Baytown Area News Briefs Highlight Students and Events
Sun Spots reports Rosemary Kent elected Gamma Alpha Chi chapter president at the University of Texas. Delta Zeta Mothers Club to hold luncheon and installation at River Oaks Country Club. Two Baytown girls chosen for Stephens College European Tour with directors leaving New York June for Southampton and returning Paris July 22. Oberlin stage manager Alan Buster, La Porte native, works Becket. George Webb to lead Masonic workshop for multiple lodges May 31. Dr F H Field leads Esso Baytown grad seminar at Stanford. Mobile X Ray unit visits First National Bank and Kmart in Baytown schedule. Jack Stewart recuperating in Baytown Hospital. Louis Boullion, 89, dies in Kaplan, Louisiana. services Saturday. Wagon Wheel square dancers cancel due to Houston spring festival.
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Baytown
Stephens College
Melanie Jeanne Moore
Silas Gy Moore
North Gaillard
Mary Frances Snodgrass
John Snodgrass
Southwood
New York
Southampton
England
Paris
Houston
Harris County TV Association
First National Bank
Kmart
Weather Notes Galveston Forecast With Warm Range
Thunderstorms and clouds give way to partly sunny skies and warmer temps. Expect highs near 80 and lows around 72. Thursday saw 71 to 89 degrees with a 1 degree reading at 8 am. Friday into Saturday includes late night and early morning tides at 1048 pm and 6 24 am respectively.
Baytown Gossip Sparks Local Curiosity
George Chandler comments on several allegations while Barry Nettles urges a teacher to attend a meeting. R J Grimes Jr. stays quiet as Fred Lintieman picks up mail. Rufus Honeycutt and H E Brunson nearly miss a photo. Charles Holliman, once a Baytonian now in Lubbock, hopes to return home soon. Blue Beathard sends greetings from Houston to Baytown friends. Winston Hayes weighs in on political developments. Jim Ainsworth thanks Jaycee publicity contacts. John Manning juggles many irons in the fire. Dub Rogers hurries to work on a cool morning. Mrs Chester Burchett collects mail early. Ditto Sam Alford and Alton Laird. R A Dixon walks briskly before a light. W A Read searches for weather clues.
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George Chandler
Barry Nettles
R J_ Grimes Jr
Fred Lintieman
Rufus Honeycutt
H. E. Brunson
Charles Holiiman
Baytonian
Lubbock
Blue Beathard
Houston
Baytown
Winston Hayes
Jim Ainsworth
Ome
John Manthey
Dub Rogers
Chester Burchett
Sam Alford
Alton Laird
R.A. Dixon
W. A. Read
Rites Pending for Baytown Banker Mose Sumner Dies
Mose Sumner a Baytown merchant and banker died in St Marys Hospital Galveston at noon Friday He had moved from Brenham in 392% with his brother Joe Sumner They built the A M Thomas Store later housed by Paine Bros He later joined Citizens National Bank and Trust Co as a director for over 25 years Survived by his wife and six sisters Funeral arrangements will be announced.
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Mose Sumner
Baytown
St. Mary’s Hospital
Galveston
Mose
Sumner
Brenham
Joe Sumner
A. Mi. Thomas
Herring Drug Store
West Texas
Ashbel
Sumner Brothers
Brookshire
Summer Brothers
Thomas
Texas Ave
Paine Bros
Citizens National Bank and Trust Co
St. Mary's Hospital
Eva Smith
Brooklyn
Ida Smith
Butler, Pa
Sarah Simon
Flora Moskowitz
Goldie Rothenberg
Sylvia Altman
Houston
Turmoil in Saigon as Buddhists pressure troops
Buddhists in Saigon revive anti government slogans and monks press U S Marines to intervene in Da Nang where rebel and royal forces clash inconclusively. Premier Ky vows to stay in power while protests and riots flare, police deploy tear gas as crowds smash windows and throw Molotovs.
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Saigon
U.S
da Nang
Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
Buddhist Institute
Lewis W. Wak
Moyers to Receive Baptist Award After All
Presidential press secretary Bill Moyers is set to receive the Southern Baptist Convention’s Distinguished Communicator Award after initially declining the invitation. A Texas moderator-elect race and Viet Nam casualties are also noted along with automotive safety impact on Ford sales and a celebrity marriage brief.
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Bill D. Moyers
Southern Baptist Convention
Moyers
Former Baytonian Dies In Brazil
Former Baytown resident Frank R. Eckert died in Salvador Brazil while working for Reed Roller Bit Co of Houston. His body will arrive in Houston Saturday evening with funeral plans to be announced by sister Mrs A J Findeisen. He had directed manufacturing in the Salvador plant and is survived by a widow and daughter Linda both of Houston, three sisters and a brother.
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Frank R. Eckert
Baytown
Salvador
Brazil
Reed, Roller Bit Co
Houston
A. J. Findeisen
Forest Park
Eckert
Salvador Bahai
Reed Bit Co
Maydel Gaines Eckert
Linda
Findeisen
Hazel Carter
Cleveland
Tex
Anita McClain
John Perry Eckert
Chickasha, Okla
Surveyor Passes Last Earth Test For Moon Landing
A test version of the Surveyor lunar lander completed a 900-foot descent and soft landing at Holloman AFB. The craft, weighing 225 pounds, used two radar systems and three liquid fuel engines to slow from about 50 mph to 3.5 mph. NASA officials call it a success ahead of the May 30 Cape Kennedy flight and the Apollo program’s needs.
