22 Americans killed in Pleiku area jungle clash
North Vietnamese forces attacked two U.S. infantry companies around noon near the Ia Drang Valley in the central highlands. Twenty two Americans were killed and twenty two wounded as fire raked the jungle for about four hours. A helicopter and an observation craft were hit but back at base. The fight, 33 miles northwest of Pleiku near the Cambodian border, followed a lull in six weeks of fighting.
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Saigon
Ia Drang
Highlands
Associated Press
Peter Amnett
Pleiku
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
Arnett
U.S
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Red Territory
4Th Infantry Division
4Th Division
Jth
Betlefield
Demilitarized Zone
Afeg
Israel Egypt clash renews push for censure at UN
Fighting between Israeli and Egyptian forces escalated near Blandami Sea with Egypt reporting clashes near Ismailia on the Suez Canal. Israeli naval units sank two Egyptian torpedo boats about 16 miles off El Arish. Military spokesmen cited tank and artillery exchanges leaving several vehicles damaged and eight Israeli sailors wounded. A UN General Assembly session resumed amid stalled talks on troop withdrawals from occupied territories. Israel said measures to unify Jerusalem's old and new sectors would proceed despite a July 4 assembly resolution.
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United Nations
Israel
Jerusalem
Mediterranean
el Arish
Elath
Ismailis
Suez Canal
Agha Shahi
General’ Assembly
Middle East
Egypt
Syria
Jordan
U Thant
Assembly
Abba Eban
Thant
Youth Week at St Marks Church With Guest Speaker
St Mark's Methodist Church will host Youth Week from July 22 to 28. Guest speaker Bob Waters will deliver nightly talks from 5 30 to 10 30 pm. A spokesman said Mrs Rozel, who received a back injury in an auto accident near her home, was reported Wednesday morning. Registration at St Joseph's Catholic Church for kindergarten and fall classes has openings. Mrs Rozell, 45, is reported doing fine after Gulf Coast Hospital. A $2 registration fee is noted.
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ST. Mark’s Methodist Church
Bob Waters
Rozel
ST. Goseph's Catholic
Rozell
Regis
George Rozell
E. Fayle
Gulf Ja
Coast Hospital
Baytown Weather Forecast and Library Story Times
The Baytown area remains cloudy to partly cloudy with warm conditions through Thursday. Highs Wednesday near 74 to 92 degrees. Tuesdays produced 75 to 51 with showers expected Wednesday. Galveston tides Thursday list four highs and no low tide. Sterling Municipal Library hosts Pony Express Riders story hour at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday and children's storytelling with Joy Gdom and Linda Guice from 10 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday.
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Baytown
Galveston
Gene Halter
Pony Express
Salt, Grass
Sterling Municipal Library
Joy Gdom
Linda Guice
Local Scene Glances At Daily Life And Visitors
A collage of short notes from The Sun office and town life. Mentions Pete Brewer organizing union election details W Tidman pursuing a project aiding two senior citizens Samuel C Prince nearing retirement in city building and inspection Bruce Hudgins new baby shown by mother Dave Moore absent from Memorial Drive Jim Armsworth describes a thoughtful gift from his wife Bankers L Lee Brasfield and Granville Laughlin on vacation George Chandler starting early workday at 5 30 Maggie Strike asks about a form Katherine Priest checks an appointment Mary Stewart in a green dress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Brewer
W. QO
Tidman
Bnytwo
Samuel C. Prince
City Building and Inspection Department
Bruce Hudgins
Sun
C. G. Hudgins
Dave Moore
Memorial Drive
Jim Armsworth
L. Lee Brasfield
Granville Laughlin
George Chandler
Maggie
Katherine Priest
Mary Stewert
Dunkerly Rites Set Thursday
Funeral services for Arthur Harry Dunkerly 59 Baytown resident will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday at Earthman Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Asbury Lennox officiating. Dunkerly died Tuesday at a Baytown hospital. He retired from Humble Oil Baytown Refinery Insulation Dept. Survivors include wife Mary Louise, daughters Mrs. J C Russell and Mrs. David Amett, sisters Mrs. Joe Nunan and Mrs. Jim Ferguson, four grandchildren. Burial in Memory Gardens Baytown Cemetery conducted by Earthman Funeral Home.
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Earthman Funeral Home
Arthur Harry Dunkely
Baytown
Asbury Lennox
Grace Methodist Church
Dunkerly
Humble Oil and Refining‘ Co
Mary Louise Dunkerly
David C Amett
Houston
Joe Nunan
Jim Ferguson
Rockport
Danny
Craig Russell
Allyson
Angela Amett
Baytown Cemetery
Time Bomb Shatters Hong Kong Building
A time bomb exploded during a rural advisory committee meeting in Tai Po, Hong Kong, causing no reported deaths or injuries. Police stated the blast followed a wave of Communist violence across the colony, with widespread arson, curfews, and reinforced security.
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Hong Kong
Tai Po
D.R. Holmes
Legislative Committee
Kowloon
Gulf Coast Industrial Workers to Pick Officers
Ballots mailed Wednesday for the Gulf Coast Industrial Workers Union officer election. About 2100 production and maintenance employees at Humble Baytown Refinery and Enjay Chemical in Baytown and Houston will vote. Several positions are hotly contested and interest is high, secretary C. H. Hargrove said. Ballots counted seven days after mailing. Nominees include I. W. Lounsberry Jr, J. P. Scranton, W. B. Dickerson, and C. H. Hargrove for president. M. C. Harris unopposed for vice president mechanical. J. T. Baker and D. E. Chasteen for vice president process. Harmon S. Phillips unopposed for secretary and W. R. Bill Barker for treasurer. Steward candidates include J. P. Featherston and J. R. Bishop for boilermakers position one, R. L. Potter position two, R. R. Fowler, Thomas Vil.
