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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1968
Page
5
HAL BOYLE surveys a humorous catalog of phobias and coinages for fears from zoophobia to merinthophobia and prigophobia. The piece playfully notes how new fears emerge as old ones fade, offering light social commentary on prestige in anxieties.
AP reports shoppers ready to spend as Christmas hits early, with merchants pushing incentives amid a shorter season between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Consumer mood remains uncertain as surtax, inflation, and Vietnam-era worries influence buying, while savings dip and credit remains available.
Mary MacMahon, 67, widow of attorney Thomas F. MacMahon, died last weekend in Hollywood Florida. Police found 242 thousand in cash and stock certificates from U S Steel, Woolworth, Chrysler, United Aircraft, Texaco and RCA. Heirs and possible will remain undetermined as investigators await guidance from her attorney Linwood Cabot.
London report says Sir Christopher Chancellor chairman of Bowater Paper announces a realignment of North American management. All U S and Canadian mills and North American sales will come under Bowater Inc, a new company forming to oversee the reorganized structure.
A profile of Number Nine West Virginia where 78 miners died in a 11 days earlier mine disaster. The piece paints life in the isolated coal town, its economy, social ties, and proximity to danger, noting long winters and strong community bonds that bind residents to the mine.
Deadline set for December 10 regarding Consolidation Coal Co's Number Nine mine a top state producer in operation since 1950 and located in the region. The note suggests few plan to relocate, highlighting continued activity at the site.
On this date in 1917 Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Austria-Hungary. The Brazilian city Para was founded in 1915. Illinois became the 21st state in 1818. Andrew Jackson defeated Adams in 1828. Jefferson Davis stood trial for treason in 1868. Robert Louis Stevenson died in 1895. Saar River crossing occurred in 1945. Eisenhower issued an executive order regarding the Space Agency and the Army ten years ago.
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