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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1965
Page
8
Baytown leader defends capital improvement bonds, arguing the program will stand on its own merits and increase property values. He urges seniors and residents to understand the plan, noting small annual costs, highway grants, and county state participation to boost the town’s growth and tax bases.
Rochester New York AP reports a 54 year old man named Chester Weeks was declared capable to stand trial in Monroe County court for a 1924 first degree murder charge. Weeks, who was 15 at the time, was committed to a mental hospital in 1926 after being ruled incapable of standing trial. The case was adjourned to Wednesday to assign legal counsel.
Washington AP The National Park Service will build 13 new temperature controlled sentry booths on the White House grounds at a cost of 223100 dollars. Completion is scheduled in October.
James Marlow writes that President Johnson faces a Vietnam burden akin to Truman's Korea dawn clash. Johnson must balance tough action against communism with political risk at home, risking either escalation or withdrawal and charges of weakness or defeat.
Civil rights leaders plan a large funeral procession for Jimmie Lee Jackson, the Black Belt victim of racial violence, with services in Selma and Marion. A mass march behind the hearse is planned from a Marion church to the cemetery amid ongoing voter registration drives led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
AUSTIN Texas AP The Legislature's only Republican Rep Frank Cahoon of Midland will introduce a GOP Congressional redistricting plan this week. Cahoon says the bill will group voters with similar backgrounds into districts while preserving Midland and Odessa in one district and creating an "urban" district including Benton Collin Johnson Evans and parts of Tarrant and Dallas counties. Houston attorney William Cessin headed the GOP panel that drew the plan.
Gary Wilkinson a Fort Hood soldier was indicted by Kendall County Grand Jury on charges of murdering three relatives Roger Wilkinson 7B Marian Wilkinson Silvers 58 and Jerry Wilkinson 3. Indictment alleges he shot and beat them Thursday during a home visit. He surrendered to officers in San Antonio and is being held.
Boy Scout Troop 133 sponsored by Wooster Baptist Church in Baytown reports advancement of Morton McPheit and John Thompson to Star Scout and Dartel Mullins to First Class on Crow Road and 115 Wooster respectively.
James Mogre MI of 2953 Nianaes Eos advanced to first class Scout in a Cedar Bay Methodist arch Baytown sponsored ceremony.
Sun classified ads outline pricing per line per day with 4 line ads costing 251 and 6 day runs at 493, plus 50 cent per line for notices. The department notes bulk rates, daily open hours, and that corrections must be requested before second insertion to avoid further charges.
A hospital notes list shows multiple patients admitted to Gulf Coast and San Jacinto Methodist facilities with names and room numbers. Included are Michael Bowerman, Carl Northcutt, Martin Branston, Irma Barris, Mrs. Wheeler, Mrs. Michael Stewart, Mrs. Samuel Dicksen, Homer Grelsin, H. Jones, Mrs. William Thulis, Jim McElhatton, and others, with corresponding addresses and room numbers such as 103, 193, 124, 120, 215, 30, 323, and 361.
A Houston firm Flashes Co of Texas reported four barricades with blinker lights and two extra blinkers stolen from Narcille Street between Oliv and Fayre. An employee said a jack and six wrenches were taken from a Satake on West James in late February. Police logged four similar complaints about birthday inquiries, with minor traffic crashes at Lee and Market, Texas and First and Parc/Main, with no injuries reported.
Four officers and seven members of the Baytown Junior Chamber of Commerce with their wives attended the annual winter convention in Beaumont last weekend. Jaycees from 20 towns gathered to meet delegates and discuss state office opportunities. The Baytown group is in a membership drive and invites men aged 22 to 36 to join. contact Jim Ainsworth, president, at 582-9131 for details.
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