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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1966
Page
10
In Maine, GOP Governor John Reed maintains a slight lead in the gubernatorial contest as Democratic challenger Kenneth Curtis faces a barrage of campaign issues. The shift in upper New England voting patterns toward Democrats has pressed Curtis to overcome multiple focal topics shaping the race.
Murray Hill New Jersey AP reports scientists are building artificial nerve systems and neuromines at Bell Telephone Laboratories to model how brain cells and neural assemblies govern movement, impulses, and thought. The work aims to deepen understanding, not replace human nerves, with cautious estimates of brain complexity and questions about future artificial cognition.
President Johnson signed four education bills in a White House ceremony, calling them vital for national vitality and a beacon of hope worldwide. The bills include $9 billion in federal aid to K-12 and higher education over three years, plus funding to health programs and nurse training, with additional signings for demonstration cities and pollution cleanup programs.
Washington AP reports the government leads the savings dollar war with 10 percent annual interest, far higher than before. In October 20,000 servicemen deposited about $250 each, totaling $5 million, with predictions of higher deposits. Deposited funds cannot be withdrawn until the service member returns to the United States, and interest ceases 30 days after return.
AP TV writer Cynthia Lowry discusses the surge of beauty contests on TV, led by Miss America and Miss Universe, plus junior pageants like Americas Junior Miss. Host Alien Ludden notes the finals are respectful and memorable for finalists, while CBS airs the live finals and ABC plans Dream Girl of 67 as a five week daytime elimination for America's most marriageable girl.
John Weldon of Austin has been hired as assistant city attorney in Beaumont. He is a 1966 graduate of the University of Texas Law School and Southwestern University in Georgetown.
Photographs for the 1967 Lee College yearbook will be taken Monday from 9 30 am to 3 20 pm in the LC Student Union. Students who have not yet had their pictures taken or approved for retakes should do so at this time, editor Sandra Durst said.
Recruit Graduate Marine Private Joseph W. Jones Jr., son of Mrs Blanche E Massingill of 603 East Fayle, has completed eight weeks of recruit training at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Great Lakes Illinois. He will proceed to four weeks of individual combat training and four weeks of basic specialist training before assignment to a permanent unit.
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