Pentagon waste and whistleblower case sparks cost concerns
An editorial denounces Pentagon cost overruns in weapons programs like the C 5A Poseidon and Gama Goat, noting dismissals of officials exposing accounting practices. It argues inflation and hidden costs mislead Congress and the public, risking trust in the military establishment.
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Pentagon
Fitzgerald
Thailand
Air Force
Enterprise Association
Mary Ellen Riddle
Defense Department
Congress
National Observer
Navy
General Accounting Office
GAQ
America
Letters to the Sun discuss Park Street right of way clash
A Baytown Sun letters page recalls a city council debate over a Park Street and Garth Road right of way purchase. The writer notes the issue was first raised two and a half years earlier and says his remark was misread as accusing owner Bob Stipe of “holding out.”
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Baytown Sun
Park Street
Garth Road
Bob Stipe
Digestive truth and Fletcherism debate digestion
An assortment of medical notes discusses digestion individual variation, meal chewing, and how fast transit to the colon affects fermentation. It cites Fletcher’s 40-chews idea, later finding variable gas responses and stressing personal intake levels for firm stools. Includes correspondence and a Bible verse closing.
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Pelaple
Newspaper Enterprise Asia
Cigaret Future Debated by Paul Harvey
Baytown Sun columnist Paul Harvey surveys looming changes in tobacco use as research tests new "foam tobacco" cigarets half filler half tobacco. He notes uncertain health impacts, industry trials, and potential shifts away from leaf tobacco, with economists predicting a leaner future for tobacco in South Carolina and beyond.
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Paul Harvey
Baytown Sun
Congress
Sloan-Kettering Institute For Cancer Research
American Machine and Foundry
Ernest Wynder
Sloan-Kettering
Richard E. Stanley
University of South Carolina
South Carolina
Washington Merry-Go-Round Arouses Jewish Leaders
Washington insiders recount Secretary of State Rogers discussing Middle East concessions and Jewish leaders in New York and Israel denying approval. Meir calls Rogers remarks false as Jewish groups plan protest. Rockefeller linked to Middle East talks and Nixon budget chair quip noted. Ted Kennedy expresses distress over Mary Jo Kopechne tragedy fallout amid Cabinet session chatter.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
William Rogers
Middle East
Golda Meir
Rogers
U.S. Information Agency
Advisory Commission
New York City
Chase Manhattan Bank
David Rockefeller
New York State
Arthur Levitt
State Department
Joseph Sisco
Antaly Dobrynin
Gunnar Jarring
Isaaelis
Andrei Gromyko
Mahmoud Riad
Sisco
Dobrynin
Egypt
Nasser
Jordan
Hussein
Rockefeller
White House
Nixon
America
U.S
Russia
Suez Canal
Ted Kennedy
Joan
Ted
Baytown News Masthead and Affiliation Details
The Baytown Sun masthead lists editor and publisher BUM Martian and key staff including General Manager John Wadley and Managing Editor Preston Pendergrass. Advertising and production roles are detailed with names such as Paul Putman and Dwight Moody, and the paper is described as published afternoons Monday through Friday and Sundays from 1961 Memorial Drive Baytown Texas.
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Pred Hartman
Bum Martian
Ecees Scene Eeeees
John Wadley
Ann B. Pritchett Os
Ccc
Cceeeneu Cues
Preston Pendergrass
Fas
Johnella Boynton
Paul Putman
Dwight Moody
Leon Browe
Baytown
Texas
Baytown Su, Inc
Memorial Drive
P.O. Box
Texas Newspaper Representatives, Inc
Armbea
Associated Prebs Taw
Bridge hand analysis shows slam in no trump
North South discuss a 19 point hand with 17 high cards and two distribution points. North opens two spades, South rebids hearts then three no trump to show a minimum. Blackwood signals aces, North bids the slam, and dummy uses trump ruffing to dispose of diamonds. A six no trump possibility noted.
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George Gooden
North
South
East
West
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Bridge bidding puzzle: four spades after partner opens no trump
In a standard bridge sequence South asks what to bid after North and East race to four spades. The given dialogue is garbled but implies the responder should consider passing, doubling, or bidding game. The current question asks what the action should be when partner has shown no trump and the four spades bid is over. Tomorrow’s answer will clarify the correct bid.
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Ieast
Enrich Your Vocabulary ACRGSS 2 Feline animal 4 South Ameri can rodent
Linguistic puzzle style list blends terms and clues across multiple categories. Read as a word association grid with numbered hints from animal names to professions and descriptors, typical of a vintage print crossword style.
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Celebes
South Africa
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