Houston Briefing on World Affairs Panels Vietnam Outlook
Henry Holcomb reports Houstonians heard NBC correspondents discuss Vietnam strategy and politics in 1968. Officials warn that a conventional win won’t end U.S. involvement, with lessons on landlords, South Vietnam, and Cambodian shifts shaping the war’s future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Vietnam
Hawstorn Council On World Affairs
National Broadcasting Company
NBC
Jack Paxton
Southeast Asia
Paxton
Baytown Injury Reports And Local Meetings Noted
Ruben Garza of 4820 Raccoon Road injured in a one car crash on Stolander Road and admitted with contusions. Earnest Lyle of Houston treated and released after an auto crash on the San Jacinto River bridge. Baytown Traffic Safety Council meets 7 a.m. Wednesday at Holiday Inn. Baytown Cerebral Palsy Treatment Center to hold annual meeting 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at 1305 W Sterling. Vocational nursing class applications open at Lee College. weather cloudy with rain possible, low 30s to mid 40s, 6 a.m. Baytown temp 31.
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Ruben Garza
Raccoon Road
Stolander Road
Baytown Hospital
Earnest Lyle
Laura Koppe
Houston
Gulf Coast’ Hospital
San Iscinto River
Baytown
Helen McCune Weighs Telephone Pros and Cons in Houston
Helen McCune discusses the advantages and drawbacks of telephone communications with Houston. Doris Whitcomb promotes talent for the Red Stocking Review. Dottie Wallace draws in the cold weather as Wilhite keeps her hair short in blustery winter. Roy Rowland pursues a photo. Treba McCune unpacks many boxes. Ann Underwood plans a meeting. Florence Neill enjoys a fashion program. Jepp and Lynette Busch celebrate seven newborn puppies born early Sunday. Nita Pickering injured in an auto crash and hospitalized in Memorial Baptist Hospital Houston. Mr and Mrs Alvin Stasney of Crosby visit New Orleans, Millie Stasney visits sister Lillian Pecacek in Houston.
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Helen Vccune
Houston
Doris’ Whitcomb
Red Stocking
Dottie Wallace
Wilhite
Roy Rowland
Treba McCune
Ann Underwood
Florence Neill
Jepp
Lynette Busch
Nita Pickering
Liberty
Memorial Baptist Hospital
School Board Reviews Athletic Policy And Seating Plan Changes
The school board reviewed two athletic arrangements causing confusion, including a transfer loss of eligibility policy and seating for bands and drill teams at Memorial Stadium. Dan Stallworth did not propose changes, noting the district follows common practice with a one year loss for transfers under Interscholastic League rules for varsity football and basketball. Seating shifts aim to improve visiting team views, with anticipated improvements when Stallworth Stadium opens.
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Dan Stallworth
Stallworth
Memorial Stadium
Neillis
Sunt
George H. Gentry
Gentey
Seth Mitchell
Stalkworth
Trict
Karl Opryshek
Houston heart association grants 35822 for transplant serum
The Houston Harris County Heart Association announced a 35822 emergency grant to Dr John J. Trentin of Baylor University College of Medicine for developing a serum to reduce rejection in total heart transplants. The grant, requested January 2 and approved Friday, will fund the project until ongoing support is secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Houston-Harris County Heart Association
John J. Trentin
Baylor University College of Medicine
Heart Association
ILC Registration and Tests Fill January Schedule
Lee Collegeaa s January calendar shows registration and final exams amid activities including basketball. Spring term permits are being issued, with registration on Jan 31 and Feb 1. Dead week runs Jan 11 through 16. final exams Jan 17 to 24. GED tests begin Jan 6 over three nights. ATC testing Jan 15 at 8 am and 5:30 pm in the auditorium with no reservations. GED costs 10 dollars. SC Rebels have nine games left this month against Kerrville San Antonio College St Phillips San Jacinto Blinn SWT Texas Wharton South Texas and Lamar Frost. home dates Jan 16 26 27 29.
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Lee College
Jane
Rundell Hall
SC Rebels
Kerrville
San Antonio College
St. Phillips
San Jacinto
Blinn
Southwest Texas State
Wharton
South Texas
Lamar Frost
Story of Baytown to be on film
Baytown Chamber of Commerce will join U.S. Steel Humble Oil and Enjay Chemical in producing a slide presentation to tell the Baytown story. U.S. Steel and Humble PR will handle photos script and narration while the chamber provides facts. The project should finish by late March for information seekers and recruitment use. At the same meeting, the board set March 25 for the annual banquet at the civic center with 250 extra seats. Last year 400 tickets sold out in 17 minutes. Humorist Newt Hielscher of Shreveport will speak. Banquet chair is J W Strickler. aides are Norman Hargrave Mrs Jane Ann Lehde Glenn Walker and Richard King. Ticket plans to be announced.
