Apollo 11 Blasts Toward Moon From Cape Kennedy
Apollo 11 lifts off on Saturn V from Cape Kennedy carrying Neil Armstrong Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins. The craft breaks Earth orbit at --------------- hours after launch and heads to the moon as Agnew proposes a Mars mission committee outlines future space plans.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Earth
Neil Armstrong
Air Force
Edwin Aldrin
Michael Collins
Mission Control Center
Houston
Moon
Iran
Saturn
Armstrong
Mission Central
Spiro T. Agnew
Mars
Agnew
Venus
America
Nixon
Thomas O. Paine
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Robert Seamans
Lee DuBridge
Neil A. Armstrong
Edwin
F. Aldrin
Mission Control
Asronauts
Suik
Aldrin
Moonport
Births and community notices from Baytown and surroundings
Baytown area items note the birth of a granddaughter in Tuscaloosa to Dana Ann Kubisyn on July 12 weighing eight pounds seven ounces. Also a blood drive plea for a Baytown couple at Veterans Hospital in Houston. Local clubs, missing items, and church film events are mentioned with various residents and dates.
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Alabama
Dan Stallworth
Baytown
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Dana Ann
Jack Kubisyn
Mary Katherine
Jack Jr
Bronson Kimball
Bruce
Baytonians
Veterans Hospital
Houston
Reggie Brewer
Medical Association reverses policy to aid medical students
The American Medical Association reverses its policy and approves federal loans to medical students citing high interest rates and a tight money supply. Other items note State Sen. Word and Graves amid brutality charges, Greek journalist arrests over time-bombs, and Texas water plan impacts.
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The
American Medical Association
Baytown Votes No on Flood Bonds. Countywide Result Mixed
Harris County voters rejected a $21.5 million Hood flood control bond in Baytown and East Harris County, with only two city precincts supporting it. Across 335 precincts, 29,223 voted for and 22,315 against, as officials planned to finance urgent flood projects with at least $4 million soon. County Judge Bill Elliott praised the turnout and promised rapid action on the flood control program.
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Baytown
East
Harris County
San Jacinto River
Barrett Station
Channelview
DeZavala School
Channelview High School
V. V. Ramsey
Bill Elliott
Wlood
Eliott
Cedar Bayou Park Utility District vote set for Jan 26
Residents in Cedar Bayou Park area face a confirmation election to authorize formation of the Cedar Bayou Park Utility District. The vote runs 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 5905 Russell Lane, with three developments Cedar Bayou Park East West and North inside the proposed district boundaries. If defeated the district cannot be proposed again for six months.
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Cedar Bayou Park
Texas
C.W. Plato
Russell Lane
Japanese homemaker aids Apollo 11 newsmen translation
Fukimi Smith a Channelview stay‑at‑home mother translated for Japanese reporters covering the Apollo 11 mission at the Manned Spacecraft Center. She explains how she follows space releases, teaches language skills, and aided interviews with Dr. Carpentier and NASA’s John Hirasaki focusing on the lunar decontamination unit and quarantine safeguards.
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Muril Hart
Sun
Channelview
Fukimi Smith
Baytown Storm Causes Wide Power, Telecom Outages
A Tuesday evening storm in Baytown brought winds up to 65 mph, lightning and rain, causing extensive property damage and cutting electrical service to multiple circuits. Houston Lighting and Power crews, with extra help from Channelview, restored power by Wednesday morning after outages in Country Club Oaks Crosby and Mont Belvieu areas. General Telephone Co service was disrupted but expected to be back by Wednesday, with no injuries reported.
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Baytown
Houston Lighting and Power Co
E. C
Jack) Kimumons
Kimmons
Country Club
Oaks
Crosby
Mont Belvieu
Channelview
Cmpany
General Telephone Co
A. M. Chappell
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Chappell
Better Jobs Attract City Public Works Staff
Better paying jobs are pulling workers from Baytown Public Works, says director Jack Morton. The department reports a four or five person shortage in street construction and maintenance as the city mulls wage increases in the upcoming budget. new fiscal year begins October with starting pay at 2.21 and 2.40 after a year. The Abe Laborers contract raises hourly wages from 3.65 to 4.20.
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Public Works
Jack Morton
The
Public Works Department
Baytown
Abe Laborers International Union
Weather Update With Tides For Morgan's Point
Showers and thundershowers across the period with partly cloudy skies. Temperatures range from mid 70s to upper 90s on Wednesday. Morgan's Point tides show highs at 2:25 a.m. and 6:49 p.m. and lows at 5:37 a.m. and 7:07 p.m.
Reaching for Dream With Blastoff Apollo 11 Lifts Off
Apollo 11 astronauts Armstrong Aldrin and Collins launched from Cape Kennedy in Saturn 5 to Earth orbit. They aim for a lunar landing in three days with lunar module detachment to follow, while a global audience watches live TV.
Plus Purple Heart Baytonian Wins 2nd Bronze Star Medal
U S Army Spec. 6 Clyde fh. Williams III son of Mr and Mrs Clyde II Williams de of 500 Harris Road Highlands has received his second Bronze Star Medal and a Purple Heart for heroism in action in Vietnam on May 27. He earned a prior Bronze Star for bravery from Sept 6 1968 to Feb 6 1969. After wounds he underwent surgery in Saigon Okinawa and is now in Korea at Ardon doing clerical work awaiting discharge in September. Williams enlisted February 1968, trained at Fort Polk and Fort Knox and arrived overseas in September 1966. A Robert E. Lee High School and Lee College graduate he has one brother Bobby and two sisters.
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U.S. Army
Clyde Fh. Williams III
Clyde II. Williams de
Harris Road
Highlands
Vietnam
Williams
Ninth Infantry Division
Saigon
Okinawa
Korea
Ardon
Seoul
Army
Fort Polk
Fort Knox
Robert FE. Lee
Lee College
Bobby
Ronnie Smith
Laura Williams
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Nadine Wilburn
Lawrence Fukanaga
Honolulu
Hawaii
Thomas R. Johns
Fukanaga
Northwest Orient Rirlings
Gun Club
Bayshore Rod, Reel and Gun Club
Scott's Bay
Eddie Huron
Bertha B. Kirkpatrick
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Tri-City Beach
First National Bank
Meerter Foic
Bank & Trust Co
J. P. Word
Meridian
Curtis Graves
Gatesville School
Greece
Texas Water Plan
Mississippi
Texas Technological University
Soviet Union
Hubert H. Humphrey
Vatican Radio
Corpus Christi
Pasadena
Sublette County
Wyoming
Texas’ Supreme Court
Rio Grande Valley
Burnet Elementary School
Travis Elementary School
Huffman
Bayou Boulevard
Wallisville Road
Stolander Road
Aids
Homemaker
James P. Smith
Japan
Tokyo
U.S
Fukimi
Smiths
Irene
University of Texas
Deanne
Tarmo
Mrs. Smith
Blastoff
Buzz
Aktrin
Lyndon B. Jobson
Janet
Erick
Mark
Stephen Armstrong
Wapakoneta
Ohio
Baytonian
Clyde L. Williams III
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