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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1965
Page
1
SUN Spots ad announces Cub Scout program led by JOE GREEN East Harris district scout executive. A lecture and movie on Cub Scouting hosted at 7 p.m. Tuesday in St Mark's Methodist Church fellowship hall. Parents of boys 8 to 10 invited. a new Cub Scout pack forming at the church.
Baytown residents contribute brief items from daily life. Ray Parnel edits a book idea while Glen Cisco plans another fishing trip and Byers Keyser locates a stuck spot for a four wheel drive. Mildred Price hunts papers as Klaas Hamstra helps solve a fastening issue. Mrs. Kirby Norriss Jr. welcomes home her sons, WF Stratton notes progress since arriving, and R H Farris schedules a weekend fun trip.
A light vote is expected in Harris County on 16 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution with about 50 000 votes projected from 241 507 eligible voters. The amendments cover assistance and medical care for the needy aged blind children and the permanently disabled, with matching funds not to exceed 60 trillion annually for payments and supplementary medical care. Page 2 notes terms of office for state officials.
Jerry Michael Ward, 21, charged with rapemurder of Houston high school girl Joyce Ofrien, 18, was indicted by the Harris County grand jury. Ward is accused of abducting and killing Ofrien after her body was found Oct. 19. police say he may have attacked five other women from Houston area parking lots since March. The article also notes a local election turnout for a poll tax related election with 12 amendments listed for voting.
London reports say Prime Minister Wilson believes a Rhodesian peace settlement is possible but white-minority leaders reject a royal commission. Wilson returns from Rhodesia to brief Parliament on an agreement with Ian Smith to form a three-man commission to explore independence terms. British fear suggests time for careful thought, though prospects of a settlement remain uncertain.
Washington AP The last six Army Reserve divisions slated by Defense Secretary McNamara for elimination may be saved in a smaller form, with members drilling without pay. The plan aims to satisfy critics while reservists object. Senate action urged delaying 751 units until next year. Orders to eliminate have not gone out. The six divisions include the 63rd California, 7th New York, 90th Texas, 3rd Ohio West Virginia, 102nd Missouri Illinois, and 101st Georgia North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee. Each division averages about 7,000 men.
Delegations backing Red China for United Nations membership disagree on how to proceed in the General Assembly. Cambodia favors seating the Communists on all UN bodies while keeping Nationalist China. Albania pushes expulsion of Nationalists and meeting other Communist conditions. A vote on a compromise may attract more support than a straight expulsion plan, with debate dues to resume soon.
US Navy and Air Force jets bombed three surface to air missile installations near Hanoi amid heavy antiaircraft fire. Missiles were fired at carrier planes, bridges were attacked, and one Navy plane was shot down. An Air Force Thunderchief mission followed, with two missiles reportedly missing.
Baytown police officers protest off duty work by auxiliary officers saying it undermines regular police. The Police Association, led by Officer Date Schimming, asks city manager Fritz Lanham to curb non charitable extra jobs and requires professional attention for emergencies. Baytown voters recently approved a half month pay raise.
Mr and Mrs J F Rawe of Baytown reported sighting the Wheya Sekt comet while deep sea fishing from Freeport to the Gulf of Mexico. They described a bright, long skinny Milky Way like tail seen from 4:35 a m to 9:30 a m aboard the boat. They also returned with 60 red snapper weighing 1 to 3 pounds each.
Richards High School in Richards Texas will host a homecoming for former students on November 14. Interested parties may call 582-5893 for more information.
AP report notes Halloween observances amid boisterous activity and isolated tragedies. In Las Cruces a woman reported vandalism with glass globe ornaments found in front yard décor. At Sarfinac Lake prank meter removals followed last year’s damage, while Nashville Boy Scouts staged a goblin shop with a boy in a makeshift crypt, heightening eerie Halloween atmosphere.
Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr. dies in Boston at 37 and was a retired Harvard history professor. Daniel Burros, NY Ku Klux Klan leader, commits suicide after his Jewish origins are public. A 95-year-old financier linked to a presidential aide faces a press conference on thawing stock surplus plans. White House silent on rumored marriage plans between Loch Johnson and his boyfriend. Weekend visit to LBI Ranch fuels speculation.
Coast Guard said more than 10 people in three refugee boats near Key West after a storm disrupted traffic from Cuba. First boats since the Straits crossing were expected, with a U.S. airlift under consideration to replace dangerous shuttle. Refugees mostly headed to Miami for processing before relocation.
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