Nicholson Elmer Take Boat Races Baytown winners dominate event
Nicholson Elmer, Baytown and Claytown Elmer of Highlands led Baytown Boat Club Modified Outboard races. Nicholson, 1968 world champion in Class C Hydros, won multiple heats across Saturday and Sunday. Elmer captured four heats Sunday in Class C Runabouts and D Hydros, securing multiple titles. Other winners included Wayne Baldwin, Earl Godcheaux, Louis Williams, Charlie Bailey, David Harris, Jon Grossman, Pete Aleniz, and Curtis Dumesnil across various classes.
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Bruce Nichelson
Baytown
Claytown Elmer
Highlands
Baytown Boat Club
Outbourg
Nicholson
Elmer
Hydros
Wayne Baldwin
Alice
Trunabouts
Baldwin
Earl Godcheaux
Opelousas
Hydro
Louis, Williams
Beaumont
Charlie Bailey
Baythnon
David Harris
Victoria
Jones
Houston
Gece
Jon Grossman
Pete Aleniz
Pasadena
S. K
Sunder
C. W. Simmons
Bill Hood
Curtis Dumesnil
Port Arthur
Baytown Man's Mother Dies funeral rites set
Kilgore Texas Mary Harper 66 mother of J C Harper of Baytown dies after brief illness in Kilgore Hospital. Services at East View Baptist Kilgore with Rev W A Kelley, burial at City Cemetery Burkburnett. Survivors include son J C Harper Baytown daughter Mrs Henry Cain Quitman son T E Harper Keearney and several siblings and grandchildren.
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Kilgore
Gore
Mary “Maye
Harper
J. C. Harper
Baytown
Eastview Baptist Church
W. A. Kelley
Iielating
Burkburnet
Wichita Falls
Texas
Kcearney
D. V. Lassiter
Fort Worth
Margie Lewis
Wichita Fallh
J. E. Brooks
New Lebanon
Ohio
W. T. Reynolds
Clarence Reynolds
McKinney
L. Reynolds
Frisco
S. H. Reynolds
Aurey
Lorer Reynolds
San Angelo
Columbia To Discipline Protesters Over Campus Disturbances
Columbia University began disciplinary action against about 25 Columbia College students accused of participating in campus disturbances since April 23 1968. Letters warned students of charges and set attendance deadlines, with more than 500 notices expected amid ongoing criminal case considerations. Mark Rudd, a Columbia College junior and SDS leader, was among those receiving letters.
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New York
Columbia University
Henry S. Coleman
Columbia College
University
Mark Rudd
Blewood
Students For A Democratic Society
Pwers
Coleman
Joint Committee On
Peace Talks Hint at Secret Proceedings Across Front
A fragmentary report notes cautious optimism about reaching a common view on the war through possible secret talks. Observers suggest both sides accept further conflict is costly, aiming to move beyond propaganda and explore feasible peace options south of the 1h parallel.
Spring Civil Defense Meeting Set For May 25
Deer Park hosts the spring conference of the Gulf Coast Civil Defense Association on May 25 at Rohm and Haas. John Cutter recruits experts including Fletcher Hickerson and Richard Deer. The program features a gas laser demo, two amendments on membership and board size, and a luncheon talk by Lt. Col. Edwin T Cooke on Psychological Aspects of Disaster.
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Deer Park
Gulf Coast Civil Defense Association
Rehm and Haas
John Cutter
The
Chemical Co
Land Deer Park Civil Defense
Baytown Civil Defense
Fletcher Hickerson
Richard Deer
Southwestern
Bell
Lunehven
Edwin T Cooke
Sam Houston
Rohm and Haas
Campaigners continue to occupy Resurrection City amid rain
City residents and volunteers report heavy rains delaying arrivals as 1,000 Midwestern and 8252 Northeastern caravan groups settle near the District of Columbia Coliseum and suburban Maryland churches. Spokesmen note funds are tighter than first week, with a May 24 target date for full occupancy and 5,000 expected campers.
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District of Columbia Coliseum
Maryland
Mississippi
Virginia
Resurrection City
Richmond
Bernard Lafayette
Midwest
Denver
Kansas City
SCLC
Lafy Ayeue
Candidate slander claim roils front-page politics
The article reports an interim study committee head candidate accusing Yarborough of slander against state workers who donate. He alleges Joe Bernal received 200 and that Bernal, tied to medical school funding in San Mor rio, is Yarborough’s campaign manager. He blames out-of-state insurance lobbyists for backing his opponent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Bernal
Ia Medical School
San Amorrio
Yarborough
Smith
Canenk
Jaycees Meet In Baytown At Chamber Of Commerce
The Baytown Jaycees will hold a regular membership meeting at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Chamber of Commerce building. Members are urged to attend as plans for upcoming community projects will be discussed.
