Holiday Party at Robert E. Lee French Club
The French Club at Robert E. Lee high invites REL students to a holiday party from 8 30 to 8 30 p m Tuesday at 2200 Montana. Also listed are a Masonic Lodge called communication at 7 p m Tuesday and two Marine assignments detailing King and Watula in Dallas and with Battalion Landing Team 24.
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Robert E&. Lee French Club
Montana
REL
Goose Creek
John Watura
William Tatum
W. Gulf
U.S. Seventh Fleet
Baytown Weather and Holiday Visitors Update
Cloudy skies with a chance of showers forecast for Monday in the Baytown area. Temperatures range from the mid 40s to the low 70s. Tuesday tides at Morgan's Point show highs at 4 55 a m and 12 01 p m, lows at 4 55 a m and 3 55 p m. Sunrise 7 16 a m, sunset 5 31 p m. Numerous holiday visits noted across Baytown with relatives staying in Georgia Crosby Crosby area and Fort Benning Georgia. Local residents also mark birthdays and holiday gatherings, while Edna Westbrook is reported ill at San Jacinto Hospital.
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Baytown
Morgan’s Point
Sam Alford
Sam
Georgia
Ron Plocheck
Baytown Sun
San Antonio
T. G. Plocheck
Crosby
Lester Locke
Linda
Jimmy
Jimmy Gibson
Minnie Schroeder
Peggy Hill
Fort Benning
Joe Finch
J. T. ‘Boudlache
L. A. Conklin
Kelly
Gary T. Moore
Kevin
Houston
Larry Boudlache
Melvin Ocker ,Jr
M. B. Ocker
Mark
Katie Reineke
Nixon Aides Cite Two Year Achievements Top List
Washington AP officials say postal and draft reform lead Nixon two year record with progress in domestic diplomacy. Desegregation has risen to 90 percent in the South and black unemployment fell while Congress delays welfare and revenue sharing. Foreign moves include Viet Nam shift, Nixon Doctrine strategy, NPT ratification and START talks with Russia.
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Washington
Congress
Nixon
Appropriations
Senate
Vietnam
Russia
Baytown Man Dies in Car Train Collision at Decker Drive
Gene Edward Owens 19 of 2217 Cedar Bayou Road died at 4:15 a.m. Sunday in a Houston hospital from injuries after a car driven by Charles Ray Graves 23 of Channelview struck a Missouri Pacific train at the Decker Drive crossing near Wade Road. Graves was listed in good condition. The brothers, sisters, and Owens family mourn at burial planned in Cedar Crest Cemetery with services at Barthman Chapel.
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Gene Edward Owens
Cedar Bayou Road
Houston
Decker Drive
Wade Road
Charles Ray Graves
Ave. C
Channelview
Gulf Coast Hospital
Baytown
Graves
Owens
Missouri-Pacific
POWs Call For End To War In Censored TV Interview
Two American POWs in North Vietnam urge ending the war now in a televised interview filmed on Christmas Day and described by a Defense Department spokesman as an enemy propaganda film. The program featured Walter Wilber and Robert Schweitzer answering presubmitted questions while other POWs appeared briefly. Wives confirmed identities but declined comment. The camp location was not disclosed, with reports calling it a controlled Hanoi site.
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New York
North Vietnam
U.S. Defense Department
U.S. Navy
Walter E. Wilber
Columbia Cross Roads
Robert J.schweitzer
Lemoore
Calif
Michael MacLear
Canadian Broadcasting Corp
Pham van Dong
Paris
Dong
New York Times
U.S
Washington
Hanoi Hilton
Jerry Friedheim
Defense
Fire Chief Urges Tree Caution in Christmas Season
Baytown Fire Chief L V Baley warned of dry Christmas trees and urged unplugging lights to prevent fires. He noted three car fires since Christmas Eve on Dec 4 and 25, involving a tire blowout on Interstate 10, a gas line leak causing a garage fire, and a car fire from escaping gas fumes. no injuries reported.
