Svors WSCS Meeting and Community Notices
Cedar Bayou Methodist Church Women’s Society will meet at 9 30 am Tuesday in the church parlor all members urged to attend. Houston Witch Fighter Group at Ellington AFB holds annual picnic July 14 from 1 to 4 pm at Galveston County Park near League City. Cedar Bayou Lodge No 321 APZAM meets at 8 30 pm Saturday at the Masonic Hall. A pair of prescription glasses found on Narcille Street by Mrs Roy Bolls 1494 Narcille. Owner can claim by identifying them call 422-9601.
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WSCS
Women's Society of Christian Service
Cedar Bayou Methodist Church
Houston
Witch
Ellington Air Force Base
Galveston County Park
League City
Cedar Bayou
Ap&zam
Masonic Hall
Narcille Street
Roy Bolls
Narcille
Weekend Baytown Weather Maps Quiet Skies, Scattered Storms
Weekend forecast for Baytown predicts partly cloudy skies with little temperature change and scattered afternoon thundershowers. Temperatures expected from 75 to 90 degrees. Galveston tides show highs around 10 a.m. and 7:48 p.m. Sunday with lows near 1:54 a.m. and 2:23 p.m., and Monday tides at 10:30 a.m. and 10:54 p.m. with lows at 2:34 a.m. and 5:19 p.m.
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Baytown
Galveston
Around Town Roundup Highlights Local Happenings
A town notes drift from sailing plans to theater work as AL BORDELON markets a new sailboat and Pat Ruyle reports life with Father amid a baby event. Janet Cezeaux struggles with props, Betsy Mauser gains ISU admission, and Fletcher Hickerson previews a pollution meeting. Betty Mohn visits Spain but falls ill, Bill Floyd attends a luncheon and predicts, Marlie McGrew serves snowcones, Bob Beman runs a tight schedule, Joan Johnson wraps a busy day and eyes vacation, Susan Sanford enjoys a duplicate movie, Al Watson heads East for a long auto trip, Jimbo Wooldridge hints at a larger hat for two skybox seats at the All-Stars game, and Mr and Mrs Ray Unger celebrate their 23rd wedding anniversary Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AL Bordelon
Pat Ruyle
Janet Cezeaux
Betsy Mauser
Isu
Fletcher Hickerson
Karl
Betty Mohn
Spain
Betty
Bill Floyd
Marlie McGrew
Bob Beman
Joan Johnson
Susan Sanford
al Watson
Jimbo Wooldridge
Anahunc
Ray Unger
Patrolman Rehired Sparks Civil Service Breach Claim
The Baytown Police Association contends the Civil Service Commission violated the Civil Service ordinance by reinstating Patrolman Lobby Joe Barth while naming a committee to push enforcement. Barth, discharged May 31 for apparently not meeting the 5 feet 8 inches minimum, may have found other work.
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Baytown Police Association
Civil Service Commission
Joe Barth
J. C. Deel
James Lankford
J. C. Brown
Barth
Blair Mann
Earth
Sgt
Deel
Police Association
B. J. Austey
Austey
Phone Strike Votes Counted Here Monday
Ballots by 150 General Telephone Co workers in Baytown will be counted Monday as part of a larger strike vote by Communications Workers of America. If approved, a local representative will seek authority to strike at a national CWA convention in Washington. Negotiations over a wage increase stalled. company offers 83 cents an hour for three years, costing about 3.5 million. union counter would add about 1 million. Local 6180 President Jack Simrott to present bargaining effort at the June CWA convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Telephone Co
Communications Workers of America
Southwest
CWA
General Telephone
Neil Adams
Baytown
Union
General
Caven N. Rabourn
Adams
Jack Simrott
Washington, D.C
United States
Canada
L. A. Sykera
Wallisville Reservoir Gets Big Appropriation
Washington reports the Wallisville Reservoir on the Trinity River in West Chambers County receives 3,040,000 as part of a 23.5 million Gulf Coast flood control and navigation package approved by the House Appropriations Committee. Additional Texas funds include 2,470,000 for Harris County and 3,193,000 for Galveston County projects, with related studies and preliminary surveys for San Jacinto River, Clear Creek, Clear Lake, and a shallow draft link to Liberty.
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Washington
Wallisville
Trinity River
West
Chambers County
Texas
House Appropriations Committee
Wailisville
Wallsville
Harris County
Galveston County
City of
Houston
Buffalo Bayou
San Jacinto River
Clear Creek
Clear Lake
Liberty
Doctors and ministers convicted in draft evasion conspiracy
A group including Baby doctor Benjamin Spock and Yale Chaplain William Steane Coffin Jr. is convicted of conspiring to counsel young men to evade the draft. Paris peace talks stall with no concessions apparent. Six senators who opposed a rifle ban now back it. B52s bomb Viet Cong routes near Saigon as ground troops seek rocket sites. Republican governors urge party guidance, but disagreement persists. May economy heats, supporting anti inflationary surtax.
