Baytown clubs and events slate meetings this week
Thrift Exchange meets at 3 30 a m Thursday in Chamber of Commerce building with school representation urged. Bickley wins second in engineering graphics at Texas A&M. Garden clubs group meets at 3 30 a m Thursday at Civic Center as slides on parks are shown. Funeral services for Aigrile Davis, sister of Baytonian Ruby Sell, Friday at Sam Creen Funeral Home. Aviation committee program at Baytown Chamber luncheon Friday noon. Lenten service at St Pauls Lutheran Wednesday 7 p m sermon Christ, Youre Our Scapegoat. DeMolay Mothers meet Wednesday 7 30 p m Goose Creek Masonic Lodge Hall. Senior Citizens meet Thursday 2 p m Community Building. Goose Creek Country Club swim committee meets Wednesday 6 p m. Teenage Tops installs officers Thursday 5 00–6 00 p m at Community Building. Weather generally fair, temps rising. Galveston tides Thursday sunrise 3 06 a m, 4 42 p m. low 10 06 a m, 10 12 p m.
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Sam Creen Funeral Home
Houston
Aigrile Davis
Ruby Sell
Demolay
Mothers Club
Goose Creek Masonic Lodge
Texas Avenue
Baytown Week Notes Include Visits and Births
Mrs Dan Burgess and son Scott visit Baytown with grandparents Mr and Mrs J S Doc Mann Jr in Nacogdoches. Robert Pryor stationed at Ft Polk La marks 23rd birthday while seeking therapy in San Antonio. R C Pryor returns to work after illness. Mrs Jimmie Woods shares new baby. Frank R Boyle Sr of La Porte hospitalized at St Marys Galveston. Reader P R Ognos asks for street address. Reuben Lambert Ron Haddox and Rick Wickman collaborate on a project. George Chandler nearly contacts a friend by phone. James Slick Ellis shows strong willpower.
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Dan Burgess
Scott
Nacogdoches
Baytown
J. S
Doc” Mann Jr
Robert Pryor
Ft Polk
San Antonio
R. C. Pryor
Jimmie Woods
Frank R. Boyle Sr
la Porte
St. Mary’s Hospital
Galveston
P. R. Ognos
Reuben Lambert
Ron Haddox
Rick Wickman
George Chandler
James “Slick Ellis
Friendship Bonds by Teens for Exchange Students
Teenage canvassers will sell FRismsHiP BONDS door to door Thursday night to fund transport for two foreign students to Baytown next year. Bonds cost $1 each and are issued by the American Field Service which supports the foreign exchange program.
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Baytown
American Field Service
Prmeram
Liberation Army to Invade North Vietnam Report Emerges
Saigon reports a volunteer Liberation Army is being formed to march north against North Vietnam. Spokesman Nguyen Ngoc Linh says the army comprises Vietnamese fed up with Viet Cong liberation rhetoric. Viet Nam Press cites high ranking officials and retired generals aiding the effort amid U.S. surprise.
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Saigon
Liberation Army
North Vietnam
U.S
Nguyen Ngoc Linh
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
South Vietnamese Liberation Army
Vietnam
March To
North Army
Beach City mayoral race and aldermen on April 6
Beach City voters will choose between Eloie Jordan a former mayor and Claude F. Galloway a deputy marshal for mayor in an April 6 election. Incumbent Carl R Slaughter did not seek re election. Five aldermen to be chosen from six candidates W D Bill Bush Jimmy McClellan R J McGaffey A J Crawley Walter Hoover and BH White with Bush McGaffey Crawley incumbents and McClellan Hoover and White new candidates. Gus Dauzat is the sole candidate for city marshal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beach City
Eloie Jordan
Claude F. Galloway
Jordan
Galloway
Marshall
Carl R Slaughter
W.D
Bill Bush
Jimmy McClellan
R. J. McGaffey
A. J. Crawley
Walter Hoover
BH. White
Bush
McGaffey
Crawley
McClellan
Hoover
White
Gus Dauzat
Community Dialogue Highlights Baytown Banquet on Race
Two Houstons speakers Rev Lawson and Jack Taylor led a Baytown Human Relations Council banquet discussing race relations, civil rights and housing. About 250 attended including city officials, with Woodrow Lewis receiving the Community Service Award. Dialogue touched on intermarriage, riots, federal programs and prejudice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnella Boynton
Houston
Baytown Humnan Relations Council
Zin Lawson
Jack Taylor
Harris County Probation Department
Glen Walker
Commission On Civil Rights
Baytown
Woodrow Lewis
Oak Addition
Human Relations Council
Harris County Community Action Association
Lewis
R. L. Martin
Lawson
Taylor
Johnson Defeated McCarthy In New Hampshire Primary
Concord AP report: Democratic contest produced a narrow Johnson win over Eugene McCarthy with about 42 percent for McCarthy and roughly 20 national convention votes indicated. Nixon led Republicans to boost his bid for the GOP nomination as the Democratic race showed unexpected trouble for Johnson.
