Baytown Driver Licensing Law Sparks Long Night Lines
Baytown residents queued at Fire Station No. 2 awaiting driver’s license tests amid a new state rule raising minimum ages for licenses. The plan shifts 16 year olds to 19, with an option for 16 if completing in school driver education. Prolonged waits and penalties for driving without license mark a tense transition as weather and public safety officials weigh the impact.
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Bobby
Department of Public RT
Market Street
Nam
Diriver
Rai Ses
Department of Public Safety
Austin
Baytown parks to get official names this week
Baytown parks department moves to install official names at all park locations, aiming to complete labeling by week end. School registration announced at Saint Joseph's for all grades from morning to Thursday in the gymnasium. Youth Week events kick off at St Pauls Methodist Church with a 6 36 pm supper, running nightly 8 to 10 pm through September 1, with programs. Ross Sterling cheerleaders offer a teaching period Friday 10 am to 12 pm at Ross Sterling High School for students interested in cheerleading. current squad will coach. Mrs. Roger Byers, daughter of Mr and Mrs Sam Alford, Baytown, graduates Saturday from Southwest State Teachers College and will teach in Buda, Texas next term.
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Parks Department
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Ross Sterling
Ross Sterling High School
Star. Com
Roger Byers
Sam Alford
Baytown
Southwest State Teachers College
San Marcos
Buda
Tex
Weather and Tides for Baytown Area
Considerable cloudiness and warm with light showers through Thursday. Temperature range Wednesday 73 to 88 degrees. Tuesday's range 76 to 83. In Galveston tides on Thursday highs at 12:66 am, 6:18 am, 12:54 pm, and 7:24 pm with no low tide.
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Baytown Area
Galveston
Family News and Local Happenings From The Sun
Fort Worth visitor Mrs. Margaret Reid visits her son in Baytown then travels to Expo 67 with Fay family relatives in Rochester New York. Don Middleton travels from Baytown to see Fay relatives. Other items note birthdays hospital updates and incidental social snippets from Galveston and Baytown communities.
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Margaret Reid
Fort Worth
Inlaw
S. E. Reid
Baytown
Don Middleton
C. Fay
Rochester
N.Y
Fays
Herb Relyea
Fay
Ireland
John McCormick
the Sun
Cindy Jackson
Mary Sue Hester
Terry Smith
Dianna Micheton
Galveston
Gail Gammage
John Holland Jr
W. L. Grant
W. Francis
Baytown Hospital
Dottie Tickner
Enjay Veep Innes Jr Tours Baytown Plant Visit
Innes Jr executive vice president of Enjay Chemical Co visited Baytown Wednesday to discuss the firm's progress since becoming an independent company in 1966 and outline future plans. He toured the Baytown plant with Baytown Enjay leaders and met reporters from local and national publications.
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T_T. Innes Jr
Enjay Chemical Co
Baytown
Enjay
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Standard of New Jersey
Innes
Jersey Standard
Baton Rouge
Humble
Bayonne
Bayway
Georgia Tech
National Board
Camp Fire Girls
Louisiana
New Jersey
Innes Hay
New York City
Tower
Baytown Sun
Houston Chronicle
Wall Street Journal
Chemical Week
Chemical and Engineering News
Petro-Chem Engineer
Business Week
Oil and Gas Journal
Gene Gillis
Steve Dedman
Enjey
Britain imposes limits on Chinese diplomats after embassy raid
Britain restricts Chinese diplomats in Britain after the burning of the Peking mission and a violent attack on British staff by Red Guards. London demands exit visas for all Chinese with official passes and limits travel to five miles from central London unless a 48 hour notice is given. Diplomatic radio operations are suspended pending retaliation against Beijing. A 10,000 strong Red Guard protest outside the British mission escalated into violence as Hong Kong arrests and press actions pressured London.
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London
Britain
Peking
Donald Hopson
Mao Tse-tung
Whitehall
Iit
China
Foreign Office
Shen Ping
Chinese i
Hong Kong
Hopson
Jhouts
Public Pool Schedules Announced for Rose land Park
Kenneth Fersenaire parks and recreation director announced revised pool hours after Rose land Park opening. McElroy and Roseland pools close 9 p.m. Aug 31. Roseland reopens Sept 5 with weekday 4 to 8 p.m. swims through Sept 16. Saturday 2 to 5 p.m. Sessions may extend to Sept 30 if attendance and weather permit.
