Rockefeller Drops Bid Shocks Nation in GOP Split
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller ends his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Nixon’s stock soars as draft movements rise. Reagan and Laxalt weigh the impact. Rockefeller cites Nixon’s lead, party unity, avoiding intra party clash, and pursuing his legislative program as reasons for stepping back. He says he remains available if called.
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New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Richael M. W Nixon
Rockefeller
Nixon
California
Ronald Reagan
Paul Laxalt
Nevada
Mented
GOP
Republican Party
Richard Nixon
Lieve
Baytown S cience Fair at Lee High School Saturday
Baytown science fair set for Saturday at Robert E. Lee High School with judging 9 a.m. to noon and exhibits open 2 to 5 p.m. Awards at 5 p.m. HemisFair discount tickets on sale through March 31 at First National Bank and Citizens National Bank branches. Also notes include Baytonian dies at 77 and local civic notices, weather and tides.
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Baytown
Robert E. Lee High School
HemisFair
First National Bank
Citizens National Bank
Weekend Visit and Graduation Notices From Waco and Fort Benning
Mr and Mrs John Q Hill plan a weekend visit for their sons Mr and Mrs Don Hill and children Kathy and Lee of Waco and Lt John Q Hill Jr recently returned from Vietnam. Mrs Mary Nugent and children Norma and Bill leave Friday for Fort Benning Ga to attend John Nugents Officers Candidate School graduation. Jim Starrett recalls an old knee problem Randall Pitts plugs a product Tilman OBrien pauses for coffee Everett Williams hears a former classmate at Optimist meeting Peggy Power at the Police Station will take next week off to get away from it all.
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John Q. Hill
Don Hill
Kathy and
Lee
Waco
John Q. Hill Jr
Vietnam
Thom
Mary Nugent
Norma
Bill
Jett
Fort Benning
John Nugent
Jim Starrett
Randall Pitts
Tilman
O'Brien
Everett Williams
Optimist
Peggy Power
Baytown Area Endures Winter’s Last Gasp
Rain and sleet mixed with snow and hail battered the Baytown and Houston area as Old Man Winter pressed a late counterattack. Temperatures hovered in the mid 30s, with 1.3 inches of rain in the storm and monthly total near 3 inches. Rainfall for the year climbs to about 13.7 inches, well above the seasonal average.
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Preston Pendergrass
Annie Get Your Gun set at Sterling March 29 30
Ross Sterling High School presents Irving Berlin musical March 29 30 directed by Mrs Jean Richardson with Becky McGraw as Annie Oakley. Cast includes Audie Morgan Frank Butler and Richard Marquis as Sitting Bull, with Deborah Coleman accompanist and Bruce Roush choreographer. Tickets on sale at choir members and Bay Fair Bealls Peaneys O Briens and at the door. Adults 2 dollars. children 1 dollar.
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Ross Sterling High School
Irving Berlin
Oklahoma
Jean Richardson
Xina Stone
Aie
Becky McGraw
Annie Oakley
Ada Annie
Frank Butler
Reaney Woods
Curley
Charlie Davenport
Audie Morgan
Preddier
Richard Marquis
Becky
Sitting Bull
David Smith
Buffalo Bill
Lynn Nie Dowell
Dolly Tate
Debbie Davidson
Winnie
Charles Pursley
Tommy
Robert Wagnon
Sheryl Gilbert
Kathleen Richardson
Ethel Merman
Numero
Ous
Betty Hutton
Sterling Choir
Bay Fair
Bealls, Peaney's
O'Brien
Baytown Opens Bayshore Center for Mental Health and Retardation
A new Bayshore Center for Mental Health and Mental Retardation opens at 1410 Louisiana in Baytown funded by Texas. The facility aims to relieve state hospital overloads and provide early treatment and prevention, with services for families and caregivers. Administrative director Don Marler and medical director Dr John T Snyder lead the program with a team including Frances Shutt Sue Permenter Avis Stovall and others.
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Johnella Boynton
Baytown
Bayshore Center For
Don Marler
John T. Snyder
Frances Shutt
Sue Permenter
Avis Stovall
Two Charged In Cruger Order Indicted
A guard at the Baytown La Porte tunnel was injured when a large trailer truck knocked the checking lane and struck the building. Joseph V. Todd of Sam Houston Courts was not believed seriously hurt. Damage was about 1000 dollars. Highway Patrolman K D Woolsey investigated.
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W. EL Syer
Baytown-La Porte
Joseph V. Todd
A. E. Nixon
Sam Houston Courts
Nixon
K. D. Woolsey
Jury To Get Bus Depot Case Monday
Harris County grand jury indicts Arliss Huffman and Gladys Prather for the Creger Hotel owner Harry Creger murder in Baytown. Charged with murder and forging Creger’s checks, they have been in custody since arrest. Lane faces murder charges in the Continental Trailways bus depot killing.
