Baytown News Briefs Highlight Surgery and Weather
Ten-year-old Norman Dwayne Ponder remains in Texas Children's Hospital after open heart surgery at 7 30 am Tuesday and is reported in good condition. Baytown Chamber luncheon Friday will feature beautification committee goals for 1968 63. One inch of rain fell Tuesday raising monthly total to 45 inches and yearly total to 46 6 inches per W P Work. Memorial Stadium field house bids open at 4 pm for a 1000 square foot addition. Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea shown Thursday 10 am to noon at the Community Building. admission 25 cents. Randy Hughes, four, recovering after a fall and skull fracture at Olympia Pool. Partly cloudy and warm with possible afternoon thundershowers mid 70s to mid 90s.
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Norman Dwayne Ponder
W. N. Ponder
Richardson
Texas Children's Hospital
Bay Town
W. P. Work
Harris County Mosquim Control District
Walter Pidgeon
Joan Fontaine
Barbara Eden
Peter Lorree
Robert Sterling
Frankie Avalon
Baytown
Randy Hughes
Local society notes and hospital visit highlights
Biary Lee Cannon of 165 N Burnet is in Room 22 at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital and may receive visitors. Mrs E T Smith shares recipes again. Cynthia Moore backstage. Edna Beyer attends a Houston fashion show. Dick Neaver handles publicity for a Baytown Live Theater production. Mrs Ted Lyman reminisces. Betty Rice writes nice notes. Francis DaPlantis reports an annual Hunt trip for the children. Maudie Pack writes nice notes. Francis Dance Jubilee Treba McCune models a ruffled dress. Newby returns to a client routine. Tony Schillaci finds a woman’s handbag. Elizabeth Cloud attends bridal showers in Austin for her future daughter‑in‑law. Betty Butler hosts after a long trip to Mexico. Bonnie Holmes sports a stunning rain outfit with black boots.
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Biary Lee Cannon
N. Burnet
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
E. T. Smith
Cynthia Moore
Edna Beyer
Houston
Dick Neaver
Baytown
Ted Lyman
Betty Rice
Francis DaPlantis
Hunt
Maudie Pack
Francis
Treba McCune
Newby
Tony Schillaci
Elizabeth Cloud
Austin
Betty Butler
Mexico
Bonnie Holmes
Riots blank Mexico City as students clash with police
Mexican authorities blamed Reds for the unrest as mobs of youths 14 to 18 rioted through Mexico City. Police and troops fired volleys, buses and a trolley were wrecked, and at least one person was killed with hundreds injured and over a thousand arrested since the protest began last Friday.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Old University
Bea Ani
Cool Schools Await Youngsters In Fall
The district prepares air conditioning at multiple elementary and junior schools by September 1 under a voters approved 7.77 million dollar bond program. Architect Bitsy Davis notes Lamar and Anson Jones progress while others await bidding and system decisions to guide future plans.
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James A. “Bitsy
Davis Davis
DeZavaria
Burnet
Highlands
San Jacinto
Austin
Sam Houston
Travis
Lamar
Hower
Horace Mann
Cedar Bayou
Baytown
Jones-Carver
Davis
Boand
Altman’s Baytown store to close after 27 years
Max and Mrs. Altman announce permanent closure of Altman’s ready-to-wear shop at 201 W. Texas Baytown in August ending a long era of apparel retail. The couple originated Baytown’s College Board bridal department and expanded from men’s wear to women’s apparel since 1950.
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Baytown
Max Altman
Altman’s
Altman
Texas
College Board
Mexia
Westminister College
Trinity University
University of Texas
Texas Avenue
Power struggles frame bid for 1968 presidential race
Sirhan Sirhan’s attorney expects a plea at the Friday court appearance while no decision is made. Humphrey attacks both Johnson and Congress over hunger. Rockefeller presses to curb Nixon’s GOP nomination on an early ballot. Senate backs foreign aid tweak amid Pueblo controversy. American bombers reach their 48th mission in seven days near Saigon. Udall optimism grows over US petroleum independence.