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We Baytown Jaycees
Chamber of Commerce
Gold Hits Record on London Market
The London free market saw gold reach a new high as dealers noted focus on the French franc and a rebound in the British pound after Friday’s lows. Gold fixed at 42 a troy ounce, up 30 cents from Friday, with the metal briefly surpassing 510 an ounce last Wednesday. The pound rose from 32.3854 to about 32.3876, then around 32.3872, while France's franc fell to 1.7975 per pound.
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London
Gotal
France
London Free Market
Kennedy and Humphrey in Democratic race clash over Pueblo crisis
Kennedy attacks Humphrey over a forum report on sensitive talks with Asian Communist nations. Humphrey says he can win the Democratic nomination, while McCarthy urges six million new housing units in five years to open jobs, arguing for broad public planning to revitalize ghettos.
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Ice
Hubert H. Hemphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
Rockefeller
Eugene J. McCarthy
George Wallace
Reagan
Johnson
Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Kennedy
Humphrey
American Association of Editorial Cartoonists
Pueblo
North Sorea
Paris
U.S
Washington
Mir Humphrey
Panmunjom
Kkennedy
California
Oregon
Gren
Humphreys
U.S. News & World Report
McCarth
New York
McCarthy
Mother Of Bayt ona n Dies In Auto Accident
In Weatherford a Baytown school teacher’s mother was killed in a motor vehicle collision. James E McLean of Weatherford sustained two broken knees and was released from a hospital. Mrs Clarence Majors of McKinney died. Funeral services for Mrs Majors were set for 2 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church in McKinney.
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Baytonian
Weatherford
Baytown
Clarence Majors
Mc Kinney
Robert Eles
Lowell Majors
James E. McLean
Wood
Majors
First Baptist Church
McKinney
New Fraternity Theta Kappa Sigma Formed at LC
Lee College forms a new social and scholastic fraternity Theta Kappa Sigma with 17 charter members. Officers include Rick Johnson president and membership chair, Barn Helter vice president, David Wilke secretary, Terry Mercer treasurer, Gary Smith historian and social, Steve Goodson parliamentarian and social. Sponsors Bly Walker and J. D. Mendoza. Other members listed include Randy Randall, Drew Staples, Frank Jaubert, Charles Perry, Gary Smith, Joey McChesney, Ken Bunting, Al Evard, Harlon Guin, Gary Burns, and Mike Lemen.
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Lée College
Theta Kappa Sigma
Steve Goodson
Gary Smith
Terry Mercer
Barry Reiter
David Wilks
Rick Johnson
Lee College
Barn Helter
David Wilke
Bly D. Walker
J. D. Mendoza
Randy Randall
Drew Staples
Frank
Jaubert
Charles Perry
Gary 4 Smith
Joey McChesney
Ken Bunting
al Evard
Harlon Guin
Gary Burns
Mike Lemen
Baytonian Barns Insurance Honor Awarded to Franssen
Russie J. Franssen received notice from the Texas Leaders Round Table recognizing her membership in the honor organization of the Texas Association of Life Underwriters. She is general agent for State Reserve Life in Baytown and has six years with the company.
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Russie J. Franssen
Texas Leaders Round Table
Texas Association of Life Landemwriters
Life Underwriters Association
Franssen
State Reserve Life Insurance Company
Baytowk
Jopenpa
Scarborough's Drug Store Burglary Loss Reported
About 625 dollars were taken from Scarborough's Drug Store on North Main in a weekend burglary. The front door was pried open and cash totaling 598 dollars plus about 25 dollars in drugs were stolen. Patrolman J W Jones investigates.
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Scarborough
North Main
Herbert R. Bray
Pine Firm
J. W. Jones
Bates Loses Semifinal in Texas Senior Women’s Golf
Mrs Bates of Baytown falls to Mrs Frank Goldthwaite of Fort Worth one up in the semifinals of the Texas Senior Women's Golf Tournament at Waco. Bates had advanced by defeating Mrs Charles Neill of Dayton one up in the quarterfinals.
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Clinton Bates
Baytown
Frank Goldthwaite
Fort, Worth
Waco
Bates
Charles Neill
Dayton
Local Students Seek Tax Bill Support From Legislature
A group of high school students drafted a bill to impose stricter tobacco regulation and plan a statewide letter campaign to Texas legislators. They aim to start fundraising and outreach next fall when the legislature convenes in Austin, after completing the letters and obtaining stamps.
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Allen
Glen Edward
Hensarlinger
Highlands
Daugh
Fer
Bom
Gulf
Texas
Austin
Rockets Hit Saigon as Cities Burn in Night Attack
Rockets struck the heart of Saigon shortly after midnight, killing 11 Vietnamese and wounding 31, with 150 homes set ablaze. A U.S. soldier was lightly wounded. Intelligence warned of a broader Viet Cong plan, yet only two shellings outside Saigon occurred Sunday. Four aircraft were lost in the day, including a Navy Vigilante and an Air Force Phantom, with crews missing or killed. U.S. missions Sunday totaled 136 against North Vietnam, claiming destruction of trucks, barges and bridges.
