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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1966
Page
1
U S bombers raid as reinforcements shift toward the buffer area above the demilitarized zone north of Vietnam. Defense Secretary McNamara arrives in Saigon for a four day tour to view war needs. A battalion of the 173rd Airborne Brigade is sent to Da Nang to reinforce Leathernecks.
The school board will meet at 7 30 p m in the administration building to discuss a two meetings per month schedule. The Robert E Lee High School Choir and Madrigal Singers host their first concert of the year at 7 20 p m Tuesday in the REL auditorium with no admission.
Miss Lucy Garcia, 23, of La Porte, died when her car plowed into a ditch and overturned after driving south on Lomax near Avenue H. Graveside services set for Tuesday at Grand View Memorial Cemetery with the Art Simpson Funeral Home in charge.
Channelview School Supt H C Schochler and Board President C L Robertson testified at an Austin hearing that Bowden Cook's reassignment followed a student being barred from athletics. Cook said the boy twice quit football and was told he could not participate while he remained in Channelview. The hearing before State Education Commissioner J W Edgar was to decide on Cook's appeal from the board action.
Newport police say Doris Duke’s companion Eduardo Tirella died in a car incident at Rough Point estate. Duke reported the wreck occurred as Tirella opened heavy gates. officials found no foul play. Duke described the death as accidental and something they had done many times before.
The Supreme Court agreed to hear Curtis Publishing's appeal of a 460000 judgment against it in the libel suit by Wallace Butts former Georgia football coach. The case centers on a Saturday Evening Post story alleging pregame secrecy involving Paul Bryant and the 1962 Alabama Georgia game.
Hurricane Inez skirted the Texas coast avoiding South Texas and its citrus crop as Brownsville residents returned home after evacuations. The 135 mph storm battered Mexico near Tampico, with higher winds and a fluctuating path before moving inland toward the west.
NASA schedules the Gemini 12 rendezvous and space walk mission for November 9. Pilots James A. Lovell Jr. and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. will launch at 3:28 pm EST from a nearby pad, with Aldrin doing two spacewalks during the four day mission. NASA maintains a policy of delaying official launch date announcements until 10 days prior.
Dodgers survive ninth inning thriller as Lou Johnson belts a final out fly to center off Paul Blair. Nicknamed Cinderella, Johnson seals a win keeping Dodgers alive in the series against Baltimore. Pitcher and crowd scenes capture a tense, late game moment.
Washington AP reports strategists say war not a major congressional issue though voters are upset by the conflict. Many fear escalation yet most want no quick pullout. Democratic and Republican operatives note uncertainty about how the war will influence ballots as Johnson seeks a path forward.
The Rev and Mrs W F McCorkle mission to Tamale Ghana gains a fast link via homing pigeons from Baytown broker Jim Nelson. Birds deliver messages in minutes, aiding remote villages and emergencies. pigeons stay protected under federal and state laws.
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