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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1968
Page
1
Robert L. Sellers of 3061 El Wright was injured in a Jan 28 car crash and may receive visitors in Room 302 at Pasadena Northshore Hospital. After 19 months in Viet Nam where he earned the Bronze Star, he will leave Northshore on Feb 23 to return to service.
Mrs F J Keating of Love land Colorado visits son Joe Keating and family. Tom Keating to spend weekend in Baytown. Purdue student. Fat Stock Show and Rodeo party attendees include Buddy Bray John Bonneys Lee Brasfield Gloria Wismer Wimpy Wismer H W Kirkp atrick and Cecil Bobbit. Mildred Foster operates trucks cars. Janice Hoover suffers writers cramps at Civil Defense drill. Dave Sherron devises catas trophes in CD practice. Geneva Ferguson attends a play. Mrs W O Finch assists husband in program setting up first aid workers. Mrs B L Giles and children Ray Angela of Longview visit brother and sister in law Ray Williams.
Baytown Selective Service reports 95 local young men drafted in a Monday call, the largest in two years, with 200 more sent to Houston for physical exams. Clerk Abigail Frazier notes March Baytown draft will include 63 draftees and 115 more for exams, as Texas activates a record state quota of 1,948 for March with earlier month levels.
The Pentagon said American jets intercepted two Russian bombers last week as they flew toward North America. The Soviet aircraft showed no hostile intent and turned away, joined later by three others. In Formosa, a Civil Air Transport Boeing 727 carrying 62 people from Hong Kong crashed near Taipei, with unknown casualties.
Funeral services for Walter Eugene Kerr 3 Baytown native and longtime insurer will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Earthman Chapel with Rev. Ashbury Lenox of Grace Methodist Church officiating. Burial in Forest Park Cemetery. Kerr, 42-year Baytown resident and Kerr Bond Insurance Agency partner, died Thursday in a Baytown hospital. He lived at 505 East Sterling and was active in business until a year ago. He is survived by his widow Luna Kerr and daughter Josephine Kerr Jones, plus grandchildren, a nephew and a half brother. pallbearers and honorary pallbearers are named. Donations to Grace Methodist Church memorial fund requested.
AWUSLW Lol)nceigential and commercial gas rates in Baytown will not increase in the immediate future. A Houston Natural Gas official said the rate increase under consideration by the Houston City Council does not affect Baytown District rates. Chesser noted Baytown and La Porte are in separate districts from Houston and that Houston District rate changes affect only other towns in that district. Houston Natural Gas seeks an 18 percent increase in gross revenues from the Houston District to secure a fair profit for investments and operating costs, needing about $3.9 million more annually.
Baytown Civil Defense staged a Thursday night mock II A attack exercise sponsored by Texas A amp M University Engineering Extension with Baytown officials directing readiness. The scenario showed two Soviet ICBMs hitting the Texas Gulf Coast and evacuation and emergency orders unfolding as city crews monitored damage.
The report notes Panmunjon remains a hot topic in the ongoing cold war. It cites global incidents, with Measles and economy figures also shaping policy debates and public opinion during the period.
In Houston the Japanese freighter M V Aizu Maru and tug Twin Cities Dredging Co vessel collided Thursday night in the Houston Ship Channel near San Jacinto battleground. A tug crewman, Dick Miller 22 Kemah Tex, is feared lost. master Gentry D Rosser 30 Houston suffered head and leg injuries.
AP reports J. F. Register, a 50 year old Georgia grocer, plans to come to Houston for a possible heart transplant operation at Metho dist Hospital. Dr. Michael DeBakey may perform the operation and will assess the patient after tests. DeBakey expected back in Houston Sunday.
Harris County Congressman Bob Eckhardt told Noon Optimist Club members that he respectfully disagrees with President Johnson’s travel limits. He argued the U.S. must avoid harming foreign trade and discussed the ongoing deficit, noting deficits have persisted and progress stalled by military commitments and global obligations.
U S Marines and South Vietnamese forces press assault on the Hue Citadel as air, naval, and artillery fire targets North Vietnamese defenders. The battle marks day seven with 800 U S combat planes lost nationwide and heavy mortar fire around Khe Sanh. Marines push from the northeast corner toward enemy positions along the eastern wall while 3 000 South Vietnamese troops move parallel on the western side.
Harris County Mental Board wins 354799 state grant to run Bayshore Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center serving Baytown La Porte Channelview Highlands and Crosby. Two hires appoint two key staffers medical director part time at 30 an hour and acting administrative director at 13248 annually as plans push toward opening within weeks. The center will offer inpatient and emergency services with outpatient therapy occupational therapy and community education while seeking a federal staffing grant.
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