College News Notes Across Baytown Area
Lee College closed Friday for Texas Junior College Teachers Association convention in Austin and will reopen Monday at 9 a.m. YMCA sponsored Men’s Church Basketball Tournament set for Saturday February 26 with call-in entries due by Monday. Baytown Garden Club executive board meets Tuesday at 9:20 a.m. at Mrs. Ted Lyman’s home. Bayshore Wagon Wheel Square Dance Club meets Saturday at Knights of Pythias Hall with Pat Grymes of Odds and Ends Houston as master of ceremonies. Mr. and Mrs. Cal Hartrick host George Washington party. Marine Air Force Maj. Tom W Billi Nelson son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom W Nelson of Houston and grandson of J W Nelson and nephew of Lee College librarian Mattie Howard was interviewed by a radio newsman in Saigon broadcast on KELT. Mardi Gras dance at Knights of Columbus Hall 2600 W Main from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. with Joe Zatopek’s Band. The theft of a record player valued at 14.95 and Sunday School supplies valued at 26 from St Mark’s Methodist Church was reported to Baytown police. Lee College Community Loan Fund Board of Directors luncheon Thursday Feb. 24 at Holiday Inn announced by Roy Comeaux President.
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Bayshore Wagon Wheel Square Dance Club
Knights of Pythias Hall
Pat Grymes
Odds and Ends Club of
Houston
Alex Bean
Bud Perkins
Bud Wardi
Cal Hartrick
Marine Air Force
Tom W.billi Nelson
Tom W. Nelson
J. W. Nelson
Baytown
Lee College
Mattie Howard
Saigon
KELT
St. Mark's Methodist Church
LC Loan Fund
LEE College Community Loan Fund Board of Directors
Holiday Inn
Roy Comeaux
Weekend Weather Outlook for Galveston Area
Cloudy and cool with occasional rain arriving Friday night. Temperatures expected 44 to 54 degrees. Saturday tides in Galveston will be low at 1:34 a.m. and 5:48 a.m. and high at 5:36 p.m. and 10:12 p.m.
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Galveston
Round Bontown Roundup Highlights Local Happenings
Bremer injured in a California auto crash but stable after forehead stitches. George Simone credited with fancy electrical work per Bo Turner and Neal Seeley. Bill McMain shirts leopard print. Baytown move back after year away by Kay and Gary Ammer and family. Mrs. Paul Holladay checks on meeting, Irene Ro Gen sets surprise, Cynthia Huey hurried explanation, Sue Sanders difficulty speaking, Mrs. J. M. Taylor notes new women’s auxiliary to Senior Citizens Club, Barbara List inquiry.
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Joe Douglas
Florence Neill
Paul Holladay
Irene Ro Gen
Kay
Gary Ammer
Baytown
Connie
Plagens
Bremer
California
George Simone
R. H
Bo) Turner
Neal Seeley
Bill McMain
Helene Mallory
Louise Jones
Edythe Musick
Cynthia Huey
Sue Sanders
J. M. Taylor
Senior Citizens Club
Barbara List
Rusk defends 1954 SEATO pledge to defend South Viet Nam
Secretary of State Dean Rusk testified to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the 1954 Southeast Asia Treaty obliges the United States to defend South Vietnam. He noted the committee’s lopsided vote in favor and stressed SEATO’s far reaching commitment guiding U S actions, despite current Viet Nam policy criticisms. The hearing touched on Johnson administration policy, bombing resumption, and tour of testimony by Maxwell D Taylor.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
America
South Viet Nam
William Langer
R-N.d
Senate
Rusk
Johnson
Viet Nam
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Wayne Morse
Dore
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Albert Gore
D-Tonn
North Viet Nam
Honolulu
Maxwell D. Taylor
France
Indochina
U.S
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Philippines
Thailand
Pakistan
United States
Final Rites Held In Houston For Albert Thomas
Representatives of Congress and state officials gathered in Houston for the funeral of Rep Albert Thomas who died of cancer in Washington at 67. The service at First Methodist Church will be telecast with burial in the Veterans Administration Cemetery. Attendees include Gov John Connally Atty Gen Waggoner Carr Secretary of State Crawford Martin and Judge Homer Thornberry. About 500 people paid respects Thursday after the body lay in state at Settegast Kopf Funeral Home.
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Houston
Congress
Albert Thomas
Lyndon Johnson
First Methodist Church
Thomas
House of Representatives
Washington
Charles Allen
Veteran’s Administration
John Connally
Waggoner Carr
Crawford Martin
Homer Thornberry
Settegast-Kopf
Cavalrymen push toward Cong stronghold in Vietnam
U S Cavalry units advance deeper toward Viet Cong positions near Bong Son and Cu Chi as heavy fighting rages. Reports cite several helicopter losses, a grenade sacrifice by a Marine, and mixed American casualties. Air strikes continue against Dien Bien Phu base near Hanoi as U S forces press operations in the Saigon region.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Jin
Sth Cavalry Regi
Bong Son
Associated Press
Rick Merron
25Th
Cu Chi
North
U.S
Dien Bien Phu
Hanoi
United States Steel Raises Plate Prices Across Boiler Grade
BULLETIN NEW YORK AP United States Steel Corp raised the price of certain steel plate used in boilers large tanks and heavy construction by 22 per ton. The increase follows a similar move by Lukens Steel Co and takes effect last Wednesday. The rise affects under 3 percent of US Steel plate sales and covers carbon steel flange and firebox quality plates.
