Nixon Emphasizes Winding Down but Broadens Indochina Conflict
The 65,000 word Nixon foreign policy report to Congress outlines a goal of peace this century while warning that Indochina could widen. He pledges continued troop withdrawals from South Vietnam yet signals more American aid and air support to allied ground forces as North Vietnamese actions threaten regional stability. Nixon calls for a restrained world role, urges trust in leadership, and notes difficulty in securing a negotiated settlement with Hanoi.
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U.S
South Vietnam
Indochina
Washington (Ap
Dent Nixon
Vietnam
United States
Nixon
Congress
Cambodia
Laos
House
David Bruce
Hanoi
South
China
Tromblee files in Baytown District 2 race
SR bors Tromblee files as candidate in District 2 Baytown City Council race. Filing deadline for the April 6 election is March 4. Services for R. M. Jones, 85, retired from Humble Dil and Refining Co Baytown Refinery, will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Hondo. Jones died at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in a Hondo hospital. Baytown Community Orchestra children’s concert set for 2:30 p.m. Sunday March 7 at Robert E. Lee High School auditorium, moved from March 2. Col Clarence Hall Jr., 50, brother of Mrs Jerry Farrar, Baytown, died Wednesday in San Antonio. Military funeral 10 a.m. Monday at Chapel 7 Lackland AFB.
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Tromblee
Vincent D
Doug) Tromblee
Caldwell
Lakewood
Baytown
R. M. Jones
Humble Dil and Refining Co
Hondo
Jones
Baytown Community Orchestra
Robert E. Lee
Clarence Hall Jr
Jerry Farrar
San Antonio
Chapel 7
Lackland Air Force, Base
Bill Deans
Ross Sterling High School
Baytown Area Weather and Tides Outlook
Cloudy with a chance of showers and southeasterly winds 10 to 18 mph. Highs in the mid 50s to low 70s. Morgan's Point tides for Friday show highs at 3:31 a.m. and 2:55 p.m. and lows at 3:55 a.m. and 4:19 p.m.
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Baytown Area
Local Notables Update From Gulf Coast Area
Bankers Perry W. Britton recovers after surgery at Gulf Coast Hospital. Becky Sue Oaks may leave hospital by next week, while Robert E. Lee Class Reunion publicity, and puppy placement efforts by Alice Henscey are noted. Aubrey Brown Sr. visits son Aubrey Jr. at Lackland AFB. Bob Feinberg and Dr Karl Opryshek hospitalised at San Jacinto after recent illness. Vic Davis reports satisfaction with new building activity.
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Perry W. Britton
Gulf Coast Hospital
Jeanette Mallory
Robert E. Lee
Becky Sue Oaks
Alice Henscey
Aubrey Brown Sr
Aubrey Jr
Buster
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Bob Feinberg
San Jacinto Hospital
Karl Opryshek
Vic Davis
Highlands weighs bond plan to avert TWQB takeover
Harris County WCID No. 1 faces a possible TWQB takeover if its next bond election fails to fund sewage upgrades. Directors told the Texas Water Quality Board at Highlands Junior School that a smaller bond vote is the only path to compliance and to avoid merger or takeover. San Jacinto River Authority officials floated a buyout option to fund plant upgrades and shift operation, with rates set to cover costs while limiting local control. A show cause hearing drew about 75 attendees, including members from Fresh Water District 1-B.
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Betsy Webber Highlands
Harris County Water Control and Improvement District
Texas Water Quality Board
TWQB
Nlmber
Highlands
Water Quality
Lee Matthews
Eddie Harvill
San Jacinto
T. L
Dec
Satterwhite
San Jacinto River
Baytown Levee Hearing Panel Named by Texas House
Three member subcommittee of the House Conservation and Reclamations Committee was named by Speaker Gus Mutscher to study Baytown levee needs. Rep. Joe Allen will chair with Reps. Johnny Nelms and Bill Clayton, hearings planned in Baytown in early March to discuss levee necessity. The panel will hear testimony on needed levee and past efforts, amid Army Corps timetable of three years before construction could start.
