Peace and Unity Rise Amid Berlin New Year Festivities
Fireworks lit the Berlin Wall as Khrushchev toasted 1964 and world leaders urged peace and unity. Johnson attended four celebrations in Texas while Moscow and Beijing clashed over ideology. Berlin East ban on fireworks contrasted with West’s colorful displays as ordinary citizens celebrated and symbolically cast aside the past.
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Khrushchev
Johnson
Dent Johnson
Japan
Haya Wa Ikeda
Charles de Gaulle
Chiang Wai-shek
China
Omainland
Poston
John F. Kennedy
Austin
Tex
Ina
Flim
Johnson City
Wall
Mary
Kielman Woman Injured in Arlington Trip
Mrs Kielman of Greenbrist Kielman home with son T C Kistman in Baltimore after accident. While visiting President Kennedy's grave in Arlington National Cemetery she slipped and broke two bones in her right arm and suffered a head injury. No city council meeting this Thursday. next meeting scheduled for January.
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T. C. Kistman
Baltimore
John JF. Kennedy
Arlington ‘National Cemetery
Quiet Baytown New Year’s Eve as police report calm
Baytown New Year’s Eve passed with minimal incidents as police report ten arrests, none major, and warnings issued to fireworks users within city limits. Earlier in the day, Cliffond D. Wright, 23, injured in an arch injury at Pearce and South Third streets after a collision with James W. Priteman, 40, as Wright’s car rolled onto its side. Wright hospitalized for head and arm injuries.
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Baytown
Bob Farber
Forche
Cliffond D. Wright
Wright Blue
Pearce
South Third Streets
Wright
James W. Piemoan
South Third
Pitretain
Weather And Tides Report For Bay Area
Weather forecast shows clear to partly cloudy conditions through Thursday. Bay area temperatures range from 30 to 50 degrees with lows near Baytown and Galveston tides noting a Thursday high around 4 03 PM and Wednesday at 30 degrees.
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Bue Feng
Bay
New Year Notes From Crescent City and Nearby
A rounded column of short items from New Orleans and area mentions MR LOUIS Hughes and children welcoming a white New Year in the snow, architect James A Bitsy Davis recovering at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital, Jet pilot Taylor visiting from New Orleans ringing in 1960, Ruby Murphree near marriage, Kirk Mann and Linda McWilliams notes, and Kevin Mark Johnson celebrating his fourth birthday born to Mr and Mrs E G Johnson at 1802 Richard F. The items mix social updates and casual anecdotes with local names and places.
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Louis Hughes
James A
Bitsy) Davis
San Jacinto ‘Methodist Hospital
Jeff Taylor
Tron
New Orleans
Asia
Gene Brans
Taylor
Air Force
Gene
Crescent City
Ruby Murphree
Kirk Mann
Linda McWilliams
Paul Putman
Omer
Kevin Mark Johnson
Kevin
E.G
Johnny
Johnson
Richard
City Needs Honest Look Marcus Urges Toleration Dallas
Dallas leader Stanley Marcus calls for honest self analysis and toleration of differing views in a half page Dallas Morning News ad. He condemns absolutism, cites Dallas growth and strong local government, and urges improvements in slums education and culture while praising the city’s progress and openness. He notes newspapers can help lead by example.
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Stanley Mar‘ Cus
Clyit
Ami
Ni Iman Marcus
T News
Kennedy
Lee Harvey) Oswald
Jack Ruby
Marcus
St. Louis
Post. Dispatch
St. Lois
Regan
Hydrogen plans loom in France as defense era begins
Fragmented World Today notes Charles de Gaulle urging hydrogen development as a safeguard for France while President Johnson vows U S support to South Vietnam. Pope Paul VI initiates a new year with prayers for peace. Lester Pearson's Liberal government sees approval for controversial measures. Goldwater visits Arizona. Marina Oswald seeks cooperation with the Warren Commission. Astronauts prepare for a lunar mission as environmental frictions rise. Railroad Commission holds hearing on brine disposal pits amid Hardin county concerns.