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New York
United States Steel Corp
Folloun
Lukens Steel Co
U.S
Eight killed in Moscow air liner crash during takeoff
Soviet Civil Aviation reports eight fatalities from a Moscow takeoff crash on a tul airliner. Arctic air mass blankets northern states from Montana to Upper Michigan with blizzard conditions in North Dakota and Minnesota. Temperatures drop to 20 below zero in northern Minnesota, with season lows in several cities. Communists have not launched major campaigns as U.S. and South Vietnamese offensives disrupt plans. State legislators consider tax increases totaling over $1.1 billion.
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Soviet Ministry of Civil Aviation
TUL
Moscow
Montana
Upper Michigan
North Dakota
Minnesota
Baytown Man Wounded Fighting In Viet Nam
Cpl. Harry R. Sparks, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. G. Rhoden of 701 Circle, was wounded by a gunshot in Vietnam while serving as a lance corporal. He arrived Jan. 13 and was wounded Feb. 13, currently at a hospital in Quang Ngai. Sparks joined the Marines Dec. 8, 1964 after Baytown schools. The parents received a telegram about the injury.
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Harry R. Sparks
L. G. Rhoden
Circle
Viet Nam
Rhoden
Sparks
Samrea
Quang Ngai
Baytown
Norwegian Miss Denies Columbus Tale at Baytown Club
Ingrid Sundt Hansen of Norway spoke at the Baytown Kiwanis Club, arguing Vikings discovered America before Columbus and criticizing the celebration of Columbus. She traced Norwegian history, noting Danish dominance in language and tax funding, and discussed linguistic dialects and Norway's 1814 constitution.
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Eif
Chris
Christopher Columbus
America
India
Ingrid
Norway
Denmark
AFL-CIO maritime unions threaten foreign ship boycott
In a telegram to President Johnson, AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department officials pledge a boycott of ships from nations trading with North Vietnam. Spokesmen Paul Hall Thomas Gleason and Joseph Curran signaled protests on all U S waterfronts, targeting vessels from Britain Norway Sweden Denmark France Italy and Egypt. The move follows past actions against Russia and cites U S sacrifices in Vietnam.
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Miami Beach
Fle
Afl-Cio
Johnson
North Viet Nam
Socom
Viet Nam
Afi-Cio
Maritime ‘Trades Department
Great Britain
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
France
Italy
Egypt
U.S
Paul Hall
Love Letter to Candace in Mossler Case Heads to Jury
In the Mossler murder trial the state seeks to admit a nine page love letter from Melvin Lane Powers to Candace Mossler as potential evidence. A Mexican interlude is cited as motive and a Matamoros hotel clerk testified to a Thanksgiving rendezvous. The male jury has not yet heard the testimony.
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Miami
Fla
Melvin Lane Powers
Candace Mossler
George Schulz Saia
Powers
Houston
Gerald Kogan
Matamoros
Mexico
Rirs. Messler
Johnson Plans To Seek Stronger Civil Rights Laws
Washington AP Johnson aims to push Congress to strengthen federal desegregation laws and add about 100 FBI agents to handle rising civil rights caseloads. A drafted bill would empower the attorney general to sue for school desegregation, curb intimidation, and protect Negroes and civil rights workers in the South. The package also targets jury discrimination and housing bias.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
FBI
South
Justice Department
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Preme Court
Needling A Housewife Advertisement Teaser
A vintage ad copy boasts a vacuum cleaner salesman using an opening line about affordability and urges readers to call 582 8323 for ad writing. Classified Want Ads promise cash for unwanted items and storage space relief, noting results from a two day listing including bicycles and miscellaneous items.
Harlem School Project Not On Trustees Agenda
Harlem Elementary expansion bids are under study with the lowest bid at 447,006. The district has 400,000 bond funds for the project. The Harlem and Highlands projects will be discussed at the February 21 meeting, with routine matters, resignations, and reports on finances, taxes, and cafeterias on the agenda.
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Harlem
Highlands
James A. Davis
Davis
Supt
Gentry
Stor
Kari Opryshek
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Texas Junior College Teachers Association
Austin
Baytown Garden Club
Ted Lyman
Olive
Knights of Columbus
W. Main
Dante
Joe Zatopek
Citizens National
F.d.1.g
Viet
Albert
Bulletin
Ssigor
Wiklund
Baytown Hi Il 2
Caited Wanis
Toby Wiklund
Ingrid Sundtright
Lynette Bishop
Hansen
Robert E. Lee
Baytown Sun Phote
Wanda Orton
Goose Creek
Baytown Kiwanis Club
Ingrid Sundt Hansen
Tor Ericson
Harris County Federal Savings and Loss Asc
Eddie Huron
Candace
Mr. Powers
M. Lane
Messler
Hernandez
Ferey Foreman
Lane Peame
Mossler
SAVE
Citizens OF Texas Savings
Harlem School Project
George Gentry
W. D. Hinson
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