Highlands 4-H Members Enter Talent Show in County Court House
Highlands 4 H Club will participate in the talent show Share The Fun at the County Court House in Houston. Senior contestants include Benita Brown, Kristen Curry, and Rogers Simmons, with junior entrant Sherry Hartley and others from Harris County.
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Earl Peel
Highlands
County Court House
Houston
Benita Brown
Sherry Hartley
Harris
Jennie Webber
Nancy ‘Threadgill
Verna Browns
Kristen Curry
Benita “Brown
Danny Blackford
Myra Brown
Rogers Simmons
Military chiefs review readiness after regional withdrawal
Malaysian and British military leaders assess forces for a potential Indonesian attack as regional tensions rise following Haat country's UN withdrawal. The briefing outlines defense posture, joint exercises, and contingency planning amid shifting alliances.
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Haat
United Nations
Police Report Highlights Village Incidents and Arrests
Police described a man claiming to inspect wiring at a house, but Houston Lighting & Power officials denied any employee involvement. Numerous minor incidents followed, including mail box vandalism on Wright, a reported shooting at Lonnie's Blue Room, and telephone booth damage on Pearce. Patrol reports noted traffic violations, youths blocking Wright, tire tampering near Kmart, two drunken arrests, and an early morning release for wife desertion. Arrests included James E. Simpson for felony theft and Oscar Blackwell for forfeiture of bond.
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Houston Lighting & Power Co
Wright
Lonnie
Osk Addition
Pearce
M. J. Gills
Decker and Park
Tle
Kmart Shopping Center
Minutes reveal disputes over official status of records
Board members clash over minutes being official public records and who signs them. Reynolds cites attorney general opinion that minutes are public. Hippard seeks copies and accuracy while noting duties of the secretary and business manager in recording actions.
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Stark
Boyden
Hippard
Reynolds
Reyolds
Ophelia Jones
I Reynolds
Chamber plans annual priorities from straw vote
The session, led by Dave Moore, Chamber manager, outlines downtown rehabilitation, parking, and shopping district improvements, plus pollution control on the Houston Ship Channel and bays. Other ideas include traffic safety promotion, removal of overhead lines, expanded library facilities, and industrial foundation support to boost light industry. Ted McCall received a Defense Dept commendation for a basement fallout shelter at Citizens National Bank. The oldest printed book noted is a 868 Buddhist Sutra in the British Museum.
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Sy Jone
Houston
Ship
Dave Moore
Fletcher Hickerson
Civil Defense
Citizens National Bank
Ted McCall
Department of Defense
County Medical Society Sets Installation Wednesday Night
Dr Charles W Klanke will be formally installed as president of the Harris County Medical Society for 1965 during ceremonies at 8 p m Wednesday in the Jesse H Jones Library Building auditorium at the Texas Medical Center Dr Klanke succeeds Dr Jack R Hild Other new officers include Dr Myle D Durnam Jr president elect Dr John T Armstrong vice president Dr Ray M Morgan Jr secretary and Dr Bobjoy Jones treasurer Guest speaker at the inauguration dinner at the Doctors Club beforehand will be Herbert A Philbrick author and lecturer His topic will be Zero Hour for America Philbrick wrote I Led Three Lives about his undercover FBI work which was dramatized in a TV series.
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Elementary
India
Rama
Pakistan
Fannie Flynt
Dolores Gibson
Sarah Meigs
Fannie Geastin
H. B. Spruell
Geaslin
Lynchburg
B. J. Phillips
Billy Phillips
Highlands
Water District
San Jacinto St
Charles W. Klanke
Harris County Medical Society
Jesse H. Jones
Texas Medical Center
Kianke
Jack R. Hild
Myle D. Durnam Jr
John. T. Armstrong
Ray M. Morgan Jr
Bob Joy Jones
Society
Doctors Club
Herbert A
Philbrick
America
Federal Bureau of Irvestigation
Gentry Testifies on Salary Overpayments and Procedures
Gentry details salary overpayments and errors in interpreting pay scales. He cites TEA guidance, describes contract changes in 1964, and notes staff largely trusted to manage the business office. He highlights district problems since 1961 and outlines district growth from 5,000 to 12,000 students.
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Reynolds
Gentry
Beylor University
University of Texas
Teachers College
Columbia University
Genny
Reynalds
Jef Goose
Oprysiek
iDr. L. D. Victory
James Hippard
Hippard
iTecomt
Benefit Ball Planned for Crippled Children
Final plans for a crippled children's benefit ball set for January 30 were announced after a joint meeting of San Jacinto Council Knights of Columbus officers and committee chairs. The event runs from 2 p m to 1 a m at Knights of Columbus Hall with Everest Keene and his orchestra. Proceeds go to the Baytown Cerebral Palsy Building Fund.
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San Jacinto Council
Knights A Calumpus
Baytown Edks Club
Knigits of Columbus Hall
Everest Keene
Baytown Cerebral Palty Building Fund
Elks Kxlce
Joe McShkan
Bob Oliphant
Kc’s
R. E
Bob) Donnelly
San Javinta Council
Patrick O’sullivan
Dance Co
John Devine
Ray Helpert
Love Field Rename Proposal Sparks Dallas Backlash
Dallas councilman Joe Moody floated renaming Love Field Lyndon B. Johnson International Airport, but public reaction was strongly against it. Moody said the idea would be dropped after residents’ responses and a forthcoming council discussion.
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Dallas
Joe Moody
Dallas‘ Love Field
Lyndon B. Johnson International Airport
Moody
White House
Charles Ecles Sr Final Rites Held In Beaumont
Funeral services for Charles M Ecles Sr 74 of Port Bolivar father of Crosby Elementary principal Charles Ecles Jr were held at Carroll Wallace Funeral Home Chapel Beaumont. Burial followed at Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery Beaumont. Beles employed by Magnolia Petroleum Co for four years retired nine years. Other survivors include wife Lillian Eeles of Port Bolivar five grandchildren six great grandchildren. Also noted are local society items and Crosby school updates.
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Charles M. Ecles Sr
Port Bolivar
Charles, Coles Jr
Crosby
Carroll Wallace
Beaumont
Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery
Belés
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Lillian Eeles
Infant Timothy Kevin Smoke Hospitalized in Houston
Infant Timothy Kevin Smoke, son of Rev Mack Smoke, will be hospitalized for two weeks at Heights Hospital in Houston after birth at 221 E Sterting. Mrs Smoke has returned home.
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Timothy Kevin Smoke
Mack Smoke
E. Sterting
Heights Hospital
Houston
Crosby Trustees Approve Purchase of School Bus
Crosby School Board approves a 72 passenger bus purchase via State Board of Control bid process. Four student council delegates and one faculty advisor to attend the state convention March 22 27 in Midland. Dr John W McFarland to speak at Crosby High School graduation May 28 1965. Also approved library filing cabinet lease and a dropout project report led by Charles Beles.
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Idell Anderson Crosby
Crosby School
Boamd
State Board of Control
Getion
Midland
Allison Koonce
John W. McFarland
Houston
Crosby High School
Charles Beles
Crosby
Beles
Harold E. Massey
Filibuster Debate Again In Congress
The Senate plans a repeated biennial debate on changing its filibuster rule. Civil rights leaders see it as a path to shift power from two thirds needed to end debate. Opponents again push to dilute the rule as the new Congress begins.
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Washington
Senate
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