Lone Star Steel Co Non-Striker Killed
A. S. Blackburn, 27, a non-striking Lone Star Steel employee from Pittsburg East Texas, was shot to death while driving to work near FM 487 seven miles southeast of Pittsburg. The slaying followed a strike that began October 15 affecting Local 4134 members and non-union staff. Sheriff J L Morgan notes prior shootings at Blackburn home, ongoing plant violence, and stalled negotiations since January 10.
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Lone Stait
Tex
Lone Star Steel Co
A. S. Blackburn
Rt. 6
Pittsburg
Texas
J. L. Morgan
Blackburn
McFerrin
Morgan
Lone Star Steel
United Steelworkers
Funeral notices and community events in Port Arthur Baytown area
Funeral services were held for Henry A McNulty 86 of Port Arthur at St James Catholic Church with burial in Franklin La. Also noted are the deaths of Mrs Lilla May Beaman O Kelfe 74 and Henry Krenek of Ellinger. A golf scramble is planned at Goose Creek Country Club this Sunday. Ray Pierce’s funeral occurred in Muskogee Oklahoma. Weather forecast shows partly cloudy and mild in the Baytown area. Baytown Square Dancers hold graduation at Knights of Pythias Hall with 8 pm Saturday dances. Doctor's bag donation needed for Baytown Little Theater production On Borrowed Time. World service soup dinner at St John’s United Methodist Church Sunday. Merie Wismer and family attend Anheuser Busch Sales Convention in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A McNulty
Port Arthur
St. James Catholic Church
Franklin
Murphy McNulty
Baytown
World Service
Fellowship
St. John's United Methodist Church
Local notes mix of people and arts in Beaumont scene
Sun staffer Glena Pfennig recovers in Houston after surgery. Jan Gsell marks her tenth birthday Friday. Susan Hodges improvises a sketch. Thelma Hamilton and Bettye Masterson are surprised. Mayor Seaborn Cravey plans unusual photography. R. L Parker discusses military practices. Louise Jones stacks final exams then eats a snack. Gretchen Helpinsuill surprised at Cedar Bayou school with roses. Pat Goodrich has two paintings in Beaumont Art Museum tri state show.
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Glena Pfennig
Sun
Houston
Jan G'sell
Susan Hodges
Thelma Hamilton
Bettye Masterson
Mayor Seaborn Cravey
R. L Parker
Louise Jones
Gretchen Helpinsuill
Cedar Bayouschool
Pat Goodrich
Beaumont Art Museum
Tri-State
Jaycees Annual Fete Set in Baytown
The Baytown Jaycees announce their annual Distinguished Service Awards banquet at the Holiday Inn Friday during National Jaycee Week. Harris County District Attorney Carol S. Vance will speak. Two awards honor Baytown’s outstanding young man under 33 and a distinguished citizen. Tickets are $4.50 with a 6:30 social hour and 7:30 banquet. Glen Walker to MC.
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Baytown Jaycee
Holiday Inn
Baytown
Harris County
Bill” Duplantis Jr
Cittizen
M. M. “Fats” Brown
Larry Hale
Baytown Houston Light and Power Co
Roy Elms
J. A. Yount
J. EB. Rutter
Gordon
Crosby Schools Await Delayed HEW Fund Cutoff
The Crosby School District faces a delayed gainst HEW funding cut. a federal examiner ordered a Jan 15 cutoff, but the ruling is paused while Crosby appeals and a HEW review board considers the case. Sup t Jerry Prochazka says funds totaling about $19,000 this year may continue pending outcome.
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Johnella Boynton
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Crosby
Baytown Sun
Bob Eckhardt
HEW
Jerry Prochazka
the Sun
Eckhardt
Prochazka
Edgar A. Buttle
Buttle
Czechoslovak student self immolates over Soviet occupation
A Czechoslovak student douses himself with gasoline and sets ablaze in protest against the Soviet occupation. Reports in Prague say additional self immolations are planned as unrest spreads. Baylor Trustees ratify charter for Baylor Medical College in Houston. A Texas Legislature bill on joint A M University coast al study is to be presented. Senate questions Henry Cabot Lodge in Paris on Vietnam peace talks. President of Swarthmore College dies of a heart attack. University of Minnesota authorities restore order after a 24 hour student sit in in an administration building.
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Prague
Baylor University
Baylor Medical College
Houston
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
Paris
Vietnam
Swarthmore College
University of Ahnnesota
Prague student letter claims planned deaths to wake people
In Prague a student group issued what they said is a death by own action letter. The note declares volunteers will die one by one to awaken hopeless people after the Soviet invasion and names the writer as first to draw the lot. It predicts another death by own action would occur on Tuesday.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Baytown YMCA Starts Drive With Saturday Jog
The Baytown YMCA launches its annual membership drive with a four mile jog from the Wye Drive facility to City Hall Saturday. A police escort will accompany runners as Mayor Seaborn Cravey signs a proclamation at 3 15 p m after the kick off at 2 30 p m with seven runners leading the cross city dash along North Main Texas Avenue Market Street and to the city hall craved by the cross country group from the Y's three clubs the 100 mile 250 mile and 500 mile memberships.
