Gubernatorial Candidate Campaigns In Harris County
Lt. Gov. Preston Smith visited East Harris County to push a Texas Democratic platform plank on coast and air and water pollution. He backed writing pollution issues into the party platform, expressed support for the party ticket, and sought endorsements from locals and fellow delegates ahead of the September platform meeting.
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Harris County
Smith
Fred Hartman
Pasadena
Preston Smith
Texas
Braun
Rex Braun
Runnoff
Connally
John Tower
Fone
Uary
Yearbook dance at Ross Sterling hall fundraiser
SPOMS and AY Sterling students hold a dance at the Knights of Columbus Hall to raise funds for yearbooks. Music by Leroy Natocha Orchestra from Fayetteville. Proceeds benefit charity with receipts for yearbooks. Sponsored by Bishop Christopher E. Byrne General Assembly.
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Sterling
Ross Sterling
Columbus Hall
Leroy Natocha
Fayetteville
Spont Ceipts
Christopher E. Byrne
Weather Outlook and Tides for Galveston
Cloudy and hot with a 20 percent chance of scattered daytime thunder showers. Highs reach the 90s. Galveston tides Sunday at 5:36 a.m. and 4:24 p.m. highs. lows at 11:18 p.m. and 11:66 p.m. Monday tides highs at 5:54 a.m. and 5:38 p.m.. lows at 11:43 a.m. and 11:48 p.m.
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Galveston
Baytown readers greet neighbors in bustling social notices
Mayors, students, and residents figure in a page of social notes. Mayors Cravey and Moore share moments. Linda Underwood, Dora Lou Ward, and Debbie Huron appear in everyday activities. Mrs. M Lannon and Mrs Cecil Hollis visit family scenes, while J G Timmons counsels at Lee College and Karen Guidry plans college study in Louisiana. A timely thanks to local responders follows an emergency call.
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Seaborn Cravey
Dave Moore
Linda Underwood
Dora Lou Ward
University of Houston
M. Lannon
Debbie Huron
Barry Bailey
Mary Jane Bickley
Cecil Hollis
Kirbyville
Baytown
Roy Calma
Alen Dunn
J. G. Timmons
Lee College
Johnny Moore
Karen Guidry
Louisiana
A. C. Carter
Baytown shoeshine veteran Boisdare shines for 36 years
Edward Preston Alexander known as Boisdare, long time head of the shoe shine at the American Barbershop on Texas Avenue, recalls early days. He began in 1932, describes 10 cent shines, limited colors, and gasless mornings. Regulars include L. G. Sanders and Dr. Herbert Geisendorff. He notes shifts and hours from 7am to 7pm, occasional late nights, and recalls shining Fred Hartman’s shoes on arrival.
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Jerry Aldredge
Edward Preston Alexander
Alexander
Bois "Gare
Bodarc
Texas Avenue
Bois’daret
Bois'dare
Bois’ Dare
Bois' Dare
Veniences
Bois’dare
Beytown
Boss’'dare
L. G
Sanders
Mar
Tin Geisendorff
Herbert
Shines
Navy
Fred Hartman
Baytown
Bois‘dare
Foundation Funds At LC Not Taxable
Lee College president Dr. Richard D. Strahan announced at the Baytown Chamber meeting that the newly formed Lee College Foundation will receive gifts and philanthropy as a vehicle to memorialize families or individuals, aid real estate tax issues, and support creative education. The foundation, guided by 33 trustees including nine college regents, will manage contributions and gifts for estate and landowner relief.
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Wanda Orton
Richard D. Strahan
Lee College
Baytown Chamber
Commere
Lee College Foundation
Dr. Strahan
Strahan
Baytown Mont Belvieu to discuss extraterritorial lines
Baytown City Councilmen will meet with Mont Belvieu officials at Baytown City Halls to discuss an extraterritorial jurisdiction conflict created by Mont Belvieu’s recent annexation actions. The issue mirrors a prior clash with Beach City and could affect sewage and development arrangements along Cedar Bayou. Additional talks with Chambers County officials are planned to address related bayou pollution concerns and potential use of Baytown’s treatment facilities. The council will also review the 1968-69 budget in a study-session agenda.
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Preston Pendergrass
Baytown
Mont Belvieu
Mont Belv New Corporation Limits
Beach City
Chambers County
H. H. McCollum
Oscar F. Nelson Jr
Chambers
Cedar Bayou
Andy Braswell
State Health Department
Nelson
Sania
Fritz Lanham
McCollum
Ford Co
Highlands Woman Recalls Life In Early Highlands
Roberta Fellon, 73, recounts life in Highlands after moving to Elena Rice Farms in 1922. She recalls Will Denny and F B Stratford owning most land, a farming community with 12 white and five colored families, and work on rice farms. She notes river washing and streets by the Methodist Church as memories of those days.
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Beverly Threadgill
Roberta Fellon
Roberta
Elena Rice
Highlands
Will Denny
B. Stratford
Methodist Church
West
Houston Street
W. C. Tyrrell
Beaumont
Elena
Roberta Felton
Eisenhower suffers new heart rhythm attacks at Walter Reed
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower is hospitalized after new irregular and rapid heartbeats. The report comes as the Texas delegation influences the Democratic convention on sustaining the unpledged rule. President Johnson seeks diplomacy to blunt Soviet actions in Czechoslovakia, while critics of the Vietnam War push for an early peace plank at the Chicago gathering.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Walter Reed Hospital
Texas
Johnson
Chicago
Alabama Editor Writes Sun Series On Wallace
Baytown Sun begins a series on Gov. George Wallace presidential bid by Ray Jenkins editor of the Alabama Journal. Jenkins, a Georgia native and longtime Alabama writer, covered Phenix City scandals and helped staff win a Pulitzer. He is a Georgia alumnus and former Nieman scholar at Harvard.
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Icals
Pasadena-Bayshore Hospital
Gary Lewis
Houston
Tubbs
Fuller
Lewis
G. T. Rupatrick
Baytown
Alabama
Wallace
Baytown Sun
George Wallace
Ray Jenkins
Montgomery
Ala
Jenkins
Georgia
Alabama Journal
Columbus, Ga
University of Georgia
Nieman
Harvard
Dubcek Said Released To Attend Moscow Talks
WAIDHAUS Germany AP reports Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia tightens with arrests and gloom as travelers cross into West Germany. Free radio broadcasts say liberal leaders Dubcek and Cernik are released to join Moscow talks. hundreds of cars and trains carry diversely national travelers. Russian soldiers crackdown continues in Prague with feared arrests and border checkpoints.
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Waidhaus
Germany
Czechoslovakia
West Germany
Prague
Alexander Dubrek
Oldyieh Cernik
Moscow
Fier Town
Central
Pizen
Frontier Station
Czechol
Nooge
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Richard Knappenberger
Roxie Anne Kubik
Lamar Tech
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Hull
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Massey - Tompkins
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Baytown Hospital
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Dickinson
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