Wage increase talks open at Humble Baytown refinery
Gulf Coast Industrial Workers Union and Humble Oil Baytown Refinery began negotiations on a new contract. The proposal includes a 64 percent general wage rise with a 20 cent hourly minimum and 32 dollar monthly minimum for salaried staff. The talks cover four main categories including wages, benefits, process, and maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gulf Coast Industrial Workers Union
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
Humbie
Pete Brewer
Brewer
Guilt Coast Industrial Wrkers
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
Claud, Phillips
Process Department
Jack Rogers
Mechanical Department
Alligator Capture Near Travis Elementary Sparks Zoo Trade
A three and a half foot alligator was captured in a drainage ditch near Travis Elementary School at about 6 p.m. Tuesday by Larry Lipps and David Hartley who planned to donate the animal to the Houston Zoo. A Beautification Conference Tuesday at Lee College will distribute Tuesday Conference ORCHID TREE seeds, sponsored by the Baytown Chamber of Commerce and Lee College. Morse returns from a Charlotte trip to visit her mother Nina Wieson. Larry Arthur Brill, son of Mr. and Mrs. Niles K. Brill of Virginia, studies math and computer programming at Texas A&M this summer as part of NSF for high-ability students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UWU Jexearulu
Travis
Larry Lipps
Lazy Lane
David Hartley
Tanglewood
Houston Zoo
Lee College
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Larry Arthur Brill
Mer
Niles K. Brill
Virginia
National Science Foundation
Texas A&m
Bayton
Steve Gantt
BD. G. Gantt
Bettlebell Road
David Hiller
W. D. Yeager
Jones Road
Ross Sterling High School
David
Weather and tides forecast for Galveston region
Weather and tide outlook through Thursday shows temperatures from 75 to 96 degrees with Tuesday’s range 76 to 97 and a morning reading of 3 degrees at 8 am at the Sun weather station. Galveston tides will be high at 7 12 am, 12 36 pm, and 6 06 pm with no low tide expected.
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Sun Weather
Galveston
Local Glimpses From Community Life And Events
Jean Kensey and Ginny Messerschmidt spend summer at King's Ranch near Bandera. Helen Rowe seeks a Black Forest Cake recipe for a German dinner. Fred Bednarski entertains a customer’s son with a pocket microphone. Harold Billings family returns from a cool Rocky Mountain vacation. Ann and Felton Underwood face trouble with a drawing prize. Ann Poage cools off at the swimming pool after work. Fred Hansen teaches his three year old daughter to swim. Mozelle Ruggles of Baytown Garden Club bids farewell as she moves to Houston. J. C Brannon and Jerry Don Smith chat at noon. Vicki Hutchinson visits The Sun toward the bowling alley. Lynda Magee discusses twirling camp at Lamar Tech. Stella Becka helps with a photo assignment. Rusty Eichelberger and Mace Norman miss an ice cream party due to vacations. Karen Kay and Carol Ann Plocheck celebrate birthdays. Rocky Keene is driving a new car.
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Jean Kensey
Ginny Messerschmidt
King’s Ranch
Bandera
Helen Rowe
Fred Bednarski
Harold Billings
Rocky Mountains
Ann
Felton Underwood
Ann Poage
Fred Hansen
Mozelle Ruggles
Baytown Garden Club
Houston
J. C Brannon
Jerry Don Smith
Vicki Hutchinson
Lynda Magee
Lamar Tech
Stella Becka
Rusty Eichelberger
Mace Norman
Karen Kay
Carol Ann Plocheck
T. G. Plocheck
Crosby
Rocky Keene
Tax Hike Indicated in LC Budget Proposal
A tentative 1966 67 Lee College budget shows a two cent per one hundred valuation tax increase for maintenance and operation and an additional five cents for debt service, totaling 18 cents per hundred. Sauls projects eight percent tax collection on a district valuation of 276 810 100 and notes state funds rise to 563 987 with total expenditures at 2 637 457.