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Saigon
U.S
Viemmam
South Viemmam
Noth Viemare
Vinh
Dong Hoi
U S
North Vietnam
Panhandle
U.S.1 Command
Former Baytonian Dies At Age 27
Robert L. Wiley, 25, of 1535 Garrettson in Houston and a former Baytown resident for 45 years, died Sunday night in Kemah. He was a member of Sigma Chi and St. Mark's Methodist Church. Survived by his parents and one sister, services set for 4 pm Tuesday at Earthman's Chapel with Rev. Harry Holmes officiating. Burial in Memory Gardens.
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Robert Thomason Wiley
Harry Holmes
St. Mark's Methodist Church
Memory Gardens
Last Respects Paid Judge Ben Moorhead
Harris County officials and members of the bar paid final respects to District Judge Gen Moorhead who died after a heart attack on Friday. A former Hughes Tool employee who studied law at night, he served on the 113th district court for two decades and led the bench in Harrisburg before his district post.
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Houston
Harris County
Gen Moorhead
Moorhead
Hughes Tool
Houslyons East End
Harrisburg
Benich
Baytonian’s Mother Is Buried Monday
Funeral services were held in Houston for Mrs. Christine Mayhew sister of Mrs C V Busler Kern a Houston resident for eighty years native of Malakoff Survivors include daughter Mrs Collis Irle of Baytown
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Houston
Christine Mayhew
C. V
Busler) Kern
Kiwanis Luncheon To Feature Merchant Marines Speaker
Kiwanis Club will host Thursday's weekly luncheon to discuss U S Merchant Marines. Sidney Wire, assistant manager of Humble Oil and Refining Co., will speak on the marine service.
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Merchant Marines
U. S. Merchant Marines
Kiwanis Club
Sidney Wire
Asssistant Eee
Humble O & Rining Co
Noon Stock Quotes Snapshot From Historic Market List
A truncated noon stock quote listing shows numerous firms including Allis Chalmers, Tel Tel, Anaconda, Armco, Kresge, Ashland Oil, Bendix, McDonnell-Douglas, Beth Steel, Megnavox, RCA, Raytheon, Gen Motors, Texaco, Union Carbide, United Air Lines, Westinghouse, and others with percentages and partial indicators reflecting market movement.
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Allis Chalmers
Arlan’s
Columbia Gas
Nat Dist
Delta Air
Occidental
Shamrock
Penn Central
Pepsi Cola
S.eeee
Phillips Pet
Raytheon
Roan Select
HMI Schlumberger
tSesis
Sinclair
Stauffer Chem ‘Greyhound
Sunray Gulf States
Walliburton
Vioffman Eleewr
Ho L&p
Technicolor
Tenneco
Texaco
Texas Eastern
Texas Gulf Sur
Union Carbide
Union Oil of Cal
United Air Lines
Upjohn Drug
Westinghouse
French strikes test De Gaulle as Paris schools endure
Airlines redirected flights to Brussels and buses ferried travelers to Paris as unions held back a full halt. De Gaulle met security chiefs and Pompidou amid protests while student leaders split over exams and reform. Sorbonne lingered closed as Cannes Film Festival curtailed activities to curb unrest.
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Brussels
Belgium
Paris
France
de Gaulle
Ou Cralis
Georges Pompidou
Georges Gorse
Pompidou
National Assembly
Marseille Medical College
Sorbonne
Bg Paris
Fundey
Joe Wysong Heads Local Wage and Hour Probe
BEAUMONT AP Joe Wysong formerly of San Antonio is named investigator in charge of the Wage and Hour and Public Contracts Division. He replaces Bobby Joe Scott who was transferred to Corpus Christi.
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Decker Drive
Sceldae
LaRry
Cartoon & Special
Ee Iene
Hellcats
David Sriven
Don Knots
Universal Party
Tom and Jerry
Columbia
Ngee
Geray
Richard Dear
Fdwin Cooke
Rome
Jaycees
Rocky
Ued
Baytonian Barns Insurance
Russie
J. Franssen
Scarborough’s
Civics
Gulf Coast
Lillie Bird Reggins
Crosby
Barbara Marie Chappell
Genevive Chappell
E. Weight
Ivey Eugene Ancelet
Ivey J. Ancelet
Bowie
Frances Elizado
W. Gulf
James Allen Hicks
Grantham
Deloris Arceneaux
Joseph R. Arceneaux
Ben Moorhead
Market St
BAY Lanes
Citizens National Bank and
Goodbody Co
Joe Wysong
Italy
Oifelo
Bay Fair
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