Editorials And Features Bridges On Waterways Policy Issue
The Baytown Sun revisits U S Army Engineers guidance on bridges over navigable waters and the Truman Hobbs Act. It notes misinterpretation, cites potential recommended clearance and final Army Secretary decision, and argues motorists bear penalties for raised bridges. It stresses balance between federal authority and builder costs, urging users of waterways to pay or yield.
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Baytown Sun
U.S. Army Engineers
Sun
Army
Baytown
Cedar Bayou
Missouri Pacific
U.S. Steel
West
Chambers County
Friends of the Sun
District Engineers
Galveston
Washington
Secretary of the Army
Corps of Engineers
Trinity River Bridge
Interstate Highway 10
E. H. Thornton
State Highway Commission
Red Guards Rally in Peking Pressuring Soviet Embassy
Thousands of Red Guards demonstrated before the Soviet Embassy in Peking amid anti revisionist chants while authorities urged discipline. The crowd renamed streets in tribute to Mao and revolution with portraits of Marx Lenin Stalin and Mao on display.
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Tokyo
Peking
Peking People’s Daily
Red Guards
China
Lhase
Tibet
Marx
Lenin
Stalin
Mao Tze-tung
Moscow
Tanjugz
Reg Guerd
Tass
Peking People's Daily
People's Libera
Tion Army
Chu Teh
Chinese Communist Party
New China News Agency
Mao
Reader dismisses Cedar Point rail plan as costly
A Baytown letter argues a new railroad to Cedar Point is unnecessary as the current Southern Pacific spur can handle freight. The editor notes the claim contradicts facts and that investments in overpasses bridges and crossings are unwarranted, while rail traffic would not be as disruptive as claimed, and that shipper Missouri Pacific bears the risk in hoped returns.
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Southern Pacific
Cedar Bayou
Ray Heinrich
Ray
Missouri Pacific
NEA Feature Word Power Puzzle Notes
Puzzle grid lists scattered clues and partial answers across categories. Readers decipher release date references and fill in words for across and down entries including operatic terms and geographic names.
Earache Brings Luck and Zodiac Laughs in Sagittarian Tale
A reader in New York recalls an earache during a visit to an ENT specialist and discovers a 1966 Sagittarian horoscope. The booklet links December 2 births to talents in business art philanthropy diplomacy teaching healing and even suggests possible careers.
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New York
Alustriong
Jane Austen
Maria Callas
Andrew Carnegie
Joe DiMaggio
Ludwig van Beethoven
Chet Huntley
Frank Sinatra
Mark Twain
John Milton
Winston Churchill
Noel Coward
Barbs by Walter C. Parkes
A short column comments on happiness, a revival of the idea of a guaranteed annual wage, and hints at employer profits. It notes that well behaved children reflect on parental authority and ends with a reminder to attend church on Sunday.
McClellan Pushes Government Patent Giveaway Bill
Senate Judiciary action by Sen. McClellan advances a bill allowing government contractors to retain patent rights to inventions developed with public funding. The move, described as a major loss to taxpayers, aims to limit publicity and oversight of such arrangements.
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Washington
Sen
McClellan
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Senate Judiciary Committee
Grim
John McClellan
D-Ark
McCielan
Lawmakers seek to curb government patent theft
An editorial critiquing Sen McClellan and Rep Daddario's push to let contractors keep rights to inventions funded by taxpayer money. It cites Lockheed and Hughes Aircraft as examples and notes GE’s heavy government research involvement. The piece argues tax funded discoveries belong to taxpayers and public markets.
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General Accounting Office
Lockheed
Defense Department
Hughes Aircraft
I Istance
Sen. McCleHan
Free Enterprise
Panies
G. E
Defense
Holloman
White House
McClellan
Capitol Hill
Chambers of Commerce
Little Rock
King Air
Washington
Hartford
Daddario
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Albert Gore
Dtenn
WIN AT BRIDGE Card Count Helps South
South considered a three notrump bid on the second round but chose four hearts. He faced risks at three no trump and chose to pull trumps first. Yast led spades, West ruffed, and defensive plays continued as South sought a good count of opponents and timing to run trumps and later play the clubs.
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South
Hearts
Yast
West
East
Bridge counting leads to miscount reveal in hand play
South opens with a strong lead and uses a trump squeeze to determine East’s diamonds. By discarding and ruffing, South forces East to show at least three diamonds and at most one club. South then plays the club ace and finesses West’s queen.
Alphabetical disorder theory shocks medical readers
Dr Trevor Weston of London proposes a so called alphabetical disorder affecting those with surnames from S to Z. He claims shorter life expectancy and higher disease rates due to lifelong social frustration from alphabetical seating and ordering in school. The column invites questions for future general interest answers.
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Trevor Weston
London
Br. Weston
Wayne G. Brandstedt
M.D
Dr. Brandstadt
Bible Verse Fragment From Luke T7327
Fragmentary OCR reads a verse about those on rooftops and working fields not turning back to retrieve belongings. The text is garbled with errors and unclear context. It appears to reference a biblical scene but lacks coherent structure or complete verses.
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Luke
Bridge bidding puzzle with double by partner
In a bridge problem the sequence is West North East South: 1Dble, Pass, 2NT, Pass. South holds K65 YR 103 $432 BQE76. After Pass, partner says you have nothing extra. Question: instead of bidding two no trump, partner passes. East doubles again. You pass. West bids two spades. What do you do?
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East
West
Oldest U.S. Senator Theodore F Green Rhode Island
In a Q A style item the reader learns Theodore F. Green of Rhode Island was the oldest man to serve in the U S Senate, retiring in 1960 at age 93. The piece notes barleycorn measurement survives in shoe sizing and cites President Johnsons Texas ranch at about 400 acres near Johnson City.
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United States Senate
Theodore F. Green
Rhode Island
Senate
President Johnson
Texas
Johnson City
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