Viet Cong Launch Largest Offensive In Saigon
Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces expanded their Tet offensive across South Vietnam triggering martial law in Saigon. The most dramatic strike was a six hour assault on the U.S. Embassy compound in Saigon, while heavy fighting raged citywide and in provincial capitals. Casualties ran high with U.S., South Vietnamese, and civilian losses, and damage included major U.S. air bases. Westmoreland called the raids a diversion as Hanoi massed for a larger push near the DMZ. fighting continued into the Mekong Delta and Saigon's outskirts.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Bien Hoa
Chu Lai
da Nang
Ellsworth Bunker
Tan Son Nhut Air Base
William C. Westmoreland
Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Westmoreland
Mekong Delta
Baytown News Briefs Highlight Local Meetings and Accidents
Baytown area reports a traffic accident injuring Pauline Hitt and fellow victim Ronald Goodman with Goodman listed in good condition. Ben Barnes plans to speak at the Noon Optimist Club luncheon. Local clubs host events from music study to antique shows, and weather forecasts predict a cloudy, mild period with showers.
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Barnes
Baytown Area
Galveston
Hitchhiker Shot and Robbed Near Mont Belvieu
An elderly hitchhiker Fred Fry from Camp Cook SD was beaten shot and robbed and left at S R Williams Grocery Mont Belvieu Two men in a late model car picked him near Cedar Bayou Bridge on Highway M46 about 6 15 pm He had $50 in his billfold and was treated for scalp facial lacerations and a bullet wound at Chambers County Memorial Hospital An unoccupied car was seen parked near the store Sheriff Louis Otter said a slug from a 38 caliber pistol was found at the scene.
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Mike Blackman
Mont Belvieu
Dayton
Fred Fry
S. R. Wiliams
Cedar Bayou Bridge
Camp Cook
Dayton Memorial Hospital
Chambers County Memorial Hospital
Anahuac
Chambers County
Louis Otter
Louella Hellub
J. C. Glass
Register for taxes and voter registration ends tonight
Deputy Tax Collector A B Collins told Baytown residents Wednesday that the office will stay open until midnight to receive tax payments and register voters. He noted busy lines and calls as the final day to pay taxes without penalty approaches. He estimated 54 to 56 percent of tax payments are already in.
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A. B. Collins
Baytown Area
Collins
Red Stockings in Baytown Stage Rehearsals Review
A Baytown note highlights Red Stockings rehearsals led by Chris Goodyear with John Sendhop Bitsy Davis Lee Bras fiela and Bobby Brooks on clean up. N V McWilliams gains national trade magazine exposure. Mrs Frank Earhart hurries to Houston while Charles Joseph shares a rice farmer smile. Mrs Clyde Spear supports Bay town chili eaters as Fred SBednarski recovers from flu with soccer kicks. Gateway mentioned for Pete Jonas as crowd swells at Kiber golden wedding party for Mr and Mrs Tom Pyle now in Houston.
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Chris Goodyear
John Sendhop
Bitsy Davis
Lee Brasfiela
Bobby Brooks
N. V. McWilliams
Frank Earhart
Houston
Charles Joseph
Clyde Spear
Fred Sbednarski
Pete Jonas
Gateway
Red Stockings
Baytown
Tom Pyle
Mont Belvieu
Trustees Fuss Over Skirts Divides CV Board
Channelview trustees clash over miniskirt controversy as Supt Schochler battles for a contract and governance changes. Langston accuses discord between administration and board while criticism targets the Houston Post and board handling of a January 16 meeting.
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Channelview
H. C. Scho
Oscar Langston
Chler
Schochler
Wis Tion
Critical blood shortage reported in Baytown
Baytown hospitals report a critical blood shortage as doctors struggle to obtain needed units. Miss Janice Manteris of Gulf Coast notes substitutes do not exist and money cannot replace blood. Bloodmobile to return Thursday at the Market Street civic center to collect 150 units for ongoing need.
