Senior Citizens Club Meeting and Paint-In Event
The Senior Citizens Club will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Baytown Community Building to discuss social security and medicare with John Tolao of Washington among a guest list. Baytown Art League hosts a paint-in from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday at Roseland Park Pavilion with a bargain table for purchases.
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Senior Citizens
Senior Citizens Club
Baytown
John Tolao
Washington
Baytown Art League
Roseland Park Pavilion
Bay town social notes and student travels brief
Martha J Huddle comments on a talker. George Thompson of the Port Arthur School District gave to the Bay town Education Association. Eugene Cheatham proud of his new personal phone. Dorothy Harris gets caught in the rain. Dallas Holmes hard to reach by telephone. Charles Davis never has quite enough time for everything. Ann Hemphill at home til week. Sandy Latham tight social schedule. Li and Mrs. Lawrence Shetton returned from Germany where he was stationed two years. His next assignment is in Thailand, Mrs. Shelton and her children Kelly and Laurie will remain in Bay town. Orval Overstreet Lamar Tech junior home for weekend and tells about his fight to Colorado to see the Wyoming Air Force Academy football game. Cris Johnston home for weekend from Trinity in San Antonio.
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Martha Jane Huddle
George Thompson
Port Arthur
Baytown Education Association
Eugene Cheatham
Dorothy Harris
Dallas Holmes
Charles Davis
Ann Hemphill Iss
Sandy Latham
Lawrence Shetton
Germany
Land Tract Sells For 500000 Near Interstates
An acre tract at the intersection of Interstate 10 and State Highway 146 sold to R S C Management Co of Houston for more than 500000. Seller Nellie Fitzgerald of Baytown. Papers filed Tuesday in Chambers County Court. The purchase expands R S C’s U S Steel area holdings to over 1100 acres. July saw 316 acres bought for about 80000. Real estate broker Herb Waren facilitated for the buyer. Dean Fowler of Statewide Title represented the seller.
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R-S-C Management Co
Houston
Nellie Fitzgerald
Baytown
Chambers County
U. S. Steel
Tri-City Beach Road
Herb Waren
Russo-Schindler-Cummins Inc
Dean Fowler
Statewide Title
McCarthy Rejects Backing Humphrey for President
Senator Eugene McCarthy again declined calls to back Hubert Humphrey and close ranks in the Democratic Party. In a New York fundraiser speech, he urged three key positions for his supporters and left a door open for possible support before November. He stressed his purpose was to raise issues, not gain office, amid chants of We want Gene and lively applause.
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New York
Eugene J. McCarthy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
McCarthy
Paul O'Dwyer
New York Hilton
Gene
Democratic Party
Highlands Chemical Firm Sells Out To 7 11 Owner
Dr. Henry M. Singleton of Highlands sells Industrial Chemical Specialties Co. to Southland Corp. of Dallas. Singleton becomes technical director of Southland's chemicals division. Plant will move to Dallas next summer. five employees transferred. The Singletons relocate to Dallas at 5920 Forest Haven. Industrial Chemical Specialties Co. founded 25 years ago by Singleton, Willis, and Ruez. Southland owns about 3,000 7 11 stores and markets Gulf Coast dairies Oak Farms and Camellia brands.
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Johnella Boynton
Henry M. Singleton
Industrial Chemical Specialties Co
Highlands
Southland Corp
Dallas
Singleton
Southland
Chemical
Dairies
Los Angeles
Baltimore
Gulf Coast
Oak Farms
Camellia
Quimiproductos S.A
Monterrey
Mexico
Singletons
Baytown
Humble
Draft Quota Set For Local Induction
Baytown Selective Service Board No 63 will induct 24 area men this month with 15 sent for physical exams at Houston Armed Forces Induction Center. Texas director notes 1,968 men to pre Induction exams in November, down from 6,697 in October. December national draft calls total 17,500 with 2,500 for Marines.
