Patent System Is Under Fire
The piece argues the patent system will reach four million patents this year and has shaped innovation since 1790. It notes rising applications, slower issuances, and proposed reforms while defending patents as public-spirited incentives despite criticisms from some officials and lawmakers.
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U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Congress
T. L. Bowes
Intellectual Property Owners, Inc
U.S
Bowes
Baytown Fire Chief Hires New Firemen in 1956
Baytown Fire Chief Art Lintelman announces the hiring of two new firemen, Paul Morton and Vance H. McBride, at a beginner's salary of 320 dollars a month. The item notes McBride’s rise from a former hire 20 years earlier to chief, and references community happenings and local notes from The Sun files.
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Baytown Sun
Cotton Lake Field
Glenn McCarthy
Ouida Whiddon
Henry Whiddon
Jack G. Hester
A. Hester
Gutt
Newman Study Club
Skippy —_Kelley
Benny Moskowitz
Dutch) Placek
W. C. Moravits
Victor Lee
Baytown
Art Lintelman
Paul
Cecil
Marie Fisher
Austin
H. Ficktin
Morrell Park
L. V. Bailey
Morton
Helms and Iran Press Tactics In U.S. Cable Revelations
Classified cables show former CIA Director Richard Helms, now ambassador to Iran, pressed Washington to help Iran halt U.S. criticism and block an anti-shah paper. Helms reported back on Afshar’s U.S. citizenship and possible actions against Iran Free Press, despite legal limits. The dispatches reveal Iran’s officials pressing on citizenship and press control while State Department officials warned of no legal basis to act.
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Washington
U.S
Tehran
Iran
State Department
CIA
Richard Helms
Tran
Helms
Tran Free Press
United States
Nasser Afshar
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Afshar
Iran Free Press
Akshar
International Oil Interests
Interior Department
Pacific
Palau
Middle East
Japan
Baytown Sun Staff and Publication Details
The Baytown Sun lists Editor and Publisher as well as staff roles from 1950 to 1974 and outlines editorial and advertising departments. It notes address 1307 Memorial Drive Baytown Texas 77520 and P O Box 90 plus subscription rates, postal status, and rights for republication and letters to the editor.
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Fred Raenberger
Fred Hartmanitor
Southern Newspapers, Inc
Leon Brown
John Wadlay
Baytown
Texas
Act of Congress
Memorial Dine
P. O. Box
Sy Carrer
Coastal Publications
Barbs by Phil Pastoret on Christmas Gripes and Snow Fears
The columnist rails against chronic complainers and petty disputes preferring quiet contentment. He jokes about a bibulous neighbor Rudolph the red nosed and the distraction of pocket radios. He warns against asking for too much snow for Christmas.
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Rudolph
Red-Nosed
Dropped kidney often causes no symptoms
A nephroptosis or dropped right kidney commonly occurs without symptoms and is found incidentally. It may drop when standing, kink the ureter or vessels causing pain and low blood pressure, but most cases resolve with lying flat or posture and abdominal-strengthening exercises. Surgery is rare and only for persistent symptoms.
Today in History December 6 1976
Highlights include F D Roosevelt appealing to Hirohito before Pearl Harbor attack the next day. Abraham Lincoln taking Congress seat in 1847. Jefferson Davis death in 1889. Halifax ammunition disaster in 1917. Cologne occupation in 1918. Eisenhower chosen for invasion command in 1943. Ford sworn in as VP in 1973.
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Associated Press
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hirohito
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Abraham Lincoln
U.S
Ilinois
Jefferson Davis
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Cologne
Germany
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Gerald R. Ford
Way It Was Declares Sovereignty of King in 1725
In December 1725 Congress accepted sovereignty of the king and disavowed allegiance to Parliament, marking a shift in colonial governance and allegiance during the era.
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Congress
Trade with China could surge with consumer goods imports
UCLA professor Barry Richman predicts stronger Sino American trade in five to 15 years driven by lower Chinese costs on color TV sets and electronics. He notes potential oil reserves could shift China’s balance of payments from deficit to surplus if foreign capital and technology flow in.
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Port Pacific
Robert Panero
Panero
Mideast
Palau
Japan
Los Angeles
Barry Richman
Graduate School of Management
University of California At
Richman
People’s Republic of China
United States
China
Korea
Mao Tse-tung
Hua Kuo-feng
Mao
U.S
Guilt as a human condition and spiritual healing
The speaker cites Viktor Frankl on guilt as a human moral judgment versus a dog’s conditioned reflex. He argues guilt signals spiritual sickness and requires spiritual treatment, urging letting God heal the spirit.
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Viktor Frankl
Dr. Frankl
God
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Buddy) McBride
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