Baytown Mayors and Council Seats Face Final Campaign Push
Baytown voters edge toward Tuesday election as 14 candidates in six races press ahead with last weekend campaigning. Absentee voting ends Friday at 5 pm with 17 ballots cast by Thursday morning. City Clerk Edna Oliver notes poll lists ready but not picked up. Leading contenders include Mayor candidates Albert Fanestiel A M Andy Braswell and Glen Walker, while incumbents Don Hullum Lamar Kelley vie for council seats. Several districts see open seats with challengers and tickets forming as candidates campaign ahead of election day.
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Johnella Boynton
Baytown
League of Women Voters
City Hall
Chambers
Edna Oliver
Trinity Tabernacle to mark 50th anniversary
The church seeks a historical photo of the Dixie Theater in old Peniy where Trinity Tabernacle first met. Call Selma Newton at 422-8323 or 427-2231 for submissions. Also notes a Chili Supper by James Bowie Do-Dads Club from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday at the school cafeteria with tickets at $1 for adults and no charge for children. Proceeds aid the Girl Scout house on Knowlton Road.
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Trinity Tabernacle
Dixie Theater
Old Peniy
Selma Newton
James Bowie
Girl Scout House
Knowlton Road
Baytown notices mix community life with service honors
A collage of local snippets highlights Ruth Furb ee, Claudia Spencer, and Vera Hartt in social scenes while Cadet Airman Terry Beetler is named Cadet of the Month. Church events include a first annual missionary convention and a Good Friday service. Baytown High School and Army awards are noted along with other civic happenings.
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Ruth Furbee
Claudia Spencer
Burnette Dowler
Paul Cantrells
Bryan
Vera Hartt
Dan Stallworth
Dan
Marion Felkner
Thad Johnson
Charity Stone
Civil Air Patrol
Terry Beetler
R. E. Beetler
Mapleton Drive
Beetler
Baytown
The
Christian and Missionary Alliance Church of
Voting Precincts Named for City Election
Readable list of voting precincts for the April 1 city council election with locations and judges. Precincts include 12 at Alamo Elementary with J. W. Hayes, 99 Courtesy Ford with Jack G. Hester, 100 Ashbel Smith Elementary with W. O. Tidman, 101 Horace Mann Junior School with Mrs. G. E. Dabney, 102 Baytown Junior with Andres Contreras, 103 Stephen F. Austin Elementary with Mrs. Claude Tompkins, 149 San Jacinto Elementary with Mrs. Ted Kloesel, 165 Travis Elementary with J. Rodger Read, 248 Carver Jones Elementary with Woodrow Lewis, 249 Bowie Elementary with Wayne McClurg, and 13 Burnet Elementary with Irving St. John.
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Alamo
J. W. Hayes
Courtesy Ford
Jack G. Hester
Ashbel Smith
W. O. Tidman
Horace Mann
G. E. Dabney
Baytown
Andres Contreras
Stephen F. Austin
Claude Tompkins
San Jacinto
Ted
Military Blamed For Widened Vietnam War
Washington quotes former Marine commandant David M. Shoup accusing the military of pressuring civilian leaders to widen the Vietnam conflict in 1964. He says aggressive brass sought to test equipment and troops, while Adm. David L. McDonald and other Joint Chiefs declined comment citing Shoup's credibility.
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
Atlantic Monthly
Asia
Shoup
U.S
Vietnam
Adm
David L. McDonald
Naval Operations
Joint Chiefs
McDonald
Florida
Baytown Levee Bill Moves To House Panel Hearing
A Texas House conservation and reclamation committee hearing led to the Baytown Levee District bill being sent to a subcommittee. Sponsor Rep. Joe Allen aims to report it out for the local calendar next Thursday before it proceeds to the Senate. Baytown figures including E. Muller and City Atty. Bill Laughlin attended with Turner engineer Jack Halford testifying. Sen. Chet Brooks and Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes were present at the event.
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Gene) Muller
City of
Headliners Club
Baytonians
Chet Brooks
Ben Barnes
City Election Ballot List for Mayor and District Seats
Ballot details candidates for mayor Albert Fanestiel Glen Walker and A M Andy Braswell. District 2 includes Abe Simon David Evans. District 3 lists Don M Hallum and J W Bill Thornton. District 4 features Kathy Hall Ronald Roberts Leonard W Stasney. District 5 shows Jim Bailey Allen Cannon. District 6 lists William Glenn Smith Lamar Kelley.
