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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1968
Page
4
Dr N Tinbergen from Oxford explains group territoriality as a defense by threats rather than fights. Howler monkeys illustrate nonlethal clashes, while eagles bears and dragons show more dangerous, bloodier confrontations. The piece argues they may learn restraint from the monkeys to avoid fatal outcomes.
The article cautions increasing human impact on Lake Powell eight miles into the Glen Canyon era. It notes Lake Powell will be 186 miles long with 1300 miles of shoreline when full and that pollution stems from campers and boaters rather than industry. Cleanup crews expect worsening unsightliness in coming years.
The FDA ordered halting marketing of chloramphenicol for typhoid and other serious infections due to sketchy evidence of effectiveness. The injectable drug, Chloromycetin from Parke-Davis, can have serious or fatal side effects and a report on effectiveness is pending. The action follows 1959 standards that required safety proof but not proven effectiveness.
On this date Hawaii achieved statehood in 1959 and pivotal political milestones occurred. Other items note King Olaf's death in 1030, van Gogh's death in 1890, Mussolini's birth in 1883, the Cape Cod Canal opening in 1814, early US air mail in 1920, and Farouk's 1937 coronation as Egypt's king.
The Baytown Sun staff and editorial advertising department roles are listed with names including Beiter, Wadhey, Jackson, Pritchett, Pendergrass, Boynton, Moody, Laughlin and others. It notes office location 1301 Memorial Drive Baytown Texas and P O Box 90 Baytown 77520. Subscription rates are shown and the paper is a Baytown News outlet affiliated with the Associated Press.
In this playful column Phil Pastoret jokes that pest troubles in backyards tempt better selectivity of cookout invites. He quips that the only safe way to avoid long August visits from relatives is to be an orphan and jokes about gifts left in closets from friendship lists.
A brief verse from Matthew 25 13 urges readers to stay prepared since no one knows the day or hour of the Son of mans return. The line emphasizes vigilance and spiritual readiness in Christian belief.
Baytown readers share vacation tales from Seattle to Holland and California. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Conner escape heat in Seattle with daughter. Marcie Fay returns from Honolulu where she met Chaplain Charles Fay on R and R from Vietnam. Mrs. J. G. Barber and daughter visit, HemisFair plans form, and local families from Jasper to Sherman visit kin. The Oberammergau Passion Play note marks historic long-running tradition since 1634.
The piece emphasizes annual tuberculin testing for children to detect early disease and notes that positive tests indicate prior contact with the bacillus. Early, effective treatment improves control, while cured individuals keep a positive tuberculin test for life. It also covers preventive outdoor activity and proper growth, plus a Q&A on vaccines and a brief note on rosary conditions and Hall of Fame firsts in 1936.
Washington report cites Edgar Eisenhower urging Seattle voters to back against Magnuson over trade with the communist world. The piece notes bipartisan U.S. policy of trading with Eastern Europe under multiple presidents, including Truman Kennedy and Johnson, and mentions lawmakers who resisted such trade. It also covers Victor Wickersham’s bid for Congress, his Pueblo demand, and a Steed-Wickersham exchange, plus a note on a gun control bill for switchblade knives introduced by Rep. Lester Wolff.
The text lists Across and Down clues with various partial answers and definitions, followed by a narrative about knife sales in New York and a political clash involving Gen. C. R. Smith and Rep. Rooney. It notes police inaction and travel-service staffing moves amid a push to attract tourists to improve the dollar balance.
A discussion of four players and two boards in an intense bridge Olympiad contest. Oswald and Jim dissect West’s king of hearts lead, ruffs, and the effect of defense on contracts. They praise South and critiqued defense choices amid Gaucho bidders enterprise.
The prompt presents a bridge bidding problem with South holding AH GQ I10875 W532 643 MI and partner signaling control today. It asks what action to take after passing and West also passes, then partner doubles. It also notes John Higley in 1737 minted several three penny tokens from his own copper mine, among the first copper coins in colonial America.
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