Death Letters From Viet Nam Families Reveal Cost Of War
A Burlington North Carolina artilleryman and a New Jersey paratrooper wrote final letters home from Vietnam. Hiram Strickland 20 was killed Feb 1 and Stanley Demboski 20 died Feb 17 from gunshot wounds. Both letters express duty, fear and resolve. Their parents received the notes with their sons’ personal effects and praise from their commanders, underscoring the human cost of war.
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Viet Nam
Burlington
N.C
North Carolina
New Jersey
Hiram D
Butch) Strickland
Rt. 2
Graham
Stanley T. Demboski
Jersey City
Tuy Jon
Pop
Demboski
101St Airborne Division
Senator Morse Attacked by Senate Colleagues Over Viet Cong Allegations
Fulton Lewis reports Senate leaders charge Oregon Democrat Wayne Morse with aiding the Communist Viet Cong through frontal attacks on U S police and Vietnam policy. Critics label Morse a craven appeaser while others accuse him of spreading anti government rhetoric and tying the Johnson administration to broader war dangers.
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Fulton Lewis JE
Washington
Oregon
Wayne Morse
Morse
Senate
Russell Leng
Louisiana
Gut Morse
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Long
Viet Nam
Everett Firksen
Hanoi
Peking
Sen
U.S
RADIO
HANOS
United States
Pentagon
Moscow
Gay
Johnson
Pertng
Daily Crossword Puzzle KING FEATURE Across Clues
Puzzle clues cover drama disgust exclamation and taxonomies. Includes theme hints and various abbreviations for Canadian province and marine mammals. Provides entries for riddles about birds, plants, places, and common terms across several rows.
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King
N.C
Columbus
Praise for Baytown Sun front page eviction story
Letter from L W Swift praises The Baytown Sun for front page coverage of eviction victims. He cites Mrs Williams and Wanda Orton, questions government waste, and expresses sympathy for homeowners facing displacement. He notes patience in business and asks if the heart to move out is lacking.
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the Sun
Baytown Sun
Wanda Orton
P.S
Citizens urged to register to boost Texas voting
Letters from Baytown readers urge registration to improve Texas turnout. Mrs. Zumowalt decries low participation, notes poll tax abolition and calls on adults to vote, register at local offices or stores, stressing civic duty. Pauline Outland thanks Baytown Sun for glaucoma screening coverage and public information efforts by the Texas Society for the Prevention of Blindness.
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the Sun
Germany
America
Texas
Weingarten’s
Lewis & Coker
Mrs
Robert E. Zumowalt
Colby Drive
Fred Hartman
Baytown
Hartman
Houston Gulf Coast
Texas Society For the Prevention of Blindness, Inc
Pauline Outland
Shipping To Resume On Great Lakes In April
A Lake Carriers Association report says most Great Lakes shipping will resume in the first half of April as ice conditions improve. A Coast Guard spokesman notes less ice than last year and the first vessel could depart within days. An Arizona flu epidemic has grown, with measles cases rising, per state health officials.
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Dorothy Healey
Southern California
Communist Party
Los Angeles
Herbert Aptheker
Congress
Brooklyn
N.Y
Gus Hall
Pennsylvania
Tinois
Richard Roudebush
Gaylord Guy King
Indiana University
W.E.B. DeBsis Clubs of America
King
National Science Foundation
Portland
Ore
Cleveland, Ohio
Great Lakes
Coast Guard
Phoenix, Ariz
Arizona
State Health Department
Views Divided On Red China War Plans Says Experts
Washington experts before the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee argued that China poses no direct threat to the United States as long as the U.S. avoids encroaching on Chinese territory. Professors from Columbia, Cornell, American, Chicago and other universities warned against U.S. interventionism in Asia, noting potential Chinese reactions to forceful moves in Vietnam or near Manchuria and the risk of fueling nationalism and military expansion.
