Saturday Soldiers Describe Life in Air Reserve Units
An anonymous Air Force Reserve clerk describes weekends at a base, the dull routine, and $7.50 pay for four hours. He notes officers often earn more, reserves dodge the draft, and the unit could pivot to active duty, with tensions over readiness and political aims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UTA
Air Force Reserve
Tts
Secult
Lyndon
Air Reserve
Pentagon
da Nang
Saigon
McNamara
Civil Service
Fourth Annual Crippled Children Benefit Ball Held
The Baytown Elks Lodge and San Jacinto Council Knights of Columbus co sponsor the event at 9 p.m. Saturday in the KC Hall with music by Al Marks Orchestra Tickets are available from members of the two organizations Beach City Board of Mayo and Aldermen meet public at 7 20 p m Thursday in the Community Building. Robert E Lee High School class of 1957 plans 10 year reunion meeting Thursday night at 7 p m at the Tower all ex class members urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crippled Childrens
Baytown - Elks Lodge
San Jacinto
Robert E. Lee High School
Baytown Area Weather Forecast and Tides
Scattered showers are forecast for the Baytown area on Friday. Temperatures expected to range from 35 to 18 degrees. Galveston tides: highs at 2:45 am, 8:48 pm, and 11:48 pm. low at 1:30 am.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Galveston
Community notes from Houston and nearby
Brief social items capture visits and events. Grace Tidman hosts a reception for US Representative Bob Eckhardt in Houston. Families and individuals share everyday affirmations and small joys, from car stories to school plans, recipes, shopping, and neighborly acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Vandeventer
Grigg
Grace Tidman
Bob Eckhardt
Houston
Harry
Kathleen ‘Parker
Irving St. John
Mollie
Lynda French
W. A
Jerri
Sharon Hamilton
Mary Hunt
Lydonia Tucker
Wayne
Vietnam
Steele McDonald
Lorne Banks
Felix Hatchell
Eleanor Breeland
Right To Know Open Meetings Bill Reopened in Texas
State Senator Chet Brooks leads a push for an open meetings measure to guarantee public access to governmental proceedings. The bill defines governmental bodies and outlines exceptions for personnel, real estate, security, and grand jury deliberations, with support from several senators and the Texas State Teachers Association backing teacher pay alignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Chet Brooks
Brooks
Texas Senate
Education Committee
Sen. Cole
The
Sun
Baytown Chamber to hear on civic center plans
Norman Foote, chairman of the Baytown Parks and Recreation Board, will speak at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon at Holiday Inn Friday. He will outline plans for the new civic center grounds landscaping and proposed rules for its use.
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Norman ‘Foote
Baytown
Texas lawmakers push county building permits outside cities
Harris County lawmakers introduced SB 56 and HB forms to require county building permits for construction outside city boundaries to aid tax assessors and improve tax rolls. Other measures include public meeting access, rehabilitation commission creation, labor relations regulation, blood test consent for drunk driving, and tightened gun laws.
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Austin
Harris County
Texas
Russell Cummings
Hopper
Criss Cole
Houston
Harris
Cole
Car S. Smith
Chet Brooks
Barbara, Jordan
Henry Grover
Texas Commission of Rehabilitation
Texas Education Agency
J Commission
Texas State Commission For the Blind
Sen
Jordan
Two Sterling Students to Attend Leadership Meet
Sterling High School will send two DE delegates and two contestants to the Area Leadership Conference at South Houston High School Pasadena on Saturday. Steve Morgan and Alan McWhorter compete in Job Interview and Sales Demonstration events. Kenneth Bashrum and Robert Twardowsk i attend as delegates. Over 300 student contestants and sponsors from eastern Texas participate. Harris County schools add 240 delegates and 1,500 DE students. Admission is 2 dollars for all. Twelve finalists in each major contest will go to the State Conference in Dallas March 3 and 4. The Outstanding Distributive Education Boy and Girl will be named Texas-wide finalists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling High School
Distributive Education Department
South Houston High School
Pasadena
Mary Beth McElroy
Sterling
Steve Morgan
O'Brien Food Market
Steve
W. R Smith
Staples
Alan McWhorter
Weingarten’s
A. L. McWhorter Jr
Highlands
Kenneth Bashrum
Robert Twardowiski
Texas
Harris County
Dallas
Gun Club Publishes Zip Code Directory For Public
Bayshore Rod Reel and Gun Club announces new copies of the National Zip Code directory. President H H Blackmon says demand was high earlier and replenishment is available for a $1 donation. The booklet lists U S towns Hawaii Caribbean areas Puerto Rico Samoa Wake Island and other territories. Copies may be obtained by calling Grover Edge or Blackmon.
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Bayshore Rod, Reel and Gun Club
H. H. Blackmon
U.S
Hawaii
Caroline Islands
Mariana’ Islands
Puerto Rico
Samoa
The
Virgin Islands
Wake Island
Grover Edge
Blackmon
Tickets On Sale For Baytown Relations Council Banquet
Tickets are on sale for the Baytown Human Relations Council annual banquet at 7 p.m. February 10 in the Tower. Tickets cost 3 dollars from Jim Cauley. Guest speaker is James S. Avery of Humble Oil and Refining Co. Master of ceremonies is John J. Coates of Enjoy Chemical Co.
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Baytown Human Relations Council
Helen Wilder
Jim Cauley
Citizens Savings
Jerry Pinchback
McNair
C. J. Colburn
Lee College
Ervie Coxson
Central Heights
Ruben de Hoyos
East Baytown
Bill
Floyd
Brownwood
Baytown braces for two cold fronts and freezing night
The U S Weather Bureau warns Baytown will feel two cold fronts bringing a low around 38 degrees Thursday night and a high near 31 degrees Friday as conditions dip into freezing. The forecast urges residents to bundle up and prepare for cold weather.
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Baytown
U.S. Weather. Bureau ‘A
Thhe Baytown
Johnson forecasts prosperity with easier credit and less inflation
President Johnson presents an annual economic report to Congress predicting rising prosperity through easier credit and reduced inflation. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee again asks FBI Director Hoover to testify on the U S Soviet consular treaty. Johnson proposes a lifetime Social Security tax bill of about $25 000 for some early career workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Pew
City Center Off Limits to Yank Pilots
Informants report new Joint Chiefs of Staff orders near total ban on all American bomber flights over Hanoi and immediate suburbs. Pilots may fly within five miles of the city only if engaging in air-to-air combat with enemy fighters. The restriction responds to widespread press coverage of bombing casualties in North Vietnam.
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A Ashington
IAB
U.S
North Vietnam
Joint Chiefs of Staff
A.S
Hanoi
Harrison E. Salisbury
New York Times
William C. ‘Baggs
Miami Daily News
Hano
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Lackland Air Force
Army
Eeserve
Beach
Citizens National
Kiwanis
Ben Wilson
Kiwanis Club
Baytown Kiwanis_Club
Wilson
Jerry
Don ‘Smith
Presi
Sen. Brooks
Bers
Chamber Due
Bayshore Red
Sportman’s Guide
A. F. Biaclanon
Tom, Bass
Lee Deggan
Jim Clark
John B. Connally
Willis Whatley
Cletus A. Davis
Cummings
Whatley
District
Carol Vance
Gov. Connally
Vance
Gun Club
Thad Felton
Relations Council
Peking
Mao Tse-tang
Mao
Inner Mongolia
Chiang Ching
Singer
Singer Co
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