Gene Makes It Again on All-America Team
Gens Washington of La Porte named first team offensive end on the UPI all-America list after earlier AP super team honor. Washington played high school football at Baytown Carver. In other news a child was struck by a car at North Main and Midgay, Rebecca Houghton, 8, suffered serious injuries and was taken to Gulf Coast Hospital.
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Washington & of
la Porte
UPI
Washington
Baytown Carver
Associated Press
Rebecca Houghten
Midway
North Main and
Midgay
W. W. Porter
Carlton Gene Hudman
Gresham
Rebecca
Gulf Coast Hospital
Hale
CoastGuard
Bradley
Great Lakes
Baytown Ymca
Houston
Gulf Coast Area
Baytown Y
Robert E. Les High School
Weather forecast for Baytown and Galveston region
Readable fragments describe a sunny to partly cloudy day across Baytown with a forecast for Thursday. Temperature range cited 18 to 45 degrees. A morning low around 55 degrees is noted, with garbled later Galveston timing references.
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Baytown
Highlands Sun Staff Romance of Small Town News Bits
A cluttered hometown page lists brief items about Toni Kent rushing a port card from New Orleans, Ruby Fox earning nursing honors, Fiora Wilhite pitching a ticket idea, Mrs Buck Turmer granting a favor, Texora Satterwhite correcting a meeting place, Estalyne Mylar sending a press release on nurses legislative goals, and Highlands AEM students unnamed in a university news release. Other notes include Dolores Riddick calling about an address, Anne Wilkins recalling a story but forgetting a name, Lavon Heintschel lamenting a loss, Al Herring having his picture taken, Jackie Hooper in the wrong pen, and Suzanne Hemphill noting a confusion over Hemp Hill staff membership.
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Toni Kent
New Orleans
Ruby Fox
Fiora Wilhite
Highlands Aem
Sun
John Schrage
Howard 3. Schneider
Jimmy Wallace Damks
Gerald Teel
Adron Teel
John Adams
Clifton Adams
Dolores Riddick
Anne Wilkins
Nine Bands To March Santa Claus To Lead Yule Parade
Baytown gears up for a 2 PM Saturday downtown parade with a record number of civic groups, mine bands, and Santa Claus leading units from Thomas Circle to Fourth Street. Dozens of entrants have registered from 100 invitations. final registrations close Friday afternoon.
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Santa Claus
Baytown
Thomas Cir
Cle
Texas
Market Streets
Fourth Street
Dave Sherron
Wilson Smith To Meet On Rhodesian Question
London reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Rhodesian Premier Ian Smith set to meet to resolve the Rhodesian rebellion. Talks described as wartime style off Malta aboard a British cruiser, aiming to avert UN sanctions if Smith yields.
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Wilson
Smith
London
Harold Wilton
Ian Smith
Rhodesia
Tiger
Mediterranean
Malta
Haseen
UN Security Council
Balthazar J. Vorster
Salisbury
Royal Air Force
Cornet
Sir Maurice James
James
Britain
Humphrey Gibbs
Gibbs
Wilson’ S
Commonwealth
USN
Security Council
Share Christmas With A Child Goodfellows Help Baytown
The Goodfellow charity in Baytown appeals for donations to aid underprivileged children. Anonymous gifts and local groups such as Ashbel Smith PTA contribute, with totals including $5 from Ashbel Smith, $10 anonymous, $5 from C. E. Smith, and $3 from Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Matteson. The article emphasizes Baytown’s spirit and asks readers to give a half dollar or more so each child can have a Santa visit.
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C. BE. Smith
A. W. Mattson
al Tcild
Goodfellow
Baytown
Goodfellow Organization
C. E. Smith
Mrr
A. W. Matteson
the Goodfellows
Death Toll Rises in Michigan Ship Disaster Morrell Sinks
Rescue operations continue for the Daniel J. Morrell wrecked in Lake Huron after gale winds and 20-foot waves sank the vessel with 28 feared dead and only one survivor. Eleven bodies recovered. a 12th found near an empty liferaft. Coast Guard cutters battled storms across a 400 square mile area as searches persisted.
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Harbor Beach
Mich
Lake Huron
Daniel J. Morrell
Great Lakes
Coast Guard
Point Aux Barques
Michigan “Thumb
Ffreighter
Morrell
Michigan
Thumb
John Hanninen
Bethlehem Steel Co
Dennis Hale
Hale
J Beneth
Mortrell
Speck Declared Mentally Competent to Stand Trial
In Chicago the jury found Richard Speck mentally fit to face murder charges for the eight student nurses slayings. Judge Herbert Paschen accepted the verdict after a two day competency hearing. The defense argued news coverage could taint a fair trial in Cook County.
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Chicago
Richard Speck
Herbert Paschen
Speck
Gerald Getty
Cook County
Paschen
Getty
James Doherty
Toud
Saturn V Booster Test At Stennis Is Successful
The Saturn V moon rocket booster conducted a successful captive firing at the Mississippi facility. The test produced 73 million horsepower, generating immense thrust and shaking the area while spectators observed from 5,000 feet away. Notables including Dr Werner von Braun and Gen Sam Phillips watched from the control tower.
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Bay Saint Louis
Miss.ap
Hs’ Shack
Werner von Breun
Mashall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Ala
Sam Phillips
Quint May Need 2nd Transfusion
Pittsburgh AP report on surviving quintuplet Roni Sue, after 75 percent of her blood was exchanged due to jaundice. Doctors monitor for possible brain damage and a second transfusion, while noting she briefly stopped breathing but is improving. Her four sisters died within 35 hours of birth at Magee Women's Hospital after premature delivery.
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Pittsburgh
Roni Sue
Lee Bass
Magee Women’s Hospital
Michael Aranson
Pittshureh
City Council Disannexes Three Roads in Baytown
Baytown City Council disannexed portions of Highway 90 Interstate 10 and the Crosby Lynchburg Road. The move preserves a protective right of way strip while shifting accident policing duties to DPS officials due to staffing shortages. The action aims to ease Baytown police workload on major routes near San Jacinto River Cedar Bayou and Highlands.
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Acton
Crosby-Lynchburg
Baytown
Bayt Town
Fritz Lanhar
Texas Department of Public Safety
Lanham
DPS
San Jacints River
Cedar Bayou
Highlands
Defections Rise As Viet Cong Returnees Peak
U.S. officials report a November record of 2,505 Viet Cong defectors, highest since the chieu hoi program began. Casualties show Americans killed 143 last week and wounded 309, with Vietnamese forces suffering 159 killed and 41 missing. U.S. troop strength reaches 361,000 as bombing and ground operations continue near Saigon amid variable weather.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
U-3
Viet Nam
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