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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1967
Page
1
Keneth Personaire, new director of Baytown Parks and Recreation, will speak to the Senior Citizens Club at 2 pm Thursday at St Mark's Methodist Church about services at the new recreation center.
Partly cloudy and continuing heat through Wednesday in Baytown fall under the stormy Gulf winds. Temperature is expected to reach 86 degrees Tuesday with Monday's range around 74 to 96. Galveston tides show low at 12 42 am and high at 6 30 am 2 43 pm and 7 06 pm. Greg Baker, son of Mrs Swen Baker and the late Jack V Baker, earned his commission as a lieutenant at Fort Sill Oklahoma in Officer Candidate School ceremonies.
Connie Williams visits grandparents while city officials return from vacation. School secretaries conference in Austin includes Mont Belvieu attendees. Community members comment on work and daily life as photo and casual society mentions appear. Visitors, family trips, and local gatherings mark a typical hometown update.
The Labor Department certified six farm workers strikes in the Rio Grand Valley Texas barring growers from hiring Mexican green card holders. The action affects new hires while current workers remain. several Rio Grande City farms named in the action. AFL-CIO union efforts to organize Texas growers receive a potential boost amid violence accusations from church officials and union officers. A separate notice mentions an auxiliary picnic for Wooster volunteers at Roseland Park Thursday evening.
Defense Secretary McNamara will not recommend sending all additional U.S. troops for Vietnam. He pressed for limited integration of South Vietnamese forces and said the timing depends on resources, while Westmoreland sought 100000 to 140000 more troops for faster escalation.
Sinclair Oil and Gas Co. announces a gas processing plant to be built about eight miles southwest of Dayton and four miles north of U S 90 near the Liberty Harris county line in Liberty County. Weatherby Engineering Co. of Houston awarded the contract. 37-acre site purchased. Completion in nine months with capacity of 70 million cubic feet daily. Gas from Esperson Dome Field and Nona Mills Field will be processed. 120000 gallons to be piped to local markets. residue gas to Houston Pipe Line and United Gas Pipe Line companies.
The tax equalization board reported to the school board that the district’s total assessed valuation will rise this year due to new construction and higher industrial values. Heights north of town saw increases up to 100 percent in some cases as the Pickett firm set hard market-based values, while officials warn expenditures must rise with population growth and industry influx.
North Vietnamese regulars struck a South Vietnamese base in Binh Long Province near Saigon before dawn and were driven back with at least 116 killed and many wounded or captured. A second clash in the central highlands left 26 American dead and 49 wounded. McNamara toured Vietnam as pacification efforts faced pressure. Air Force pilots also hit about 70 Red trucks at Mu Gia Pass, destroying at least 27 with fires and explosions.
A Texas Railroad Commission chairman said a mid month adjustment to oil allowables could raise the rate beyond 42.9 percent if demand from major oil buyers justifies it. The decision will follow talks with buyers and may retroactively apply to July 1.
In Jerusalem Israel accepted U N observers along the Suez Canal ceasefire line with conditions for mutual observation points. Egypt informed UN Secretary General U Thant of acceptance of Security Council resolution urging U N military observers to prevent violations amid Soviet support for the Arab cause.
In Brussels a U S Air Force C130 left Kinshasa on a two hour flight to Kisangani to contact the airport and attempt a rescue of white hostages held by mutinous mercenaries at Kisangani's airport and hospital. Congo troops prepared for possible resistance while the Belgian Foreign Ministry questioned the operation's feasibility.
The Associated Press reports Nigeria's military government claims several white mercenaries were killed in heavy border fighting with secessionist Biafra while other world items note Texas heat, a U S court ruling on a rape trial, Soviet union leadership changes, a drainage bond vote in Jefferson County and urban unrest in Hong Kong amid typhoon activity and stock market gains.
U S leaders react as the Johnson administration rejects Nigeria’s request for military aid while Congress denounces the Congo dispatch of three transports and 150 men. Debates over Vietnam and potential Asia action loom as Fulbright questions U S guarantees and domestic interference limits. The Senate committees seek a private briefing from State Secretary Dean Rusk.
Deputy Supt W D Hin son will be relieved part time to head the 37 710 000 capital improvement program and Nettles, Horace Mann Junior principal, will take over recruiting and personnel duties. Hinson remains maintenance supervisor as the board approves the reorganization as a two year training assignment.
Emergency crews guarded by police ran city garbage trucks through Monday night to offset a strike by regular collectors. Officers reported vandalism and overturned cans as four men blocked a truck and a rock shattered a windshield. Officials hoped half the fleet would stay in service with new hires and staff from other departments, amid ongoing labor action and citywide dumping by residents.
Phillips Petroleum Co. boosted crude oil prices in Oklahoma and Kansas by seven cents per barrel, plus five cents for Panhandle oils. Panhandle regions except Quindune see prices rise from 3.02 to 3.07. West Texas and New Mexico crudes gain five cents to 3.05.
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