War To End All Wars Faded From Its Aim Fifty Years On
AP reports the 50th anniversary of World War I reveals vast tolls across nations with 8.5 million soldiers dead and up to 18 million including civilians. It notes prolonged stalemate, new warfare like tanks and poison gas, and the pivotal entry of the United States in 1917 shifting the balance, ending in 1918.
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New York
Germany
Britain
Russia
U.S
America
Couther
France
United States
PTA Meeting At Stephen F Austin Elementary School
Stephen F Austin Elementary PTA meets at 2 30 p m Tuesday in the school auditorium with an executive committee session at 1 9 p m A panel on Understanding Our Changing Family is planned Relative Dies News notes death of Edna Tipton sister-in law of J H Tipton and other Baytown residents Funeral services set for 2 30 p m Tuesday at Waller Funeral Home Crockett Burial in Flat Prairie Cemetery Pennington Tex A M Mothers Club meets at 7 30 p m Tuesday in Room 4 Community Building speaker Mrs Lou Perkins on Christmas decorations Others: Gander Booster Club meets 7 30 p m Monday Commons Robert E Lee High School Sterling Booster Club 7 2 p m Monday cafeteria to elect officers CAP Civil Air Patrol Baytown Composite Squadron meets 7 9 p m Tuesday Baytown Airport filmscript The Dawning Space Age shown before aerospace education exam all youths 13 18 invited
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PTA
Stephen F. Austin Elementary
Parent Teachers Association
Edna Tipton
Klute
J. H. Tipton
Nora Brasher
Lucy Tipton
Allie Reeves
Baytown
Waller Funeral Home
Crockett
Flat Prairie
Pennington
Tex
A&m Mothers Baytown
A&m Mothers Club
Lou Perkins
CAP
Civil Air Patrol
North Main
Baytown Couple Mark 27 Years Together
Mr and Mrs Sam Al ford celebrate their 27th year in Baytown as the community notes family milestones. Other local mentions include birthdays anniversaries and social events such as Arthur Chasnoff and his partner marking her birthday alongside their 32nd wedding anniversary on Friday. Tiny Riggs attends a Houston grand opening while Leon Brown adds another year to his lifelong calendar. Dallas Holmes remains busy selling apples and Jimmy Martin emphasizes genuine service. James Miller pauses from a hectic schedule for a brief chat. Little Lance Harp assists his father Eddie with custom car work as Guy W Boyd files an early morning report. Tony Shillaci sports a red wig at Bay town Little Theater rehearsals. Mrs Barbara Hinds proves helpful in community activities.
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Paul Mears
Sam Alford
Baytown
Arthur Chasnoff
Tiny Riggs
Houston
Leon Brown
Dallas Holmes
Jimmy Martin
James Miller
Lance Harp
Eddie
Guy W. Boyd
Tony Schillaci
Barbara Hinds
Nixon Peace Role Before He Takes Office
In Biscayne Florida President Johnson hosts president elect Nixon at a luncheon and talks on Vietnam peace ahead of Nixon’s January 20 inauguration. Nixon hints he may send personal representatives to Paris or Saigon if Johnson and Dean Rusk approve. Possible envoys include Henry Cabot Lodge or William Scranton. South Vietnam’s Thieu reportedly rejects sending đại.
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Key Biscayne
Fra
Richard M. Nixon
President Johnson
White House
Vietnam
Johnson
Nixon
Executive
Paris
Saigon
Dean Rusk
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
West Germany
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
Europe
Lodge
Florida
Ton
South Vietnam
United States
Nguyen van Thieu
the Thieu
Highlands Woman Dies In Interstate Accident
Mrs. Kate Marie Jones 45 of 312 Prairie Highlands was killed Sunday night when a four by six board broke loose from construction on Interstate Highway 10 and crashed through her windshield. Funeral services are set for 2:9 p.m. Tuesday at Earthman Highlands Chapel. Survivors include her son Robert E. Jones and daughter Delores Marie Foster, four sisters, two brothers, and five grandchildren. Interment in Memory Gardens.
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Harris Countty
Joe Bibbs
Ezra Champion
J. D
Highlands
Nixon appoints Woods as personal secretary in new era
Rose Mary Woods becomes the first Nixon appointee and will retain her long held role as President elect Richard M Nixon's personal secretary. Mansfield pushes prompt Senate action on the nuclear nonproliferation treaty while North Vietnamese forces fire from within the demilitarized zone at U S Marines.
