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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1968
Page
2
Fragmented OCR line shows numeric values 391.04 and 2.55 with scattered letters and repeated vowels. No clear person, place, organization, date, or event readable to identify a proper news item or summary.
Council debated secret talks by the equalization board with firms on tax matters. Mayor Cravey defended open meetings, while City Attorney Laughlin said closing to press is allowed if the board decides so. The council also approved capital bonds sale, a gas rate rise, and Neel Richardson as Corporation Court judge.
Two men seen dumping trash at Woodlawn and Nar tille near the old sewage treatment plant on Thursday attempted a second trip but abandoned the load. An alert witness obtained the car license number and reported it to police, who traced the owner and ordered him to reclaim the garbage.
A toy drive will be held Saturday at the Baytown Community Building center 2407 Market to stock a new preschool program starting in September. Collecting used toys for three to five year olds at the center's west side. items needed include dolls strollers cribs small kitchen furniture stools and chairs. For details call 427-1916 or 427-3691.
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Eugene Reynold Johnson 75 of 105 Clear Lake Highlands died Thursday night in a Houston hospital. Services at Earthman Highlands Funeral Home with interment in Evergreen Cemetery Crosby. Retired from United Carbon. Survived by wife Viasta Johnson Highlands daughter Lydia Moore Highlands son Emil Johnson Highlands sister Victoria Swanson Crosby and two grandchildren.
Administrative offices and the court’s selling office will receive input on important student matters as Director Brown outlines orientation materials. He will write educational equipment specifications for the Texas Department of Corrections, coordinate purchases, and research new projects. Brown, a Northeastern State College graduate from Tahlequah Okla, works at Circle Air Freight in Houston and was born in New Iberia La.
Services were held at 4 p.m. in Calvary Baptist Church Beaumont for M. S. McCree 11 who died Thursday in a Beaumont hospital. He was a building contractor and member of Calvary Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife Bernice McCree of Beaumont daughters Pat Dickerson of Beaumont and T H Pierson of 5000 Interlachen and three sisters Mrs Fred Cansler Ms Jack Curry and Aue c Burnett.
Admitted to Gulf Coast Roy Breckelman at 420 E Fran cis Room 16 Georgia Sullivan 511 Sage Room 204 George Mahock Baytown Room 215 Noe Savoy 120 Bolster Room 215 Georgia Lemon 310 Harold Room 217 Ruth Ann Sikes Highlands Room 158 George Parker Liberty Room 323 Jack McAfee Baytown Room 28 New Arrival John Butler 5411 Lillian son born Aug 22 at Gulf Coast The fungus family contains no chlorophyll produces spores not seeds and has no flowers or roots.
Reports from Prague say Dubcek and top leaders may be Soviet captives amid sporadic shooting and curfews. Unconfirmed messages claim his death. others say he was taken to the Soviet Union. Martial law looms in several eastern cities as police arrest writers and journalists.
Reported calls for help from three individuals sparked a Soviet led invasion of Czechoslovakia with troops from the Soviet Union Poland East Germany Hungary and Bulgaria. A US Embassy motorcade of over 40 Americans including Shirley Temple Black arrived at the West German border after Prague roadblocks. First Black said Czechoslovakia was happy before the crisis and the people show strong spirit. Allen Miller of Dodge City described barricades of wrecked cars and buses as residents vow to block Russians from the town center.
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