Baytown civic events and odd notices roundup
Saturday activities include free poll tax transportation to Baytown polling places by the Committee for a Clean Texas, square dancing at Knishis of Pythias Hall, Cedar Bayou Parents Council meeting, Harlem Elementary PTA carnival, a found poodle at 215 N Magnolia, a teen charm dance and style show at the Community Building, and LEE College Faculty Wives Club meeting. Also expected are partly cloudy to cloudy weather and Galveston tides with specific high and low times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown Area
Committee For A Clean
Texas
Pahks and Recreation Department
College Club
LEE College Faculty Wives Club
Walter Rundell
Bob
Odessa
Chuck Wagon Gang
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Chick Wagon Gang
Little Miss Humble
Baytown Bow Hunting Club
Hingble Club
Heavy Vote Seen In Elections Here
Baytown area voters prepare for a large turnout with nearly 38,000 registered across 19 East Harris County precincts. Key races include former state representative Glenn Vickery versus Sonny Ferguson for Precinct 2 Justice of the Peace and incumbent Bill Blanton versus Bill Williams for Harris County Democratic Executive Committee chair. The election also features referendums on liquor by the drink, pari mutuel betting, and mill price controls, plus gubernatorial Democratic primary contests with a runoff likely between Preston Smith and Don Yarborough. The American Party seeks signatures to place George Wallace on the November ballot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris County
Glenn Vickery
Channelview
C. D
Sonny” Ferguson
Justice of the Peace
Vickery
Harris County Commissioners Court
M- M. Brown
Texas House
Bill Blanton
Bill Williams
Democratic Executives Committee
Baytown
Alabama
George Wallace
Texas
Wallace
Preston Smith
Don Yarborough
Busy schedules and small-town social notes
A stream of brief local vignettes names Jean Cummings and her visiting mother, Mery Rosenbaum’s sweater run, Sara Willard’s hot dog tip, Bonnie Raiford’s lie in, H J Gilliam’s ashtray mishap, W W Brown’s amaryllis boast, Gladys Talley aiding reporters, Jack Hammon and Melva Kingsmill on a plane, Ellen and Robert McKalip’s rough flight, and Glenn Vickery and supporters handing out candidate cards at Humble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Cummings
Mery Rosenbaum
Sara Willard
Bonnie Raiford
H. J. Gilliam
W. W. Brown
Gladys Talley
Jack Hammon
Melva Kingsmill
Ann Wagner
Ellen
Robert McKalip
Glenn Vickery
Houston Medics Perform First Heart Transplant
Houston St Luke's Episcopal Hospital performed the world’s ninth heart transplant. Everett Clair Thomas, 47, of Phoenix, received the donor heart from a 23-year-old woman who died from a gunshot wound. The procedure, developed by Dr Norman Shumway, involved tailoring the donor heart to fit.
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Houston
Tex
St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital
Everett Clair Thomas
Phoenix
Ariz
Thomas
Baylor University College of Medicine
Benton Cooley
Robert E. Bloodwell
Grady L. Hallman Jr
Norman Shumway
Stamford University Medical School
Baytown Council Protests HLPS Canals For Cedar Bayou Plant
Baytown City Council voted to protest Houston Lighting and Power Co. intake and discharge canals proposed from Cedar Bayou to Trinity Bay to serve a new generating plant. The protest, due Monday, will be filed with the U S Army Corps of Engineers in Galveston, with a public hearing possible if a protest is filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Lonsford
Baytown
Houston Lighting and Power Co
Cedar Bayou
Trinity Bay
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Galveston
HSPCO
Houston Ship Channel
Galveston Bay
Army Corps of Engineers
Umbrella Point
Precinct Chairman Fight To Be Settled Saturday
East Harris County Democrats race for four Baytown precinct chairmanships with J Winston Hayes Delton Goodin J Redger Read and Reuben DeHayos contesting in precincts 12 103 185 and 245 Liberal Democrats lead in 11 precincts with no Conservative opposition including precincts 13 3 98 87 100 102 149 248 250 251 and Mills
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Harris County
Democrats
Baytown
J. Winston Hayes
Johnny Miller
W. A. Goodrich
Delton Good
J. Redger Read
Ray Heinrich
Reuben DeHayos
Jacki Hester
Ford Geyer
Joseph J. Strickling
Assistant Tax Man Takes Crosby School Post
Guy F. Emanis, 37, of Northeast Houston School District, named new Crosby tax assessor collector. Salary 8350 yearly plus 609 travel allowance, start about May 15. He was chosen after four candidates were interviewed, vacancy created by Elroy J. Sattarlee’s resignation. Emanis is married with three children, a University of Houston alumnus.