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Brewer
GCIWU
Lee College Board of Regents
College
Robert Sauls
Sauls
Board of Regents
Massacre Survivor Faces The Accused
Corazon Amarao a 23 year old Filipina nurse identified Richard Speck as the intruder who killed eight student nurses. Speck 24 lay in City Jail Hospital recovering from self inflicted arm wounds and possibly a heart attack. Doctors warn against movement as state officials seek formal confirmation.
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Chicago
Richard Speck
City Jail
Corazon Amarao
Chicago Sun-Times
The
Chicago Tribune
William N. Norcross
Speck
Norcross
Rites Thursday For Former Baytonian
Funeral services for Mrs. Kyle Alexander 48 will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday in Pasadena at the Glendale Funeral Home Chapel of the Oaks. She died Tuesday night in a Houston hospital. Survivors include her husband three sisters and four brothers. Interment will be in Garden of Memory Cemetery in Lufkin.
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Kyle Alexander
Glendale Funeral Home
Curtis Brashear
Boyce Brashear
Ell
Lufkin
C. B. Braish
San Augustine
Robert Elliott
Garden of Memory Cemetery
Celia Isn’t Dead Celia Isnt Dead at AMI Florida
Tropical storm Celia formed off the Florida coast and strengthened into the season’s third tropical storm. It reached 80 mph winds with squalls mainly on the east side, centered near 32.6 N 69.0 W, about 230 miles east of Bermuda. Forecasters said it would brush Bermuda but not affect the U S mainland.
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Ami
Fla
Florida
Celia
Weather Bureau
Hurricane Hunter
Bermuda
United States
Funeral Held for Mrs Barber in Mont Belvieu
Funeral services for Mrs Clara Jane Barber were held at Mont Belvieu Methodist Church with Rev Bruce Powers and Rev Glen Fergusan officiating. She died at her Mont Belvieu home and is survived by her husband Q K Barber, three daughters, five grandchildren, a brother and a sister among others. Interment followed at Fisher's Chapel Cemetery under Paul A Lee Funeral Home supervision.
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Mont Belvieu Methodist Church
Clara Jane Barber
Mont Belvieu
Giddings
Tex
Bruce O. Powers
First Methodist Church of
Beaumont
Glen B. Fer-gusan
Fisher's Chapel
Paul A. Lee
Barber
Q. K. Barber
Barbers
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Harvey P. Honsinger
Houston
M. E. Gitt
Dayton
Community Chest Board Votes 205029 Budget
Baytown community leaders approve a 1967 Community Chest budget of 205,029 an increase of four percent over 1966. Committees note strong attendance and careful review of 15 agency requests totaling 227,550, with final allocations including Crippled Children 17,864 YMCA 16,968 Red Cross 28,135 Health League 3,682 and others.
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Baytown Community Chest Board of Directors
Paul J. Edwards
Edwards
Tee
Health League
Thrift Exchange
Crippled Children
Welfare League
YMCA
Boy Scouts
Girl Scouts
Community Chest
Opportunity School
Houston
Texas United Fund
Red Cross
Baytown Plans Wide City Redevelopment Effort
Baytown civic leaders formed Central Baytown Business and Professional Association to push a broad redevelopment program for the citys commercial areas. Led by Herbert V Herbert the group includes Finance Chairman Bill Gidley Merchants Dale Rippey and Abe Rosenzweig with W J Strickler Al Melinger and directors Bruce Woods Jack Jacobs W J Duplantis Rosenzweig Dan Elkins Charles Tillery and Ibra Yount.
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Baytown
Central
Herbert
Development Association
Bill Gidley
Dale Ripiey
Abe Rosenzweig
W. J. Strickler
A! Melinger
Bruce Woods
Jack Jacobs
W. J. Duplantis Jr
Rosenzweig
Dan Elkins
Charles Tillery
Ibra Yount
Hiking Farmers Leave Early On Way To Capital
RACHAL Tex AP Hiking Mexican American farm workers resume a 400 mile protest march toward the Texas state Capitol in Austin. Local No 2 NFWA members seek a $1.25 minimum wage and union recognition, aiming to end Labor Day rally at the Capitol.
