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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1966
Page
2
Fire ant infestation spreads across about nine million acres in Southeast Texas with projections of 40 percent state coverage by 1970. Experts warn mounds sting, disrupt crops and livestock, and urge area-wide treatment using a nonhazardous bait.
Highlands Civic Council August program featured seven speakers led by Chairman Hinton Rosser who urged residents to overcome indifference and aid community projects. Mrs James Threddgill described the August 27 Jamboree plans while Pete Rupp supported teenage baseball and local facilities at Li Park.
A clipped Highlands report covers nurse training grants for a Texas program, postal code push by Postmaster Clairene Dunn, library update from Mrs. Dick Drew, and fire department demonstrations under Bernard Miller. It also notes Pee Wee football weigh-ins sponsored by the Optimist Club, Rotary Club talk by H. Rosser on community service, and several local families on vacation across Texas and New Mexico.
Lynda Bird Johnson daughter of the President made a second trip to New York to discuss a possible job in publishing with Town and Country editor Anthony Mazzola. He said the talks were exploratory and she was not offered a position or interested in one.
Mary H Brown reviews The Blue Max showing at Gay Lynn Theater. The film follows a young German infantryman who joins the air force, pursues the Max, and becomes emotionally detached as pilots die around him. Ursula Andress, James Mason, and George Peppard star in dramatic aerial combat scenes with stark WWI aviation and German viewpoint emphasis.
Farm Bureau reps from Texas and Oklahoma opposed a proposed voluntary cotton promotion program funded by growers. Supporters led by the National Cotton Council argue the plan helps counter synthetic fibers, while opponents urge government removal of controls. Referendum by growers will decide, with two-thirds approval needed. Local hearings extended to Phoenix Atlanta and Memphis earlier in the week. Notables include C H DeVaney of Waco and J S Sharp of Paris.
Washington AP reports Mot ley County farmers in West Texas were granted special permission by the Agriculture Department to bale hay and graze livestock on lands diverted from crop acreage due to adverse weather conditions.
A noisy OCR style page lists Friday night programs from 6:30 to 12:00 including camp Runamuck, Wild Wild West, Hogan's Heroes, Gomer Pyle, Honey West, NFL Football Baltimore vs St Louis, Johnny Carson, News, and late shows. Saturday morning features Popeye The Jetsons Captain Kangaroo, The Jetsons, Secret Squirrel, Mickey Mouse, Underdog, Lassie, Top Cat, Tom and Jerry, Fury, D Quick Draw McGraw, and Sky King.
The listing outlines KWBA channel 13690 programming for Saturday afternoon and evening. Featured are the Don Ard Show, Call A Cop, Texas Local News, Heaven and Home Hour, Morning Chapel Hour, Amazing Grace, Back To The Bible, Coffee Break Gospel, Joe Ladd Show, Mutual News, local weather, and a Community Bulletin Board. Classic programs include Bugs Bunny, Superman, Linus the Lionhearted, Milton the Monster, Rifleman, Wide World of Sports, Divorce Court, Smothers Brothers, News segments, Death Valley Days, and The Rebel with various movie slots and live broadcasts.
Washington May or Ralph S Locher of Cleveland told a Senate panel that money alone cannot solve urban ills without law and order. He blamed poverty as the root cause and urged a transfusion of federal aid to cities, proposing a share of federal income tax funds be returned to cities as a matter of right.
Albert R. Wilhelmg of Cleveland Ohio has been elected president of the Florists' Transworld Delivery Association.
A concise overview notes that the United States government is divided into three branches. Congress creates laws, the President enforces them, and the courts interpret them through the judiciary.
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