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Baytown
Night sticks drop as sprays replace police blows
In Asheville North Carolina Police Chief Joseph C Hail says chemical sprays have nearly eliminated the night stick replacing blunt force with nonlethal means. Other items note a gun control bill facing new danger in Congress and the nuclear nonproliferation treaty not being brought to a vote. Prime Minister Harold Wilson engages Rhodesia talks to advance African majority rule while U S forces adjust orders in Saigon and a Birmingham England child undergoes surgery for an intestinal obstruction.
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Joseph C. Hail
Asheville, N.C
Harold Wilson
Britain
Rhodesia
Thousands of Soft Coal Miners Strike Industry
Washington AP reports thousands of soft coal miners, over 40,000 UMW members, walked off as a new contract was near. The strike centers on wage and fringe benefits, with full field cover from Alaska to Maryland. Talks between UMW President Boyle and George Judy of the Bituminous Coal Operators Association stalled before a tentative agreement. The union seeks major contract rewrites including measures against nonunion coal and dust disease.
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Washington
United Mine
UMW
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Minois
Kentucky
W. A
Tony” Boyle
George Judy
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Industry Association
Alaska
Maryland
North Dakota
Alabama
Baytown Firemen Highlight Fire Prevention Week
Baytown firefighters conduct school lectures and station tours during Fire Prevention Week. Assistant chief W H McBride notes Baytown’s low fire loss rating and its impact on insurance costs, alongside plans to add seven personnel to reach 44 career members plus 16 volunteers. There have been three fires this month, two started by four year olds and one by a 10 year old playing with matches. The department has answered 32 calls from January to September, averaging 37 per month, with insured losses this year at 6714 versus 70359 last year.
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Ron Lennard
Baytown
W. H. McBride
McBride
Orange
W. H. Taylor
If They Only Had Known If They Only Had Known
Houston firemen battled a stubborn three alarm blaze for an hour before dawn and saved the four walls of a building near downtown. A later check revealed the city had purchased the structure for a future fire station relocation and that one was slated to be razed.
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Houston
Trustees Canvass Votes Set For Thursday Night
School Board President Paul Parkinson announced the board will canvass election returns Thursday night as required by law with new trustees able to be installed later. He noted installation and reorganization follow the canvass per policy, not law, and that all new members should be present for the reorganization. Holdover trustees Opryshek Wahrmund Ellis and Peterson will remain until sworn in.
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Paul Parkinson
Parkinson
Troy Peterson
Peterson
Fabian Greenwell
Philip Dignam
Glenn Lippman
Lippman
Karl W. Opryshek
Bob Wahrmund
James Ellis
Rainfall Record in Baytown for 1968
H G Work, keeper of records for the Harris County Mosquito Control District, reports Baytown rainfall reaching 52.5 inches so far in 1968 as of 11 am Tuesday. October totals show 45 inches. weekend rainfall added about three inches.
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Baytown
H. G. Work
Harris County
Work
Apollo 8 go in December on Saturn 5 rollout
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP A Saturn 5 rollout moved slowly toward the launch pad as the Apollo 8 three man crew posed with the giant booster. Apollo 7 prelaunch activity proceeds smoothly as NASA officials say the return to space after the Apollo 1 fire is on track. The two launches highlight the resumed moon mission effort with Apollo 8 slated for December 2 for an eight day, 10 lunar orbit flight if Apollo 7 succeeds.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Apollo
Air Force
Frank Borman
Navy
James A. Lovell Jr
William A. Anders
Moon
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Donn F. Eisele
Walter Cunningham
Borman
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Jim McLain
San Jacinto River
Market
Crosby - Lynchburg Road
Galveston
Sam Alford
Alamo Pta
Alamo Parent-Teacher Association
Hubert
Henry M, Singleton
Highlands Chemical Firm
Citizens National Bank & Trust Co
House
Senate
Congress
U.S. 4Th Infantry Division
U.S. 82Nd Airborne Division
Saigon
Birmingham
England
U.S
REL
Robert E. Lee
National Merit Scholarship Corp
Mandy McKee
John W. McKee
Linda Dickerson
L. T. Dickerson
Paul Ostermayer
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Paul A. Ostermayer
Holly Ehfig
W. H. Eh
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