Apollo 9 Boosts Into Orbit From Cape Kennedy
Apollo 9 lifted off aboard a Saturn V from Cape Kennedy at 11 EST marking a planned 10 day mission. Command Pilot James McDivitt and David Scott, with Russell Schweickart, aimed for rendezvous and lunar preparation, amid weather clouds and a record liftoff crowd.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Air Force
James A. McDivitt
David R. Scott
Russell L. Schweickart
Eugene Krantz
Atlantic
McDivitt
Scott
Schweickart
Spira T. Agnew
BAYTOWN AREA PTA MEETINGS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS
Baytown area clubs and organizations schedule meetings and programs this week. Bowie Elementary PTA meets Tuesday at 7 30 p.m. in the school auditorium with third grade students presenting a program and a tour of rooms after. Other notices include TOPS Baytown club meeting at 7 30 p.m. Tuesday in Sterling Library and Eta Omicron Epsilon Sigma Alpha model meeting at 7 45 p.m. Wednesday at the Community Building. Local scouts, garden clubs, and public notices cover library tours, church revivals, and public health trainings.
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Tops
Baytown
Sterling Municipal Library
Johnny Culsinger
Fred Cavazos
Eta Omicron
Epsilon Sigma Alpha
Dale Offield
Beta Phi
Phi Sigma Alpha
G. B. Chatham
Jefferson
Senate panel approves campus disruption crime bill
A Texas Senate committee unanimously backs a measure to criminalize disruptive activity at schools and colleges. The bill imposes 25 to 200 dollars fines and jail terms up to six months for coordinated disruptions, with debate noting campus focus and broader applicability.
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Rockwall
W. T. Moore
Bryan
State State Affairs Committee
Hall
Moore
Chronicle of World Events and Texas Death Toll Rise
Our World Today reports a weekend violent death toll in Texas reaching 32 with 19 traffic fatalities. A North Vietnamese detachment fails to overrun a U S Marine artillery base near the DMZ as Saigon and allied towns face shelling in the Ninth Day of spring offensive. Mapai backs Golda Meir for prime minister with one abstention by Dayan. USS Pueblo crew members called to Navy inquiry. Red Guards protest at the Soviet Embassy in Peking after China and Soviet troops clash on a Manchurian border island. Houston Livestock Show ends with record results. celebration moves from Washington-on-the-Brazos to Brenham as Texas marks its Declaration of Independence.
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Demilitarized Zone
Saigon
Expanded Education Service On Agenda
School board to review a detailed list of expenditures for the 1969-70 budget including teacher salary increases, kindergarten costs, and new staff positions. The session aims to “work” through possible cuts with no official action, while tax implications and a near-ceiling maintenance levy are anticipated.
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Jounella Boynton
George H. Gentry
Gentry
Baytown
Baytown Education Association
Baytown Classroom Teachers Association
Radioactive devices stolen from CV truck
A $500 reward is offered for information on the theft of radio labeled X-ray type industrial measuring devices missing from a pickup parked at 15839 Market Street Channelview. Owner W C Reed of the Piping Industry Welding Service warns the instruments contain radioactive materials and pose a public health hazard if mishandled.
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Channelview
15839
Market Street
W. C. Reed
Piping Industry Welding Service
Reed
Atomic Energy Commission
Public Health Departments
Harlem Enrichment Plan To Be Explained At PTA Meeting
Harlem Elementary School principal Arthur Coltharp will discuss Education and Society in Baytown at a Baytown PTA City Council meeting. He will outline the board actions to convert Harlem School into an experimental enriched school to attract white students, describe potential programs, and note district spending on the school including a 500 seat auditorium and a major media center. The meeting is at 9:30 a.m. at the Community Building and open to the public.
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Gentry
Ross Sterling
Robert E. Lee
Robert E. Lee High School
Arthur Coltharp
Harlem
Baytown
PTA City Council
Coltharp
Harlem School
National Geographic
Baytown Health League extends services to East Harris County
Baytown Health League Clinic began services Monday for East Harris County residents outside Baytown city limits. Harris County Hospital District Board funded $1,000 to pay a nurse for two months, enabling expanded outpatient services and drug access. Patients east of the San Jacinto River and Vie La Porte district are eligible, with prescriptions refillable at Ben Taub. Dr. Karl W. Opryshek and Charles Caldwell praised the district for support, noting benefits to all agencies and reduced need for Ben Taub. A Monday meeting with San Jacinto Methodist Hospital staff will discuss using clinic facilities in the hospital’s new wing next month.
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Baytown Health League
East Harris County
Baytown
Health League
Karl W. Opryshek
Ben Taub Hospital
Houston
Harris County Hospital District Board of Managers
Opryshek
Harris County
San Jacinto, River
Vie la Porte
Ben Taub
Baytown Clinic
Sally
Charles Caldwell
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Sheatth League
Baytown City Council slate solid with no new filings
The Baytown ballot for the April 1 mayoral and council contests shows no new filings by deadline. Mayoral candidates are Albert Fanes tie, Andy Braswell, and Glen Walker. districts list pairs like Abe M. Simon vs David W. Evans for District 2 and Don M. Hallam vs J W Thornton for District 3S, with other districts featuring incumbent names.
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Baytown
Albert Fanestie
Andy" Braswell
Glen Walker
Abe M. Simon
David W. Evans
Don M. Hallam
J. W
Bi Thornton
Leonard
Be Mindful Of All The Safety Gadgets
Preston Pendergrass critiques modern car safety gadgets, arguing many belts straps and attachments look dangerous and complicate use. He recalls personal discomfort, potential injury risks from metal components and dangling devices, and questions insurance implications while preferring simpler, older designs over so called safer options.
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Preston Pendergrass
Huntsville
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Washington
Nixon
Charles A. Berry
Baytown Area
Lee College
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Axel M. Schoyen
Ridgeway
Schoool
Naval Aviation Schools Command
Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla
New Tops Group
Jo& Barsalou
Bonnie
Larry Holmes
Bill Floyd
Charlotte Henderson
Mike Hull
al Melinger
Ida Griffith
Charlotte Laughlin
Sam Alford
Netherlands
Seth Mitchell
Seth
Clem Kavar
George Sewell
Margaret Gober
American Field Service
Eldon Berry
Ashbel Smith Pta
PFA
Parents Without Partners
Dirt Gardeners Horticulture Club
R. C. Read
Ridgway
Eva Wilson
Chambers County
Tri-City Beach
Beach City
Michael Coe
E. H. Adlong
Parkway
Lamar State College of Technology
Beaumont
Welcome Wagon
Welcome Wagon Club
Board of Directors
Highlands Revival Highlands Missionary Baptist Church
Marvin Huddler
Little Rock Missionary Baptist Church
Baytown Junior Forum
Tom Ross
Bill Whitmore
Texas
Mapai
Israel's
Labor Party
Golda Meir
Moshe Dayan
Uss Pueblo
Navy
Peking
Manchurian
Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo
Washington-on-the Brazos
Mexico
Brenham
Bank OF Baytown
FDIC
Citizens National Bank & TruSt CO
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