Readiness Test and civic notices from Baytown area
Readiness tests for first grade at St. Joseph's School are scheduled for Monday and Tuesday from 8 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Late registration for all grades will be held Monday at 8 a.m. at the elementary building. Navy fireman John E. Bull is home on two week leave after basic training in San Diego and will report to Great Lakes for engineering. Ranger Booster Club meets at 7:30 p.m. Monday in Sterling High School cafeteria. Baytown Rotary also plans a 7:30 p.m. Monday meeting at Trinity Episcopal Church. Army privates Hunt and Parsons completed training at Fort Leonard Wood and Fort Polk respectively. Mostly cloudy, warm weather with showers expected in the Baytown area. Galveston tides and forecast details provided for Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.
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St. Joseph's School
Lementary
NAVY
John _E. Bull
U.S. Navy
San Diego
Calif
Bull
E_ Sterling
Great Lakes Navaltation
Ranger Boosters
Deputy
Ranger Booster Club
Sterling High School
Afeteria
P. Walter Henckell
Baytown
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Baytown Social Snippets From The Community
Baytown residents share small moments from daily life including visits home safely, telephone calls, weekend breakfast plans, car tune ups, and hospital updates. Notables include Circle K secretary Orval Overstreet attending Expo 67 events in Ottawa Montreal and northern baseball games, with return to Houston planned September 6.
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B. F. Wallace
Larry Surratt
Baytown
G. P. Bell
George Cassity
Emil
Bonnie Baskin
Bronson Kimball
Methodist Hospital
Houston
Orval Overstreet
Circle K
Lee College
Ottawa
Canada
Montreal
Joe Kilgore
Lynn Woods
Bill Strickler
Ernest Smith
Asa Moss
Herman Hospital
West
Hawks Fund Drive Aims Monterrey Trip For Baytown Team
A special bank fund setup seeks contributions from Baytown residents and merchants to send the Hawks softball team to Monterrey Mexico for Labor Day weekend. Chairman Eddie Gray and organizer Dan Garcia note the team has a strong season, needing support as four Texas entrants join four Mexico teams in the tournament. Coaches Lou Aguillar and Cherry Acosta lead players many of whom are or have been Robert E. Lee High School athletes.
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Baytown
Hawks
Monterrey
Seaborn
Cravey
Eddie Action
Johnny Busch
Glenn
Nance
Makling
Houston
Lou Aguillar
Cherry Acosta
Construction Local 313
Dan Garcia
Bobby Renteria
Richard Lopez
Art Castillo
Art Rincon
Jerry Acosta
Mario Delgado
Alan Acosta
Joe Renteria
Corky Garcia
Julio Martinez
Mike Munoz
Richard Rodriguez
Jaime Acosta
Cravey Outlines City Budget Pressures for Baytown
Baytown Mayor Cravey told a Chamber luncheon that the city faces a looming budget gap for the coming year with a potential city sales tax under serious consideration. An estimated 4.55 million dollar budget increase includes higher salaries, expanded city services, ambulance costs, and plans to add police and fire staff. The talk covered an industrial district, possible bond elections, and ongoing Capital Improvements needs including water mains and street access in eastern Chambers County.
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Bobby
Sutphin
Baytown
Seaborn Cravey
Cravey
Chamber of Commerce Juncheor
City Library Board
Sterling Municipal Library
Capital Improvements Study Committee
Chambers County
Blood unit to visit Baytown for one day only
The Houston Blood Services mobile unit will be at Gulf Coast Hospital noon to five on Wednesday for donors to replace blood or join the Baytown Blood Bank's community program. Council chairman Pat Fall cites low Baytown appointment turnout and a local blood shortage. Individuals or groups may start a community blood program by donating Wednesday afternoon. appointments are through Gulf Coast Hospital Laboratory.
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Houston Blood Services Inc
Blood Mobile
Baytown
Ball
Gulf Coast Hospital Laboratory
Rockwell Slaying Suspect Held Under Guard in Arlington
Police hold former Nazi firebrand John Potter under tight guard after Rockwell was killed in a car shooting near a shopping center. Potters bond set at $90,000 as Matthias Koehl vows the American Nazi party will carry on. Potters expulsion from the group last April is noted by Koehl.
