Johnson Signs Revenue Bill To Boost U S Revenues
President Johnson signed a bill expected to raise about $6 billion in new revenue over 15 months and proposed studying Social Security improvements. The action followed swift congressional approval and funded military priorities with $4.8 billion for hardware and emergency defense aid while extending temporary excise tax increases through June 1967. The measure also broadens Social Security coverage and sets tax changes impacting corporate and personal income collections.
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Gemini Team Rides Titan 2 Into Orbit
Voters may sign later on Thursday as the branch county tax office on 205 W Defoe stays open until midnight for the last day of free voter registration. About 82 Baytown area residents have registered since March 3, with 107 total at the branch office. Deputy registrars are aiding Weingarten's, Lewis and Coker, Highlands State Bank, and Big Chief at Four Corners. Locally, Lula Bailey registered the most at Weingarten's, totaling 248 from March 3 to weekend. Norris, Fayle, and others contributed counts at Four Corners, Big Chief, and Lewis and Coker. Harris County-wide, more than 56,000 have registered since the free period began. County tax official Carl S. Smith noted the deadline and that 16 people have cast absentee ballots for the March 26 special election to fill the Houston congressional seat.
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Houston
Newsprint push to curb rising South prices urged
The Southern Newspaper Publishers Association urges expanded newsprint production in the South to counter recent price increases. The report emphasizes industrial growth and regional supply resilience amid economic pressures.
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Sun Spots City Committees Meeting at City Hall
A joint meeting of the city planning commission and the park committee is set for 3:39 p.m. Wednesday in the council chamber at City Hall.
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Local Folks and Small Tales at Cedar Bayou
DESBIE RICHARDS learns a relative is kin to another. Vernon Jones wears a blue shirt. Mike Swanner praised for generosity. Chris Alexander missed after moving to Leggett Texas. Diane Clark mistaken for someone. Carolyn Felkner looks to April 3. Turner shares photos. Butch Kelley writes a letter. Beulah Miles shows camellias to friends. Ruth Royder recalls milk story from a Cedry Bayou dairyman. Minnie Miner wears green for St Patrick’s Day. Edna Hart to conduct a plant tour. Alvera Griffin joins two groups. Lou Britton mulls two job offers for a meeting. Nita Cooke passes along information. Garrett’s ring interrupted by a ball game.
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Vernon Jones
Mike Swanner
Chris Alexander
Leggett
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Diane Clark
Carolyn Felkner
Turner
Butch Kelley
Beulah Miles
Ruth Royder
Cedry Bayou
Minnie Miner
St. Patrick's Day
Edna Hart
Alvera Griffin
Lou Britton
Nita Cooke
Garrett Herring
Public Meeting Set By LC Loan Fund
The annual public meeting of the Lee College Community Loan Fund, Inc., is set for 7 p.m. Thursday in the Lee College student lounge. Roy Comeaux, retiring president, said all residents of the Baytown School District are invited. The agenda includes electing 10 new directors for three-year terms, committee reports, and future plans. Afterward, the 30-member board will meet to elect new officers.
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Roy Comeaux
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Pollution and Sports Meeting At Bayshore Club
Bayshore Red Ree and Sun Club schedules a public meeting at 7 36 p m Thursday at 2223 Minnesota Ave to discuss sports and water pollution. Films in three parts cover family fishing in Canada hunting with bow and arrow water pollution live bait whitetail deer and Alaska fishing. The sessions last 45 minutes with Grover Edge noting a public invite and free coffee.
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La Porte Man Among 9 Hurt In Alvin Blast
Kenneth D. Smith, 33, of La Porte was among nine men injured in an Alvin Monsanto Chocolate Bayou plant blast. Most suffered facial and hand burns. one employee, Herbert Hutson, 46, of Houston, was treated and released. The incident occurred at 7 30 p.m. during a routine shutdown in an ethylene unit from a gas leak.
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Monsanto Co
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Houston
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Galveston County Memorial Hospital
Delbert Griffin
Angleton
Alvin Hospital
Alvin Memorial Hospital
J. H.claire Jr
Victor Milam
Waller
J. B. Evans
Algoa
C. J. Oliver
Cleveland
F. W. Mar Itin
W. F. Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Miss Threadgill Becomes Sterling High Teen Reporter
Beverly Threadgill a Sterling High sophomore will transfer from Robert E. Lee High and become Sterling’s first teen reporter for The Baytown Sun. She works with Sterling staff, articles on the new building, courses, and organizations are planned. Beverly is active in church music, student leadership, and Junior Optimists.
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Oyster Supper for San Jacinto Council Members
An oyster supper for members of San Jacinto Council No. 288 and their wives will be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall at 6 30 p m Friday. The supper will be free.
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Two Killed In New Watts Area Riots
Los Angeles AP reports six hours of rioting in Watts leaving at least two dead and 26 injured. Police sealed a 26 block area while hundreds of officers restored order. Gunfire and looting occurred, with two fatalities including a truck driver shot while seeking refuge. Governor Brown avoided National Guard deployment.
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Ron Parish Named New Head Of Baytown Jaycees
Ron Parish 25, salesman at Thad Felton's, elected president of the Baytown Junior Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night at the Chamber building. Succeeds Jim Ainsworth. New officers include Mike Murphy, Milton Stewart, John Shearer, and John Menthey. New directors are Jack Sims, John Sandhop, Mike Walters, and Gene Santana. Parish married to Billie Frances Van Meter with one month old daughter Stephanie Denise. They reside at 5228 Missouri. Parish born in Marion, Indiana, raised in Texas, Galena Park High School graduate 1958. Served four years in Navy, discharged March 13, 1961. Lives in Baytown since 1958. member Missouri Street Church of Christ.
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Bob Koepke
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Greece
Humble Oil and Refining Co
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Momentous Space Chase Is Underway
Gemini 8 astronauts reach orbit and pursue a historic docking with an Agena target satellite. Neil Armstrong and David Scott plan a late day close in on the Agena, with three additional hookups and a planned space walk, aiming to rehearse docking techniques before a moon mission. The Titan II launched Gemini 8, reaching orbit over 100 miles up, at speeds above 17 500 miles per hour, as Atlas placed the Agena in its precise orbit.
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Unrest and heavy fighting in Viet Nam drives clashes and protests
American paratroopers and Australian troops fought 600 Viet Cong for ten hours in the Commu nist held Delta Zone near L aon as air and artillery support sought to curb the advance. In the central highlands 25th Infantry repelled a Viet Cong push near Dariac, killing 33. Political turmoil followed the ouster of Lt Gen Nguyen Chanh Thi, with Hue and other provinces seeing Buddhist demonstrations and a general strike as calls for elections rose amid unrest.
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