CULPEPER'S AND Highlands Cart City League Final
SX vors Championship Play sees Culpepper's and Highlands vying for the City League title at 7 30 p m Tuesday in Cedar Bayou gym Admission 30 cents for adults free for children under 12 Beach City Council meets 7 p m Tuesday Community Building West Bay Road Beach City Council and Women Voters announce meetings Bloodmobile to Baytown Thursday noon to 6 p m for blood drive 100 units needed this week contact 492 8224 ext 244 Miss Janice Manteris chair
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Culpepper's
Highlands
Cedar Bayou Gym
Beach Council
Beach City Council
West Bay Road
Baytown
Janice Manteris
Baytown Forecast Covers Cloudy To Partly Sunny Seas
Weather and tides report cloudy to partly cloudy through Tuesday with temperatures from the low 50s to the high 70s in Baytown. Sunday’s high was 63 and low 45. Galveston tides show highs around 2:00 AM and 5:18 PM and lows at 9:42 AM and 10:12 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Galveston
Baytown Theater Delivers Hit Rainmaker Enjoyed by Audiences
NONA RUSHING recalls a dream about an unsuspicious soul angry at her while friends struggle to spell new teacher Joane Van Wieuwenhuize. Mary Louise Martin notes joy of a girl in the family as Baytown Little Theater reports enthusiastic weekend crowds for The Rainmaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nona Rushing
Joane van Wieuwenhuize
Mary Louise Martin
Baytown
Robyn Elaine McKinney
R. L. McKinney
Missouri
Clarence Hillhouse
Garth Road
Aly
Winston Hayes
Charles Cowan
School trustees set out bond data for Monday meeting
The meeting agenda includes lease bidding on 100 acres for grazing or farming and review of bids for cafeteria supplies. Bond Program Manager W. D. Hinson will report progress on the district's 11 million capital improvements plan. Ten bidders vied for the land lease, George Siolander offering the apparent high bid of 765 dollars for pasture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnella Boyston
W. D. Hinson
George Siolander
Loco Farmer Admits Martian Hoax Exposed in Texas
Loco Texas a tiny town, farmer Carroll Wayne Watts admitted the Martian encounter story was a hoax after failing a polygraph test. Authorities reported shots fired at Watts house as a news story circulated. Hynek warned the hoax could hinder UFO research and public belief in unidentified flying objects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loco
Tex
Carroll Wayne Watts
Outer Space
Watts
Associated Press
Laco
Texas Panhandle
Amarillo
Rome
Fler
L.R. Wynne
Collingsworth and Childress
Watts House
Chicago
Air Force
Feams
J. Allen Hynek
Northwestern University
Air Force Project
Crosby Trustees Set Date For Board Election
Crosby school board plans to pass a motion to hold an April 6 trustee election for three seats held by Loftin Faust and Hearn. Filing deadline is 4 p.m. Wednesday. The election is likely to be hotly contested amid integration and new facilities debates. Also on the agenda are administrative contracts staff appointments and a tentative next year calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crosby School Board
L. Loftin
Eddie Faust
W. A Hearn
Crosby
Loftin
Hearn
Perking
Crosby High School
Westmoreland presses for more troops in Vietnam
Westmoreland says additional American troops likely needed in Vietnam to deny enemy objectives and deter Hanoi. He provides no troop-count, noting 525,000 authorized plus 100,000 possible in estimates. He compares Tet to the Battle of the Bulge, cites Laos Cambodia use, and supports continued bombing while urging end to strategic debate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Wil
Liam C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
Hanoi
South Vietnam
U.S
7Th Fleet
Thailand
North Vietnam
Westmoreland
Khe Sanh
Laos
Cambodia
Fort
Rcars
Char
Ramsey Says Law Bars County Aid In Garbage Crisis
County Commissioner V X L Ramsey backs East Harris County haulers on trash woes but says current law blocks county action to run a processing plant. He aims to push a new bill through the Texas Legislature while noting his dump near Beaumont highway has shifted to a 12 to 33 acre landfill after 10 years. Commercial hauling halted in 1966. the dump now serves individuals. Haulers Bienek Corley and others warn Air Control Board orders to convert to landfill may force higher rates for 7,000 to 10,000 customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramsey
Texas
Beaumont Highway
Texas Air Control Board
Bienek
Corley
Texas Air Control
Harris County
Drive In Grocery Drive In Ends With Glass Front Collapse
At 1905 N. Pruett a drive in grocery was struck when a car driven by two Baytown youths and a girlfriend rammed the store as the girl turned the ignition. The car caused the large plate glass front to crash down but no injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Pruett
