Sun Spots and Community Events in Baytown Channelview
Past Matrons of Section 4 host a December 5 Christmas party at Old River Terrace Methodist Fellowship Hall Channelview with line officers from 2 to 5 p.m. Dr George F P Luquette of the Houston Zoo staff will speak to Baytown Rotary Club at noon Wednesday. Baytown City Council of Parents and Teachers plans a Christmas display at Rosalind Pavilion Wednesday morning. Mrs Charles Franklin attended the funeral of her sister-in-law in Alexandria. Charles Milton Griffin of Texas was arrested in Baytown for check forgeries. Baytown Youth Fair invites all current members to an 7:30 p.m. dinner at Roseland Park Pavilion. Moose Women host a social at 8 p.m. Wednesday at Mrs L Von Homand’s home. Mrs K C Purcell reports vandalism on her Austin car at Taft. Bethel Mission announces regular services. San Jacinto Council No 2788 Knights of Columbus invites wives to a barbecue at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
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Old River Terrace Methodist Fellowship Hall
Channelview
Rotary Club
George FP. Luquette
Houston Zoo
Baytown
Knights of Columbus
San Jacinto
Knights of Columbus Hall
Cloudy to partly cloudy and cool forecast
Weather summary notes a cloudy to partly cloudy sky with cool temperatures and a warming trend into Tuesday. Temperature range is reported as 52 to 60 degrees with coastal Galveston tides indicating a high near 1 Ts pan, Fuenday Pan.
Alpine town cafe scene names local residents and servicemen
In Alpine a cafe booth shows C J and Etta May Smith with Red Pruett recognizing familiar faces. Jimmy Cunningham, 1965 Robert E Lee HS graduate, is home on leave until December 13 before heading to California and Viet Nam. Bertie Stewart and Myles Relter joke about 7 pointers from a two deer hunt. C W Hastings notes Albert Taychard termite job for decorating the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 912 honor roll display downtown, in a window once Levin's. Mister Murphy visits their mother Betty, recovering from knee surgery as she stays in Baytown Hospital then home on crutches for the holidays.
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R. H
Red) Pruett
Dawn
Alpine
C. J
Etta May Smith
Jimmy Cunningham
Robert E. Ler High School
California
Viet Nam
Jimmy
Fort Gordon
Bertie Stewart
Myles Relter
C. W. Hastings
Albert Taychard
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Levin's
Mister Murphy
Betty
Baytown Hospital
Baytonian Interviewed Princess on Phoenix Visit
Baytonian and Princess Chet Lloyd Rodney Couch, son of Mrs. E R Couch of Baytown, interviewed Princess Margaret during her Phoenix visit. Couch, KTKT Tucson news director, was the sole journalist allowed to cover the event chosen by broadcasters newspapers and TV officials for national coverage.
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Lloyd Rodney, Couch
E.R. Couch
Baytown
Princess Margaret
Phoenix
Artz
Couch
KTKT
Tucson
Britons May Send RAF To Zambia
Prime Minister Harold Wilson called an emergency cabinet meeting amid reports Britain may deploy an RAF squadron to Zambia over Rhodesia tensions. A token reconnaissance unit could patrol the Dam and power lines serving Zambia’s copper mines, with Kaunda pressing for aid. Saboteurs cut power to the mines for 24 hours last Friday.
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London
Harold Wilson
Britain
Royal Air Forces
Zambia
Rhodesia
Wilson
Barbers Hill School Bond Election Set for Saturday
An election will be held Saturday to issue 1.6 million dollars in bonds to finance a new high school for the Barbers Hill School District. Improvements include a new building, stadium with track, baseball field, football practice area, water well, and sewage facilities on a 7 acre site bought in 1961.
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Ers Hil High
Wyatt C. Hedrick Corp
Dawsey, Joiner, Coburns King
Houston
Texas Securities Corp
San Antonio Investment Bankers
Dobbin J& Upward
San Antonio
Voling
Tam
T Pam
Cove
pSehool
Vic
Baytown Sees Cooling Then Warming Trend This Week
The Baytown area is forecast to stay cool through Monday night with a low near 42 degrees, falling from Sunday night. A warming trend starts Tuesday with a high around 50 degrees and continues through Wednesday and Thursday, per the US Weather Bureau at Houston International Airport.
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US Weather Bureau
Houston International Airport
OAS Talks Move Toward Economic Reforms in Rio
In Rio de Janeiro the Organization of American States ministers shift from peacekeeping to economics. They back broad charter changes including a new conference cycle, a charter amendment committee, three equal councils for political social economic and cultural arms, and potentially giving the political council peacekeeping duties.
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Rio DE Janeiro
West
OAS
Briton and Gromyko Weigh Nuclear Arms Curbs Talks
In Moscow, British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart heads to meetings with Andrei Gromyko to seek ways to curb nuclear proliferation and end the Vietnam War. He will also meet Premier Kosygin and party chief Brezhnev, as observers note potential shifts in NATO and nonproliferation policy amid U S-Soviet diplomacy.
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Moscow
Gbsh
Michael Stewart
Moscov
Lord Chalfont
Britadin
Stewart
Andrei Gromyko
Kosygin
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Harold Wilson
Johnson
United States
Iets
Soviet Union
Germany
Dominican Republic
Chile
Uruguay
Braz
Peru
Haiti
Colombi
Pravda
Communist Party
Great Britain
Britain
Geneva
Brezhnev
Viet Nam
U.S
Washington
Memorial Stadium Hosts Class Day Quarterfinals Football
Reported from AP shows Gaytown's Memorial Stadium set for Class day quarterfinals Saturday night as Bridge City and Bay City win their latest matchups. Also notes Patrick Wayne's upcoming marriage, a DC4 crash in Salt Lake, and Congo coup aftermath.