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Guy F. Emanis
Northeast Houston
Crosby
Emanis
Crosby School Board
Elroy J. Sattarlee
O. R. Perkins
Eménis
University of Houston
American Party Votes In Referendum At Precinct Conventions
American Party precinct conventions Saturday will allow voters to express views on three statewide referendums liquor by the drink pari mutual horse race betting and milk price fixing by the Texas Dairy Commission. The party has no state office candidates and backs George Wallace for president. Unclear whether attendees can vote in other primaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Abbey
Baytown
American Party
Texas Dairy Commission
Alabama Gav
George Wallace
U. S
Nas
Abbey
Johnson defends tax increase as nation faces delay
President Johnson attacked those pursuing personal ambition dividing the country and withheld a pledge to campaign for the Democratic nominee until after the convention. He urged Congress to act on his tax increase, warned against delaying deeper spending cuts, and said he would discuss campaigning after the convention during a televised news conference.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Variety Of Resolutions To Be Voted On By Area GOP
Republicans of the Seventh Senatorial District may vote on a set of resolutions at precinct conventions. The proposals cover ending multi district structures in Texas, instituting trisemester school plans, balancing the federal budget, backing law enforcement, repealing the open housing provision, making Social Security voluntary, repealing Medicare funding for non employees, studying federal powers, calling a constitutional convention, and pledging unit rule support for John Tower at the national convention. The district resolutions committee will study these and report at the May 11 district convention at San Jacinto Junior College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
GOP
John Davis
San Jacinto Junior College
Supreme Court
Court House
White House
John Tower
Pasadena Doctor Charged In Murder Free On Bond
Pasadena physician Archie H Burkhalter was released on 100000 bond from Harris County Jail after being indicted as an accomplice in the December 1966 slaying of Dr. Robert E Pendleton. Two other men charged as accomplices with Burkhalter remain held without bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Archie H. Burkhalter
Harris County
Burkhalter
Robert E. Pendleton
Miron A. Love
Pendleton
Pasadena Memorial
Preliminary Parleys To Start Friday
The United States and North Vietnam agreed to open preliminary peace talks in Paris next Friday or soon after. President Johnson announced the decision after Hanoi indicated the talks aim to halt bombing and discuss other matters. The talks mark a first step toward ending the war, with wider negotiations anticipated later.
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Washington
United States
North Vietnam
Paris
Johnson
Hanoi
Clark M. Clifford
Dean Rusk
U.S
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
South Vietnam
South-east Asia
Phnom Penh
Warsaw
Teikin Gulf
Hanoi Radiu
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bayshore Wagon Wheel Square Dance Club
Knishis of Pythias Hall
Alexander Drive
John Clawson
Rick Goff
Parents Council
Cedar Bayou Junior School
Harlem
Parents Teacher Association
R. Mouliion
A. Richard
Magnolia
Highlands
Peoples State Bank
Ember FO
Troy Turner
Thompson’s
Hspco Bayou
Albert Fanestielj
Seaborn Crewey
Harris County Navigation District
Texas Water Quality Board
Andy Braswell
Fanestici
HLPCO
Glen Walker
Fanestiel
Braswell
Ted Hloeser
Bill Laughlin
John
Mitchell
vRaree
Bulletins
Baywood
Country Club
Citizens National Bank & Trust Co
Frank D. Smith
Sam Houston Coliseum
Wayne Padgett
J. L. Crosby
Ronnie Holley
W. J. Holley
Sam Houston
Scout Circus
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