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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1966
Page
1
Texas article notes Robert E. Lee High School bands and choirs totaling 750 students will perform in an 8 am Saturday grand concert at Dallas Memorial Auditorium. The event will be taped by a Dallas television station for replication to other Texas outlets.
John Cook helps a reporter with needed information. Charles Scott, son of Mrs. Lois Scott of Wooster, has been discharged from the Marines and is at home. Doris Hendricks discusses a friend who is home from the hospital. Mary Kilpatrick covers the glaucoma clinic in Baytown. Shirley LaVergne assumes a publicity role for a night. Dorothy Warner’s blue raincoat lifts a dull morning.
A Baytown man James Vastine Breeding 42 and Mrs Darlene Hanlin Keener 24 died in a head on collision about 11 p m Thursday on Tri City Beach Road. Hanlin drove east and crossed into Breeding s lane on a road under construction. Both vehicles demolished. State Patrolman Gladman Henry said no fog at line and charges not clear. Earthman Funeral Home handling Breeding arrangements and Paul A Lee Funeral Home to hold services for Mrs Hanlin.
Soviet scientist Alexander Lerov argues the journey matters more than who lands on the moon first and notes Russia’s planning targets an earlier date than the US 1970 goal. Julian Bond plans to appeal a Georgia House seating ruling to the Supreme Court, linked to statements on Vietnam policy and oil company acquisitions. Mt Etna erupts a fifth day, building a northeast cone within 260 feet of the central crater on a 10,703-foot volcano. Philip Hart cites antitrust probes into fertilizer industry. Newark teachers strike enters second day with about 1,700 of 8,200 teachers off work.
Mrs. Janie Matthews of 118 Baker has returned from a Houston hospital after surgery and may receive visitors at home.
Baytown officials pressed City Manager Fritz Lanham on delays in street plan progress and right of way acquisitions. Council discussed Alabama Street improvements with consultant Johnny Busch and questioned whether appraisers can finish North Main and other projects on schedule.
In Santo Domingo violence escalated for a second day with two more people killed. A mob stabbed a police sergeant to death while another youth was shot by a policeman amid clashes as police reinforcements dispersed rioters. A 4 year old was gravely wounded and reports of unrest across three interior cities emerged.
In Saigon AP reported 134 Communists killed by U S air and ground forces, pushing Communist losses in two weeks beyond 2000. An American spokesman called these the war’s highest casualty figures. Navy and Air Force jets struck targets in North and South Vietnam. A Navy Skyraider was shot down 15 miles north of the 16th Parallel by heavy anti aircraft fire. the pilot is presumed killed. A U S civilian engineer was shot and killed near Saigon while working at a rock quarry. two guerillas opened fire from spider holes. The body was recovered by a US Army patrol. The engineer worked for URM L Kerock? construction firm. The Dec kidnapping of four firm personnel was near this spot.
A 19 year old trainee from Arkon Ohio died of spinal meningitis at Lackland Air Force Base and three others are gravely ill. The four were among 16 000 basic trainees restricted to the base with close contact suspended. The first patient was admitted Tuesday, another Wednesday and two more Thursday.
Baytown votes 2 ordinances to set a February 24 public hearing extending a protective corridor along the Southern Pacific Railroad into Chambers County near Mont Belvieu. The measure aims to curb annexation by other cities, while Mont Belvieu could only annex a two square mile area initially. Council backs the plan to safeguard Baytown's growth northward.
Gov Connally called a special legislative session for Monday to rewrite the voter registration law after a federal court banned Texas poll tax voting. Lawmakers head to the Capitol as politicians face redistricting. Attorney General Carr prepares the appeal to the Supreme Court amid chaos fears for upcoming local and bond elections.
Midget submarines Alvin and Aluminaut joined US Navy Task Force 65 off Palomares Spain to locate the missing 20 megaton hydrogen bomb. High winds postponed dawn operations as of crews locate wreckage 1000 feet down, with booms to haul if found.
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