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Baytown
Civic Center
Newt Hielscher
Fom Shreveport
J. W
Jack) Strickler
Norman Hargrave
Jne Ann Lehde
Glenn Walker
Richard King
Senior Citizens Club Opens 1968 Meeting Season
The Baytown Senior Citizens Club will hold its first meeting of 1968 at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Community Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown Senior Citizens Club
Global Health and Space News From Houston to Moon
Alabama governor Lurleen Wallace undergoes a second radiation therapy in Houston to treat a pelvic growth while Brenham representative Gus Mutscher faces possible tonsil surgery at M.D. Anderson. Surveyor 7 targets a soft lunar landing Tuesday night, the final U.S. moon probe before crewed flights. A New York tenement fire claims seventeen lives in brutal winter conditions. Adam Clayton Powell asserts Congress reversed civil rights gains after his expulsion last March. President Johnson discusses U.S. arms for Israel amid Soviet Arab buildup. Stanford’s heart transplant patient remains critical with complications.
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Adam Clayton Powell
Congress
House of Representatives
Harlem
Straw Vote Not Unanimous on School Board Picks
New board members JOHNELLA BOYNTON W A McElhannon W A Roper and Jeff Tanner were appointed unanimously by the school board after a secret straw ballot among trustees on four nominees. McElhannon and Roper won all votes present, Tanner five, Storck one. Wahrmund was absent ill. The board will oversee property value assessments for the district. Tax collections through December 31 were 58.72 percent complete, down from 91.30 percent the prior year, with officials citing potential effects of a looming federal 1967 surtax and advising timing of 1968 ad valorem payments. The meeting also included a note about a cafeteria meat bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnella Boynton
W. A. McElhannon
W. A. Roper
Jeff Tanner
Board of Equalization
McElhannon
Roper
Tanner
Paul L. Storck
Bob Wahrmund
Humble Oil and, Refining Co
Hobart Enoch
Enoch
George H. Gentry
Gentry
U. S
Area gets 2.9 inches of rain in 24 hours
The Haring County Mosquito Control District gauge on Highway 146 recorded 2.9 inches of rain over the past 24 hours. Rain fell steadily during Monday night but did not freeze due to a warming trend, with a low around 31 expected Tuesday morning per the U S Weather Bureau. Intermittent rain in the Houston Baytown area is forecast Tuesday with no ice risk noted.
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Haring County Mosquito Control
Highway 146
U. S. Weather Bureau
Houston
Houston- Baytown
State's College Plan No Bar To New Area District
In Texas the proposed distribution of junior colleges will not block creating a district in Liberty, Chambers, and Hardin counties. Dr. Robert Clinton says regional lines are not tax districts and remain flexible, though Liberty County planners warn it could affect their nine-district plan. The master plan, under state education oversight, spans over a year and seeks 22 regions with at least one feasible community college per area.
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Austin
Texas
Liberty
Chambers
Hardin
Robert Clinton
Clinton
Freston FE. Johnson
Liberty County
Western Chambers
Liblerty-Chambers - Hardin
Coordinating Board
W H Reber Sr Dies Rites Set For Wednesday
William Houston Reber Sr 71 longtime Baytown leader and Humble Baytown Refining Co retiree died at home Monday Graveside services slated for 3 PM Wednesday Memorial Gardens Baytown with Read er M M Jacobs of the First Church of Christ Scientist officiating Reber a Jackson Mississippi native and Navy WWI veteran served on Chile copper mines before joining Humble Baytown plant in 1924 He chaired Harris County Federal Savings and Loan Association board from 1962 Survived by wife Emms Montgomery two sons Jack M Reber Houston another son Bill Jr and two daughters plus eight grandchildren Burial by Paul U Lee Funeral Home with pallbearers named.
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William Houston Reber
Harris County Federal Savings and Loan Association
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
Queens Court
Memory Gardens
Reader M. M. Jacobs
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Reber
Jackson
Miss
Humble Gi] and Refining Co
Rebers
Ingleside
Dallas
Missouri School of Mines
Rolla
U. S. Navy
Chile
Emms Montgomery
Anaconda Co
Bill, Jr
WH. Ur
Jack M. Reber
Houston
J. C. Weisinger
Benjamin Rhodes
Hazel Lockhart
George Sutherland
Fort Worth
Paul U. Lee
James Harrop
David Gienn
C.E. Carlson
John W. Strickler
Berejamin Rhodes
W. H. Reber Jr
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Abel
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Cambodia
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Chicago
NEC
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Sherer
Nixon
Reagan
Rockefeller
Romney
Scherer
Johnson Wll
Truman
Alvin Rosenfeld
Abdel ‘Nasser
Pauline Frederick
United Nations
U.N
Kenneth Bernstein
Traffic Council
Baytown Citizens -Traffic Safety Council
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Crosby
New Orleans
Millie Stasney
Lillian Pecacek
Peoples State Bank
F.D
Sakas
Russia
School Board
Leon Paine
Paine Brothers
Bay
Bulletin
Citizens National Bank & Trust Co
ILC
Alabama
Lurleen Wallace
Gus Mutscher
Brenham
M.D. Anderson Hospital
Stanford Medical School
Levi Eshkol
Israel
Surveyor 7
New York
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Lockheed-California
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