Local Club Luncheon and Meetings Highlight Thursday Events
Baytown groups announce a covered dish luncheon for Ladies Auxiliary to Seniors Citizens at noon Thursday in the Community Building. Kiwanis Club votes officers for 1969 70 at noon Thursday in the lower Restaurant. Stage show by Triple Arts Studio at 8 p.m. Thursday in Highlands Junior School auditorium admission free. Rough Riders meet 7 30 p m Friday at the civic center as Quarter Horses In Action airs. Carlton White showcases a month long Baytown Art League exhibit at Sterling Municipal Library. Do It Now Club meets Monday at 1 p m in Community Center Room 3 with Lasher as guest speaker. Goose Creek poolside dance and swim party Thursday 7 to 11 p m for high school members and guests with The Mother Towd? playing. Ken Liggett teen president. Richard Muravek adult sponsors. Steven Patterson of Highlands graduates from Sheppard AFB technical school as protective coating specialist. Gerald Jensen Memorial Award honors KONSY FOOTE for outstanding performance at ASU Tempe with cash prize. to return as senior engineering student.
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Fewn Association
Goose Creek Country Club
Mother Toad
Ken Liggett
Richard Muravek
Social notes from a busy Caribbean and regional visit
Jocelyn and Bob Wesselhoff and Jane and John Tucker return from a Caribbean cruise. Carol Bartz vacationing in Europe. Niles and Irene Brill spend a half day weekend in the Till Country. Cathy and Bob Withrtund fly to their Luffin Place near Austin. Kathryn Clark helps at the theater. Kevin Richardson waits as his mother directs pantomime. Alexine Norton’s costume being made in Nacogdoches by Dr. Alveray Griffin. Mendoza and children take a train to Oklahoma City. Kelly Fall charms her grand. Kay Clark home from Texas Voch for the summer. Two family weddings and a ballet fill the schedule for Laurie and Lanelle Leissner. Lucile and Herman Davis weekend with relatives in Louisiana. Johnson planning a big event next year.
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Jocelyn
Bob Wesselhoff
Jane
John B. Tucker
Carol Bartz
Europe
Niles
Irene Brill
Cathy
Bob Withrtund
Alveray Griffin
Miss. Mendoza
Oklahoma City
Kelly Fall
Kay Clark
Texas
Voch
Laurie
Lanelle Leissner
Lucile
Lerman Davis
Louisiana
Johnson
Skits Highlight For Dan's Party at Baytown Civic Center
Dan Stallworth era anecdotes teased as Cecil Sutphin leads skits about dressing room trials at Robert E Lee with ex Ganders rehearsing nightly. A 6:30 pm buffet barbecue dinner Friday at the Baytown Civic Center, program by Eildon Berry, tickets $7.50, sold at local banks, building loans, the Tower, and committee chairs. light workouts Thursday precede kickoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Sutphin
William Shakespeare
Sutphin
Dan Stallworth
Robert E. Lee
Stallworth
Baytown Civic Center
Eildon Berry
Baytown
Weather outlook and tides for Morgan's Point
Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers on Wednesday. Thursday will be cloudy and warmer with a temperature range of 60 to 80 degrees. Tides for Thursday at Morgan's Point show a high at 9 37 p.m. and low at 7 55 a.m. and 10 43 p.m.
First unilateral U.S. troop reduction in Vietnam expected
The New York Times reports President Nixon and South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thien may announce the first unilateral pullback of American forces. Officials say about 50,000 troops could depart starting Sept 1, with timing tied to Midway summit and possible effects from enemy attacks.
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New York
Nixon
Nguyen Vang Thien
Vietnam
New York Times
Building Permits For 1969 Rise To $6.9 Million Here
May permits push five month total to 693652, with education facilities and businesses driving growth. Pumphrey Elementary on Fairway Drive valued at about 650000, built by Marshall Construction Co and designed by James Davis. Stallion Homes totaling 168000 for 12 homes on Meadowwick Drive. Other permits include a dental clinic by Dr. G L Smith for 42329, Moore Supply Co. for 44000, David Rogers for 20000 Sherwin Williams outlet, and Keith Parker for 22000 sandwich shop. Additional residential permits listed for Embry, Claybaugh, Schrock, LaFitte. Page notes continue PERMITS on page 2.
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Baytown
Pumphrey
Fairway Drive
Marshall Construction Co
James Davis
Stallion Homes
Meadowwick Drive
G. L. Smith
East James
Moore Supply Co
Cedar Bayou Rd
David Rogers
Sherwin Williams Paint Co
Alexander Dr
Rogers
Keith Parker Teal
North Main
Senators Praise Burger for Chief Justice Nomination
Two ranking senators Eastland and Dirksen urged President Nixon to nominate a justice with Burger’s background for the remaining Supreme Court vacancy after Burger’s swift Judiciary Committee approval. The duo cited Burger’s 13 year record on the federal appellate bench and stressed a law and order profile. Mansfield noted committee probing was adequate despite Fortas fallout. In a Bay shore update, Wagon Wheel Square Dancers plan a 8 pm meeting at Citizens National Bank to discuss Jubilee plans.
