New Year's Holiday Closures and Local Notices
New Year's business closures affect Baytown insurers and services from Friday noon to Monday morning. A car tire slashing case is under police investigation, and a theft report concerns a stolen iron. Republican officials plan a Jan 3 meeting. Unsettled weather with possible warmth, and wind up to 16 mph. Local events include a piano recital in Georgetown, a Peace Corps test on Jan 8, and church observances on New Year's Eve. Garden Club meets Jan 2 with a slide showing.
Around Town highlights and holiday notices in Baytown
Baytown’s social page bundles local snippets. Richard King and Virgil Collins debut as TV stars while Channel 13 previews water policy segments. Neighbors rally for civic meetings, police praised for street signs, and a bowling misadventure. The piece notes holiday visits, theater plans, church events, and town personalities with playful detail.
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Richard King
Virgil Collings
Baytown
Star
Channel 13
Pat Courtney
Glen Arbor
Susie Dzilsky
T. F. Pecks Sr
T. T. Peck Jr
Centerville
Preston Pendergrass
Tennessee
Judkse Fred Hooey
F. F. Barnes
Live Oak
J. E. Mallory
Carol Byrd
Universe of Texas
Adair Heads to Seminole to Fight Flaming Gas Well
Red Adair of Houston, famed oil well firefighter, arrived in Seminole to battle a gas well blaze that began early Wednesday. The well, owned by J. Travis of Midland and operated by Red Roberts, is expected to burn at least three days. Located on Allen Byres Farm near Loop, the incident caused about 150000 dollars in damage. the rig was a total loss with no injuries.
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Seminole
Tex
Red Adair
Houston
Apo
J. Travis
Midland
Red Roberts
Allen Byres
Loop
Reg Reece
Italy Faces New Crisis In Politics
Rome reports Premier Aldo Moro to take Fanfani's portfolio as Amintore Fanfani resigns amid criticism over a North Vietnamese peace feeler. President Saragat names Moro while Fanfani is seen as trying to influence the center left government.
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Rome
Giuseppe Saragat
iPremier
Aldo Moro
Foreigm
Amintore Fanfani
Saragat
Moro
Center Left
Fanfani
Giorgio la Pira
Hanoi
la Pira
Christian pDemocratic
Catholic
Christian Democrats
Mora
Dean Rusk
Fanfants
U.S
Ho Chi Minh
Irradiated Food Sparks Alarm In U S News
AP reports controversial remarks about irradiated food attributed to a U S scientist. The claim that nuclear preserved foods could be deadly drew criticism from Cornell scientists and prompted denial by authorities. The discussion linked to government action and the Food and Drug Administration amid debates over irradiated bacon potatoes and wheat products.
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Piva
N.Y
Cornell University
Io Vamt
Army
Fanfani
la Piraj
Ias
Critics
la Pira
York
First Baytown New Year Baby to Receive 17 Prizes
Baytown's first baby of 19 will win 17 gifts from local merchants including a baby bed, crib mattress, comforts, diaper pins, feeding dish, baby food, savings account, rocking chair, carrier, layette, baby book, and more. Rules require birth after midnight Dec 31 within Goose Creek ISD. proof to The Sun by Jan 3.
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Baytown
Culpepper
Merrison
Caroussel
Tommy Scearborough
Robson’s
Jacob's
O'Brien's
Harts County Federal Savings and Loan Association
Town House
Penney’s
Kmart
Black's
Monmimy
Daddy
White Star
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Big Chief
Wright ,Packing Co
Baytown! Merchants
Goose J Creek Independent
Cumberland Our World Today News Briefs
November consumer prices rose two tenths of a percent pushing the CPI to 110.6 base value. Nancy Bernard, 20, from Lubbock, named 1966 Cottons queen in Memphis, succeeding Judy Hill. Edward W. Brooke announced candidacy for U S Senate seat. Gemini 6 and 7 crews plan public talks on moon missions. Walter Schirra received NASA Distinguished Service Medal. In Miami Beach boys rode a 300-pound swordfish for 90 minutes with Bob Neunzig and Barney Cipriani joining.
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Nancy Berard
Lubbock
Cottons
Memphis
Tenn
Judy Hill
Fort Worth
Bernard
University of Texas
Pineel
United States
Walter Schirra
NASA
Space Agency
Miami Beach
Bob Neunzig
Barney Cipriani
Presidential Aides Push Peace Effort Amid Hanoi Blasts
President Johnson’s envoys Harriman and Goldberg pressed ahead with the U S peace bid despite North Vietnam’s rejection. Ho Chi Minh denounced U S leaders as waging war, while Washington kept details secret and sought any possible Hanoi response ahead of further diplomacy in Europe.
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Washington
Johnson
Wanot
W. Averell Harriman
Arthur J.J. Goldberg
Warsaw
Vatican
U.S
America
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
Paul VI
U S
Viet Nam
Radio
White House
North
Baytown Observes New Year Holiday For Many
The New Year holiday begins Friday for government workers and some industrial staff in Baytown. Most businesses operate Saturday. City and state offices close Friday, with a clerk on call at Justice of the Peace M. M. Brown’s office. Tax offices may open for 1965 tax payments. Stores banks post office largely open. retail merchants observe Saturday off. Garbage pickup runs normal Friday. skeleton crews at Humble oil plants. Schools and colleges extend Christmas break. classes resume Monday.
