LBJ Urges Democrats to Hear Nixon and Push Social Reform
President Johnson tells Democratic majorities to sympathetically hear Nixon while pressing ahead with social reform. He sends a 195.3 billion budget to Congress and outlines programs for social security raises, 500000 new homes, urban development, poverty, fair housing, voting rights, safe streets, gun licensing, and higher congressional salaries. He urges bipartisanship but sets a strong reform agenda for 1970s.
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LBJ
Washington
Johnson
House
Senate
Nixon
Congress
Vietnam
Dwight B. Eisenhower
Kiwanis Noon Meeting and Local Dance Event
The Baytown Kiwanis Club will host a noon Thursday program featuring Charles Forque and the Robert E. Lee High School Stage Band. A dance runs from 7:30 p.m. Friday to 12:30 a.m. Saturday at Knights of Columbus Hall with Leet Roy Matocha’s Orchestra.
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Kiwanis Club
Baytown Kiwanis Club
Charles Forque
Robert &. Lee High School
Knights of Columbus
W. Main
Leet
Roy Matocha
Fayetteville
Weather Outlook Mostly Cloudy With Mild Showers
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies and mild conditions with a slight chance of showers through Thursday. Temperatures will range in the low to mid 50s, with highs near the upper 50s on some days.
Local notes mix of society, politics and theatre
Mrs E B Waugh reports her sister Mrs Lillian Calhoun a patient at Pasadena Sgayshore Hospital. The Jim Helbigs now of Baton Rouge will be in Baytown soon house hunting while attending Nixon inaugural events in Washington. Sherry Strickler hosts a seance at Channelview noted as a popping success. Rep Joe Allen heads to Austin for the Legislature after police appreciation dinner. Assistant Police Chief Bo Turner reports chest congestion and a wish for it to pass.
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E. BE. Waugh
Lillian Calhoun
Pasadena Sgayshore Hospital
Jim Helbigs
Baton Rouge
Baytown
Nixon
Washington, D.C
Grover Edge
Witd
Lyngshore
Channelview
Rita Josh
Joe Allen
Austin
Joe
Bo Turner
Bayou Bridge Sticks Causing Baytown Traffic Jam
Traffic over the Cedar Bayou bascule bridge on Tri City Beach Road stalled early Wednesday at 6:30 a.m. stranding hundreds of workers heading to the U S Steel plant east of Baytown. Police rerouted vehicles via Texas Juambina Highway 146 and BM 1405 while electricians attended to a deteriorating submarine cable. Bridge tender Raybon Epperson noted the long standing problem and the 1928 structure remains prone to sticking during repairs by Paul Cantrel.
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Cedar “Bayou
Tri-City Beach
U.S. Steel
Baytown
O of Texas
Juambina
Raybon Epperson
Paul Cantrel
Cantrell
Epperson
Charles D. Massey
Cause Of Cancer Near Solution
Oklahoma City AP. Dr. Robert J. Huebner of the National Cancer Institute told University of Oklahoma medical students that researchers have many leads on human cancer causes. He noted a virus linked to tumors in animals has been found in a human cell, suggesting it may occur in others, and cited about 300 potential human viruses as known.
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Oklahoma City
Bethesda
Robert J. Huebner
National Cancer Institute
University of Oklahoma
Huebner
LVN Meeting Baytown Division Seeks Members
Baytown LVN Meeting SEI Vocational Nurses Association will gather at 7:30 p.m. in the cafeteria at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital. Guest speaker Mrs Mamie Lee Reeder RN coordinator of the LVN school at Lee College will address members and students.
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SEI
Vocational Nurses Association
Baytown Division
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Mamie Lee Reeder
LVN
Lee College
Baytonian Albert Fanestiel Files for Mayor
Albert Fanestiel council member from District 5 filed to run for mayor in the April 1 election after meeting City Secretary Edia Oliver at city hall. Incumbent Seaborn Cravey has not stated if he will seek re election. Other council members Andy Braswell and Lamar Kelley show interest but have not announced.
Crosby Hires Firm To Market School Bonds
Crosby School Board selected Underwood, Neuhaus and Co. as fiscal agent to sell a 1.5 to 2.5 million bond issue. Four firms interviewed. decision unanimous with Bill Boykin representing Underwood, Neuhaus. Interest rates and market conditions discussed as district eyes building plans and state accreditation pressures.
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Crosby
Johnella Boynton Crosby
Crosby School Board
Underwood, Neuhaus and Co
Houston
Underwood
Neuhaus
Bill Boykin
Durwood Curlee
James C. Tucker and Co
Laddie Janecesx
First Southwest Co
Jim Bennett
Bowles, Winston and Co
State Board of Education
Central High School
Boykin
Texas
Municipal Advisory Council
Trustees to Review Administrator Contracts At School Board
The school board meets at 6 30 p m next Monday to discuss extending three year contracts for more than 45 district administrators including Superintendent George H Gentry. A closed session precedes the public portion to discuss personnel matters under state law and board policy.