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L. V. Baley
Baytown
Houston
Margin P. Farr
Edward G. Fonteneaux
Garth Road
Harris County Sheriff's Department
Gulf Coast Hospital
Baytown Ambulance Service
H. E. McDonald
Pruett
Bailey
Scarlett
R. R. Harman
Powerful Rivers Dies at 69 in Alabama
Rep. L Mendel Rivers head of the House Armed Services Committee died at University Hospital in Birmingham Alabama after heart surgery and prior episodes of heart stoppage He was 69 A South Carolina Democrat he had led the committee and was noted for staunch military policy His death leaves the chairmanship to F Edward Hebert in the next Congress with Philip J Bin bin initially in line and the My Lai subcommittee leader having handled Vietnam issues.
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Birmingham
Ala
L. Mendel Rivers
House
Armed Services Committee
University Hospital
South Carolina
Democrat
Rivers
Acmedvices Committee
Congress
U.S
Philip J. Philbin
D-Mass
Edward Hebert
D-La
Hebert
A-bear
My Lai
State Department
Vietnam
North Vietnam
FBI Fugitive Arrested Here For Burglary
A man wanted by the FBI for forgeries and burglaries was arrested at 6:10 a.m. Sunday by Baytown officers on Alexander Drive. Robert G. Cowan, 31, faced burglary charges after furniture from eight trailers at Paul A. Prince Mobile Homes was recovered, with items found at his home and a stolen TV from Baytown Motors. He was held without bond as FBI agents prepare to question him.
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FBI
Baytown
Alvin Soileau
Alexander Drive
Cedar Bayou Road
Mike
Jordan
Soileau
Danny Joe Tolleson
Robert G. Cowan
Ashleyville
Paul A. Prince
N. Alexander Drive
Baytown Motors
Oklahoma
Washington
California
U.S
Houston
No-Fault Auto Rates Tested in Massachusetts
Boston AP The first no fault automobile insurance plan takes effect in Massachusetts amid immediate constitutional questions. Bodily injury up to 2000 and medical expenses up to 500 are paid by the insured motorist’s insurer regardless of fault, with pain and suffering claims eliminated. Claims above 2000 may be litigated.
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Boston
Massachusetts
C. Eugene Farnam
State Supreme Court
Michael
Dukakis
Brookline
House
John A. Volpe
Senate
Dummy Campaigning Used In Buckley Win
Washington AP reports a network of dummy campaign committees funneled over 400000 dollars into James L. Buckley’s New York Senate victory. Donor identities were hidden via fronts such as League of Middle American Women and Americans for Honesty in Politics. Buckley’s campaign manager David K. Jones acknowledged the setup to conceal donors.
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Washington
Senate
James L. Buckley
New York
League of Middle American Women
David KR. Jones
Buckley
Two Baytown Officers Hired from War Veterans Ranking High
Baytown Police Department hires two Vietnam veteran officers Charles Shaffer and Tolleson who scored top on Civil Service tests. Shaffer, 22, will report after Army release in January while Tolleson, 25, already began work on Christmas day. Folleson helped arrest an armed burglary suspect at Paul Prince Mobile Homes on Alexander Drive. Shaffer and Tolleson are Baytown natives, graduates of Robert E. Lee High School, with Lee College study records. They replace recently resigned Gerald Schneers and T. D. Stanaland, now with Nacogdoches police.
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Baytown
Charles Shaffer
U.S. Army
Danny Joe Tolleson
Marines
Folleson
FBE
Paul Prince
Alexander Drive
Shaffer
T. D. Stanaland
Nacogdoches
Session's End Seen By Jan 1
Washington AP: The Senate closed for Christmas recess with no clear path to adjournment by year end. House members return Tuesday while leaders seek a way to resolve the SST funding stalemate tied to a $210 million supersonic transport program.
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Washington
Senate
House
Electricity Rates May Be Raised In Baytown
Houston Lighting and Power Co. will ask Baytown City Council to approve an increase in the minimum electricity charge from 1.20 to 1.90, effective after January readings. Spokesman says Houston recently approved a similar rise and Baytown is expected to receive the same request. The move aims to cover rising service costs and prevent brownouts in the Gulf Coast region.
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Houston Lighting and Power Co
Baytown
Houston
Houston City Council
Hl&p
Houston Council
Houston Gulf Coast
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