Baytown Community Notices and Pickerings
Baytown area notices include a 6:30 p.m. Monday picnic by the Sabors Baytown Police Wives Club at Roselend Park with potluck lunch for families. A 7:30 p.m. Monday screening of the 28 minute cancer film Investment in Life at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital invites all Baytown residents. Lincoln Swift named NRA Certified Rifle and Pistol Instructor. he runs Swift's Gem Shop on Market Street. UT Austin graduates include 236 bachelor of law candidates from Baytown area. John Schulze to Rice University for sociology after receiving a BA. Baxshore Wagon Wheel Square Dance Club plans a Saturday dance at Knights of Pythias Hall. Marriage postponed: Judy Horton and Charlie Kilgore push back June 27 to late July. Baytown area weather: scattered thundershowers with little temperature change. Friday 70 to 90 degrees. Thursday 79-80.
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San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Baytown
Baytown, Area
Lubbock Storm Roars Across South Plains With 92 MPH Winds
A massive spring storm belted the South Plains of Texas with 92 mph winds causing tornado like damage and two deaths near Smyer. Flooding hit Lubbock with 10 inches in some areas as warehouses and airports suffered heavy damage. Fields, roads, and crops were ruined across Brownfield, Cotton Center, and nearby towns. Authorities said losses could reach millions as rain, hail, and high water disrupted life and transit.
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South Plains
Texas
Smyer
Lubbock
Baytown
George F. Nelson
Mosquito Control District
W. Humble
Q. Cambern
General Telephone
Gulf Coast Hospital
Unti
Clarence Smith
Levelland
Smyers
Reese Air Force Base
Bill Blackavell
Associated Press
Lubock
McHinzie State Park
Hancock Manufacturing Co
Spoat
Brownfield
Cotton Center
Yellow House Canlyon
Stewart
Tower
Blackwell
Weather Bureau
Xredar
Amherst
Woodrow
Deaf Smith County
Wallace Cox
Hereford
Cox
Littlefield
Tohoka
Spade
New Deal
Tahoka
Abernathy
Eight Year Old Joey Masterson Proves Fishing Talent
Joey Masterson, eight, son of Mr and Mrs Leroy Masterson, is described as an expert fisherman by his grandpa Joe Speck after a recent fishing trip with his grandfather. He hauled in three bass and several perch during the expedition. The report notes other local names and events from the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joey Masterson
Leroy Masterson
Joe Speck
Joey
Terry Bearden
Peggy Florida
Baytown Sun
W. L. Enoch
San Jacinto Hospital
Norman Hargrave
Theresa Henderson
Texas Southern University
Grantham
East Texas State University
Betty
East Texas
Phillips Named BEF President in Baytown Labor Election
iL. B. Phillips was elected president of the Baytown Employee Federation. W. L. Murdock became vice president. Other officers include L. Stuart secretary Buster McAlister treasurer and trustees from Enjay Chemical Co and Humble Oil and Refining Co. Numerous representatives span Esso Research and Engineering Murdock etc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Il. B. Phillips
Baytown Employee Federation
W. L. Murdock
L. Stuart
Buster McAlister
Jack Alexander
Enjay Chemical Co
A. G. Lestarrette
Humble of and Refining Co
Arom
Esso Research and Engineering
D. J. Krisher
Patricia Rogers
James
Enjay plans expansion of Baytown polyolefin unit
Enjay iChemical plans a Baytown polyolefin unit expansion aimed at boosting capacity to 159 million pounds per year by early 1968. Site clearance started last week as equipment installation prep proceeds, supported by heavy R&D. The project positions Enjay among the world’s largest polypropylene resin producers amid growing injection molding, fiber, and film applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enjay iChemical. Ca
Baytown
Enjay
Esso Chemical Co
Jersey Standard
New York
United States
Ex-Carver Star Gene Washington Honored At MSU Banquet
EAST LANSING MICH Ex Carver athlete Gene Washington a two year all American at Michigan State received the Big 10 Conference Medal of Honor at MSU sports awards. He was also named the Alumni Varsity Club’s most outstanding senior on the track team. A 1962 Carver High graduate he starred in football basketball and track helping Baytown to a 1961 state football title and a perfect season. Washington is a top NFL Vikings draft prospect expected to sign after the track season.
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East Lansing
Mich
Gene Washington
Michigan State
Baytown
Brewer
Washington
Gary Dilley
Gene
Arton Dilley
Michigan
Carver
Buccaneers
Bucs
30 Attend Meeting Phone Service Rapped in Baytown
Baytown residents protested General Telephone Co service to the city council with about 1,000 signing a petition led by Cecil Bobbitt. They urged upgrades and opposed renewing the franchise in 1971. Company executives E O Cambern and W A Seigon outlined a $3 million expansion and new cable to reduce interruptions, with service teams to address complaints.
