Vietnam peace talks open with big four delegation roundtable
In Paris US South Vietnam North Vietnam and the Viet Cong National Liberation Front met for the first session of the enlarged talks. A Soviet source said Moscow helped break the deadlock while ambassador Harriman expressed cautious optimism that procedural issues would yield to substantive discussion soon.
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United States
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
National Liberation Front
Vietnam
Soviet Union
W. Averell Harriman
U.S
Abrams
Thieu
Ellsworth Bunker
ARVN
Republic of Vietnam
Brother Dies in Ellinger and Baytown
Obituaries note Henry Krenek of Ellinger dies Friday morning with funeral Sunday at 1 30 p m in Ellinger. J W Little of Baytown dies Friday. funeral Sunday at Pace Funeral Home Livingston. Also, Robert Lee Gander football banquet set for 7 30 p m Saturday at REL cafeteria with City Attorney Bill Laughlin speaker and Robert Kalbitz master of ceremonies. Weekend weather mostly cloudy mild in Baytown area with 50s to 70s.
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Henry Krenek
Ellinger
M. J. Krizek
R. &. Tannick
B. R. Zatopek
Haytown
J. W
Bill) Little
Earsel Carroll
Stimpson
Baytown
Houston
Pace Funeral Home
Livingston
Robert E. Lee Gander
REL
Bill Laughlin
Robert
Bobo) Kalbitz
Town Day Out and Sailors on Leave in Navy Life Snapshots
A montage of social outings and errands across town includes Dora Ward Mildred Grant and Judy Casey. Sailors James Strawn and Skipper Kehoe aboard USS Enterprise and Pearl Harbor mentions. Janice Reed turns seventeen, while Doris Singletary and Doris Leflin swap questions about fame.
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Dora Ward
Mildred Grant
Clark
Doris Singletary
Ronnie Leflin
Judy Casey
Goan Nunn
James T. Strawn
Yorktown
Shelia Roth
Helen Wilder
Johnnie Prichard
Jo Gentle
Ken
Lucille Davis
Maggie Kniffen
Houston
Vivian Guiles
Skipper" Kehoe
Pearl Harbor
Skip
Enterprise
Janice Reed
James R. Reed
Community Chest public session set for Feb. 19
Baytown and East Harris County Community Chest will hold its annual public meeting February 19 at 7 p.m. in the Chamber of Commerce building. Reports will be presented and officers and directors for the Chest Welfare League and Health League will be elected. Nominations are open until February 9, in writing to the Community Chest Box 425 Baytown.
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Community Chest
Baytown
East Harris County
Chamber of Commerce
East
Harris County
Red Feather
Sheffield
Katherine Suesse
The
Bruce Causey
Steve Dedman
John C. Echols
Paul Edwards
Lan Williams
Baytown Marines Reunite After Vietnam Day
Two Baytown Marines Capt. David Saunders and Sgt. David Alford who played together as preschoolers in Morrell Park held a reunion in Vietnam. Their prior meeting in December lasted about 20 minutes aboard a helicopter while Saunders flew a Bird Dog and coordinated a pickup from Kuang Tri to visit Alford at his post four miles away.
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Baytown
Morrell Park
David Saunders
David Alford
Vietnam
Saunders
Alford
Set
Cua Viet
Sgt
Bird Dog
Kuang Tri
Houstonian To Sit In For Humble Hooper
Clay Hooper will start a four month loan assignment as Humble's public relations manager based in New Orleans on February 1. Max Nalley will lead PR for the Baytown Refinery and Enjay's Baytown Plant during Hooper's absence. Nalley has a Humble HQ PR background in Houston and a prior GE career in employe relations. He is a Tulsa journalism graduate with graduate study in communications and active in Memorial Drive Methodist Church Boy Scouts and related committees.
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Humble
New Orleans
Max Nalley
Baytown
Enjay
Nalley
Houston
Himble
General Electric
U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce
Public Atlas
University of Tulsa
Radiotelevision
Memorial Drive Methodist Church
Fisherman's Club
Boy Scouts
Baytown Y Open House Set Sunday
The Baytown YMCA invites the public to a 2 to 5 p.m. open house this Sunday as part of a month long membership drive. Staff and board members will host tours of the new facility on Wye Drive off North Main near the National Guard Armory opened in 1967. One family will win a free year’s membership. kickoff breakfast for volunteers at 7 a.m. Monday.
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Wye Drive
North Main
National Guard Armory
Fred Bednarski
Bill Hotze
Bill Haruman
YMCA
Nixon Takes Reins Of Power At Noon Monday
New York AP reports Richard Nixon ends 12 weeks of methodical transition and begins four years of power at noon Monday. The presidency will be marked by orderly restraint, with a staff heavy on generalists led by H.R. Bob Haldeman, who acts as a de facto chief of staff.
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NEW York
Richard M. Nixon
Pierre
Nixon Associates
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
H.r.bob
Haldeman
Los Angeles
Nixon White House
Goose Creek Charter Turns 50 Amid Baytown History
Baytown marks the 50th anniversary of Goose Creek's incorporation on January 28, 1919 as part of the city’s formation from three towns. A. M. A. Chappell of General Telephone recalled early Baytown years, from Bush’s Landing to the Goose Creek field’s explosive growth beginning in 1916 and the Sweet lease No. 11 gusher of 1917.
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Johnella Boynton
Baytown
Old Goose Creek
Ber
A. M. A. Chappell
General Telephone Co
Chappell
Bush
W. M. Truxan
Otello Hare
Crosby
Fayre
Bush's Landing
Harris County
Bays
Durbin Reveals Durbin Was Involved, UT Students Deaths
Keitha Morris survived three strangling attempts before being drowned in Inks Lake after the Jan 8 UT student killings. Durbin Jr 21 is charged with killing Morris 19 and John White 21 was shot at the picnic site. Durbin, an engineering technician, sobbed at times during hours of questioning while police noted polygraph tests were inconclusive. A gun dealer helped shift investigators toward Durbin after a man bought a .38 pistol on Jan 4 and returned it the next day. The defendant’s lawyer said no statements would be released.
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United States
Lyndon B. Johnson
White House
Johnson
Austin
Tex
Keitha Morris
University of Texas
Inks Lake
Dallas Morning News
Clyde Durbin Jr
Dallas
Miss Morris
John Albert White
Durbin
White
University
Center of Nuclear Studies
Travis County
T. O. Lang
Burnet
Wallace Riddell
Lang
Thieu Says Some U S Troops To Leave Vietnam This Year
President Thien announced that a timetable for withdrawing some 532,500 U S troops in South Vietnam will be drafted with the U S Command. Initial withdrawals may reach about 20,000 with as much as 100,000 phased out by year end, while detailed plans are awaited by military staffs.
Baytonian Eyewitness To History Aboard Yorktown
Baytonian James T. Strawn serves in educational services on the USS Yorktown and witnessed the Apollo capsule recovery after its moon mission. He describes nine days in the recovery area, two swan calls, a Christmas meal aboard, and watching the splashdown from dawn to splash.
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James T. Strawn Sr
Forrest
James
Yorktown
Baytontan
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