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Washington
Drew Pearson
Defense
McNamara
China
Pentagon
Congress
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Clement Zablecki
Milwaukee
House
Samuel B. Griffith
U.S. Marine Corps
Thailand
South
Viet Nam
Howard L. Boorman
Columbia University
Asia
America
Ralph L. Powell
American University
Peiping
Powell
N. Trops
U.S
North Korea
George Kahin
Cornell University
Hans J. Morgenthau
University of Chicago
West
United Nations
Far Eastern
Baytown Sun Staff and Publishing Details
The Baytown Sun list of staff roles includes Fred Hartman James Hale Preston Pendergrass Beulah Mae Jackson Bill Hartman Ann B Pritchett editor and publisher general manager managing editor assistant to the publisher office manager John Wadley Paul Putman Corrie Laughlin national manager and other duties. It notes second class matter at Baytown Texas and publication details for The Baytown Sun Inc at 1301 Memorial Drive and 77521 zip. Subscription rates are listed and the paper is a member of the Associated Press.
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Fred Hartman
James H. Hale
Preston Pendergrass
Beulah Mae Jackson
Bill Hartman
Ann B. Pritchett
John Wadley Paul Putman Corrie Laughlin
Baytown
Texas
Baytown Sun, Inc
Memorial Drive
P. O
Texas Newspaper Representatives, Inc
Associated Press
Man from Home authors and clues from travel and science
Questions cover authors collaboration on The Man From Home, Yap oceans, William S Porter pen name, Greek letters signifying all embracing, and meaning of a panegyric. It also notes Spinoza quote and 1959 Hawaii statehood approval, plus Vannevar Bush birth details and career milestones.
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What &O
Island of
Yap
William S. Porter
Notable figures from a single day and a definition
This item lists Ruth Ramsey as a Central Press writer and notes her coverage of the National Defense Research Committee and OSS, citing early atomic bomb project leadership and a home computer invention. It also mentions Henry Cowell, King Frederick IX, Dorothy Gish, Lawrene Welk, and Harold Wilson. A pronunciation guide and a quiz question follow.
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National Defense Research Committee
Office of Scientific Research and Development
Henry Cowell
Frederick IX
Denmark
Dorothy Gish
Lawrence Welk
Labor
Harold Wilson
Paper Presented By Dr Forsman At Montreal Conference
Dr J P Forsman presented a paper in Montreal at the Annual Technical Conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers on The Measurement of Polypropylene Oxidative Stability. H G Boynton of Esso Baytown attends. Forsman previously won SPE awards in Boston and moderated symposia in Newark.
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J. P. Forsman
Montreal
Canada
Society of Plastics Engineers
H. G. Boynton
Esso Research and Engineering Co
Baytown Research and Development Division
Forsman
Baytown Research Center
Society
Boston
SPE
Newark
New Jersey
Farsman
James
Sally
Kathryn
Glen Hayek
Snook Blue Jays clinch second Class B state title
Sun slants follow Clem Kovar's pride as Calvin Gerke stars for Snook Blue Jays. The team wins its second straight Class B basketball championship, extending their consecutive win streak to 78, a state record, with Gerke contributing key points in the finale. Kovar’s Baytown ties and Snook lore frame a vivid local sports portrait.
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Willie Mays
Buckey Mantle
Joe Namath
Gale Sayers
Clem Kovar
Calvi Gerke
Calvin Gerke
Snook Blue Jays
Bue Jays
Snookers
Snook
Houston
Jesse Jones
Blue Jays
Huntsville
Jones
Gerke
Hogar
Kovar
Harry
Burleson County
Will
Pop) Kovar
Pop
Austin
Baytown
Jimmy Horn
Jack of All Trades
Kevar
Baltimore
Ptacek Brothers
Julius
Robert
False prophets among the people warned in Peter’s letters
The passage notes that false prophets and teachers will arise among believers, secretly introducing destructive heresies and denying the Lord who saved them, bringing swift destruction upon themselves as described in 2 Peter 2:1.
Know Your Bridge Bidding Quiz Analysis and Answers
This column presents four bridge hands with the bidding sequence South North and asks what to bid. Each solution explains how forcing bids and suit length influence the decision, concluding three clubs, four spades, three notrump, and three hearts as the recommended bids with brief rationale.
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Waqiiz
North
Hearts
King Feat
Ures Syndicate, Inc
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