Community Club Officers Meeting and Local Events
A BAYRIDGE HOME Officers meeting is set for 10 am Wednesday at the Knights of Columbus Hall on Ocean Drive with Grand Knight Leonard T. Mazoch urging all council officers to attend. Also listed are Gun Club gatherings, cadet practices, marching band rehearsals, volunteer firemen training, a Sterling Band practice, a charity dance at Knights of Columbus, a Crosby open horse show, and Navy Airman James T. Strawn Jr. serving aboard USS Yorktown in Long Beach California.
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Bayridge
Chile
San Jacinto
Robert EL Lee
Baytown Alpha Delta
Strawn
James T. Strawn Jr
USN
James T. Strawn Sr
Forrest
Yorktown
Long Beach
Calif
Baytown Area Weather Forecast With Tides
PARTLY CLOUDY and warm through Wednesday in the Baytown area. Slight chance of scattered afternoon thunderstorms. Temperatures expected from mid 70s to mid 90s. Galveston tides show highs at 6 36 a m and 30 54 p m with lows at 1 36 a m and 3 06 p m.
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Baytown
Ares
Galveston
Little Miss Texas Crowned In Dallas Event
Lori Smith lr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R L Smith of Fort Worth, won Little Miss Texas Saturday night in Dallas and will advance to the Little Miss World pageant. In Baytown news, Arthur Wayne Coltharp is noted for the greenest grass, while local residents share greetings and vacation notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randy Rogers
Jack Hatters
L. J. Kohnllarber
Paul Kevin Eddy
Methodist Hospital
Houston
Marcus Poteet
Denise
HemisFarr
Guy Chenanut
Ashby
Lori Smith
R.L. Smith
Fort Worth
Dallas
3. S
Bud” Blackburn
Jim McLain
Nashville
Tenn
W. P. Denman
W. A
Skeeter
Orton
Jan
HemisFair
Alan McWhorter
Betty Hastie
Medical Parley Sets Houston Induction Medical Consultation
Darian Barker 19 of Baytown says he was ordered to a medical consultation in Houston after a civilian doctor ruled him permanently not qualified for service. Navy rejection for an ulcerated colon followed a 1967 Lee High grad’s attempt to enlist. authorities say the Army’s doctor later found him fit.
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Darian Barker
Donald W. Barker
Huber Camp
Houston Army Induction Center
Young Barker
Baytown Selective Service Board No. 63
Office
Cal Mortis
Schwartz
State Selective Service
Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
Baytown Draft Board
Cal
Army Surgeon General
Houston
Barker
Navy
Dakar
Leutenant
Darian
Robert E. Lee High Schoo
Lee College
Rites Set Wednesday for Mrs Cuba Greer
Funeral services for Mrs Cuba Whitecotton Greer a longtime Baytown resident will be at 10 am Wednesday at Grace Methodist Church with Rev Asbury Lenox officiating. She died at 66 in Baytown hospital Monday morning and will be buried Thursday in Texarkana after travel by Earthman Funeral Home.
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Cuba Whitecatton Greer
Naples
Texarkana
Webb Greer
Bayshore Bus Lines
Greer Florist
Grace Methodist Church
Nannie Dickson
Cedar Bayou
Bluebonnet 42 Club
Baytoun
Crosby Faces Possible Tax Increase Next Year
Crosby School district taxpayers may face a tax increase of about 20 percent as the board tentatively approves a 1968 69 budget of 956 999 to operate next year. The increase stems mainly from a teacher salary raise approved in May. Final approval hinges on the equalization board report and a hearing in August.
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Gary Scherer Crosby
Crosby
Jert
Prochazka
James Eowell
Jimmy Petrick
Wilbert Eagleton
Truman Reed
Jack Woodard
Andrew Spence
B. J. Bradley
Steelworkers weigh first strike move over 78 cent offer
Pittsburgh AP reports the United Steelworkers Union will hold out to the last moment before deciding on action regarding a steel industry contract offer described as 78 cents.
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Pifttsburgh
United Steelworkers Union
National policing walkout and political clashes ripple in 1968 turmoil
A two day police strike is proposed amid claims of insufficient support against racial violence. Rockefeller and Nixon managers clash over Republican nomination prospects. U S forces report two ground battles with American casualties and enemy fatalities. Fulbright decries Vietnam War to stop deaths and bring troops home. Foreign aid requests face scrutiny as totals drop. Paratroopers and tanks quell a Mexico City riot. A 41 year old becomes the world’s newest heart transplant patient in Houston. Costa Rica receives aid as a volcano eruption kills 12 and threatens villages. Nixon aides challenge the nomination claims as the trade balance shows outsized spending. Hunt tax claims are disallowed by the US. A Czechoslovak general reportedly meets Soviet officers as party leaders discuss reforms near the Soviet frontier.
