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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1968
Page
6
A compact historical note traces slavery’s growth with the cotton gin spreading west, the rise of King Cotton, and the internal slave trade. It contrasts large planter power with widespread slaveholding, discusses Black Codes and resistance, and highlights field life, spirituals, and a shifting free Negro population in cities.
The Young Turks militant faction walks out of the NAACP annual convention in Atlantic City after clashes over leadership and strategy. Dr Eugene Reed resigns, Chester Lewis says he will resign and challenge leadership, citing money and votes used to sway decisions.
AP humor column suggests self tests to gauge mental normalcy with a playful quiz. It questions irritations with social life, politics, astrology, taxes, and aging, ending with a lighthearted score assessment about being normal or lost in reality.
The Navy runs a 30 day experiment aboard the Springfield to test serving ice cream in cones on ship. Began June 14 while the 2nd Fleet flagship was in the Caribbean. If successful, soft serve may be authorized with wafer cups and cones when ships are in port.
In Philadelphia the official high reached 96 degrees as illegal hydrant taps surged. Water Commissioner Lane Banter reported over 1,000 hydrants tapped and about 700 complaint calls to his office, leaving some homes with water trickling.
Evening line up lists multiple shows and times across channels including Merlin the Magician The Virginian Lost in Space The Avengers Kraft Music Hall The Beverly Hillbillies The Tonight Show and late night programs. Morning to daytime entries feature Captain Kangaroo Today Today in Houston News at Noon and General Hospital with soap operas and game shows.
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