Baytown Area Notices And Calendar Items
Local items include road work completion near Decker Drive opening at 3 30 p m per Allen Ranft Texas Highway Department. Harris County voter registration available Saturday at West Defoe Baytown and four other locations. St Joseph s School declares Friday March 18 holiday. Stated gospel meeting at Church of Christ with speaker William E Wallace from Indianapolis Indiana. DeZavala PTA invites all parents to 7 32 pm meeting then classroom visits for Public School Week. Goose Creek Girl Scouts meet Friday 9 30 am at Ashbel Smith Scout House. Weather reports cloudy and muddy with east winds 22 mph. highs 83 lows 46. School board to meet Thursday 7 30 pm to fill vacancy and review minutes. Medicine course registration at Lee College extended to next Monday for RNs and LVNs. Medicare enrollment event 2 4 pm Friday at First Christian Church Baytown. Obituary notes James F Hammond 59 Phoenix brother of Mrs James A King.
Civic news notes and social captions from town
Carol Mosk shares pictures with the President and receives a note of appreciation from a secretary. Bertie Carpenter returns to the Girl Scout role after six weeks of flux. Mary Sharp assists with colorful information. Janet Anderson visits town for wedding plans and laments spring weather after living in New Jersey. JoAnn Kelley asks about games. Helen Melinger tours the new Sun building. Eva Brenetey wears a turquoise slack suit. Mrs Jack Brady brings a photo. Mrs Goron Farned checks up on a story. Veretta Ellis begins Clean Up Fix Up Paint Up Week. Wesley Hale washes his car prompting a neighbor to follow suit.
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Carol Mork
Ed Mosk
Lyndon Johnson
Bertie Carpenter
Mary Sharpless
Janet Anderson
New Jersey
JoAnn Kelley
Helen Melinger
New Sun
Eva Brenetey
Jack Brady
Goron
Beret Lures Hero's Son Seeking Green Beret Nod
Chicago AP reports Sgt. L. C. George C. Bigley was killed in Vietnam. His son Stephen, 17, aims to join the Green Berets abroad not for vengeance but to serve. Stephen, who lived at Fort Campbell and later Chicago, enlisted after his father’s death on January 3, 1963. Bigley earned three Purple Hearts and three Bronze Stars as a Darby’s Ranger.
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L.C
George C. Bigley
Viet Nam
Green Beret
Stephen
Green Berets
Bigley
Fort Campbell
Darby’s Rangers
Ashau Special Forces Camp Falls After Fierce Fight
North Vietnamese regulars overran Ashau Camp in the Laotian border hills after a two day battle. Several hundred Montagnard fighters and 15 to 20 U.S. advisers fought hard but the garrison was abandoned at dusk. U.S. and air forces pounded the complex before the fall. Casualties were heavy on both sides.
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South Viet Nam
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U.S
da Nang
Kenneth B
Lacey
Ashua
Col
William McKean
LC Group Wins Convention Trophy at TSEA in Corpus Christi
Lee College's John Dewey Chapter of the Texas Student Education Association won the state trophy as the most outstanding junior college chapter. The Texas Education Agency judged entries from briefs describing projects and activities, presented by David Barnes, TSEA president. Rick Berry, state TSEA president, presented the trophy.
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Lee College
John Dewey
Texas Student [Education Association
TSEA
Corpus Christi
Texas Education Agency
David Barnes
Barnes
Rick Berry
Wahrmund To Kick Off Trustee Post Campaign
R C Wahrmund will kick off his campaign as candidate for Baytown school trustee at 2 p m Saturday at coffee in the Lakewood Clubhouse. He is running as an independent against incumbent Knox Beavers for Position 2.
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R. C. Wahrmund
Baytown
Lakewood
R. L. Martin
Wahrmund
Knox Beavers
Baytown Chamber Plans Future Projects at Luncheon
Baytown Chamber of Commerce members will gather Friday at the Holiday Inn for the annual meeting of the minds luncheon. Each member will select six projects for the chamber to pursue next year and discuss them if time allows. President Perry Britton called the meeting one of the most important of the year and urged full participation to choose 1966 priorities.
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Baytown
Tax Bill Cuts Face Senate House Negotiations
Washington AP says the Johnson administration urged conferees to drop two Senate amendments cutting about 1 billion from a broad tax bill aiding war funding. Supporters expect concessions as talks aim for a March 15 action deadline, with fights over Social Security coverage for seniors and a narrowed excise tax on long distance versus local phone calls.
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Senate
House
Johnson
Everett M. Dirksen
Eugene J. McCarthy
Capitol
Meer
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Picayune
Winston L. Prouty
Vance Hartke
D-Ind
Hartke
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Dconn
Baytown Eyes Cable TV Franchise With 3 Proposals
Mayor Seabom Cravey urged action as Baytown considers a community antenna television franchise. Three proposals exist after Feb 24 meetings, with explanations from Southwest Teleview, a Power Generation Co. subsidiary, and Baytown Community Antenna Co. owners Rufus Honeycutt and Donald Brunson.