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Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Sirhan
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M.nixon
Saigon
Lee College graduates 28 students in office training program
Twenty eight students completed the Lee College Cooperative Office Training program in a Tuesday night commencement. Certificates were awarded for stenotypists or clerk typists with Dr. J Colum presenting the class. Dr. Richard Strahan spoke on opportunities.
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Lee College Cooperative Office
Bettie Sanders
J. Colum
Techni l
Cal-Vocational Education
Richard Strahan
Katherine Yates
Marilyn Evers
J C. Thompson
Allen Bailey
Dorothy Karnes
Cynthia Russell
Theresa Johnson
Howard Duhon
Evangelina Aguilar
Sylvia Aguilar
Zana Allen
Delphine Bell
Cruz Benlavides
Ruby M. Brooks
Avey Burns
Irma Cantu
Nelda Cas
Mekong Delta Raid By U S Task Force
A U S task force with armored gunhosts helicopter gunships and South Vietnamese marines struck a Viet Cong base camp in the Mekong Delta. At least 90 enemy killed, 2 South Vietnamese wounded. Marines seized an arsenal with 62 weapons 423 mortar rounds and over 12 000 rounds of small arms ammunition. Action followed a Tuesday raid 92 miles southwest of Saigon along Cai Lon River estuary near the Gulf of Thailand. Navy 60 foot monitor gunboats and armored troop carriers led the assault.
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Saigon
Mekong
Saifon
Cai Lon
Gulf of Thailand
U.S. Navy
Pope Paul VI appeals for birth edict understanding
Pope Paul VI urged Roman Catholic couples to understand and accept Humanae Vitae prohibitions on birth control methods. He said his decision would bring anguish to millions and spoke before his weekly audience at Castel Gandolfo, noting heated press discussions and extensive study.
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Pope Paul VI
Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Paul VI
Rome
Lee Pope
Houston Infant Liver Transplant Ends in Death
A 26 month old girl, Shelia Renee Sanford of Corsicana, died 6:31 a.m. after receiving an infant liver in a transplant at Texas Children’s Hospital. Surgeons led by Dr Denton A. Cooley cited slim survival chances and attributed death to an artery defect in the donor liver. The donor infant, Janice Marie Samuel of Houston, died the prior evening after brain hemorrhage.
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Houston
Tex
Texas Children's Hospital
Shelia Renee Sanford
Royce J. Sanford
Corrifan
Janice Marie Samuel
Lawrence Samuel
Samuel
Denton A. Cooley
St. Luke's
Luke W. Able
Robert D. Bloodwell
Grady L. Hallman Jr
Sanford
Sterling Stars Set For Dome
The Ross Sterling High School Stars will perform at the Houston Oilers Washington Red Skins football game in the Harris County Domed Stadium at 8 p.m. Thursday. It will be the first time a professional football game has been played in the dome. Mrs. Winnie Brown, a principal of Sterling High, said Wednesday the Stars had been practicing for a week to get ready for their home performance.
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Ross Sterling High School
Houston Oiler
Baytown OKs Police Reserve Unit Continuation
Baytown City Council voted to keep the police reserve unit operating despite a recent attorney general ruling. The council reaffirmed its prior resolution and directed Police Chief Blair W. Mann to continue using reserve volunteers, noting they augment a short-staffed force and patrol at night.
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Baytown
Holiday Inn
Seaborn Cravey
Ted Kloesel
Texas Atty
Crawford Martin
Tualing
Blair W. Mann
Ihem
Fritz Lanham
Counterfeit Bill Warning Hits Baytown Streets
Baytown residents are urged to watch for counterfeit currency in circulation. The warning highlights common counterfeit twenty dollar bills with serial numbers PRS15263 A and E 18204824 a and lists additional suspicious twenties and tens with various serials to flag for authorities.
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Baytown
EologTiers A
Opposition To High Court Nominations Grows
Washington AP reports Opposition leader Sen. Griffin says forces have doubled and will block Senate action on Abe Fortas and Homer Thornberry. He claims 40 senators oppose the pair and threatens a filibuster, aiming to prevent confirmation with a two-thirds vote.
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Washington
Johnson
Supreme Court
Senate
Robert P. Griffin
Reich
Nomie Nation
Abe Fortas
Homer Thornberry
Griffin
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