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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1966
Page
1
Christmas Pilgrimage sponsored by Trinity Episcopal Church runs 2 0 0 pm Tuesday and Wednesday visiting homes of Harry Miller 802 W James Dr and Mrs McMurrey 38M Oak Shadows and Mr Mrs Chattfieid 2000 Oak Shadows. Refreshments at St James House. Tickets $1 at door.
London reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson vows to wage economic war against Ian Smith's Rhodesia regime despite risks to finances. Bank of England ready to defend the pound as Britain seeks United Nations Security Council sanction, with Foreign Secretary George Brown traveling to New York to push the measure. Council meeting slated for Thursday.
Baytown area clubs donate to Chief Goodfellow to fund Christmas toys candies and treats for under privileged children. Donations from DeZavala PTA Paul and Mollie Holladay and others total 179.30 with a goal of 2500. Supporters urged to send contributions to The Sun office or bring them to Chief Goodfellow at Box 90 Baytown. Proceeds from the Dec. 22 Huddle Show at 50 cents go to the drive.
J R Singleton of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department defended shell dredging near Galveston Bay reefs amid criticism that silt could damage them. He said reefs stayed intact, noting only temporary effects on a few oysters at Todd’s Dump Reef in June 1864, and that reef-building expansion is favored while procedures may change. Todd’s Dump lies off San Leon. Hanna’s Reef lies between Smith Point and Bolivar Peninsula.
Justices debated whether the high court can compel Georgia to hold a popular governor election. Justice Black pressed the constitutional question and rejected the idea of a court based ruling on population. The court aims a ruling within five weeks, before Georgia’s legislature convenes January 3.
Chicago AP report on a national draft conference debating an all volunteer standing army. Milton Friedman and Walter Oi argue voluntary service costs less and yields training benefits, while others at the meeting challenge the idea amid Viet Nam war concerns. Discussions note draft deferments remain hotly debated.
Funeral services were held for A. al Art Lintelman 66 Baytown fire chief since 1947 at Grace Methodist Church. Burial followed at Memory Gardens of Baytown Cemetery with Fire Department pallbearers. He died Monday in a Baytown hospital from an apparent heart attack. survived by wife Frances three sons two brothers and eight grandchildren. Assistant Fire Chief Bailey to oversee department until new chief named.
Friends of the Collins family collect clothes and furniture to aid the victims of a Monday morning fire that destroyed their home at 6500 North Main near Barker Canyon. Eddie Gray says a gas heater sparked the blaze, with Mrs Collins and three children escaping unharmed. The couple will stay with relatives in Baytown as they seek temporary housing.
Berkeley California AP Chancellor Roger W Heyns won broad support from 795 Academic Senate professors in a vote of confidence as a student boycott of classes loomed. The measure backed Heyns against the Student Strike Committee which has pressed for police-free negotiations and campus political rights for nonstudents led by Mario Savio, founder of the Free Speech Movement. Reagan criticized negotiation with strikers and said prosecutions would proceed for arrested students.
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