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Washington
Warren E. Burger
Supreme Court
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Everett M. Dirksen
H-Nl
Senate Judiciary Committee
Burger
Dirksen
Eastland
Nixon
Abe Fortas
Law and Order
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Uikuly
Fortas
Eastand
Judiciary Committee
Lye
Bayshore Wagon Wheel
Citizens National Bank
Crosby Trustees OK 700 Hike For Teachers In Crosby
Crosby Texas trustees approve passing the $700 Texas teacher pay increase to district teachers and maintain a $950 local supplement above the state scale with a reduced $800 boost for beginning teachers. They seek tax affidavits from a $2.2 million bond election defeat amid questions of illegal votes, signaling a possible new bond run. Superintendent Prochazka cites 10 teacher vacancies for 1969-70 and notes accreditation risk from the TEA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnella Boynton Crosby
Crosby School Board
Texas
Jimmy Petrick
State Board of Education
Texas Education Agency
Jerry Prochazka
Albert Schmidt
Preston Smith
Schmidt
Wilbert Eagleton
Petrick
Jack Woodard
Oliver Thomas
Andrew Spence
James Ewell
Thompson
Bill Murff
Murff
Pruchazka
Prochazka
Crosby
Lee College to Close Friday for Electrical Repairs
Lee College will shut down Friday as power to the campus is cut for repairs. President Dr. Richard Strahan said transformers will have stress cones replaced to fix recurring outages. Registration begins Monday at 9 am with one day to register and a late fee after.
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Lee College
Richard Strahan
Pull Over And Douse Flame In Baytown Fire
Baytown firemen sounded their alarm Tuesday evening when a smoking vehicle passed Station 4 on Ward Road at 7 10 p m and were able to pull it over and extinguish the flames. Al Fayle stood by as the driver was helped. Chief Bailey said an air conditioner fire at Larsen's Washateria caused minimal damage.
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Baytown
L. V. Bailey
Ward Road
al Fayle
Forest
Bailey
Larsen's
Washateria
South Pruett
Service League to honor Lee College teacher for slide program
The Service League of Baytown will honor art teacher Phillip McClendon for writing the script of the cultural arts slide program shown in Baytown junior schools. The League meets at 9 15 a.m. at the Service League House.
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Service League of
Baytown
Lee College
Phillip McClendon
Service League
Private plane crash leaves three aboard in Kerr County
State police report a private plane carrying three people crashed in northwest Kerr County near Kerrville. One person walked for help while two remain near the wreckage as authorities work to reach it.
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Kerr County
Kerrville
Nixon urges renewed American idealism at Air Force Academy
President Nixon told Air Force Academy graduates that isolationist critics threaten national security and that a revival of American idealism can create a peaceful world order. He warned against turning away from global commitments and emphasized meeting both national needs and international responsibilities. He defended responsible defense critique while defending the nation’s worldwide role.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Nixon
Air Force Academy
Cachoslovakia
America
Comemainder
California
Midway Island
Baytown Levee Plan Seeks State Funds and Feasibility
Mayor Glen Walker and a Baytown delegation visited Austin to explore state financing for a proposed Baytown levee. City officials met Gov. Preston Smith and the Texas Water Development Board to gauge eligibility for a $200 million annual budget. A broader multi lakes project involves rerouting a canal system to hold Crystal, Scott and Burnet Bay as reservoirs. Harris County may call a flood bond election to fund right of way for the levee, with federal feasibility funding still unresolved.
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Glen Walker
Baytown
Austin
Walker
David Evans
Allen Cannon
Ross Wilhite
Bill Laughlin
Gene Muller
Baytown Levee
Preston Smith
Texas Water Development Board
Water Development Board
Coastal Industrial Water Authority
Cully
Crystal
Scott
Burnet Bay
Harris County Commissioners Court
Harris County
Andlexas
Jaycees To Take Crippled Kids To Big Party
Baytown Jaycees arrange a bus trip for crippled and handicapped children to Bill Daniel's annual party at Plantation Ranch in northeast Liberty County. The bus departs 8 am from Sam Houston School Saturday and returns by 4 to 5 pm. Eligible children from Baytown La Porte Highlands and Crosby will be chaperoned. parents must obtain release forms.
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Baytown Jaycees
Bill Daniel
Liberty County
Jim Cheate
Erwin Wilbanks
Jaycees
Sam Houston
Choate
Wilbanks
Baytown
la Porte
Highlands
Crosby
Jaycee
Daniel
Texas
Dead End Kid Leo Gorcey Dies in Oakland at 58
Actor Leo Gorcey one of the original Dead End Kids died Monday in an Oakland hospital after a long illness. He rose to fame in 1935 as Spit, led the gang in the stage play, and later starred in films with Humphrey Bogart and James Cagney before continuing in Bowery Boys productions.
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Oakland, Calif
Leo Gorcey
New York
East River
Leo
Oakland
Samuel Goldwyn
Humphrey Bogart
Warner Brothers
Bogart
Edward G. Robinson
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Kiwanis Meeting
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Triple Arts Studio
Rough Riders
Baytown Rough Riders
Civic Center
Quarter Horses In Action
Carlton White
Baytown Art League
Sterling Municipal Library
Lasher
SH Lasher
Patterson
Steven Patterson
Paul E. Patterson
Air Forces Technical School
Sheppard Abs
Flexus
Arizona
Konsy Foote
Norman Peete
Igurnet
Gerald Jensen
Arizona State University
Tempe
Ariz
ASU
Citizens National
Dan
U.S
Times
Hedrick Senith
Midway
Ronald G. Embry
Ashwood
Bill B. Claybaugh
Inverness
Claude W. Schrock
Denby
Ernest LaFitte
West Francis
Baytown Group
Darry
Wayne Norred
Eddie San Miguel
Johnny Norred
Alfred Deltoro
Norred Brothers
P. C. Colle
Alfred
Steve Delturg
Eddie
Miguel San Miguel
Roseland
Robby Nixon
Forlas
Warren FE. Burger
James Fastland
D-Mass
Senate Judiciary
Houston
Dwain Shannon Marlow
Broken Arrow
Ohio
Robert B. Meyner
William T. Cahill
New Jersey
Navy
Gary
Ind
Mexia High School
Cathy Jones
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