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Houston
Harris County Grand
Creger Hotel
Harry Sr
Creger
Arliss
James Houffman
Gladys
Ella
Prather
174Th District Grand Jury
E. B. Duggan
Huffman
Larry Michael Lane
Chambers
Fred M. Hooey
Lane
Harris County
Justice of the Peace
Glenn Vickery
Robert V. Bucklin
Harris County Medical Examiner’s Office
Moseley recaptured after Genovese murder escape
Winston Moseley, convicted of Catherine Genovese murder, was recaptured in Buffalo three days after his prison escape that sparked fear in the area. Howard University students demand the president resign as they control the administration building on their third day. Dyan Cannon wins an uncontested divorce from Gary Grant and gains partial custody of their 2 year old Jennifer. Gayle Wallace's doctors stop IV feeding. she resumes solid nourishment after the March 12 surgery to drain an abdominal abscess.
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Buffalo
Winston Moseley
Catherine “Kitty” Genovese
Washington
Howard University
Eos Angeles
Dyan Cannon
Gary Grant
Jennifer
Montgomery
Ala
Gay- Lurleen Wallace
Sounds of Spring stage show at Sterling High Saturday
Ross Sterling High School Distributive Education Club presents two performances at 6 30 and 9 p m Saturday in the school auditorium. Headline acts include Raspberry Cookoo Clock Sherwoods and Deuces Wilde with Baytown groups Mint Blue Mist Peppermint Mail box Sun and teachers. Brenda Burton Pam Phelps and platform dancers appear. Light shows and special effects mark the production, the third by the D E Club, with proceeds aiding the Sterling Senior Prom. Tickets available at the door.
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Ross Sterling High School Distributive Education Club
Sherwoods
The
Mint
Blue Mist
Peppermint Mail Box
the Sun
Sterling High
Brenda Burton
Pam Phelps
D.E. Club
Seminar Frames Public Opinion On Baytown Sales Tax
City seminar in the Community Building explored the Baytown sales tax proposal. Three speakers outlined pros and cons while audience questions followed. Councilman Glen Walker summarized tax options, noting ad valorem tax lacks a public vote while a five percent sales tax would require one. He cited an estimated 415,600 first year revenue to Baytown and highlighted needs for street sewer and water repairs.
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Mike Lonsford
Albert Fanestiel
Glen Walker
Baytown
Walker
Nassau Bay Firm Pledges Better Phone Service Here
Nassau Bay Telephone Co. manager J O Kiser told Baytown residents the firm would provide good telephone service in Laytown, with a three year install and a half billion dollar investment. He said mayor and city council must invite them. The plan would replace General Telephone Co. of the Southwest, which holds a nonexclusive franchise until mid 1971, and Nassau Bay would use underground cables and colorable instruments at no extra charge.
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J. 0
Kiser
Nassau Bay Telephone Co
Baytown
Laytown
General Telephone Co
Southwest
Nassau Bay
Baytonian to be cited for top grades at UT ceremony
John Huey Drouilhet 26, son of Mr and Mrs Adrien r Drouilhet of 1900 Alabama, will be honored at UTs 20th annual awards convocation March 30. He will be cited for maintaining the highest possible grade average and an all A record as a junior pre medical student after two years at Lee College. Drouilhet was a tennis star and honor graduate at Robert E Lee High School.
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John Huey Drouilhet
Adrien
R- Drouilhet
Alabama
University of Texas
Drouilhet
Lee College
Young Prouilhet
Robert E. Lee High School
Frances Ada Ransor Dies at 96 in Baytown
Frances Ada Ransor, 96, of 1400 Carlton, died at home at 5 15 p m Thursday. Born Sept 1 1877 in Nardin she moved to Baytown in 3526. Survived by four daughters Iris Johnson Mig Blair Muriel Erickson and Intes Faydell Johnson 13 grandchildren 28 great grandchildren and five great great grandchildren. Funeral 2 30 p m Saturday at Paul A Lee Chapel officiated by Rev S A Matney and Milton Ford of Faith Temple. Burial Hill of Rest Cemetery. Pallbearers grandsons.
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Frances Ada Ransor
Carlton
Nardin
Baytown
Iris Johnson
Mig Blair
Muriel Erickson
Faydell Johnson
Paul A. Lee
5. A. Matney
Milton Ford
Faith Temple
Hill of Rest Cemetery
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Wisconsin
Earthman Funeral Home
Harris County Hospital Distrit Board of Managers
Jefferson ~ Davis Hospital
Robert L. Bob" Gillette
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Shriner Crippled Children's Hospital
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J.bryan Stratton
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City and Lee College Board of Regents
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Baytown League of Women Voters
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Citizens National Bank & Trust Co
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