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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1968
Page
4
An editorial ponders surveillance and privacy as Census undercounts and a tracing firm cites 500000 bigamists. It contrasts jobless outcasts with dual life planners, noting envy of daring, illegal living but labeling it romantic nonsense amid social rule breaking.
An ESSA appeal urges Americans to return battered radiosondes in prepaid sacks to Joliet for reconditioning. The Joliet center has repaired its 400,000th unit since 1945, saving about 180,000 dollars yearly while a full reconditioning costs 6.37 dollars. Weathermen still face weather limits, but taxpayer care boosts forecasts.
A fragment from a word power feature shows clues across several numbers and topics. It includes references to Mountaint, Fauntleroy, Magpie, shipworm, and other varied items, suggesting a crossword style puzzle with definitions and wordplay.
A garbled Baytown Sun masthead lists names including Fred Hartman Beulah Mae Jacks Paul Putman Ann B Pritchett and editorial staff roles. Several lines show mis-typed titles such as Editor Publisher General Manager Advertising and Classified departments with scattered names.
The Houston Post profiles Hubert Mewhinney on retirement to San Jacinto County with his new bride. The piece dwells on selective career highlights and recalls Mewhinney and a reporter's Prohibition era Austin misadventure over a Bacardi cocktail.
On this date Eli Whitney received a patent for the cotton gin in 1794. Rhode Island united with Providence Plantations in 1644. Faneuil Hall hosted the first colonial town meeting in 1743. Einstein was born in 1879. Other notes include China-Germany relations in 1977 and Hitler's 1938 Vienna entry. A 1964 Dallas Oswald murder conviction and death penalty recommendation are listed, plus royal divorce and Middle East union talks from earlier years.
A reader quiz shows three presidents as sons of ministers Chester Arthur Grover Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson. It also notes the United Nations uses British spelling labour centre aeroplane connexion programme. The science of selenography treats the study of the moon with Selene as moon’s Greek root.
The verse states that without faith it is impossible to please God. Those who come to God must believe He exists and that He rewards those who diligently seek Him. It emphasizes trust, perseverance, and the assurance of divine response to sincere seeking.
Washington Merry-Go-Round urges Senate scrutiny of Vietnam war funding and the growing influence of the military on foreign policy. Drew Pearson cites Secretary Rusk Walt Rostow Clark Clifford and the Joint Chiefs of Staff as key actors in a trend beginning with FDR and intensifying under Johnson, with McNamara’s remorse noted.
A medical Q A on spastic and mucous colitis covers causes such as nervous strain allergies and infections. Treatment includes bland diet antispasmodics and cautious exercise while rest is not helpful. Other questions address rapid bowel movements after meals and the risks of chronic diarrhea requiring expert care. The column also traces postwar military politics linking LBJ Dwight Eisenhower Kennedy and Westmoreland with U S defense policy.
AP Special Report examines how segregation hinders education and the limits of federal power to address racial imbalance. It notes Howe’s view that segregated schooling cannot excel and discusses potential court action, federal funding roles, and political constraints influencing desegregation efforts nationwide.
Thirty five years ago Waldemar von Zedtwitz was famed as a slow expert and his partners trusted the finish. A slow East in a modern game misread a singleton club and misplayed hearts and spades. South exploited the missteps to secure six clubs and one trick in each other suit.
In the presented auction you hold AAQST 32 eRI98 and partner opened with a double and then five diamonds shown. With partner’s invitation to jump now you should bid five diamonds, then if partner raises to five spades you pass. If partner instead bids five diamonds, the correct action is to pass or describe the continuation per standard partnership agreement, awaiting further clarification. Tomorrow’s answer continues.
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