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Richard Nixon
Demilitarized Zone
U. S
North Vietnam
Rose Mary Woods
Richard M. Nixon
Weather Outlook: Cooler, then Warmer by Tuesday
The forecast calls for fair and colder conditions Monday and Monday night with partial cloudiness and a slight warmup Tuesday. Temperatures range mid 40s to upper 50s. The unofficial Baytown low Monday morning was 40 degrees.
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Baytown
Baytown teachers propose criteria for new superintendent
The Baytown Classroom Teachers Association meeting discussed selecting criteria for the next superintendent after Supt. George H. Genry retires in August. President Sherman Childres said proposals will be submitted to school trustees. The group also reviewed the Educational Advisory Council agenda and results of a coordinator survey, forming study groups to shape recommendations.
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Baytown Classroom Teachers Association
George H. Gen
BCTA
Sherman Childres
Gentry
Childres
Educational Advisory Council
EAC
Trustees To Examine CB Land Lease Pact
The Cedar Bayou Junior School board will reconsider an eight acre land lease to former district official George B J Scott. The 10 year grazing rights lease, expiring in 1972, started after a prior motion to cancel failed. The meeting also considers Ford damages from contract termination, school pictures contracts, cafeteria foods, and a Baytown Housing Authority parking area request of 0.3 acres between Carver Jones School and Lincoln Courts.
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Cedar Bayou
George B.J. Scott
Scott
Karl W. Opryshek
Opryshek
Baytown Housing Authority
Car’ver Jones
Lincoln Courts
Baker No Key To Dough
In Edmonds Washington two robbers learned a baker has no key to dough after pistol threats and stolen keys. The suspect intruders demanded money but the baker had none and fled in the moment with no injuries reported.
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Baker
Edmonds
Wash
Edmund Nelson
Tobbers
Fiesta Night Eyes Mexico City Trip At Ster ling Library
Fiesta Night at Sterling Municipal Library Auditorium plans a YMCA sponsored trip to Mexico City from Dec 27 to Jan 1. Costs are 107 for members or Spanish students and 117 for non members. includes five nights lodging round trip air bus fare three meals and entry to bull fight ballet national palace and anthropology museum. Depart Bay Town Dec 27. deposits due by Nov 4. call YMCA 427 1797 for details.
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Mexico City
Sterling Municipal Library Auditorium
YMCA
Baytown
Matamoros
Danny Sutton
Yandy Barney Webber
Lee College
Palace of Fine Arts
University of Mexico
Pyramids
Chapultepec Park and Castle
National Palace and Cathedral
National Museum of Anthropology
Basilica of Guadalupe
Ballet Folklorico
Tony Kent
VIP
National Ballet
Anthropology Museum
National Palace
The
Libyan Visitor Tells About His Country
Abdalla A Abusheifa of Benghazi Libya attends Lee College Baytown Texas for a pipeline technology course after Libyan oil firm Esso Standard Libya funds his study He compares Libyan and American climates and notes Libyas deserts trees dates oil and crops He is the youngest of nine siblings aged 28 with six sisters and three brothers.
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Ron Lennard
Abdalla A. Abusheifa
Benghazi
Libya
Esso Standard Libya, Inc
Tripoli
Lee College
Baytown
Tex
America
U.S
Abushetfa
Esso Standard
School of Pipe Line Technology
Mediterranean
North Africa
Gulf of Sidra
Tunisia
Algeria
Niger
Chad
Sudan
Egypt
Abusheifa
Ray switches lawyers ahead of King slaying trial
Memphis AP reports James Earl Ray fired Arthur J. Hanes two days before his murder trial and retained Percy Foreman of Texas. Foreman planned to appear at 9 39 am Tuesday to request a continuance, with potential delays risking holiday postponements. Ray is charged with first degree murder in the slaying of Martin Luther King Jr. during a Memphis visit supporting garbage workers. Sheriff Morris said Foreman and two Ray brothers met Ray and Ray wrote a letter to Hanes terminating services and seeking new counsel.
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Memphis, Tenn
James Earl Ray
Martin. Luther King
Ray
Battle
Foreman
Hanes
King
Memphis
William N. Morris Jr
John
Jerry Ray
Arthur Hanes Sr
Morris
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Transatlantic Bride’s Sad Parents Association
M. Rogers
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Gander Booster Club
Robert BE. Lee High School
Sterling Boosters
Ross Sterling Booster Club
Peoples State Bank
Momaar F
Jepp Busch
Barry Nettles
Ewning Optimist Club
Seaborn Cravey
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Lindy McDaniel
New York Yankees
Garrett R. Herring
Mississippi River
Gulf of Mexico
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Mexico
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