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Baytown
Baytown Community Antenna Co
Rufus Honeycutt
Donald L. Brunson
Dd.s
Brunson
Henrycutt
Honeycutt
Mayor Protest Seeks Housing Authority Probe
A 25 resident group from Archer Courts and Gak Addition met Mayor Seaborn Cravey and City Manager Fritz Lanham at City Hall to request an investigation into Baytown Housing Authority administration. Led by Rev. R. L. Finney and Woodrow Lewis, the crowd cited evictions, unauthorized home entries, and utility cuts as part of broader concerns with executive director Davis Taylor's policies. The protest followed the eviction of Mrs. Carrie Williams and family from a federal housing unit.
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Archer Courts
Gak Addition
Baytown
Seaborn Cravey
Fritz Lanham
Neemes
R. L. Finney
Woodrow Lewis
City Hall
Carrie Williams
Federal Housing Unit
Rev
Finney
Baytown Housing Authority
Davis Taylor
Housing Authority
Willams
Baytown Hosts County Pollution Chief Visit
Dr. Walter Quebedeaux, director of the Harris County Health Department air and stream pollution control section, spent Wednesday in Baytown meeting with the Baytown Air and Water Pollution Control Board and touring the Baytown Refinery. He noted refinery flare installations aim to reduce ground flare needs and improve air quality.
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Walter Quebedeaux
Harris County Health Department
Baytoom
Baytown
Jealnty
Woodlawn
Quebedeaux
Sid Brady
Humble
H. H. Meier
Baytown Sun
LBJ Watches Red China Policy Shifts Abroad
Washington AP reports Red China near critical policy review that could affect Sino Soviet tensions and Southeast Asia. Officials say two to three months of deliberation may be near completion and outcomes could harden or soften Beijing's stance toward others.
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Red
China
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Russia
Southeast Asia
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US Steel chief cites jobs if domestic steel grew
Leslie Worthington president of U S Steel Corp says there would be 130000 more jobs in the US last year if the 107 million tons of steel imported had been produced domestically. SNPA protests a 10 per ton newsprint price rise by Bowater stating 25 unwarranted inflation. Newsprint may reach 145 per ton. The Most Rev Thomas Tschoepe is consecrated a bishop in Dallas designated bishop of San Angelo on Jan 12. Rumors of a new Soviet manned space launch circulate in Moscow. Five Texans now listed dead in Viet Nam including Sgt Antonio Jiminez Waco Pfc Ricky Garner Dallas Lance Cpl Alfred Smith Houston Fredag Rodriguez Rio Grande City Pfc Mario Ybarra Wessaco. Indonesian army issues Sukarno ultimatum to remove pro Communist foreign minister Subandrio.
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Leslie Worthington
U.S. Steel Corp
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Bowater Paper Co
SNPA
South
United States
Antonio Jimimez
Waco
Ricky D. Garner
Dallas
Lance
Alfred J. Smith
Houston
Fredag Rodriguez
Rio Grande
Mario Ybarra
Wessaco
Sil Marines
Army
Jack W. Lindsey
Accord Near On Tri City Beach Bid
Baytown officials and Tri City Beach residents discuss annexation and incorporation plans to create Beach City. Council may allow incorporation of area within Baytown's extra territorial jurisdiction while Beach City organizes. Mayor Cravey notes Baytown growth projections and road-rights annexation aims.
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Baytown
Ti Qty
Tri - City Beach
Beach City
Seaborn Cravey
Tri - City
Beach Area
U.S. Steel
Region 9 Choir Contest and Sightreading at Baytown
Nineteen junior high choirs including Cedar Bayou from Baytown will perform at Robert E. Lee High School auditorium for the Region 9 Inter scholastic League contest. Judges include Ernest McCallum Naomi Short Dr. Robert Young and William Hunt.
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Baytown
Robert E. Lee High School
Jerry Forderhase
Harris County
Huntsvile
Conroe
Cedar Bayou
Forderhase
Ernest McCallum
Orange ‘High School
Naomi Short
Longview
Robert Young
Baylor University School of Music
Wileliam Hunt
Tarleton State College
Stephenville
Highlands Civic Council Prepares First Public Meeting
Highlands Civic Council will hold its inaugural public meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Highlands Junior High Band Room. County Commissioner V. V. Ramsey and Justice of the Peace M. M. Brown are invited to join Highlands residents to discuss roads law enforcement and civic improvements. The 17 member board is led by chairman H. H. Rasser with Archie Loper as vice chairman, Polly Welch secretary Oliver Harman assistant secretary and H. H. Longbotham treasurer.
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Highlands Civic Council
Highlands
V. V. Ramsey
Justice of the Peace
M. M. Brown
H. H. Rasser
Archie Loper
Polly Welch
Oliver Harman
H. H. Longbotham
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George Sanchez
Wallace Heaner
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