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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1968
Page
4
FBI Uniform Crime Reports show a 16 percent overall rise from 1966 with violence up 15 percent led by robberies and murders. Property crimes climbed 16 percent, auto theft 17 percent, and arrests increased in most areas including youths up 8 percent.
A world price drop for fish cripples Iceland’s economy, leading to the repeal of a cost of living wage law. The Icelandic Federation of Labor calls a general strike demanding a 5 percent pay rise, causing hospitals to limit care, schools to face staffing shortfalls, and rationing of milk and gasoline. New York is portrayed as a comparatively stable contrast.
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The Baytown Sun lists editorial and advertising staff positions with titles including editor publisher general manager and department heads. It notes subscription rates by carrier at 1.75 dollars per month and 21 dollars per year plus a single copy price with detail rates on request.
Baytown columnist notes a New York psychologist Albert Ellis argues adultery may prevent marriage breakdown. The piece rejects his view as sensational and warns against moral decay, citing Freud and Russia and urging adherence to traditional commandments for social order.
On March 20 1968 important past events are noted including MacArthur saying I shall return after leaving the Philippines, the Dutch East India Co forming in 1602, Isaac Newton’s death in 1727, Henrik Ibsen’s birth in 1828, a 191 year bomb raid on Plymouth, Panay invasion announced in 1945, a European parliamentary assembly in Strasbourg ten years earlier, Bali volcano fatalities over 4 000, Nixon revisiting Moscow’s park after his kitchen debate with Khrushchev the prior year.
A Bible verse requests the blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ as described in Titus chapter two verse thirteen.
Washington era essay recalls Joe Kennedys push for a Catholic president and the fatal Kennedy saga. It notes Bobby Kennedys later menacing feud with Lyndon Johnson, plus media rumors about Johnson as a fifth wheel and European views of a plot.
Dr Wayne G Brandstadt cautions against routine laxative use and bran products. He advises limited plain water enemas, timing rules, and urges readers to ask questions for future columns. The piece shifts to a political recollection of Bobby Kennedy and 1960s figures, detailing Johnson and Kennedy dynamics and a Rockefeller era conference with GOP leaders.
AP Special Report details former Sen. Paul Douglas now aiding President Johnson on urban problems and the Vietnam effort. He leads the National Commission on Urban Problems and co-chairs a Vietnam Citizens Committee while praising the presidents cities message and promoting a middle path in Vietnam policy.
West hands North a two spades raise over a one club overcall, South rebids and games a part score. East wins diamond ace and returns jack, South covers queen, West cashes a diamond ruff, jack spade from dummy, South loses two trump tricks after bad trump management. North unhappy at South for misplay and failure to lead dummy eight spades to save a trick.
In this contract, South opens two hearts and partner responds with two no trump after your bid. The task asks what your next move should be in this forcing auction and how to convey information about your hand and potential second suits. The puzzle emphasizes partnership signaling and bidding structure rather than a specific final contract.
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