Regional Clinics to discuss health planning panel meeting
A joint meeting of the hospital district board and the Community Health Services Committee will discuss regional clinics with Willard G. Olsen of the U S Public Health Services Tuesday at 4 p m in the Ben Taub hospital conference room. Attendees include DR and MRS Dan Golden at a Fort Worth research seminar.
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Board of Managers
Community Health Services Committee
Willard G. Olsen
Regional Office of Comprehensive Health Planning
U. S
Public Health Services
Ben Taub Hospital
Dan Golden
Highlands
Fort Worth
Weather and Tides Forecast for Baytown Area
No rain is expected through Tuesday with temperatures dipping to the mid 60s Monday night and rising to the upper 60s Tuesday. Galveston tides for Tuesday show high at 12:13 a.m. and 12:36 p.m. with lows at 6:18 a.m. and 7:18 p.m.
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Baytown
Community notices and social snippets headlined
Janis Hoover swamps with registrations for summer programs at the Community Building. Jack and Margaret Cinque return from a San Antonio convention. Wanda Orton nears end of exams. Pat Deckert to live in the Lamar Tech home ec cottage. Lou and Paul Parkinson elected. Elizabeth Schiller comments on HemisFair Six Flags Runaway Bay golfing. Beth Winegarmer Doris Gilbreath shop in Houston. George Willete Aggie Wager Etta Franz Jack Merkell win bridge. Don Andersons celebrate new grandson. Walter Schubert campaigns for exercise. Mrs. W. B. Tucker plans Chicago trip to visit daughter. Joyce Bennett on schedule. Mrs. George Rozell back home after six weeks at Gulf Coast Hospital. She says she is doing fairly well.
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Janis Hoover
Jack
Margaret Cinque
San Antonio
Wanda Orton
Pat Deckert
Lamar Tech
Lou
Paul Parkinson
Elizabeth Schiller
HemisFair
Six Flags
Runaway Bay
Beth Winegarmer
Doris Gilbreath
Houston
George Willete
Aggie Wager
Etta Franz
Jack Merkell
Don Andersons
Walter Schubert
W. B. Tucker
Chicago
Joyce Bennett
George Rozell
E. Fayle
Gulf Coast Hospital
Attacks on Marine Bases Hit Northern Vietnam Front
North Vietnamese forces launched three ground assaults on U S Marines along the northern frontier of South Vietnam near Khe Sanh and Con Thien. Marine units repelled the attacks. 127 NVA killed, 58 captured. Marines counted 12 ammo depots destroyed and 43 wounded. Casualties included eight Marines dead and 34 wounded in one engagement. Allied forces report over 20,000 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese killed or captured in Operation Complete Victory over six weeks.
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South Vietnam
U S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
U.S
Khe Sanh
Con Thien
Camp Evans
Ast Air Cavalry
Hue
Marine J
U. S
Australia
New Zealand
Thailand
Ho Choi Minh
Rockefeller says Reagan ticket possible in GOP bid
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller says a Rockefeller Reagan ticket could have great strength though Reagan is seen as aiming for the top spot. He notes Reagan’s course may hinge on Oregon and California primary results and plans to meet Southern GOP leaders in New Orleans. Reagan also campaigns in Florida, Washington DC, and Charlotte while Nixon leads in public enthusiasm per Gallup Poll.
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New York
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Rockefeller Reagan
California
Ronald Reagan
Rockefeller
Reagan
Oregon
New Orleans
Fixida
Washington
D.C
Charlotte
N.C
New Yorker
ABC
New Postal Contract Station Opens in Baytown
The U S Post Office in Baytown opened a new contract station at 2306 North Alexander Drive operated by Gray Hall Pharmacy in Bay Plaza Shopping Center. Postmaster M L Neal said the station, opened Thursday, will handle money orders stamps and outgoing parcels with home deliveries. It is the fourth contract station in Baytown, joining two rural stations and the classified station in West Baytown.