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Alamogordo
Surveyor
U.S
Russia
Cape Kennedy
Fila
National ‘Aeronautics ‘and Space Administration
Inequities of U S Draft System Prompt Fresh Review
Congress presses for exhaustive reexamination of the U S military draft amid charges of inconsistency and inequity. Resolutions in the House seek special investigative committees while Sen Nelson calls for a national commission to audit draft rules and practices.
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Washington
House
Senate
Gaylord’ Nelson
DaVis
Pentagon
Robert 5
McNamara
Peace Corps
Montreal
United States
Congress
Dallas
Tex
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Texas
Nelson
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Jacob E. Javits
R-N-X
Javits
Viet Nam
Ernest Gnuiening
Alaska
Donald Fraser
D-Minn
Woman Talks Youth Out Of Holding Her Up
Baytown police sought a would be robber who reconsidered after a cashier at U Totem Drive In No 2 2807 N Main refused to give money. The teen 17 to 18 years old about six feet tall fled toward Harold Lane after showing a blue .32 caliber pistol. A customer alerted officers who described the suspect as dark skinned with straight black hair wearing all black.
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Baytown
N. Main
Harold Lane
Robebery
M. T. Reeves
Raymond. L. Hardy
Baytown Board Inducts Record 94 Into Armed Forces
Baytown Selective Service Board No 8 reports a 94 inductees week, the most in its history, with about 30 more sent for pre induction physicals. Local and area leaders joined celebrants at the send off as names span Baytown Highlands Pasadena Deer Park Seabrook Crosby Channel view and Houston.
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Minety
Armed Services
Baytown Draft Board
Abigail Frazier
Selective Service Board
W_ P_ Smith
R. L. Huddleston
E C. Wood
Senior Citizens Club
Eldon Berry
Baytown
Joe, Garcia
Joseph P. Hill
Highlands
Ronald L. Clamon
Donald D. Oehler
James L Fleming
Richard D. Bryant
Howard R. Mixon
Bert G. Hale
Pasadena
Jerry M. Michew
Sphendora
William L. Thuem
Richard D. Fowler
artificial heart implant aids 61 year old patient
Walter Le MeCans, a 61 year old retired Navy chief petty officer from Woodinville Washington, died after pulmonary complications following an artificial heart implant. The procedure involved a bypass tube system connected to an external plastic pump. Surgeons removed chest fluid and continued efforts to halt bleeding as his condition deteriorated.
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Walter
McCans
Navy
Woodinville
Wash
Speaker Chosen For BH Senior Baccalaureate
William C. Bolton, director of public relations for Houston Baptist College, will speak at Barbers Hill High School seniors baccalaureate services at 1 p.m. Sunday at Font Bel View First Baptist Church. Bolton, a Louisiana native, holds degrees from Louisiana College in Pineville and from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, with study at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth. He has broad experience in public relations and education, including roles as a sports, news and commercial announcer with radio and television.
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William C. Bolton
Houston Baptist’ College
Barbers Hill High School
Font Belview First Baptist Church
Bolton
Louisiana
Louisiana College
Pineville
New Orleans
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Rosemary A. Kent
University of Texas
Gamma Alpha Chi
Miss Kent
L. F. Kent
East Texas Ave
Delta Zeta Mothers Club
River Oaks Country Club
J. J. Jobs
G. Rex Curtin
Alan Buster
Edwin G. Buster
la Porte
Oberlin Dramatic Association
Becket
Buster
Oberlin College
George H. Webb
Cedar Bayou
Channelview
Worth Shore
North Shore Lodge
North Federal Road
Wooston
F. H. Field
Esso Research and Engineering Co
Baytown Research and Development Division
Stanford University
Jack Stewart
Baytown Hospital
Louis Boullion
Wagon Wheel Square
Houston Square Dance Council
Citizens National Menaer F
Mr. Mose
NEA
da’ Nang
Wooster Baptist Church
Howor
G.N. Allison
Carroll
Melisa
Fellowship Hall of
Wooster Baptist
Galaxie
Felton
NEA Telephoto
Gertrude Baniszewshl
William Erbecker
Sylvia Likens
Indianapolis
Ind
News Digest
AP. Wires
RW. Jablonowski of
Fort Worth
Texas Presbyterians
Martin D. Reilly
el Paso
Arthur P. Wright
Sherman
Bobby D. Swindell
Earl G. Clark
Denton
Phoenix Esparza
San Antonio
Ford Motor Co
Dinger
Mel Torme
Janette Scott
Tokyo
Luci Johnson
On Rae
Citizens OF Texas Savings
Baytown Board
Joe B Vansay
Deward
AL ‘Shepherd
Deer Park
Glen W. Gilmore
Porter
Peter
H. Carpenter
Seabrook
Earl L. West
Emil L. Westermann
Crosby
Ernest S. Smith
Vance G. Townsend
Wiliam E. Alexander
Harold Ashlock
Raymond Champagne
Billy E. Johnson
Richard G. Kenney
Tyree. Ford
John McPeters
Vernon H. Malish Jr
Donald L. Davenport
Embry L. Guster
Ervin Matthews
David A. Seal
Robert E. Bushy
Robert L. Alexander
Charles _T. Leonard
Ronald J. Oliver
John Ss. Freddie
Gilbert E. Shelton
James A. Spence
Dalton Skinner
Clee’s. Thrash Jr
Robinson D. Schmidt
Billy D. Mayberry
Leo Woodard Jr
Thmas W. Robertson Jr
Robert A
Foullak
Arrval
Detatti
Baytown Sun
Stephen Pollak
Center
Baytown Human Relations Council
the Tower
Robert Calvin
Franks
R. N. Franks
Cabaniss
Harris County Federal' Savings and Loan
OUR. Savings
Walter le MeCans
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