School board hearing on Goose Creek District building needs
Dr Wallace H Strevell will present reports at 5 p m Monday on Goose Creek School District building needs. The board meets at the school administration building on Market Street. Brief progress updates on Opportunity Improvement committees will follow. Also Lee College hosts Harris County legislators for lunch in the college café to familiarize guests with the junior college role. Garden clubs hold Christmas party at 9 36 a m Tuesday at Mrs C H Tipton 2906 Wright gifts benefit Monk's Rest home. Christmas program at Baxtown Revival Center 7 45 p m Wednesday. Annual Christmas party for Bishop Byrne General Assemble at Knights of Columbus Hall 7 p m Wednesday.
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Wallace H. Strevell
Department Administration
University of Houston
Goose Creeks
Market Street
George Gentry
Regents
LEE College Board of Regents
Harris County
Lee College
Richard Strahan
East
Christopher E. Byrne
Knights of Columbus Hall
Baytown Weather Forecast: Cold Snap Through Tuesday
Partly cloudy and slightly warmer through Tuesday, the weatherman predicts for the Baytown area. Temperature ranges around 30 degrees Monday and Tuesday, with more sunshine and modest warming anticipated Tuesday morning.
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Baytown
Christmas Treats and Homecomings in Local Roundup
Genev a Badgett plans a Christmas gift fist for eight nephews though funds may be tight. Pvt Bill Van Deventer, homeward on first leave from Alabama with wife Gail, will stay in La Forte for two weeks. Henry Woods marks a birthday with cake and coffee. Stephen F Austin and University of Texas vacation schedules noted. Baytown Civil Defense secretary Mrs Phillip Hoover back from San Jacinto Methodist Hospital. Mrs Alton Hook and J R Hickerson share local notes. Don Perry praises son Brent based on photos. Mike Williams celebrates seventh birthday.
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Geneva
Bill van Deventer
Army
Alabama
Gail
la Forte
Henry Woods
Stephen F. Austin
University of Texas
Baytown Civil Defense
Phillip Hoover
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Alton Hook
J. R. Hickerson
Lee College
Don Perry
Brent
Mike Willams
New Troops Arrive American Forces In Vietnam
Saigon reports 372000 American troops in country as the 9th Infantry Division's first brigade lands. Ground fighting narrows to skirmishes while Ha Noi air operations pause. 141 planes lost in action in South Vietnam. B52 strikes hit staging areas near the DMZ, and naval actions target sea corridors under Operation Traffic Cop. The Ole Reliables of the 9th Infantry arrive at Von Tau, southeast of Saigon.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
William Co. Westmoreland
Vietnam
U.S
9Th Infantry
Sth
Gulf of Tonkin
Laos
Demilitarized Zone
Quang Tri Province
Mekong Delta
U.S Infantry
Ole Reliables
von Tau
Westmoreland
Europe
Governors Seek Handoff on 1968 Campaign Strategy
Democratic governors at the National Governors Conference pressed President Johnson to share control of the 1968 campaign. They called for reorganizing the Democratic Party and warned Johnson must broaden the leadership base to win reelection. Governors warned of internal party friction and debated the fate of National Chairman Bailey as a February meeting looms.
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Washington
Johnson
White Sulphur Springs
W.va
Democratic National Committee
Harold E. Hughes
Great Society
John B. Connally
Texas
Otto Kerner
Dinois
John AM. Bailey
Bailey
Richard J. Hughes
New Jersey
Kerner
Michigan
George Romney
Romney
Richard M. Nixon
Goodfellow Fund Reaches $1500 as Lamar Pupils Donate
Fourth graders in Mrs. Beatrice Braswell's class at Lamar Elementary contributed $20 to the Chief Goodfellow Drive, boosting the total to $1,509.44. Donations also came from Baytown Painters Local No. 945, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Fffrench, and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Babin. The appeal urges timely contributions before Christmas events and the Brunson Kiddie Show.
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Pabsters
Lawrence Firench
Thomas
Beatrice Braswell
Lamar Elementary
Gexifellow Drive
He &I
Brunson Kiddie
Baytown Painters Local
Lawrence Ffrench
Thomas MM. Babin
Chief Goodfellow
Baytown Sun
Memorial
P.O
U.S. asks UN to pursue Vietnam cease-fire
United States Ambassador Arthur Goldberg meets UN Secretary General U Thant and pledges full cooperation to arrange a cease-fire in Vietnam. In Indianapolis an explosive truck collision with two cars causes a large fire, killing at least five on a major street.
