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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1968

Page

4

A Good Investment Is To Preserve Wildlife

John S. Owen of Tanzania National Parks urges funds to protect Serengeti wildlife. He notes 1.5 million animals across Africa’s plains, says land acquisition costs about $300 per square mile and that conservation costs are a tiny portion of budgets. He pleads for UN funding to safeguard remaining ecosystems.

John S. Owen Tanzania National Parks African Wildlife Fund Serengeti Plains Africa Tanzania United States Owen United Nations

Bless That Dog Outsmarts NC Tax Deadline Bite

In North Carolina a dog chewed up a taxpayer's state income tax papers just hours before deadline. The Department of Revenue accepted the explanation, granting a 30 day extension to refile and obtain a new withholding slip. The dog survived, and officials noted the bite is hard to swallow.

North Carolina Department of Revenue

Steel Strikes Could Come Amid Rising Steel Profits

AP reports 1968 begins with U S Steel posting first quarter profits up 39 percent from a year earlier while labor talks loom. 21 major firms negotiate with 400000 workers due to expire July 31, with wage hikes around six percent and potential August plant shutdowns. Concerns about imports, price shifts, and diversification into real estate and chemicals loom as steel firms seek stability.

Jaber U.S. Steel U.S John F. Kennedy Steelmen U.S Steel Indus

Enrich Your Vocabulary NEA Feature Summary

A garbled OCR style list references an NEA feature on vocabulary enrichment. It mentions Across, principal male in fiction, actors, lifetime, various wordplay clues, and scattered terms like bread, ash word, Ireland, Tarzan, wolfhound, fountain, and entangle. The readable fragments suggest a crossword like puzzle or language theme column with multiple clue lines and partial answers.

Baytown Sun staff and masthead details

The Baytown Sun newspaper lists editorial and advertising staff including editor Beulah Macrdakanis Paul Poonan ann B. Pritchet and managing editor Dright Moody Corrie Laughtin, with various department heads. It notes edition details as a second class publication in Baytown Texas and published afternoons Monday through Friday and Sundays. Subscription rates are provided and a national representation by Newspaper Representatives Inc.

Beulah Macrdakanis Paul Poonan Ann B. Pritchet Baytown Texas Baytown Sun, Inc Memorial Drive P.O Newspaper Representatives, Inc Ress Sher Arsectat Iresus

Lent paradox and Johnson college query

The note explains why Lent is called forty days though it spans over six weeks, counting only fasting days and excluding Sundays. It also asks which college President Lyndon B. Johnson attended, answered as Southwest Texas State College in San Marcos, Texas.

Lyndon B. Johnson Southwest Texas State College San Marcos, Tex Newspaper Enterprise Association

Mormon System Works in Baytown Sun Column

Paul Harvey praises the Mormon Church welfare program as a model of self help. He contrasts it with American welfare trends, noting a centralized storehouse in Salt Lake City that provides goods earned rather than given. He cites fasting funds and work options for the elderly disabled and unwed mothers, urging reliance on self-reliance over government aid.

Paul Harvey Salt Lake Cin New York City John Lindsay U.S General Welfare Fund Uracle Sam

Ambush Prayer Shared By Reader To Soldier Letter

A reader sent a Vietnam war piece titled Ambush Prayer attributed to a GI. The poem portrays night patrol fears and frontline combat, ending with hope for survival and another night ahead. The letter is signed Mrs. T. R. Halekakis from 409 E Wright.

Vietnam Charlie T. R. Halekakis E. Wright

Bible Verse As in Adam all Die in Christ Made Alive

A concise biblical quotation from 1 Corinthians 15 22 stating that as all die in Adam so all will be made alive in Christ according to Christian doctrine emphasizing resurrection and shared fate through Jesus Christ.

Adam Christ

Snapshot syndrome haunts some economists and business leaders

AP analysis outlines a trend among economists who say a recent wave of near sighted thinking ignores long term context. The so called snapshot syndrome causes intellectual nearsightedness and a failure to view societal issues as dynamic, leading to focus on immediate problems without perspective.

John Cunniff NEW York

Nevada draws crowds with gambling and leisure appeal

World Almanac notes Nevada thrives on legalized gambling and entertainment drawing over 20 million visitors a year and spending more than 600 million dollars, while a Commerce report shows poverty declined from 1959 to 1966. Yet poverty remains disproportionately high among Negro families.

Nevada The World Almanac

Bridge Tips From Oswald and Jacoby Slam Reaches Collapse

In a recent expert team game North South reached impossible spade slams at both tables. Heart king leads exposed risks as West ruffs diamonds. North and South blame themselves, discuss bids and chances, and aim to improve partnership play after the disaster hands.

West South North Aspaper Enterprise Assn

Bridge Decision: Aces to Gamble on Slam Over Partership

In a bidding puzzle from a card room, the hand suggests a 1¢ 3a Pass South with a 65 WA2 4c hold. The recommended play is to gamble on a slam by showing an ace, risking partner’s balance.

Rush hour carbon monoxide hazard to drivers

The doctor warns that warmer weather brings more cars on the highways and higher carbon monoxide levels in rush hour traffic. Intersections with stop signs or lights show the highest concentrations, sometimes 60 to 85 parts per million, which can inactivate up to 10 percent of commuter hemoglobin and as much as 15 percent if smoking. Staggering rush hour traffic may help reduce exposure.

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