Santa Claus call line and shifted meeting notices
Community bulletin lists a Santa call number 42 8312 for wish lists and notes Baytown Health funds meeting postponement by Harris County Hospital District board due to member conflicts, plus memorials, a nurse association meeting, local hospital updates, Christmas ticket sales, garden club decorations contest, and a Baytown area cloudy to partly cloudy forecast with a mid 30s to near 60 degree range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown Health
Harris County Hospital District
Bob Gillette
Baytown
Holiday greetings and hometown notes from Baytown Sun readers
Karen Harvey receives contact lenses as an early Christmas gift while Fred Buckels heads on his first hunting trip. George Perkins praised for giving a good talk. Grandma E J Plocheeck sends eloquent Merry Christmas wishes with a Teacake, and friends Sharon Shad dix and Janie Gray plan to stay home for the holidays. Jimmy Wilhite writes from Ecuador about his Peace Corps assignment to a friend in Baytown. Kirk Williams celebrates his second birthday. Mary Childers decorates her home for the holidays. Paul Bradberry, John Black, Robbie Lawhon and Kenny Lanou plan to return from Baylor to spend Christmas with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Harvey
Fred Buckels
George Perkins
E. J
Grandma) Plocheeck
Bay-town
Sun
Sharon Shaddix
Janie Gray
Jimmy Wilhite
Peace Corps
Ecuador
Baytown
Kirk Williams
Bobby Lee Willams
Mary Childers
Paul Bradberry
John Black
Robbie Lawhon
Kenny Lanou
Baylor
Waller Thurnkill
Sporting & Mew
Esr
Raids in Hanoi Target of Heavy Bombing in Vietnam War
North Vietnam faced intensified air raids on Hanoi and surrounding regions as American bombers pressed the fifth day of renewed attacks. U.S. command reported three jets lost Sunday with two downed by MiG interceptors, while a Phantom was hit by ground fire elsewhere. Casualties included one rescued crewman and another missing from the downed aircraft. American pilots logged 145 missions amid heavy weather that aided raids on key targets such as MIG fields, the Haiphong corridor, and rail lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Vietnem
U.S
Tass
Hanoi
North
North Vietnam
MOG
Bomb hits Hanoi target as air war rages in Vietnam
Eight Air Force pilots report all bombs dropped on Hanoi air field target hit. Two MiGs fire missiles at planes but cause no damage. News from Washington notes ongoing war in Vietnam and heavy weather disrupting air strikes. storms threaten Louisiana Mississippi Texas.
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Air Force
Hanoi
Gift appeal for Goodfellow Fund nears goal in Baytown
The Goodfellow Fund in Baytown is short about 1200 dollars of a 2900 goal for this year’s Christmas party. Donations from local groups and individuals total more than 1651.85 with many contributions listed including Mary Circe Grace Methodist Church and the East Harris County Bar Association auxiliary. A Kiddie Show at Bronson Theater begins Thursday at 10 am with a 50 cent admission, benefiting 1007 children. organizers urge more support before the deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paus B. Jones
East
Harris County Bar Association
W.S.C
Mary Circe
Cer Bayou
Goodfellow
Bronson Theater
Baytown
H.E. Bronson
Honercutt
Laytoun Scouts
Choya
Kenny
Lydia Wright
Paul B. Jones
Anonymous
Womens
East Harris
Cutty Bar Association
Mary Cirele
Grace Methodist Church
Dad's Rescue Fails as Dogs Kill Two Boys in Lynchburg
A pack of German shepherds attacked and killed Gene Anthony Goodman, 4, and Kenneth Goodman, 3, near a creek by their Madison Heights home. Their father fought the animals with a rake and other objects, trying to save them. Two dogs were impounded. a third was shot. Their mother, Cindy, 1, was at home when screams drew help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynchburg
Madison Heights
Eugene H. Goodman
F Goodman
Cynchburg General Hospital
Amherst
Bryant
Goodman
Goss
Levee plan eyed to shield Baytown from tides
Houston meeting hears Baytown water woes and a proposed levee near Scott Crystal and Burnet bays. Officials say land subsidence and ship channel pollution threaten homes. a levee could include a 2.7 acre fresh water lake and storage for Houston, with funding raised for a concept study.