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United Nations
NAP
United States
U Thant
Viet Nam
U.S
Arthur J. Goldbert
Goldberg
Indianapolis
Ind
Band Concert at Bay Town Junior School Auditorium
A band concert will be held at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Bay Town Junior School auditorium. Sixth seventh and eighth grade bands will participate according to Dean Haney band reporter.
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Baytown
Dean Haney
No Holiday In Cuba For Farm Workers
The Cuban sugar cane workers will work through Christmas and New Year as Fidel Castro targets a 7.5 million ton sugar output. The 1952 peak was 7 million tons. last year produced 4.5 million tons. An exile group notes worn mills, scarce repairs, exiled technicians, and limited fertilizer.
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Miami
Fla
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Revolutionary Unity
Settlement Talks Surface in Kennedy Book Dispute
Spokesmen for Harper and Row and Look Magazine said efforts to settle out of court are underway over the Death of a President book about JFK’s assassination. William Manchester defends his handling of Mrs Kennedy’s confidences as discussions continue on separating personal matters from history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Kennedy
Wiliam Manchester
John F. Kennedy
Americans Plead Guilty In USSR Currency Case Theft
In Leningrad two young Americans pleaded guilty at the trial start to violating Soviet currency regulations. Buel Ray Wortham of North Little Rock Arkansas and Craddock M. Gilmour Jr. of Salt Lake City Utah face penalties, with currency violations carrying three to eight years and theft of an antique bear statue up to three years.
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Leningrad
U.S
S&s. Akap
Buel Ray Wortham
North Little Rock
Ark
Leninrad
Wortham
Craddock M. Gilmour Jr
Salt Lake City
Utah
Toastmasters Club Here Starts With 28 Members
Baytown welcomes its Toastmasters chapter with 28 charter members led by John Strausser the new president. District 56 officials attended the charter meeting where three speeches highlighted the event and plans to reach 40 members were shared. Meetings are set for the first and third Thursdays at 6 30 p m with officers including John Webb Dale Joy Al Sanders Marvin Gillespie and George Reiss.
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Toastmasters Club
Baytown
Toastmasters
Dick Irby
Corpus, Christi
District 56
Toastmasters International
John Newman
Fist
Joe Westeriage Jr
del Smith
Bart
Henson
Kim Dodson
Paul Duncan
Ered Wichlen
Thse Mem
Tower
Baytown Club
Tom Neeley
Bart Henson
C.B. Lee
Richard King
Eugene Lovering
John Strausser
John Webb
Dale Joy
al Sanders
Marvin Gillespie
George Reiss
Corpus Christi
Leu
Massive I-10 pileup kills driver and injures several
A fogbound morning on Interstate 10 near Baytown triggered a chain of crashes. Leon Francis, 38, of Lake Charles was killed after being struck while helping police divert traffic. At least three others were injured as nine vehicles collided in westbound lanes from Cedar Bayou to West Main. Multiple drivers stopped to place flares and aid the scene, with one patrolman narrowly avoiding further harm.
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Bobby Sutpain
Baytown
Leon Francis
Lake Charles
Cedar Bayou “Gulf Plant
West Main
Francis
Wth
Burnice Harmon
Stowell
Houston
Patrsiman
K. G. Woolsley
Gulf Coast Hospital
Robert Myers
Highway Patrol
North Main
Interstate 10
B. J. Ausley
R. H
Bo) Turner
Caryl W. Black
Sandra Mount
Myers
Miss Black
Stolander Road
Charles Mack Sutton
Carroll Lee Yarborough
Dayton
Thomas Lee Lemley
Yarborough
Ausley
California
Philip Holner
Gulf Coast
Yates
Edward J. Shaheen
Austey
Shaheen
Auster
Shasheen
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Baxtown
Commer of Garth Road
Lown
Merry Christmas Citizens
F.D.10
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Panhandle
North Vietnnam
Goodfellow Fund
Lamar
CHIEF
Goodfellow
Bulletins
Felton
Rehman
David Rehman
Bay City
Look Maga l Wine
Ussr
Martha Ann Hemphill
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