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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1968
Page
9
Columbia California residents learn that the Columbia Gunfighters Association will not stage Fourth of July shootouts. They have surrendered their pistols to law enforcement as a public safety proclamation following recent assassinations of public figures.
Ex patrolman Hu Bankhead, an amputee from a Vietnam service record, asks the St. Louis police board to reinstate him as a detective. He rose to detective, served in Vietnam, was shot down four times, and now uses a prosthetic leg to continue physical training. Bill Midkin resigns as Manzanola town marshal citing long hours and low pay.
Hollywood AP report details a wild lion cub escape from a backyard enclosure in Hollywood California. A telephone tip leads to capture by three hunters behind a hillside retaining wall. Owner R C Padboy confirms the four month old cub weighed about 50 pounds before it was recaptured.
The article describes looming automation on Wall Street with the Central Certificate Service replacing most stock transfers. It notes safekeeping in vaults, reduced physical certs, and the shift to computer ledgers, while acknowledging legal and security hurdles and the demise of messengers.
AP writer Bob Thomas notes Jackie Gleason credits longevity to appealing to mature audiences. Gleason, filming How to Commit Marriage, discusses aging viewership and the appeal of Ed Sullivan Lucille Ball and Red Skelton. He recalls beer mishaps and predicts older audiences stay home and watch TV.
In Lansing fourth graders write if I were governor essays sharing goals like more teacher pay and shorter school years. The responses, sent to Gov. Romney, reveal kid views on taxes and laws amid a mix of humor and earnest aims.
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