Pay Poll Tax Deadline Emphasized For 1966 Voting
Editorial urges Baytown voters to pay the $1.50 poll tax by January 31 to be eligible for all 1966 elections. It explains the tax funds include school costs and that even with a potential federal suit the payment is required for registration and voting, listing local elections and positions at stake. Special poll tax deputies and the Harris County tax office on DeFee Street offer receipts.
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Texas
Lyndon Johnson
Department of Justice
State
Senate
Baytown
Sun
Harris County
DeFee Street
Sterling Library Grounds Need Cleaner Hudson, Texas
The Baytown area shows progress in public spaces but Sterling Municipal Library grounds remain littered with trash and dead shrubs. Citizens urge better housekeeping to restore beauty around the citys landmark, even in winter.
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Baytown
Sterling Municipal Library
Fulton Lewis Reports Hanoi Radio Tapes From America
Fulton Lewis describes Radio Hanoi broadcasts to U S servicemen in South Vietnam using taped messages from American leftists. The Red radio aired protests urging refusal to fight and laying down arms, with tapes reportedly made in Los Angeles and flown to Hanoi. Soldiers heard antiwar songs on broadcasts reflecting U S opinion. Radio Stateside quotes oppose the war, including Simon Casady.
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Washington
Radio Hanoi
U.S
South Viet Nam
Red Radio
Los An
California Democratic Council
Simon Casady
California
Viet Nam
Central Committee of Conscientious Objectors
Walnut Street
Philadelphia
Kpfa-Fm
Los Angeles
GI. Johnson
Hanoi
Know Your Bridge And The Sidestory Of A Notrump Duel
A long collage of bridge analysis and wartime antiwar commentary blends into a reminiscence of a championship bridge hand with Silodor and Sobel, then shifts to a Radio Stateside broadcast critique of the Vietnam War. It cites Simon Casady, Conscientious Objectors, and calls for draft resistance, with reference to Philadelphia and Los Angeles groups and a note on fellow travelers and a separate fellowships award to Communist scientists.
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North
Queen of Hearts
Jonk
Atlantic City
Sidney Siodor
Philadelphia
Silodor
West
Halls Of Fame Plentiful in a Journalist's Rumble
A columnist muses on the expansion of Halls of Fame across the United States. He champions recognizing ordinary people and outlines two example honorees, William Jethro Henderson and Herbert De Angelo, arguing fame should honor daily virtue as well as achievement.
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Heney
United States
America
William Jethro Henderson
Herbert de Angelo
Modern Miracle in Beersheba Desert Scene
Washington Merry Go Round notes Beersheba as a modern city with apartments, skyscrapers, highways, and a California style pool. A camel ride exists for tourists though the Thursday camel market was quiet with more visitors than Bedouin. The piece recalls a 1930s visit when camels crowded into a Ford truck under Sheix Souleman.
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Abraham
Hagar
Ishmael
Beersheba
Sheix Souleman
Baytown Sun staff and notices from Baytown Times
A mix of masthead details, staff roles, and publishing notes for The Baytown Sun. The piece also includes a religious quotation, and a long column about Beersheba and Israeli immigration, highlighting the United Jewish Appeal and Kalman Levin’s work with immigrants.
Allegories and echoes from history in brief notice
France in 1550, Napoleon planned to use it as a jump off for an invasion of England but failed. During World War I the town and port were under British control and used for military aims, serving as a main channel for Allied reinforcements to France. On this day in 1864 composer Stephen Foster died in New York City.
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Beersheba
Israel
Negev Desert
Haitzeva
Isaerli
Galilee
Ashdod
Tel Aviv
France
Gessoriacum
Bononia
Flanders
Ponthieu
Henry VIII
England
Wame
Giame
Stephen Collins Foster
New York City
Economic ties strain and hope in US Canada trade
Babson argues cordial but troubled US Canada relations face stubborn tariffs and high reliance on foreign trade in Canada. He notes gradual moves toward freer trade, the interest in economic union, and the need for closer cooperation while acknowledging nationalism and readiness gaps on both sides.
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Roger Babson
Babson Park
Mass
United States
Canada
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