Nixon Mum On Possible Preinaugural Foreign Trips
President elect Richard M. Nixon, pledging Johnson speaks for him on Vietnam, visits New York after White House talks. He had discussed potential missions to Saigon or Paris, but neither side confirmed preinaugural travel or emissary dispatches. Johnson hinted at more talks before January 2 as Nixon eyes progress toward peace.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Vietnam
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Paris
Mideast
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Nixons
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Clark Clifford
Walt W. Rostow
Richard Helms
Central Intelligence Agency
Earle Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Washington
Key Biscayne
Fla
California
Robert H. Finch
Sacramento
Finch
Florida
Postponement Granted in James Earl Ray Murder Trial
Memphis AP report notes a change of lawyers for James Earl Ray and a court delay in the King assassination case. Percy Foreman took over as chief defense counsel replacing Arthur Hanes, who was ousted two days before the planned opening. A continuance was requested and a trial date will be set after court recess. Ray appeared for the short hearing amid ongoing FBI and Look magazine coverage.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Texas
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Alabama
Arthur Hanes
Ray
Foreman
Criminal Court
Preston Battle
Nounce
Hanes
Battle
London
Scotland Yard
King
FBI
Nobel
Lorraine
Memphis
Winter Frost Warns Baytown With Unofficial Freeze
Baytown experienced an early frost Monday night with a 64 degree unofficial low at 6 am Tuesday. The U S Weather Bureau predicted a low in the 60s and light frost, while surrounding Highlands reported heavier frost and icy puddles. Drivers faced hazardous conditions as car windshields iced over.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Houston
Highlands
Housing Authority Seeks School Land for Parking Lot
Bay town Housing Authority requests two thirds of an acre of land between Carver Jones Elementary and Lincoln Courts to build a parking area facing Carver Street. District leaders say the land may be surplus or leased, while officials note the federal requirement to own land before improvements. A committee will study options and report next meeting. The board also approved elevated salaries for top administrators, including Deputy Supt. Herring and Assistant Deputy Supt. Green, retroactive to July 1.
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Carver- Jones
Lincoln Courts
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Carver Street
Miriam Turner
Herbert Campbell
Lincoln Court
George H. Gentry
Bruce Ramsey
Gentry
Ramsey
Campbell
Turner
Lammers
W. D. Hinson
W. C. Herring
E. £. Green
Hobart W. Enoch
George Gentry
Robert E
Older Folks And Taxes at Baytown Senior Club
State Rep Joe Allen will speak at 2 p m Thursday in Room 2 at the Community Center to discuss Taxes and Senior Citizens. The Baytown Senior Citizens Club and its auxiliary hold a joint meeting with Club President E C Smoky Woods inviting all seniors to attend. A question and answer period follows the talk.
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Joe Allen
Baytown
Senior Citizens Club
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E. C
Smoky” Woods
Woods
Baytown family learns son is safe after Pentagon contacts
Baytown residents the Garrison family learned their son Sp. 4 James Garrison 21 was alive and well after a 23 hour exchange between the Defense Department and South Vietnam authorities. The troop landing craft Westchester County hit a mine but Garrison was not aboard. A welfare check confirmed his safety and he promised to write soon.
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Westchester County
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Liles
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Charg
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Sgt. Miller
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Army
Sp. 4
Gerrison
Garrison
Defense Department
Miller
The
Baytown Sun
Baytown Police
A. RB. Liles
Baytown Delegation Plans Road and Bridge Request
Final plans set for a Baytown group to petition the State Highway Commission in College Station for a Cedar Bayou loop and bridge linking Highways 146 and FM 1405. Forty-six residents led by Mayor Seaborn Cravey will travel by bus, with Cravey stating the groundwork is complete and backed by facts.
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Baytown
State Highway Commission
College Station
Cedar Bayou
School board okays extra pay for former gar bage collector
The board voted 4 to 3 to pay Ollie J. Ford for 18 additional days on his two year contract, terminated earlier. It rejected a measure to cancel George H. Scott’s eight acre Cedar Bayou campus pasture lease, prompting criticism over the board’s handling of $10 items amid a $7 million building program.
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Johnella Boynton
Ollie J. Ford
George H. Scott
Cedar Bayou
Scott
Ford
Fabian Greenwell
Bob Wahrmund
Texas
Wahrmund
Optimist speaker from Yankees star tells how to win cleanly
Linday McDaniel, New York Yankees relief pitcher and Baytown resident since 1965, spoke at the Evening Optimist Club Youth Appreciation banquet. He urged high standards in baseball and life, praised Baytown Little League, and defended fair play while addressing issues of signals and brushbacks without compromising integrity.
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New York Yankees
Linday McDaniel
Baytown Evening Optimists
McDaniel
Baytown
Optimist International
Augie
Pruett and Lobit Street Church of Christ
McDanke
Deac Saverel
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University of Houston
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James “Slick” Ellis
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Area Crusade For Christ
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Don Shirley
Ross Sterling High School
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Harns County
Oak Addition
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