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Alan Erwin
Sun
Austin Bureau
Austin
Texas House Conservation and Reclamation Committee
Gus Mutscher
Baytown
Joe Allen
Allen
Johnny Nelms
Houston
Bill Clayton
Spring Lake
Clayton
Conservation
Gulf Coast
Nelms
Harris County
Army Corps of Engineers
Lakewood
Brownwood
Two Die In Longview Kodak Plant Blast
An explosion at the Eastman Kodak plant in Longview Texas at 7 43 a m killed two men and injured six others The blast shattered windows in downtown Longview four miles from the site The plant employs 11750 workers Killed were Larry Wells and an unidentified man In critical condition was Bert Bernard with others in fair or stable condition Names include E B Stephenson Billy Henson N C Fox Don A Brooks and Patrick Kinsey The extent of occupancy at the plant during the blast was unclear Ambulances were cancelled an hour later and shuttle runs began between plant and hospital
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Longview
Tex
Texas Eastman Kodak Co
Larry Wells
Bert Bernard
E. B. Stephenson
Billy Henson
N. C. Fox
Don A. Brooks
Patrick K. Kinsey
Eastman
International Optimist Boss to Visit Baytown
Charles C. Campbell of Little Rock Arkansas president of Optimist International will visit Baytown Friday and Saturday for the Southeast Texas district Optimist Clubs meeting Lester Alford is general chairman A reception 7 p m Friday at the Optimist Club Building Market Street and a banquet 8 p m Saturday at the Ramada Tower Center honoring Campbell and his wife Bob Warford chairs the reception committee with John Thomas Carroll Russell Homer McBride and Utah Waldrop among others
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Charles C. Campbell
Little Rock
Ark
Optimist International
Baytown
Texas
Optimist
Lester Alford
Optimist Club
Market Street
Ramada— Tower Center
Campbell
Bob Warford
John Thomas
Carroll Russell
Homer McBride
Utah Waldrop
Elks Lodge to Host Gumbo Supper in Baytown Benefit
Baytown Elks Lodge invites members and friends to a gumbo supper and dinner dance at 6 30 p m Friday at the lodge. Proceeds go to the Elks Crippled Children’s Hospital. Gumbo prepared by John Adamek and other details follow in the notice.
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Elks Lodge
Baytown
Elks Crippled Children’s Hospital
John Adamek
Ten Named Twenty Nominated In CC Director Poll
Baytown Chamber of Commerce members will elect ten new directors from twenty nominees. Listed are Joe R. Barsalou Jr., Fred Bednarski Jr., M Cecil Bobbitt, Buddy Bray, Dr Donald L Brunson, Johnny Clark, W E Duplantis Jr., Paul Edwards, Fred Elliott, Robert Gillette, Rod Grandy, Larry Hale, Johnny G Jennings, Richard King, Dr Charles Lee Liggett, Ted McCall, Norman McEvany, T D O'Brien, John Seligman, and John P Thorn. Ballots must be returned by 5 p.m. March 3 to the Chamber office.
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Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Joe R. Barsalou Jr
Baytown
Humble
Fred Bednarski Jr
O'Brien
M. Cecil Bobbitt
M. C. Bobbitt and Co
Buddy) Bray
Pearl Beer
Donald L. Brunson
Johnny Clark
Charles Lee Liggett
Ted McCall
Citizens National Bank
Norman McEvany
U.S. Steel
T. D. O’brien
O’brien
John Seligman
Bayshore Motors
John P. Thorn
Esso Research and Engineering
Chamber of Commerce
Chambers
West Texas Ave
Car Train Crash Hurts Baytonian in Cedar Bayou Crossing
A 24 year old Baytown man, Robert D. Smith, was seriously injured when his car collided with a train at the Cedar Bayou Road crossing at 5 40 p m Wednesday. He was hospitalized in intensive care. Police cited Smith for failure to yield to the train and noted the crossing is among the citys three most dangerous without signals. A Crosby conductor, Eddie R Ferguson, 55, received a ticket for failing to provide a flagman. City officials plan to enforce an ordinance requiring either a flagman or signals at such crossings.
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Baytown
Southern Pacific
Cedar Bayou Road
Robert D. Smith
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Smith
Eddie R. Ferguson
Crosby
Bob Smith Road
Massey- Tompkins Road
Allen Cannon
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Pye
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Texas Association of Realtors
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Carole Opryshek
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International Optimist
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