Forces hit Viet Cong in Delta Action Near Saigon
Government troops surprised an enemy band about three miles south of Saigon. Two enemy soldiers were killed and nine carbines and submachineguns were captured as survivors fled. Allies aim to sap the Viet Cong political grip in the delta with river patrols and canal sweeps. More than 100 similar operations are underway, but few contacts with the enemy have occurred. Since bombing North Vietnam began November 1, the war has featured scattered skirmishes and raids.
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Saigon
U Minh
North Vietnam
U.S. reports two more DMZ incidents in Vietnam
The U S Command said North Vietnamese gunners in the 11th Parallel demilitarized zone opened fire on two observation planes. One plane was unharmed. the other was hit by machinegun fire but landed safely.
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U.S
11Th Parallel Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Sam D. Tanner Dies at 71 at Home
Sam D. Tanner, 71, of 1203 Massey Tompkins Road, died at home early Saturday. He is survived by one sister, Mrs. W. J. Dalpes of Waytown, a nephew William Sugene Dalpes of Houston, other nieces and nephews, and one stepson, Charles Tanner of Dickinson. Paul A. Lee Funeral Home will announce arrangements. Attend Church Sunday.
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Sam LD
Tanner
Massey-Tompkins Road
W. J. Dalpes
Waytown
William Sugene Dalpes
Houston
Charles Tanner
Dickinson
Paul A. Lee
United Artists Defends Baytown CATV Proposal
United Artists announces a new Baytown CATV plan via FCC filing, stating it will not originate programs beyond FCC requirements and will avoid competing with Houston stations. General Telephone holds coaxial and distribution assets valued over $400,000, with no plan to run a CATV outlet.
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Theater Vu
Baytown
General Telephone
United Artist
FCC
Houston
Frank M. Dowd
Baytown Sun
Dowd
United Artists
Lis
Chappell
Telephone
Rites Set Monday For Channelview Resident 74
Claud W. Moss 74 of Channelview died Friday in a North Shore hospital after a leg illness. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Glendale Funeral Home chapel with two ministers. Masonic graveside services will follow at 4 p.m. in Austin. Moss, a former Humble Refinery employee, retired about 10 years ago and had transferred from Ingleside. He was a World War II veteran and member of Veterans of Foreign Wars and a local Masonic lodge. Survivors include his wife Charlotte Moss a Channelview school teacher a son James Roland Moss of Dallas and four sisters.
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Claud W. Moss
Ave
North Shore
Glendale Funeral Home Chapel
J. Leon Reed
Durwood Crowder
Austin
Moss
Humble
Baytown
Ingleside
Old River Terrace
Hearne
Lonnie Dixson
Beaumont
H. W. Peyton
Waco
Edna Heichter
Sicily
Italy
Thefts Reported by Mrs Sallee After November Burglary
Mrs. Ann Saller of 814 Larby reported to police that a $4 Christmas wreath was stolen from her front window during the holidays. She also said more items have gone missing since a November burglary, including pocket knives valued at $6.50 and $4 in quarters.
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Ann Saller
Armstrong R T 58 Mont Belvieu funeral notice
Roscoe Thomas Armstrong 58 of 1407 First Street Mont Belvieu died in a Baytown hospital at 10 am Saturday Funeral services 3 pm Sunday Mont Belvieu Baptist Church Rev Walton Strickland will officiate Burial Barbers Cemetery Mont Belvieu under Paul A Lee Funeral Home Survivors include widow Jewel Armstrong stepson R J Austin two sisters Lois Jorden Vanda Wimberley two brothers Hubert Armstrong Guy Armstrong three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
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Roscoe Thomas Armstrong
First Street
Mont Belvieu
Baytown
Mont Belvieu Baptist Church
Walton Strickland
Barbers Cemetery
Paul A. Lee
Lois Jorden
Vanda Wimberley
Sour Lake
Hubert Armstrong
Guy Armstrong
West Columbia
Denman Becomes Annuitant After 24 Years at Humble
R L Denman was made an annuitant on January 1 after 24 years in Humble's Boilermaker Department. A Madison County native, he joined the refinery's maintenance group in 1644 before transferring to Boilermaker later that year. He and wife Lois have two sons Elwyn of Baytown and Joe Lynn at San Jacinto College. The family attends Channelview's First Baptist Church.
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Humble
Madison County
Denman
Lois
Elwyn Denman
Baytown
Joe Lynn
San Jacinto College
Denmans
Channelview
First Baptist Church
Lone Star Cement Builds Plant in Bayport Area
Lone Star Cement Corp begins a ready mix concrete plant on an 8.6 acre site in the Bayport Industrial area near La Porte, with capacity over 10 cubic yards per hour. Brown and Root Inc. is contractor. W. D. Haden Co. sold its interests. Haden ceases operation of a plant north of Seabrook under FTC order. Several hundred thousand dollars expected to fund construction.
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Bayport (Lp
Bayport
la Porte
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Friendswood Development Co
Lone Star Cement Corp
Harris County
Brown and Root, Inc
W. D. Haden Co
Houston
Lone Star Cement
Federal Trade Commission
Haden
Highway 148
Seabrook
Lone Star Cements
New York
Texas
Airman Stephen M. Morgan completes basic at Lackland AFB
Stephen M. Morgan son of Mr and Mrs Wilbur R Smith of 114 Staples Drive completes basic training at Lackland AFB Texas He is assigned to Sheppard AFB Texas for training as a medical services specialist Morgan is a Ross Sterling High School graduate and attended Lee College His wife is the former Marlene Dicker Son
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Stephen M. Morgan
Wilbur R. Smith
Staples Drive
Lackland Afb
Tex
Sheppard Afb
Airman
Morgan
Ross Sterling High School
Lee College
Marlene Dicker- Son
Elevators cut ascent time at Washington Monument
When the Washington Monument first opened in 1888 the elevator took 12 minutes to reach the 500 foot level. A new elevator now reaches that height in one minute speeding visitors to the top.