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Gaytown
Memorial Stadium
Bridge City
Courve
Bay City
Dickinson
Texas Toll Death Toll Rises to 36 Across Texas
At least 36 people die in Texas during the Thanksgiving holiday period as snow and bad road conditions raise fatalities. Notable victims include Miguel Alaniz of Lockney, Wil liamy Pierce and E Williams of Canutillo, and Jonas Sanders of Cleveland. Other deaths occur near El Paso, Bangs, El Campo, Rotan, and V ictor, with drivers and passengers aged from teens to 67 among the dead.
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Associated Press
Latte
Texas
New York
California
Miguel Alaniz
Lockney
el Paso
U.S
Canutillo
Department of Public Law
Williamy F. Pierce
E. Williams
Alice Ailer
Cleveland
Victor
George Thibodeau
Roy Gene Geer
Fethal
Jedge
Bangs
Gary E. Tessier
Markham
el Campo
Landon R. Hammil
Rotain
Rotan
Fifth Annual Optimist Pee Wee Bowl Aids Baytown Goodfellows
The Fifth Annual Optimist Pee Wee Bowl raised 259.20 for Baytown area Goodfellows to aid less privileged children. Hornets beat Longhorns 14 6 in the main game, with a prior 12 0 victory by the Yellows over the Eagles. Merchants and groups thanked for support. Chief Goodfellow praises the community effort and optimism.
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Goodfellows
Chyef Goodfellow
Tired Housewives Club
Don Teter
James Rawle
The
Baytown Area
Optimists
Longhorns
Hornets
Eagles
Chief Goodfellow
Ole Chief
Baytown
Goodfellow
PTA
Charles Fuller
Bill Hartman
Sun
Chief comic strip debuts with Indian chief tale
The Baytown Sun begins a new daily comic strip by a Texas cartoonist Dawley. The first installment, titled Chief, follows the busy life of an Indian chief and his tribe. The strip’s tone echoes the humor of B C as it launches on the paper’s comic page.
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Baytown Sun
Texas
Ane Dawley
The
Sun
B.C
Sparks Fly As Plant Enforces Smoking Ban
AP reports Samsonite Corp plant in Denver imposes a no smoking rule for 3,000 workers including breaks and cafeteria. Union leader Charles Griffin says a grievance will be filed. Board chair Jess Shwayder defends the policy citing employee benefit and non smoker status. The piece notes economic anxieties linked to smoking costs.
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Denver, Cola
Samsonite Corp
Charles Griffin
United Rubber Workers Local 74
Jess
Jhwalder
Sa.feander
McNamara promises all troops needed for Viet Nam war
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, in Saigon after a D-day tour, pledged that the United States would send as many fighting men as needed to win the war. He said the increased Viet Cong and North Vietnamese attacks show Hanoi intends to escalate, and that the South Vietnamese government will boost its military strength. He forewarned that casualties from a major Viet Cong assault near Saigon could be high as advisers fear. He hinted at advising President Johnson to raise U.S. ground forces and intensify air strikes, meeting troops of the 1st Cavalry in the central highlands before returning to Washington.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Robert
McNamara
Viet Nam
United States
Hanoi
U.S
Johnson
Washington
USS_ 1st Cavalry
Drang Valley
President Humphrey backs UN permanent peacekeeping force
Report says President Hubert J. Humphrey urges United States support for a permanent UN peacekeeping force. A brief note mentions Ro chester outfielder Warohl Stone was top pick by the Kansas City Athletics for 325,000, with other items about Crown Princess Michiko of Japan and general wellbeing.
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Hubert J. Humphrey
United States
United Nations
Warohl
An) Stone
Rochester
Kansas City Athletics
Baytonians Prepare to Oppose Channel Zones Hearing
Baytown officials plan a joint delegation to Austin for a 9 a.m. Wednesday hearing in Room 103 of the Reagan Building on the Texas Water Pollution Control Board proposal to create three pollution control zones for the Houston Ship Channel. The group includes about a dozen entities and will present clipings, photos of fish kills, and maps.
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Bastown
Austin
Houston
Texas Water Pollution Control Board
Baytown
Fritz Lanhams
Seaborn Crayey
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PTA Council
Baytown City
Council of Parents and Teachers
Roseland Pavilion
Charles Franklin
Alexandria
J. M. Forrest
Forhusband
Charles Milton Griffin
Te. Y
Kinney
Baytown Youth Fair
Roseland Park Pavilion
Moose
K. C. Purcell
Taft
Requiser
Bethel Mission
Galveston
SAVINGS /CITIZENS NATIONAL
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Baytonian, Princess Chet
NATO
Atlantic
I Alliance
Patrick John Wayne
John Wayne
Peggy Hunt
Civil Aeronautics Board
Salt Lake Airport
Belnap
Joseph Rasavubu
Congo
DL ON. Aldi
Central
Java
SN Tate
Highlands
Stephen F. Austin
Dwight Chandler
Dale Stasney
First National Bank
Gene Thompson
Harris County Federal Savings and Loan Assz
Thad Felton
Oscar Young
Meitizens OF Texas Savings
Plant
Shwayeder
Ste Sparks
Japan
Michiko
Tinh
Baytonians
City Hall
John H. Reagan
Congress Avenue
13Th Street
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