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Henry Holcomb
Baytown
General Telephone Co
Cecil Bobbitt
General Telephone
Telephone Company
E. O. Cambern
Jocal
W. A. Seigon
Cambern
Leigon
Leigen
General Telephone of the
Southwest
Maryland
Rufus Honeycutt
E. 0
E. O
Honeycutt
Huber Corp. Wats
Wide Area Telephone Service
Ricky
American Exchange Joins Stock Manipulation Probe
The American Stock Exchange president says the exchange is pursuing its own investigation alongside a federal probe into Wall Street price rigging. An indictment charges six men, including Pentron Electronics board chair Olbham Andreas, with conspiracy and manipulation in a case involving about one million shares and nearly two million dollars in losses to investors. Other named individuals include Spero Furia, Paul Heischuber, Robert Ness, Mark Rolland, and Mario Trombone.
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NEW York
Ralph S. Saul
American Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Pentron Electronic Corp
American Exchange
Chicago
Associated Press
Pentron
American Exchange Andl
Olbham Andreas
Indictmnt
I Cleve
Land
Ohio
Harold Ballonoff
Pentron, Electronics Corp
Spero Furia
Paul Heischuber
Robert Ness
Mark Rolland
Investments Associates
Mario, Trombone
De Gaulle Warns Against Hostilities Amid Middle East Crisis
In Jerusalem, an Israel Syria border clash left two Israelis and a Syrian dead as Gen Moshe Dayan was named defense minister. France warned against any open hostilities, urging a diplomatic solution with the US Soviet Britain and France to resolve the crisis. The Cairo newspaper Al Ahram claimed Israeli forces control the situation and warned of possible actions if the blockade of the Gulf of Aqaba persists. The United States and Britain seek a cautious approach while Egypt threatens Suez Canal measures.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Syria
Middle East
Moshe Dayan
Egypt
Dayan
Kfar
Hanassi
United States
Jordan
Charles de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
Paris
Soviet Union
Britain
Ardis
Washington
London
Suez Canal
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Gulf of Aga
Gul
Elath
Levi Eshkol
David Ben-Gurion
Gulf of Aqaba
Doves
Eshkol
Abba Eban
Sinai
Ben-Gurion
Cairo
al Ahram
Nasser
Israel Ag
Levhi - Eshkol
Red Sea
U.S
Constantinople
al’ Ahram
Teld
Qrean
Tatrepid
US_ Defense Department
Vietnam
Ws.feaders
Wishington
Ude
White House
Johnson
Harold Wilson
Grays Begin 130-Unit Mobile Home Park Project
Gray Enterprises starts a $250,000 130 unit mobile home park on McKinney Road near Highway 146. Elmer and Ed Gray own the firm which plans a pool, recreation area, washateria, paved streets, and landscaped lots averaging about 4 by 90 feet. Construction expected to start by mid June with completion hoped for late July or early August. The park, named Colonial Park for Mobile Homes, will include a resident manager.
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McKinney Road
Gray Enterprises
Elmer Gray
Ed Gray
Grays
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Colonial Park
Moblie Homes
South Viets Press Midwest? Battle Near DMZ
South Vietnamese paratroopers and infantry with air and artillery support reportedly broke up a 300-man Viet Cong battalion near the demilitarized zone, killing at least 150. Elsewhere, U.S. Marines battled a bunkered North Vietnamese ridge west of Quang Tri and near Camp Carroll, with heavy artillery and jet strikes ongoing as casualties mounted and fire spread along the zone’s approaches.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Gug
Vietnam
Dong Sa
Quang Tri City
Con Thien
Camp Carrol
South
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Sabors
Lincoln Swift
National Rifle Association of America
Swift
Market Street
David Dittfurth
Henry Edobroski
Jon C. Pfennig
John W. Sweeney
University of Texas
Baytown Area
John W. Schulze
Nolan H. Schulze
William
Rice University
Rice
Baxshore Wagon Wheel Square Dance Club
Knights of Pythias Hall
Judy Horton
Charlie
Kilgore
Tex
Ford & Climatic
Thad Felton
Baytown, Inc
RINCE
Phillips
BEF
G. W. Wilson
A. M
Jack) Howell
Dave Salter
Jess Stovall
Minnesota Vikings
General
Bobbitt
Francis
Federal Communications Commission
Ralph Yarborough
John Tower
M. C. (Buday) Bray
Baytown Peer
South Viets
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