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Benjamin Spock
Yale University
William Steane Coffin Jr
Rites Monday For Mrs. Mary Louise Blum
Funeral services are set for 10 a.m. Monday at Earthman Funeral Home Chapel for Mary Louise Blum of 901 Rosewood Baytown who died Friday morning in a local hospital. She leaves husband Dr Maurice Blum a daughter Diana Jo Blum a son Richard Blum two brothers Ira W Strickler William J and John W Strickler and was a member of Temple Beth Israel and Hadassah. Student Rabbi Bernard Schachtel will officiate with interment at Memory Gardens of Baytown. Donations may be made to the Heart Fund in her name. Pallbearers are Zack Price Robert Kerr Dr Robert G Whitson Robert Gillette Dave Moore and Max Moseman.
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Earthman Funeral Home
Mary Louise Blum
Rosewood
Hadassah
Bernard Schachtel
Houston
Memory Gardens
Baytown
Heart Fund
Blur
Zack Price
Robert Kerr
Robert 9. Whitson
Robert Gillette
Dave Moore
Max Moseman
Heart Transplant Dispute Is Aired
Houston AP report quotes Dr. Denton A. Cooley advocating including homicide victims among potential heart transplant donors. Cooley notes murdered persons often die from isolated injuries and could be suitable donors. Medical examiner Dr. Joseph A. Jachimczyk opposes, saying autopsies are incomplete without the heart.
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Houston
2300 Homes For Indians Lack Water
Washington AP report says over 2300 federally financed homes for impoverished Indians lack water and sanitation facilities. Officials warn the total useless homes could reach 6000 or more by fiscal 1969, prompting Senate demand for full reports and action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
John C. Pastore
D-R.l
Senate Appropriations Committee
Indian Health
Most Are Negroes Marchers Saved From Angry Wallace Backers
Police rescued demonstrators, mostly Black, from a tense wall of George C. Wallace supporters after a rally in Nashville. One white man, George Dehoff, 25, was arrested for carrying a pistol and released on bond. Demonstrators carried a white child’s casket and signs linking Wallace to hate, while a wheelchair user among them symbolized the threat perceived by police.
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Wallace
Nashville
Birmingham
Ala
Joe Casey
George
Dehoff
Murfreeshern
Yenn
Asst
Donald Barton
Barton
Rutherford County
Mmit
Caiting
Tennessee
Bayport Firm Plans Expansion Ahead of First Unit Completion
bayport based Big 3 Industrial Gas and Equipment Co announces an 810 million expansion of its air separation and steam generation plant to meet new contracts with Celanese Chemical FMC United States Steel and Oxirane Chemical. expansion adds four air separation units and raises capacity to 2600 tons per day with 20 to 25 additional jobs.
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Big 3 Industrial Gas and Equipment Co
Payport
Big 2 Board
Harry J. Smith
Bayport
Celanese Chemical Co
FMC Corp
United States
Oxirane Chemical Co
Oxirane
FMC
Big 3
Celanese
US. Steel
Texas
Baytown
Rock
Texans Vote On Gov Connallys Mini Bottles Plan
Texas House members vote on Gov. John Connallys liquor by the drink plan amid confusion from complex Liquor Control Act revisions. Supporters cite reforms aimed at private clubs and drinking by minors while drys oppose liquor by the drink and critics call the package hypocritical. The bill, House No. 1, would overhaul liquor regulations across manufacture to consumption, with pivotal Senate votes still uncertain.
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House
Senate
Baytonians Plan 270 Mile Sierra Nevada Trek
Glenn Harrington his wife Melva and daughters Beth 15 Marsha 13 Tina 8 will hike 270 miles through the Sierra Nevada beginning in Fresno and Yosemite. They will travel along the John Muir Trail crossing wilderness sections with pack mule support and reach Mount Whitney at 14 500 feet before August 15.
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Beverly Threadgill
Poolside
Mexico City
HemisFair
Astroworld
Six Flags
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Glenn Harrington
Barbers Hill Road
Fresno
Cal
Harringtons
Glenn
Melva
Beth
Marsha
Tina
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite
John Muir
Muir
California
Mount Whitney
United States
Baytonians
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J. Kyle
Svors
Wallisville Reservoir
Paris
North Vietnam
Saigon
Maurice Blum
Citizens National Bank & Trust Co
Bill
Sierra
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