New Student Enrollment and Local Weekend Events
Students in the district must visit the guidance office at Robert E. Lee High School between 8 36 a m and 11 30 a m or 2 20 p m to 3 30 p m before Aug 32 to enroll. Baytown Youth Fairgrounds hosts a Saturday work day with Roy Baker calling workers to arrive by 8 a m in work clothes for a daylong shift with lunch provided. Bayshore Wagon Wheel Square Dance Club holds an 8 p m Saturday dance with Alex Bean and Maurice Beard as masters of ceremonies at Knights of Pythias Hall, hosted by Mr and Mrs Jim Tant. The Baytown Elks lodge hosts a family day Saturday with noon barbecue and activities open to Elks and their immediate families. Exalted Ruler Calvin F Rutherford announced the events. Over 450 candidates from SRANCES MAE CARR, Philip Max Dodd, and Mark Allen Jackson join UT Austin summer commencement Aug 27 in the College of Arts and Sciences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Lee High School
Rel
Alex Bean
Maurice Beard
Bayshore
Knights of Pythias Hall
Jim Tant
Elks
Baytown Elks
Elks Lodge
Calvin F. Rutherford
Srances Mae Carr
Williams
Philip Max Dodd
Thompson
Mark Allen Jackson
Atlantic Road
University of Texas College of Arts and Sciences
Weather notes for Galveston region include temps and tides
Scattered daytime thundershowers with a high showing 92 degrees and a low around 76. Thursday's range was 71 to 94 with a 79 reading at unspecified time. Saturday tides list high waters at 12 32 a m 6 48 a m 1 30 p m and 8 94 p m.
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Sun
Galveston
Local notes wrap of Baytown Sun staff and residents
W. A. Read delivers news stories and pictures. Fritz Lanham family plans a weekend trip to Six Flags. Diana Alford returns home from college. Velma Ansley comments on a letter. Gary Fuller spends on candy after offering to buy coffee. Clay Nolen faces allergy tests at Gulf Coast Hospital. Mrs. C. L. Watson helps again. Stella Herring works in yard in morning cool. Lois Scott absent from downtown scene. R. C. Stephenson checks books. Sam Bramlett returns a phone call. Commissioner Ramsey provides information. Ben Shirey makes a quick bus station trip. Dr. Herbert Duke works on a fast schedule. Dub Ward dismissed from San Jacinto Hospital. Elizabeth Higgins checks postal rates. Brenda Cooper photographs roses.
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W. A. Read
Fritz Lanham
Six Flags
Diana Alford
Velma Ansley
Gary Fuller
Baytown Sun
Clay Nolen
Gulf Coast Hospital
C. L. Watson
Stella Herring
Lois Scott
R. C. Stephenson
Sam Bramlett
V_ Vy
Ramsey
Ben Shirey
Herbert Duke
W. L
W. L. (Dub) Ward, A Patient At San Jacimo Hospital
Elizabeth Higgins
Brenda Cooper
Senate OKs record peace defense budget
The Senate approved a record $58 billion peacetime Defense Department budget through June 30, 1967, authorizing individual Reservist callups for Vietnam and barring use of funds for the Navy’s FRLB aircraft. It adds items not requested, like a new nuclear-powered frigate, and faces House-House reconciliations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Defense Department
T the
Johnson
Viet Nam
Navy
House
Tighten Parole Carr Urges Tougher Murder Penalty
Atty. Gen. Waggoner Carr urged harsher penalties for murder with malice in Texas. He proposed death or life imprisonment, saying current rules allow at least two years and that Texas should align with the majority. He testified before an interim House committee and echoed tougher parole laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Waggoner Carr
House Committee On Democratic
Hel
Texas
Alice
Coates Heads East Harris Community Chest Drive
John J. Coates of Enjay Baytown Plant named general chairman of the Baytown and East Harris County Community Chest campaign to be held in October. C. W. Magourik named assistant general chairman, with a goal of 205,029 for the Red Feather drive after budget committee study of area needs. Local agencies include Health League, Thrift Exchange, Crippled Children Treatment Center, Welfare League, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, YMCA, Baytown Opportunity School, Child Care Centers and American Red Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Coates
ofEnjay
Baytown
East Harris County
Ihairman
C. W
Connie) Magourik
Citizens National Bank and Trust Co
Coates
Harris County
Red Feather
The
Health League
Thrift Exchange
Crippled Children Treatment Center
Welfare League
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
YMCA
American Red Cross
Coates and
Magourik
Tom Galphin
Gulf
Marilyn Linder
Huber
Roy Elms
United Carber
100000th Guest Tours Baytown Refinery
Richard G. Grimes of Lebanon Pa. became the 100000th visitor to Humble's Baytown Refinery and Enjoy Chemical Co Baytown plant. He toured with 46 visitors, receiving plastic gifts, a parasol, and 100 gallons of ENCO Extra gasoline for the return trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard G. Grimes
Lebanon
Humble
Baytown
Enjoy Chemical Co
Grimes
Frank G. Turpin
Enjay
Lori
Brad
Enco
Tulsa
Des Moines
Chicago
Akron
Chelsea Bridge
Calendar for Baytown School Year
The Baytown School District calendar lists two sessions with start dates on September 2 and January 23. Notable dates include Labor Day September 5, Thanksgiving holidays November 24–25, Christmas holidays December 22–January 2, Easter March 24–28, San Jacinto Day April 21, and the last day of classes May 25 plus a faculty work day May 26.