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Roseland Park
McElroy Park
Roseland Pools
McElroy
Roseland Pool
Kenneth Fersenaire
Parks and Recreation
Federal troops drive Biafran forces from Ore Nigeria
Our World Today reports federal troops have driven breakaway Biafran State forces from Ore, 20 miles inside West Nigeria, and are pursuing them toward the Midwest region as tensions rise across the area. Premier Nguyen Cao Ky tells Congress that South Vietnam’s ruling military regime won’t rig the Sept. 3 elections. AFL-CIO president Meany backs Johnson’s income hike but urges relief for families and a larger rise for corporations. Medal of Honor to Army sergeant posthumously for defending his squad against repeated Communist attacks on May 18, 1906. Calm returns to New Haven after three nights of racial disorder.
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Radio
Nguyen Cao Ky
U.S
South Vietnm
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Johnson
Congress
Senate Approves Big Defense Bill Amid Vietnam Talks
The Senate passed an 76.1 billion defense appropriation 85 to 3 after objections to wartime costs. It cuts 145 billion from Johnson requests and 162 million from the House total, with senators proposing to reconcile the bill with the House. Provisions cut or altered include aircraft funding, naval vessel buys, and personnel, while plans for ballistic missile defense rise with new funding and construction timelines.
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Washington
Senate
House
Johnson
John Stennis
D-Miss
Stennis
Navy
Robert S. McNamara
Marine Corps
Congress
Soviet Union
UAW to Pick Target Next Week Amid GM Ford Offers
Walter Reuther announced the United Auto Workers will name a strike target next week as GM and Ford prepare economic counteroffers to UAW demands. Reuther urged Flint area workers to authorize negotiators to strike if needed, signaling possible changes in strategy across the Big Three. Chrysler’s proposal was expected midweek with offers likely Monday or early next week, depending on negotiations.
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Detroit
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
UAW
International
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Reuther
Flint
Strkes
Council To Hold Final Budget Meet
Baytown City will hold a final budget study session at 5 p.m. Wednesday in city hall before the Sept. 27 deadline. The proposed 1967-68 budget totals 2,414,420 with a projected tax rate rise of 13 to 25 cents unless industrial taxes increase. The council has reviewed the budget in sessions at Sterling Library and will meet again at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
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Baytown City
City Hall
Sterling Municipal Library
City Parks and Recreation Board
Goose Creek
Market Street Bridge
Parkhouse Gravely III Near Death in Dallas Stroke Crisis
State Senator George Parkhouse Gravely III, a 67 year old conservative known for quickie filibusters and tough water politics, lies in a coma at his Dallas home in critical condition after a series of strokes. His health has been poor for months as he nears retirement.
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Dallas
George Parkhouse
Texas
Parkhouse
Smith Said Wanting Gov Connallys Job
Smith declares he wants Gov John Connallys job signaling a potential 1968 Texas statewide race. He calls it no formal announcement though actions imply a campaign push. Barnes says Smith won’t seek re election as lieutenant governor while Connally is away.
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Austin
Tex
Preston Smith
John Connally
Texas
Smith
Associated Press
Connally
Ben Barnes
Barnes
Crawford Martin
Magourik Names Frank Turpin Assistant Drive Chairman
Magourik announced Frank Turpin as assistant chairman of the Turpin Community Chest drive in Baytown. Turpin, Humble and Oil Refinery assistant manager, previously worked with United Givers Fund in Baton Rouge. Magourik stressed division chairmen and team captains form, praising past support and optimism for this year. He noted funds needed to keep Health League Clinic open next year.
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Baytown
Magourik
Turpin
Beach City Adopts Budget and Defers Tax Move
Beach City aldermen tabled action on a city defense unit and planning committee while adopting a $956 budget for the coming year. Mayor Carl Slaughter seeks experienced city planning help and noted $1,800 annual utility income. Sidney McClendon III offered pro bono legal services from a Houston firm.
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Sidney McClendon III
Houston
Beach City
Texas Municipal League
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