Baytown MOPAC spur talks and city projects set
Missouri Pacific officials plan a noon Wednesday meeting with Baytown City Council and Baytown Chamber of Commerce to discuss a spur from Baytown to the U S Steel mill site in West Chambers County at Goose Creek Country Club. Groundbreaking for Baytown City Hall and Community Center set for 3 p m Friday on Market Street Road. change due to new contractor. Banding utilities meeting at 6 p m Tuesday at Holiday Inn. William T Mcferren returns to San Diego after duty aboard USS Polk County in Vietnam waters. Cloudy and warm with daytime showers. 74 to 90 expected Tuesday. low 72 and high 93 yesterday.
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Missouri Pacific
Houston
Baytown
Baytown City Hall
Market Street Road
Larer
William T. McFerren
William R. McFerren
Oregon
San Diego
Polk County
July Fourth Tales From San Marcos and Nearby
A collage of small town moments over the Fourth of July includes the Bitsy Davises and Eddie Gray on the San Marcos River, walking rituals by Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Stephenson, trout at the Galveston jetties, and family picnics in Dee Didriksen’s living room. Minor itineraries feature I V Waldrop at the store, Kirk Mann, Dee Didriksen, Billy Ainsworth, E L Jordan, W O Tidman, Norman Hargrave, Rufus Honeycutt, Flora Thomas, and the Red G Sells Sr with Teq D Sells Jr in Corpus Christi and other locales. Mrs. Paul Land vacationing in Arkansas. visitors for Marge and Callie Willborn from La Porte. Ben Mathes helping a neighbor. Toiklund missing a convention. Mrs. Burton Bur Tus seeking a copy of an old newspaper.
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Bitsy Davises
Eddie Grays
San Marcos
R. C. Stephenson
Marshall Platt
Galveston
Rocky Keene
Joni Smith
I. V. Waldrop
Kirk Mann
Dee Didriksen
Dee
Billy Ainsworth
E. L. Jordan
W. O. Tidman
Norman Hargrave
Rufus Honeycutt
Flora Thomas
Herl
Red G'Sells Sr
D’sells Jr
Corpus Christi
Paul Land
Arkansas
Marge
Callie Willborn
Himmy
la Porte
Ben Mathes
Toiklund
Burton Bur- Tus
Jeff Harbour Dies and Rites Planned
Jefferson B Harbour of 1304 E Texas Baytown area died at 3 am Tuesday in a Baytown hospital after illness. He was a longtime Baytown figure known to fishermen and sportsmen who used his Tri City Beach fishing camp and his son Glenn’s restaurant. Born December 19, 1890 in Alabama, he came to Texas with a young age, worked in Texas City, and later farmed rice near Hankamer and Anahuac before settling in Baytown in 1920. He married Sadie Epperson in 1913. funeral rites are planned for Wednesday.
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Jefferson B
Jeff
Texas
Baytown
Barbour
Tri-City Beach
Glenn
Harbour
aFauna-Dayton
Barbers Hill
Texas City
Hankomer
Anahuac
Alabama
Sadie Epperson
Cedar Bayou
La Porte Man Hurt In Wreck
Ronald E. Moore, 19, of 618. 5. Town La Porte, received lacerations to face arms and body when his car struck a utility pole and overturned at 9 35 p m Monday after leaving Garner State Park. He was taken to San Jacinto Methodist Hospital and released Tuesday morning after 35 stitches. Moore, a San Jacinto Junior College student, worked for Moore and Moore General Contractors.
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Ronald E. Moore
Town
la Porte
Garner State Park
Moore
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Paul A. Lee
E. James
San Jacinto Junior College
Moore and
Moore General Contractors
Thoughts on Change and Moral Habit in Jeremiah’s Language
A compact meditation notes Jeremiah 13 23 and asks if natural traits can alter moral conduct. It argues personal transformation hinges on enduring discipline and accountable choices rather than fixed tendency. The piece links biblical imagery to contemporary ethics and self improvement.
Soviet Romans Clash Deepens Over Warsaw Pact Control
A summit of Soviet black leaders continues amid signs of a new clash with Romania over Warsaw Pact military control. An airport crowd booed the Beats group in Manila as British signals stirred tension. National Guardsmen reinforce Omaha police after a third night of violence. Indonesia’s Congress orders President Sukarno to relinquish authority and removal as president for life.
