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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1965
Page
1
STATE REP. Bob Eckhardt of Houston will speak on air and water pollution at noon Friday at a Baytown Chapter lunch meeting of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers at Goose Creek Country Club. Luncheon cost is $1.75 and all interested are invited to attend.
PARTLY CLOUDY AND COOLER WEATHER EXPECTED WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN. TEMPERATURE RANGE 52 TO 58 DEGREES. GALVESTON TIDES WILL BE LOW AT 6:49 AM AND 6:57 PM WITH A HIGH AT 1:13 PM FRIDAY.
A rainfall filled Baytown day brings a collage of small notices and greetings. Jimmie Wilhite at the Air Forces Academy in Colorado sends Christmas cards to local friends while Grover Edge and Ray Heinrich announce an officer election and related news. George Gentry handles mail in the rain as Sam McPhail praises local teens. Stevie Underwood becomes a stock owner, Bonnie Griffin awaits her new granddaughter, and Nancy Jane Griffin plans a late visit with family. Tillman O'Brien skips golf due to rain. Charles and Mrs. Ruggles celebrate a quiet silver anniversary dinner. Willie Mae O'Brien serves gingerbread and wassail, Jack and Betty Spur-Jock visit, Ginger Scarborough helps Goodfellows, Pebble Lehde covers the rain, and Merrilee Platt introduces her newborn Jos.
The 1965 Goodfellow Drive to fund a Christmas package for under 12s grows, with $1,211.22 raised through Thursday. A Gala Kiddie Show at Brinson Theatre on Dec 23 offers 25 cent tickets, donors welcome 50 cents to $10. Baytown carpenters prepare a major fundraiser as volunteers strive toward the goal.
Baytown readers learn the Jaycees and Living Goodfellow Drive plan a shopping spree for about 40 needy children next Tuesday night December 21. Each child will receive 35 to shop with a Baytown Sun and Baytown PTA organized party at Trinity Episcopal Church area. Jaycee volunteers will transport youngsters from homes to a downtown store with Santa, cookies, and gifts.
U S warplanes retired over North Vietnam after a raid on the Vang Bi power plant near Haiphong that knocked out about 1 percent of Hanoi's power. jets also hit a radar site southeast of Haiphong and targets in the Vinh area while Marines clash with Viet Cong near Da Nang during Operation Harvest Moon. A church near Saigon was attacked killing eight, including children, near the city.
Gemini 6 crew Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford completed a dramatic rendezvous with Gemini 7, led by Frank Borman and James Lovell, in a record 14 day mission. The two craft formed nose to nose at 185 miles up, exchanging quips as they drifted within feet.
The Texas Railroad Commission reports January production at 32.6 percent of capacity the strongest January since 1959 signaling a healthy industry send off in 1966. Prime Minister Harold Wilson appeals to the U.N. over Rhodesian policy as African delegations walk out. Justice William O. Douglas, 67, is sued for divorce by his 25-year-old wife Joan.
The Bayshore Red Reef and Gun Club will meet Thursday night at the clubhouse to elect officers and directors for the coming year. President M. T. Waddell says fishermen hunters campers boaters bird-watchers and all outdoor recreation lovers face humorous and serious problems in Texas. The club will push pollution fights dredging oyster reef protection oyster fry and a strong 1966 membership drive while cooperating with Texas conservation groups and expanding parks and recreation areas. A fishing contest in June will showcase Baytown outdoor potential and the Conservationist magazine will be published.
Eunice Cash 32 of 1325 Cypress Baytown died Tuesday, a day after giving birth to a baby boy named Mike. She leaves three daughters aged 8, 10 and 12. Funeral is in Port Neches Friday with Sheffield Funeral Home directive. friends raise funds for funeral and hospital costs as Lowell Cash, a cook, faces hardship.
Fire Marshal W H Taylor reported to the Chamber of Commerce Clean-Up Committee that fifteen vacant eye-sore and fire hazard buildings have been demolished over the past year and a half in Baytown. He favors owner cooperation to repair or remove remaining unsafe structures and is pursuing actions only when needed.
David Searls of Vinson Elkins Weems Searls of Houston and trustee for the land sale for United States Steel Corp will speak at Friday noon to the Baytown Chamber of Commerce luncheon at Holiday Inn He will discuss the US Steel mill which Britton Chamber president says will be of extreme interest to all of Baytown Reservations urged as space will be at a premium and members should bring guests
The Rough Riders will start a trail ride at 8 a.m. Saturday at Jenkins Arena.
Astronauts Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford landed Gemini 6 in the Atlantic Ocean near the Wasp after a near perfect reentry and rendezvous with Gemini 7. Borman and Lovell lingered nearby as recovery planes reached the capsule. the mission set a new standard for Gemini operations and spurred global praise.
A steady rain began about 3 a.m. Tuesday bringing Baytown over 1.5 inches of precipitation by Thursday. Humble reports .80 inch Wednesday, plus .25 inch more by Thursday 1 a.m. The December total reaches 3.90 inches, with forecasts predicting more rain through Friday from the Weather Bureau at Houston International Airport.
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