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Baytown
Pam
San Jacinto
Fire Rates Home On Tri-City Beach Road
A three bedroom home on Tri-City Beach Road, belonging to Mrs Opal Crosby, was destroyed by fire around 10 p m. Fire officials said sparks from earlier trash burning apparently blew onto the roof causing the blaze. The loss included Crosby furniture and belongings of her sister and four visitors from New Mexico. Sam Merchant Crosby’s father reported waking to smoke and escaping. Fire crews from Baytown Trinity Beach and Barbers Hill fought the fire about two hours. only a shed garage and a nearby two story house could be saved. The Crosby house stood nine miles east of Bay jowen near Crawley’s Fishing Camp. The Crosby and Hazlett families had been away in Houston. The exact losses were not yet estimated.
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Tri - City Beach Road
Opal Crosby
Jess
New Mexico
Sam Merchant
McBride
Baytown
Trinity Beach
Barbers Hill
Crosby
Lesses
Merchant
Clarence Hazlett
Houston
Astrodome
Hazlett
Earth
Tex
St Mark's To Hold Sunday Musical Program
St Mark's Methodist Church begins a series of Sunday afternoon concerts led by Nelda Dey and Helen Medley. The 3 pm programs aim to attract attendees from other churches and will feature Bach cantatas Handel and Haydn or Mozart works. No admission charge. Nelda Dey attends Southwestern University Georgetown Texas. Helen is a Southwestern graduate with a monsie education major.
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St. Mark’s Methodist Church
Nelda Dey
Helen Medley
Commission On Worship
Bruce Day
Day
Bach
Handel and
Hadyn
Mozart
Nelda
Southwestern University
George
Town
Tex
Helen
Southwestern
Monsie
Dey
City OKs Sewage Plant Plans in East District
City council approved plans for the east district sewage plant at the Cedar Bayou sanitary landfill near Ferry Road. Turner Collie and Braden was authorized to bid. Bids due 5 p.m. Sept. 15. Project includes interceptor lines linking Woodlawn and Cedar Bayou plants and east district lateral sewers for McKinney and Chassey Tompkins areas. Late July 1867 completion target. July 2567 for plant connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Hartman
East District
Turner Collie and
Braden
Ferry Road
Cedar Bayou
Woodlawn
Chassey-Tompkins Road
McKinney Road
West District
Massey-Tompkins Road
Tantillo Construction Co
Oak Addition
Jos Collins Construction Co
Bayshore Construc
A&M Mothers Club Offers Scholarship Loan Funds
Baytown Texas A M Mothers Club announces funds available to aid Baytown Aggies who qualify. President Mrs Ike Winningham says memorial contributions are welcomed and provides contact at 582 2815.
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Baytown
Texas A&m Mothers Club
Baytown Aggies
Ike Winningham
Winningham
Striking machinists vote to end walkout amid grounding
News digest reports machinists set to vote today on ending a six week walkout that halted five airlines, while Esperanza del Valle Vasquez remains in good condition after 16 days with an artificial heart pump removed following surgery. President Johnson begins a three day non political tour through five northeast states and Canada. The De Gauli government tells U S diplomats it will not allow military forces on French soil during peacetime. Gov Nelson Rockefeller and wife await second child, a union sheet metal worker, as federal judge bans Cape Kennedy gate picketing during construction traffic.
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Irs
Esperanza del Valle Vasquez
Johnson
Northeast
Canada
de Gauli
U. S
Alabama Legislators Back Wallace In Desegregation Fight
Alabama lawmakers overwhelmingly backed Gov. George Wallace in his stand against federal school desegregation guidelines. The House and Senate co sponsors aimed to forbid compliance with federal deseg rules and to reimburse local boards for any lost federal funds. Wallace denounced federal guidelines as socialist and communist backed while urging passage toward a final vote amid mixed dissent and skepticism from some Republicans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
George Wallace
Alabama House
Wallace
South
House Ways and Means Committee
Senate’ Finance Committee
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Communist
U.S.A
Fedaral
Rate Hike Sets Lee College Tax to 19 Cents Per Hundred
Lee College regents approved a 1966-87 budget totaling 2,387,535.50 and raised the tax rate to 19 cents per 100 valuation from 17 cents. A homeowner with a 110,000 market value would pay 80 cents more. five and a half cents go to debt service and 43.5 cents to maintenance and operation. The measure follows a separate seven-cent increase approved earlier in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee College
Board of Regents
Robert Sauls
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Humble
Viet Cong Are Proving Too Elusive
In Saigon the Viet Cong remained elusive as American troops scoured the countryside while Australian and South Vietnamese forces fought a major four hour battle southeast of Saigon in monsoon rain. The allied side reported 132 enemy dead in three encounters and moderate Australian casualties. Air operations over the North claimed the 18th MiG as American jets struck air targets near Hanoi and storage depots. Ground actions occurred in Quang Tri Long An and Tay Ninh with light government casualties. US Navy Air Force and Marine pilots flew 97 missions over North Vietnam.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
Quang, Tri
Long An
Tay Ninh
Navy
Air Force
Marine
North Viet Nam
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Roy Baker
Baker
Citizens National
Flg.1.c
Oks
Saul Anyle
Pentagon
Army
Congress
Carr
Connie Magourie
East
Harris
Brad Grimes
Richard
Tri-City Beach
St. Mark’s
City Oks
A&m Mothers Club
Gov
Mrs
Nelson Rockefeller
Cape Kennedy Space Center
Bama Solons
Donald Collins
Birmingham
Thad Felton
College
George Gentry
First National Bank
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