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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 07, 1969

Page

4

Editorials And Features More Admiration Than Censure For This Man

An Akron truck driver maintained two wives and five dependents on 140 a week plus irregular earnings for five years, including support for a son from a prior marriage. He claimed affection and companionship, and argued the law should temper its rigid stance on bigamy. The piece weighs morality, legality, and the man’s hardship, noting the outcome as a double dose of warties.

Akron Ohio

Complete hysterectomy questions answered in medical column

A medical Q and A outlines reasons for hysterectomy including cancer fibroids prolapse and benign concerns. It covers lifelong hormone therapy after removal of ovaries, aging effects, and post operative bleeding causes, with explanations for partial vs total hysterectomy and a benign cystadenoma case.

Barbs on rides and tunes in daily life humor

A humorous column riffing on modern inconveniences and attitudes. It contrasts custom autos with ambulance rides, compares long records to coworkers, mocks nap time with a TV, and playfully questions requests for small coins, reflecting casual, opinionated humor of the era.

Bacteria Wash Less Effective Says Utah Professor

In the University of Utah Review, surgery professor Dr. Ralph C. Richards argues that bathing removes only about seven percent of body bacteria. He adds that scrubbing with brushes or cloths irritates skin and may raise bacterial presence, warning parents to keep the publication from children.

The University of Utah Review Ralph C. Richards

Baytown Sun Masthead and publishing staff listing

The Baytown Sun masthead lists editors publishers and staff including Fred Hartman John Wedley Beulah Mae Jackson and Paul Putman with details of the editorial advertising and business departments. It notes publication specifics, address at 130 Memorial Drive Baytown Texas, and subscription rates along with Associated Press membership and republication disclaimer.

Fred Hartman Bill Hartman John Wedley Beulah Mae Jackson Paul Putman Ane B Pritchett Dwight Moody Corrie Laughlin Baytown Texas Baytown Run, Inc Memorial Drive P.O Newspaper Representatives, Inc

Texas Leaders Face School and Tax Reform in 1969

Dallas Morning News reports Lt Gov Elect Ben Barnes supports Gov Elect Smiths staff pick Vernon McGee while planning cooperation. Houston Chronicle notes two major studies by Governor on public school education and the Texas Water Plan, urging earlier reforms. Fort Worth Star Telegram cites legislature grappling with funding gifts and tax options to cover higher state costs, especially education.

Jimmy Banks Dallas Morning News Ben Barnes Smith Vernon McGee Barnes McGee Legislative Budget Board Senate Texas BO Byers Houston Chronicle Texas Water Plan Texas Water Development Board Sam Kinch Fort Worth

Mankind Cannot Be Ignored in Nuclear Threat Debate

A Senate column argues that global survival requires a binding nuclear restraint treaty. It notes shelters only help the US and that a broad covenant is needed to limit weapons, with International Atomic Agency oversight and ratification by the United States and other powers.

EV Dirksen Estes Kefauver Tennessee Senate House of Representatives House Hiroshima Nagasaki International Atomic Agency United States Great Britain Soviet Union Israel Germany Italy U. & Senate Russia Beirut Eisnehower Eisenhower Anthony Eden Suez Eden Ike Johnson

Near East Crisis Risks Full-Scale War Warning

Washington column warns the Near East is drifting toward war with Israel and Arab states. highlights U S Russian pressures, Nixon Johnson transition tensions, and Israel Dayan stance as the region nears a volatile confrontation.

Drew Pearson Jack Anderson Washington Near East Johnson Nixon Kosygin Russia Max Fisher Detroit Moshe Dayan Amir Abbass Haveyda Iran United States

Ohio’s tough competition pushes writers to leave

A World Almanac note recalls Midwest origins of famous writers like Thurber Sandburg and Hemingway. A Manhattan party anecdote shows ex Ohioans explaining their exodus, with Thurber quipping that competition there was too strong, prompting departures to seek opportunities elsewhere.

Midwest Thurber Sandburg Hemingway The World Almanac Manhattan Ohio James Thurber

Quick Quiz: First American gas car builders and more

A reader quiz reveals Charles E. and J. Frank Duryea as builders of the first successful American gasoline car, notes the king cobra as the longest venomous snake at eighteen feet, asks where the nesting ages of the whooping clan occur in Alberta, and identifies hockey as the sport awarded the Stanley Cup.

Charles E J. Frank Duryea Asia Alberta Canada

Bridge Tips: Five Diamonds Bid Goes Too Far

Oswald and James Jacoby recount a bidding sequence where South opens three diamonds, West overcalls with four clubs, North cue bids five clubs, South signs off at five diamonds, and North ends in six diamonds. The result goes down one as the six-diamond contract fails.

East South West North

Bridge bidding quiz prompts three spades response

In the V CARD bridge problem you hold K I G S S V A K Q O S S 6 5 4 with partner opening two spades and later bidding to three spades. The question asks the optimal bid after partner jumps to three spades, given partner shows at least 10 points and neutral spade support. Tomorrow’s answer will reveal the recommended action.

Enrich Your Vocabulary NEA Feature Answers Puzzle

A compact NEA feature presents a set of crossword clues with answers mapped to puzzle numbers. It lists terms like river names and prefixes, and includes definitions such as essential being and various short words for vehicle and beverage vessel.

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