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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1966
Page
5
John Breen of the Houston Oilers will discuss the growing business of professional football at the Rotary Club luncheon at the Tower. Separate items note a break-in at a building, missing money, and several local notices including schooling, elections, and a police training event.
The National Liturgical Conference opens its week in Houston at Sam Houston Coliseum with six sessions and nine major addresses focused on worship in the city. Leaders include Rev. Victor A. DiPrimeo of St. Ambrose Church and Rev. John Wesley Matthews of Chicago Ecumenical Institute, with topics on peace, secular influence, and American Catholic worship.
Air Force B52 bombers from Guam struck Viet Cong bases 45 miles east of Saigon and a training camp 120 miles southwest. A terrorist wounded four U.S. servicemen near Saigon, while B52s hit targets near the Cambodian border and a DMZ area. North Viet Nam suffered 102 bombing missions including satellite sites, bridges, depots, trucks, and rail yards. one RF-4C reconnaissance plane was shot down.
Washington AP reports the Senate will vote on Johnsons $1.25 billion demonstration cities program to help rebuild urban slums. Sponsors expect a tough fight as the White House seeks votes. the plan includes planning grants and up to 80 percent federal aid, with cities required to present a comprehensive development plan. House action remains necessary.
Nederland City Council approved water fluoridation unanimously after a drive by the Nederland Junior Chamber of Commerce. Nederland lies five miles south of Beaumont and the action marks a key public health measure for the community.
Final arguments start in federal court as seven individuals and three firms face trial for interstate shipment of allegedly obscene paperback novels. Judge Ingraham allocates ten hours of argument time plus extra for reading the long indictment, with a jury of eleven and one woman expected to deliberate after reviewing seven listed titles. Defendants include William E. Hamling of Palm Springs and others from El Cajon San Diego Los Angeles and Sandusky.
Wesley G Rasbeary 55 of 200 Pe 203 Drive Baytown died 11 am Sunday in a Baytown hospital He was born Feb 24 1911 in Groveton and moved to Baytown in 1930 He worked as a supervisor in the saint department at Bumble Quend Refining Co Baytown Refinery He is survived by wife Sarah Alice Rasbeary of Baytown son John Wesley Rasbeary of Little Rock Ark daughter Mrs R T Sprayberry of Baytown grandson William R Sprayberry two brothers C F Rasbeary Srnd W H Rasbeary both of Wood Lake Tex two sisters Mrs Honey Ringo of Huntsville and Mrs Florence Gresham of Sawtown Funeral services 430 pm Tuesday at Paul A Lee Funeral Chapel Pastor Louis Gong of St Johns Methodist Church officiating Interment Cedar Crest Cemetery Paul A Lee Funeral Home directed Pallbearers R H Durst J Boydell KT Earthman S B Kimmey A D Wilkinson Mike Bowers W I Hoffs Jr J H Ferney Jr
Scientists estimate Niagara Falls formed after the last ice sheet retreated from the region, with the falls believed to be no older than about 20 000 years.
Wesley Brown Rasbeary 55 of 290 Pecan Drive Baytown died at 11 aid Sunday in a Baytown hospital. He was born February 24 1911 in Groveton and moved to Baytown in 1930. He worked as a supervisor in the paint department at Humble Oil and Refining Co Baytown. Survived by his wife Sarah Alice Rasbeary of Baytown a son John Wesley Rasbeary of Little Rock Arkansas a daughter Mrs T R Sprayberry of Baytown a grandson William R Sprayberry of Baytown two brothers C F Rasbeary Sr and W H Rasbeary of Woodlake Tennessee two sisters Mrs Nancy Fingo Huntsville and Mrs Florence Gresham Baytown. He was a member of St Johns Methodist Church. Funeral services set for 4 30 pm Tuesday at Paul U Lee Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Louis Gant officiating. Interment Cedar Crest Cemetery under Paul A Lee Funeral Home direction.
Richard Henry Jensen, 25, of 1601 Florida, was in a one car accident on Tri City Beach Road Saturday morning. He tried to light a cigarette while driving south on a curve, lost control, and the 1956 Chevrolet slid into a boot ditch, overturned, and landed in about three feet of water. Jensen suffered lacerations and was treated and released at Gulf Coast Hospital.
A long hospital note lists numerous patients admitted to Gulf Coast and San Jacinto Methodist facilities. Entries include patient names, origins, and room numbers such as Cathy Fayle 1008, Polly Pearce 215 Channelview, and Elizabeth Whitley 12H Baytown. The fragmentary data also mentions George Zatopek 2k and Roy Jackson 2h, with many incomplete or garbled details and stray references to divination by consulting the dead.
A 32.0 million loan approved by the Washington housing and urban development office funds dormitories for Eisenhower College in Seneca Falls NE. The financing aims to expand student housing and improve campus facilities.
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