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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1967
Page
2
Editors note explains mechanical difficulties prevented the Sun from obtaining stock market quotations for one day. Publication resumes Tuesday with normal coverage thereafter.
Spec. 4 Carl Joiner a 20 year old from Columbia Heights High School who served as helicopter crew chief in Vietnam near Tuy Hoa recounts how a Viet Cong ambush left a 36 caliber slug less than an inch from his spinal cord. Doctors at Walter Reed weigh removal risks versus preserving hand use. He plans another assessment next week and may choose to leave the bullet in place.
An explosion and shelling injure civilians and trigger evacuation as Viet Cong militants strike near U.S. interests. A taxi driver is questioned after a man fled a house before it blew up, and residents report a woman fleeing. The assault coincides with a fragile lunar new year truce. U.S. forces resume bombing and reconnaissance missions across South Vietnam, with multiple engagements and significant enemy casualties reported.
The Baytown area aborts a Sunday search as family members Doyle and Mrs Nichols remain missing after a night flight. Rescue teams from CAP, coast guard, and air force teamed with Baytown volunteers to locate the plane, with planned talks in Beaumont to trace a possible alternative route.
Austin AP reports the Parks and Wildlife Department says at least 32 people died in hunting and firearm accidents in 1966. Twelve of the fatalities were teenagers, with January deaths previously noted and the harvest period counted to 34.
A compilation of Baytown notices lists the A&M Mothers Club meeting and local speakers at First National Bank, various club luncheons, church events, and public notices. Items cover school activities, honors for Aguilar and Lisenbee in the Army, parish programs, Kiwanis, Garden Club, and real estate/social events across Baytown.
Obituary notices report the deaths of Mrs. Mary Louise McHugh 72 of Dayton and Franklin Schillin Cary 84 of Baytown area. McHugh's services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Sterling Funeral Home Chapel Dayton with Eastern Star rites. interment Linney Cemetery Dayton. Cary, born 1886 Cedar Bayou, died Sunday in a Baytown hospital. services at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Gospel Herald Assembly of God Channelview with burial at Splendora Cemetery. Survivors listed for both include multiple children and grandchildren.
Los Angeles hospitals seek Australian nurses to ease a severe local shortage. White Memorial and Glendale Seventh-day Adventist Hospitals report acute need. Frank Phillips has traveled to Sydney to interview candidates as area staffing shows 261 nurses per 100000 residents versus 300 a decade earlier.
COLLEGE STATION Tex AP Texas A&M University has been awarded a 9.9 million dollar matching grant from the U S Atomic Energy Commission to equip radiochemistry courses and support special research projects.
Fire crews battled four grass fires on Saturday at 4460 M. Main, Beasley Addition, 6500 Garth Road, and Davis Road with Severn Street. A Sunday grass fire was reported at Davis Road and Severn Street, and a car fire occurred at Ammons and Midway Streets, causing no serious damage.
A list of patients admitted or housed by hospital units appears, with names and room numbers. It includes Charles Ashley, Chris Jenkins, Wendy Moffett, and others, plus birth notices for a daughter born February 12 and a son born February 13 at Gulf Coast. It ends with a note that the Suez Canal spans about 303 miles.
The Sun TV writer notes Candid Camera shifts from prank format to a socialdocumentary style with youths rating fathers. Allan Funt’s program includes parental responses and recalls a teen’s harsh line about his dad. Danny Thomas NBC special and other picks follow CBS and NBC listings with Pinocchio musical and Ice Capades highlights.
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