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Houston
Texas
Baytown
Andy Braswell
Joe Allen
Austin
Brasswell
Alien
Allen
Scott, Crystal
Burnet
Brownwood
Lakewood
Gene Muller
Braswell
Survival in doubt as Australian PM missing at sea
Melbourne AP reports Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared while swimming off Portsea near Melbourne amid rough seas. Massive sea and air search suspended. fate uncertain, coalition crisis possible as Deputy PM John McEwen leads interim government.
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Melbourne
Australia
Harold E. Felt
Portsea
John McEwen
Country Party
Holt
Lberal Party
Minis
Explosion Leaves Home Near Wreck
Five Baytown area family members were critically burned when a gas explosion ripped through their Cros by Barbers Hill Road home Saturday afternoon. James and Ruth Sikes and their children Larry Joe Laura Kay and Matthew were listed in poor condition at Ben Taub General Hospital burn treatment section. An earlier report notes the family had returned from Christmas shopping and were inside the house when the blast blew out windows and doors at 7015 Crosby Barbers Hill Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan Erwey
Baytown
Crosby-Barbers Hill
James Sikes
Ruth Adams Sikes
Larry Joe
Laura Kay
Matthew
Ben Taub General Hospital
Sikes
Crosby-Barbers Hill Road
Ars. Sikes
Wilford Brewer
Crosby- Barbers
Hill Road
San Jacinto [Methodist ]Hospital
Brewer
Two Baytown Boys Sought In Bay Area
Two Baytown men, Malcolm Hunter and Robert McIlwain, are missing after an overnight camping trip from Gandy s Bait Camp near Umbrella Point in Trinity Bay. A Coast Guard helicopter spotted a 19 foot sailboat early Sunday and air, land, and water searches by the Coast Guard Galveston, Harris County sheriff and Baytown Emergency Corps are under way.
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Trinity Bay
Baytown
Coast Guard
Pat Gelveston
Malcolm Hunter HS
Robert J. Mcllwain
Hunter
Malcolm Hunter Jr
Hart
Bedingfield Hunter
Oak Shadows
Mcllwain
Phillip
C. M Clwain
EE. Lobit
A. Coast. Guard
Gandy
Umbrella Point
Galveston
Galveston and
Harris County Sheriff’s Department
Baytown Emergency Corps
Woman and girl killed in head on collision near Houston
A head on collision on U S 99 northeast of Houston killed Mrs. Nona Marie Young 18 of Highlands and Yvette Fowler. the Fowler vehicle carried six family members and their infant escaped serious injury. The crash left others treated at a local hospital.
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Houston
Cole Liston
U.S. 99
Nona Marie Young
Highlands
Yvette Fowler
Johnny Fowler
Dayton
Voure Cetidea
Fowler
Young
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Lake Charles
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Victoria
Amalie Sumbera
Victoria County
Licensed Vocational Nurses Association
San Jacinto Methodist Hi
Monk
Mes
Plumwogod Garden Club
Ento
Sonanten
Lana Haiphong
Hanoy
Haiphong
Edmund M. Brooke
FeMass
Asaerk
Vietnam
Whig
Ohio
Richard Nixon
GOP
Republican Party
Romney
Rockefeller
Constantine
Werther Bureau
South Louisiansion
Mississippi
Goodfellow Fund
CHIEF
American Business Women's Association
O. MM. McNair
Memorial Drive
Seaborn-Crave
Bill Ellott
Elliott
E. 0
Cambern
Cra
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Gene Anthony Goodman
Kenneth Goodman
Sterling
Ross Sterling
Ross S. Sterling High School
Meistersingers
Banks
Ninn Stons
Bill Hotze
Jeff
W.C. Jackson
Bigtown
Sederal
William McMahon
Canberra
McEwen
Allen Fairhall
Feulfinsluck
Bay Area
Ed Christmas
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