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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 12, 1968

Page

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Engineers Week Kicks Off With Talks In Baxytown

SQ dons kick off engineers week with speaker RALPIT JAMES of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers presenting The Engineer's Role in Civil Defense at Menoos meeting for Lions Club. Other events include talks at various circuits and a Baytown Civic Center forum on marijuana and LSD.

Ralpit James Keytown Texas Society of Professional Engineers Menoos Lions Club Tower James Baxytown

U Thant Reaffirms Peace Talks Amid Vietnam Crisis

In Moscow Thant met Kosygin and Brezhnev as Pravda praised renewed Soviet support for Hanoi terms. He heads to London to meet Wilson who backs Johnson's San Antonio peace formula. Wilson reports to Kosygin. Paris sources say Viet Cong seeks to discredit Saigon to block future talks.

Moscow U.N U Thant Vietnam Pravda Hanoi Thant Alexei N. Kosygin Communist Party Leonid I. Brezhnev Kosygin London Harold Wilson Johnson San Antonio Indochina Soviet Union India New Delhi George Brown Wilson New York Kossygin Sant ‘Antonio Tex North Vietnam Nguyen Day Trinh CBS Edward Heath White House New York Times Paris Saigon

Local notices mix with student teachers and road changes

Linda Kay Borner and others from Stephen F Austin College will student teach in Houston starting mid April, all Baytown girls. An eerie intersection of East Danubina and Tri City Beach Road becomes a four way stop. Judge Barney Ward warned, Mrs J T Enderli’s son in Vietnam reports he is fine, Spec 4 Danny Odom stationed in Long Binh. Spec 4 Wayne Tucker of Baytown retires from Vietnam and works at Ft Carson. Cotalle spent a leave at home visiting wife and parents.

Linda Kay Borner Royce Walker Debbie Heaton Stephen F. Austin College Houston Baytown Danubina East Danubina Tri - City Beach Road Barney Ward J. T. Enderli Vietnam Spec Danny Odom Long Behw Wayne Tucker Ft. Carson Cotalle

Trustees Consider Student Photo Pact and Uniforms Bid

The school board plans to approve a pact for student pictures and award a 17,178.13 contract to Uniforms by Ostwald for Brigadier uniforms. Bids came from four studios including Parker of Bay town and What Photo of Richardson, Texas. Sherron favors Parker for pictures with retakes and makeup day options. Agenda release policy and homework packets to radio stations also to be discussed.

Robert E. Lee Precision Drill Corps Henington Studio Houston RF. L. Parker Baytown School Pictures, Inc Jackson, Miss Richardson Tex David Sherron Parker Brigadier Fruhauf Southwest Uniform Co Ostwald, Inc Stanbury Band Sherron

Baytown Youths Charged With Aggravated Assault

Two Baytown youths, Ronald Griffin and Ronnie Conner both 17, face aggravated assault charges in two incidents 40 minutes apart. They are released on $400 bond each and transferred to county courts. A separate simple assault and disturbing the peace case carries $50 bonds.

Baytown Justice of the Peace Glenn Vickerys Ronald Ray Griffin W. Lobit Ronnie Earl Conner W. Defoe Corporation Eas William Leon Longacre Camelia Texas Main Longacre Linda Roy Parkway Elliot Griffin Conner San Jacinto Methodist Hospital

Man Clinging to Bums Life as Foreclosure Cash Sits

Clint Wescott fifty one who has lived on the street for years refused a nineteen thousand dollar foreclosure sale windfall tied to a 1961 gas station sale in Burnt Hills New York. He says money means nothing and asks for a dollar for a drink. The funds rest in two bank accounts while a New York law firm traces him since 1961 and newsmen sparked reports of his whereabouts near the county courthouse.

Los Angeles Clint Wescott Wescott One-eyed Jack Burnt Hills Nly Schenectady New York Supreme Court Wescoott John P. Brown Brown Los Angeles Times

Union contracts covet 275000 workers in the South

Our World Today reports that contracts covering more than 275000 southern employees expire this year, potentially broadening wage bargaining. The piece notes bipartisanship around Lincoln’s birthday, reports NYC garbage crews ending a weeklong strike amid political differences, and cites a weekend Texas death toll of at least 28 with 18 traffic deaths. It also mentions a Georgia couple jailed in Alabama for slayings, and forecasts light snow and freezing rain in the Panhandle as a cold air mass moves in.

South Texas Upper Panhandle

Marines enter Hue Citadel in renewed assault

Fresh U.S. Marines moved into Hue's Citadel at night to attack the northwest flank of North Vietnamese forces, recapturing the southern part of Hue as part of the city’s ongoing battle during the Tet offensive. In Saigon area fighting persisted with U.S. and South Vietnamese troops reporting Viet Cong casualties and mop up operations near the racecourse and Tan Son Nhut base.

Province Offeis Cora‘idanists Saigon Ceram Ues U.S Tan Son Whut Air Base

Rail Service Returns To Normal After Strike

Freight and passenger rail service neared normal levels across major lines after a four day strike by Missouri Pacific and peers. Supervisors ran Baytown to Houston trains while nationwide disruption varied, with Mopac and Seaboard unions at odds over crew sizes and staffing.

Missouri Pacific Baytown Houston Associated Press Texas & Pacific Union Union Pacific Mopac Seaboard Mopse

Bombing of Hue Citadel After Marine Reinforcements

SAIGON AP reports Vietnamese warplanes bombed and strafed Communist forces in Hue's Citadel as U S Marines entered the fortification for the first time in two weeks. Allied actions aim to drive North Vietnamese regulars and Viet Cong guerrillas from areas held since January 31. SEGAL AP notes South Korean President Chung Hee Park signals possible talks with Johnson if the U S South Korean rift over security cannot be resolved, meeting Park for the first time today.

Saigon Hue

Matching Funds Drive Launched For Baytown Center

The Texas State Board of Health approved a 75 000 Hill Burton grant for a new Baytown Cerebral Palsy Treatment Center, with local matching funds of 75 000 to be raised. Campaign kickoff set for 7 p.m. Monday at 1305 W Sterling, chaired by Tee Brasfield of First National Bank. The center will be built on the current site, covering about 6 300 square feet with additional space, designed by architect Fares A Davis. The facility will include therapy rooms, classrooms, offices, a dining area, and storage, on a City of Baytown leased site at the end of Sterling Street near Goose Creek.

Johnella Boynton Texas State Board of iHealth Baytown W. Sterling Tee Brasfield First National Bank Texas State Board of Health Texas Hampton C. Robinson Houston Fares A. Davis Daviis Davis City of Sterling Street Goose Creek Stream

Live Stock Show Tickets On Sale Here

Baytown cowgirl Simone Marshall gears up for Feb 5 Baytown Day at the Houston Live Stock Show and Rodeo with tickets at 34 dollars plus 2 dollars for bus transport. Tickets include coffee or tea at the bank and bus to the Astrodome, departing 12 15 p.m. from Citizens National Bank. Headlining Sunday is Michael Landon of Bonanza. Baytown Day leaders are M. Cecil Bobbitt and Fred Hartman.

Astrodome Simone Marshall Citizens National Stock Show al Rodeo Affair Bank Houston Live Baytown Houston Citizens National Bank Michael Landon Little Joe Sumiay M. Cecil Bobbitt Fred Hartman Cochairman

Three Baytown girls injured in early morning crash

A one car wreck near the Garth and Baker roads intersection left Pau line Mathews 15 Susan Massey 17 and Missy Ann Savell 15 injured. They rode to Gulf Coast Hospital for treatment and were released.

Baytown Garth Baker Roads Pauline Mathews Susan Massey Goose Creek Drive Missy Ann Savell St. Amrens Gulf Coast Hospital

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Tfacinto Methodist Hospital Service Corps Haxytown Bayway Drive N. Towns Lazy Lane Tomball Klein Douglas Aycock Texas Research Institute of Mental Sciences Baytown Civic Center Rue Home Jesse Kirkpatrick U.S. Army Kishas Japan Hong Kong US. Medical Corps Traffic Council Bill Burge Ais Deshomme Sterling Tmunierial Library Rionday U.N. Boss Sen Harry Byrd Drof Va Abraham Lincoln Nelson Rockefeller John Lindsay New York City Georgia Alabama NEW Baytown Rotary Club Lee Liggett Charles Tillery Herbert Duke Alton Laird Dan Harrison Hue Citadel Perfume River Hue Jan George McArthur Phan van Khoa Pro Iice Cormmuniis Joe Healhway Race Course Bulletins Citizens National Bank & Trust Co F.D.I.C
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