Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Baytown Sun in Baytown, Texas

We have 22,786,314 pages in Texas

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Nov 26, 1968

Page

5

Crickets Seized in Box Labeled Fret Sample in Albuquerque

An Albuquerque report describes a box marked fret sample Rush Keep Wann Cocl with a rattling sound. Inspectors opened a 12 inch square box that yielded thousands of crickets from a Louisiana cricket farm. Zoo Director Emilie Stringe said the insects would be fed to snakes and monkeys at the Rio Grande Zoo.

Albuquerque N.M Cocl Louisiana Zoo Bmilie Stringe

General Telephone honors Baytown Division veterans

Seventeen General Telephone Co Baytown Division employees received service awards for 20 to 35 years. H E Summers and J B Cummings earned 35 years as construction foremen. Mable Matherne 30 years. Eva Howard Major Taylor 25 years. others honored for 20 years include Larry Thompson Don T Sanders Helen Wallen Beulah Cobb B D Witten R C Tullos G D Ware Gladys Reba Heal Killingsworth A W Bletsch O Navarre and Evelyn Primaux. A M Chappell presented the awards with attendance by R B Shirey R R Bailey W R Shook and R N Strickland.

General Telephone Co Baytown H. E. Summers J. B. Cummings Mable Matherne Eva Howard Major Taylor Larry Thompson Don T. Sanders Helen Wallen Beulah Cobb B. D

Bad Eyes Led to Success

Hollywood profile of Jim Webb, 21, songwriter of Up Up and Away and MacArthur Park. Describes his childhood in Oklahoma and California, family, early musical training, and rise in the music scene. Webb recalls his piano start, a Baptist background, and his break in San Bernardino studios.

Hollywood NEA Camino Palmaro Jim Webb Phoenix MacArthur Park Cole Porter Webb Tom Oklahoma Baptist University Jim Oklahoma Chevrolet Massey-Ferguson Kilkingsworth Janice Janey Jayroe San Bernarino California Cheyenne Oklo Johnny Mathis Tal San Bernardino Tom Webb MacArthur

The Keeper by Audrey Laski reviewed in brief

Book corner notes Audrey Laski’s The Keeper a Norton release about a Puritan sect, the Company of the Lord, in West Wales. A landowner seeks to evict them. Colin Gregory’s arrival stirs resistance and sympathy amid a clash of beliefs and a climactic twist. A separate AP item reports Calcutta municipal payroll mis counts due to departmental fragmentation.

Audrey Laski Norton Company of the Lord Miss Laski Atlantic Wales Colin Gregory Colin Lubbock Ada Tal Texas Tech Miss Tal Israel Tel Aviv Jhhief Miles A. Smith

Texas A&M’s snake doctor pursues herpetological medicine

College Station Texas AP Dr Mike Herron assistant professor in veterinary medicine seeks a PhD in herpetological medicine and surgery His boyhood fascination with snakes persists as he notes growing exotic pet ownership including boas and constrictors with limited treatment information for such animals.

College Station Tex Texas A&m Mike Herron Herron College of Veterinary Medicine

How's Your News IQ Quiz From Associated Press

A weekly quiz tests recall of recent world events with multiple choice items. Questions cover mining disasters, regime changes, schooling strikes, large bombings, treasury policy, and groundbreaking medical surgeries, offering a scoring scale and challenge for readers.

Farmington W.va Modibo Keita Mali Ivory Coast Upper Volta Cleveland Los Angeles New York Budapest Jerusalem Bonn Treasury

End of an era as DC3s are retired

Dallas AP reports the three blade propeller DC3 at Love Field ceased flying marking the end of an aviation era. Once common on major carriers, the DC3 remains in small airlines and military use while jet aircraft replace it. About 1000 DC3s still serve in various missions and the type is honored in the Smithsonian.

Dallas Frontier Lave Field Air Force Navy Smithsonian Institute Washington, D.C United States

Top Ten Report On Best Books

A concise list highlights fiction works including The Salzburg Connection by Machin es, Preserve and Protect by Dru Ley Le, Airport by Hailey, The Hurricane Years, A Small Town in Germany by Carve, and non fiction Memoirs by Krock, The Money Game by Smith, Of Diamonds and Diplomats by Baldridge, The Rich and the Super Rich by Lundberg, and Anti Memoirs by Malraux.

Krock Smith Baldridge Lundberg Malraux

Open 25 Hours A Day Sign Seen In Sandy Fork

Sandy Fork Virginia reports a local service station displays a playful sign claiming it is open 25 hours a day. The notice highlights small town humor and reflects local business character in an AP dispatch.

Sandy Fork

Also Mentioned on This Page

Summers R. B. Shirey A. W. Bletsch Navarre Evelyn Primeaux A. M. Chappell R. R. Bailey W. R. Shook R. N. Strickland Makers Mark Cutty Sark Tom Moore Sunny Brook Old Crow Jim Beam Windsor Gilbeys Gin Rervica Gilbeys Vodka Home Beverage Park Ph Kmert Calcutta India Municipal Corporation Corporation Tech Coed Associated Presa Nigeria Africa Soviet Union Great Brittain Alexandros Panaghoulis Constantine George Papadopoulous Aristotle Onassis Yevgeny Yevfushenko Salzburg MachInnes Hailey Germany Sield Wfirsty Houston Lighting & Power Company
Search Courier

Search the Baytown Sun Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Baytown Sun?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication