Saigon Opens Talks On New Year Truce With North
Saigon said it is ready to discuss truces for New Year and Tet with North Vietnam. The plan centers on a possible cease-fire during the holiday period. Saigon would only negotiate with North Vietnam, not the Viet Cong, which it says fights in South Vietnam. The Viet Cong has announced a unilateral three day cease-fire.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
Thinei
Liberation Front
Nist
Viet Cong
South Vietnam
NLF
Foreign Ministry
Hanoi
Republic of Vietnam
United States
U.s.air Force
Chu Lai Air Base
Iles
da Nang
Christmas and Tet truce plans clash in Vietnam
South Vietnam offers a 24 hour Christmas cease fire and may discuss New Year and Tet stand downs with North Vietnam. The United States backs the truce period, citing allied consent. A U.S. Air Force transport crashed after takeoff from Chu Lai, killing 140 passengers and four crew.
Goodfellows Campaign Aids Baytown Youth Christmas Drive
Goodfellows need funds and volunteers for Baytown Christmas party, with aides sorting and delivering toys. City groups plan Friday morning prep and weekend distribution, aided by Lee College clubs and local organizations. Rufus Honeycutt's annual Kiddie Show funds the drive, featuring games and cartoons to boost donations.
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Carpenters Hal
Leslie School of Dance
Goodfellow
Baytown Council
FTA
Girls Recreation Association
Robert FE. Lee
Lee College
Rufus d Honeycutt
Mom
Kid
Floneycutt
Kennedy
Honeycum
Chief Goodfellow
Ric Goodfellow
The
Goodfellows
School Play at Barbers Hill Elementary Annual Christmas Event
Barbers Hill Elementary will present its annual Christmas play in the junior high auditorium Thursday with dismissal at 2:40 p.m. Students will depart for the holidays. Local notices mention community events, a birthday celebration, and holiday observations around Bay Town area.
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Barbers Hill Elementary
Yale
Stephen F. Austin
Parent- Teacher Association
Beach City Beach City
West Bay Rd
Sterling Open House and Christmas Tree Concert
Sterling High School hosts an open house on Thursday from 6:90 to 7:95 p.m. to view a giant synchronized Christmas tree in the Student Commons. At 7:40 p.m. the Sterling Choir and the Lee College Choir perform a public concert following the open house.
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Hoss
Sterling High School
Tilly
Sterling Choir
Lee College
Strikes and storms clash in latest city and state notes
New Yorkers face fuel shortages as a fuel oil delivery strike drags on. AFL CIO International Longshoremen's Association rejects a new master contract, risking a fresh port shutdown on East and Gulf coasts. Texas Supreme Court declines Sunday blue law case due to late filing, leaving constitutional questions unsettled. Panhandle snow drifts mix with freezing weather across eight midcontinent states. Kremlin signals troop withdrawal from Czechoslovakia accelerates as experts assess the pullout.
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Aflcio International Longshoremih's Association
Bhem
Gulf Coast
Texas Supreme Court
Midland
Panhandle Plains
Texas
Rockies
Missisppi River
Wallisville Reservoirs Topic by Col Moon at TSPE Meeting
Col Franklin B Moon Galveston district engineer will describe the Wallisville Reservoir at a noon Friday TSPE meeting at the Tower. Moon born Little Rock cadet U S Military Academy 1944 Harvard civil engineering masters 149 tl Army War College WWII European Theater Vietnam Philippines Germany Yugoslavia Thailand. Moon and wife have five children.
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Franklin B. Moon
Galveston Army Engineers
Galveston
Wallisville
Texas Society of Professional Engineers
Col Moon
Little Rock
Corps of Engineers
U.S. Miliary Academy
Harvard
Moon
Army Command and General Star College
Army War College
Philippines
Germany
Vietnam
Yugoslavia
Thailand
Army General Staff
Nixon Signals Possible Senate Action On Nuclear Treaty
President elect Nixon may signal support for Senate ratification of a treaty to curb nuclear weapons spread. U.S. disarmament negotiator Foster said Nixon suggested action could come soon though no timetable was set. Davis and Hog ers accompanied Nixon to the United Nations where he reaffirmed support for the UN and announced Stein to the CEA and Whitaker as Cabinet secretary appointee.
