Explosion at Tenneco plant rocks La Porte Road area
An explosion at the Tenneco Manufacturing Co plant on La Porte Road near the Houston Ship Channel occurred at 6 15 p m Wednesday. No deaths or injuries reported and damage described as light. Cause under investigation. Brownwood Civic Association picnic rescheduled to September 6 due to Humble Day. Lee College Community Loan Fund to hold public meeting at 7 30 p m Thursday in Room 100 Technical Building with directors and officers to be elected. Elks Lodge 1639 Chicken Dumpling Dinner set for Friday evening from to 3 for members and guests. Edna McFarland to provide organ music.
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Tenneco Manufacturing Co
la Porte Road
Houston Ship Channel
LEE College Community Loan Fund
Lee College, Technical Building
Elks Lodge 1639
Edna McFarland
Baytown Weather Forecast And Tides Report
Sunny warm and partly cloudy for the Baytown area. Thursday to Friday expect lows in the low 70s and highs in the mid 30s with no rain. Galveston tides show highs at 2 a.m. and 1 p.m. and lows at 9:34 a.m. and 8:36 p.m.
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Baytown
Galveston
Hospital Notes and Social Snippets from Houston
MRS VICTOR R SERBE and her daughter Dorris rest in St Josephs Hospital Houston Rooms 15 and 816 with visitors possible. The Marshall Carlsen Harrop golf trio will regain full strength soon. Jint Earrops return from New York and Boston. Phil Buchheit of Spartanburg SC and son Bill dined on shrimp as shrimping season dates were announced. Lanelle Coltharp returns home before her baby. IRENE ARMS WORTH is honored. CAREL SPUHLER discusses her new Houston house. Jane Webber hosts a bridge party. Dub Rogers proves helpful. David Liechtenfels visits his parents at 2205 Viking. Emmitt Waugh Jr. celebrates a birthday. Get well wishes to Mary Margaret Tanner who broke a leg.
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Dorris
St. Joseph's Hospital
Houston
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New York
Boston
Phil Buchheit
Spartanburg
S.C
South Carolina
Bill
Lanelle Coltharp
Irene Arms- Worth
Carel Spuhler
Jane Webber
Dub Rogers
David Liehtenfels
University of Southern Florida
Candidates Keep Up Name Calling In Texas Governor Race
Two Democrats vying for the gubernatorial nomination, Don Yarborough and Lt. Gov. Preston Smith, pressed labor harmony and vocational training as June 1 runoff looms. Yarborough campaigned in Houston while Smith traveled Beaumont to Longview urging education reform and local workforce training to reduce reliance on outside skilled labor.
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Associated Press
Don Yarborough
Preston Smith
Yarborough
Texas
Smith
Lee College to Sell Nearly 1 Million in Bonds This Summer
Lee College plans to sell 994 020 in improvement bonds likely early June. Regents meet at 6 30 p m to set the sale date and review a debt service schedule. Bonds fund two new buildings purchase of instructional equipment and modernization of science and business labs. Architect Low ell Lammers to present final Rundell Hall west wing remodeling plans. Faculty contracts and replacements for next year also on the agenda.
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Board of Regents
Technical - Vocational
Jack Keller
Bowles Winston and Co
Houston
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Keller
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Lowell Lammers
Rundell Hall
Free Want Ads for Baytown Teens in The Sun
Baytown area youths 38 or younger may place one free want ad in The Sun from May 26 to June 9 with parental approval. Ads up to 15 words must include name age and price not to exceed 56 dollars. Ads appear May 26 to June under a special Classified heading and must be in the office by 5 pm the day before publication.
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Baytown
Sun
The
Country Club Names New Manager J W Holloway
J W Holloway, 53, of Shreveport Louisiana, named manager of Goose Creek Country Club, succeeding Herschel Nead who resigned a month ago. Club president John C Echols cited his strong qualifications from 23 years in army service and prior roles at Petroleum Club, Butt and Bear Club, Elks Club, and Confederate Memorial Medical Center. Holloway and his wife will relocate after settlement. they have a married daughter and a college bound daughter. Vernon Wright chaired the selection committee.
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Shreveport
Goose Creek Country Club
John C. Echols
Holloway
Herschel Nead
Echols
Petroleum Club
Butt and Bear Club
Richmond
Elks Club
Confederate Memorial Medical Center
Club Managers of America Association
Vernon Wright
Americans misled about Paris peace hopes says Eisenhower group
A Washington based citizen group including former President Dwight D Eisenhower warns Americans may expect too much from the Paris peace talks. The report notes concerns in the nation about early optimism and potential outcomes.
