Different Man Not The Same J B Orton In Grand Jury Case
A note clarifies that Different Man JOE B. ORTON of 802 West Mur rill is not the same J B Orton named in a Sun story Friday regarding cases bound over to the grand jury in Justice of the Peace Glenn Vickery's Court. The item also covers local church meetings, a school board speaker, a Rebekah Lodge gathering, a death in Nederland, ball tickets, a Lions Club dinner, and a motorcycle accident in Baytown with minor injuries.
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Joe B. Orton
West Murrill
J. B. Orton
Sun
Justice of the Peace
Glenn Vickery
Weekend Weather Outlook for Bay Town Area
Partly cloudy and cold conditions expected this weekend in the Bay Town area with a warming trend possible by Monday. Unofficial early Saturday low readings were not clearly reported, leaving a forecast emphasis on chill and gradual warmth return.
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Clusdy
Baytown
Goose Creek anniversary program praised by city officials
Councilman Albert Fanestiel lauds City Manager Fritz Lanham and associates for the fine job on the Goose Creek anniversary program. Baylor student John Black enjoys a large track meet. Mr and Mrs R J Grimes delight in a Houston movie that drew Baytonians. Mayor Seaborn Cravey seeks to kick the flu bug. Vic Davis remains very busy. Sun Classifieds puzzling over the identity of the satisfied customer who sent a giant box of chocolates. Shirley Waugh Robinson is in Pasadena Bayshore Hospital at Spencer. visitors allowed.
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Albert Fanestiel
Fritz Lanham
Goose Creek
Baylor
John Black
R. J. Grimes
Houston
Shirley Waugh Robinson
Pasadena - Bayshore Hospital
Spencer
Three Baytonians Honored By Jaycees At Award Fete
Bill Tart and Alan Evans detail the 28th Distinguished Service Awards Banquet by the Baytown Junior Chamber of Commerce held Friday at Holiday Inn. Honorees include David W. Evans, Robert L. Gillette, and Fred Dittman for service to Baytown. Evans, 29, president of the Baytown Jaycees, received the outstanding young man award, while Gillette was Baytown’s distinguished citizen. Dittman was cited for 50 years of service.
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Bill Tart
Alan David W. Evans
Robert L. Gillette
Fred Dutthan
Baytown
Jaycee
David
Brownwood Civic Association
Noon Optimist Club
Wooster Baptist Church
Sterling Booster Club
Cancer Crusade
United Fund
Texas Jaycees
Mobile Home Parks Board
Baytown Jaycees
America
Robert E. Lee High
Sam Houston State College
Texas A&m
Jean
Lisa
Gillette
Reid, Strickland, Gillette and Ramsey
Reid and Strickland
Harris County Hospital Board of Governors
Baytown Lions Club
Jaycees
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
American Legion
Citizens National Bank
Goose Creek Country Club
Baytown Health League Board
Baytown Community Chest
Grand Jury
Harris County Bar Association
East Harris Bar Association
Lou Gehrig Baseball League
Baytown East Little League
North Burnet Drive
John
Michael
Jane
Fred Dittman
Carl Dittman
Egypt to restore diplomatic ties with United States
Beiruts Al Anwar reports Egypt will resume relations with the United States on February 15 after communicating the decision and its reasons to Arab envoys in Cairo. No further details were provided.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Egypt
United States
al Anwar
Cairo
Branch Library Opens at Edison Courts for Elderly
Sterling Municipal Library opened a branch at Edison Courts serving aged and handicapped residents. Librarian Flora Wilhite will visit at 10:30 a.m. Thursdays. Books in the Activity Center will be on an honor basis and large print titles will be available. Gene Halter leads the branch with support from Baytown Housing Authority staff member Jeanette Larsen.
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Sterling
Edison Courts
Flora Wilhite
Wilhite
Gene Halter
Miriam Turner
Baytown
State of the World Highlights Multiple 1969 Incidents
Uniformed servicemen hijacked to Cuba by a deserter say Communist interrogators harassed them. Sixteen servicemen among 40 aboard National Airlines flight from Key West to Miami. Houston rape case defendant Walter Sires receives indefinite stay from U S District Judge Joe Ingraham. Todd Williams is fatally shot after pool hall argument in northeast Houston. Laredo blaze burns about 5000 acres overnight, largely contained by bulldozers. no homes threatened. Leslye Diane Coon, 17, found slain in a small Longview house, shot and strangled. A huge mudslide damages a wealthy Los Angeles suburb, killing one and trapping six firemen briefly. Clay Shaw trial in New Orleans nearing end of first week, eight jurors seated, defense says no jury bias. Shaw faces conspiracy to murder JFK. Nixon halts Johnson era air route grants delaying trans Pacific service plans for major carriers.
