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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1965
Page
1
Highlands Elementary PTA executive committee will meet at 1 a.m. Monday, Aug. 30, at the Cedar Inn in Highlands. All elected officers and standing committee chairmen are urged to attend this meeting, which will include a Dutch treat.
PAM FISHER follows in her mother's footsteps and provides roughnuts for The Sun's editorial staff. Winnie Brown makes special picture arrangements at the new high school where she is principal. Maurine Hurst visits friends, Margaret Callaway hosts a weekend guest, and Leslie Couch with Mary Beth McElroy drum up interest in the distributive education program. Charles Mickle trips to New Orleans. Mrs. Cecil Duncan returns from Baytown Hospital after tests. Calvin Lee Black loses his tonsils at the hospital. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Lowry return from Dallas after funeral services for Henry Huntley. The Dub Wards enjoy Red River vacation with mild nights and warm days. C. B. Lee tours The Sun building and shares information.
A Houston judge canceled the October 16 regents election for Lee College amid an injunction bid by Raymond L. Heinrich. Attorney James M. Girardeau said further legal action is possible. School board President Knox Beavers and attorney Bruce Ramsey asserted the board followed state law in naming the regents and could not have legally called an election.
SEATTLE AP The Post-Intelligencer filed from Imchitka Alaska reporting several Russian vessels steamed by the Aleutian site where the United States plans to explode an underground nuclear device. Reporter Fergus Hoffman said the test site was shown to newsmen for the first time. The agency noted the ship appeared to be a fishing factory and other smaller craft stayed beyond the three mile limit.
B52 bombers of the U S Strategic Air Command conducted another raid on South Viet Nam striking a Viet Cong installation about 55 miles south of the Da Nang air base, the U S military announced.
Gemini 5 crew endure chill suits overnight then warm by dawn. Co-pilot Cooper logs new U S astronaut hours with 98 total, 34 on Mercury flight two years ago. At 8:35 a m EST Gemini 5 completed 45 orbits as fires were ordered near Laredo Texas for their planned eight day mission.
About 3,000 residents of East Brunswick were evacuated when a general alarm fire at a chemical plant released dangerous fumes. Police administered oxygen to 300 inhalers. no serious injuries were reported. Residents sheltered in schools and fire houses and returned home about four hours later. The fire started in a storage trailer behind the Cadet Plastics plant, containing organic peroxide. Cause undetermined. blaze confined to the trailer.
A C130 Hercules crashed into Hong Kong harbor just after takeoff killing most of the 71 aboard and leaving 13 survivors. Divers recovered bodies from the wreckage as barge cranes lifted the 30 feet deep debris to the RAF docks for body removal. Survivors, including Marines returning to Da Nang after leave in Hong Kong, were treated for shock burns and fractures at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kowloon.
Crosby School District tax base climbs to 16.31 million this year up from 15.35 million. Supt Allison Koontz notes capital outlay funds rise to 133000 and debt service falls to 55000 while instructional costs rise to 508853 with more teachers and higher pay above the state minimum.
Gordon Cooper Jr and Charles Conrad Jr report sighting of a Minuteman missile fired at Vanderberg Air Force Base California The event coincides with President Johnson praising Thurgood Marshall who becomes the first Negro ever to serve as solicitor general of the United States
The storm Anna became the season s first hurricane in the Atlantic as it moves northeast at 22 mph about 440 miles southeast of Cape Race Newfoundland. Winds near the center reach high force with gale conditions extending 15 miles, and the system is forecast to continue northeast for 24 hours.
San Francisco the LBJ Ranch birthday notes stir speculation about President Lyndon B. Johnson’s return to celebrate. Houston reports include prisoners protesting punishment with chaos and a nightbulb incident. Ruth Baker Pratt dies at 3. Jonathan Daniels receives last rites amid a church funeral. A Keene casket scene marks civil rights work and a slain activist.
Samuel C. Bramlett 50 of Baytown was elected president of the Regents of Lee College at a recent organizational meeting. Strickler was named vice president, Miss Alana McNulty secretary, and James M. Black assistant secretary. Bramlett, a Humble Oil foreman and Baytown resident since 1923, has long been active in church and civic work.
Washington AP report on the compromse foreign aid authorization bill facing a decisive Senate vote. Sen Wayne Morse urged rejection of the $3.36 billion annual package calling it a vehicle for unchecked spending by foreign aid, State, and Defense departments. House approved measure had two amendments stripped in conference: a two year authorization and a forced two year end with a congressional review for a revamped future program.
Washington AP Republicans open a fight to place a ceiling on immigration from Canada Mexico and other Western Hemisphere nations. The House will take up the measure today with a final vote expected Wednesday. The bill would wipe out the 41 year old national origins quota system and replace it with an overall ceiling of 170 000 visas a year, with a maximum of 20 000 visas per country and a preference system for close relatives of US citizens.
Patrolman A R Liles heads the Baytown Police Association and Lotat 1173 International Association of Fire Fighters with W Turner as president. Turner said a meeting set for Tuesday will discuss plans to push for more than the $19 raise sought in the department request. City records show about 220 city employees, with 40 police and 23 fire members. Lanham has not set a final amount.
City proposes hike in Baytown Health League budget for 1986 from 9,131 to 9,275, with 31,750 total league funds and extra support from Community Chest Goose Creek School District and Harris County. Budget discussions began Monday as City Manager Fritz Lanham outlined proposals.
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