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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 01, 1966

Page

4

City Should Seek State Recreation Aid for Baytown

Editorial urges Baytown officials to pursue Texas and federal funding for park and recreation development. Texas has qualified for matching grants from the Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund, with a statewide plan and action program to support local acquisition and development. A potential park site near Cedar Bayou is noted, and the state plans emphasize existing and new recreation areas and participation by local entities.

Baytown Austin Will Odom Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission Texas Federal Land and Water Conservation Fund Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Fritz Lanham Tri-City Beach Cedar Bayou Bayshore Red Reef and Gun Club John Connally Odom Bureau of Outdoor Recreation Edward C. Crafts Congress Parks and Wildlife Department

Turncoat GI Returns Home a Look Magazine Hero

Fulton Lewis reports on Morris Robert Wills, an Army defector who aided the enemy in China and now returns to the United States as a sought after figure. Look Magazine has advance funds and a life story planned with UCLA or Harvard considering offers. Wills and his family traveled from Hong Kong to New York and San Francisco for publicity photos. A separate note mentions a purse theft on Cherry Street with license plate MBT 33.

Washington United States Department of State Morris Robert Wills U.S. Armying Wills Ganda Radio Peking Communist Party Red China West State Department Hong Kong Li Kai-yen Linda Lee Look Magazine San Francisco James Hanson Look West Fort Ann N.Y Los Angeles UCLA China Ucla Post Harvard

Henry Needs Derby Henry Takes On Baseball Critique

Opinion by Henry McLemore railing at baseball’s status and antitrust issues. He mocks owners and the sport, contrasts Branch Rickey’s sanctified view with Bill Veeck’s blunt realism, and ends with a biblical verse. Includes pricing of Rickey and Veeck books and a jab at the Hall of Fame.

Elmer W. Roller Milwaukee Roller Abner Doubleday Branch Rickey Bill Veeck Peddes Rickey Manhattan United States Washington and Jefferson Veeck

Dodd in Germany Sparked Comical Welcome Episode

Senator Tom Dodd arrived in Germany on April 7 1964 amid a chaotic welcome as German and American officials jostled for position. His briefcase reportedly contained secret memos from Gen Julius Klein directing his meetings with Erhard Adenauer and other German leaders. A Klein aide escorted him to Bonn while embassy staff and Klein associates pursued different agendas.

Washington Tom Dodd Dconn Germany Senate Internal Security Subcommittee Dodd Julius Klein West Germany Klein Senate U. S. Senate Senate Foreign Relations Committee Frankfurt Henry Ford Ford Halmut Kimpel Isa Reich Lufthansa Cologne Grant Mouser Elein Bonn Ludwig Erhard Konrad Adenauer Hans Gisbke Heinrich von Brentano Karl Carstens Yale Gerhard Schroeder Globke Clobke Tom Foreign Office German Foreign Office Kenneth Buchanan Buchanan Gen Julius Hein Julius

Baytown Sun staff and publication details

The Baytown Sun list of staff roles includes Fred Hartman James Hale Preston Pendergrass Beulah Jackson Bill Hartman Ann B. Pritchett and editor publisher general manager managing editor to the publisher assistant to the publisher office manager advertising department John Wadley Paul Putman Corrie Laughlin national manager plus address 1301 Memorial Drive Baytown Texas 77523 and P O Box 208 subscription rates and AP membership notice with republication rights.

Fred Hartman James H. Hale Preston Pendergrass Beulah Mae Jackson Bill Hartman Ann B. Pritchett Eeetcessssess John Wadley Paul Putman Corrie Laughlin Baytown Texas Act of Congress Baytown Sun, Inc Memorial Drive P. O Texas Newspaper Representatives, Inc Associated Press

World’s biggest volcano and antique petrifaction find

The item cites a fossilized log deposit in northern Arizona dated to the Triassic period about 1160 to 170 million years ago. The trees, transported by a flood plain stream, became waterlogged and buried, leading to petrifaction and later formation of carnelian.

Arizona

Citizens Battle Crime in Chicago Police Stop Program

Chicago AP reports on Operation Crime Stop, where citizens alert police to burglaries, narcotics storage, and gambling. Since start, tips led to thousands of arrests and raids. Phase II seeks business and public agency pledge to aid in fighting narcotics, gambling, prostitution, and racketeering.

Chicago PO 5- BB Chicago Police Department O. W. Wilsom Imade Wilson

Thanking supporters after McNair home blaze

A McNair family thanks many neighbors and organizations for help after their home at 2908 Avon Lane burned on December 17. They name churches, clubs, and numerous local residents who provided aid, clothing, meals, and a temporary home.

the Sun Avon Lane McNair Baytown and Wirs Robert Louis Roberson

Reading East's Diamond Duck in Three No Trump

South faced three no trump after a club lead and a diamond finesse. East ducks the ten of diamonds to set the contract, while South could have secured twelve tricks with a spade finesse at trick three. The article analyzes defensive signaling and the psychology of the hand.

South East Declarer King Fears Ing West Southester Rea Syndicate, Inc

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