Beach City Council Meeting at Community Building
Beach City council will meet at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Community Building on West Bay Road. Duplicate Bridge Club will play Monday at the Community Building at TAS p m. Story Time at Sterling Municipal Library features Mrs Joe O Huggins Jr as leader and storytellers Mrs James M L Cauley and Mrs Robert R Bunting with children 5 to 9 invited. New member Charles Elliott elected to the American Angus Association at St Joseph Mo. announced Glen Bratcher. Rotary Club noon meeting features Dick McDowell on ticket sellers and ball game. Fred Hartman program chairman. Terry Grimes of Mont Belvieu recovering from tonsillectomy at San Jacinto Hospital. Benefit show at Houston Music Theater for the Texas Society for the Prevention of Blindness features Liberace, Flotan Zabach, Gale Sherwood. dress circle $25 patron $10. call JA 6 2550 or 621 5578. Western Dancer event at Knights of Columbus Hall from p m to 1 a m Saturday. Kathleen G Roberson of Faytown earned LSU College of Education degree. Baytown weather: cloudy and continued warm with scattered showers through Tuesday. temperatures in lower 70s. Galveston tides: Tuesday high at 6 36 a m and low at 30 42 pon.
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Joe O. Huggins Jr
Service League
Sterling Municipal Library
James ML. Cauley
Robert R. Bunting
Houston Music Theater
Liberace
Fiotan Zabach
Gale Sherwood
Houston-Gulf Coast
The
Texas Society For the Prevention of Blindness
Judith Shirline Crawford to receive Tulane arts degree
Judith Shirline Crawford will receive a bachelor of arts degree from Newcomb College, Tulane University, on Monday. The notes mention Gloria Donnelly with egg shaped hair, Karen Perry shredding newspapers, Betty Hotze seeking deli meals, Pat Wimmer visiting from Rice, Bobbie Bland attending church, and Deanna Donelson excited for a trip. Rufus Honeycutt reports extensive hailstone damage to his marquee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judith Shirline Crawford
Newcomb College
Tulane University
Gloria Donnelly
Karen Perry
Betty Hotze
Chicago
Pat Wimmer
Rice
Bobbie Bland
Martha Mouser
Monroe
Ann Hemphill
Deanna Donelson
G. R. Berry
Guy Hensleys
Moose
Wyo
Dora Ward
Karen Guidry
Rufus Honeycutt
Medal Awarded For Duty In Vietnam War Heroism
Army Sergeant Alan L Heidbreder of Baytown Texas received the Army Commendation Medal for heroism in aerial flight during ground operations against hostile forces. He is a crew chief and door gunner with Battery B 2d Battalion 1st Air Cavalry Division 20th Artillery. He entered service in 1966, trained at Fort Campbell and Fort Rucker, arrived overseas in January 1967, and previously earned the Air Medal. He is a 1966 graduate of Robert E Lee High School and formerly worked for D J Rodeo Co in Deer Park.
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ARMY
Vietnam
Spi
Alan L. Heidtreder
Madlyn S Heidbreder
Redell Road
Baytown
Heidbreder
1St Air Cavalry Division
20Th Artillery
Ft. Campbell
Ft. Rucker
Ala
Air Medal
Smith Yarborough Step Up Campaigns In Runoff Drive
Voters in Baytown and East Harris County faced intensified outreach from Lt. Gov. Preston Smith and challenger Don Yarborough as they race in a Democratic runoff for Texas governor. The campaign hinges on liberal versus conservative fault lines with telephones, radio, TV and ads shaping turnout before Saturday’s 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. polls and a final showdown against Republican Paul Eggers in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Smith
Don Yarborough
Baytown
Harris County
Smith
Texas
Yarborough Haseen
Yar
Yarborough
East Harr
Rns County
Tunoff
Ranofi
Bartoun
Don Yarboroush
Houston
Lubbock
Paul Eggers
Jasper
School Board May Rename Carver School
The school board will hear a request to keep the name George Washington Carver for the integrated Carver School. Woodrow Lewis leads a supporter delegation in hoping to retain the name as Anson Jones and Carver merge for a fully integrated elementary facility next fall. A peaceful demonstration is expected despite discouragement from Lewis. NAACP leaders say they are not directing the action, though they won’t oppose peaceful protest.