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U. S. Post Office
Baytown
North Alexander Drive
Gray Hall Pharmacy
Global News in Brief from 1968 Front Pages
Reports of two prisoners escaping a Harris County facility amid a manhunt followed by a regional security crackdown. Johnson era bombing ban impacts on North Vietnamese ports. Salisbury Maryland braces after violence following a shooting. Astroworld near opening under Judge Hofheinz. Indira Gandhi resists outside powers in Far East. a Dallas rape and murder suspect seeks death penalty. Prague liberalization talks with Kosygin progress. Biafra’s forces vow to fight after Port Harcourt’s capture. Spock and others go on trial in Boston. U S Senate drops extra holidays in favor of a House measure. Italians vote in record Parliament elections.
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Biafra
Port Harcourt
Benjamin Spock
U.S. District Court
Boston
Envoys Review Talks In Paris Peace Efforts
U S peace negotiators Harriman and Vance met South Vietnam’s ambassador to Washington Bui Diem at the Saigon consulate for a 45 minute briefing as they try to align on a path to peace. They stressed keeping allies informed and avoiding Hanoi propaganda while noting lingering differences that could derail talks.
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Vietnam
W. Averell Harriman
Cyrus R. Vance Calle
South Vietnam
Harriman
Jett
Bui Diem
Washington
United States
Hanoi
Harsi
North Vietnam
W. Averell Har Jriman
Xuan Thuy
Hoang van Lei
Damascus
U.S
Resurrection City Nearing Completion in DC Tent City
Volunteers working late doubled Resurrection City size in West Potomac Park as the Poor People’s Campaign nears its milestone. About 3,000 residents are housed in plywood huts along the Lincoln Memorial to the Washington Monument. The SCLC plans strategy talks with Ralph Abernathy while Andrew Young notes growing national attention and potential demonstrations.
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U.S.4
West Potomac Park
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Washington
Ralph David Abernathy
SCLC
Capitol
Andrew Young
America
Lincoln Memorial
Washington Monument
Smith and Yarborough Clash Over Campaign Issues
Lt. Gov Preston Smith and runoff rival Pan Yarborough dispute campaign issues in the June 1 Democratic primary. Smith promotes grassroots, moderate conservatism while Yarborough accuses him of scare tactics and out-of-state influence. Smith outlines campaign stops across Texas with plans for staff diversity. Yarborough vows inclusive leadership and criticizes the scare strategy.
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Pan Yarborough
Smith
Wichita Falls
Yarborough
el Paso
Texas
Houston
Dalas
Fort Worth
Rio Grande
Joe Bernal
San Antonio
Civics Class Gets Legislative Experience at Lee High
Robert E Lee civics students gain hands on insight into how a bill becomes law in Texas Rep Joe Allen guides the project with Baytown. The class aims to raise the legal tobacco purchase age to 18 and require parental written consent for minors under 18. The bill would curb vending machine sales and assign enforcement to the State Department of Health.
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Robert E. Lee
Joe Allen
Texas
Johnella Boynton
Joe Wood
Baytown
Don Barnhill
Randy Tanner
Vernon
Allen
State Department of Health
Frog wins 40th annual Mark Twain jump contest in Angels Camp
Corrosion the frog leapt 18 feet 0.5 inches to win the international frog jumping contest, beating more than 500 competitors. The four-year-old frog, previously from Bakersfield, now owned and trained by Leonard Hall of Concord, claimed his fifth win for the owner-trainer.
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Angels Camp
Calif
Corrosion
Bakersfield
Leonard Hall
Concord
Two Million Idle as France Strikes Paralyze Nation
Paris faced a standstill as strikes swept across France with workers in coal mines, auto plants, ports and air ports demanding de Gaulle's resignation and higher pensions. Banks lined up, transport halted, and major factories occupied, signaling a nationwide paralysis with few services operating.
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de Gaulle
Peugeot Auto
Sochaux
Renault Auto
Michelin Tre
Clement Ferrand
Marseille
Bank of France
Les Balles
North Basin
Lorraine
Alsace
Blanzy
le Havre
International Harvester
St. Oivier
Sud-Aviation
Rochefort
Marignane
Marseile
Banking Commission to Hear Baytown Charter Applications
The State Banking Commission will conduct a hearing at 9 p.m. Tuesday on the Baytown bank charter applications. The filings followed a prior rejection of a charter request from three Baytown applicants made several months ago.
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