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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1967
Page
2
A fragmented OCR stock list displays numerous company names and partial quotes, including Citizens National Bank and Goodbody, with many percentages and stock indicators. Banks, automakers, oils, and utilities appear, along with transport and defense names, hinting at a broad market roundup.
Baytown builder J R B Bell of 1802 Alabama is in Methodist Hospital Houston in intensive care after a Monday morning heart operation led by Dr. Michael DeBaker and Dr. George Morris. Mrs Bell says he is doing well and will stay in ICU for four to five days if he continues to progress.
Senator Clifford Case warned that heavy U S forces in Vietnam trap the Johnson administration and risk ignoring civil reforms in Saigon. He urged credibility on reforms and warned against overreach as new troop plans deepen the crisis. President Johnson defended limited aims while receiving the Medal of Honor as Sino-Vietnam tensions rose.
Funeral services were held for Oscar Charlie Tieman 63 of Baytown at Paul A Lee Funeral Home Chapel Pastor Roy Cloudt officiated Interment was Cedar Crest Cemetery He was a painter at Anchor Boat Works Baytown He is survived by Grace Velma Tieman wife a son and daughter in law a daughter four sisters one brother and several nieces and nephews Pallbearers included multiple nephews and honorary pallbearers listed
Dewey Pinkney Fuller Jr. of Baytown and his wife Margie Dessey Fuller will teach this fall at Travis Junior School in Conroe. Fuller, an 1887 graduate of Stephen F. Austin State College, will teach sixth grade history. Mrs. Fuller will teach eighth grade English. Both graduates. Fuller from Robert E. Lee High and Lee College. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. D. P. Fuller.
The city council discussed funds and local plans for a community health center and appointed a treasury, secretary, and a public information committee. Marler was introduced as the new center operations planner with duties to prepare grant applications and determine program needs. He is from Alexandria Louisiana, with a social work background and recent work in Kansas and Waukegan.
Lanham seeks a planning and traffic expert with subdivision knowledge for administrative duties and budget planning. Councilors discuss naming an administrative assistant, study department heads workload, and consider raising police and fire pay to match proposed cityemployee increases as the 1967-68 budget of 2,414,420 is reviewed.
Viet troops and Marine units fought a heavy engagement as helicopters and a tank spearhead supported a ground assault. The Me vines reported 108 Communists killed and five Leathernecks dead with 34 Marines wounded. Spotter planes directed artillery at about 300 Communist troops, but no toll was announced. In Saigon area, a U.S. civilian employee was shot thrice during harassment at two billets and a village headquarters was mined. Two riders opened fire on motorbikes and escaped.
The Crosby board votes to hire three teachers Mrs Deloise Richardson Drew Elementary Mrs Bernice Buckman Crosby Elementary and Byron W Quisenberry Crosby High School social studies. It also accepts resignations from Mrs Juanita Caruthers and Mrs Martha Lee. Two transfers are approved Patricia Ann Bass from Crosby to Baytown and Darryl Hovard from Baytown to Crosby, due to his mother Mrs Joyce Havard teaching in Crosby.
Sixty seven registrants including 23 from the Baytown area were inducted into the armed forces this month by Selective Service Board No. in Baytown. About 200 men were sent for physicals. Inductees from Baytown include O Neal J Goudeau Gene P Burroughs Noe Tameyosa Robert Pryor Donald G Sanders Keith D Carlton Brion S Wilson Joseph Rey Jr Richard Davis Jesse J Juarez Robert L Harrison Homer C Webb and James R Bender. Also named are Highlands graduates John B D Carter Gregory Gowdeau Dormy Wood and Eddie G Long Deer Park Victor B Nordstrand Joe W Allen Jr Cros by Barix W Booth Sherman S Ferdinand Channelview Paul E Hazelwood Verlan G Miller. Before leaving for Houston inductees were hosted by local citizens from the Senior Citizens Club and Baytown Chamber of Commerce. A devotional was given by R S Poor. Mrs Abigail Frazier noted men must register on their 16th birthday or within five days after. Those released from active service must report to their draft board within 10 days. Baytown offices are in Room 203 of the Federal Building at 218 W. Dee. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 4:39 p.m. Monday through Friday.
In Houston federal court Alton Stanley Bass, 48, faces trial for the Highlands State Bank robbery on April 26. Testimony describes Bass obtaining 71500 and a bank official Kenneth Oldham, 45, thanking him as Bass allegedly joked about a burglar alarm. Bass contends he intended to sell an alarm system, not rob the bank.
Clear Creek Bank at Seabrook votes a 30 cents per share cash dividend for all stockholders of record as of Sept 1. This being the bank's first cash dividend, the board's unanimous action follows continued progress since opening in June 1962 with over 1 million in deposits on day one and deposits now exceeding 5.5 million.
PVT. JAMES R. WALL 18 son of Mr and Mrs J C Wall Channelview completed a radio teletype operation course at the Army Southeastern Signal School Ft Gordon Ga Chaplain Night SAN JACINTO Council 2783 holds chaplain night at Knights of Columbus Hall 8 p.m. Tuesday Wives and visitors invited Starr Promoted HOSPITAL CORPSMAN 3C Bradley A Starr US Navy husband of Nancy Hull of 200 Mayhaw Baytown promoted while with Naval Auxiliary Air Station Kingsville where air station provides jet aviation training for student pilots.
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