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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1964
Page
2
County Judge Bill Elliott notes the district will need between $500,000 and $700,000 annually to finance mosquito control in Harris County. The plan, though still developing, aims to secure steady funding for public health efforts.
The front page analysis surveys the 1964 campaign dynamics with President Johnson facing Republican pressures and moderates urging cross party support. It notes possible shifts in Senate races in New York Ohio Pennsylvania and California, the Gulf incident and Tonkin influence, and forecasts a Johnson victory shaping congressional control and governorship outcomes.
Voters will open at a.m. and close at 7 p.m. East Harris residents may decide on three state constitutional amendments and on a proposed separate municipal civil district. Election officials are alert to ensure fair polling amid claims of partisan meddling under Operation Evil Eye. The tone notes relief that the process will soon end.
In Houston supplyin has spent time traveling roads nearby seeking any sign the boy passed through a local town. His mother and neighbors stay by phones while authorities search. The boy last slept at 30 p.m. the night of disappearance. They urge anyone with information to contact parents Baytown Police Baytown Sun or KWBA.
The election ballot includes three proposals to amend the Texas Constitution numbered 156 157 and 158. The first would shift up to one percent of permanent school funds to the available school fund each year. The second requires public notice and Texas Water Commission review before legislation creating or altering conservation and reclamation districts. The third would authorize a state funded program to aid Texans age 65 and older who lack welfare but cannot cover medical costs.
Patrol set a roadblock on old Liberty Road after threats to burn a bridge were reported. Five men arrested for license issues were released after fines. A teen girl attempted self harm and was treated in hospital. Local incidents include a tire repair swindle at Billups Service Station, damaged car windshield on W Humble, items stolen from Denman’s Hardware and G. Barnes garage, and a stolen billfold from O’Brien’s Grocery.
The Associated Press reports fog drifted over Southeast Texas with patchy cloudiness elsewhere. Temperatures before dawn were in the 50s to 60s, and a brief cooling trend is expected midweek across the state with possible showers totaling about .23 inch in North Central and Northeast Texas, plus light rain in South Texas as temperatures dip Wednesday and Thursday.
A U S cargo plane from the Philippines with two pilots aboard developed engine trouble Sunday and ditched about 15 miles south of the Pescadores. Chinese Nationalists and U S search planes located the crew, and a ship picked them up unharmed within three hours after the ditching.
President Johnson heads to Johnson City and then to Houston for a series of closing campaign appearances with Mrs. Johnson and top allies. A NBC program will air at 10 p.m. ET with Johnson and Humphrey, pre-recorded. Johnson praised Americans for rejecting extremism and met Defense and State leaders after a Madison Square Garden rally. A Viet Nam briefing followed, with defenses against guerrilla mortar attacks and a decision to replace destroyed jets. Johnson also formed a nuclear nonproliferation task force chaired by Roswell Gilpatric. The Suez Canal note concludes with a historical remark about its opening in 1869.
The President labelled the GOP nominee as radical and accused Goldwater allies of smears. He defended moderation as the nation’s highest virtue and asserted the American people will reject extremism in the presidential race.
Horticulture Club will meet at 9 30 a m on Wednesday with Mrs Velma Tharp at 1301 N Preett. Mrs J E Starling will present the program Decorating Materials From My Own Garden with focus on garden decor and materials.
Cub rallies invite 8 to 10 year old boys and their parents to Grace Methodist Church at 7 p.m. Monday. The Way of Central Baptist Church plans a missionary program Korea Ready for Religious Change at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, with a covered dish luncheon and nursery. Sorority XI GAMMA CHI Beta Sigma Phi will meet Monday at 7:30 p.m. with Mrs. Charles Bultzo at 128 Willow Lane.
Barry Goldwater charged that an airfield attack near Saigon resulted from incompetence by political soldiers and hinted guerrillas may have staged the mortar barrage to influence Johnson voters. He urged a full explanation, warned the war drift toward disaster, and pressed for a smaller government and end to the draft ahead of the California primary. He reaffirmed his campaign themes and called for law and order restoration before Election Day.
A Baytown notice lists PFC Charles E Nichols of Jefferson Davis Hospital Houston taking part in Exercise Sky Soldier on Taiwan, nine days ending Nov 5. Also reported: Mrs Mary Reed age 73 dies in Nacogdoches. Oakley Metcalf to direct funeral. Horace Mann Junior High Parents Council to meet. Baytown Cadets Civil Air Patrol to study aerospace power. Homer Godwin of Minneola hospitalized after surgery. Ronald E Werchan from Crosby graduates honors at Sheppard AFB reassigned to Ellington. St Joseph Altar Society to meet at parish house on Tuesday.
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