Baytown Holiday Closings and Local News Digest
Baytown offices close for Christmas through Saturday with one clerk on call via Baytown Police. J E Burns of Channelview held in city jail on 27 charges for swindle by worthless checks. Aladdin story hour at Sterling Library features Pat Ruye and students. Mrs Lucy Adams of Houston dies. funeral Friday by Ward Sutton Paris IL. Kiwanis speaker Sam Bramlett discusses Lee College progress. Baytown Insurance offices close Friday for long weekend. Weather partly cloudy with 46 to 72 forecast. Galveston tides listed.
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Justice OF the Peace
M. M. Brown
Baytown
J. E. Burns
Becker
Channelview
Greg Bickerstaff
Sterling Library
Pat RuyJe
Little Theater
Lucy Adams
Houston
George C. Adams
Nolen Adams
Ward-Sutton
Paris
Around Town Holiday Returns and Visits Notice
A roundup of local people visiting family over the Christmas weekend. Nelda Olson Kell returns to Albuquerque with daughter Kristine Diane after visiting Clyde Olson and sister Mrs Jack Poage. John Vaughn comes home from Wichita Falls Air Force Base to his parents Mr and Mrs R R Hal for the holidays. Lawrence W Akin of Jamaica will visit his parents during Christmas weekend. Lawrence Shelton gathers Aggie jokes for a gift. Norman Lestarrette family to be seen off from Houston airport for South American mission work. Leon Morris returns from San Francisco after daughter Ann’s wedding. Red Pruett celebrates birthday and Bob Van Deventer also marks another birthday.
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Kristine Diane
Albuquerque
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Clyde Olson
Jack Poage
Kell
Nelda Olson
John Vaughn
Air Force Base
Wichita Falls
R. R. Hal
Lawrence W. Akin
Jamaica
F. R. Akin
Associated Credit Bureaus of Texas
Service
Bill Strickler
Lawrence Shelton
Aggie
Shelton
University of Texas
Riends
Norman Lestarrette
Houston
Mission Fields
South America
Leon Morris
San Francisco
Ann
Wilfred Korthauer
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Christmas Eve Break Troops In Viet May Get Lull
Washington officials weigh a 12 hour Christmas Eve lull in Viet Nam fighting amid radio broadcast proposal from the Communists. Public statements are avoided but private talk notes possible cease fire if Viet Cong and North Vietnamese pause. Acceptance unlikely due to source of proposal and diplomatic channels. Last Christmas Eve Viet Cong attacks killed Americans. a previous five day lull earlier this year ended with renewed fighting.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Joe Laitin
Viet Nam
State Department
U.S
Dean Rusk
Saigon
Henry Cabot Lodge
William C. Westmoreland
United States
Brink
Pleiku
Johnson Erhard face tough A-Defense task in NATO talks
President Johnson and German Chancellor Erhard agreed on a need for West Germany to have an appropriate part in Western Europe's nuclear defense. They face allied hesitation from Britain Italy and the Netherlands and a looming crisis over NATO reform urged by France's de Gaulle. The communique stressed strengthening the alliance while avoiding a show of pressuring other powers. The exact plan for Germany's nuclear role remains unspecified.
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Johnson
Ludwig Erhard
West Germany
Western
Europe
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Britain
Italy
Netherlands
Erhard
NATO
Charles de Gaulle
Johnson - Erhard
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Atlantic Alliance
Germany
Federal Republic of Germany
lHarold Wilson
Goodfellow drive nears goal in Baytown fundraiser
Chief Goodfellow reports 1965 total nearing two thousand dollars as Tuesday’s contributions edge upward. The goal supports candy toys and fruits for Baytown’s thousand plus needy children. A Kiddie Show at Brunson Theater Thursday could push funds over the edge with 25 cent minimum admission and open donation.
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Goodfellow
Baytown
Brunson Theater
First Family Celebrates Lady Bird Johnson Birthday at Ranch
President Johnson and his family gather at the LEJ Ranch in Texas hill country to mark Mrs. Johnson’s 33rd birthday. Lynda and Luci join from college, while Washington work continues on the new budget. The First Lady hopes for rest after hosting international visitors recently.
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Austin
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Old Homestead
Texas Hill Country
Washington
Lej Ranch
Here
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Johnsons
Texas
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Pakistan
Harold Wilson
Great Britain
Ludwig Erhard
West Germany
Civil rights groups push boycott in Fayette Mississippi
Civil rights forces back a boycott against white merchants in Fayette Mississippi seeking desegregation gains. A counter buy in by supporters is reported as not very successful. A separate note says three towns were chartered by the State Banking Board. A Houston Citizens for Action on Viet Nam group plans a three hour peace vigil outside President Johnsons ranch on December 26, mirroring a prior Easter event.
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Fayette, Miss
Houston
Citizens For Action
President Johnson
Regular Meeting Of City Council Pushed Up A Day
Baytown City Council cancels the second December regular meeting due to Christmas holidays. A special session is set for Wednesday December 28 at 5 p.m. to discuss annexation along North Main Street and the Sterling High School property, with potential additional items but no regular agenda.
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Baytown
Fritz Lanham
Lanham
Main
Sterling High
Cambodian Border Hit By Air Force
U S Navy jets struck a railroad bridge 18 miles west of Haiphong as part of intensified bombing of North Viet Nam. Air Force operations near Cambodia border and in Saigon area marked a heavy night of air activity with 174 tons of bombs dropped.
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South Viet Nam
Haiphong
Air Force
Viet Nam
Reeds
Cambodia
Associated Press
Richard Merron
U.S
Kitty Hawk
Hanoi-Haiphong
Baytonians Invited To U S Steel Houston Meet
U S Steel Houston hosts a 6:30 p m dinner reception at the Warwick Hotel inviting Baytown Chamber of Commerce and city officials. The event aims to describe current Texas operations as Pittsburgh officials discuss plans following an option on 9000 acres along Cedar Bayou for a future mill.
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U.S. Steel
Houston
U.S. Steel Corp
Warwick Hotel
Baytown
Burgh
Texas
Cedar Bayou
Harris
Chambers Counties
WOW Party Christmas Party at Woodmen Hall
A WOW Party Christmas Party will be held at 7 30 p m Thursday at the Woodmen of the World Hall in East Texas. Woodmen and their families are invited.
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Woodmen of the World
Hallson East Texas
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