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Gulf Coast Industrial Workers Union
Humble
Baytown
Enjay Chemical Co
Houston
C. H. Hargrove
I. W. Lounsberry Jr
J. P
Scranton
W. B. Dickerson
Cc. H. Hargrove
M. C. Harris
T. Baker
D_ E_ Chasteen
Harmon S. Phillips
Bill Barker
Steward
J. P. Featherston
J. R Bishop
Boilermakers
R. L. Potter
R. R. Fowler
Thomas Vil
District Hires Ten Teachers for 1967-68
The school district announces ten new teachers for the coming year and notes five resignations. Departing staff include Floyd L. Dunn, Ned W. Fowler, Mrs. Donna Fowler, Jerry Foster, and Jerry C. Mabry. New hires span primary through high school, with degrees from Texas A&M, Sam Houston, University of Houston, North Texas, Rice, Columbia, and more.
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Floyd L. Dunn
Ross Sterling High School
Ned W. Fowler
Baytown
Donna Fowler
Lamar
Jerry Foster
Jerry C. Mabry
Debra Bares
Bares
Texas, A&m University
Jean Koudelka
Koudelka
Sam Houston State
Mary E. Garrett
Garrett
University of Houston
Suzanne Pruitt
Miss Pruitt
North Texas State
Hermaster
East Texas State
Julia A. Kerr
Kerr
Mary Turner
Turner
Sam Houston State College
Margaret Whalen
Whelen
Rice University
Columbia University
Doris Jean Lednicky
Lednicky
John W. Young
Young
Texas A&m University
Margaret Frazier Culver
Miss Culver
Texas Rangers referenced by San Antonio garbagemen march
About 350 union garbage workers in San Antonio, angered by low pay and a five day walkout, marched to city hall under police escort. The city weighed a proposed 14 cent an hour raise while a restraining order barred union members from intimidation. Police reported eight arrests for related incidents and two workers were slightly injured when rocks were thrown at a truck.
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San Antonio
Tex
City Hall
Joe Vasquez
Fort Worth
Employes
John J. Murray
Afl-Cio
UFO Sightings Probed After Baytown Sky Light Report
Two youths report a bright moving light near Humble Refinery in Old Baytown in the early hours Wednesday. Ellington Air Force Base plans a routine probe into the possible sighting, suggesting an aircraft, helicopter, or weather balloon as explanations.
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Bob Rothe
Humble
Old Baytown
Baytown
Harris County Sheriff Department
Department of Public Safety
Ellington Air Force Base
Air Force
Sandra Tarski
Tim van Rheen
West
Baytown Council Pre-Meet Briefing Planned at City Hall
Baytown officials scheduled a 5 p m briefing at city hall to review items for the 6 30 p m regular council meeting Thursday no votes will be taken. The agenda includes a Donovan Street sewer line project a North Main Street hearing benefits linked to a 60th Texas Legislature emergency law and the extension of three campus streets by Lee College the Pruett Street widening and a city easement abandonment. The Baytown Housing Authority seeks a cooperation agreement to add 250 low rent units.
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Baytown City
City Hall
Donovan Street
Beaumont Street
Cedar Bayou Road
Donovan
North Main Street
Texas
North Main
Lee College Board of Regents
American
Republic
Humble
College
Pruett
Park
Baytown strike halts city hall construction progress
Sheet metal workers at Baytown City Hall and Civic Center remain on strike after rejecting a contract their negotiators agreed to. The 1,000 workers across 19 Gulf Coast counties, members of Local Union 4 of Houston, protested despite earlier acceptance by contractor negotiators. Painters union crews returned to work after an agreement, but the sheet metal strike delays the project according to Baytown City Manager Fritz Lanham who cited a letter from architect Lowell Lammers via Bayport Construction Co.
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Baytown
New City Hall
Civic Center
Coast
Houston
Painters Union Local 130
Stalemate Reported in Kisangani Amid Congo Mutiny
RIGALI Rwanda A Congolese cabinet minister reported cannibalism of white setters in the southeast Congo while a pilot described a stalemate between mutineers and loyal troops in Kisangani. Interior Minister Etienne Tshisekedi blamed acts by mercenaries and Congo troops loyal to exPremier Tshombe, as a flight crew escaped after five days held by mutineers.
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Rigali
Rwanda
Congo
Kisangani
Etienne Tshisekedi
Bujumbura
Burundi
Lubumbashi
Bukavu
Moise Tshombe
Tshisekedi
Lutumbashi
Elisabethville
Katanga
Tshombe
Stanleyville
Paris
Govermment
Francisco Alvarez
Kigali
Balearic Islands
Algeria
Alvarez
Georges Lagarrigue
U.S
Hirisangano
Congo River
Radio Statton
Baytonian Steele McDonald to semi retire from agency
Insuranceman Steele M. McDonald plans semi retirement after selling his interest in the McDonald and Herbert Insurance Agency to partner Herbert V. Herbert who has been with the firm 13 years. McDonald will remain available for service, and pursue more hunting and fishing. He recently opposed zoning as a member of the City Planning Commission.
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Preston Pendergeass
Steele M. McDonald
McDonald and Herbert Insurance Agency
Herbert V. Herbert
Steele
Johnny
City Planning Commission
Lee McDonald
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