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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1968
Page
2
Delegates at the six hour Texas Democratic convention backed Connally as a favorite son, with Lt. Gov. Preston Smith and House Speaker Ben Barnes urging party unity. The gathering saw walkouts by liberal delegates, resignations in the national committee, and votes on resolutions praising Connally while shelving broader party reform.
R B Benfield 33 of Highlands died Tuesday at a Houston hospital after 26 years in Highlands. An Eniny Chemical Co. operator, he belonged to Magnolia Lodge No. 495 Woodville. Survived by wife Edith, daughter Mrs. Tom Maxwell, son Ronald Benfield US Navy San Diego, two half brothers Roy and George, one grandchild. Body at Earthmanslands Chapel until noon Thursday. Service Thursday at Camp Ground Baptist Wesdville led by Rev B G Walker. Interment Camp Ground Cemetery with Magnolia Lodge 495 masons as pallbearers.
Robert Parker 13 son of A fri end Mrs R L Parker Jr of 1601 Richardson Lane escaped injury at 4 pm Tuesday in Franklin Louisiana when a Greyhound bus he was riding crashed into a ditch Twenty five persons were injured in the accident He was en route to Grand Isle to visit an uncle B L Parker who works on an oil rig in the Gulf He crawled out a window and was not injured State Highway Patrol explained the case to his parents and arranged transport to Thibodeaux
Sterling Municipal Library reports memorial gifts and donations from multiple individuals and organizations. Items include books such as Christy and The Medieval World, The Sea Around Us, and Early Records of Georgia, plus volumes on United States foreign policy and explorers. Donors include Mr. and Mrs. Bonner, Mrs. Page, Citizens National Bank and Trust Co., Mr. and Mrs. Ball, Len nard D. Braswell, Edwina Tillery, Robert E. Lee American Field Service Adult Committee, Miss Marcella Donnelly, and others.
Congressman Bob Eckhardt will be the principal speaker at a Friday Baytown Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Holiday Inn. He will discuss bills introduced in Congress that may lead to a Baytown levee to protect the area from flooding, introduced by Gene Muller, chair of the chamber flood control committee.
Sun Spots Club hosts a barbecue at 3 p.m. Sunday at the youth fair arena on Norm Wain with bean or potato salad requested from each family. Oil painting classes led by Jewell Fuller start Thursday at the Community Building for children 9 30 to 11 30 am and adults 1 to 3 pm, registration closed.
Louis Paul Pedraza son of Mrs J F Otruba 807 East Louit serves as a chaplain intern at Memorial Baptist Hospital in Trouston affiliated with Houston Institute of Religion. The clinically oriented course aims to prepare pastors to aid those under stress. Pedraza earned a BA from Howard Payne College and studied at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary pursuing a Master of Theology. He and wife Jackie and daughter Lou Ann reside at 7217 Cambridge in Houston.
J O Barton was reelected president of Baytown Carpenters Local No 1334 for a two year term. An installation banquet is set for July 3 at the Carpenters Hall. Re elected trustees join Barton with Gargis Burchett Gresham as officers and O J Weems Raymond Oller Louis Luedicke among others. Trustees H J Gregory H M Whitaker C F Gresham also reelected for two year terms.
Officials view Viet Cong offensives since Tet as paving a larger strike like Dien Bien Phu. They warn a decisive victory could pressure the United States to seek peace on Communist terms, shaping north south Viet Nam strategy over four months.
Debbie Adams of 2008 from Florida, a Lamar State College of Technology student in Beaumont, completed a week long direct mail advertising training as a Lewis Kielty Scholarship recipient. The course, the third annual program by the Direct Mail Advertising Association Educational Foundations, drew 35 college juniors from 30 campuses in 20 states plus attendees from British Columbia and Japan at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel in St. Louis.
The Robert E. Lee High School graduating class of 143 plans a reunion at 25 rp.m. June 22 in the school student commons. Members planning to attend are urged to respond quickly and return cards as soon as possible.
Noon stock quotes from Citizens National Bank and Goodbery Co indicate trading availability. The market will be closed on Wednesdays through June.
Stock brokers reap hefty commissions as institutions move from long-term dividends to rapid trading. Industry sources say NYSE members expect elevated reserves of brokerage income amid the accelerated pace of buying and selling.
The Baytown Sun published in Baytown Texas is a second class mail weekday newspaper with daily delivery. It lists address 330 Menariot Drive Baytown TX and PO Box 9 Baytown 77509. Subscription rates shown include 15 cents per copy, 1.75 per week, and 200 per year with national representation by Texas Newspaper Representatives Inc.
A Dallas meeting drew about 160 attendees as the Committee on Delegates announced nominations by a September convention. A 13 electors list was named including Lena Wilson and Maury Maverick Jr. Resolutions endorsed Kennedy sympathy, denounced Connally for Afro Mexican issues, and urged U.S. withdrawal from Vietnam. The unit rule faced abolition in favor of presidential preference primaries.
Funeral services for Edwin E. Jessee were held at Forest Park East Funeral Home with interment in Memorial Oaks Cemetery. Jessee, 78, died Monday in a Houston hospital. Survivors include his wife of Hotts ton and two sons Gerald E. Jessee of Baytown and Gene L. Jessee of St. Louis. Seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren also survive him.
Admitted to Gulf Coast are James Ellis Hamrick in High lans Room 21 Elizabeth A Knox 192 Cabonics Room 203 Jimmy N Lowell Wallisville Room 102 Giva AT Allen 1202 S Pruett Room 107 Norma O Bettis Cleveland Room 111 Walton D Francis 1207 N Seventh Room 130 Marvin Ray Martin son of Mr and Mrs R L Martin 861 Sunset Room 121 Annie Ruth Wagner 1704 Florida Room 128 Faye N Oviedo 1701 W Uumble Room 352
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