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Rachal
Tex
South Texas
National Farm Workers Association
Texas
State Capitol
Austin
San Juan
NFWA
Starr County
Ilegal
John Birch Society
Rex Westerfield
Dallas
United States Communist Party
Texas Movement
NEWA
One cool judgment is worth a thousand counsels
A compact aphorism attributed to Woodrow Wilson stresses the value of calm, considered decisions over quick, impulsive counsels.
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Woodrow Wilson
WU. S. Aresident
N Viet Nam fires 29 missiles as Hastings fights on
Saigon reports North Viet Nam fired a record 29 Soviet made missiles near Hanoi during heavy U.S. air attacks. A U.S. jet was lost to a surface to air missile and another shot down in a dogfight. Ground battles in the Song Ngan Valley and Hill 208 continue as U.S. Marines and South Vietnamese troops press Operation Hastings with heavy casualties on both sides.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
U S. Command
U.S
North
Song Ngan
17Th Parallel
Hill 208
South
Viet Nam
USA
U.S. 25Th Infantry Division
Ho Bo Woods
Dirksen Says Americans Abhor Idea Of GI Trials
Sen. Everett Dirksen warned that Americans would oppose Hanoi if it tries U S pilots as war criminals. Democratic Leader Mansfield and others echoed fear of televised propaganda and biased trials, saying such actions would provoke global condemnation and possible intensified conflict.
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Dirksen
Washington
Everett M
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
U.S
Senate
Democratic
Mike Mansfield
Cooper
Mansfield
Congress
Kuchel
Gemini 10 crew to resume space walk amid fuel concerns
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP Gemini 10 pilot Michael Collins was cleared to space in a plan to rendezvous with a dead satellite from last March using Agena engine fuel. John W Young and Collins faced low fuel and eye irritation from a possible lithium hydroxide issue as they prepared their 240 mile high maneuver.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Michael Collings
Sgfoot
Agena Space
John W. Young
Collins
Young
Navy
Air Force
William €. Schneider
Gemini
Newsies
Space Administration
Ground Broken For Lee College Technical Complex
Lee College President George H. Gentry Dean Walter Rundell and Board of Regents President Sam Bramlett led ground breaking for a 1.19 million technical and vocational complex. Architects James Davis and Campco Construction Co. Robert Campbell involved. The four buildings total 5346 square feet with two-story classrooms and shops, connected by a covered walkway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee College
George H. Gentry
Walter Rundell
Board of Regents
Sam Bramlett
Alvin Miles
Bramlett
Leemai Oie
Dor
James 4. Davis
Robert Campbell
Campco Construction Co
A. L. Jordan
Meameavial Baptist Church
New Maneuver Threatens To Extend Airline Strike
A union vote of confidence from 35 000 machinists in about 30 cities threatens to extend the airline strike. With a 5 pm EDT deadline looming, talks stalled at 10 am fail pending a possible government push to avert further disruption of the peak summer travel season.
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Washington
Ithe
United
National
Eastern
Northwest
Trans World Airlines
Joseph W. Ramsey
Ramsey
Secretary of Labor
W. Willard
Baytown Attends Connally Dinner on Water Plan
Baytown officials and businessmen travel to Houston for Gov. Connally at the Texas Air and Water Resources Foundation dinner. Attendees include Gene Muller Akard Beall and Clem Massey with plans to discuss the state water plan and the pilot program for the Galveston Bay-Houston Ship Channel complex. The 6:30 p.m. event at the Rice Hotel Grand Ballroom draws officials from Harris Galveston Chambers and Brazoria counties.
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Baytown
Houston
John Connally
Texas Air and Water Resources Foundation
Gene Muller
Air and Water Conservation Committee
Muller
Freg Hartman
Akard Beall
Clem Massey
Connally
The
Resources Foundation
Rice Hotel
Harris
Galveston
Chambers
Brazoria
Robert M. Ives
Guv. Connally
Jon
Galveston Bay-Houston Ship Channel
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Humble
Gulf Coast Union
Cech. Morse
Charlotte
N.C
Nina Wieson
Citizens National Blember F.d.le
Baytonian
Community Chest Board
Harris County
Federal Savings and Loan
Capital
Peopies State Bank
CLAIM
N. Viets
Citizens OF Texas Savings
Wirtz
White House
Johnson
Baytonians
Thad Felton
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