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New York
Nixon
U.S
Senate
Sut
William C. Foster
Foster
United Nations
U.N
Johnson
Czechoslovakia
Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
William P. Hogers
Herbert Stein
Council of Economic Advisors
Stein
Brooklings Institute
D.C
John C. Whitaker
Action Day In Paris Sparks Heightened Police Stance
Police patrols stiffened across Paris as France’s largest student group urged a day of action including striking conferences and demonstrations. Riot police raided Toulouse law school, blocked Sorbonne entrances, and arrested several demonstrators while schools in Paris and Lyon closed amid ongoing unrest over promised education reforms.
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Paris
France
The
Nations Students Union
Udergraduates
Toulouse Law School
Marseile
Sorbonne
Education Ministry
Lyon Medical School
Saigon Proposal Seeks Flags for Key Parties
Paris AP: Saigon peace negotiators propose that only the United States and the two Vietnams display flags and name plates at enlarged talks. The plan excludes the Viet Cong National Liberation Front, deemed not a government. Informants say Hanoi will demand NL F recognition as legitimate South Vietnamese representation.
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Paris
Saigon
Vietnam
Pham Dang Lam
U.S
United States
North
South Vietnam
Dil
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Hanoi
NLF
Washingjton
Malaysian Actor Joe Avalos Stars in The Hellfighters
Joe Avalos, a crane operator at Armco in Highlands, acted as a Malaysian oil field worker in The Hellfighters filmed in Baytown. He took time off from work for filming and his wife and fellow locals joined premiere plans at Brunson Theater. Larry Bennett and Dusting Del Toro also portray Malaysians in the film.
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Armco Steel
Joe Avalos
Joe
Baytown
Katharine Ross
John Wayne
Armco
Brunson Theater
Brunson
Avalos
Highlands
Larry Bennett
Dusting del Toro
Armee
Walshsvile Road
Finance head Sauls threatens to quit over abolishing position
The school board voted 43 Tuesday night to remove the office of director of informational services from the district staff. Finance Director Robert Sauls threatened to resign if the post were eliminated. Trustee Glenn Lippman moved to delete the position effective at semester end, arguing the post was premature and that a school psychologist would be more beneficial. Trustee Troy Peterson defended the office, citing poor district communication and community relations as reasons for its existence, and urged reconsideration.
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Jean FR
Robert Sauls
Glenn Lippman
Suzy Powers
S. H. Powers Jr
Lippman
Jallel le Uidwill Bruwws
Troy Peterson
Peterson
Motion to table questioned by Peterson in office debate
Peterson argued his motion did not attack any service and claimed critics attack the office of director of information services for not delivering desired consultation. He moved to table the motion while Lippman countered the accusation. Ellis (See OFFICE, Page 12)
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Peterson
Lippman
Director of Informational Services
Ellis
New Phone Books Are Distributed in Baytown Area
A. M. Chappell of General Telephone Co announces door to door delivery of new December 1968 directories. Directory Distribution Associates plans 60 workers to serve Baytown homes with about 30 000 directories, 19 000 patrons, and 0 percent delivered by Wednesday afternoon. If undelivered by next Monday patrons should call 427 7421. Crosby and Huffman listed together. Mont Belvieu numbers separated.
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A. M. Chappell
General Telephone Co
Baytown
Directory Distribution Associates
Houston
Chappell
DDA
Telephone Company
Baytown Area
Crosby
Huffman
Highlands
Mont Belvieu
Humble Brickmason Maintains Craft Amid New Tech
D F Whatley, last brick mason at Humble Oil Baytown Refinery, recalls a shift from traditional brickwork to castable materials. Once a hub for 14 brickmasons, the site now relies on two helpers and two utility men. Whatley, with a career spanning decades and family ties to the refinery, emphasizes maintenance work and notes changes since joining in 1929 and the Marine Corps.
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Johnella Boynton
D. F. Whatley
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
Whatley
Humble Co
D. B. Whatley
Bob Roberts
Humble
Marine Corps
Brickmason Department
Brickmasons No. 7
Houston
Gulf Coast Industrial Workers Union
Vermont
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Sands Dub Rogers
Morris Fayle
Dora Ward
Ih Pem Arcié
Saeeme
Paul Henley
Dickey
Lavige Green
Roseland Park Pavilion
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Leal Dawn
Alex Joe
Hodges
Tracey
Mes . L.childers
Odena Childers
Waxahachie
Church of Christ In
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Miss Childers
Bridge Club
Duplicate Bridge Club
Fee College
Tre Hobert
E. Lee
Peoples State
Sterling
School OF Hard Knocks
Kremlin
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Franklin Moon
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Ineberger
Aia
Erwin Peterson
the Voice
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