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Little
Romania
Warsaw Pact
Sigitg
Philippines
National
Omaha
Near North Side
Indonesia
Congress
Sukarno
Air strikes continue as jets hit two torpedo boats
In Saigon the air offensive against North Viet Nam persisted with U S Navy and Air Force jets targeting torpedo boats off Hai Phong and coastwise oil storage facilities near Thanh Hoa. A Skyhawk pilot was rescued after the aircraft was shot down, part of a record day for multiplane missions totaling about 91. The action followed U S claims of heavy Viet Cong losses near Da Nang and multiple engagements around the Gulf of Tonkin.
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Saigon
South Viet
Haiphong
Gulf of Tonkin
U.S
Navy
North
Viet Nam
Haiphone
Thanh Hoa
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
da Nang
7Th Fleet
Coontz
Constellation
Air Force
Kearsarge
Tonkin Gulf
Holiday Deaths Set New Record
The Associated Press reports the Fourth of July holiday weekend set a record for traffic fatalities with 559 deaths on national highways, surpassing the 1963 four-day high. Drownings reached 208, boating accidents 47, and the worst crash killed 10 people 30 miles west of Tucson after a head on collision involving Arizona Indians.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Tucson
Ariz
Rights and War Problems Dominate Governors Meeting
Governors open their 58th annual conference in Los Angeles to debate restoring the resolutions process and harmonizing federal state relations while Viet Nam and civil rights loom large. Democrats threaten to back President Johnson’s Viet Nam policies, though doubts persist among many governors about the latest bombings.
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Los Angeles
Johnson
George Romney
Michigan
Mark J. Hatfield
Oregon
Associated Press
North Ee Nam
Phillip H. Hoff
Vermont
Daniel J. Evans
Washlington
Milk Prices Rise in Baytown Area
Baytown area housewives faced about eight cents more per gallon for milk Tuesday as producers posted increases. Retailers also paid two cents more per quart and four cents more for half gallons. A general decline in milk production in recent weeks is cited as the cause.
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Baytown
Baytown Area
Picketers Halt Baytown Construction Over Labor Dispute
Laborers International Union Local 313 picketed Baytown projects including San Jacinto Methodist Hospital's 11 million expansion, tied to a contract clash with Houston General Contractors. No advance warning given, shifts halted, with talks reportedly not far apart, potentially impacting up to 15,000 workers and as much as 300 million in contracts.
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Laborers International Union of North America
Baytown
Houston
Associated General Contractors
San Jacinto Methodist Hospitals
Local 313
Laborers Local No. 313
E. G. Lowery
Q. P. Purcell
E.G. Lowery Construction Co
Purcell
City Hall
Civic Center
Lon Market Street
Earl , Lively
Ing Sess
Associated ‘General Contractors
Harris County
Richard Lewis
AGC
Lewis
Harris
County
Hoffa seeks quiet support at Teamsters convention
Hoffa tries to curb dissent from Vice President Harold Gibbons at the Teamsters convention. Gibbons plans to oppose Hoffa heir apparent Frank Fitzsimmons while Hoffa seeks a new five year term, a $25,000 raise, and the right to name his successor. The talks unfold as delegates number about 2,200 and the convention nears its Friday close.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Teamsters’ Union
James R. Hoffa
Harold Gibbons
Hoffa
Aoma
Gibbons
Teamsters
Frank Fitesimmons
Overweight man swims Susquehanna to lose weight
Russell Chaffee, a 39 year old mathematics teacher from Sayre Pennsylvania, began swimming 440 miles from Cooperstown New York to Havre de Grace Maryland on June 14 to advertise the river's recreational value and shed pounds. He has logged 6 to 12 miles daily averaging about 10 hours in the water and estimates his weight around 208 pounds, planning further loss. He consumes only water and soda during swims and cites 600 calories burned per hour, urging others to take up swimming for weight loss.
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Harrisburg
Russell Chaffee
Chaffee
Susquehanna River
Sayre
Cooperstown
N.Y
Havre de Grace
Truman Foresees No Big Troubles On Fourth Of July
Former president Harry S. Truman told a Independence crowd at the Truman Library on the Fourth of July that the nation will weather Southeast Asia trials. He cautioned about liabilities but expressed confidence the country would come through fine and that people are fighting and dying in the region as the world watches.
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Independence
Harry S. Truman
Southeast Asia
Truman Library
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