Editorials-Patriotism or Official ID Cards on Draft
An editorial notes a surge of middle aged men at Cleveland draft boards seeking replacements for lost cards, sparked by a Plain Dealer story about non carriers. It argues the draft card law is poorly defined, praises law abiding citizens, and suggests universal ID or tattooed numbers would alter civic behavior, while noting draft cards mainly aid underage beer purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Area
Pueblo
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Cleveland
Diane
Selective Service
Baytown Sun and Ross Sterling DEs win top honors
Mary Beth McElroy notes Beverly Threadgill and Alan McWhorter of Ross Sterling High win the region’s outstanding boy and girl awards in Beaumont. Both are Baytown Sun employees and taught by the same teacher, prompting talks of a possible compromise and shared celebration with parents and bosses.
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Ross Sterling High
Baytown Sun
Southeast Texas High School DE
Mary Beth McElroy
Sterling Sterling
Beverly Threadgill
Alan McWhorter
Beaumont
Sterling Des
Beverly
Alan
Baytown
Mary Beth
Preston Pendergrass
Henry Holcomb
Try Your Word Power Across and Down
Word puzzle clues mix across and down items from 7 English school jackets to down to 2 Biblical weed. The list includes entries for items like Alaskan fur jacket Papal garment and Egyptian skink with several ambiguous fragments and misprints.
Baytown Sun masthead and contact details
The Baytown Sun publisher and staff lines appear with editor and publisher roles, advertising department staff, and management. It lists address 1901 Memoris Drive Baytown Texas and mail drop 0 Box 90 77520 with subscription and single copy pricing, plus national representation notes.
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Dwight Moody
Seeesaersee
Garrie Laughlin
Baytown
Texas
Baytown Sun, Inc
Memoris Drive
Texas Newspaper Representatives, Inc. Membin
Paka
Readers Propose Calling Time Limit On Local Phone Calls
A Baytown letter writer urges capping local calls at 10 minutes to prevent tying up lines, noting two or more people often talk long. Another letter endorses the League of Women Voters, praising its nonpartisan education and asking media support for a February statewide finance drive in Texas.
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Baytown
the Sur
League of Women Vocters
Texas
League
Swe
Iltself
League of Women Voters
League of Women Voters of Texas
This Day In History 1968 Highlights
This Day In History notes key events on February 7. Highlights include the 1945 Yalta Conference disclosure with Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin, plus milestones in exploration, literature, and politics. The feature recalls the 1904 Baltimore fire, 1943 rationing in the United States, and the birthdates of Dickens and Lewis.
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Associated Press
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Black Sea
Yalta
New Mexico
Charles Dickens
Sinclair Lewis
Sauk Center
Minn
Baltimore
Bengali
Libya
United States
Advance Research Projects Agency
Defense Department
John F. Knnedy
Britain
U.S
Quick Quiz
Drug firms blamed for warnings lax in Senate session
Senate testimony highlighted drug industry failures to warn doctors about dangerous drugs. Parke Davis advertised chloromycetin widely while withholding warnings, leading to deaths and lawsuits. Nelson pressed for accountability, noting international ads lacked safety cautions and calling for indictments of negligent firms.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Senate
Subcommittee On
Gay Iord Nelson
D-Wis
Sen. Nelson
Parke, Davis and Company
Parke Davis
Sen
Nelson
United States
Harry J. Loynd
Carney Love
Palo Alto
Calif
Love
Edgar F. Elfstrom
Fullerton
News - Tribune
Leslie Lueck
British Medical Journal
Lueck
Wisconsin
Great Britain
Dr. Lueck
California
Doctors Mailbag Skipped Heart Beats No Threat to Health
Q and A column on extrasystoles, paroxysmal atrial tachycardia, palpitations, and incomplete right bundle branch block. Explanations include that skipped beats are usually harmless, self care and ignoring them, carotid sinus pressure and eye pressure as immediate relief for PAT, possible use of Guanethidine or quinidine, and that serious heart block may require a pacemaker.
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Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Auto Insurance Reform Seen From Medicare, Medicarelike Plan
AP Special Report notes federal focus on auto insurance could lead to new oversight or federal regulation. Law professors Keeton and O Connell propose a fixed payout system for auto victims, replacing fault based claims, cutting litigation and denying recovery when no fault is found. Industry debate grows as government probes begin.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Robert E. Keeton
Harvard
Jeffrey O'Connell
University of Ilinois
O’connel-Keeston
American Trial Lawyers Association Magazine
U.S
Keeton - O'Connell
Capitol Quote on Attacks Prompted by Internal Security
Senator Edward M. Kennedy argues that unless the enemy has a superior internal security system, no one in the 26 cities or Saigon felt obliged to inform the central government about the timing or location of the attacks.
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Associated Press
Saigon
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
Connolly Teen Rides On Plane's Last Trip
Patrick Connolly of Albuquerque rode a DC-3 on Trans-Texas Airways final Albuquerque to Santa Fe flight. The 34 year old celebrated his birthday by taking the historic commercial run, then flew home in a jet.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Patrick Connolly
Connolly
Trans-Texas Airways
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Connelly
Barbs by Phil Pastoret
A light column notes the humor of workers whistling on the job and plans for a next week off. It ends with a quirky line about determining a salmon's age by counting its age rings.
Growth layers in its earbone confound the fisher
The passage notes growth layers in its earbone offer limited practical guidance for the fisher man. It praises a favored colleague described as a man of many parts, wearing teeth, glasses, and a hearing aid.
Belladonna highlights dummy play in a diamond squeeze
Victor Mollo recounts Giorgio Belladonna guiding a rubber bridge hand to victory by forcing opponents to reveal the diamond queen. He leads with a spade, ruffs clubs, and uses dummy's hearts to regain control, showing a sharp dummy play despite potential bid-system flaws.
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Victor Mollo
Giorgio Belladonna
Hhas
Belladonna
East
West
Declarer
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Grand slam after two no trump response in bridge bidding
In the given bidding sequence West North East South two clubs pass two no trump pass three no trump pass five pass five no trump pass os You hold A32 PVR QNGTS $62 ABS You are South and should bid seven hearts. With the grand slam force from partner you cannot hold all three top hearts after the two no trump response. The correct action is to bid the grand slam.
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West North East
South
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