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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1967
Page
1
Grandmother of Mrs. Joe Huggins Jr of Baytown dies at home in Sturgis Michigan on December 24. Mr and Mrs Huggins attended the funeral Tuesday with Mrs Huggins mother Mrs Betty Wade accompanying them.
Scattered showers and cloudy skies expected in the Baytown area on Wednesday with highs in the mid 50s and lows in the 40s. Winds will shift from south southeast to north tonight, bringing colder air. rain chances around 30 percent Thursday. Galveston tides indicate high near 4:60 pm and low around 7:42 am and 9:45 pm.
A collage of holiday mentions includes Stephen Linscott adding another candle, Bob Griffin returning to Baton Rouge with family in Baytown, Leng Mae Paskey decorating with Merry Christmas scrolls, Barbara Swain shopping after a short outing while son Eddie recovers from the mumps, Mrs Carl Huntsman and Flo Newby sharing a lunch, Sharon Richards visiting Austin with relatives, Lonnie R Redd serving aboard the U S S Maddox at Long Beach, Wanda Barek’s cigar, and Sandra Freeman sending New Year invitations.
Veteran AP writer Peter Arnett assesses 1967 as a year of escalating action across Vietnam. Both sides claim victories while no decisive battle emerges. Monsoon mud at the DMZ and hills like Dak To mark a stalemated year, with casualties rising on a one sided slope and optimism pinning on possible early end.
Dallas business executive Gordon McLendon plans to enter the 1968 Texas governor race with an expected Jan 3 announcement. U S Senator Ralph Yarborough also plans to seek the governorship, setting up a potential repeat of the 1964 Senate fight. McLendon, a Yale graduate from Paris Texas, built a broadcasting empire with KLF and other stations, owning 16 outlets from Oregon to Pennsylvania.
The Christos race to clear Baytown curbside waste as crews face reduced days. Christmas leftovers await collection while urban services work through an unusually heavy backlog. New Year’s Day shifts push Monday pickups to Tuesday and Tuesday to Wednesday, with brush and late pickups starting Thursday.
Paris Match reports Ernesto Che Guevara was killed after a confrontation in a schoolhouse at Higuera Bolivia He was handcuffed and shot by sergeant Mario Teran and lieutenant Perez Two other guerrillas were shot in the next room by a sergeant Huanca reporter Michele Ray spent six weeks gathering details in La Paz and the Sierra Mountains
Baytown shoppers on the first business day after Christmas bought bargains with many using cash gifts and certificates. Stores offered markdowns up to 50 percent on holiday items while parking spaces were crowded and merchants reported brisk traffic aided by mild weather.
AP reports growing farmer frustration with central authority. A Soviet purge survivor may have a falsified Paris published manuscript. Five inmates in Tennessee hostage standoff with a guard felled. Texas holiday traffic deaths reach 44 against 55 feared. Fresh produce markets in Texas stay holiday busy. Bolivia’s president travels to Bern for undisclosed illness. Two escapees remain at large from Terry County Jail. Commerce Committee plans to inspect eight airports including Dallas Fort Worth on Jan 4. Yorktown becomes a floating television station for Navy relief.
A Baytown man identified as Alfred James Taylor, 31, was killed in a Bangkok area airplane crash. Taylor worked for an engineering firm in Bangkok. His wife Virginia and sons Van, J, and Fred were also aboard and not believed seriously injured. Thirty-one passengers were aboard, including at least 12 Americans. two other passengers were killed.
Miami police chief Walter Headley declares community relations programs in the Negro district failed and orders officers to use shotguns and dogs against young hoodlums. He defends stop and frisk as civil rights leaders criticize the intensified patrols in the Central Negro District amid claims 90 percent of Negro residents are law abiding while 10 percent are the target of the crackdown. The action follows criticisms and heightened enforcement after the Christmas season.
The AP reports mixed tax changes as 1968 opens. Higher Social Security taxes begin affecting paychecks, while the real estate stamp tax repeal boosts revenue but takes effect next week. Income tax changes loom as Congress may act on a 3 percent surcharge. auto and phone excise taxes face postponement. IRS prepares 1967 forms for filing by April 15.
Egypt's semi official Al Ahram says the government will clear the southern half of the Suez Canal and release 15 foreign ships trapped there. Fourteen ships are in the Great Bitter Lake and one in Lake Timsa. vessels include the African Glenn and flags of Britain France West Germany Poland Bulgaria Sweden and Czechoslovakia.
Bangkok AP reports three North Vietnamese battalions totaling about 1,600 men, including Thai insurgents from the Pathet Lao, placed near Thailand's northern border with Laos. Deputy premier Praphas Charusathien says helicopters carry troops from Nan to chiangrai to counter the threat as Thai and Communist forces face off 350 miles northeast of Bangkok.
Vatican reports claim Pope Paul VI may dispatch a four member peace mission to North Vietnam after President Johnson met him in Rome. The visit would seek better treatment for U.S. prisoners and lay groundwork for possible peace talks, though no official Vatican communique confirmed the plan.
AP dispatch says King Constant ine may return to Greece before New Year’s Day and be greeted by Premier George Papadopoulos who led the effort to oust him. Papadopoulos and Deputy Premier Styfanos Patakos tour northern Greece while Leonidas Papagos plans Rome departure for royal matters.
President John C. Echols of Citizens National Bank announced that all monthly service charges on current checking accounts will be suspended during 1968 as a thank you to patrons. The policy change aims to maintain strong customer service and support continued growth and expansion.
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