Top REL Seniors Honored With 500 Diplomas At Me morial Stadium
Robert E. Lee High School awarded diplomas to about 500 seniors in a Friday night ceremony at Memorial Stadium. Principal Henry Armstrong announced honors and scholarships for the 41st graduating class. Kathy Rose Center was valedictorian and Kurt D. Pullen salutatorian. Other top honorees included Kenneth Lemmon, Mary Pavias, Jody Laird, Amy Johnson, Royce Marshall, Jane Parker, Glenn Jones, and Dorothy Furen. Awards recognized National Merit Finalists Jane Parker and Ewell Clarke, and Parker and Iris Harrington for national exam success. Special honors went to Jody Laird for The Echols Cup. John Cavarella for the Summer Award. and Patricia Thenemann, Ralph Trout for National Union Foundation Music Award in Band. Beverly Anderson and Libby Jehoe shared the Hazel Evans Award. Karen Armstrong won the Daughters of the American Revolution Citizenship Award. Kathy Center received the Balfour Plaque. Gary Kappler earned the St. George Perkins Memorial Award. Science awards went to Kurt Pullen, Kenneth Lemmon, and Kathy Center for slide rules. the Keuffel and Esser Co. and other honors noted. Scholarship winners included Rene Firench for a Texas A&M-bound award and Amy Johnson for a Baytown club scholarship. The article notes continued coverage on page 2.
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Robert E. Lee
Memorial Stadium
Henry Armstrong
REL
Kathy Rose Center
Kurt D. Pullen
Grace
Kenneth Paul Lemmon
Mary Josephine Pavias
Jody Lynell Laird
Amy Ise Johnson
Royce Ann Marshall
Jane
National Council of Englsh Teachers
Jody Laird
Lée College
John Cavarella
Patricia Lee Thenemann
Ralph Edward Trout
Urion Foundation
Givern
Beverly Anderson
Libby Jehoe
Hazel Evans
Karen Armstrong
Daughters of American Revolution
Kathy Center
Rene Firench
Texas A&m
Baytown
Wicars Brother Dies and Local News Update
Wicars brother dies in Dobbin with funeral plans pending. Baytown visits by ICHIRO MATSUE, DDS from Tokyo who will lecture at Baylor Dental School in Dallas. Moore a Baylor student. Assent voting in runoff primaries continues through Tuesday at the old fire station near the Harris County Courthouse. Weekend weather in Baytown partly cloudy warm with daytime showers. mid 70s to upper 80s. Galveston tides: Sunday high 5:24 a.m. and low 9:36 p.m.
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Baytown
Ichiro Matsue
Tokoyo
Japan
James S. Moore
N. Gaillard
Dr. Matsue
Baylor Dental School
Dallas
Moore
Caroline and
Preston
Harris County
Houston
Baytown Area
Galveston
Local social notes and greetings from area families
Joe Salinas presents granddaughter Jennifer Alaniz a birthday cake while Pam Dunn checks a photo. Brett Twitchell congratulates a RES senior. Mary Howard Brown rehearses Life With Father. Fran Ward recuperates after a tonsillectomy in Baytown Hospital. Treba McCune and Jack Bray renew wedding vows poolside with Rev. H. M. Lindsey. Gloria and Wimpy Wismer travel to a Dallas convention. Barbara Prather helps Bettye Masterson with shorthand. Carmen Going assists. Jean Lopez-Nigretti and her children visit Dora Bossley in Mexico City.
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Joe Salinas
Jennifer Alaniz
Pam Dunn
Brett Twitchell
RES
Mary Howard Brown
Fran Ward
Baytown
Treba McCune
Jack Bray
H. M. Lindsey
Wooster Baptist Church
Gloria
Wimpy Wismer
Dallas
Barbara Prather
Bettye Masterson
Carmen Going
Jean Lopez-Nigretti
Mexico City
Dora Bossley
Students urge Baytown beautification plan
Two University of Houston architectural students spoke to the Baytown Chamber of Commerce about transforming Baytown into the world’s most beautiful and exciting city. They urged starting with a Texas Avenue paint and cleanup campaign and proposed contracting a major city planning firm for a long-range program. The students also promoted Goose Creek Lake as Baytown’s top aesthetic asset to spur private development of high rise apartments and resort complexes.
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University of Houston
Chamber of Commerce
Baytown
Sameone
Texas Avenue
John Goggins
Houston
Marion Spiers
Spiers
Goggins
Goose Creek Lake
Goose Creek
Gogsins
Studen‘s
Baytown Summer Play Program Starts Monday
Baytown Parks and Recreation Director Ken Personaire announced the summer schedule will begin next week. Activities center at the Community Building on Market Street and Roseland Park with a teen center open daily and special dances for junior and senior students. A calendar lists classes, life saving, soft ball, and arts at Roseland Pool and Community Building, with registration details and fees.
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Ken Personaire
Baytown
Roseland Pool
Roseland Park
Margaret Cinane
Senior Citizens Men's Club
Jean Whitacre
Baytoun Chess Club
Goldwater Wins Big Libel Suit
New York AP report states Goldwater won 75000 in compensatory damages and 550000 in punitive damages against Fact magazine publisher Ralph Ginzburg and former editor Warren Groson in a libel case over an 1864 article alleging he was psychologically unfit for the presidency. The jury also allotted 1 in compensatory damages to all defendants. Goldwater described the verdict as vindication whereas Ginzburg warned of First Amendment implications.
