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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1968
Page
4
Editorialists discuss reform in selecting presidential candidates, noting the GOP convention process. They defend Nixon's use of the primary system, rebutting claims of a party machine and arguing the convention reflected ordinary voters and opportunities for any candidate. The piece critiques hopes for a sudden overturn of the system.
The piece argues peace talks in Paris reveal no progress and questions the idea of a $30 billion postwar funding boom. It notes the money is imagined, borrowed against future productivity, with $25 billion tied to 1967 68 deficits. It cautions optimism about hard currency for renewal projects and predicts limited immediate freedom to incur more debt.
The Baytown Sun column argues that Manhattan culture distorts American taste and lauds Don McNeill's Breakfast Club. It recalls the show’s 37 year run ending with his retirement, praising its restraint, family values, and rare moment of silent prayer. It urges networks to rethink centralized, sensational programming.
The column explains that the cause of Meniere's disease is unknown but factors like allergy stress and circulation disturbances in the inner ear may contribute. Treatments include diuretics antihistamines nicotinic acid vitamin B12 betahistine and streptomycin with salt restriction. Severe cases may require surgical destruction of the inner ear.
The quoted line presents I Corinthians 15 3 a verse stating that Christ died for sins according to the scriptures highlighting early Christian teaching
The Baytown Sun, Inc publishes afternoons six days a week from 1801 Memorial Drive Baytown Texas with a post office entry as second class matter. Staff include Fred Hartman Bill Hartman John Wadley Beulsh Mae Jackson Paul Putman Ann B. Pritchett editor and publisher and Preston Pendergrass Jonella Boynton Dwight Moody Corrie Laughlin managing editor and an advertising department with retail and national managers. Subscription rates are $1.75 per month or $21 per year by carrier with 10c single copy. mail rates on request.
Sun Slants jokes about Baytown landing a National League team and moving Astros’ games into the Astrodome. Fantastical plan features Lamar Hunt, Tommy Mercer, and Roy Hofheinz, with a humorous bid to run operations from Humble and U.S. Steel funds, predicting Baytown as Houston’s rival hub and lampooning the local baseball scene.
A reader quiz notes the fastest selling record, John F Kennedy Memorial Album, selling four million copies in six days after Kennedy's assassination. It also states the Suez Canal has no locks, is 103 miles long, and links the Mediterranean with the Red Sea.
Washington profile by Drew Pearson discusses Hubert Humphrey backing rivals who later challenge him for the presidency. It notes Humphrey helped Eugene McCarthy win a House seat in 1948 and a Senate seat ten years later, and recounts his advice to a South Dakota professor about finding a Washington home in Chevy Chase.
Reader letters praise a Sun editorial on Baytown juvenile jail facilities noting deplorable cell conditions and lack of female staff. The page also blends political anecdotes about McGovern, Humphrey, Kennedy forces, and Greek American roots tied to Spiro Agnew’s father, reflecting campaign era chatter and local concerns.
Dallas Orange Team beats California Al Stars 13 IMPs in a bridge match. Bobby Wolff uses artificial two club opening, North's two diamonds catch-all reply, Stayman three clubs, leading to a winning three spades contract. Details cover bidding, play, and outcomes with North and South actions.
In a four handed auction West North East South start 3 hearts 3NT Pass 4NT Pass. You are South with AR? WHE $23 BAR QNGS. You pass since partner’s bid is a simple raise in no trump and you have no reason to advance. Tomorrow asks what to do if West doubles and partner and East pass.
A themed NEA feature presents a word puzzle with clues across and down. The grid lists numerous items such as Ace, Angel, Whale, and Muse, pairing musical terms with vocabulary hints and cross references.
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