Teacher Pay Increase To Be Studied June 19
Baytown school trustees will hold a special June 18 meeting to study teacher pay raises. Trustee Paul Patkinson presented cost figures showing a local share of about 66,020 to raise the minimum to 5,600, with the district expecting 179,175 from the state to fund increases. The Legislature approved extra funds this year, but Baytown must cover a large local portion.
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Baytown
Paul Patkinson
Parkinson
Y Woll
Baytown Girl Scout Day Camp Ends Thursday
TREBA DAY CAMP at Camp Reber on Decker Drive wraps eight days of activities starting June 6 with about three girls attending. Baytown Neighborhood Girl Scout groups sponsor the event as Mothers Meeting and Demolay Mothers Club plan meetings, while Parents Without Partners hosts a Tuesday gathering with contact numbers for information.
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Treba
Camp Reber
Decker Drive
Lela Jones
Poinsettia, St
Weather Outlook for Beytown and Galveston Tides
Cloudy to partly cloudy and warm through Wednesday in Beytown with temperatures Tuesday 74 to 92. Monday's range noted as 1580. Galveston tides show highs at 2 m with peaks at 10:12 am, 4:42 pm, and 6:06 pm. now low tide observed.
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Beytown
Galveston
Miscellaneous scattered notes from readers and staff
A string of brief items mentions W C Jackson Gene Lovering and Bill Howe reviewing M Ca plans. Mrs Thad Johnson discusses a grass issue. Mir and Syd Gould send regards from Montgomery. Avery Martin recalls a World War I Belgium incident. Jim Armsworth reports a news item. Ronnie Anderson, ex Sun staff, guards at Deer Park this summer. Floyd Williams plans a Mississippi trip. John Fairbanks does a favor for a friend. Ed Libby Bryan and children, Baytonians in Iran, visit Wednesday. Cheryl Pridmore returns home from Denton for summer vacation while at North Texas State University. J B Beaugh has an odd habit of eating.
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Gene Lovering
Bill Howe
McA
Bob Beman
Fleg
Thad Johnson
Mir
Syd Gould
Montgomery
Ale
Avery Martin
Belgium
Jim Armsworth
Ronnie Anderson
Sun
Deer Park
Floyd Williams
Mississippi
John Fairbanks
Libby Bryan
Iran
Cheryl Pridmore
Denton
North Texas State University
J. B. Beaugh
Baytown Chamber Proposes Chambers County Bridge Study
Baytown Chamber of Commerce asks Chambers County to form a joint study with Baytown on a second Cedar Bayou bridge. Commissioners back a committee led by Judge Nelson to assess need and benefits, with potential bond funding discussed and prior U.S. Steel developments noted.
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Anahuac
Chambers County Commissioners Court
Baytown
Mont Belvieu
Oscar F. Nelson Jr
Ed Turner
Nelson
McCollum
R.T. Pinchback
Hartman
Chambers
Harris Counties
Chambers County
U.S. Steel
West Chambers County
Aartman
Harris County
Bayway Drive
Joe Lagaw
Turner
Pasadena Plans Challenge to Harris County Redistricting
Pasadena leaders led by Mayor Clyde Doyal and attorney Virgil Cammack Jr criticized Harris County precinct redistricting and signaled imminent litigation. They argued the plan isolates Pasadena from its community of interest, favoring a Southeast split with Pasadena in Precinct 2 and raising concerns about traffic and regional ties.
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Pasadena
Clyde Doyal
Virgil Cammack Jr
Harris County
Cammack
Doyal
Harris County Commissioners Court
V.V. Ramsey
Bill Elliott
Pasadena Ark
Commissioners Court
Houston Ship Channel
Houston Chronicle
Emerett Collier
Gulf Freeway
Clear Lake
Galveston Bay
North ‘Shore
Baytown
Porte Tunnel
Wash
Connally Rejects Garrison Extradition Request
Gov. Connally says he will not act on extradition for Sergio Arcadia Smith to Louisiana over the JFK assassination case. He proposes using the uniform act to secure attendance of witnesses from outside the state and retains the extradition request on his docket without prejudice.
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Austin
Iain Connally
Louisiana
New Orleans
Jim Garison
John Kennedy
Sergio Arcadia
Smith
Garrison
John McKeithen
Vail M. Delany
Connally
Sergio Arcadia Smith
Texas
John F. Kennedy
Sergio Arecada Smith
Newsmen
Fort Worth and Denver RR hearing on passenger service ending
The ICC hearing on ending passenger service between Caliss and Denver continues with Ralph Harlen testifying that discontinuance could hurt some New Mexico businesses. Reports mention Houston bidding for the 1968 nominating convention and hotel room estimates.
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Fort Worth
Denver
Caliss
Penver
ICC
Ralph Harlen
New Mexico
Houston
Vernon Myers Installed Lions Club President
Vernon L. Meyers began a one year term as president of the Bay Town Lions Club at the annual installation banquet at Goose Creek Country Club attended by about 125 Lions Lionesses and guests. Meyers urged unity and a 10 percent rise in new members while outgoing president James Cauley thanked colleagues. Officers and directors installed included Allen Rice Bruce Woods Max A Mosesman George Bennett E W Froehner Sparky Bond Steve McWilliams Ewing L Gunn Jack Bishop Henry Armstrong Don Treuhards and others.
