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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1967
Page
4
University of Toronto professor Marshall McLuhan argues that the medium shapes society and determines value, not the content. He warns that audiences misread his point as valuing television over books and urges a return to content and truth in language and writing.
Shop Cart Theater Supermarkets may soon offer free cinema as Color Sonics, Inc. supplies cartoon film juke boxes to stores. The machines act as mechanical babysitters to entertain children while mothers shop, reducing harassment and encouraging longer visits and increased purchases.
The page challenge packs a word game with across and down clues. Entries include errors and partials like botch and mortgag e hints, while readers navigate cryptic segments such as stain, wrinkle, and capuchin links.
In recalling Houston hair salons offering 36 per tonsure and 510 per treatment with formal decor, the piece contrasts McDonald’s Barber Shop in Menard a three-chair shop with a linoleum floor and scented tonic. The narrator recalls yearly trips, clippers, towels, and the comic but vivid ritual.
Events on this date include Plymouth treaty with Indians in 1627 and Pocahontas death in 1637. Other entries note Roosevelt Palisades preservation in 1900, Luftwaffe bombing Plymouth in 1941, and recent nuclear test treaty talks in Geneva and Johnson’s consumer protection push.
In a brief trivia quiz, Saudi Arabia is noted as having no true rivers, only wadis that drain scant rainfall. The U S population is estimated at 196 226 000 as of Sept 1 1966. David Livingstone is identified as the first European to cross Africa ocean to ocean, completed in 1856.
Washington Merry-Go-Round reportsSenator Tom Dodd faced claims his checks were forged but offers an alcohol related explanation from attorney John Sennett and Dodd staff. The piece details Dodd's drinking pattern, staff support for secrecy, and incidents on and off the Senate floor. It notes O'Hare and secretary Boyd as close aides who managed Dodd during drinking bouts and describes JFK's assassination impact on staff trust.
Frostbite victims remain sensitized to cold and need protection such as heavy woollined or fur lined gloves. Nerve root cutting is discussed as a last resort, but risks gangrene. Brewer's yeast in vitamins is not hazardous. candor on meprobamate notes safety but warns against dependence. Pernicious anemia is not contagious though heredity may play a role.
James Marlow discusses postwar choices for the United States in Vietnam. He warns that rapid withdrawal could trigger dictatorship or chaos in South Vietnam, allowing Viet Cong victory and erasing American sacrifices. He notes insistence on a measurable American presence to deter aggression and preserve peace talks.
The article explains Jacoby transfers where two clubs show strong no trump hands and outlines a No Trump sequence. North raises to 3NT after a 2C response, South finesses, and West beats a faster heart discard. South then sets up a third club, avoids signaling, and aims for nine tricks with precise play ending in a king through a careful dummy reveal.
In a bridge hand the bidding reaches five diamonds and five hearts show two aces. The article asks what to do now, noting opponents may win two diamonds and advising on not using Blackwood unless intending six with three aces. Tomorrow’s answer promised.
Editor and Publisher Preston Pendergress Beulah Mae Jackson Paul Putman Ann B. Pritchett assist to the publisher barinba nee veveressrs Office Manager Advertising Department Don Chandler Manager Dwight Moody Corrie Laughlin Entered as second class matter at the Baytown Texas Post Office Published afternoons Monday through Friday and Sundays at 1301 Memorial Drive Baytown Texas P O Box 90 Baytown 77520 Subscription rates by carrier 1.75 Month 21.00 Per Year Single Copy 10c Mail rates on request Represented nationally by Texas Newspaper Representatives Inc any
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