Baytown calendar features talks arrests and college news
Wiley E Carmichael will speak at Baytown Chamber luncheon at Holiday Inn. Two Houston students, Norman Holliman and Johnny McKenzie, face breaking and entering charges after Baytown Police caught them on Lee College lot. most stolen items recovered from Ruben Ethel home. UT graduations for Yvonne D'Olive and Lynda Bowman set Jan 22. Lee College admissions test Monday at 2 p.m. Faculty Women and Wives Club meets Saturday at 10 a.m. birthday party theme. Texas Cookbooks fundraiser via M S Robert Holmes and Baytown PTA. Weather clear to partly cloudy and cooler with 49 to 68 degree range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman W. Holliman
Johnny L. McKenzie
Houston
Bay Atown
Hal Ricketson
A. W. Henscey
Lee College
Yvonne D'Olive
Lynda Madding Bowman
Baytown
University of Texas
Faculty Women and Wives Club
Gertrude Teter
Glen Haven
Publicity chairman chosen for East Harris Boy Scout district
L4ROUND TOWN notes Fred Wichlep succeeds Jim Lutes as publicity chairman for East Harris Boy Scout district. Alene Jones plans church news. Judy Whitaker's son undergoes kidney surgery at Texas Children's Hospital. Bill Reber's Troop 3 plans annual midwinter campout at Camp Strake. C. R. Mann in serious condition after heart attack in Baytown. Betty O'Neall advances to NASA Bay firm. Jane Nortis Wert and her dog visit Baytown as husband 2nd Lt. Harold E. Wert attends Fort Benning school. couple will move to Germany in February. Young Roger Ward meets a reporter. Ben Shirey hurries to deadline and is offered a birthday clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Wichlep
Jim Lutes
East Harris
Alene Jones
Judy
Whitaker
Texas Children's Hospital
Dale Schimming
Bill Reb
Camp Strake
Walt Eichelberger
Mann
Hobbs
N.M
Baytown
C. R. Mann
Betty O'Neall
NASA Bay
Jane Nortis Wert
Harold E. Wert
Fort Benning
Germany
Roger Ward
Barney L. Ward
Lacy Lusk
Ben Shirey
Johnson Pledges Full Support as War Effort Dominates State of the Union
President Johnson outlined a record 2.8 billion dollar budget and vowed U S combat forces would stay in Vietnam while pursuing a Great Society. He urged domestic programs, crime measures, a cabinet level transportation department, and tax changes without raising rates, while warning on Viet Nam necessities. Senate and House leaders criticized and predicted varied fiscal outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Congress
Capitol Hill
U.S
Viet Nam
Soviet Union
Europe
Senate
GOP
Everett M. Dirksen
Appropriations
House
Gerald R. Ford
Outbreak in Desha Western Nigeria Kills Twenty
Twenty people die in a new outbreak of political violence in Desha Nigeria. Gunfire causes most deaths with about 400 killed or injured since an election three months prior. The report covers rising civil rights tensions and Vietnam War incidents including a three day Tet cease-fire and battles near Saigon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nigeria
Desha
BEC
Special Team Records May Cut Traffic Accidents Here
Baytown police run a two man radar and waffie enforcement unit writing 15 to 206 tickets daily under Sgt Jack Max swell. A revamped records system tracks time place and cause of traffic accidents to guide focused enforcement later in the year. Police aim to reduce accidents and may warn the public about trouble spots without revealing exact times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Jack Maxswell
Texas
Maxwell
North Main
Goose Creek School District collects 63 percent of taxes
The Goose Creek School District reports 2,797,215.46 dollars total taxes for 1965 with 63.15 percent of current taxes collected by December. Tax assessor George Bennett notes 1,632,461.10 dollars current taxes and 264,956.91 dollars delinquent taxes remain collectible. Delinquent taxes, penalties and interest totaled 19,312.28 dollars in October through December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goose Creek
George Gentry
Gentry
George L. Bennett
Final Rites Held For H. J. Bryant
Funeral services for Howard Bryant aged 16 were held at 2 pm Thursday at Paul A. Lee Chapel. He died at 7:10 am Wednesday in a Baytown hospital. Bryant retired in 1958 after 34 years at Hemble QO and Refining Co Baytown Refinery as assistant zone supervisor. He lived in Baytown since 192 and was active in the Elms Lodge Pioneer Club and Bayshore Rod Reef and Gun Club. The Rev. Harry Holmes officiated. burial followed at Memory Gardens. Survivors include his widow Mrs. Jay Bryant, a son Frank A. Bryant, a daughter Mrs. W. T. Hammack, three grandsons Alien Bryant, Taylor Hammack Jr, Michael Hammack, two granddaughters Mrs. Sharon Bowers and Neva Hammack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Bryant
Paul A. Lee
Baytown
Bryant
Hemble QO and Refining Co
Harry Holmes
St. Mark’s Methodist Church
Jay Bryant
Frank A. Bryant
Houston
W. T. Hammack
Alien Bryant
Taylor Hammack Jr
Michael Hammack
U.S Navy
San Diego
Calif
Sharon Bowers
Highlands
Neva Hammack
Transit Strike Over Men Back On Job
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital wins final approval for a 1.1 million expansion including a professional office building doctors offices X ray and lab additions and extra parking with bids to be sought next Monday. Construction to begin mid February with nurses call system and radio page added. hospital funds and donations to repay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Davis