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Vernon L. Meyers
James Cauly
Baytown
Cauley
Tait Twister C. M
Sparky) Bond
Gouverneur D. L. Clements
Crosby
Myers
Allen Rice
Bruce Woods
Max Amosesman
George Bennett
E. W. Froehner
C.M
Steve McWilliams
Jron Tamer
Ewing L. Gunn
Jack Bishop
Henry Armstrong l
Don Treuhards
Marine 2nd Lt James D Carter Jr Killed in Vietnam
Marine 2nd Lt James D Carter Jr son of Mr and Mrs Jim Carter of Baytown was killed in action near Da Nang during Operation Cimarron. He was 24 and died after being wounded on April 27 en route to a base hospital. His father runs the Jim Carter Motor Co on Texas Ave.
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James Douglas Carter Jr
Jim Carter
Baytown
da Nang
Vietnam
U.S. Department of Defense
Carter
Clerk's Group Names New Officers at Texas Clerks Conference
The Sun reports the 72nd annual conference of the County and District Clerks Association of Texas. J. B. Wooldridge of Chambers County was elected second vice president. he currently serves as secretary. The convention began midweek with officer elections slated for Friday.
Sinai Sands Devastation Marks Egyptian Army Retreat
Eyewitness describes Sinai battlefield scenes from Gaza Strip to Suez Canal. Desolate desert, burned tanks, wrecked trucks, and scattered corpses reveal the swift Israeli push and the resulting humanitarian distress. Arabs flee with white flags as bulldozer crews aid burials and prevent epidemics.
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Palestine
Sinai
Gaza Strip
Suez Canal
Sinai Peninsula
Gaza
el Arish
Riots Continue At Four Points Across Nation
The Associated Press reports racial rioting across four communities Monday night. National Guardsmen were deployed as mobs rioted in Tampa Florida, looting and burning the slums. White mobs shouted slurs while police and guardsmen battled snipers. About 30 arrests, three rioters wounded, no police casualties. In Cincinnati Avondale there was light looting and attacks on whites including four newsmen. Several fires were set.
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Associated Press
Tampa
Fiz
National
Avondale
Cincinnati
Ohio
Third North Vietnam Power Plant Attacked
U S planes attacked the third North Vietnam power plant in three days while raids continued on rail facilities north of Hanoi. B52s bombed bunkers in Quang Tri Province as fighter-bomber strikes hit Thanh Hoa and other sites. An American captain was killed in Saigon's Chinese quarter by a female Vietnamese terrorist. authorities link the incident to two similar recent killings.
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U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Quang Tri
Bon Homme
Richard
Thanh Hoa
Fiers
Wong Bi
Haiphong
Ser
Vietnam
Navy
Air Force
Enterprise
Hailphong
Duc Pho
John A. Schneider
Staten Island
03St Airborne Division
Schneider
CBS
Saigen
New School Named Jessie Pumphrey
Baytown school board names two new facilities after local educators Dan Stallworth and Jessie Pumphrey. Stallworth Stadium honors the athletic director and Pumphrey Elementary honors former DeZavala Elementary principal Jessie Leg Pumphrey. Both projects funded by voter-approved bonds.
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Johnella Boynton
Baytown
Stallworth
Dan W. Stallworth
Jessie Leg Pumphrey
DeZavala
Frenthy
Texas
Lee College: Board of Regents
Rundell Hall
Walter Rundell
James Elis
Tok
Karl We Opryshek
Artier
Pro- T © High School
Ellis
Texas Coaches Association
Pumphrey
Edna
Delavale
Yuné
Jackson County
Goliad
Johnson nominates first Black to Supreme Court seat
President Johnson announced his nomination of Thurgood Marshall, 53, former chief legal officer of the NAACP, to succeed Associate Justice Tom C. Clark, who resigned after the 1966-67 term. Ramsey Clark had been chosen earlier this year to be attorney general.
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Washington
Johnson
Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
Marshall
National Association For” the Advancement of Colored People
Tom C. Clark
Texas
High High Court
Clark
Ramsey Clark
School Board Plans Bond Sale for June 27
The school board aims to sell 7.77 million dollars in bonds on June 27 after approving the date for bids. Superintendent Gen reports progress on Phase 1 and 3 renovations including air conditioning upgrades, with planners retaining firms to advance mechanical work and prepare bid packages for review by the next meeting.
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John Keller
George
Gentry
Davis
Chennault
Brady
Pace Company
Cf. Memorial
Webber to Attend Summer Institute in Ellensburg Washington
Webber, Baytown schools foreign language coordinator, will attend a Foreign Language Leadership Institute at Central Washington State College in Ellensburg from June 25 to August 2. The National Defense Education Act funds the program, about 45 leaders nationwide will attend, and five consultants will lead sessions on oral curriculum, leadership training, and language programs.
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Puerto Rico
Dwight Allen
Stanford University
Robert “Burns
University of
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