Parkinson Walmsley Alford Seek Re election To School Board
Incumbents Paul Parkinson Sam Alford and Dr George Walmsley announced plans to run again in the October school board election after the board set Oct 5 as election date. Parkinson 35 is a Fraiche Security Solutions manager and Baytown insurance agent Walmsley 41 is a Haytown physician. Absentee voting runs Sept 16 to Oct 1 with a filing deadline Sept 4. a possible omission of Precinct 103 may require amendment.
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Paul Parkinson
Sam Alford
George Walmsley
Alford
Parkinson
Walmsley
Seth Mitchell
Netherlands
Karl W. Opryshek
Horsce Mann Junior School
Frozen food purchasing policy debated by school board
The board affirmed current quota purchasing for frozen foods, with Trustee Sam Alford winning support to continue the present method. Supt. George Gentry reported last year’s frozen food spend near 23,098.79, with no single order above 1,000, thus not triggering mandatory bidding. Mrs. Oprysek favored competitive bids, while others questioned bidding effectiveness and called for administration study.
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Johnella Boynton
Sam Alford
Troy Peterson
George Walmsley
James Ellis
Karl W. Opryshek
Bob Wahrraund
Paul Parkinson
George Gentry
Opryshek
Pee
Veteran Esso researcher retires after 29 years at Baytown plant
E Q Camp marks retirement from Esso Baytown Research and Engineering after 29 years with Humble Oil and Refining. A chemist turned division head, Camp never missed a day due to illness and earned 14 U S patents and 11 papers. He plans vacations to Big Bend and the Black Hills with his wife and family nearby.
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E. Q Camp
Esso Research and Engineering Co
Baytown Research and Development
Theompany
Camp
Palestine
Texas
Humble Oil & Refining Company
Baytown Laboratories
Carp
Clark
Lee College
Baytown
East Rosewood Drive
Dorothy
S. Lennard
Talas
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Parkland Memorial Hospital
Methodist Church
U. S
American Pet
Concern For Viet Orphans Shown By CV Army Nurse
Captain Shirley Teague, Army Nurse Corps, speaks of Amer Asian orphans in Vietnam as a war problem needing attention. She describes hardship, rejection by both sides, and higher disease risk, and recently hosted an informal showing of her Vietnam photos for the Channelview Lakeside Garden Club to raise awareness.
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Mar. Hart
Bobby Beverly
Channelview
Viola Cobb
States
Vietnam
Teague
Channelview Lakeside Garden Club
Amid
Kerry Beverly
Viel See
Payer Recovering From 96 Foot Plunge At Baytown Refinery
Louis Herring, 69, of 322 West Gulf, is recovering at home after a 96 foot fall at Humble Oil and Refining Co Baytown Refinery. The Bilton Construction insulator sustained third degree burns, a broken shoulder, pelvis, back discs, ribs and multiple lacerations. A damaged tool pouch he wore supposedly saved his life by cushioning the descent. He was released from hospital but faces additional tests.
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Louis Herring
Gulf
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
Herring
Bilton Constriction Co
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Gun Club
Gulf Coast Gun Club
Chamber of Commerce
A. E
Lenny Tompkins
T L Tallent
Fire Station No
Louie Bishop
Fire Statlon No. 5
Texas A&m University
Sterling
Ross Sterling
Knehts of Columbus Hall
Gil Baco
Crosby Radio Arena
John Quincey Adams
U.S
Dong Ha
South Vietnam
Citizens National la & Trust Co
Baytonian
Soas
Cuba Greer
Weber Jay Greer
Wilbur Jackson Greer
Frank Hawkins
Ora Bolton
Mary Smith
Greer
Ward Road
Mrs
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Hasis
Arkansas
J. William Fulbright
Senate
Johnson
Mexico City
National Palace
Se. Laskke
Episcopal Hospital
U.S. Army
Costa Rica
Commerce Department
HL. Hunt
US. Fox Court
Frazer
Robert Sauls
Sauls
Goryshek
Dave Sherron
FE. Q. Camp
Shirley Teague
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