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George H. Gentry
Gentry
Vernon Wright Named Country Club Chief
Vernon V Wright longtime Baytown resident and Sears executive was elected president of Goose Creek Country Club to succeed John C Richols. New officers include T L Doc Satterwhite vice president Don Gidden secretary and Norman McEvany treasurer. Board changes add Robert L Martin to three year term with Bill Hartman E W Buckett Oliver Douglas W Stewart and Ray Tickser joining. Retiring directors Echols Bob Matherne T D O'Brien Sr and B A Stewart exit. Monthly board meeting set for Jan 21 with Wright urging full support and noting improved fiscal health.
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Gentry
Board of Equalization
Opryshek
Bob Wahrmund
Houston - Galveston
Wright Packing Company, Inc
Baytown
Swift and Co
Wright
Swift
Atlantic City
N.J
American Association of School Administrators
Vernon V. Wright
Sears
Goose Creek Country Club
John C. Richols
Board of Governors
T. L.doc Satterwhite
Don Gidden
Norman McEvany
Bill Hartman
E.w.buckett Oliver
Douglas W. Stewart
Ray Tickser
Echols
Bob Matherne
T. D. O'Brien Sr
B. A. Stewart
Lan Williams
Albert Nelson
Bill Duplantis
McElvany Gidden
Lee Liggett Satterwhite
Robert L. Gillette
Morris Wolfean
Elks Ball Aids Handicapped in Baytown Benefit
Sixth annual crippled children's benefit ball co sponsored by Baytown Elks Lodge 1649 and San Jacinto Council 2788 Knights of Columbus will run 9 pm Saturday to 1 am Sunday at the Knights of Music. Frank Tilton's Orchestra provides music. admission is 5 dollars per couple. Proceeds benefit the Baytown Cerebral Palsy Center Building Fund. Elks committee includes Vernon Hill Ike Taylor Bob Peterson Everett Oliphant C G Rocky Roquemore Cal Rutherford. K of C committee includes J E Bob Donnelly Patrick O Sullivan Leonard Mazoch John BE Devine John Parick Ray Helpert.
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Baytown Elks Lodge
San Jacinto Council
Knights of Columbus
Knights of Columbus Hall
W. Main
Frank Tilton
The
Elks
Baytown
Five Million TIPCO Formed In Bay Town Venture
A new development corporation named Texas International Properties Corp TIPCO has formed in Bay town with over five million in assets. Key figures include H H Kuehn Zelman Kuehn and Howald D Marshall joining Meg Meyerson and Robert Silverman from Omaha with plans for Ramada Inn development and a 41 acre tract for apartments and commerce. The group holds properties such as Apartment Center White Hall Apartments and Cedar Cove lots with immediate plans for 125 to 150 new units plus office space at 1212 East Texas Avenue.
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Baytown
Texas International Properties Corp
TIPCO
H. H. Kuehn
Zelman Kuehn
Roseland Oaks
Garth
Baker Roads
East
Texas Avenue
Marshall
Leo Meyerson
Clarke
Meyersons
Silverman
Kuehns
Houston
White Hall
Len Meyerson
World Radio Laboratories
Council Bluffs
Iowa
WRL Electronics
Nebraska
Sylvania Radio and Television
Chrysler Attemp
Sam Meyerson
Leo
Owen Meyerson
Silver Man
Hue Marshall
Buck Turner Ranch Sold to Baytown Houston Investors
The 240-acre Buck Turner Ranch near Garth Road on Interstate WO was sold to a Baytown and Houston investor group led by Gene Russell. Buyers include William F. Miller Harry Holmes and Mrs Perry W Britton. Sold for more than 1700 an unspecified amount.
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Buck Turner
Interstate WO
Garth Road
Baytown
Houston
Gene Russell
William F. Miller
Harry Holmes
Perry W. Britton
Trust Department of
Citizens National Bank
Water delivery contract under study for U.S. Steel project
CIWA board to meet at Houston City Hall to award first contract diverting water to U.S. Steel. Bids opened with Everett Construction as low bidder at 169900, others ranged to 340000. Award tied to CIWA purchase of old Southern Canal Co. system and HL and Bower crossing plans for a Cedar Bayou link. Water supply to U.S. Steel up to three million gallons daily beginning in October.
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Coastal Industrial Water Authority Board of Directors
Houston City Hall
CIWA
U.S. Steel
Everett Construction Co
Coneway
John G. Jennings
Baytown
Walter Authority
Housten
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