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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1967
Page
1
The notice explains daylight saving time shifts to 5 30 pm and urges readers who have not received The Baytown Sun by 5 30 pm to call 582 9302. A staffer will stay on duty until 6 30 pm to assist with subscriptions.
Funeral services will be held for Garman L. Jones aged 16 of Houston at 10 am Friday at Nidey Funeral Home. He is father to Leonard K Jones of Baytown. Buddy Barber, Harold Barber, Jr. and Judy Tate figure in the Baytown visit as he prepares to return to duty Sunday from a nine day Army leave.
United Nations dispatch notes President Johnson and Soviet Premier Kosygin planned a possible summit. Rusk and Gromyko held three hours of talks at the Waldorf. Kosygin may return to Moscow by Friday, with a potential Johnson visit to New York or Washington unclear.
Kitten of 4 months strayed in Plumwood area prompting a call to 583-2438. VEW Ladies Auxiliary will hold two combined social business meetings at 7 30 p m at 3 Parkway Drive. Clear to partly cloudy and hot through Friday with southerly winds 8 to 15 mph gusty afternoon. Galveston tides Friday high 6 54 a m low 11 06 p m. Local society notes include various residents and social happenings across town with trips, anniversaries, and gatherings.
France joined the United Nations debate today as Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville prepared a General Assembly speech likely to echo President Charles de Gaulle. He had signaled support for both sides, stating Israel’s wartime gains are not final and recognizing each state’s right to existence for Israelis, while condemning Arab threats to destroy Israel. The report notes Britain’s warning over Jerusalem and Israel’s stance on unity of the city, with Vatican tensions and USSR moves in Cairo seen as part of broader Cold War dynamics shaping UN discussions.
Dr. Richard T. Eastwood head of the Texas Medical Center will address the San Jacinto Methodist Hospital Development Council banquet the first official gathering of the 150 member group. The aim is a $670,500 fund drive to match a federal Hill-Berton grant to expand Baytown hospital beds. The 7 p.m. Holliday Inn event invites council members. Eastwood has led the Texas Medical Center since 1962 and counseled NIH since 1951.
Actor James Coburn known for Our Man Flint is scene lighting when two pursuing agents collide with police officers in Greenwich Village. A sergeant rushes in with apologies as Coburn sustains two minor facial cuts, delaying filming by a day, Paramount says.
Sen. Thomas J. Dodd expresses confidence his colleagues will reject a censure resolution after a 92 to 2 Senate vote against a harsher charge. The ethics panel's substitute was mocked as meaningless, while debate focused on Dodd’s alleged financial misconduct and travel expense double billing. Ribicoff and Long supported softer moves. others urged stricter ethics standards.
SAIGON AP U S forces said 143 Communist troops were killed in two central lowland battles while waves of U S jets pounded North Vietnam s rail system and its largest steel works under good weather. Air and naval pilots flew 333 missions, hitting rail yards from the DMZ to above Hanoi, and raiding the Thai Nguyen steel works for the eighth time. U S casualties for the week totaled 1 112 with 93 wounded and 16 missing. Communist and South Vietnamese losses rose as ground actions continued with a notable eight mile southeast Quang Ngai City engagement yielding 70 enemy killed.
The deck officers union has called off its eight-day strike and workers are returning to freighters and tankers tied up in Atlantic and Gulf ports. Back-to-work orders were issued Wednesday as arbitration talks under Walter Gellhorn at Columbia University stalled.
Jeff Viereck a Baytown resident stood as jury foreman in a Houston court when Cassius Clay, the famed boxer, was found guilty of dodging the draft and resisting induction. The five year sentence plus ten dollars and jury duty marked a dramatic turn for the man once considered unsuitable for boxing. Viereck described the moment as “a formality” and noted the jury spent about 25 minutes reaching the verdict. The case drew widespread ribbing for Viereck, whose family and home life are portrayed in a typical American setting.
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