Gemini 9 Aboard Titan Lifted Into Atlantic Dawn
The Gemini 9 mission launched from the Cape as Stafford and Cernan battled communications glitches. They aimed for a four hour chase of a 11 foot target satellite, planning rendezvous maneuvers and a possible linkup after lifting from the Atlas booster. The crew reported green and go and prepared for celestial maneuvers mirroring future Moon missions.
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Gemini
Stafford
Earth
Edward H. White TL
Cernan
Cernman
Ceman
Australia
Plastoff
Election officials cited for precinct 105 roles
Election judge Eits W a A Gooarich at Stephen F. Austin Elementary School clarifies she presides in all precinct elections except city races where Mrs. Claude Tompkins serves as presiding judge. Square Dance club hosts a late Saturday event at Knights of Pythias Hall with Earl Arledge as MC. Olympia Pool to hold Little Miss and Teenage Miss Olympia contests at 1 am Saturday. Clayton daughter to receive BA at Baylor Friday graduation. family attends in Waco and Baytown.
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eits. W_ a
A. Gooarich
Stephen F. Austin
Claude Tompkins
Bayshore Wagon Wheel Square Dance Club
Knights of Pythies Hall
Highway 146
Earl Arledge
Arledge
Clayton
A. J. Clayton
Glen Haven
Baylor University
Wayne Bertsch
Barbara Morgan
Baytown
Waco
Purse Stolen From Roseland Park Pool Basket
U. Turner of 304 Daniels reports to Baytown police that his daughter's purse was taken from a basket at Roseland Park swimming pool between 7 and 3 pm on Wednesday.
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Lw. U. Turner
Daniels
Baytown
Roseland Park
Weather notes show mild changes with tides listed
The report mentions clear to partly cloudy skies with little temperature change. It records a range of 82 to 36 degrees, notes Thursday’s 60 to 81 degree range, and Friday morning at the Sun weather station was 77 degrees. Galveston tides on Saturday are high at 6 42 a m and low at 10 31 p m.
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Sun Weather Station
Galveston
Pat K Massey misses summer school and recital
Patti Kate Massey a Robert E Lee High School junior misses summer school and a piano recital she is ill at home Bubba and Susan Dzilsky celebrate their 11th birthday early a double for Bubba who bowled 28 Wednesday night Louis Gant cant answer a question without his glasses at dawn Dunwood Blackwell Moss Point Miss visits new neighbors Mr and Mrs G L Bloodgood in Oklahoma Gerald McCarty and family home from vacation John Malone Louisiana is a new Baytonian Ed Montgomery 321 Minors is in intensive care at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
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Patti Kate Massey
Robert E. Lee
Bubba
Susan Dzilsky
Louis Gant
Dunwood Blackwell
First Baptist Church
Moss Point
Miss
G. L. Bloodgood
Oklahoma
Gerald McCarty
John Malone
Louisiana
Kroger to Build Drug Store and Supermarket in La Porte
Kroger Co real estate manager Charles Dietz announced late Friday that a 300 by 266 foot tract at Highway 148 and Fairmont Parkway will host a Kroger grocery store of 16,000 square feet and a Super X drug store of 10,000 square feet. Groundbreaking is set for 1 30 p m next Tuesday with bids due later this month and construction to start soon after.
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la Porte
Charles 5. Dietz
T the Kroger Co
Highway 148
Fairmont Parkway
Dietz
Kroger’s
Boyle Realty Co
Ex Baytonian Killed In Viet Nam
Funeral rites are pending in Houston for Lance Cpl. Jerry L. Noland 13 a Baytown native killed in Viet Nam. Son of Charles Farrar and the late Mrs. Noland he was a fire team leader in E Company Second Battalion First Marine Division. He had served 14 months in country and was to depart June 1 awaiting replacement.
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Earthman Funeral Home
Houston
Mirs
John Reeves
Jack
Andra
Baytown
Virgil Emfinger
Highlands
J. A. Tarver
Channelview
Ronald
Marion Tarver
George Noland
Carolyn
Jeanne
Charlene Tarver
Noland
Marine Corps
Pasadena
Viet Nam
Phu Bai
First
Marine Division
GOP Ballots Questioned After Harris County Primary Flub
Thirty six absentee ballots may decide the May 7 Republican primary in Harris County as 13 962 machine ballots were invalidated for missing the required pledge under the Texas Election Code. The ballot was approved by the county Republican Executive Committee. Lawyers consider implications as three JP nominees risk losing GOP backing in November. County results certified. district court orders unlikely.
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Harris County
Republican Executive Committee
Justice of the Peace
Wowdd
Carl F.strotheff
Dan C. Smith, Jr
Gene Zaboriski
Bob Turrertine
District 22
Pesitios
Two Texas Marines among latest US military deaths
AP brief notes Lance Cpl. Robert A. Cor kit of San Benito and Lance OpI. Billy Holt of Cameron among recent Defense Department casualty list. Also reports a Springfield Mass jail wall made of cardboard, Balaguer’s Dominican win, a routine satellite photo transmission, and a Buddhist nun's suicide amid Saigon anti-Ku protests.
