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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1964
Page
4
The article portrays President Johnson as clashing with liberal Democrats who propelled his landslide victory. It notes the push for bigger government versus Johnson's drive for budget cuts and program slowdowns, provoking resistance from lawmakers who now seek to thwart the administration's economic program.
Nebraska Senator Roman L. Hruska, reelected to the Senate, used leftover campaign stationery to mail a letter with an envelope stamped Re-Elected in red. A rubber stamp added ed to the end of Re-Elect, creating the impression of ongoing victory.
A fragmentary syndicated item describes a Yemenite man in a peculiar pursuit of a 166th wife, framed as an unusual feature amid grocery ads andThursday newspaper space. The text is garbled and lacks verifiable details, yielding a quirky, not fully coherent snapshot.
Texas Highway Commission tabulated 25,359,367 dollars in low bids over two days for road projects. Firms include H. B. Zachry Co. in San Antonio on Interstate 10, and BECo Pavers Inc. in Dallas on Interstate 20, with other surfacing jobs on FM and county roads across Waller, Fort Bend, Harris, Van Zandt, Henderson, Grayson, Denton, and more.
The Baytown Sun presents its staff roles and publishing information. It notes editors John Wadley and Corrie Laughlin among others, plus circulation and retail management details. It also states publication schedule and address at Pearce and Ashbel Baytown Texas with subscription and mail rates.
From Walter Reed Hospital Fulton Lewis Thurmond attacks Defense Secretary McNamara for cutting long range missiles and SAC bases. He warns allied ties, Soviet spending ambiguity, and risks to global security from disarmament by optimistic budget cuts.
A brief fragment discusses a New Jersey mother dyeing hair to resemble a skunk and a son noting the change. It also cites Pastor Martin Niemoller recalling the Nazis era in a memoir, including the line about “First they came for the Communists.”
The excerpt lists trivia on instruments and inventions, noting the saxophone’s orchestral debut, the sewing machine’s inventor, and Siamese cats’ early import, plus a bit on electricity and Jupiter legends, then shifts to aphorisms and a town’s fame tied to industry and a Lady Godiva legend.
A dusty column notes Ruth Ramsey on a town’s past and present, mentioning a naked ride to deliver people from tax, a WWII bombing near destruction, and modern city planning mixed with quaint streets, while a bottom-of-column name hints at fame.
Johnson relaxed at a White House state dinner with Harold Wilson as relations with the Soviet Union under Gromyko drew cautious optimism. Rusk and Gromyko discussed East West solutions and possible nuclear force limits while McNamara and Shulman provided comic distraction in a Pentagon barber chair incident. The Mail reports mixed public opinion and New Orleans and Mississippi logistics proposals surface in the week’s political currents.
The National Planning Association urges a worldwide increase in gold prices to strengthen the free world monetary system and expand world trade. Aimed at creating a world central bank from IMF, the plan would devalue all currencies. Marshall Walker cites 9,000 U.S. mines closed by the current gold price. Johnson assigns Humphrey a leading anti poverty role with Shriver coordinating nationwide efforts.
The column discusses a bridge hand from 1965 involving Michael O'Connell as South and Jack Kelly as reporter. O'Connell makes a bold play after a heart lead, choosing a diamond tactic that fails under certain distributions but succeeds by exploiting a singleton or doubleton king of diamonds. The piece notes Irish prowess and credits O'Connell with superior judgment beyond luck.
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