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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1967
Page
4
A fragmented OCR recounts a museum display on Anglo migration with scenes of travel by ship and road. It describes passengers crowded in vehicles and ships, scenes of daily life aboard, blessings at seaports, and ships striking rocks with fatalities noted.
School calendar shows a Wednesday faculty meeting at Hoss Sterling High and afternoon assignments by building. Registration periods run Aug 31 to Sept 1 with grade by grade time slots at Robert E. Lee Ross Sterling and Carver schools. Sept 5 lists all grades in class.
The Pentagon begins opening thousands of housing units near Washington to serve service members regardless of color, expanding after McNamara issued orders restricting racial denial. About 32,600 service personnel at nine installations in the region may find space, with 7,000 families currently accommodated and the rest to seek housing elsewhere under open listings or sanctions if needed. Brig. Gen. William E. Ekman notes many renters are already coming around as owners and officials meet to address potential problems.
A column of humorous letters from HAL BOYLE with tone of old New York AP copy. Included are spoof notes about a couples honeymoon at a seaside resort, praising a kindergarten prodigy painter, an alumni fundraiser gift, a provocative elopement offer, and playful social missteps.
Insurance firms urge federal aid after facing an estimated 100 million dollar bill for policyholder losses from this year’s urban riots. They point to prior hurricanes Betsy Diep and 1956 era figures to argue for government reinsurance or disaster relief, noting Betsy caused 715 million in insured losses across Florida Louisiana and Mississippi.
The piece discusses rioting losses in California, Oregon, and Washington, noting fire and storm risks drive higher insurance costs. It cites industry leaders arguing rioting costs should not fall to insurance and contemplates federal backing as a possible remedy amid a presidential panel and Congress considering a $15 billion backing bill.
John Smoith, early Virginia settler, is credited by the Encyclopaedia Britannica with coining the term New England after exploring the coast in 1814.
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