U S Determined No Let-Up In Peace Push
The Johnson administration will press for arms control and East West accords despite the Czech invasion. Talks on nuclear missile and antimissile curbs remain possible, with no U S Soviet backing out. Johnson denounced the Soviet move while urging U N action and cautioning travel to Czechoslovakia.
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Washington
Johnson
Czechoslovakia
U.S
United States
Russia
New York-Moscow
U S
George W. Ball
USN
Security Council
Voice of America
United Navas
Soviet Union
Capitol Hil
Senate
Mike Mans- Geld
House
Gerald R. Ford
United Nations
State Department
Hungary
East Europe
New York
Moscow
Sun Spots School Schedules In Baytown
Baytown schools will start Tuesday September 3 registration slated next Thursday August 29 partly cloudy and hot with 26 percent chance of scattered daytime thunderstorms through Friday with high temperatures. Galveston tides Friday high 5 12 am and 2 06 pm low 10 18 am and 6 pm. Hall damaged secretary treasurer Roy Nalley reports bricks and BB pellets caused about 50 to 350 dollars in damage at 311 E Homan. American Party headquarters in Anane will open at 410 am Saturday at 112 Washington Ave open 10 am to 5 pm Mon-Sat. Literature and bumper stickers available. Capping rites Miss Maxienne Harrison director of nurses at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital will speak at capping ceremonies for Les College vocational nursing school at 7 30 pm Friday in the conference room of the technical building. Chamber speaker Dr Richard Strahan Lee Gotlerc president will speak Friday at Baytown Chamber luncheon at Holiday Inn. Topic will be the approved 393 000 bond issue for Lee College improvements and new facilities.
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American Party
American Efarty
Ananae
Weashington Ave
Maxienne Harrison
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Les College Vocational Nursing School
Chamber
Richard D. Strahen
Lee Gotlerc
Joen
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Holiday Ion
Lee College
RICKETSON HOME FROM HOSPITAL AND LOCAL HAPPENINGS
L H Ricketson returns home from hospital while Dean Davis from Austin visits Beytown city hall. Dr Henry Dismukes discusses horse show winners. David Hornsby hesitates to recognize an old friend. Sue Jones photographs a college shot, Beverly Threadgill at Shamrock Hilton with Miss Astro contestants. Mrs J D Giddings recalls a vacation. Shirley Warner and Wana Liles prepare for Florida trip. Diane McBride has a birthday. Judy Crawford teases a sign. Norman Wayne Fonder, 10, improves after July 3 heart surgery at Texas Children's Hospital. son of Mr. and Mrs. W N Ponder of 1717 Richardson.
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L. H. Ricketson
Dean Davis
Austin
Beytown
Civic Center
Henry Dismukes
David Hornsby
Sue Jones
Beverly Threadgill
Shamrock Hilton
J. D. Giddings
Shirley Warner
Wana Liles
Florida
Diane McBride
Judy Crawford
Norman Wayne Fonder
Texas Children’s Hospital
W. N. Ponder
Richardson
Baytown Council Opens Bond Sale Bids At Meeting
Baytown city council will open bond sale bids at 6 30 pm at city hall. The agenda includes bids for batteries spark plugs and pipes and a water line extension on Decker Drive. Residents on High Street plan a drainage discussion and a request to convert Den by Street from east to west one way. A representative from Houston Natural Gas Corp will attend.
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Baytown
City Hall
Decker Drive
High Street
Denby Street
Houston Natural Gas Corp
Violent Prague Rally Defies Soviet Occupation
About 20 000 Czechs poured into Vaclavske Namesti in Prague to denounce the Soviet led occupation and the arrest of reformist leader Alexander Dubcek. Soviet tanks sealed bridges and guards surrounded key venues as demonstrators shouted anti Soviet slogans and shots rang out.
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Prague
Vaclavske Namesti
Alexander Dubcek
Prague Radio
Dubcek
Dubeck
Central Committee
Seven Central Committee
Tax Board Cannot Say If Property Taxable Or Not
Dr L Umbertz, chair of the city tax equalization board, said the panel faced a handicap during a San Jacinto Methodist Hospital tax issue discussion. The Sun seeks a transcript of a closed meeting. the tax office will release it. The hospital’s attorney Robert Morris disputes the board’s authority to decide tax exemption, arguing it must certify the tax rolls.