San Jacinto Methodist
San Jacinto College
la Porte
San Jacinto
Deaths From Flood Reach 283 In Rio Area
The death toll from floods and landslides around Rio de Janeiro rose to 283. Most deaths occurred in the Favela slums atop hills. A landslide cut a main water line, causing a 40 percent drinking water shortage and prompting conservation appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Niterol
Bay
Petropolis
Petrapolis
Favela
Rio
Francisco Negrao del Lima
Copacabana
Tijuca
Cease-Fire Not A Prerequisite Talks Include Bid To Ease War
President Johnson in the State of the Union advocates a parallel path to end Southeast Asia fighting without a formal cease-fire. He pledges to de escalate if the Communists are ready, offering broad talks including the Viet Cong Front and a withdrawal pledge once South Vietnam is securely free to shape its future, signaling a dual peace and warning strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Burjed
Johnson
State of the Union
North Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Congress
Viet Nam
Hanoi
United States
Banc
National Liberation Front
South
South Viet Nam
U.S
Baytown Aquarium Draws Crowds at Houston Boat Show
Ray Heimrich’s aquarium with various fish and live oysters attracts visitors at the Houston Boat Show in Sam Houston Coliseum. Grover Edge, president of Bayshore Rod and Gun Club, notes crowds form around the aquarium and maps of local fishing sites are popular. Edge says over a hundred maps were distributed and club newsletters are widely handed out at booths 28 and 209. The Best Show runs 3 to 10 p.m. through Sunday, described as one of the biggest boat shows ever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Heimrich
Sam Houston Coliseum
Aquarium
Grover Edge
Bayshore Rod
Gun Club
Baytown
Bayshore Red, Reel and Gun Club
Edge
Bayshore Red
Reel and Gun Club
Coliseum
Joint City School Election Study Progress Report
Committee action on a joint city school district election agreement is pending after authorization by both the school board and city council. The joint proposal includes Lee College regents elections. details and costs, election official appointments, and reporting lines remain under study with no meeting scheduled. All parties await guidance from the attorney letter outlining unresolved questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee College
Karl Opryshek
Knox Beavers
Opryshek
Bruce Ramsey
Ramsey
Houstonian to Speak on Rights Act at Baytown meeting
Woodrow Seals, U S attorney for the Southern District of Texas, will discuss the Civil Rights Act at a Baytown Human Relations Council meeting at city hall. The talk targets business and industry and outlines function and implementation. the event runs 7 30 p m with Seals speaking at 8 p m. both sessions are open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Seals
Houston
U.S
Southern District of Texas
Baytown
Seals
Human Relations Council
Sears
John F. Kennedy
University of Texas School of Law
Air Force Reserve
Air Force Academy
Adams issues new shakeup in Oilers management
Bud Adams announced two changes in Houston Oilers leadership. General Manager Carroll Martin was moved to vice president of operations, and Dean Clesserman was named to replace him as general manager, coming from the Kansas City Chiefs of the AFL.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Bud Adams
Houston Oilers
Carroll Martin
Martin
Dean Clesserman
Kansas City Chiefs
Union Buys Mediation Panel Terms
New York transit workers end 12 day strike after AFLCIO TWU and Transit Authority accept a three man mediation panel terms. Service resumes bus and partial subway operations with full coverage expected by evening rush. Mayor Lindsay silent as Quill and officials receive support. debate on fare structure continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Aflcio Transport Workers Union
Transit Authority
Supreme Court
Michael J. Quill
TWU
Fnr
John V. Lindsay
Subway
MacMahon
Quill
Bellevue Hospital
UNEON
Hearing On Ship Channel Crossings Set Monday
A legislative committee plans a hearing on additional crossings of the Houston Ship Channel. It will be Monday Jan 17 at 7 30 pm in the Northshore High School cafeteria. Citizens, especially Baytown area residents, are invited to attend and speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston Ship Channel
Northshore
Northshore High School
Charles Whitfield
Rep
Whitfield
John Ray Harrison
Pasadena
Lee Duggan Jr
Jake Johnson
Chet. Brooks
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wiley E. Carmichael
Asher
Ruben Ethel
W. Humble
Wallace Heaner
LC Testing and Counseling
M&s
Robert Holmes
Naskins
Parent - Teacher Association
Citizens National
LBJ
Viet
Saigon
Arillery
Wlees
Harvard University
Viet Nam Press
Nguyen Cao Ky
Trang Bang
Cu Chi
Seigon
Aish
Crimp
Iron Triangle
Thong Chu
Réa
Joe Saigon
Trung ‘Luong & District
Quang Thigity
Lermmost
H. J. Bryant
Howard J. Bryant
San Jacinto Hospital
Ed Vaught
Theo Wilbur
Capital Financing Committee
Board of Trustees
Dan Brown
Red China
Harris County
Felton
Adams
Union
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