Cassius Clay Recaptures Heavyweight Title Fight at Astrodome
In Houston the Astrodome hosts Cassius Clay II defending his heavyweight crown against Ernie Terrell. Clay, 27-0 with 72 knockouts, pursues a price about 750 000 while Terrell aims for the title and a chance to humiliate Clay. The event, broadcast to 165 locations in the US and 1912 in Canada, could set gate and purses near 400 000 with a 35 000 crowd.
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Astrodome
Cassius
Terrell
Houston
Cassius Blarcellus Clay II
Ernie Terrell
Cassins
Louisville
Joy Martin
Martin
Clay
Wainer
Angelo Duna
Sonny Liston
Miami
Cleveland Williams
World Boxing Association
Mfionday
Floyd Patterson
Patterson
Sree Rell
United States
Canada
Itle
RADM
England
Japan
Europe
Asia
Williams
Astro‘dome
Mrs Barron Dies In Baytown Bay Town Hospital
Mrs. Barron died Sunday afternoon in a Bay town hospital. Survived by daughter Mrs HL Bonds of Baytown and son Dr George Barron of State College Pa. Services set for 2 pm Tuesday at Bedias Baptist Church under Day Funeral Home Madisonville. Sister Rowena Thomas of Glenmore La former Bay town resident dies in Louisiana hospital. Funeral services pending. Baytown survivors include brothers F A Saxon and Marcus Saxon. Story Time preschool story hour led by Dewaine Andersen and John Sandhop 10 am Tuesday Sterling Municipal Library. Ex Ranger Johnny Klevenhagen to speak at Optimist Club Monday night at the Tower.
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Barron
Ethel Barron
Baytown
HL. V_ Bonds
George Barron
State College
The
Baptist Church
Bedias
Tex
Day Funeral Home
Madisonville
Rowena ‘Thomas
Glenmore
Louisiana
F. A. Saxon
Marcus Saxon
Dewaine Andersen
John Sandhop
Junior Forum
Sterling Municipal Library
Johnny
Kievenhagen
Texas
Harris County Sheriff's Department
Optimist Club
Tower
Klevenhagen
Weather and social notes from Baytown and surroundings
Baytown area forecasts a Tuesday morning low of 35 degrees as predicted by the U S Weather Bureau in Houston. Monday’s low reached 53 degrees. The item also records social captions: Carol and Johnny Boyer at a TCU Rice basketball game with Coach Buster Brannon as their uncle, praise for Danny Munninger’s elegance, Jim Bailey’s debut without a camera on him, and Stephen Linscott arriving from Dallas. Others mention Toni Kent with garden club news, Ro Holzheuser offering to press costumes, Evelyn’s 17th birthday, Baytown Hospital patient Mrs Wayne L Gregory awaiting surgery in Room 11, and Phyllis Weidman running a rainy day favor. Allania Bradford noted as an air-conditioning expert.
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Carol
Johnny Boyer
Tcu-Rice
TCU
Buster Brannon
Danny Munninger
Jim Bailey
Stephen Linscott
Dallas
Toni “Kent
Holzheuser
Evelyn
Wayne L! Gregory
Baytown Hospital
Marlin
Plant
Herbert H. Meyer
Baytown Sun
Phyllis Weidman
Allania Bradford
Bayport Celanese plant taps Baytown leader Wilson as manager
Homer C. Wilson, a Baytown native and UT alumnus, has been named plant manager of Celanese Chemical Co.’s Bayport facility near La Porte. He has a long career in petrochemicals and Navy service, and will oversee start of the acetaldehyde unit with 173 million pounds annual capacity slated for completion in October 1967. Wilson and wife live in Baytown with two sons. plans include moving to the Clear Lake City area in about six months. Celanese Corp operates 100 plants with about 51,060 employees worldwide and approximately $12 billion in current annual sales.
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Houston
Oflcers
Colum 2
Bia University
University of Texas
U.S. Navy
North Atlanta
Sirs. Wilson
MacArthur
Baytown
Clear Lake City
Wilsons
Charles
Fort Worth
David
Wilson
Humbie
King Ranch
South Texas
Celanese
Bishop
Petroval Corp
Corpus Christi
Celeanese
Texas Butadiene and Chemical Corp of
Channelview
Sinclair Petrochemical, Inc
Texas Batadiene
E Houston
Goose Creek
Houston Club
Texas Chemical Council
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Bayport
Celanese Chemical Co
Celanese Corp
U S
Regents To Tell Lee College Story in Liberty County
Dr Richard Strahan president of Lee College returns from Austin where he met state legislators and outlines February activities. He will attend Liberty School Board meeting February 6 discuss Lee College with local officials and address college programs at multiple events including Fort Worth and Dallas meetings, nursing capstone, and regional junior college discussions.