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Walker
David Evans
Abe Simon
Baylawn
Braswell
Fanestiel
Leonard W. Stasney
Humble
Kathy Hall
Ronald Roberts
Lee College
James Allen Cannon
Channelview
Sinclair Oil Co
Jim Bailey
Abe Simon David Evans
Don M
Donnie) Hallum
J. W
Bill) Thornton
Kathy Hall Ronald
Ron) Roberts Leonard W. Stasney
Allen Cannon
William Glenn Smith Lamar Kelley
Mediation talks eyed as longshoremen strike stretches on
Three federal mediators aim to set up first negotiations in Galveston between striking longshoremen and West Gulf Maritime Association. The 96 day old stoppage began March 14 as private talks outside Paris progress toward Vietnam settlement is reported.
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West Gulf Maritime Association
Galveston
Paris
Vietnam
Police Pay Raise Not On Council's Agenda
Baytown council will not decide a proposed pay hike for police and firefighters Thursday as a councilman says the study by Hullum Kloesel and Kelley will take two to three more weeks. The Baytown Police Association seeks a decision or a referendum. The zoning proposal also faces three options: approve reject or referendum. Public hearings earlier this week prompted revisions and map questions remain.
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Bill Hartman
Baytown
Don Hullum
Hullum
Ted Kloesel
Lamar Kelley
Texas Municipal League
Texas
Baytown Police Association
Planning and Zoning Commission
Soldier Willis Cormier Killed in Vietnam
Mr and Mrs Whitney J Cormier of Baytown report their son Willis Cormier was killed in Vietnam last Saturday. The soldier s wife and child reside in Patterson.
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Whitney J. Cormier
Baytown
Willis Cormier
Vietnam
Patterson
Texas Senators Approve Record $5 Billion Spending Bill
In Austin Senate action wrapped a two year budget at 5.77 billion dollars with 1.2 billion from general revenue, marking a potential first: general revenue spending exceeding one billion. The plan also funds 63.3 million in new taxes and adds hundreds of millions for education, health, and UT system programs.
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Baytown Shriners
Marshall Roemer
Kuulani
Channel 39
Weather Gal
Bill
Shirley Schubert
Teresa Moore
Dart Steed
Jose Moreno
Baytown
Dance Arts Academy
Leslie
Austin
Texas
House
Senate
Preston Smith
Houston
Lubbock
San Antonio
Legislative Budget Board
Smith
Nus
University of Texas System
Youth Council
Budget Surcharge Extension Stirs Democratic Debate
Washington AP House Democrats demand Nixon disclose budget cut and tax reform plans before backing a one year extension of the 10 percent surcharge worth about $10 billion in annual revenue. Nixon seeks a strong budget surplus and cautious policy to curb inflation. Democrats cautious on hearings while urging spending cuts be tied to any surtax extension. Market reaction seen as muted with anticipatory pricing.
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House
Nixon
Congress
John W. McCormack
Ways and Means Committee
Johnson
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
John J. Williams
Delaware
Finance Committee
New York
Monte Gordon
Bache & Co
Eisenhower’s Condition Deteriorates. Doctors Say
Washington AP reports former President Dwight D. Eisenhower continues to grow weaker as doctors at Walter Reed say his congestive heart failure worsens. He remains in critical condition though lucid when awake, with Mamie at his bedside and President Nixon visiting briefly.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Frederic J. Hughes Jr
Eisenhower
Mamie Eisenhower
Nixon
Ronald L. Ziegler
Ziegler
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Andy) Braswell
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Seaborn Cravey
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Bill” Thornton
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William Glenn Smith
Cedar Bayou
Thornton, Roberts, Bailey
Baytown Area
Ross Sterling High School
Museum of Fine Arts
National Art
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Fort Bliss
Arthur D. Simmoens
U.S. Army Air Defense School
el Paso
Oscar Simmons
S. Sixth Street
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Marlys
Citizens National Bank & TruSt CO
United Methodist Church
Ferry Road
APW
David M. Shoup
Joe Leatherwood
Baytown Group
Roomer
Baytown State Bank
William Barrett Travis
the Daughters of the Republic of Texas
the Alamo
Pope Paul VI
William P. Rogers
America
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
State Prison
Nashville, Tenn
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Ross Wilhite
Wilhite
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Ready For Cancer Crusade
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