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Tax Board
L. Umbertz
City
Baytown Sun
City Equalization Board
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
City Tax Office
the Sun
Mickey Coe
Coe
Robert Morris
Umboltz
Bil Laughlin
Umboitz
Aoard
Southerners Try Ousting McCarthy Delegates in DNC clashes
The Democratic credentials committee faced a bold southern bid to oust hundreds of McCarthy delegates over loyalty concerns as six hours of Georgia delegation arguments unfolded. Alabama party chair Robert Vance pushed pledges to support the party's nominee, while McCarthy aide Joseph Rauh Jr. blasted the challenge. Georgia rivals led by Julian Bond pressed the case as state split loyalties threaten the convention.
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Chicago
Eugene McCarthy
Democratic Credentials Committee
McCarthy
Robert Vance
Alabama
Khan Richard BI
Joseph Rauh Jr
Vietnam
Ravh
Washington, D.C
Wobert H. Humphrey
Wisconsin
North Carolina
Richard J. Hughes
New Jersey
Georgia
Julian Bond
United Nations Debates Czechs as Western Powers Back Prague
In a tense UN Security Council session Western nations led by the United States urged immediate action against the Soviet led invasion of Czechoslovakia. The council planned a second round of debate amid Soviet objections and Malik defended the move as a just cause while signaling a likely veto.
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United Nations
N.Y Tap
Czechoslovakia
United States
Security Council
U.S
George W. Ball
Britain
France
Canada
Denmark
Paraguay
Jacob Malik
Malik
Lord Caradon
Editorial condemns secret public body meetings in tax case
The Baytown Sun denounces the city tax equalization board for meeting in secret to hear a San Jacinto Hospital tax dispute. It notes the hearing was publicized yet closed to press and citizens, cites the city charter requiring open records, and warns the issue may go to court.
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City Tax Equalization Board
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Equalization Board
the Sun
San Jacinto Hospital
Baytown Sun
Baytown
The
Sun
Tax Board
Extra Cash Would Help City Budget
Baytown City Manager Fritz Lanham proposed a 150000 increase in the 1968 69 budget over last year. The council will hold three to five day hearings with the next session at 6 30 p m Monday. The 1967 68 budget was 3 12 2 355 and the current proposal totals 4 6 5 5 90 . Service charge hikes include garbage from 1 25 to 1 50 sewer from 1 to 1 25 and water rate changes for large users. Garb age fees would bring 563 400 next year and sewer 420 000, water 28 000. The total increase from service charges is about 150 4 4 , with the rest from growth and other sources. The budget adds a five percent city employee pay raise and merit increases, plus about 25 more employees. A park site project and park land purchases are also planned with federal match.
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Mike Lonsford
Baytown
Fritz Lanham
Lanham
City Hall
Council
Dodger
Lanitation
Cour
Bowie
Galeo Inc Elects Leaders at Annual Meeting
Dr. George Walmsley elected president of Galeo Inc owner of Gulf Coast Clinic and Hospital. Dr. R. D. Atkins named secretary and Harry H. Miller reelected executive vice president. New board members Dr Hl Kilpatricx Gene Richardson and Dr J Burianek to three year terms. Directors approve mini-munt of six doctors offices and a high rise hospital wing with 44 beds per floor, six stories.
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George Walmsley
Galeo, Inc
Gulf Coast Clinic and Hospital
R. D. Atkins
Harry H. Miller
Ree Mew
Hl. W. Kilpatricx
Gene Richardson
J. 3. Burianek
Soctor
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Aleksei Kosygic
Leonid Brezhnev
Soviet Premiera
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Walter Ulbricht
Germany
Little Stalin
Janos Kadar
Galveston
Citizens National Bank & Trust
Occupaion
Congress
Tha Presidium
Vasil Bilak
D Bras
Jhomir Kolder
Rude Pravol
Oldrich Svestka
Mac
Baytown Parks and Recreation Department
Evah Leigh Baker
Karen Tromblee
Terry Kay Webb
Lela McCage
Jeanne Byers
Kathy Richardson
Ken Persenaire
U.N
Dr. Walmsley
Hospital Corporation
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