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Washington
Dwight D Eisenhower
Paris
Baytown Chamber To Hear Plan For New City Model
Baytown Chamber members will hear two University of Houston seniors present a long range plan for Baytown titled new Baytown. Marion Spiers and John Goggins propose a freshwater lake by damming Goose Creek with private enterprise funding most of the project. The luncheon slides and model will be shown at Friday’s noon Holiday Inn event.
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Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Baytown
Marion Spiers
John Goggins
University of Houston
Holiday Inn
Goose Creek
Baytown Group Seeks More Health Services From Hospital District
Baytown Highlands McNair residents pay 887000 yearly in taxes toward Harris County Hospital Districts 15 million budget yet rely on Baytown Health League clinic for most outpatient indigent care. Dr Opryshek cites 15000 drug support and 7000 annual patient calls. Baytown seeks district funding for clinic operation and Baytown ambulance costs. Community action notes 49122 area residents with 13000 poverty cases and plans for 10 satellite clinics countywide. The 3 p.m. Monday meeting with board of managers is set to discuss these requests.
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Johnella Boynton
Baytown-Highlands-McNair
Harris County
Baytown
Albert Fanestiel
Andy Braswell
Ted Kloesel
Karl W
Pryshek
Health League
Baytown Highlands-McHair
Baytown Health League
Opryshek
Board of Managers
Oprushek
Community Action Association
Baytown - Highlands-McNair
Senate Backs Wiretapping Expansion Amid House Opposition
Washington AP report says the Senate signals acceptance of legislation expanding police wiretapping and electronic surveillance powers though House opposition looms. Senate votes on amendments hint at approval while House Judiciary Chair Emanuel Celler vows to drop the bill if curbs on Supreme Court powers are not dropped.
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Senate
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Emanuel D. Celler
D-Nly
House Judiciary Committee
Supreme Court of Power
Celler
Senate House
Humphrey airlifts Delaware delegates to Washington event
Vice President Hubert Humphrey staged a high profile campaign reception in the Mayflower Hotel for 162 Delaware delegates and supporters flown from Wilmington by two jets. He touted the gathering as a “thank you” party after winning 16 of 22 Delaware delegate votes though keeping rivals, notably Robert Kennedy, from leaving his camp. Mondale said United Democrats funded the affair, framing the jet airlift as a display of strength and financing.
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Hubert 2. Humphrey
Humphrey
Delaware
Wilmington
Mayflower
Nancy Sinatra
Elvin Mayes
Robert F. Kennedy
Indiana
Walter F. Mondale
DI Minn
United Democrats
Baytown Soldier Spangler Killed in Vietnam War
Baytown man Spangler, a 1963 graduate of Robert E. Lee High and Texas A&M, was killed in Vietnam when his armored vehicle struck an enemy mine near Cu Chi. He served as a tank commander and had been in Vietnam since September 1967. He leaves a wife Paula Jo Parrish and a six month old daughter April in Baytown. He also is survived by his mother, a brother Jeff, and a grandmother in Raytown.
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Xuan Lee
Spangler
Vietnam
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Vince
Baytown
Miss
Paula Jo Parrish
Fice
Harris County
Houston
Carl S. Smith
Honolulu
Day
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Celle
Jeff
REL
E. W. Owens
Ray
Talks in Paris Amb Assesses Vietnam Peace Efforts
Ambassador Harriman warned talks may fail and urged substance over propaganda while North Vietnam’s Xuan Thuy asked for pressure to end all bombing. Harriman noted risk of breakdown on either side and stressed need for productive results and genuine willingness to negotiate.
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W. Averell Harriman
U.s-Vietnam
North Vietnam
Xuan Thuy
World Opinion
Washington
Harriman
U.S
Thuy
United States
Johnson
Transplant Doctor Will Speak Here
Dr. Robert Bloodwell of the Houston heart team will address the Baytex Jaycees on June 4 at the civic center. He will show movies and slides of a heart transplant operation and answer questions. Coffee and cookies will be served 20 minutes before the meeting.
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Robert D. Bloodwell
Houston
BaytexTt Jaycees
Bloadwell
Civic Center
Broadwell
Baylor University College of Medicine
Wilmington
Del
Bloodwell
Louisiana State University
Baylor College of Medicine
Rayior
Fletcher Hickerson Calls for Conference Registry Confirmations
Fletcher Hickerson, president of the Texas Gulf Coast Civil Defense Association, requests those who returned registration blanks for the spring conference to call 22-8281, ext. 267, to confirm. An error was found in the return address. The conference will be held Saturday at Rehm and Haas.
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Fletcher Hickerson
Texas Gulf Coast Civil Defense Association
Rehm and Haas
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