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Washington Monument
Monument
Veteran U S Steel executive Herbert Nicholl dies in Texas
Herbert IL Nicholl a 50 year veteran of U S Steel and former assistant district manager of sales in Houston died Thursday night at his Lake Travis home near Austin He retired in January 1966 after a long career starting as a clerk in 1916 He is survived by his wife Dorothy Amanda Gardner and two daughters Funeral services were set for 2 p m Saturday at St John the Divine Episcopal Church in Houston Nicholl born January 26 1901 in Trenton New Jersey attended Long Island Business College He was active in Christ Church Cathedral in Houston
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Herbert IL. Nicholl
U.S. Steel
Lake Travis
Austin
Nicholl
Dorothy Amanda Gardner
Galveston
James Chadwick
Charles Hedrick
Settegast- Kopf Funeral Home
St. John
Divine Episcopal
U. S. Steel
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New York
Pittsburgh
New Orleans
Amarillo
Tennessee Coal and Iron Division
A. 5. Steel
Trenton
N. J
Long Island Business College
Brooklyn
N. Y
Christ Church Cathedral
Episcopal
Humble Promotes Sun Classified Adts A W Clarke To Staff Engineer
A W Clarke of Humble Baytown Refinery is promoted to staff engineer in the Fuels Equipment Section of Humble's Technical Division. He will oversee maintenance engineering for major refinery units, design modifications, and turnaround planning. Clarke joined in 1951 and holds a bachelor’s in mechanical engineering from the University of Florida. He and his wife Patsy Kennedy live at 112 North Holly Drive with three children Roxanne Jennifer and Dale. Mrs Clarke is the former Patsy Kennedy daughter of A C Kennedy of 3413 Wisconsin. Clarke’s mother is Mrs Evelyn Clarke of Birmingham Alabama.
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A. W. Clarke
Atd Humble
Baytown
Clarke
Humble
University of Florida
North Holly Drive
Roxanne
Jennifer
Dale
Patsy Kennedy
A. C. Kennedy
Wisconsin
Evelyn Clarke
Birmingham
Ala
Notice of Annual Election for Chambers County Wa District
Legal notice announces annual election for two district directors on January 14, 1969 at Water Office. Appointed election officers listed. Absentee voting at Be og wel and Office from 9:00 to 4:00. Ballots by mail to 218 Moot Belview. Board president E. Bagent signs.
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Chambersounty Wa
Salid District
Yale
Harvey Callen
Praskiing
Atoble Reilleman
Jixioe
R. G O. Epparson
CD. W. Mccope
Be Og Wel
Mollon
Belview
E. Bagent
Aavtest
Burch
White
Board of Directors
Former Humble PR Chief Here Takes New Post
Fred Wichlop, former public relations manager at Humble Oil and Refining Co. Baytown Refinery, is named director of corporate communications for Cooper Industries in Houston effective Jan. 6. He will lead public relations and corporate advertising from the First City National Bank Building offices and report to Robert Cizik. Wichlop previously headed Humble Oil’s media relations and has degrees from Sam Houston State College and the University of Houston. Cooper Industries is a Houston based diversified supplier serving gas, oil and industrial markets.
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Fred Wichlop
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
Cooper Industries, Inc
Houston
Eugene L. Miller
Wichlop
First City National Bank
Robert Cizik
Cooper
Wichlep
Humble Oil & Refining Company
Humble
Bayonne
N. J
Charlotte
N. C
Galveston
Sam Houston State College
Universiy of Houston
Cooper Industries
Three Charged In Gaming Raid At Black and Tan Lounge
Three men Bobby Lane 42 Charles E Nichols 25 and James T Joseph 47 were charged with gaming in a Saturday dawn police raid at the Black and Tan Lounge 1100 block Harbor They posted 25 fines in Corporation Court and were released. Window damage complaint at 1208 Willow notes an air rifle shot hole southwest of Tessie King home. cost to replace estimated at 8 dollars.
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Harbor
Bobby Lane
Clyde Drive
Charles E. Nichols
N. Second
la Porte
James T. Joseph
Johnson
A.m
Corporation Court
T. D. Stanaland
R. D. Anderson
M. T. Rakestraw
Steven SuHman
Tessie King
Willow
Herbicide Production Gains in United States
Washington AP reports that US herbicide production is rising due to farm mechanization advances. The Agriculture Department notes the United States now accounts for more than half of world synthetic pesticide output, with exports in 1967 totaling nearly $196 million, up 13 percent from 1966.
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United States
Washington
The
Agricultural Department
Goose Creek Country Club election set for Jan 14
Goose Creek Country Club votes on Monday Jan 14 to fill five three year director terms. Ten nominees include Conrad Magourik W L Beekman R L Bob Martin William M Bradley Bill Hartman Herbert Boggess Ray Tickner Douglas Stewart E H Oliver and E C Jack Kimmons Jr. Retiring directors listed. Martin renominated. Nominations close Jan 7. voting noon to 6 pm with buffet at 6 pm and meeting at 8 pm.
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Goose Creek Country Club
Conrad Magourik
W. L. Beekman
R. L
Bob) Martin
Wiliam M. Bradley
Bill Hartman
Herbert Boggess
Ray Tickner
Douglas Stewart
E. H. Oliver
E. C
Jack) Kimmons Jr
John Echols
Robert Matherne
T. D. O'Brien
Martin
B. A. Stewart
T. L
Doc) Satterwhite
W. E. Duplands Jr
Don B. Giddon
Robert L. Gillette
Norman McElvan
Country Club
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