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New York
Bury Goldwater
Fact Magazine
Ralph Ginzburg
Warren Groson
Harold R. Tyler Jr
Goldwater
Ginzburg
Boroson
Preston And Don At Odds Over Winner
The Associated Press reports Dallas rivals Don Yarborough and Preston Smith arguing over governor nomination odds ahead of the June 1 runoff. Yarborough projects strong southern support and wins in Houston area and the four largest Texas cities. Smith forecasts a two to one margin. Yarborough tours Victoria Galveston and Texas City while Smith campaigns in Denton Gainesville and Greenville.
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Associated Press
Houston
Don Yarborough
Preston Smith
Yarborough
South Plains
Smith
Texas City
Galveston
Victoria
Denton
Gainesville
Greenville
Austin
Texas
Lubbock
T Ani
Dallas County
Preston
New Whites Store Rising In City
Whites Stores Inc begins a 20 880 square foot auto service and retail store at 1401 M. Pruett. The one story brick and glass building measures 120 by 374 feet with four bays and overhead doors. Construction costs run to 94 000 dollars with Whites Construction Co as general contractor.
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M.pruett
Naternal
Whites Stores Inc
White’s
Houston
Whites Construction Co
Wichita Falls
Whites Stores, Inc
Ricks and Robbns
Carl Brown
Late News Flash on Texas special session start
Two major legislative groups began work for the June 4 Texas special session. The House Appropriations Committee met at 8 p.m and the Senate Finance Committee opened budget hearings an hour later. Leaders expect to finish agency hearings in a week and move to general appropriation. Optimists predict passage of the spending bill in about five weeks and a separate tax bill to balance the budget within two more weeks.
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Wold
Baytown Bank to Build Six-Story Parkside Office Tower
Groundbreaking planned for a new 90000 square foot six story bank and office building on a 3.7 acre site west of Thomas Circle Baytown. L Lee Brasfield says final plans are under way with completion expected in late 1969. The project includes a 21000 square foot bank, 900 parking spaces, and leasing of 1000 square feet.
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Thomas Circle
First National
First National Bank
L. Lee Brasfield
Baytown
Decker Drive
WestTexas Avenue
Estimat
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Cor-Ten
UW. 5. Steel
Pittsburgh
Alan Shepard Jr
Granville Laughlin
Bank
Esso Research promotes two former Baytown executives
Esso Research and Engineering Co. in Linden New Jersey announced June 1 promotions for two former Baytown figures. Lawrence E Swabb Jr will head the petroleum research program replacing James F Mathis who becomes a director of Imperial Oil Limited. Donald L Baeder becomes vice president for corporate and government research a newly created post. Baeder previously managed Baytown operations 1963 to 1965 and joined Esso in 351. He holds degrees from Baldwin Wallace College and Carnegie Institute of Technology. Swabb, a Dayton Ohio native, earned his PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 1951 and led the Baton Rouge research lab before becoming personnel development coordinator.
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Esso
Br. Swabb
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Uiversity of Cincinnati
Cincinnati
Esso Research Laborories
Baton Rouge
Dr. Swabb
Baeder
Cleveland
Baldwin - Wallace College
Berea
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Pittsburgh
Aogram
City planners study area road abandonment plan
The Baytown Planning and Zoning Commission will meet Wednesday to consider abandoning a road once feeding WicKinney's Ferry near Cedar Bayou. U S Steel asked the court to vacate its claim to the road, but the planning commission has not recommended closing it at this time, citing access and bridge concerns. Commissioner Ramsey and U S Steel vice president Mallick will attend. meeting starts at 6 20 p m.
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lZoning Commission
Harris County Commissioners Court
TriCity Beach
Cedar Bayou
U.S. Steel
Commissioners Court
W. V. Ramsey
City Planning Commission
Planning Commission
Cedar Bayou Lake
Chambers County
Steel
Tri-City Beach
Chambers
Harris County
Commis
Sion
U. S. Steel
Ramsey
Arl Mallick
Political Rhetoric and Global Tensions Highlight U S Briefing
President Johnson warns convention that utopia cannot rise from ashes as tensions mount over Czech and Warsaw Pact maneuvers near a liberalizing stance. Oregon primary looms with Nixon and Kennedy trading similar voter appeals amid Tornado and Vietnam war developments.
Riots Follow De Gaulle Plea Across France
Paris unrest erupts after de Gaulle call for June referendum as Pompidou orders immediate dispersal. Two killed, hundreds injured, and hundreds arrested nationwide with demonstrations banned in major cities including Paris and Lyon. Police report injuries and a hospital count in Paris.
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Pompidou
Lyon
Strasbourg
fSee France
Memorial Baptist Church to Observe 50th Anniversary
Memorial Baptist Church marks 50 years with a Sunday service at 10 30 a m led by Rev A L Jordan returning from Paradise Hills Baptist Phoenix Rev Jordan titled to preach History by Mrs Leon Brown presented in morning service Tribute to former pastors by Dr W Edward Thiele Lunch on West Sterling grounds tent dinner Worship at 7 p m by Rev Dan Cannata Former minister of education Special music by sanctuary and youth choirs History display in main foyer Get-together with coffee and doughnuts in Fellowship Room before Sunday School at 9 30 a m
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A. L. Jordan
Memorial
Jordan
Paradise Hills Baptist Church
Phoenix
Ariz
Leon Brown
W. Edward Thiele
West Sterling
Dan Cannata
Art Neal
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