Banquet Speaker to Highlight Baytown Chamber Event
The Greater Baytown Chamber of Commerce will host its annual banquet January 20 in the Knights of Columbus Hall with Ben Wooten of First National Bank of Dallas as speaker. Tickets go on sale within 10 days.
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Prttyt
First National Bank of Dallas
Linw
Dallas Federsl Savings and Loan Association
Baytown
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Lincheon
Chamber
Fritz Larahan
City More Ager
Chamber Aviation
Leonard Derden
Moore
First Baby Of'64 To Be Announced In 1965
A host of new births in Raye town push the First Baby Contest toward a Friday decision. Sun advertising director Johne Wadley plans to announce the winner when birth reports are complete. If no earlier birth is reported, the first baby is Ronda Kay Wheeler, daughter of Mr and Mrs Wallace Wheeler of 541 Stimnson. Roma Ray, born at 5:52 am at Dine Ant Hospital, weighed eight pounds four ounces. No further New Year births have been reported.
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New Gils
Raye Town
Johne Wadley
Sun
Wil
Ceontorns
Ronda Kay Wheeler
Wallace Wheeler
Stimnson
Roma Ray
Black-Eyed Peas Tradition On New Year’s Day
Oldtimers insist on black eyed peas and hog jowl for luck and nutrition on New Year’s Day. The dish is a southern staple, with corn bread and buttermilk as suggested accompaniments. Prices are affordable, about 15 cents per can of peas.
LBJ Lands Pilot Program to curb dropouts in six cities
President Johnson praised an experimental campaign to discourage high school dropouts, reporting strong results where local efforts were made. The program, begun under Kennedy and funded with 3.25 million, showed one in two potential dropouts returning to school and nine in ten remaining enrolled. Johnson urged expansion to half of U.S. districts and announced January education seminars with U.S. Ed Commissioner Keppel in five cities to implement new laws swiftly. He also signed a 1.5 billion public works bill and outlined plans on canal, property transfers, and measures affecting imports, while meeting Truman in Kansas City and declaring 1964 Customs Year and Save Our Vision Week.
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Tex
API
Johnson
U.S. Edue
Francis Keppel
America
John F. Kennedy
Keppel
Congress
Atlanta
Dallas
New York
Chicago
San Francisco
Panama Canal, Co
Congressional
Executive Branch
Five To 15 Years Of Tenure- 70 SJMH Employes Get Service Pins
Seventy employees of San Jacinto Methodist Hospital received service pins for five to fifteen years of service at a holiday staff party. Administer Burton Battle awarded 15 year pins to ten veterans who have been with the hospital since opening. Five year pins went to numerous staff, including Maye Bennett and Maude S. Bittick, with 15 year and 10 year honorees listed among the long-serving personnel.
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San Jaccinto Methodist
Burton Battle
Nefine
Siso
San Jacinto
Methodist Hospital
Jessie Lonstant
Elie Evheriden
Nadine Witlow
Mylar
Leff
Willam Bo) Bowman
Khrushchev Urges Further Tension Easing at Kremlin
In Moscow Khrushchev toasted at a Kremlin reception with 2,000 guests and urged continued U.S.-Soviet cooperation and reduced global tensions. He noted a rift with China over capitalism and referenced African student protests, warning against unrest but pledging support for Cuba if attacked.
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Leasons
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Khrushches
China
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
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Ghana
Castra
Cuba
United States
Five Killed In Blast In Charleston Neighborhood
A series of fireworks explosions and a fire leveled a two story building housing a supermarket in Charleston Washington area Tuesday night killing at least five people and injuring 18. Windows and doors were blown out and roof sections collapsed, with surrounding buildings damaged.
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Charleston
D. C
New Orleans Blanketed By 4 Inch Snow Storm
Snow from the Gulf to Virginia paralyzed traffic and communication across the South. Four inches fell in New Orleans, deepest this century, with drifts 2 to 3 feet in places. Huntsville and Hattiesburg reported heavy totals. Alabama and Mississippi saw several traffic deaths. Weather disruptions closed highways, cut power and phone lines, and stranded workers as storms spread across Texas and the Southeast.
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Virginia
New Orleans
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Ala
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Miss
Hattiesburg
Alist Pi
Chatom
Alabama
Gulf
Guikeest
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