East European claims on Viet Nam arms slowdowns gain notice
London AP reports East European diplomats say Peking's obstruction delays Soviet aid to North Viet Nam. They cite longer transit times via China and rail depots, while the Soviet Union ships antiaircraft arms and jets and seeks to avoid direct U.S. confrontation at sea.
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Hanoi
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Holiday visitors and local celebrations in Baytown
Mary Carole and Allan Stepp and relatives from Baytown visit Mrs. L. P. Salter for the holidays. West Point cadet Cunningham and Annapolis graduate Marsh join, plus Air Force Academy recruit Jimmy Wilhite. Mrs. Laura Herrington marks a December 25 birthday. Thad Fennema with Christmas seals. Jim Head house gets a wrap. Sharon Francis returns home from college for yard work.
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Allan Stepp
and : Or
Baytown
Queen and Ary
Perkins
John, Cunningam
West Point
Alvin Marsh
Annapolis
Jimmy Wwilhite
Air Force Academy
Les Salter
Susan
Phillip
Leslie
Baton Rouge
L. P. Salter
Utah
Laura Herrington
James Taylor
Thad Fennema
Jim Head
Sharon Francis
Baytown DWI charges questioned by grand jury
Baytown officials deny improper DWI filings amid a grand jury probe into reducing DWI counts to public drunkenness. Police say DWI charges are properly filed. if reduced, fines go to city funds and licenses may stay intact. City Manager Lanham says no such reductions used in two years. proper charge remains drunk in public place.
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Bee Landrum
Baytown
Grand Jury
Justice of thePeace
Justice of the Peace
Fritz Lanham
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Goodfellow Drive Nears Close in Baytown
Chief Goodfellow reports the Goodfellow fund drive in Baytown has reached the $2,000 mark as volunteers prepare the final bags for 1,000 under privileged children. PTAs, Circle K Club, and FFA members helped pack and deliver bags at Carpenters Hall on Decker Drive with the final deliveries expected by nightfall.
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Bay Town
Carpenters Hall
Decker Drive
Baytown
Parent Teachers
PTA
Chief Goodfellow
Lee College Circle K Club
Robert E. Lee High School
Future Farmers of America
Carpenters
Baytown Churches Plan Christmas Eve Services
Baytown churches plan Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services across Trinity Episcopal St Paul's Lutheran Westminster Presbyterian Grace Methodist Reideemer Lutheran St. Joseph's Catholic St. Mark's Methodist with various candlelight, family and midnight masses and organist arrangements. Parish leaders, choirs, and guest conductors are noted along with service times from 6 to 9 p.m. and 7 p.m. events.
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Baytown
Trinity Episcopal Church
LeRoy Holcomb
Walter Mabe
Richard Bain
Stanley Fisher
Allan Stewart
Debbie Elliott
St Paul's Lutheran Church
Harold Bomhoff
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Denis Kennedy
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Grace Methodist
Reideemer Lutheran Church
Visit From Steel Men Is Expected
Baytown business leaders anticipate a Jan. 6 visit by U.S. Steel Corp representatives. A reception and dinner at 6:30 p.m. at the Warwick Hotel in Houston will include about 40 leaders and 17 or 18 top executives, with a press conference at 8 a.m. The plan to visit Baytown is possible, and options to buy more than 1,000 acres in East Harris and West Chambers counties are noted as construction of furnaces, a plate mill, and other installations is set to begin in 1967.
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Baytown
U.S. Steel Corp
U.S. Steel
Warwick Hotel
Houston
Roger Blough
Leslie B. Worthington
Robert Tyson
U.s.steel
Fast Harris
West Chambers
Trimble Jr. Named Fourth District Attorney in Texas
Jasper attorney Grady Trimble Jr. is appointed district attorney of the four county first district by Gov. John Connally. Gemini 7 astronauts Frank Borman and Jim Lovell plan two days off after limited work today. Castro regime pressures Cubans awaiting hardship relief to move toward the U.S. A conscientious objector Oregon soldier sentenced to three years hard labor.
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Grady
Trimble Jr
Jasper
John Connally
Frank Borman
Jamies Lovell
Oregon
Army
30 Hours Of Peace Troops In Viet Nam Wait For Yule
U S and South Vietnamese troops plan a 20 hour Christmas truce while a 50 plane raid on Uong Bi power plant continues. Three U S planes shot down. 90 Viet Cong claimed killed. Yong Bi described as completely knocked out.
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South Viet Nam
Kap
U.S
North Viet Nam
Uong Bi
Haiphong
North Viet’Nam
Yong Bi
Ithe
Johnson silent on Christmas Viet Nam truce plan
President Johnson remained silent on Saigon announced 30 hour Christmas truce in Viet Nam with White House aides declining comment. Acting press secretary Joseph Laitin said Johnson would not publicly discuss the decision and would keep his stance as Saigon decides.
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Tex
Johnson
Saigon
Viet Nam
Joseph Laitin
White House
Laitin
Henry Cabot Lodge
iMeGeorge Bundy
Keokuk blast tragedy shadows holiday season
Keokuk Iowa where 60 to 70 dancers faced a devastating Thanksgiving Eve explosion at the National Guard Armory. Twenty one died from burns and injuries. Families across Illinois Iowa and Missouri feel the impact as orphans and victims’ relatives cope with loss. Kenneth Anderson the square dance caller spearheads relief efforts aiming for a quarter million dollars as clubs nationwide host benefit events to support blast victims.
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Keorkuk
Iowa
Keokuk
National Guard Armory
Anderson
Draft lures 2 million rejected men for possible recall
Defense and Selective Service officials weigh expanding the 1-Y category to include some of about 2.12 million men previously found unfit for service. With a Viet Nam war buildup, changes could allow reexaminations within two to three months, though Pentagon authorization is required. Officials note calls may run about 40,000 monthly, with a 36,000 quota possible as deferments expire.
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Washington
Defense Department
Selective Service System
Selective Service
Viet Nam
Pentagon
Defense
Baytown Police Break Up Busy Housewives Ring
Baytown police disrupted a theft ring operated by a group of four women aged 22 to 29, with two mothers of four and one with six children. The probe began about a week earlier. three theft charges were filed and the suspects, now out on bond, used daytime and nighttime burglaries in trips with three vehicles. Police say the group knocked on doors then entered when the resident answered. The case involves rollin g seamen to house and business burglaries, theft from cars and shoplifting. investigation continues.
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Bobby Sutphin
Baytown
James Taylor
Polee
Taylor
Humble Distribution Unit Opens in Baytown HQ
Baytown welcomed Humble’s new centralized county wide distribution hub for packaged petroleum products. The open house at the new Baytown headquarters involved 33 Marketing Department staff and attendance by Humble employees and local businesspeople. The Baytown Bulk Station on Decker Drive will remain a bulk delivery terminal with light product warehousing for customers pickups.
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Baytown
Humble
Houston
Adjstent
Decker Drive
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