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Baytown
Coun
Justice of the
Peace
M. M. Brown
C Pens
Lee College
U S Steel Annexation Plans Queried by Baytown Leaders
U S Steel representatives in Houston assured Baytown officials that the city has no plans to encircle the company’s tract with annexation. Mayor Seaborn Cravey and City Manager Fritz Lantam met with U S Steel attorney W OK Johnston and Vinson Elkins partner G S Manahue to discuss the matter following Houston Post and Baytown Sun reports. Cravey said the council will not pursue further annexation beyond two two mile fingers along Interstate 10 and Tri City Beach Road to protect the Baytown area against later moves. He stressed the officials’ concern over misinterpretation by U S Steel and pledged that the two finger annexation provides adequate protection.
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Bee Landrum
U. S. Steel Corp
Seaborn Cravey
Fritz Lantam
W. OK. Johnston
U.S. Steels Real ‘State Department
G. S Manahue
Houston
Vinson, Elkins, Weems & Searls
East Harris
West Chambers
U. S. Steel
Baytown Sun
Houston Chronicle
Cravey
Tri-City Beach
Baytown
U.S. Steel
Cedar Bayou
Viet Cong Attack Near Saigon and Da Nang Amid War Moratorium
Viet Cong struck around Saigon and near Da Nang during the U.S. air war pause. In Quang Ngai Province three captured Marines and eight South Vietnamese soldiers were murdered. a Saigon journalist Tu Chong was shot dead. Viet Cong overran Hill 60 near Da Nang. heavy fighting and shelling followed as rains limited air strikes.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
da Nang
U.S
Quang Ngei
Tu Chong
Chinh Luan
Chau Doc
U S Pilots Monitor Cong Activity In Hanoi Lull
Washington reports U S Air Force and Navy reconnaissance flights over North Vietnam during the bombing pause. Both North Vietnam and Communist China condemn these probes while U S officials avoid comment. Recon craft map rebuilt bridges ferries and highways to guide potential bombing if hostilities resume.
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Washington
United States
North Viet Nam
U.S
U.S. Air Force
Navy
Deadline For Ouster Of Smith Told
In Lusaka Zambia President Kenneth Kaunda said a time limit for economic sanctions would be set to topple Rhodesia's white minority government. A London spokesman denied any fixed deadline. Kaunda warned military intervention could follow if the limit expires without Smith being ousted. Bishop James Pike urged Britain and the UN to use force to overthrow Rhodesia's government.
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Lusaka
Zambia
Britain
Rhodesia
Kenneth Kaunda
London
Kaunda
Tan Smith
Kenya
Scopal
James Pike
California
United Nations
Bundy Goes To Canada For Talks
The White House announced a presidential peace mission to Canada with McGeorge Bundy flying to Ottawa for a meeting with Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson. Johnson to confer by phone. Moyers said additional ambassadorial travels and Harriman trips were planned to show U S peace efforts in Asia and Vietnam.
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Austin
Tex
White House
Canada
Viet Nam
Bill D. Moyers
McGeorge Bundy
Johnson
Ottawa
Lester B. Pearson
Pearson
Moyers
Poland
India
International Central Commission
Arthur J. Goldberg
Pope Paul VI
W. Averell Harriman
Warsaw
Beligrade
Yugoslavia
Harriman
Asia
United States
Joseph Laitin
Laitin
Goldberg
Israel’s Foreign Minister Resigns After 10 Years
Golda Meir, the world’s only woman to hold the post, retires at 67 after a decade as Israel’s foreign minister. Deputy Premier Abba Eban named her successor. Meir began as a Milwaukee teacher before rising to prominent roles in Histadrut and Israeli government, including labor minister and UN delegate.
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Jerusalem
Golda Mor
Israel
Meir
Abba Eban
United States
United Nations
Milwaukee
Kiev
Russia
Wis
Chicago
New York
Palestine
Morris Myerson
Histadrut
General Federation of
Jewish Labor
Soviet Union
Carmine Wreck Leaves 3 Dead
A Houston family of five traveling home from a deer hunting trip near Junction, Texas, was struck by a truck train wreck in Favette County. Three members died, including Percy Jackson, 11. Paul Jackson, 9. and Mary Jackson, 44, with Buster Jackson gravely injured and Jerry Jackson hospitalized with lesser injuries.
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Carmine
Tex
Houston
Favette County
Percy Jackson
Paul i Jackson
Mary Jackson
Giddings Hospital
Buster Jackson
Jerry Jackson
Junction
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BAY Town Insurance
Ernest Helms
Ivan
Martha Johnson
Carver
GOP
Harris County
Republican Executive Committee
Civil Courts Building
JO Ann Horeczy
Pe Sumner
Georgetown
Joe Horeczy
Peace Corps
Post Office
Franklin
Washingston
D.C
Grace Church
Grace Methodist Church
Edwin Summers
First Church of God
Bob Smith Road
Garden Club
Baytown Garden Club
R.H. Cavanay
E. Hunnicut
Ruthie Bender
Ernest Wooley
Second Baptist Church
Sue Dinwiddier
The
Sun
Vivian Durham
Burns
Cana Boyer
Ann
Becky Hemphill
Carol Billings
Citizens National
F.O
Adair
Italy
LBJ
Massachusetts
Edward W. Brooke
U.S. Senate
Leverett Saltonstall
Hartman
Europe
Adam Islapacki
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Thad Felton
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Carmine Wreck
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