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Baytown
Market Street
Cravey
City Hall
Texas Avenue Junction
Circle
George Darsee
Tom Freer
Reba Ginzel
Carol Marshall
Rusy Sherland
Bert Jernigan
Bruce Ramsey
George Sewell
Henry Behrens
Mayor Cravey
YMCA
Ken Brinkley
The
Seaborn Cravey
LCB Agent to Crack Down on Young Drinkers
Baytown Texas Liquor Control Board agent Gilmer B. Perkins announced a tougher campaign against juvenile drinkers. He said youths could be jailed for possession or consumption with parents called, noting a state attorney general ruling allows prosecution in appropriate courts and segregation from adult offenders. The policy shift targets underage drinkers statewide.
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LCB
Ron Lennard
Baytown
Texas Liquor Control Board
Gilmer B. Perkins
Perkins
Crawford Martin
O. N Humphreys,Jr
TLCB
Burglar Hurt In Break-In At AEL Rooms
Baytown police probe a break-in at Robert E. Lee High School with a wounded burglar. The intruder left a bloody footprint on a pool of his blood after breaking a small window on an upper floor and ransacking a trophy case and offices. Officers will contact area hospitals to trace treatment attempts. Police were alerted at 6 30 a.m. Friday by janitor Mrs Nikki Rylander.
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Baytown
Robert E. Lee High School
Sam Montmayor
John Rosamond
Nikki Rylander
Stratton retires from bank to focus on insurance role
J Brean Stratton leaves his post as vice president and trust officer of Citizens National Bank and Trust Co to continue serving Lincoln National Life policyholders from Houston. He will keep a Baytown home office, has a long local civic record, and was honored by bank officers with a retirement watch at the Houston Country Club.
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Citizens National Bank and Trust Co
Lincoln National Life
Stratton
Lincoln
Houston
Baytown
Bayshore Drive
Humble Oil and Krefining Co
CLU
Chartered Life Underwriter
San Jacinto
New Mexico Military Institute
Washington and Lee University
University of Houston
Citizens’ Board of Directors
Echols
Bryan
No Motive Yet Found In Case
Clyde Durbin Jr., 21, UT student, charged with murder in slayings of two university students John White of Corpus Christi and Keitha Morris of White Deer. White found shot and beaten January 8 in Bull Creek area near Austin. Morris body recovered the same day from Inks Lake. Sheriff Lang said motive not yet established. Durbin questioned for hours, arraigned in Travis County jail after statement. charges may be filed in Bastrop area.
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Austin, Tex
Clyde Durbin Jr
University of Texas
Justice of the Peace
Robert Kuhn
Durbin
Dallas
John White
Corpus Christi
T. O. Lang
Burnet County
Keitha Morris
White Deer
White
Bull Creek
Austin
Miss Morris
Inks Lake
Lang
Texas Department of Public Safety
Austi
Kuhn
DPS
Travis County
Land
Clyde Durbin
Sam
Aout
Kiwanians Honor Armsworth With Distinguished Service Award
James A. Armsworth executive secretary of the Baytown YMCA received the Distinguished Service Award from Baytown Bryans Club President L J Really at a Thursday meeting. Reilly praised Armsworth for work with Kuwanis Club in Baytown and for serving Baytown youth through the YMCA. Armsworth will soon leave Baytown for a YMCA post in Kentucky. W O H Reber presented the program showing Baytown Boy Scouts trip films to North Minnesota and a canoe trip to Canada.
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James A. Armsworth
Baytown
YMCA
Baytown Bryans Club
L. J
Reilly
Armsworth
Kuwanis Club
Kentucky
W. O H. Reber Je
Baytown Boy Scouts
Minnesota
Canada
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Lilla i May Beaman O'Kelfe
Laveda
Robert P. Verbeck, Jr
Henry Krenek
Ellinger
Roe
Tannich
Elinger
Gooose Creek Country Club
Galfers
Mro
Tdw. Wilks
Sand Ferry Road
Muskogee
Okla
Ray Pierce
Pierce
Lescher Funeral Home
Baytown Area
Bayshore Wagon Wheel
Knights of Pythias Hall
Highway 146
Ron Durkee
Durkees
KC Dance
Knights of Columbus
Lee Roy Matocha
Fayetteville
Merie L. Wismer
Wismer Distributing Co
Anheuser-Busch, Inc
Los Angeles
Calif
Jaycees
A&m University
Fed
Jim Arnold
Jim Armsworth
Mike Larson
Fred Bednarski
W. T
Rosamond
Citizens Bank
Fred Wartman
J. Brean Stratton
J.bryan Stratton
Citizens
John C. Echols
Kiwanians
Citizens National Bank & TruSt CO
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