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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1966
Page
1
Regents were to meet at 5 p.m. Monday in the college library to examine bids on the college’s proposed technical and vocational facilities and to award two contracts. A tacky hat party is planned for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the VFW Post on Decker Drive, with buffet and covered-dish provisions.
The forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with temperatures from 76 to 93 degrees. Sunday's range was 72 to 92 degrees, with an 82 degree reading at 8 a.m. Monday at the Sun weather station.
A collage of short items lists residents and visitors around town. Mentions include Herbert Herbert aiding a friend, A M Johnson busy, Duke Jones with a TV, Ray Harvey on the 6, Dub Rogers coffee break, Ted Davis wedding prep, Viet Nam talks, Wimpy Wismer guiding a banker, Abe Rosenzweig visiting Saturday, Fred Bednarski learning about high speed aging, Mrs. Perry Britton with sister in town, Smoky Woods on a strip watch, Doodle Rigby visiting from La Porte, Ed Hardy avoiding fast driving, Pat Bond preps for reserve duty, Fred Parker in Bermuda shorts, Ronnie Thomson Linden Mallory returning Ricky Thompson’s car to Washington, and Diana Trask hosting a birthday cake gathering in Houston. Larry Kluck checking into Sam Houston State for band camp.
An editorial argues the federal case in Houston concerns transportation access rather than route choices. It notes U S Steel seeks intervenor status to influence service, not routing, with Southern Pacific opposing Missouri Pacific entry into West Chambers County. The piece urges focus on the core issue and future routing decisions for all involved.
Lockheed Aircraft Corp. revealed a plywood mockup of the Lockheed 2000, a 1,800 mph supersonic transport for 266 passengers. The full scale 273 foot craft would fly around the world in 23 hours with an hour on the ground at each stop, aiming to cut travel time by more than half.
Six thousand National Guardsmen move into North Ft Hood for the 19th summer encampment of the 36th Infantry Division since World War II. Other items note Jane Marsh winning top prize in Moscow, religious welcome for Most Key, Billy Graham canceling a Hugh Hefner debate, and de Gaulle witnessing a Soviet space center launch.
Washington AP Sen Thomas J Dodd's lawyer moved to disqualify Sen Wallace F Bennett vice chairman of the Senate Ethics Committee amid the ethics inquiry into Dodd. The bid comes as Dodd and wife Grace were set to testify on gifts alleged from Julius Klein the West German lobbyist.
South Viet Nam cavalrymen join a search for three North Vietnamese battalions in the central highlands. U.S. bombers strike, smoke seen 150 miles away. Operation Nathan Hale grows into a large search and destroy sweep with about 6,000 combat troops, targeting remnants of the 18B army and other battalions. Seizures include 141 weapons and 19 Reds captured. 355 Communists reported killed so far. The action involves the 1st Cavalry Airmobile Division with Marine and South Vietnamese units under Nathan Hale.
Washington Republicans renew the charge that Johnson’s administration is jimmying the federal budget by proposing to boost FNMA borrowing by 2 billion dollars. They argue the plan, part government and part private capital, could be funded by selling assets or private money. The dispute centers on raising FNMA’s borrowing authority from 10 to 15 times its capital, unless Congress votes to inject 110 million in preferred stock.
A compact reflection cites Ecclesiastes on enjoying work as a man’s lot and notes Calvin Coolidge’s idea that building a factory is like building a temple. It frames work as worthy of reverence and praise rather than blame.
The school board will meet Monday at 7 p.m. to hear a report by curriculum director J. M. Stuart on instructional pilot programs from the past year. A secret session will follow to discuss personnel matters. Stuart will cover foreign language teaching in elementary grades and student grade progress after the grade passing threshold was lowered. The board will review proposed improvements and consider equipment purchases for Sterling High School and other schools.
New York Senator Kennedy calls for the United States to drop its opposition to Red China joining the United Nations while keeping Nationalist China in the seat. He favors progress toward UN admission and potential trade with Communist China, adding the Johnson administration faces political risk over Vietnam.
Frank Stevenson 42 and his nine year old niece Debra Ann Payne drowned in the San Jacinto Bay boat channel near the Baytown La Porte Tunnel while Crabbing, in water two to three feet deep. Debra’s body was found about 150 yards from where she disappeared, and Stevenson near the main channel. Police and emergency crews from Harris County, La Porte, Baytown and Wooster conducted the search, hampered by rising tides.
County Commissioner and Mrs. Vv. Ramsey undertake a western trip blending duties and leisure. The visit includes park recommendations and potential ideas to expand the Harris County Addicks Park acreage behind the dam as a public facility.
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