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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 08, 1968

Page

4

Where Did All The Halves Go Editorial

The Treasury will cut half dollar production after June 30 from 360 million to 100 million annually. The piece questions the coin’s usefulness as everyday money and suggests Congress either ends it or reverts to a nickel copper composition to test demand and usage.

Treasury Department Congress

F-111 saga links McNamara to air craft success

The F-111 program, once mocked as the Flying Edsel, is now praised by pilots as a sweet ship in its operational F-111A form. Navy skeptics remain wary of the F-111B’s versatility, while General Dynamics urges patience. The hoped-for cost savings from common parts faded amid bugs, delays, and design changes.

Robert McNamara Ford Motor Co Air Force Secretary of Defense Navy General Dynamics McNamara

Try Your Word Power NEA Feature

Word puzzle style list of clues includes definitions for Across and Down entries. Entries reference terms from ancient rulers to modern words, with some abbreviations and partial phrases. The puzzle blends vocabulary prompts with hints for vocabulary building in a newspaper feature format.

Baytown Sun staff and publishing details listed

Editorial and advertising staff names and roles appear for The Baytown Sun Inc. Readers are told the paper is entered as second class at Baytown, Texas, and published afternoons including Sundays from 1301 Memorial Drive with P O Box 30 Baytown.

Baytown Texas Baytown Sun, Inc Memorial Drive P.O. Box

Forest fires may aid some forests and threaten others

Baytown Sun columnist Paul Harvey argues that not all forest fires are bad and that proper, controlled fires can help regenerate certain forests like loblolly pines while overprotection and fire suppression harm others such as sequoias. He discusses risks of erosion, wildlife needs, and air quality as public debate over forestry policy grows.

Paul Harvey Baytown Sun Forest Service Department of Agriculture Washington, D.C Smokey the Bear Piedmont Georgia Washington Johnson State of the Union California National Park

This Day In History March 8 1963 Highlights

Brief archival note lists key historical events on March 8 across years. Notable items include 1917 Bolshevik riots in Saint Petersburg, 1765 Stamp Act passage by the British Lords, Holmes birth in 1841, Fremont reach at Sutter’s Fort in 1848, Dutch canal work in 1865, Rangoon capture in 1942, Nuremberg bombing in 1943, Soviet warning in 1953, Syrian coup in 1958, and Irish farmer clashes near Dublin in 1963.

St. Petersburg House of Lords U.S. Supreme Court Oliver Wendell Holmes Gaston John Charles Fremont Sutter’s Fort California Netherlands Amsterdam North Sea Rangoon Burma Nuernberg Germany Soviet Union U.S Southeast Asia Syria Gamal Abdel Nasser United Arab Republic Dublin

Riot panel report aims at race tensions in capitals

Washington coverage notes debate over Pres idential commission findings on riots and race relations. It outlines House rules blocking or allowing hospital name changes for Medgar Evers or John Rankin, with party splits and Republican maneuvers amid broader civil rights and Vietnam topics.

Deew Pearson Washington Presidential Commission Capitol Hill Congress Veterans Hospital Jackson Miss Tom Abernathy D-Miss John Rankin Jonathan Bingham Dn.y Medgar Evers Mississippi NAACP Charles House Rules Committee Norther Democrats John McCormack Olin Teague Texas Veterans Committee Rankin Hospital Bi Colmer Rules Committee Evers Rankin Johnson House H. Allen Smith Calif John B. Anderson Til David Martin Neb James H. Quillen Teen Delbert Latta Ohio United States Pat Brown California

Doct or m s Mailbag Bone Spurs Nervous Press

Bone spurs press on nerves can cause pain while infrared heat offers only temporary relief. For spine spurs, fusion surgery may relieve pressure and stabilize the spine. Heel spurs arise from arthritis age and footwear, not calcium deficiency. relief comes from addressing causes and padding, rarely surgery. Aspergillosis is a non hereditary fungal infection from Aspergillus, treated with amphotericin B or lung surgery. apical tuberculosis affects the lung apex.

Newspaper Enterprise Assn

Verse: Whosoever Will Come After Me Deny Himself

A biblical teaching from Mark 8 34 where Jesus calls the crowd to follow him by denying oneself taking up the cross and following him This excerpt presents the instruction as part of his discourse to the disciples and the gathered people

Expert Joins GOP Workers For Reagan Backing At RNC

AP Special Report outlines F Clifton White joining California GOP at the RNC to aid Reagan allies in platform deliberations. It notes potential GOP alliance between Reagan and Rockefeller camps to counter Nixon, with Romney and Rockefeller as competing nominees. Rockefeller support among governors is highlighted.

Washington F. Clifton White Republican National Committee California Ronald Reagan White Barry Goldwater Reagan Pennsylvania Raymond P. Shafer Senate Everett M. Dirksen Michigan George Romney New York Nelson A. Rockerfelter Richard M. Nixon Romney Nixon New Hampshire Wisconsin Rockefeller Melvin R. Laird Mer Nebraska Oregon Johnson Alabama George C. Wallace Goldwater Mian Beach Rhode Island John Hi. Chaffee GOP

Opening lead choices in a slam versus game contract

A bridge example from the Newspaper Enterprise Association explains why opening a singleton lead against a slam is often worse than against a game. West’s forced choice with the singleton nine of clubs backfired as the club block and trumps sequence allowed South to finesse and secure the contract.

West South East Blackwood Newspaper Enterprise Assn

Bridge problem about bidding over 1 heart with double

In a trick from a Sensacao Q-The bidding sequence shows West North East South with 1, Pass, Fassible, Pass, Pass, 2h, and a question about responder's action. South holds 4A Q87 932 eK IS8 &Q53. The suggested line: Pass. The article notes no strong club support to double and no five card suit to bid, with a minimal takeout double. It then asks what to do when East later doubles 2 diamonds after partner's pass to the double of 1 heart and promises the answer tomorrow.

East

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