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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1967
Page
6
Editorial lauds Houston for a 50 percent drop in traffic deaths in the first four months of 1967, crowning it the safest U.S. city over one million. It notes 31 fatalities to date, compares early 1965 and last year, and cites nationwide totals with Waco leading among mid-sized cities.
Rus Walton of the California Department of Motor Vehicles says a lesson from Vietnam medevac helicopters could guide a year plan to test dispatching helicopters to traffic accidents in remote areas. The goal is to provide medical aid or evacuate casualties from hard to reach sites.
Henry McLemane recalls a crowd game during the Emmy Awards that keeps viewers awake by listing names thanked by winners. Participants bid on recognizing each name with small stakes, mocking the long acceptance speeches. He suggests pruning credit to only the winner and trimming ceremony rituals.
Pan American Oil Co workers, about two hundred, were stranded in Cairo Egypt guarded by seven hundred Egyptian troops after unrest. Families in Big Lake Texas reported the situation with details of workers lodged at Nile Hilton and other hotels. A sister of one worker was evacuated to Athens. The report notes police training and protest beatniks comments intertwined with the chaos.
Washington debate centers on using the current break with Egypt to push toward internationalizing the Suez Canal and waterways. Pearson notes Nasser’s repeated canal closures, U.S. neutrality in Gulf access, and contrasts Israeli and Arab forces and governance, arguing why Israel fights for homeland while Arab regimes struggle with wealth and democracy.
Wayne G Brandstadt answers readers questions on infant sleep positions and risks. He endorses stomach sleeping for choking prevention, notes back-lying while awake, and explains that infants self-adjust as they grow. Then a Q A covers powdered milk nutrition, mixing with regular milk, and Pick's disease as pericarditis with rheumatic fever as cause and treatment options.
A devotional note cites John 10 9 through 10 asserting I am the door by me if any man enter in he shall be saved and go in and out and find pasture reflecting on spiritual guidance and safety through Christ
The item relays brief trivia from the Hew newspaper Enterprise Association asking who first used the telephone for campaign purposes in US history noting McKinley as a point of reference and mentioning Kentucky Derby filly winners. It also defines loadstone as a magnetic hard black stone from Asia Minor and explains Hannah as meaning grace in Hebrew.
AP reports James Marlow Fortas, the Supreme Court's newest member, is liberal in outlook. Although an individualist, he often votes with liberal justices Warren and Brennan, sometimes dissents with the majority, and has shown sympathy for big-business issues while also siding against them on occasion.
Boris Raymond and Jimmy Caine of New York used a mixed bidding approach to reach six diamonds after a sequence starting with one heart and a jump to three diamonds. The two players, contrasting with many in the field who settled for three no trump, demonstrated the slam is attainable and scoring favorable even at match points.
South holds A Q10 5 4 in spades and clubs. With West and North passing, East shows hearts and spades. You, South, bid four clubs to test suit fit. Partner responds four spades. Decide next move tomorrow.
The Baytown Sun masthead lists Fred Hartman as editor and publisher and includes staff roles such as general manager John Wadley and Beulah Mae Jackson. Publication details note afternoons Monday through Friday and Sundays at 1301 Memorial Drive with P.O. Box 00 Baytown 77. Subscription rates are listed and the paper is a member of Texan Newspaper Representatives, Inc. Acknowledges AP use and rights of reproduction.
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