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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1964
Page
1
An explosion at Saigon airport restaurant injures 18 Americans and at least four Vietnamese. An American Air Force officer is badly wounded while others, including 11 airmen and three civilians, suffer minor injuries. Security initially suspects mortar attack nearby.
A Baytown area page lists canceled Sun Spots meeting due to low attendance and notes on club officers, dues, and local events. Several items include Knights of Pythias chili supper, Fourth Degree assembly, PTA meetings, a film at Sam Houston Elementary, a book review at Tri-City Beach Baptist Church, and weather and tide forecasts for Galveston. Names include Lloyd C. Janes of Seattle and J. S. Janes of Baytown. the club plans to elect new officers at the next session.
H Prutt port of Houston commissioner is in New York City on port business. Charlotte Holladay, former Baytonian now in Spring Branch, is in Baytown this week to be with her mother, Mrs W B McNulty, who had surgery. Mrs Ervin Flowers and her sister Mary Culliss have returned from three months in Fort Davis campaigning for the Johnson Humphrey ticket. Beverly Navarre Janice Jeffrey Pat Rogers and Pam Phelps helping Nancy Thomson celebrate birthday. Tomboy Tolleson 12 kills first deer an eight-point buck in Hardin County. Other deer hunters include Earl Hemphill and Connie Swain in Kerrville. Mrs Jack Curry prepares hamburgers early. Johnny Wotloks celebrating his birthday today. Jane Mitchim, teacher, now permitted visitors at Methodist Hospital in Houston, Room 587, after extensive eye surgery.
About to assign flowers from a major leaguer, the pitcher steps from a hospital room in Houston to hand a patient a ready arrangement. Dr. Pat Lestie of Baytown notes the gesture as a thrill. Mrs Leslie returns home from St Luke's.
E O Camben district manager of General Telephone will meet the city council at 6 30 p m Wednesday at city hall to discuss the ongoing study of extended area service including elimination of long distance from Baytown to Houston. A second meeting is set for 6 30 p m Thursday with Fritz Lantham city manager and J Nelson Ash city planner from Bernard Johnson Engineering Inc to review capital improvements as part of the master plan now halfway through an 18 month comprehensive study. After the Thursday session the council will discuss a municipal airport.
Wayne Barton, missing since Oct 26, was found in Laredo Texas after a statewide search. Police confirmed his return to his family in Baytown Texas as authorities described the case closed.
Two Republican congressmen question a 15 day Air Force sponsored tour of Pacific bases at taxpayers expense. Staffers on the trip work for committees with little military relevance. Rep Bow demands cost and purpose details while Rep Bray seeks justification for the expedition. The Air Force provided some names and described the trip as for orientation and familiarization with Far East military activities.
The United States directly appealed to Congolese rebel leaders from Stanleyville to secure safe evacuation for missionary Dr. Paul Carlson and other Americans and Belgians held as prisoners of war. Ambassador G Morris Godley urged action via radio, noting lack of direct contact with the rebel capital and referencing ongoing ICRC and OAU mediation efforts.
Funeral services for Virgie Lula Hightower 36 of Baytown will be held Thursday at 10:30 AM at Second Baptist Church. The Rev. Paul Stephens and the Rev. Herb Zimmerman will officiate. Burial will follow under Earthman Funeral Home direction. She leaves a husband J Hightower of Baytown, five sons, two sisters, two brothers, and 22 grandchildren.
About 1200 parents are expected to attend Robert E. Lee High School Parents Night. The program starts at 6 pm with refreshments in the student commons, followed by entertainment by Sarah Kirkhant, organist, and the Southern Belles chorus at 7 30 pm in the auditorium. Gerald Walker will offer the prayer, with response by the REL choir. Woody Butler, student chair, will introduce Principal Henry Armstrong who will welcome attendees and outline class visit instructions. Parents then tour the class schedules.
Denver resident August Peri of THOW Clyde Place asks the Denver Chamber of Commerce what happened to Goose Creek. He recalls a 24 year connection to Goose Creek, Tex., and wonders if the town was consolidated with Pelly and Baytown, now officially Baytown. Chamber manager Dave Moore confirms Goose Creek’s consolidation and urges proof of its continued existence.
Two Highlands high school students Jerry Smith and Tony Bianchi were selected to represent over 5,000 district students in the Teen-Age March of Dimes. They join 12 Harris County representatives at a Houston breakfast and will serve on the executive council of the campaign aiming to raise 20,000 dollars through clubs and a county entertainment concert.
In Rome, Malian Foreign Ministry expels two Egyptian diplomats after attempting to ship a bound, drugged prisoner in a diplomatic trunk to Cairo. Victim Josef Dahan, Moroccan-born, 30, claimed Israeli and UAR espionage ties. trunks and immunity cited. Dahan alleged he was drugged after being lured from Via Veneto.
Secretary of Defense Robert S McNamara announced 35 additional military bases will be eliminated including some naval shipyards. A U S F100 jet fighter escorting reconnaissance plane over Taos has been shot down.
The Sun announces new photo sizing rules for contributors. Photo engravings for printing can no longer be enlarged or reduced. Specific printable area sizes are given: one column one and eight, two columns three and a quarter, three columns six and seven eighths, with max depths of six inches for four column and eight inches for three column pictures. Snapshot head shots and five by seven group photos may be cropped to fit.
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