderson Sr
Massey ‘Tompkins’ Road
Johnny Ervin Frazier Jr
Frazier
Wilfred Robertson
Dassetta
Robertson
Paul A. Lee
Soviet Moon Back Reveals Fewer Seas and More Mountains
Moscow based Tass distributes Yuri Lipsky findings from Zond-3 photos showing the moon’s far side has fewer seas and many mountainous ranges and crater chains. Data from July 20 flyby near 17,900 to under 10,000 kilometers reveals differences from the near side, confirming earlier October 1959 imagery.
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Moscow
Yuri Lipsky
Shternberg Astronomical Institute
Lipsky
Tass
Zond-3
Earth
Lip
Texas coeds Shirley Stark and Sesan Rigsby murdered
July 18 details reveal the University of Texas coeds Shirley Ann Stark and Sesan Rigsby were strangled. Also noted: Houston Astros call up catcher Dave Adlesh from Amarillo farm club. An Atlantic easterly wave threatens possible hurricane development. air inspection planned Tuesday and tropical pressures are falling in most areas.
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Adustice
Jerry
Dellana
Austin
University of Texas
Dave Adlesh
Houston Astros
Amarito
Atlantic
Winward Islands
Tropics
REL Latin Club Baytonians Tops In Nation
Robert E. Lee High School Latin Club won Texas high score at the National Junior Classical League Convention in Los Angeles. Susan Burns Miké Mullen Henry Stevenson Tear Littlepage and others earned multiple blue ribbons in Latin vocabulary derivatives recitation and mythology. The REL group, led by Sherman W. Childres, toured Hollywood Disneyland and Knott's Berry Farm during the week long trip. The convention ran August 9 to 12 with 1,500 delegates in Roman costumes. the REL students returned on Saturday.
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Robert E. Lee High School
Los Angeles
Texas
REL
Susan Burns
R. E. Burns
Rollingwood
Miké Mullen
Harold Mullen
Nurcille
Henry Stevenson
C. Ho Stevenson
Bayshore Drive
Littlepage
Charles Lithlepage
Kentucky
Lee Ekholm
Ronald Endel
H.M. Endel
Parkway
Ronald McCraw
B. F. McCraw
Lindenwood
Hollywood
Disneyland
Knott's
Berry Farm
State Reviews Water Projects Plan To Transport Texas Water
U S Bureau of Reclamation planners meet in Austin to review current water development projects including a proposed canal running parallel to the Gulf Coast from the Sabine River into the Rio Grande Valley. Floyd Dorminy and seven regional directors discuss plans for fiscal 1967 budget preparation.
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Austin
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
Bureau
East Texas
South Texas
Floyd FE
Dorminy
Alaska
EL. W. Enlil
Amarillo
Texas
Harry P. Burleigh
Gulf Coast
Sabine River
Rio Grande Valley
Funeral Service Set for Highlander Mack Ford
Funeral services for Mack Ford 6 a resident of Highlands will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Paul A. Lee Funeral Home. Ford died Sunday morning in a Baytown hospital after a long career at Humble Oil Baytown Refinery before retiring in 1959. He was born October 5, 1898, in Bell Texas and lived in Baytown before moving to Highlands in 1938. Survivors include his wife three daughters five brothers three sisters six grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. The Rev Billy Walker and the Rev Milton Ford will conduct the service with interment at White Oak Cemetery near Porter.
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Mack Ford
Highlands
Highlands Second Baptist Church
Paul A. Lee
Ford
Baytown
Humble Oil & Refining
Inez Ford
Hichlands
Roy Taylor
Houston
Maxine [Short
R. W. Tribble
Bishop
W. H. Ford
Buster Ford
Hardy Ford
Porter
Jack Ford
J.D. Ford
E Campu
Ed Blunt
Humble
Dorcas Mayers
Don MeeShan
Billy Walker
Second Baptist Church
Milton Ford
Faith Temple
White Oak Cemetery
Riots in Los Angeles prompt heavy guards as unrest eases
Reports describe barricades in a safety zone cleared gradually as three tons of aid arrived. Guardsmen and police, amid fires and looting, faced a supposedly planned attack with a high death toll. Officials cautioned no group claimed responsibility.
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Los Angeles
Euske
Baytown Businessman Harlar St Clair Dies in Houston Hospital
Harlar St Clair a 49 year old Baytown businessman and resident of 14 years died Sunday in a Houston hospital after an apparent stroke. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Earthman Chapel with burial in Semupbach Cemetery Spokane. He owned Hiney Radiator Shop on Davis Road and is survived by a stepdaughter Kathy McDougald and stepson Thomas Layne McDougald, plus two grandchildren and other relatives. The Rev Lonnie Bowlen will officiate. Baytown representatives attended a Great Southern Life Insurance annual meeting in Houston recently.
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David Funedergurk
City Hall
W. L
Ditto Chester
Frances Rogers
John
Gordon LeCompte
Sam Houston State College
Mildred Foster
Blair Mann
Tanya
Law Library
University of Texas
Beatrice Jones
Evelyn Jones
Joe Ann Mackenzie
Mary Lou Burkett
Joe Whittington
Sun Sports
Sam Houston State
Kirk Mann
Warren Lisenbee
Stevie McDonald
Kenneth Badgett
Som
F. A. Richardson
Harlar
St.Clair
Baytown
Earthman Chapel
St Clair
Republic
Hiney
Davis Road
Thomas
Layne McDougald
Baytowne
Lonnie
Bowlen
Shippeis
Ozark? Mo
Semupbach
Spokane
Highlands Woman Wilie Ann Morgan Buried at 91
Funeral services for Mrs. Wilie Ann Morgan, 91, longtime Highlands resident, were held at 2 p.m. Monday at Earthman Highlands Chapel. She died Saturday in a Baytown nursing home. Survived by two daughters Mrs J W Hill and Mrs W R Palmer both of Highlands, and son W E Morgan of Dibell. 17 grandchildren, 51 great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren. Interment in White Cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
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Wilie Ann Morgan
Highlands
Earthman Highlands Chapel
Morgan
N. Tenth
Baytown Nursing Home
J. W. Hill
W. R. Palmer
W.E. Morgan Oi] Dibell
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Domed Stadium
Af Citiznns National Bank
Ronnie Weber
The
Highlands Optimist Club
Mary Katherine Strickler
West Texas State University
Canyon
Allen Wingate
Elm
Zech Booth
Wingate
Warkee
Elaine Johnson
Heart Association
Houston Heart Association
ISH
Baytown Service League
Sterling Municipal Library
Ace Halter
Joe. Buggins
Henry Schuhmacker
Citizens National Bank
LBJ
Brecks
W. C. Hale
S. Circle
Rockgien
Hale
Spremie
Texas Daly Newspaper Association
John Connally
Wargrone
U.S
John Tower
Lyndon &, Johnson
Alabama
Peoples State Bank
Old Baytown
F_D.LC
Henderson
Linda Marie
Lancene Kay
Gill
Wes
T* National Bank
REL Latin
Baytonians
Edwin L. Ekholm
Ray Villa
Margaret Suesse
Suesse
Belvedere
Tommy Pullen
Edward Robinson
Goose Creek Drive
Dean Littlepage
Elul
Sherman W. Childres
Highlander
Harris County Federal Savings and Loan Assn
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