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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1968
Page
1
The Harris County Tuberculosis Association mobile X-ray unit makes its final 199-year appearance this year from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Kmart. People who have not had a chest X ray are urged to take advantage of the service. Open House Huffman ISD holds an open house Saturday at the new school buildings.
Crosby FFA plans an annual banquet at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Crosby High School cafeteria. Pioneer Club regles monthly games party set for 7 p m Friday at the City Community Building. Service League meets at 9 30 a m May 10 at Mrs Hamisti Davis 1316 James.
The Baytown Stamp Club moves its meeting to Room 3 at the Baytown Community Center for 7 p.m. Thursday. Marion Ernhart plans a Special program for National Music Week. Various locals, including P. W. Pitts and Granville Laughlin, are noted in casual vignettes.
Heavy clashes continued in the Hue area as U S and South Vietnamese forces reported over 1000 enemy killed near Hue and Dong Ha and 395 Americans wounded or killed since Monday. A 15000 strong Allied sweep in the A Shau Valley cut a key enemy supply route while captors said a battalion was to occupy Hue after an enemy offensive.
The Associated Press reports six Democrats in the governor race faced verbal attacks as Saturday's primary neared. Gev John Connally urged voters to consider a man with vision and integrity to succeed him, while Republicans claimed John Trice has broad party support. Connally urged party unity and a capable, progressive leader above petty politics.
Three Baytown area DE students Gary Jones Beverly Threadgill and Alan McWhorter will join 21 Texas DE members at the 22nd Annual National Youth Leadership Conference in Houston. Jones serves as Texas sergeant at arms Threadgill and McWhorter will represent Texas as most outstanding students. The event draws about 3500 attendees from across the nation. DE funds support education and scholarships, with Texas DE contributing millions in revenue and taxes. Highlights include contests luncheons banquets and campaigns for national offices.
John M. Stuart retiring deputy superintendent for Baytown schools to be honored at a dinner Monday night in Ross Sterling High School cafeteria. The event starts at 7 p.m. and the public is invited. Tickets are $2.50, available from school principals, Mrs. Jenarie Alexander, or at the door. Stuart retires after 40 years in the district and 47 years in education.
H V Nead has resigned as manager of Goose Creek Country Club effective May 25. He joined the club in March 1965. An interview committee led by Vernon Izht is handling the hiring of a replacement with members Tom Litras Bon Matherne Mrs J B Kent and Norman Hargrave on the panel.
Ewell A. Clarke Jr., son of Mr and Mrs E A Clarke of 430 Rollingwood, won a National Merit Scholarship to attend Baylor University. A Robert E. Lee High senior, he aims to study medicine and was a National Merit finalist. He holds National Honor Society and Latin Honor Society memberships, is in JETS, sang in the region choir, and earned multiple regional top honors in Latin and science. He is a Life Scout active in REL science seminar.
Baytonians intensify campaigning ahead of the Democrat Primary with telephone drives and mail solicitations. Vickery vs Ferguson for Justice of the Peace dominates Baytown ballots, Blanton vs Williams for County Democrat Chair, and gubernatorial race between Preston Smith and Don Yarborough draws attention. Early voting urged. polls open 7 am to 7 pm with precinct conventions possible after. Three referendum issues on liquor by the drink horse race betting and milk price fixing appear on the ballot as straw polls.
The American Party plans precinct conventions this Saturday in East Harris County to gather 14 259 signatures and place George Wallace on the Texas ballot. Voters will sign affidavits asserting non participation in Democratic and Republican primaries as their registration is stamped. Precinct chairmen listed include Baytown and Highlands addresses.
The Lee Brigadiers will hold their annual parent assembly at 7 20 PM in the REL auditorium correcting a prior report that listed 8 PM. Parents are invited to attend this community event led by the brigadiers.
A massed choir of 33 voices from five junior schools closes REL Auditorium's fourth annual APG Junior Choir Festival with the Ill City Mixed Choir and All City Girls and Boys choirs. Conductor Karl Hickfang leads the event at 7 30 p m with Bach Wilder and ward pieces and an array of school directors and accompanists.
In a special session on campus, Columbia University's board of trustees agrees to study basic changes in the university structure and to consult with community leaders over a controversial gymnasium in Morningside Park. The report also notes national news: Ford Foundation grants 2.2 million for Mexican American rights lawyers, dairy legislation in Texas, and political shifts in Vietnam and U.S. domestic affairs.
City council will meet at 5 p.m. Thursday to discuss a request from Houston Lighting and Power to dredge a channel from its new generating station to Cedar Bayou. The Army Corps of Engineers set Monday as the deadline for comments or protests on the permit. Meeting in city hall conference room with no other items on the agenda.
In Vientiane, a North Vietnamese spokesman rejected a U S proposal to hold preliminary peace talks with the United States aboard an Indonesian cruiser in the Gulf of Tonkin. Hanoi says the shipboard offer fails Johnson conditions and blocks broader participation, preferring Phnom Penh or Warsaw for talks.
Stanford Calif AP reports a heart transplant is under way at Stanford University Medical Center with details held pending family clearances. Surgeon Dr Norman E E Shumway leads the team. this follows Stanford's first transplant on Jan 6.
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