Southwest Gymnastics Meet Opens With 120 Entrants At Baytown
The Southwest Area Gymnastics Meet begins Friday at 7 p.m. at the Baytown NMCA with over 120 entrants in trampoline and tumbling events and 25 cent admission. Saturday events start 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Also noted are BAYTOWN Police Academy class start, Fellowship Tea at Civic Center, a DuPont chemist visit to Seaford and local Vietnam era assignments, plus a Baytown weather outlook and Galveston tides.
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Southwest Area
Baytown
NMCA
Goofball Hollywood Sightings and Local Birthday Greetings
Eddie Gray poses with Katharine Ross while Carla Ainsworth appears in Channel 2 news footage. Weldon and Flo Newby mingle with sightseers as Marshe Huggins delivers pecan pies. Lois Martin celebrates a hole in one at Goose Creek CC. Shrine Hospital patient Gary Bradford to miss Shrine Pageant for surgery. birthday wishes to Mrs Choimella Banzing and others.
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Eddie Gray
Katharine Ross
Carla Ainsworth
W. A
Weldon
Flo Newby
Marshe Huggins
Jerry Don Smith
Lois Martin
Goose Creek Country Club
Bruce Ramsey
JoAnn Gill
Chris Chandler
John Wayne
Gary Bradford
Shrine Crippled Children's Hospital
Houston
Choimella Banzing
Baytown Nursing Home
Karen Schnell
Beckie Burnet
Lee College hires basketball coach and updates policies
The Lee College Board of Regents approved hiring a basketball coach to teach physical education, with future coaching duties in mind, as Michael Hetty of Sour Lake begins next fall while completing graduate work at Lamar Tech. They also instructed counsel to sue Campco Construction over faults on the $1.3 million Technical-Vocational Building, and addressed district student authorization, tenure credit for approved leaves, painting Lee College on a city water tower, a library remodeling into a Learning Development Center funded by Moody Foundation, and the purchase of a $1500 Victor cash register for the campus bookstore.
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Lee College Board of Regents
Michael Hethy
Sour Lake
Lamar Tech
Beaumont
Richard Strahan
Bruce Ramsey
Campco Construction Co., Inc
Strahan
Campco
Seais
SSCC
Dr. Strahan
J. K. Williams
The
Texas College and University System
Lee Colles
Coordinating Board
Lee Colieze
Williams
Texas
Tee College
Ollege
Spenl
Lee -Coll
Baytown
Lowell Lammers
Rundell Hall
Moody Foundation
Memphis Braces for Second March Amid Riots and Curfew
Memphis residents lived under tight police and National Guard patrols as Beale Street violence flared during a march led by Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. A 16 year old boy was killed, dozens arrested, and fires burned in the wreckage while curfews and troop protection aimed to curb further clashes. King canceled Washington meetings to stay with the situation.
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Memphis
National Guard
Frank Holloman
Larry Payne
Payne
Holloman
Memphis Transit Authority
Henry Loeb
Buford Ellington
King
Ted
Washington
North Viet Nam claims F111A shot down over Ha Tinh
North Vietnam broadcast from Hanoi said the supersonic swing wing F111A was shattered down over Ha Tinh about 100 miles from the DMZ near the Laos border. U.S. officials would not confirm the claim, noting the aircraft overdue after a mission. The fate of the two crewmen was not mentioned.
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Hanoi
Tokyo
Ha Tinh Rvest
Demilitarized Zone
Laos
U.S
Israeli Jets dive on Jordan amid border battles
Israeli aircraft bombarded artillery nests along the Jordan River as Jordan claimed it shot down three Israeli planes and destroyed tanks and emplacements in four hours of fighting. Early reports indicated no immediate casualties on either side.
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Tel Aviv
Jordan
Jordan River
Galilee
Jericho
Dead Sea
Ammian Radio
Jeraeli
World News Briefs From Mayhem to Reform
France fails to win support at a rich men's club conference of ten nations for a gold price increase. A Czechoslovak communist democratization advocate predicts liberalization will spread. A Viet Cong circular praises Communist forces during the Tet offensive in South Vietnam. New York and New Jersey longshoremen plan to move piles of cargo after a one day strike. A Pueblo crew member appeals to President Johnson for an apology to avoid remaining aboard. Alabama's Earleen Wallace shows signs of recovery after surgery. Authorities nab over 30 in UT area for drug offences. Senate nears final passage of a three point spending bill after opposing a freeze on federal projects. Soviet leaders pay tribute to Yuri Gagarin as ashes are laid in Moscow.