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Arlington
George Lincoln Rockwell
Rockwell
American Nazi Party
John C. Patter
Bond
Matthias Koehl
Koehl
Potter
Elton Porter 67 Seabrook civic leader dies of heart attack
Elton Porter 67 longtime Seabrook civic leader and former Baytown Selective Service officer died Friday of a heart attack in Seabrook He was in real estate and insurance since 1912 and served on many local boards including Clear Creek Bank Kiwanis Rotary chambers of commerce and Elks He survived by wife Elizabeth Porter a daughter Alice Miser a son Elton Porter Jr a brother Robert Porter six grandchildren and has requested donations to the Ed White Memorial Fund through Seabrook Methodist Church in lieu of flowers
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Iton Porter
Seabrook
Baytown
Clear Creek Bank
Seabrook Kiwanis Club
Seabrook Rotary Club
Clear Lake and
la Porte - Bayshore Chambers of Commerce
Kemah Elks Lodge
American Legion Post No. 13
National
State Assoc. of Realtors
End Of Sunday Tradition Ends For Baytown Pharmacist
Forty seven years after Gar rett Herring opened a Goose Creek store to serve East Harris County oil field workers, the longtime druggist will lock the front door this Sunday. A new state law restricting Sunday sales prompted the policy change, marking the end of a seven day a week operation.
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Garrett Herring
Baytown
Goose Creek
Herring's
Harris County
Herring
Truggist
San Jacinto drive nears half of its goal for hospital fund
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital’s finance drive for 670590 to match a federal grant has reached about 300500 by Saturday. James Harrop, chairman of the board of trustees, says the first campaign phase is finishing and calls for renewed volunteer effort to complete the fund with hundreds of prospects remaining. George L Bennett takes drive director role with Theo Wilburn Fred Hartman Jack Strickler assisting as campaign leaders urge intensified solicitations.
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San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
James Harrop
Harrop
West Texas 2
George L. Bennett
Bay Town
Theo Wilburn
Hospital Development Council
Fred Hartman
Jack W. Strickler
Improvement Plans Mapped By Hinson
Bill Hinson, deputy superintendent, leads a $7,770,000 district capital improvement program approved by voters last May while also supervising the maintenance plan. Stadium repairs at Memorial Stadium include new concession stands and repainted press box, with seating upgrades and a temporary steel grandstand to expand capacity for fall games between Robert E. Lee and Ross Sterling High Schools.
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Johnella Boynton
Bill’ Hinson
Hinson
Bill Hinson
Memorial Stadium
Stalkworth
Pace
Robert E. Lee
Ross Sterling
Stallworth
Henson
World tensions rise as contracts loom with autoworkers
Negotiations behind the scenes unfold as a Tuesday contract deadline approaches for the Big Three automakers. A broad band of thunderstorms hits the north central states followed by cooler air. President Johnson appeals to Democrats to back him as Western States leaders urge unity amid current challenges.
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North Central States
Johnson
Western States
Democratic Conference
22 Are Killed As Terrorism Mars Election
Saigon reports a bus bombing near My Tho 12 miles from a presidential rally killing 22 civilians and wounding six. The attack occurred as campaigns for the September 3 election faced guerrilla disruption. Military actions continued with air raids on North Vietnam and U.S. ground operations in the delta.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Mekong
My Tho
Gem Nguyen van Thieu
North Vietnam
da Nang
Panhandle
U.S
Oregon
Far N Northern
South Ke
New Traffic Law Brings Parents Into Youth Cases
Baytown readies for a new traffic safety provision effective Monday August 23 requiring one or both parents to appear in open court with juvenile offenders. Juveniles must plead guilty in open court before a judge with parent or guardian present. Judge Barney Ward notes Baytown already notifies parents and offers class fines, but mail payments will stop under the new rule.
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Baytown
Corporation Court
Barney Ward
Ward
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