Baytown Honors Students and Local Graduates
Guthrie and Rodgers win honors at Howard Payne College and local campus awards. Thomas Prescott and Philip Shepard among UT Austin bachelor degree candidates. Nursery School accepting four-year-olds for fall term. Funeral services planned for G M Francis of Troy with family survivors listed. Baytown items include civic notices and a variety show at Horace Mann Junior High. Weather forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and scattered showers. Galveston tides noted.
Towne Around and School News Wrap
A miscellaneous local update lists Allen Cowan sending a scenic poster from Gibraltar while working in Spain for a cooling company. George Nelson set to retire as Lee College’s first instructor this year. Jean Halter’s canoe trip story, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Watkins home after three years in Sicily, and the Knoxes visiting from Loewen signal a busy week ahead. West Point cadet John Cunningham, son of E Cunningham of Baytown, takes the dean’s fist for the third time after an emergency appendectomy and will be home for a month starting June.
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Allen Cowan
Ida Kadern
Gibraltar
Spain
A'W. Cooling. Company
Pempeoee
George' Nelson
Lee
Jean Halter Brine
E. M. Watkins
Sicily
A.r.knoxes
Loewen
Crosby High School
Bill
Andy
D. J. Gautreaux
Estelle _ Pickering
Lois Ann Knight
Lori
Kim Saunders
West Point
John? Cumnningham
Civil rights bill gains first test by one vote in House
Sponsored by Democrats and Republicans, the civil rights bill survived its first House vote by a slim margin. An attempt by Sen Morton to add a jury trial provision in criminal contempt cases was defeated as momentum built for further floor action next week. Senate leaders Mansfield and Dirksen signaled possible late votes, with Southern foes delaying by procedural talks and pressure from opponents.
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Washington
Weaness Iday
House
Senate
Thruston
Jolson
Hiad
Richard B. Russell
Southern
Thomas H. Kuchel
GOP
the Hill
Snd
Busi Limited
Mike Mansfield
Repulican Everett A Dirksen
Mansfield
Morton
Rail Firemen Walkout Hits Nation's Largest Yard
Bulletin from AP reports a walkout by railroad firemen at the nation's largest yard amid the ongoing five year national railroad work rules dispute. A union spokesman described the action as a rockout while a federal arbitration ruling allowing removal of thousands of firemen jobs went into effect.
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Washington
Parolee Sought in Slayings of Two Fredericksburg Officers
A nationwide alert seeks San Quentin parolee Lewis Henry Wells in the slayings of Fredericksburg patrolman Sg. R. G. Wright and officer William Mines, and the New Jersey service station worker John Kersnowsky. Wells, aged 53 or 63, is alleged to be armed with accomplices. police say the same weapon killed all three.
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Fredericksburg
San Quentin
New Jersey
Law
Lewis Henry Wells
Jerad Wells
Caliases
John S.kersnowsky
New Brunswick
Fredericksb
R.G. Wright
Ami
William Frank Mines
T. OW. Cable
Kersnowsky
New
Borunswick
Slain Eight-Year-Old Found After Cross-State Trail
FBI agents traced a missing New Jersey boy David J Walff, eight, through a web of stolen credit cards across Massachusetts and Georgia to a mountain site in Hillsville Virginia where his body was found. Authorities link the case to ex-convict Bryan and kidnapping charges involving other youths in New Orleans and the Carolinas.
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Hillsville
FHI
Massachusetts
Georgia
New Jersey
FBI
David J Walff
Willingboro
N.t
Ion
Joseph Francis Bean, Jr
Audubon
Sumter
D.C
Bryan
Inj
New Orleans
Ichi David Robison
Mt Pleasant
S.C
Burke
Humboldt
Tenn
Robison
Hallandale
Fla
Dennis
St. Petersburg
Lewis
Hackie
Wilson
X-Ray Mobile Unit Visits Houston Area Schools
A mobile X-Ray unit operated by Lewis and Coker Grocery schedules visits to Lakewood and Highlands locations and K-Mart in Baytown. Readings show 1,776 X-Rays were taken at Robert E. Lee High School on Tuesday and Wednesday with sessions Friday and Saturday slots listed.
