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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1968

Page

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Baytown Area Notices Share Labors and Local News

Residents complain of dogs poisoned near South Circle Drive and urge action to protect children. Baytown hairdressers meet at Juanitas Beauty Shop for a Lone Star Stylist demo and district talk by Sybil Thomas. Posters requested for Baytown Little Theater productions. call 424-8405. Plumwood Garden Club to install officers at Youngbloods Restaurant Wednesday at 12:3 a.m. Mrs. C. H. Bone to perform installations. Final vote tally in Democratic Precinct Chairman race shows Read 484 and Heinrich 17. Read retains chairmanship. Wayne Chandler to speak at Rotary Club Wednesday noon. Baytown forecast calls for cloudy to partly sunny with possible showers. 70 to 80 degree temperatures. Galveston tides listed for Wednesday. Baytown YMCA scuba club meets Tuesday at 7:30 pm with underwater slides and info on May 13 classes. bring gear for post-meeting pool dive.

Baytown Juanita Lone Star Sybil Thomas King Fins YMCA Yucatan Peninsla Mexico

Local notices and social updates from Deer Park and beyond

Walter and Mildred Braun celebrate a granddaughter born to Welden and Mary Jo Braun Moore in Deer Park. Emma Prinzel named Southeast Texas blackberry pie champion. Norman McElvane returns from Champions Golf Tournament. Warren Spencers added to Hilltop Lakes homeowners list. J Erwin Simpson plans milestone recognition. Humble Day picnic hoped for by Herb Zimmerman. Mary Smith arranges for a photo. Did Clay Hooper have measles.

Walter Mildred Braun Welden Moore Deer Park Moore Mary Jo Braun Velma Ansley Emma Prinzel Texas Betty Jo White Eula Fotter Norman McElvane Exmest Widstrom Tujunga Calif Walter Ehrhardt E. Gulf Roy Montgomery Edythe Musick John Stuart Warren Spencers Hilltop Lakes J. Erwin Simpson Herb Zimmermans Mary Smith Clay Hooper

RFK McCarthy Clash In Indiana Democratic Primary

In Indianapolis Indiana voters faced a Democratic presidential primary judged by image over policy as RFK and McCarthy campaigned against Gov Rozier Branigin of Indiana who urged victory. Nixon held a Republican primary with write ins excluded. Branigin backed preserving Indiana influence at the Democratic National Convention.

Indianapolis Ind Indiana Richard Mr. Nexon Robert F. Kennedy Eugene J. McCarthy Rozer Branigin McCarthy Kennedy Brenigin U.S Vietnam Johnson Hubert H. Humphrey

Precinct Box On Page 14 Describes Local Primary Results

A precinct breakdown of votes cast in Saturdays Democrat primary and two of three referendum propositions appears on Page 14. The tally covers 22 voting boxes in Justice Precinct 3 focusing on liquor by the drink and parimutuel betting referendums. The ink price control proposal failed in Precinct 3 and across the state.

Justice Texas

Dancer's Image Derby winner drugged, disqualified at Churchill Downs

Louisville report says Dancer's Image was drugged before the Kentucky Derby. Churchill Downs will disqualify the winner, place it last, and turn all winnings to Calumet Farm, owner of second place Forward Pass. A state chemist analysis found phenylbutazone or a derivative in the urine sample.

Louisville Churchill Downs Calumet Farm Forward Pass State Racing Commision

Lurleen Wallace Dies After Cancer Battle in Alabama

Gov Lurleen B Wallace 41 died in her sleep after a two year cancer fight at the executive mansion in Montgomery Her husband George and their four children were at her bedside Lt Gov Albert Brewer became governor under Alabama law of succession Funeral arrangements not announced She had pushed a public health program focusing on mental illness and helped secure a 25 million bond issue for new facilities See Lurleen, Page 2.

Montgomery Ala Lurleen B. Wallace George Albert Brewer Decatur Alabama Wallace Ed Ewing Ewing Wie Wiliam Crawford Gorgas Lurleed Lurleen Wallace Brewer Houston Tex

Brewer Becomes Acting Alabama Governor After Wallace Death

Albert Brewer, a Decatur attorney and former speaker of the Alabama House, is thrust into the governorship after Governor Lurleen Wallace dies. He serves briefly as lieutenant governor and acting governor, plans a 1970 gubernatorial bid, and contemplates a full four-year term if elected.

