Parade Goes On Amid Rain Says Parade Marshal
Dave Sherron announced that Saturdays Christmas Parade will proceed at 2 p.m. despite rain. Sherron is parade marshal. Pioneer Club meets at 7 p.m. Friday at the Community Building to elect seven new directors. Rough Riders elect officers at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Civic Center. Eugene Guidry Sr. dies in Lutcher Louisiana. arrangements by Alexander's Funeral Home.
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Santa
Dave Sherron
Sherron
Pioneer Club
Humble Pioneer Club
Rough Riders
Baytown Rough Riders
Civic Center
Mahlon Hanle
Louisiana
Lutcher
Eugene Guidry Sr
Alexander
Baytown
Stefani Snead
Beth Martin
Baytonians
Texas Avenue
Thomas Circle
Third Street
Santa Claus
No Official Data Draft Board Swamped By Questions About Lottery
Baytown Selective Service Board No. 63 faces a flood of inquiries as the ladies auxiliary of Faith Temple Church hosts a charity bazaar while the lottery based draft system remains not operable until January 1970. Board chief clerk Mrs. Abigail Frazier notes steady calls from concerned young men and families as local procedures await state headquarters guidance. January induction targets and physicals quotas are outlined, with the oldest eligible called first under the new system.
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Baytown
Abigail Frazier
State Selective Service
Austin
Frazier
Morris S. Schwartz
State Selective Service System
Baytown Scientist Honored By ACS At Tulsa Ceremony
Baytown research associate Nugent F Chamberlain of Baytown received the 1969 Southwest Regional Award of the American Chemical Society at a Mayo Hotel Tulsa Oklahoma ceremony. He was lauded for outstanding contributions to chemistry and the chemical industry and delivered an address on Hydrogen Nuclear Magnetic Resonances in Phosphorus Compounds. A theft report from Randy Short notes $178 in items stolen from his car at Bay Plaza between 1 and 6 10 p m Thursday including suit items and 14 Baytown stereo tapes.
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Randy Short
E. Schreck
Bay Plaza
Nugent F. Chamberlain
Baytown
Petroeum
American Chemical Society
Mayo Hotel
Tulsa
Okla
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Chamberlain
Weather update with mild temperatures and light rain
Cloudy and mild with scattered light rain through Friday afternoon. Temperatures expected Friday range from the low 50s to the low 70s. Morgan's Point tides for Saturday show highs at 12:55 a.m. and 10:25 a.m. and lows at 1:13 a.m. and 12:49 p.m.
Anniversaries and holiday notices feature at local event
Barry and Barbara Lancaster receive flowers on their eighth anniversary from the company president. Lucky prize winners at the Household Executive seminars include Mrs H Frost, Mrs H Bordelon, and Mrs Dan Simmons. Nell Jones plans a Christmas display while Lila Cashat writes from Mineral Wells about Baytown Sun reading. Myrteel Howell tracks holiday happenings as Doris Haralson organizes holiday fashions and sewing activity. Pat Goodrich showcases a brown suede suit while collecting art for a city show. Mrs W H Bridges shares insights from a Guatemala tour.
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Barry
Barbara Lancaster
Doar
H. &. Frost
H. A. Bordelon
Dan Simmons
Nell Jones
Lila Cashat
Mineral Wells
Sam
Baytown
Myrteel Howell
Doris Haralson
Pat Goodrich
W. H. Bridges
Guatemala
Elaine Brunson is Baytown’s woman of the year 1969
Fred Hartman profiles Elaine Duke Brunson wife of Dr. Donald L. Brunson as Baytown’s outstanding woman. He praises her family, education, community ties from Goose Creek to the University of Texas and notes her generosity in owning a ticket to the Arkansas Texas game and hotel room while deciding not to travel.
