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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1968
Page
1
The Baytown Stamp Club will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday in Sterling Library. T. R. Kirkland will display United Nations stamps and present a talk. The public is invited.
Pratt receives a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Oklahoma during commencement exercises Sunday. Other items note Baytown Rough Riders event, a teen dance at Pasadena Elks Lodge, and various local club activities and notices.
Scattered thundershowers expected in the Baytown area through Thursday. Low Wednesday near 30s, high Thursday in the upper 80s. Galveston tides show high at 2:12 am and 1:36 pm with low at 6:42 am and 64 percent.
The H T Redden family from Baton Rouge are new Baytown residents. Ben Stovall answers a rent ad inquiry. H W Hill restarts his paper. Mrs Emery Touchet receives birthday wishes. Cindy Jack handles a friend’s telephone efficiently. Buth Richards offers help. Miss Terry Adams, daughter of Mr and Mrs William Leysath, visits Providence Rhode Island and nearby areas for three weeks. Helen Martrick is hospitalized in Houston awaiting surgery Wednesday. Caroline Elliott, Lee College graduate, prepares for a first trip to New York with a helicopter shuttle between airports. Herbert Herbsts enjoy a Hill Country and HemisFair vacation, dining in New Braunfels and meeting Baytown folks.
LOS ANGELES AP The man who shot Sen Robert F Kennedy refuses to identify himself and has said only yes since his arrest Police Chief Thomas Reddin said He sits there and says nothing He is the only known suspect The gunman fired eight shots with a Iver Johnson .22 pistol during Kennedys California primary victory celebration at the Ambassador Hotel Kennedy was hit twice in the head and one bullet lodged in the brain Four or five others were wounded The man carried scraps of paper but no identification He is under 24 hour guard They have advised him of his rights He does not want a lawyer now Questioning continues at Central Jail with a district attorney representative Any statements will be tape recorded The description calls him a male Caucasian about 5 feet 5 inches and 120 pounds with wiry hair The gun is the only evidence
Dr Robert Bloodwell of Dr Denton Cooleys team told Baytown Junior Chamber audience that brain function defines life not the heart. He described donor consent, rising transplant rates, and the need for more heart donors as patients with irreversible heart damage seek recovery at St Luke s Hospital Houston.
Mrs Tony Kent travels on Alitalia’s Rome to Madagascar inaugural flight. She notes Madagascar law requires skirts to mid knee for anyone over 10, possibly leading to jail if ignored. Kent and VIP Travel Agency host guest status, with stops in Athens Nairobi and Dar es Salaam before reaching Tanaarive. The trip ties to Madagascar’s tourism push and national holiday week.
Bobby Joe Barth, 25, had been terminated for not meeting height rules but the Baytown Civil Service Commission ruled he could be reinstated after records showed he stood five feet eight and a half inches. The decision followed a dispute over whether shoes should be removed during height measurement. Barth praised the outcome saying he wanted to be a police officer, and Police Chief Blair Mann welcomed his return amid a manpower shortage.
Los Angeles Sen Robert F Kennedy survived three hours of surgery in extremely critical condition doctors said one bullet fragment remains in his head another wound may lie in the neck area blood loss was substantial as surgeons removed most but not all fragments Kennedy breathing without assistance and in intensive care at Good Samaritan Hospital with his wife Ethel and brother Sen Edward Kennedy by his side President Johnson urged unity and an end to violence as the nation prays for his recovery
Sirhan Sirhan, 23, identified as the gunman who shot Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Los Angeles police traced a man claiming to be Sirhan's brother Adel Sirhan and noted the gun passed through several hands. Four $100 bills were found on the suspect, with plans to flee. A clipping unfavorable to Kennedy was found, and Yorty referenced Sirhan’s possible Jerusalem ties. The news comes amid broader Vietnam and Middle East war coverage and the Arab Israeli war anniversary.
Congressman Bob Eckhardt urged immediate federal action to regulate pistol ownership and distribution in response to the Kennedy assassination attempt. He called the shooting disastrous and a terrible tragedy, favoring pistol controls while supporting rifle regulation for mail orders. He noted no way to fully protect public figures and cited pistol use in homicides, with a reference to ongoing coverage on Page 2.
Harris County Democratic Executive Committee member William N. Blanton Jr. plans to leave his post as county chairman to seek the 11th Judicial District seat. He was nominated to succeed the late Judge Ben Moorhead after Moorhead’s death, with certification by the State Democratic Executive Committee pending a recount in a separate primary race. Blanton’s election is effectively secured as there is no Republican opposition, and he won a runoff on the second ballot.
A small electrical fire on the 150-foot cargo ship Chemical Trader moored at Jatinto Port was extinguished early today. Owned by Range Ship Fueling Corp of New York, the Coast Guard said the Houston Fire Department put out the blaze, discovered at 6 am and completely snuffed by 6:45 am with no injuries.
Mike Lonsford, who joined The Baytown Sun as a reporter on December 7, 1967, has been promoted to news editor. The move was announced by Managing Editor Preston Pendercrass. Lonsford is UT journalism graduate, former Daily Texan staffer, and ex Marine officer trainee with prior stints in geology and jewelry work.
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