This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 5 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1968
Page
3
The Agriculture Department reports total farm commodity futures transactions for 1988 at about 15.7 million, down roughly four percent from 1987, with a value near 60.6 billion. Wheat led at 8.3 billion bushels, corn 3.1 billion, soybeans declined while soybean meal and oil rose, and cotton surpassed 4.1 million bales.
Harris County and Texas Education Agency sponsored adult basic education programs in Channelview and Crosby, enrolling 120 and 100 students respectively. The programs focus on reading writing and arithmetic, tailoring courses to local student needs with support from county and city officials and education leaders.
The World Almanac notes the term blimp originates in World War I as British nonrigid airships were tested. An early model was called the Alimp, then the Blimp, which quickly became common. The first US automobile road map is believed to have been published by a Chicago newspaper in 1895.
The film character Dr Strange Love is described as a silver haired German genius whose loyalty to U S rocket science is briefly interrupted by embarrassing lapses from the past when his arm shoots up and he shouts.
Wernher von Braun, director of the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center, defends his Nazi past while arguing space exploration can avert mass starvation and help humanity. He envisions orbital earth resource monitoring, crop surveys, and space powered solutions amid a projected world population of 6 to 7 billion by 2000. He cites a $30 million space program cost but says any price is cheaper than war.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.