Baytown
Marines Ambushed Near Khe Sanh amid Large Attack Threat
North Vietnamese forces ambushed a U.S. Marine platoon just outside Khe Sanh base, with a second platoon suffering casualties. U.S. jets bombed and napalm struck nearby as officers warned of a possible large-scale ground assault involving up to 40,000 troops. Casualty figures were not released due to security rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saigon
Khe’ Sanh
Khe Sanh
John T. Wheeler
Leutenant
New Texas Liquor Board Head and Stevenson Resignations
O N Humphreys is appointed administrator of the Texas Liquor Control Board while Coke Stevenson Jr resigns. The piece also notes President Johnson and Nixon leading polls by 42 percent in Gallup’s latest headcount amid war debates and a fatalized bombing case in Avon Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Liquor Control Board
O. N. Humphreys
Coke Stevenson Jr
Gallup
Johnson
Richard Nixon
FBI
Avon
Ohio
Soil Testing STERLING High School Club Seeks Members
The Future Scientists Club at Sterling High invites students to join soil testing activities. For information call Buena Dill at 4263355 or Tim Hayes at 322-4142.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling High School
Future Scientists Club
Buena Dill
Tim Hayes
Former BH Grid Star Speer Quits Teaching
Gorden Speer, Barbers Hill High School general science and biology teacher, resigns to join Ling and Co. of Dallas as a mutual fund specialist. After six months training in Dallas, he will return locally as a firm representative. Speer taught at Barbers Hill 3.5 years and was on the coaching staff until last year. He was born and raised in Barbers Hill and starred in football for the Eagles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gorden Speer
Barbers Hill High School
Speer
Ling and Co
Dallas
Barbers Hill
Fic
The
Eagles
Ranger Bulldogs Set Bi district basketball clash Tuesday
Ross Sterling's Rangers clash with Beaumont Charleton Pollard in bi district basketball at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the new Port Neches field house with 2400 capacity. Pollard coach is Robert Woodard and Sterling's Woondy Walker guides a 23 11 Rangers in only their second district year. Tickets are 75 cents for students and 1 50 for adults at athletic offices and schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Sterling
Rangers
Port Neches
Beaumont Charleton - Pollard
Mar ‘Rech
Beaumont
Deer Park
Rice
Bulldogs
Port Neches Groves
Robert Woodard
Pollard
Sterling
Woondy Walker
Baytonians
Sterling High School
Robert E. Lee High School
Lamar PTA Sponsors Narcotics Danger Film For Teens
The Lamar Elementary PTA hosts a Tuesday 7 p.m. showing at the Community Building of the film 18 Years Journey Into Hell about narcotics use and addiction. Baytown Lt. Charles Cowan Sgt. Ronald Cooper and Houston Officer Donald McViannes present the program, with McMannes bringing the film used in police academies to educate parents and teens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lamar
PTA
Baytown
Charles Cowan
Ronald Cooper
Houston
Donald G. McViannes
Narcotics Division
McMannes
Cowan
MecMannes
FBI Narcotics Academy
UT Prof to Speak at Baytown Exes Banquet
Dr Leonardt Ferndinand Kreisle associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Texas will be the principal speaker at the Baytown Texas Exes banquet at Gorse Creek Country Club on March 1. Kreisle is author of two books and many technical publications and holds many honor society memberships. Tickets from Dan Willson Douglas Stewart Al Melinger and others at Humble refinery area. Door prizes of university mementoes will be awarded with Melinger as master of ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonardt Ferndinand Kreisle
University of Texas
Baytown
Gorse Creek Country Club
Kreisle
Dan Willson
Willson
Douglas Stewart
al Melinger
Humble Refinery
Melinger
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hue
Women Voters League OF Women Voters
James’ Bowie
Stephen F. Austin
Loco Farmer
Wallace Headquarters
Alabama
George Wallace
Frank Abbey
E. 0. Reynolds
Weaver
Moore
Chilton Bryan
Abbey
Reynolds
Bryan
1300 N. Davn
Westy
Earle C. Wheeler
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Wheeler
Washington
Hanes
V. XL
East
Q. M. Bienek
J.P. Corley
Khe. Sanh
Our World
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
New Hampshire
New Orleans
W. Fulbright
Gilbert Penn
William C Westworeland
Grid
Ranger
Lamar Pta
Ww. Og
Bill) Gmndley
Citizens National Bank and Trust Co
Itt Lee College Foundation
DR. L. F. Kreisle
Citizens National Bank & Trust Co
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!