Pearl Harbor Recalled From Buried Memories of War
Veteran recounts the December 7 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor detailing bomb blasts smoke and planes. He describes battleships, the Enterprise, Wake Island Midway and Saratoga events with U S casualties, Kamikaze strikes, and a later medical discharge before settling in Baytown with his wife and daughter.
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Dukes
U.S
Dikes
Hawaii
Midway
Wake Island
Wake
Navy
Baytown
Civil Service
F.jo
Delynn
Belinda Harman
Houston
Coast insurance pool faces pressure over high rates
Surety officials allege insurers refuse normal rates for coastal properties behind seat walls, pushing all new and renewed policies into a higher pool rate. Spilman backs Schwartz, citing adjacent houses charged differently without justification. Hearing draws 300 plus attendees from coastal communities and agents as testimony continues.
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Schwartz
Spilman
Mars probes Mars 2 and 3 orbit Mars in study mission
Tass reports Mars 2 in a different wide orbit and Mars 3 omitted from announcements no landing attempt had been announced. Both probes are conducting space observations from distinct orbits near Mars as data is studied.
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Mars
Parade highlights from Baytown Christmas celebration
The Baytown parade featured Drew Junior High School Band Ross Sterling Stars Sterling Band and Robert E Lee Brigadiers with Santa leading the finale. Crowds cheered as candy flew from float riders and marching groups including Brownies Girl Scouts Lee College and clowns led by Pat and Merle Boyle. Parade organizer Joe Butrick praised 61 entries and thanked parade judges Mayor Glen Walker Ralph Kunz and Lou Davis. Separately Arthur Hiller will direct a film version of Man of La Mancha starring Peter O Toole and Sophia Loren set to begin in Italy next year.
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Drew
Ross Sterling Stars
Sterling Band
Robert E. Lee
REL
Santa
Brown‘ies
Lee College
Pat
Merle Boyle
Donnie Dittman
People’s State Bank
Joe Butrick
Penney’s
Dave Sherron
Sherron
Baytown
Butrick
Glen Walker
Ralph Kunz
Lou Davis
Bombardment and siege reported around Phnom Penh
Late dispatches from Phnom Penh say Communist forces shelled the capital with rockets and blew up a key highway bridge southwest of the city while continuing to besiege government troops nearby. A report from Baltimore notes prosecutors claim Alabama businessman connected to a $25 000 bribe passed to Rep Dowdy. In Houston Dr Vincent E McKelvey of the USGS supported dumping poisonous factory waste into deep wells under regulated conditions.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Atlantia
John Dowdy
D-Tex
Houston
Vincent E. McKelvey
United States Geological Survey
Railroads Authority Meeting Highlights Bond Plan
Gulf Coast Waste Disposal and the Gulf-Coast Water Authority plan project funding and bond issuance. Meetings set for March dates at North Main, Lee Drive, and University Boulevard with officials from Texas, Carnegie, and Union Carbide involved.
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Gulf Coast Waste Disposal
North Main
Authority
Sobit
Gulf
West Uniat Texas
Gulfversity Place City Hall
Lee Drive
University Boulevard
Carnegie
Pearce
Ton
Texas
Tory
Union Carbide Corp
Southern
Pruett
Lee
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Misty
Ra One
Ru Otty
Robert Mitcrum
Sene
Conran
RTE
Ayer
Marure Mars GP
Stacy
Faye Dunaway
Orivean Theatre
Uttle Falss
Big Hally
HNG
Baltimore, Md
Alabama
Medic Pharmacy Roberts
Philim Hightower
Rarnackt
Wathable & Betds
Martin's Chiffon
Lucia Velvet
Orba
Sunweave
Prytaris
Morgan Jones
DeskAmericard
Frontier Restaurant
N. Main
Mia
LA Porte Theatre
Witgur Ec
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