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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1965
Page
2
Story recounts astronauts McDivitt and Conrad in a simulated orbital mission with ground tracking and thruster maneuvers. They endured sleep deprivation but remained in good spirits after a second day of testing as medical concerns eased.
Astronauts Cooper and Conrad logged 34 hours in orbit with limited rest as mission control adjusted plans to reduce noise and fatigue. A firefly of technical notes appeared: fuel cells improved, oxygen pressure rose, a duplicate satellite activated at Cape Kennedy, and Earth horizon view achieved as the ship orbits Lima, Australia, Cape Kennedy, and East Africa.
A lengthy report describes Communist agitation across Latin America, with Peru accusing Cuba and the Soviet bloc of inciting guerrillas, Colombia facing bandit gangs under Communist banners, Venezuela hit by bombings and sabotage, and Brazil Chile and others seeing setbacks. It notes infiltration of unions, parties, and even police, while governments seek stability and regional aid.
CROCKETT AP A 21 year old convict from Lubbock was stabbed to death at Eastham Prison Farm Texas Department of Corrections by another prisoner Saturday night. Mauricio Lopez Jr serving a two year forgery sentence identified as victim. Charges expected today. The stabbing occurred in the day room where prisoners mingle. The weapon was a knife fashioned from part of a metal hoe blade. A 18 year old convict from Corpus Christi admitted the stabbing saying it followed an argument over owed script.
Edna Johnston Crabb 58 a Highlands resident for 32 years died Sunday at a Baytown hospital. She lived at 412 S Main and was a member of Crosby Chapter 261 Order of Eastern Star and Highlands Methodist Church. Funeral services set for 3 p m Wednesday at Highlands Methodist Church with two pastors officiating. Graveside rites at San Jacinto Memorial Park by Crosby OFS with Earthman Highlands Funeral Home directing. Survived by husband Warren P Crabb a Dallas stepdaughter three brothers three sisters and five grandchildren.
A bay mare was struck on Decker Drive near KWBA station during a weekend spate of accidents. The horse and two others were impounded at West Main pound as Baytown police, seeking owner by Tuesday, arrange veterinary care. Driver Mary Ann Harp uninjured. Gary L. Fenton, 30, Baytown, arrested for interfering with officers after taking the horses behind Maione’s Bar.
J. Vor Brown a 42 year old Negro preacher died of a cerebral hemorrhage Sunday while in Dallas County jail. He had been arrested Tuesday after federal marshals said he pointed a rifle at them during service of a contempt citation from U.S. District Judge Sarah Hughes over a $243000 income tax judgment. Brown founded the Lighted Church of Prayer and his followers called themselves angels wearing white satin.
Story Hour sponsored by the Baytown Service League begins at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Sterling Municipal Library. Leader Mrs Henry Armstrong is assisted by Mrs Joe Huggins and Mrs Jim Hale.
A Baytown Rotary Club meeting featured Mrs E F Waugh of Baytown as guest speaker. Funeral services were held for Robert Kneebone senior vice president of Texas National Bank in Pasadena. Kneebone, Texas Youth Council chairman, spoke on minors with major problems.
Prisoner Alfonso Rodriguez, 32, of 302 Laredo, jailed for vagrancy since Aug. 18, caused a disturbance at 5:30 a.m. Sunday by breaking a commode and scattering oil in the center cell, according to dispatcher Harv Frost.
The Highlands Methodist Men invite the public to a 7:30 p.m. gathering at the Highlands Methodist Church fellowship hall with Rev Harold Bomhoff of St. Pauls Baytown and his daughter Elizabeth as guest speakers for a Monday night meeting. Jeff Stroud, president, notes Elizabeth Clamon will receive her nursing associate degree after studying at San Jacinto College, and Janet Clamon, a 1959 Robert E. Lee High School graduate, will be featured.
Free navigation and small boat handling classes offered by the Galveston Bay Power Squadron in Pasadena. Registration Thursday Sept 9 at 7 p.m. at Southmore Juniors High School. The USPS, a national non profit unit with 58 000 members, runs a ten week course covering rules, gear, seamanship, compass and chartwork followed by an exam.
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