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Texas
U.S
Defense Department
Lance
Robert Aa. Corkit
San Benito
Billy 3
Holt
Cameron
Council Approves Garth Road Extension Plans
The city council at a special meeting approved the Garth Road extension from Park to Decker Drive and authorized bidding advertising with bids due June 23. The council also authorized hiring a person to draw tax maps for the tax department.
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Garth Road
Garth
Park
Decker Drive
City Tax Department
Federal Aid For Sewers Step Closer
Four counties in the Houston area moved toward a regional planning commission to secure 136000 in federal sewer aid. A steering panel was formed by Houston Harris Galveston Brazoria and Fort Bend counties with Roscoe Jones and County Judge Bill Elliott named to represent their sides. Galveston and Fort Bend will appoint later due to lack of quorum.
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Houston
Fritz Lanham
Seaborn Cravey
Fort Worth
Mayo
Emil Huber
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Planning Commission
Baytown
City of Houston
Harris Commissioners Court
Roscoe Jones
Harris County Commissioners Court
Bill Elliott
Dixie Brown
Brazoria
Virgil Schultz
Galveston
Quebedeaux Speaks on U S Pollution Control
Dr. Walter A. Quebedeaux told Wooster Chamber of Commerce that federal control of pollution is imminent and states will struggle to meet federal requirements next year. He criticized carpetbaggers and said local authorities struggle as industries seek to avoid regulation. He urged appointing state board members without conflicts of interest and noted friction with the Public Health Service over DDT.
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Wanda Orton
Walter A. Quebedeaux
the Wooster Chamber of Commerce
Harris County
Quebedeaux
Public Health Service District
Houston
Houston Ship Channel
The
Public Health Service
Quebedaux
State Water Pollution Control Board
Air Pollution Board
Cernan's Historic Space Walk Highlighted by Crew Details
Light turnout seen in Saturday ballot reports mix with Apollo era background as Eugene A. Cernan prepares for a historic space walk from Gemini era. Air Force Lt Col Thomas P. Stafford ranks as test pilot turned astronaut with about 5,000 flight hours. The piece recounts prior tragedies, careers, and family ties surrounding Cernan and Stafford.
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Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
Eugene A. Cernan
Mars
Gemini
Air Force
Thomas P. Stafford
Cernan
Elliot M. Lee Jr
Charles A. Bassett I
St Louis
Stafford
States
Germany
Harvard Business School
Purdue Univer
Strden Club Annual Guest Day Set at Garden Club Home
The Strden Club plans its annual guest day for June 7 from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. at Mrs. C. Stanger’s home, 1507 E. Texas, Baytown. Coffee will be served as members gather for the garden club event.
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Baytown Garden
C. Stanger
E. Texas
Bond Issue Runoffs To Be Decided In May Election
Voters will choose in a Democratic primary for Representative District 23 East Arts County and decide a runoff between Franklin Spears and Crawford Martin for state attorney general. A separate ballot includes an $11 million bond proposition to improve Almeda Genoa and Little Fork Roads. Polling places open from 6 am to 7 pm. poll tax receipts required.
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Ee. An. Fir
Eastartis
Franklin- Spears
Crawford
Martin
Almeda
Genoa
Little Fork Roads
Houston
Saturday Voting Places List Precincts and Locations
A fragmented list shows multiple voting places and precinct numbers across districts including Alamo Elementary J W Hayes Precinct 13 David G Burnet Elementary Irving St John Precinct 63 New County Library Highlands Me Ow Hargrove Precinct 96 Highlands Elementary Roy tL Cute birth Precinct 97 Crosby School L F Holy Precinct 9% New Huffman Elementary School De Helms Precinct 96 Thad Felton Ford Agency Jack Hester Precinct 100 Ashbel Smith Elementary School Tid man Precinct 10 Firemen's Recreation Hall Mrs GE Dabney Precinct 102 Baytown J areras Precinct 163 Seepitel Austin Elementary Goodrich Precinct 148 San Jacinto Elementary Ted eek Precinct 65 William Be
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Alamo
J. W. Hayes
David G. Burnet
Irving
St. John
New County Library
Highlands
Me OW. Hargrove
Roy Tl
Crosby
F. Holy
New
Hulfman
de Helms
Thad Felton Ford
Jack Hester
Ashbel Smith
QO. Tidman
Firemen’s Recreation
Hall
GE. Dabney
Baytown Jareras
Seepitel Austin
Am A“ Goodrich
San Jacinto
Tedeek
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Eugene Kranz
Olympia
Pol
Ed Montgomery
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Citizens National
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Mass
Joaquin Balaguer
Dominican Republic
Balaguer
Juan Bosch
Surveyor 1
Jumor
Saigon
Peoples State Bank
Citizens OF Texas Savings
Teresa Dawn
Andrew G. Cernan
Bellwood, IL
Chicago
Eft
Tracy Dawn Cernan
Nassau Bay
Comdr- Eugene Cernan
Tracy
Barbara
Atchley
Strden Club
Harris County Federal
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