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Richard Strahan
Lee College
Austin
Hes
A. M. Atkin ,Jr
Strahan
Board of
Regents
Liberty School
Gulf School Research Development Association
Pearland
Texas Junior College Administrators and Board Members Association
Auster
Robert E. Lee High School
Texas State Teachers Association
Wharton Junior College
Coordinating Board of College and Universities
LC School of Vocational Nursing
San Jacinto
National Secretaries Associations
San Francisco
American Association of Junior Colleges
C. J. Collum
Technical-Vocar
Tickets Still Available For Human Relations Fete
Tickets remain for the Baytown Human Relations Council annual banquet chaired by Mrs. Hulén Wilder. Contact 566-TO38 to obtain tickets. Speaker will be James S. Avery, Humble Oil & Refining Company coordinator of communities, and president of the National Association of Market Developers, with offices in New York City. Avery, a Columbia University graduate, joined Humble in 1956 and has led nationwide employee, dealer, and customer relations initiatives.
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Baytown
National Association of Market Developers
U.S
Speaker
Humble
Crawford - Kenihearth Jaycées
New Jersey
Avery
Columbia University
Snow Storm Halts Austin Schools and Spreads Ice
A heavy snow storm swept Austin and the Texas Hill Country with schools closed and icy roads. Temperatures plunged to 21 in Mason and 23 in Boerne as gusty north winds of up to 70 mph lashed the area.
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Associated
Austin
Texas Hill
Dalhart
Panhan
Corpus Christi
University of Texas
Texas State College
San ‘Marcos
Department,’ of Oues | Safety
San Antonio
Tonio
Mason
Junction
Boerme
Hall Country
Eanes
Oak ‘Hut
Manchaca
Lago Vista
Sornsby-Dunlap
Corsicana
Braslawes
M’ Corpus
ChristLine
Avers
Corpus ‘Christine
Sen. Antonio International
Highlands 1st Baptist Church Fire Destroys Main Building
The Highlands First Baptist Church suffered extensive loss when a Sunday morning blaze destroyed the main building and contents, including organ and piano. Fire departments from Baytown Channelview Crosby Woodlands and Mel Nair assisted. no injuries were reported. Estimated damages reach up to 400000 with about 185000 insured. Pastor Bonner Magness unavailable for comment on rebuilding plans.
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Walter Dunn
Highlands
Bernards
L. Miller
First Baptist Church
Hoo Highlands
Fom Baytown
Channelview
Crosby, Wooster
Mel Nair
Miller
Bonner C. Magness
Bobby Dodd Leaves Georgia Tech Football After 22 Years
ATLANTA AP Bobby Dodd retired as Georgia Tech football coach after a 22 year run in which the Yellow Jackets won 165 games and earned 15 bowl invites. He will remain athletic director, with no immediate successor named. Dodd, 48, had hinted last fall that 1966 could be his last season and has been in poor health recently.
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Atlanta
Bobby Dodd
Georgia Tech
Yellow Jackets
Dodd
Baytown Plans Mental Health Center Merits Listed
Baytown and La Porte special education directors Carl Mays and Jack Harris urged a Baytown advisory panel to back a regional mental health and mental retardation center. They called for diagnostic services for preschool and school children, counseling for families, speech therapy, sheltered workshops, in service training, and a trained counselor reservoir. They emphasized the need for testing facilities across Houston’s metropolitan area and a team approach to services.
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Baytown
la Porte
Carl
Mays
Jack Harris
la Forte
Tthe
Harris
Harold Bormhoff
Harris County
Harris Coun
Ty Mental Health
Trustees
Houston
Mental ‘Health and
Ribicoff asks DOJ probes into possible perjury in auto safety hearing
Sen. Abraham Ribicoff says he will seek a Justice Department probe if witnesses may have committed perjury during a Senate subcommittee hearing on auto safety. The piece notes Soviet Premier Kosygin arriving in London to discuss risks from Vietnam to Britain and the Soviet state’s review board continuing a slow, methodical search for Apollo 1 fire clues.
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Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
Justice Depart
Senate
Ea “Board
Kennedy Truce Signal Report Denied by Paris Authorities
Paris officials deny Newsweek claim that Hanoi sent a peace signal to Senator Robert F Kennedy via the French government during his Paris visit. The foreign ministry says no such message was transmitted, and the U S Embassy has no knowledge of it.
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Paris
Bassy
Robert FL Kennedy
Maj van Bo
Kennedy
U.S
Foreign Office
Etienne Manac’h
Quai D'Orsay
Foreign Ministry
Sen. Kennedy
Faris
Manac’h
Robson's Jewelry Theft Reported At About 475
Police report a Robson's Jewelry theft estimated at about 475 dollars. The incident involved a botched entry and the target store, with five watches and other items believed taken. No further details on suspects provided.
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Robson
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Baytown Westher
Me U.sweather
Houston Livestock Show
Rodeo Citizens
F.D.1
Baytonian
Homer C. Wilson
New Bayport
Boss
Liberty County
James
S. Avery
Michael Henton
Juanita Hinton
Crosby
Jim Kyle
Sup
Michael
Austin School
U S. Weather Bureau
Atermady
Houston-Baytown
Cambern
General Telephone Co
Baystown Exchange
Police
Barris Coum
Highlands 1St Baptist
By Johnella Boynton
Alexei Kosaygin
London
Vietnam
Harold Wilson
RFK
Thunderbirds
Thad Felton
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