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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1968
Page
6
Sun editorials discuss SST supersonic flights with intense sonic booms. Proposals urge banning over populated areas while researchers test sound impact. Advocates say tech advances unhaltable, raising debate over quiet skies and living near coast cities.
Dr. F W Went of the University of Nevada deserts proposes smog may not merely threaten visibility and breathability but could help form new coal and oil deposits. He told a National Academy of Sciences session that sunlight breaks hydrocarbons in the atmosphere, causing them to settle to earth and, with ancient organic matter, become fuel again.
A reader laments anti gun license zeal as a sickness in politics urging judging leaders by overall competence. The YMCA Board thanks volunteers for this year’s boxed chicken dinner with 2 AM half chickens 12 pounds of potatoes gallons of pickles and 150 loaves of bread, praising Eddie Huron and his team for their community service.
The Baytown Sun is described as a second class mailer published afternoons Monday through Friday and Sunday from 1301 Memorial Drive Baytown Texas with P O Box 60 77520 and annual subscription rates. It notes management roles including Preston Pendergrass Fohneila Boynton and Carrie Tree among others and mentions association with the Associated Press and Texas Newspaper Representatives.
On December 6 various historical events are noted including the Halifax ammunition ship disaster of 1917 with many deaths, Columbus's discovery in 142, Jefferson Davis's death in 114, and Finland's 1917 independence. Mentions Pearl Harbor proximity and the 1966 Discoverer satellite program kickoff. Also references Lee Harvey Oswald shooting in 1963 and a 71-year-old heart transplant in New York City.
The text cites Matthew 1 23 declaring a virgin will bear a son named Immanuel meaning God with us. It presents the verse as prophecy and emphasizes the name interpretation.
Essay by Pall Harvey discusses youth unrest and political disillusion during Vietnam era, arguing that visible restiveness is a pimples not a pox and urging constructive engagement. References to draft, civil rights, and antiwar sentiment frame a call for reform and national unity.
Washington writers report Alabama ex Governor Wallace and Governor Brewer push for a full investigation into alleged kickbacks from liquor distributors. They cite checks totaling over 121 000 linked to Millsap and firms like Boling Huey and Grocers, with records kept at Birmingham offices and First National Bank. Millsap denies liquor agent status as prosecutors seek tax returns and ledger details.
A dense OCR style puzzle grid lists across items and clues for vocabulary enrichment. It spans numbers and fragments like Land by measure candlelight Arabian sultanate and biblical names, with many isolated word hints such as tendon girl s name treacle and temple dancer.
South’s three no-trump call wins. North debates four hearts. brilliant defense by West stops South’s club tricks. East leads continue, West’s four over the jack saves the contract as Berger’s reading of the hand yields the key defense.
In a bridge auction the dealer shows a hand. South must decide after partner jumps to four spades. The prompt implies choosing a bid, likely aiming for slam prospects or safety. The read asks what you do now and hints a concrete next step for the partnership.
A column answers reader questions on sinusitis remedies and safety of Argyrol ten percent solution, causes of postnasal drip and bad breath, chronic cough reasons, thyroid cystadenoma cancer risk and treatment, and intermittent claudication management. Advice includes avoiding prolonged Argyrol use, addressing indoor air dryness and smoking, consulting specialists, and quitting tobacco as key to claudication improvement.
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