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Fred Hartman
Fayetteville
Baytown Sun
Ozark Mountain
Baytown
Elaine Duke Brunson
Elaine Brunson
Donald L
Elaine
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
TCU
ISMU
Fort Worth
High Tides Expected in Area
Civil Defense warns residents along the bays to monitor tides as persistent rain and east to southeast winds sweep in. Bay town official Fletcher Hickerson cautions tides may reach four feet above normal, near emergency levels for some homes. The danger peaks late afternoon and evening, with continued coordination with the Weather Bureau.
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Civil Defense
Fletcher Hickerson
Baytown
Hickerson
U.s.weather Bureau
Jeitizens
House subcommittee trims foreign aid to new low
In Washington the House appropriations subcommittee reportedly cut foreign aid to about $1 billion below the administration’s requested ceiling. The My Lai massacre case proceeds with Lt. William Calley Jr. set to testify after Capt. Ernest Medina denied giving orders or witnessing the killings. Saigon reports North Vietnamese officers have executed deserters for desertion. Congress may finish money bills by Christmas as Nixon warns of a possible December 26 special session. Rep. Wilbur Mills says tax reform moves toward final action by the holidays.
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Washington
House
My Lai
William &. Calley Jr
Calley
Ernest Medina
Senate Appropriations
Nixon
Congress
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Senate
Viet Cong announces longer Christmas New Year truces
The Viet Cong says its forces will observe three day Christmas and New Year truces, two days longer than Saigon's. The Christmas truce runs from 1 a.m. Dec 24 to 1 a.m. Dec 27, and the New Year truce from 1 a.m. Dec 1 to 1 a.m. Jan 2. The Thieu government set 24 hour cease-fires at 6 p.m. Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, with U.S. forces joining. The U.S. Command reports North Vietnamese officers guarding deserters during infiltrations into the South and cites defectors from the 3rd Division noting desertions and executions.
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Saigon
Viet Cong
Nguyen van Thieu
U.S
Thieu
Ha Tay
Former Gander Star Loses An Eye In Mishap
Charley Hendricks 1 a former AEL Gander star sustained a workplace accident at Cleco Machine Shop in Houston. A metal fragment pierced his safety glasses, injuring his right eye and entering the eyeball. He is hospitalized at Spring Branch Hospital Room 301.
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Charley Hendricks
AEL Gander
Hendricks
W. H. Hendricks
Colby
Becky Burnett
Cleco
Houston
Spring Branch Hospital
Lamar Would Just Adjourn City Council Meeting
Councilman Don M Hullum presiding in Mayor Glen Walker's absence opened the Thursday session at city hall asking City Attorney Bill Laughlin who would take over if he had to leave. Laughlin said a replacement would be selected. Councilman Lamar Kelley suggested ad journ if needed. Hallum remained for the meeting.
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Don M. Hullum
City Council
City Hall
Glen Walker
Bill Laughlin
Goodfellow Drive Seeks Baytown Christmas Aid
The Goodfellows drive invites donations to help Baytown children have Christmas. Eastern Star Chapter 798 contributed 10 and 16 dollars in memory of Norman J. Casey. Contributions fund gifts, toys, fruits, and candies for nearly 1,000 local kids. send pennies or dollars to Chief Goodfellow at O. Box 90 Baytown.
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PTA
Baytown
Eastern Star
Norman J. Casey
City hires firm to pursue federal funds for street upgrades
Baytown officials on Thursday contracted Bernard Johnson Engineers to study and apply for TOPICS federal state funds to improve Albert Thomas Circle. The project could cost over 100000, with only right of way and maintenance expenses to the city. Five week study to be led by Jose J. Correa.
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Ron Lennard
Baytown
Houston
Bernard Johnson
Albert Thomas Circle
E. C. Kobs
Bernard Johnson Engineers, Inc
Kobs
Thomas Circle
Leonard Stasney
Lamar Kelley
Council
Jose J. Correa
Correa
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ACS
N. F. Chamberlain
Our World
Vietnam
Citizens National Bank & TruSt Co
City
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
South
Gander
Lamar
Eve Fe
Order of Eastern Star
Goodfellow
the Goodfellows
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