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Martiza Ann Hemphill
Janice Manteris
Gelf Coast
Houston
Baytown
Miss .Manteris
Baystown
Sea Blood
Open House Saturday at Justice of the Peace Office
Justice of the Peace Glenn Vickery and his family hold an open house for the Precinct 3 office this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Located at 122 W. Defee, the event invites Precinct 3 residents to visit and meet the new official who filled the late M. M. Brown’s unexpired term after resigning from the state legislature. The Vickerys, residents of North Shore, plan to move to Baytown when a house is found.
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Justice of the Peace
Glenn Vickery
Justice Precinct 3
Vickerys
Precinct 3
Vickery
Justice For the Peace
M. M
Fats) Brown
North Shore
Baytown
W. Defee
Two Charged in Creger Hotel Owner Murder
Houston couple Artiss Huffman and Gladys Prather were charged with murder in the strangulation stabbing death of Baytown hotel owner Harry Creger. Huffman admitted forged checks totaling over 200 dollars and failed a polygraph. Prather confessed to forgery. Police recovered Creger’s gold Bulova watch and a diamond ring from a suitcase in a Houston room where the pair had lived. Creger’s body was found at his Baytown apartment.
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No.bond
Arliss James Huffman
Mrrs
Creger
Gladys Ells Prather
Baytown
Harry S. Creger
Mike Lonsford
Houston
Harry
Justice of the Peace
Glenn Vickery
Artiss James Huffman
Gladys Elia Prather
Huffman
Ave. S
Old Baytown
Prather
Miss Prather
Sears
Henke
Land A&p
Huntsville State Prison
Alfine
Ark
Vickery
Art
W. Pearce
Report on $7,770,000 school bond issue to be heard
The Gaytown Chamber of Commerce will hear a status report at its Friday noon meeting. Mrs Suzi Powers director of information services and Deputy Supt W D Hinson will present. The briefing is part of a series by the school liaison committee led by Dr J T Horeczy to update progress of the bond issue.
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Gaytown
Beauceant Supreme President to Visit Baytown Assembly
Mrs. John B. Blue of Denver Colorado will visit Baytown Assembly 153 Wednesday night. The meeting will be held in the Goose Creek Masonic temple with all members urged to attend.
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Beauceant
The
Social Order of the Beauceant
John B. Blue
Denver
Colo
Baytown Assembly
Goose Creek Masonic Temple
Berry DuPlantis Named First National Directors
M Elden Berry and W E Bill DuPontis Baytown businessmen were elected to the First National Bank board after the annual stockholders meeting L Lee Brasfield announced. Directors approved three promotions Frances S Dugal to vice president Kenneth L Tilton to vice president and comptroller Travis L Wilson to assistant vice president and assistant cashier. Newly elected officers are Burford R Luke Jr and Ella A Mooney both assistant cashiers.
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M. Elden Berry
W. E. ‘Bill’ DuPontis
Baytown
First National Bank
L. Lee Brasfeld
Brasfield
Frances S$. Dugal
Kenneth L. Tilton
Travis L. Wilson
Dugal
Barbers Hill High School
Titan
Barbers Will High School
Price Waterhouse and Co
Wilson
First National Earty
U. S. Army
Buford R. Luke Jr
Ella A. Mooney
Luke
Mooney
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Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
MEIER
Normian BE
Doc” Culver
H. H. Meier
W. A. Thomas
Worman Foote
Baytown Music Study Club
R. R Cates
Mississippi
Texas
Rough Riders
Baytown Rough Riders
Civic Center
Pilot Club
Raytown
Education Association
George Irving
Lazy Lane
Sybil Isensee
la Porte
Nathan Hanson
Beaumont
L. H. Hanson
Isensee
Ekholm
Edwin Lee Ekholm Jr
Edwin le Ekholm Sr
Bey Villa
Georgia Institute of Technology
Lee College
Leon
FM 565
Highway 146
Federal Aviation Agency
Donald Cole
Weldon
Cole
Pasadena-Bayshore Hospital
C. A. Nelson
FAA
Sun
Jim McLain
Wanda Martin
Gulf Coast
Jp's
Citizens National Bank & Trust-Co
Berry, DuPlantis
First National Directors
Eldon Berry
Bill Duplantis
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