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Johnelta Boynton
George Washington Carver
Woodrow Lewis
Negro Oak
Carver
Anson Jones
Carver School
Lewis
Cephus DeBose
McNair
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Sherman Gray
DeBose
NAACP
Supt
George TI. Gentry
Trial opens in bribery case tied to LSU 1966 games
Three Baton Rouge men go on trial in U S District Court over sports bribery connected to LSU football games in 1966. The case follows a broad set of crimes and political headlines from AP reports spanning murder trials and national politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Baton Rouge
Indianapolis 509 race qualifiers cut short by rain
In Indianapolis Indiana the 509 race began Monday morning with six more cars needed to reach 33 for Thursday. Bob Hart in a rear engine Offenhauser spun into the wall during Monday's qualifiers, followed by Jerry Titus in car No 71 crashing and his car bursting into flames before Titus was rushed to a hospital with condition not reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jem Kyle
Indianapolis
Ind
Anapolis
Bob Hart
Offenhauser
Jerry Titus
Titus
Woman 79 Is Victim In Kilgore Road Fire
Mrs. Ella Mae Whatley, 79, remained in critical condition at Gulf Coast Hospital after a blaze destroyed her five room home on Kilgore Road during the night. Neighbors described a violent hail storm preceding the fire. Firefighters and bystanders fought the flames as the roof collapsed. Fire started shortly after midnight with cause undetermined. Renter Fred Goss, 43, forced entry through locked doors and pulled Whatley from the burning house after crawling through smoke and flames. He narrowly escaped as the roof caved in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Holcomb
Mike Blackman
Ella Mae Whatley
Gulf Coast Hospital
Kilgore Road
Fay Voparil
Whalley
Fred Goss
Whatley
Goss
Negotiations Continue in Baytown General Telephone Talks
Baytown General Telephone Co workers verge toward a strike vote if no deal is reached in days. CWA leaders led by Beirne and Adams urged a final push in Dallas and San Angelo talks. Union reps from Local 6179 and 6180 push for higher wages and benefits as contract ends May 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neil Adams
Baytown Lircai No
Communications Workers of America
Baytown
General Telephone Co
Adams
Dallas
Joseph Abeirne
Washington, D. C
CWA
Afl-Cio
Siher
Beirne
L. A. Sykera
North Texas
General Telephone
San Angelo
Bell
Agreement Reached In French General Strike Crisis
Paris AP reports French labor, management, and government reached an agreement to end the general strike that paralyzed the nation. Unions will decide whether workers approve the pact as leaders warn it is only a partial success after long negotiations. Premier Georges Pompidou announced the 14 hour session ended with an optimistic view of the agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Georges Seguy
Commu
Nist
General Confederation
Hailstorm Pounds Baytown With Golf Ball Sized Ice
A rare hail event hit Baytown around 9:30 p.m. as buckets of rain produced golf ball sized stones. The storm lasted minutes but caused injuries to 13 people, spurred motorists to seek shelter, and prompted residents to scoop up ice cubes after the vivid thunder and lightning.
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Bombards Baytown
Ty Preston Pendergrass
Jon
Baytown
Ebaytown
Houston Storm Wreaks Havoc Across Baytown Area
High winds gusting up to 46 mph preceded a storm in Baytown while Houston reported heavy downpours. Two Houston teenagers were electrocuted when a live wire fell into a ditch they waded in, a third was unharmed. Baytown streets bore shredded leaves and fallen limbs, with properties losing air conditioners as hail dropped temperatures sharply. Some crops faced damage in outskirts, though agricultural officials claimed limited reports.
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Baytown
Houston
Chambers County
J. R. Carroll
Carroll
Officers Elected For LC Loan Fund
Lee College Community Loan Fund Corp elected officers at its annual meeting to support students with limited finances. Walter Rundell serves as president with Alton Laird as first vice president and Mrs Joe Brack as second vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee College Community Loan Fund Corp
Corpooration
Goose Creek
Perry W. Britton
Ted Lyman
W. T. Gusch
J. T. Wood
Mirs
Secil Sutphin
Marvin Gillespie
8. D. Walkers
Stephen Liscott
George Lerch
Joy Allen
Alfred Murphy
Calvin Rutherford
Henry C. Bail
C. M. Hooper
Susan Arvin Shines at May 22 Piano Students Concert
Susan Arvin daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack Arvin of Bay town performed at a May 22 concert by William W Holloway piano students at Harding College Searcy Ark. She played Toccata from Le Tombeau de Couperin by Maurice Ravel. Arvin formerly studied with Thomas Stone of Lee College.
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Susan Arvin
Jack Arvin
Baytown
William W. Holloway
Harding College
Searcy
Ark
Maurice Ravel
Miss Arvin
Thomas Stone
Lee College
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Duplicate Bridge
Humble
Duplicate Bridge Club
Charles Elliott
American Angus Association
St. Joseph
Glen Bratcher
Rotary Club
ASTRO
Dick McDowell
the Tower
Fred Hartman
Terry Grimes
J. W. Grimes
Mont Belvieu
San Jacinto Hospital
Knights of Columbus Hall
LSU
Kathleen G. Roberson
Faytown
College of Eduction
Louisiana State University
Baytown Area
Galveston
Martha Doyle
Gwen Doyle
Hayes
Pasadens
Little Suiss Humble
Lisa Ann Bain
W. Bain Jr
Dewberry
Pasadena
Joseph C. Lee
Kristen Diane Lawless
Joel Lawless
E. Gulf
Peoples State Bank
Memmiber F
Vietnam War
Robert E. Lee High School
D. J. Rodeo Co
Deer Park
Tex
Auto Uist
Sohn O. Mitchell
Pees
Jackie Wayne Grider
Baylor
Dmz
Laredo
Carlos Marcelo
Marcello
New Orleans
Cosa Nostra
Hubert Humphrey
Pennsylvania
Democrat Convention
Humphrey
Robert Kennedy
Richard Nixon
West Germany
Bulletin
Baytonian
Pencaeeee Whatley
Sun
Randy
Lori Marton
Sammy Heisel
Steven Hughes
Seate Bradford
Robert
Brad) Bradford
Ang
Glen Arbor
LC Loan Fund
Citizens National Bank & Trust Co
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