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France
Special Called Goose Creek and Rebekah Lodge Meeting
A special called meeting of Goose Creek Lodge No 94 and Rebekah Lodge No 455 of the IGOF will be held Saturday morning. Breakfast will be served by the Past Noble Grand Club.
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Goose Creek Lodge
Rebekah Lodge
IGOF
Past Noole Grand Club
Shrine Parade Saturday Leads Up To Annual Pageant
Ross Sterling High School band will lead the Shrine Parade down Texas Avenue starting at 2 pm Saturday. Parade chairman Jve Sherron announced the event which will attract Arabia Shrine Temple dignitaries from Houston including the drum and bugle corps and the grand potentate and his divan. More than 60 entries are listed for the parade, which precedes the Shrine Pageant.
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Martha Ann
Hill Speaks on Dredging Rule as Governor Hopeful
Texas Secretary of State John L. Hill outlines 19 public stands in his gubernatorial bid, pledging to reverse current dredging restrictions near live oyster reefs and positioning himself as beholden to no special interests. He spoke in Baytown during a campaign stop, urging support for a strict 1500 foot ban near reefs and stressing leadership after election. Proceeds from a Shrine show in Baytown benefit the Crippled Children's Fund.
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Henry Holcomb
John L. Hill
Texas
Hill
Baytown
A Mid
Robert E. Lee
Billy Ainsworth
Junior Forum
Red Stocking
Merle
Pat Boyle
al Herring
REL
Johnny ‘Garret
Vera Fletcher
Carver High School
Lynn Hodges Jr
Joe Speck
John B. Wheeler
B. A. Stewart
Joe Leatherwood
Shrine Crippled Children’s Fund
Large Metal Building To Be Installed By MIKE LONSFORD
The Baytown city council approved buying a 12 by 56 foot metal building from Crossland Machinery and Parts Co in Houston to relieve space needs at the Police Administration Building. The unit may house the detective division and be placed behind the police station near the property line. Purchase price is 2300 with move costs extra. City officials expect earnest money soon after notifying the owner. The council also set a public hearing for April 38 on a cooperation agreement with the Baytown Housing Authority. A housing code consideration and potential referendum linger. The Ward Road dispute prompted engineer John Busch to propose 2 feet of right of way be purchased along the north side to straighten traffic, with Parker questioning esplanade need. Busch suggested a traffic signal complex to slow traffic. Page 2.
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Crossland Machinery and Parts Co
Houston
Police Department
Lanhant
Lecham
Baytown
Lanham
City of 2
Ward Road
John Busch
Eva Maud Subdivision
Busch
R. L. Parker Jr
Richardson
Parker
Besch
National Safety Council
Texas Highway Department
Reciuce
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Fellowship Union of Ushers and Nurses Aides
Civic Center
Market Street
Richard L. Summers Jr
DuPont
Seaford
Del
R. L. Summers
T. W. Murrill
Orange
Robert E. Lee High School
R. L McDougall
McDougall
Esso Research and Engineering Co
Baytown Chemicals Research Laboratory
Vietnam
John L Snodgrass Jr
John Snodgrass
ISS Southwood
Co. D
Sith Infantry
Theta Chi
Rho Beta Chi
Richard G. Paddie
Emma J. Davis
Channelview
44Th Artillery
Korea
Mary
Boyce
Baytown Arcs
Galveston
Goose Creek
Jim Hutton
Cil Well
W. A. Read
Kathy Sanders
Phyllis Bayer
Baytown Area
Lee College
Les College
Dennis Wil
LC Liams
National Guardsmen
Beale Street
Hernando Avenue
Saigon
North Vietnam
Citizens National Bank & Trust Co
South Vietnam
New York
New Jersey
President Johnson
Alabama
Earleen Wallace
University of Texas
Senate
Moscow
Russia
Yuri Gugar
Baytonians
Lee Andidate
Bill Laughin
John Hill Candkiste
Mike Lonsford
Albert Fanestiel
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