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Cuba
National Airlines
Key West
Miami
Leslye Diane Coon
Longview
Temple
Los Angeles
Goose Creek Open House Honors 50th Anniversary
The public is invited Sunday to a 12 to 5 P.M. open house at the Community Building for Goose Creek’s 50th anniversary of incorporation. Attendees register with name and address, and those arriving in 1920 or earlier will be recognized. A slide show by AL Chappell at 2 and 4 p.m. and a history display highlight early Goose Creek.
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Goose Creek
AL Chappell
Andy” Braswell
Seaborn Cravey
Gas Blast Wrecks 35 Homes In Mississippi
A Mississippi gas explosion destroyed 35 homes leaving residents homeless and prompting emergency response teams to rush to the scene. Investigators are tracing the blast origin as residents recount moments of fear and disruption.
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Mississippi
NLF urges peace cabinet in Saigon talks
In Paris the Viet Cong opened substantive talks by demanding a new peace cabinet in Saigon to replace the current regime. Foreign Minister Tran Buu Kiem led a 5000 word policy statement calling for a four sided conference with the NLF as an equal and fully competent to settle South Vietnam's issues.
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Paris
Viet Cong
Vietnam
Saigon
Tran Buu Kiem
National Liberation Front
U.S
Henry Cabot Ledge
South Vietnam
Kiem
Nguyen van ‘Thieu
Nguyen Can Ky
NLF
Indigent Medical Aid Move For Harris Court Area
Harris County Commissioners Court faces final hurdles before the Baytown Health League Clinic can serve Barrett Station and La Porte residents. A hospital district board vote seeks transfer of unused drug funds to payroll for clinic staff. Local residents urged access to Baytown services due to travel costs and transportation gaps.
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Jean Froneberger
Houston
Harris County Commissioners Court
Baytown Health League Clinic
Barrett Station
la Porte
Harris County Hospital District Board of Managers
Ben Taub Hospital
Health League
Baytown
Karl Opryshek
Hospite
Don Horn
Clinics
Horn
Clinics Committee
Quenton Mease
W. B. Forster
Commissioners Court
Ifme
Forster
McClerland Wallace
Harris County
Charles Caldwell
Mease
Delbert Atkinson
William T. Jones
Pat G. McDowell Jr
McClelland Wallace
Legislature Slow In Buckling Down To Job
Texas legislators in their second week have yet to set committee rosters. Lt. Gov. Barnes and Speaker Mutscher promise plans by Thursday, with another 3 to 12 day weekend likely. Gov. Preston Smith outlines limited emergency action and a rising $1 million budget package while forecasting state spending guidance in two to three weeks.
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Associated Press
Texas
Ben Barnes
Gus Mutscher
Senate
House
Barnes
Mutscher
Preston Smith
Newsmen
Smith
Eighteen Butane Tank Cars Explode in Laurel Mississippi
Eighteen tank cars carrying butane gas exploded near Laurel Mississippi causing widespread fires. At least eight people were hospitalized and 35 homes reported destroyed with windows blown out within a four mile radius. Police feared more cars could ignite as National Guard and Civil Defense units evacuated residents.
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Laurel
Miss
Jackson
National Guard
Civil Defense
Six Die in Bexar County Fire Tragedy
A predawn blaze in south Bexar County leveled a home after a bottled gas tank exploded. The identified victims include Ruth Elizabeth Patterson aged 35 and her children Eugene 18 Nancy 16 Margaret 13 John Robert 12 and Betty Arlene 4. Willie Eugene 41, the father, suffered severe burns and was hospitalized at Santa Rosa Medical Center San Antonio.
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San Antonio
Bexar County
Ruth Elizabeth Patterson
Eugene
Nancy
Margaret
John Robert
Betty Arlene
Willie Eugene
Santa Rosa Medical Center
Goose Creek’s first mayor funded city projects secretly
Goose Creek’s first mayor William Bussey spent his own money to back city improvements in 1919. His daughter Mrs. Willie Mae Strangmeier recalls he was never reimbursed and shunned public limelight. A rice farmer from Jefferson County before moving to Goose Creek in 1916, Bussey helped found the town amid a boom era after the 1915 Galveston storm.
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Wanda Orton
Goose Creek
Af‘len
Spocket
Willie Mae Strangmeier
N. Jones
William Bussey
Bussey
Jefferson County
Galveston
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New Orleans
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