Rotary Panel to Meet on Where We Shop and Why
Baytown Rotary Club noon meeting will feature a panel discussion on where we shop and why with four housewives as presenters at the Tower. Other notices include Harold Cutchins of Panama City dies at 47 after auto crash. Funeral Wednesday in Panama City. Christmas program Tuesday at Northside Assembly of God. Recreation Night Tuesday at Knights of Columbus Hall. Song program on Christmas at Northside Baptist Church Highlands. Baytown 4H Club meets Tuesday at Sterling Library. XI Theta Gamma hosts Christmas buffet Tuesday at Mrs. Ruel Laughlin’s home.
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Unseasonably Warm Weather With Rain Possible
Weather forecast notes unseasonably warm temperatures with possible rain. Expected highs in the mid 30s to mid 40s and lows around freezing. Tides indicate midweek highs near 3.06 ppm and lows around 1.02 ppm with morning values.
Birthday notices and small town highlights mix in Kilgore
Jo Pulcher celebrates his eleventh birthday on Tuesday and Cynthia Moore also marks a Tuesday birthday with surprises. Charles Cravey hunts deer in a single day, Glenn Plennig reveals early piano lessons from Van Cli burn’s mother, and Don Marler plans a women’s event in Bay. Audrey Maeser showcases Christmas art at Sterling Library while Oliva Wolsey travels Baytown to Houston for safe driving miles. Sylvia Scott shares an unusual recipe, Robbye Fortinberry does late shopping, and Neill Richardson seeks six Cotton Bowl tickets.
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Hutus Honeycult
Birds Club
Cynthia Moore
Charles Cravey
the Sun
Glenn Plennig
Phonist van Cliburn
Marines Sweep Into Da Nang Mountains in Taylor Common
In a major operation near Da Nang, about 5000 Marines with over 200 air strikes push into mountains 2 miles southwest of the city. Since December 7, 12 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong have been killed and 41 captured, with 18 Marines killed and 7 wounded. Air power dropped 750 tons of explosives as the assault continued. Elsewhere, an ambush on a convoy northwest of Saigon left five Americans dead, 11 wounded, and several trucks damaged, while 15 guerrillas were killed after a sampan pursuit on the Saigon River.
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Meade River
Laos
Air Force Bay
Goodfellow Drive Aims To Raise 1500 For Christmas Help
The 1864 Goodfellow effort to aid Baytown area children nears its deadline with 1500 dollars needed to ensure every underprivileged child receives a bag of Christmas Hoodies on Christmas morning. Volunteers report 3000 dollars in gifts already purchased and distributed. Contributions of any size are welcome, as many families face illness or disability.
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Goodfellow
Baytown
Fred Hartman Honored At Bay Town Testimonial Dinner
Fred Hartman of The Bay town Surf was honored Monday night for his community service at a testimonial dinner drawing about 400 attendees from the Bay town area and across the state. The event at Groase Creek Country Club was organized by Hartman friends led by Jack Jacobs and Larry Hale with Morris Frank as master of ceremonies.
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Baytown
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Jack Jacobs
Larry Hale
Groase Creek Country Club
Morris Frank
Houston
Dan Stallworth
L. G
Prof” Sanders
Syd S. Gould
V. Harisey
John Murphy
Texas Daily Newspaper Association
Albert Thomas
Harris County
Dave Heavens
Trustees To View Schools' Physical Discipline Policy
The school board unanimously directed administrators to review and study the district physical discipline policy, after a two hour discussion prompted by KR. J. Walker regarding disciplinary action against his son Rudy Stephen Walker at Sterling High School. The meeting began at 5 pm and recessed at 7:06 pm, reconvening Tuesday to continue with ethics, insurance, and information services director status.
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Philip Dignam
Athe District
KR. J. Walker
Rudy Stephen Walker
Sterling High School
Walker
Alaska Quake Registers 6.5 Richter Scale
A strong quake woke south central Alaska with no initial major damage reports. The tremor lasted about a minute near Anchorage and triggered alarms, toppled groceries, and cracked windows. The USGS observatory in College, Alaska, listed the magnitude at 6.5 with epicenter about 160 miles southwest in a remote area.
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Crosby to Continue Title Program At Own Expense
Crosby School Board votes to finance the federally funded Title I program at about 912,100 through 1963-69 if federal funds are withdrawn. A July ruling cut Crosby District federal aid, with $10,501 for three remedial teachers and two librarians. The board also approved Head Start funding and hired Sauls and Pechacek for the 1968-69 audit, with Trustee Reed objecting to Sauls due to conflict.
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Wilbert Singleton
Baytown
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Jack Woodard
A. J. Smith
Andrew Spence
Reed
Themotion
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Robert Sauls
Goose Creek
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Police Firemen To Watch For Fireworks In Baytown
Baytown Fire Department and the police will monitor the holidays for violations of a city ordinance restricting fireworks. Only legally permitted displays are allowed. private use is prohibited without a permit issued after state and local approvals. Violations can bring fines from 25 to 200 dollars. Anyone with questions may contact Capt. W C Pumer or the fire marshal.
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Seaborn Cravey
Salemn
W. OH. Taylor
Taylor
Ime
W. C. Pumer
Two Lane Road and Cedar Bayou Bridge Approved
The Texas State Highway Commission approved a two lane loop road from Highway 146 in Baytown to FM 140 in Chambers County with a Cedar Bayou bridge. The three mile route links Baytown to the West Chambers County industrial complex led by U S Steel, with financing split between state half and other agencies.
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Chambers County
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Texas Works
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W. E. Carmichael
Houston
Nixon to Name U.N. Envoy This Week
President-elect Nixon, after meeting with U Thant, plans to announce his choice for U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations by week’s end. Aides say the selection could be revealed first to the secretary-general, with several senior officials accompanying Nixon.
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Thant
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J. Russell Wiggins
Sargent Shriver
France
Edward Kennedy
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D-Wash
Senate
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Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Tim Babcock
Montana
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George W. Romney
Michigan
Baytown Scenes In Hellfighters Preview
Baytown glimpses in the John Wayne film Hellfighters are noted as the movie opens December 20 with a world premiere. A pre release review shows Baytown bits that were shot earlier in the year, including a Calhoun Oil Co. well fire. John Wayne appears via plane and a Baytown callout echoes Bay town clearly.
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Rufus Honeycutt
Baytown
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Lawmakers To Mull Water Plan
The Texas Legislature will be asked in January to start the Texas Water Plan, with state and federal agencies, local interests, Congress, and voters key to its formation. The $1b plan aims to meet water needs by 2000, funding from the water development fund, bond changes, and a constitutional amendment.
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Texas Water Plan
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Water Development Board
Mississippi River
Rio Grande Valley
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