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Lewis
Coker
Lakewood
Houston
Haris
County
TB “Association
Mobile
Robert E.lee
Motorcycle Car Collision Injures Couple on Highway 145
Jery Rodger Franklin 26 and his wife Dolores of Wisconsin were in a six motorcycle outing when their cycle collided head on with a car driven by Achur Lee Brummett of Liberty near Massey Tompkins Road. Jery was hospitalized with head injuries and other lacerations while Dolores had abrasions and minor cuts and was treated and released. The Franklins’ bike wrecked, Williams’ bike minor damage, and three other motorcycles were in front of them. Investigation by R W Cooper.
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Jery Rodger Franklin
Wisconsin
Gulf Coast Hospital
Massey-Tompkins Road
Dolores Franklin
Franklin
Achur Lee Brummett
Liberty
Franklins
Cayter
Beytown
Raymond
Carl Williams
Pershirig
Wiliams
Williams
W. Cooper
Johnson urges equality and poverty fight in Athens speech
President Johnson used an Ohio University address in Athens to press the war on poverty and equal justice for all. He linked the goals to a broader national effort, announcing a regional development institute at the university and noting Lorain Elyria removal from a high unemployment list.
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Athens, Ohio
Johnson
Ohio University
Athens
Appalachia
White House
Cumberland
Ohio
Lorain Elyria
REL Juniors Win $100 Scholarships at Houston Banquet
Two Robert E. Lee High School students Colleen Bailey 17 and Dwight Young 18 received $100 scholarships at the 19th Junior Achievement of Houston banquet. They belong to the Kemper Junior Achievement Company at AEL, mentored by United Carbon Company. Dwight Young also earned best junior achievement salesman of the year by Houston Sales Executives Inc. Speakers included Dr Nicholas Nyaradi former Minister of Finance of Him bary.
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Robert E. Lee High School
Junior Achievement of Houston, Inc
Colleen Bailey
B. Co. Bailey
Tdlewood
Dwight Young
C. C. Young Sr
E. Pearce
Baytown
Junter Achievement Companies
Unikem
At- Ael
United Carbon Company
Dyin
Houston Sales Executives, Inc
Daniel
Jafferson
Nicholas Nyaradi
School of Internatonal Studies
Bradley University
Him- Bary
News Conference Nerves as Johnson Faces Reporters’ Kids
Washington AP report describes President Johnson at a news conference where reporters’ children squirmed in their seats while he spoke on his administration program. Johnson emphasized that the people's business must come first as he mixed policy questions with a casual picnic atmosphere.
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Washington
People's Business
Johnson
Johnson hosts record White House news conference event
President Johnson mingled with 1,080 attendees as he urged Congress to pass civil rights and antipoverty measures. He announced McNamara’s new South Vietnam visit, pressed wage and price restraint, and joked with reporters and their families amid a sunny White House event. He noted his health briefly and recalled a Vanderburgh Humane Society pledge, tying humor to public policy.
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White House
Johnson
Robert S. McNamara
South
Viet Nam
Soviet Union
Cuba
Senate
Congress
Vanderburgh Humane Society
Evansville
Indiana
George Reedy
Crosby youth Freddie Barton Cattle Champ and future vet
Freddie Barton, a Crosby two year old high school student, has won three grand championships in a row at Sheldon Humble and Dayton Future Farmers fairs with his registered Hereford cows. He plans veterinary study at Texas AM University and will next compete at the Baytown Youth Fair in June.
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Freddie Barton
Crosby Future Farmers of America
Keifer
Sheldon
Dayton
Humble
J. J. Burton
Baytown
Freddie
Crosby School
Larry Cooper
FFA
Coatby
Sheldon Fair
Humble Fair
Dayton Future Farmers Fair
Touston
Crosoy
Future Farmers of America
Ional Honor Society
Cooper
Texas AM Univer
Louisburg
W_ Va
Jessie Horton
Crosby- Lynchburg Road
Kaplan Rites Held Thursday
Graveside rites were held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday for Harry Kaplan 73 of 401 N Pruett at Adam Emmett Cemetery in Houston. He died at 7:80 a.m. Wednesday. Kaplan came from Poland and moved from New York to Houston then Baytown where he ran Kaplan's Grocery on North Main before entering the liquor business. He sold the business two years ago due to illness. Survived by his widow Sara Rosenstock Kaplan of Baytown a daughter Mrs Maurice Gerson of Houston and two grandchildren. He was a member of Knesseth Israel Congregation in Baytown.
