Call For Unity Eckhardt Says Texas Coalition Not Doomed
Washington AP report quotes Rep. Bob Eckhardt arguing that the Texas liberal labor minority coalition is not doomed by Yarborough's defeat. He urges better tolerance among groups and notes that cross cutting work has previously beaten moneyed conservatives. The piece notes strains from Vietnam War protests student demonstrations and race issues affecting coalition unity.
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Washington
Ralph W. Yarborough
Texas
Bob Eckhardt
Eckhardt
Coalition
Yarborough
Benardt
Lloyd Bentsen
Frank Randolph
Houston
Eckhard
Baytown civic events mix clinics concerts and sponsors
Local Baytown items note a mobile X ray unit visit hosted by the San Jacinto Respiratory Diseases Association at Wein garten's on Albert Thomas Circle from 4 to 7 pm, Cedar Bayou Junior School Band concert at Ross Sterling High School auditorium, and various community notices including a car wash fundraiser for the church park area, a dental surgery update, and recognition events.
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San Jacinto
Cedar Bayou
Ross Sterling High School
Anre
Douglas Wallace
Weather and tides forecast for Morgan's Point and Sun Dial
Increasing cloudiness Thursday with cool nights and warm afternoons. Temperatures Thursday in the upper 40s to mid 80s. Morgan's Point tides show high at 7:43 p.m. low at 5:37 a.m. Sun Dial indicates sunrise at 6:34 a.m. and sunset at 8:02 p.m.
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Morgan's Point Udes
Forse to Open Baytown Campaign HQ in Baytown
IGOP candidate Don Forse a 38 year old Texas House hopeful will open a campaign headquarters at 1200 N Main Baytown with an open house from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday He plans to run against Democrat Rep Joe Allen in District 23 Position 3 in November.
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IGOP
Don Forse
Texas House of Representatives
Baytown
N. Main
Forse
Joe Allen
World wide campus shutdowns over war rage
More than eighty colleges closed as protests spread nationwide after four Kent State University students were killed. Violent incidents drew National Guardsmen to campuses in Kentucky Michigan and Wisconsin. Ohio State and Pennsylvania State Universities closed amid unrest. Governor Nunn ordered guards with bayonets to Kentucky campus curfew while Illinois prepared 6000 National Guardsmen with strict rules.
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Associated Press
Kent State University
Ohio
Kentucky
Miingis
University of Wisconsin
Madison
University of Missouri
Syracuse University
Nixon
California
Ronald Reagan
State College
Pennsylvania State University
Ohio State University
James A. Rhodes
National Student Information Center
Brandeis University
Waltham
Mass
Louis 8. Nunn
National Guard
University of
Otis Singletary
Nunn
Steve Bright
Indochina
Austin
Hous
University of Texas
Nixon aide resigns in protest over youth policy
Our World reports a resignation statement from the President's youth advisor accusing the Nixon administration of unresponsiveness to youth. Interior Secretary Hickel sends a privately critical letter. The mixed tone signals broad White House tensions over youth issues.
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Washington
Nixon
Interior
Walter J. Hickel
Bray Morrison Win Certified In Recount For County Posts
Bray won the Democratic nomination for county commissioner precinct 2 and Morrison won for justice of the peace precinct 3 after a recount Wednesday. The final count showed Bray ahead by 197 votes with a 15 vote gain in the recount, while Morrison remained 303 votes ahead of Glenn Vickery for justice of the peace. Harris County Democratic Chairman Bob Gay certified the results, as no Republican opposition exists in November.
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Jamie Bray
N. O
Pookie) Morrison
Justice of the Peace
W. Ramsey
Bray
Pasadena
Morrison
Glenn
Vickery
Harris County
Democratic
Bob Gay
Bill Meyer
Baytown Leads Texas Cities in Building Permits
Baytown posts February building permits totaling $1,296,294, outstripping peer Texas cities such as Abilene $972,835 Beaumont $680,426 Orange $128,625 Brownsville $217,000 Galveston $414,695 Texas City $167,070 Pasadena $303,627 Laredo $581,087 McAllen $141,650 Midland $145,300 Denison $820,450 Waco $897,564 Wichita Falls $357,028 per Baytown Chamber report.
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Abilene
Beaumont
Orange
Brownsville
Galveston
Texas City
Pasadena
Laredo
McAllen
Midland
Denison
Waco
Wichita Falls
House votes defeat ban on troops in Cambodia amid outbursts
Washington AP reports fights over a Cambodia troop ban end with the House approving and then killing a Findley amendment 171 to 144 and 221 to 32 respectively. Rivers defends Nixon policy as antiwar protests flare in campuses nationwide.
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U.S
Cambodia
House
Nixon Said
Findley Kent State University
Rivers
Nixon
Louie B. Nunn
Donald W. Reigle Jr
R-Mich
Reigle
South Viets Plan Drive Up Mekong Amid Cambodian Reach
South Vietnamese forces prepare a riverine advance up the Mekong toward Phnom Penh with about 40 000 allied troops. Reports said a 60 mile river stretch could be opened under light resistance as plans for an amphibious southern coast landing near Kompong Som were discussed. Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops hold villages along the Mekong north of Neak Luong while Cambodian forces reposition near the river. Meanwhile a task force and several advisers were withdrawn from Cambodia as a fresh ground offensive was organized in the western Mekong delta.
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Phnom Penh
Saigon
Kompong Som
Sihanoukville
Ream
U.S
Mekong Delta
Ba Thu
Mekong
Bassac
Hotilla
Neak Luong
Discharged GI Seeks Lost Duffle Bag With Medicine
E P Brown Jr recently discharged from the Army needs medicine and money in a green GI duffle bag left in a driver's truck. He arrived at Baytown Police Station distressed after the driver drove away thinking all luggage was out. He fell ill and was treated at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital and released. Police request the truck driver return the bag to the station for his trip home to Miami. The youth is in his early 20s.
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E. P. Brown Jr
Houston
Miami
Fla
Brown
Baytown
Thompson Road
Interstate 10
San Jacinto ‘Methodist Hospital
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Bitsy) Davis
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