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Concord
N.H
New Hampshire
Johnson
Eugene J. McCarthy
Richard M. Nixon
McCarthy
Visiting Student Sees Australia as Next Red Target
Quentin Ward an American Field Service student visiting Baytown from Perth, Australia, shares views on the Vietnam war and US misunderstandings of Australia. He cites Austrians supporting the war, notes leisurely life, speaks of education, and praises AFS as a life changing program during Exchange Week.
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Australia
Martha Ann Hemphill
Vietnam
Quentin Ward
Baytown
Thiseek
Rubin Kappler
Gary
AFS
Quentin Kangaroo
Port Lavaca
Texas Afs
HemisFair
Perth
Western Australia
Quentin
Uiver
Fulbright and Rusk clash over Congress role in Vietnam policy
Secretary of State Dean Rusk refused to promise Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Congress would have a role in future Vietnam war policy decisions. Fulbright pressed for early congressional involvement as Lausche floated repeal of the Gulf of Tonkin resolution. A House move to demand greater congressional role was reported.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
Rusk
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Committee
Fulbright
Frank J. Lausche
Arkansan
Lausche
Gulf of Tonkin
Vietnam
Southeast
Asia
House
Cameraman’s shielded dolly aids oil well fire film
A mobile camera platform with corrugated metal shielding and a camera aperture can be pulled to safety to protect William Clothier and crew filming The Hellfighters with John Wayne Katharine Ross Jim Hutton and Vera Miles. An air blast device keeps lens coatings clear during intense temperatures from a 225 foot flame column as filming starts at Baytown with Andrew V. McLaglen directing.
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William Clothier
Robert Arthur
Universal
John Wayne
Katharine Ross
Jim Hutton
Vera Miles
Clothier
Andrew V. McLaglen
Baytown
Jaycee Directors Endorse Baytown Sales Tax
The Baytown Junior Chamber of Commerce board endorsed a city sales tax, urging its passage as fair and needed for municipal improvements. The vote supports a referendum on April 2 with a campaign plan including telephone outreach and media publicity. If approved, the council would begin collecting the 1 cent tax. Opponents call it regressive, while supporters note it could raise about 415,200 in year one, cheaper than a 2.5 cent ad valorem hike.
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Baytown
Ang
Houston
East Herris
Coroner Rules A Heart Attack Killed CV Man
Coroner rules Grady Autron Clayton died of a heart attack after an apparent family fight. A six month old baby, Jeff Ray Clayton, was found near the body with a large head wound and pliers nearby. Bertie Claudette Clayton faces murder and assault charges. she waits in jail for psychiatric evaluation.
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Channelview
Harris County
Grady Autron Clayton
Market St
Clayton
Harris County Sheriff's Department
St. Joseph Hospital
Jeff Ray Clayton
Bertie Claudette Clayton
I. D. McMaster
Harris County Grand Jury
Justice Court
Harold Gayton Day
Baytown
Vast Fight In Vietnam Kills 300 Plus In Four Engagements
AP dispatch reports Allied forces killed over 300 enemy troops in four battles in northeast South Vietnam. At Khe Sanh the siege base faced lighter shelling of 60 shells, while enemy gunners within the area had fired 35 shells in the day. Nearby Dong Ha saw intense clashes with 1984 enemy deaths over two days, and U.S. Marines reported 10 Americans killed and 23 wounded in an eight hour action nearby. Additional fighting occurred near Quang Tri and near Quang Ngai with several major engagements and multiple Viet Cong casualties.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Khe Sanh
Dien Bien Phu
Norh
Dong Ha
2Rd Marine Division
Demilitarized Zone
Quang’ Tri
Dmz
1St Air Calvary Division
Quang Tri
Meany Accepts AFL-CIO Convention Challenge
George Meany accepts a plan for a special AFL-CIO convention to judge labor leadership while demanding Walter Reuther attend and accept its decisions. Reuther refuses preconditions, while the two leaders meet separately at the AFL-CIO convention to exchange statements.
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Meany
Washington
George Meany
Walter Reuther
Reuther
United Auto Workers
Labor Federation
Afl-Cio
Auto Workers Executive Board
American Labor Movement
Congress of Industrial Organizations
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Thrift Exchange
Baytown Thrift Exchange
Chamber Aoft
Commerce
Bickley
Joseph B. Bickley
W. R Bickley
Junior Engineering Technical Society
Tears A&m University
Garden Clubs
East
Harris County Federation of Garden Clubs
Civic Center
R. K. Saunders
Aviation Committee
O. J. Lee
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Holiday Inn
Rudy Kelling
Sharon Lutheran Church
Pasadena
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Kelling
Christ
Senior Citizens Senior Cenzens Club
Swamong Pool Committee
Goose Creek Country Club
Bob Stap
Ares
Peoples State Bank
South
Walker
Cose
Philip Digsnam
Lee College
Texas
Australa
Aquinas College
Herb Elliott
Frudential Insurance Co
Citizens National Bank & Trust Co
Senate
Jaycee
Seaborn Cravey
Sation
Crivey
W. B McGregor
Corps
A. E
Sonny” Tompkins
Sun
Oie T
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