Senator Carl Hayden to retire after 56 years in Congress

Washington AP reports Arizona Democrat Senator Carl Hayden, 90, will not seek re election ending a five plus decades on Capitol Hill. Hayden, former Maricopa County sheriff, reflects on a political career marked by leadership as chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee as colleagues note other retirements.

Washington Carl Carl Hayden Lyndon Johnson Hayden Senate Arizona Capitol Hill Fila Congress Senate Appropriations Committee Maricopa County

Homer Garrison Dies In Houston

Texas public safety chief Homer Garrison died in Houston at 5 23 am of cancer at M D Anderson Hospital He was 60 The longtime director of the Texas Department of Public Safety was noted as a leading lawman who helped shape state policing and was once called the J Edgar Hoover of Texas His career spanned more than three decades including a period as a teen deputy and as head of DPS beginning in 1938 He is survived by a widow Mrs Mary Nell Garrison a son Homer Trey Garrison his mother Mrs Mattie Milan Garrison and six brothers and two sisters Funeral arrangements were pending in Houston

Houston Tex Homer Garrison Texas M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute Baytonian James C Jimmie) Garrison Parkway Baytown Col Texas Department of Public Safety DM. D. Anderson Hospital Jimmie Humble Oil and Refining Co Col. Garrison Lufkin Hugh Garrison Tyler Jimmy Garrison Elizabeth Friday Charles Holland Shetik Angelina County Garrison Department of Public Safety J. Edgar Hoover FBI International Association of Chiefs of Police New Mexico Public Safety Commission Homer

Crash of Flying Bedstead Trains Space Officials Probe

Space Agency officials seek explanation for the crash of a Flying Bedstead lunar landing training craft that plunged to earth at Ellington AFB on Monday. Neil Armstrong parachuted to safety from 209 feet. A Czech Communist leader reassures Kremlin that Czechoslovakia stays solidly Communist amid liberal trends. About 3341 UT El Paso students demonstrate in support of the administration on campus.

Space Agency Ellington Afb Neil Armstrong University of Texas At el Paso

Fy-Livestock Show Chief Masterson Dies in Houston

Neill Ty Masterson Jr. 66 a Houston civic leader and longtime Houston Livestock Show figure died Monday from cancer. He served as president of Lone Star Beer Co and joined the livestock show in 1932 remaining active until his death. Survivors include his widow a daughter and a son all of Houston. Services are pending.

Houston Neill Ty Masterson Jr Masterson Lone Star Beer Co CG. G. Johnson Neill T. Masterson

Miners Trapped as Flood Holds 10 in WV Shaft

Rescue units fought dwindling air in a two mile coal shaft at Hominy Falls West Virginia as 25 miners were trapped after water filled an abandoned section. Fifteen were accounted for by surface relay, ten remained at the end of a low passageway, with one saying his brother was among the trapped. Officials said the trapped men could not possibly escape.

Hominy Falls W. Val West Virginia Ernnest Fitzwater Joe Charleston Gauley Coal and Coke Co C.E. Richardsen Maust Coal and Coke Corp

School Board President Mitchell Resigns for Holland Assignment

Seth H. Mitchell Jr., 42, resigns from the district board as he takes a 17 month managerial post with Esso Chemie N. D. in Rotterdam. He will move his family to The Hague, expected to depart next week and return in June for the move. Mitchell had led the board since 1968 and pushed a large school building program.

Seth H. Mitchell Jr Netherlands Mitchell Harvey Paul Parkinson Rotterdam Esso Chemie N. D Esso Chemical Co LD. Victory George Gentry Parkinson Sam Alford Gentry Tristee Bob Wahrmund Seth

Cassius Clay Loses Appeal Over Draft Conviction

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Cassius Clay’s conviction and five year prison term for draft evasion. He remains free on bond as he plans to seek Supreme Court review. Clay’s refusal to be drafted at Houston Induction Center in 1967 led to the sentence and fine.

New Orleans Cassius Clay 5Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Clay Muhammad al Houston Tex U.S. Supreme Court Houston Induction Center U.S

School's Guidance Director Retires After 40 Years of Service

Deputy Superintendent John Stuart retires after four decades in Baytown education. At a June 30 dinner in his honor, more than 200 friends attended as he received the Mr Chips award for outstanding achievement and a cashier’s check from Superintendent George Gentry and fellow educators acknowledging his 47 years in the field.

John Stuart Stuart Ross Sterltor Ing Tor of Guidance and Instruction Baytown Mr. Chips Robert E. Lee M. C. Rushing Baytown Junior High School James Hilton George Gentry John

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