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Harry Kaplan
N. Pruett
Adam Emmett
Houston
Kaplan
U.S
Poland
New York
Baytown
Go Kaplan
Sara Rosenstock Kaplan
Maurice Gerson
Kinesseth Israel Congregation
Farmer Threatens To Cut Phone Line Near Elkhart
Juan Macias a 41 year old farmer on land near Elkhart threatens to pull Texas Telephone and Telegraph Co. cable from ground over a 34 percent rate hike dispute. He set a 48 hour deadline to remove the line, watched the clock as it passed, and noted he would cut service to Chicago if refused. The case stems from a broad subscriber protest against the rate increase imposed February 1.
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Palestine
Tex
Texse Telephe and Telegraph Co
Elkhart
Stond
Juan Macias
Chicago
Macias
B.R. Reeves
Texas Telephone & Telegraph
Borrowed Car Found In Dallas
A car loaned by Baytown man Lindon Leslie to a friend was found abandoned in Dallas after the couple boarded a bus for Oklahoma. Leslie and his wife were jailed in McAlester, Oklahoma, on a car theft by bailee charge filed in Justice of the Peace M. M. Brown's court.
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Baytown
Dallas
Lindon Leslie
McAlester
Okla
Justice of the Peace
M. M. Brown
Charrie Turner Jr
Leslies
Dallas Gulf Coast
Dave Moore
Ord
Hlep Board of Directors
Tuests
Moore
Explosion Follows No Survivors in Pacific Airlines Crash
In Concord California a Fairchild F21 Flight 733 crashed 10 miles east of the city killing 54 on board. The plane originated in Reno with 49 passengers and a crew of three plus a FAA observer. Sheriff’s Sgt. Louis Skuse reported no survivors. The wreckage lay scattered on a ranch, with a puff of smoke observed as it hit. the air controller noted the aircraft disappeared from radar before impact.
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Concord
Calif
Pacific Airlines
San Franisco
Airlines
Federal Aviation Agency
Reno
Louis Skuse
George M. Galvin
Ernest Clarx
R. Andress
Marge Schafer
Tasajero
Gordon Rassmussen
Rassmugsen
Embassy protests after three U.S. escorts drugged in Odessa
WashingtonState Department disclosed that the 3.3 Embassy in Moscow protested to the Soviets over three American military attaches who were allegedly drugged during a trip to Odessa. Press officer Robert J. McCloskey provided few details and offered no motive.
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Washington
Moscow
Odessa
State Department
Robert J. McCloskey
Funeral Friday For Wreck Victim Guy A Flournoy
Funeral services for Guy Aus tin Flournoy, 56, Crosby, will be held Friday at Crosby First Baptist Church. Graveside rites follow at Edna, Texas. He died in a two car crash near San Jacinto River Bridge. Surviving widow Eva Mae, daughter Wyrena Rae Sanderlin, three sisters, six brothers, two grandchildren. Flournoy was co chair of Harris County United Fund and a deacon. He worked in cost accounting at Humble Baytown Refinery.
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Guy Austin Flournoy
Crosby
Crosby's
First Baptist Church
Edna
Tex
Earthman His Hands Funeral Home
I. T. Barnett
Babdolbrooks
Flournoy
Highway 90
San Jacinto River Bridge
Harris County
United Fund
Crosby First Baptist Church
Sampson Masonic Lodge
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
Eva Mae Flournoy
Wyrena Rae Sanderlin
C. R. Flournoy
Houston
Rhonda Kay
Barry Warne Sandertin
Pasadena
Sergeant hints Leslie linked to ex tradition inquiry
Sergeant Ricketson said he understood Leslie would halve ex tradition and noted the couple are wanted in Bay Town for questioning in connection with some Worthless/che.
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Ricketson
Leslie
Baytown
Connecion
HL&P Official To Address Chamber Lunch Program
Tom Robb, director of industrial development for Houston Lighting and Power, will speak at the Greater Baytown Chamber of Commerce Friday noon luncheon at the Haliday Restaurant. He will present the program outlining industrial development efforts and area energy plans.
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Tom Robb
Houston
Houston Lighting and Power Cot
Wil
Greater Baytown
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