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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1968
Page
2
Sheriff Kern, Harris County’s longtime lawman since 1929, overwhelms former agent Robert Parke in the Democratic Primary by more than a 2 to 1 margin. The 61-year-old touted office efficiency while 47-year-old Parke urged change.
Baytown residents burst with world-spanning ties as Merky McMillin sails aboard the S S Ryndam toward New York on May 24 for a two-year Esso Chemical assignment in London. Her family plans a Missouri reunion and a possible University of London or Texas Tech path for her college year. A Danish trip coincidence parallels a father’s Brussels stop, while Marky’s Pickers Group rhythm tour in Athens links Baytown to U S Navy sailors. Elsewhere, Mrs. Helen Guerard travels from Baytown to Leningrad for Saudia inaugural flight to Copenhagen, then Stockholm Oslo and Bergen before returning May 13, with two Houston travel agents invited on the first leg.
TV listings show a dense schedule with programs across networks from 6:00 to 12:00, including The Monkees Rowan and Martin Laugh In The Lucy Show Danny Thomas Show Peyton Place I Spy The Big Valley Nightbeat Alfred Hitchcock Presents Johnny Carson Late Show The Outsiders News Naked City The Last Word The Lord's Father Conaway Comments Closing Meditations Wanted By The FBI Tuesday morning and afternoon blocks feature Today Sunrise Semester Cadet Don The Dating Game General Hospital Match Game News and soap operas like Days of Our Lives The Guiding Light Edge of Night Dark Shadows The Young and the Restless NBC CBS and ABC air a mix of talk variety drama children and game shows within the same day parts.
Eight Baytown students are among 1120 degree candidates for Texas A M University spring graduation announced by Registrar H L Heaton. Baytown grads include C V McSwain Ph D, Jimmy E Thomas Joe C Finnerman Jr and Joseph S Carroll BS Jesse H Midd If and Ransey Z Mills Jr BA John W Morgan Jr and William E Wales BA. May class totals: 341 advanced degree seekers with Ph D candidates 90 and masters 251. 779 baccalaureate candidates.
Congressman Bob Casey of Houston defeated Pasadena Mayor Clyde Doyl by about a 2 to 1 margin to win renomination for a sixth term. He will face Republican Walter Blaney in the November general election for the 22nd Congressional District seat. The race occurred in Harris County.
Strickler, former Lee College trustee, urged Baytown voters to approve an eight cent rise in the college tax ceiling and a 3994.00 bond issue on May 1. He warned enrollment could be limited by 1971 without new revenue and facilities, noting the college’s 1966-67 revenue sources and the broader value to the community.
Three Baytown students Walter Still Steve Holmes and James Corky Curry rescued the crew of a tugboat that capsized and sank in the Houston Ship Channel on Saturday. Captain James Dewey Anderson 33 of Orange Orville Andrew Adams 21 of Clute and Mickey Wayne Lenard 21 of Houston were treated and released at San Jacinto Methodist hospital in Baytown.
The Raytown Kennel Club meets at 7 30 p m Monday at the Civic Center with Dr H B Nayl or as guest speaker refreshments will be served and the public is invited Booster Club Final Meeting At Ross Sterling School Cafeteria At 7 30 Tonight
A dense list of stock quotes shows numerous companies across industries with varied performance. Notable names include Allis Chalmers Hoffman Electrical Arlan’s Dept Store Telco giants Tel Interlake Steel Dow Chem DuPont Exxon Mobil and General Electric among others with mixed percentage changes and end-of-day figures.
The article discusses Connally and a rival in the runoff with presidential politics at stake. It notes former Alabama Governor George Wallace gaining Texas ballot access as a third party candidate and predicts Wallace turnout could split Democrat and Republican votes. It recalls Kennedy beating Nixon in Texas in 1960 by 46,000 votes. A Chihuahua found in the kewood area with the owner asked to call 424 5476.
Baytonians recount the 60 000 bond that funded Pellys city hall. The building opened April 18 1929 and served as meeting space a post office and fire hall. With the city owing 6000 on refunded original bonds, the old hall now faces retirement after 40 years of community uses.
Jennie Lou Milum 1315 Elm Room 105. Tracy Pantoja daughter of Mr and Mrs Freddie Pantoja Baytown Room 209. Aracélia G Garcia 1616 W Humble Room 153. Betty Lou Brooks Dayton Room 161. Walter J Boilier Lufkin Room 113.
Runner-Up Diane McBride was selected second to the queen of the 1968 Dayton FFA Rodeo. She and 12 other girls were judged on horsemanship personality and appearance. Diane, 17, is a senior at Ross Sterling High School.
The St Joseph Alter Society will install its officers at the 9 30 a m Tuesday meeting. A reception will follow. Members and friends are invited to attend.
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