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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1968
Page
3
A dense TV grid lists 6 PM to 5:45 PM programming across News, comedies, dramas, and movies. The guide mentions names like Steve Allen Doris Day and Maury Evans with shows from I Love Lucy to Gambit and The Big Tipoff, plus a Vietnam assignment for Army PFC Noel Guerra.
Lt. Col. Alvin Ornstein, son in law of Mr and Mrs Gaston Wilkins of 218 Burnet Drive, earns the Gen Edwin W Rawlings Award at the Air Force Institute of Technology graduation at Wright Patterson. He is 35 and the only 1H graduate to win the honor. Ornstein is married to Alice Wilkins of Baytown. they have two sons, Gregory and Grant. Mr and Mrs Wilkins have just returned from Dayton Ohio where they visited the Ornsteins.
Sam Alford Paul Parkinson and Dr George Walmsley, incumbent trustees defeated Saturday, issued a statement thanking school district patrons who supported them at the polls. They said the district is in better shape and congratulated the winners in the trustee race.
Harris County and Houston area residents will view the educational film Breast Self-Examination on October 2 with 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. showings at theaters and 7:30 p.m. late viewings at churches and schools. Dr. Wilson G. Brown, president of the Harris County Unit of the American Cancer Society, announced the joint sponsorship by the Harris County Medical Society and the local Cancer Society unit. The program aims to teach early detection of breast cancer with no admission charge and a physician on site to answer questions. The film highlights that early detection improves recovery chances, and officials estimate about 450 cases in Harris County this year with around 170 deaths.
Staff Sgt. Frankie L. Buggs received the Army Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster at Camp Roberts for Vietnam service. The citation praised his professional competence and devotion to duty, noting long hours and inspiration to peers. Buggs also served in Thailand and Italy, with a highlight at the 7th NCO Academy in Germany. He is a Crosby native who graduated from Charles & Drew High School. His wife Wanda and their three children live in Baytown.
Houston Natural Gas Corp. in Houston received the American Gas Association Industrial-Commercial Achievement Award at the AGA 50th anniversary Convention in Philadelphia. Vice president and assistant general manager distribution Long was honored for leadership in central heating and cooling plants and the natural gas total energy concept enhancing industrial and commercial use.
LOYNITA BEAIRD daughter of Mr and Mrs L F Beaird formerly of Baytown has been chosen as one of the guides to show new facilities of California Baptist College at an Open House in October 1920 Miss Beaird a 1967 graduate of Robert E Lee High School
HAL BOYLE notes divorced individuals often remarry within their circle, with four in ten choosing a partner who has also been divorced. The piece blends social observation with unrelated trivia on noise levels, Gutenberg movable type, and salary gaps by height, concluding with Seabury and Seabury quotes.
Dr George D Thompson assistant superintendent for instruction in Port Arthur school district will headline the Baytown Education Association meeting at 7 30 p m in Ross Sterling High School auditorium. His address Such As I Have Give I Thee will cover his three Baylor degrees and work experiences in Edinburg Waco Alvin and UT graduate studies. He served in the U S Air Force in Asia and has civil affairs ties with the Port Arthur Rotary Club.
Two young Houston attorneys Stephen D. Susman and Steven C. Oaks were named co-chairmen of the Harris County Young Citizens Committee for Humphrey Muskie. The appointment was announced by Harris County Humphrey Muskie leaders J Wiley Caldwell and Fred Hofheinz.
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