Eckhardt To Speak at Humphrey-Muskie Campaign HQ
Congressman Bob Eckhardt will speak at 1 p.m. Friday at Humphrey-Muskie campaign headquarters 515 W. Texas Ave. The public is invited to hear Eckhardt discuss campaign issues. Shrine Circus Tickets On sale Monday for the 1968 Shrine Circus at Sam Houston Coliseum November 6 and 7. 37 acts, 17 performances planned. Labor Leaders Bobby Barnes coordinates Humphrey-Muskie ticket in East Harris County announces a meeting at 8 p.m. Thursday at the Machinists Local Union Hall 341 E. Homan. World Community Day set November 1 at First Presbyterian Church. Elks Breakfast after western dance Saturday. donations $1. Funeral notice for James Sidney Bozeman of Sealy. Gospel singing at Bayou Baptist Church Saturday 7:30–9:30 p.m. Thunderstorm chances Friday with a cool Panhandle front. Galveston tides Friday highs 2:24 a.m. 12:54 p.m. lows 8:12 a.m. 7:48 p.m.
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Shrine Tickets
Sam Houston Coliseum
Bobby Barnes
Humphrey-Muskie
Harris County
Labor Organization
Machinists Local Union
E. Homan
Baytown Socials and Community Happenings
Richard Atkins turns a surprise birthday with Peggy explaining the cake. Mary Thorpe uses unique stationery. Frank Yates returns from Jacksonville with roses and helps others learn planting conditions in Baytown. Several Baytonians attend a Thursday credit union banquet at Shamrock Hilton in Houston. Don Lumius celebrates a new daughter. Ann Pobler heads to Benicia with husband Lee and Pat Jacobs plans a New York trip.
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Richard Atkins
Peggy
Mary Thorpe
Frank Yates
Jacksonville
Baytown
Bob Davis
F. H. Metcalf
Jerry Strickler
California
Mary Worth
Bobby Sutphin
Houston
Shamrock Hilton
Don Lumius
Pat Jacobs
New York
Hubby
Albert
Ann Pobler
Benicia
Calif
Lee
Humble
Apollo 7 Shows Sobriety in TV Tour From Space Ride
Apollo 7 astronauts Walter Schirra Donn Eisle and Walter Cunningham aired Episode 4 from their 12 minute TV tour as they travel south of the United States. The show was sober and largely free of gimmicks with poor reception and a rolling picture but excellent overall footage. They demonstrated weightlessness by blowing a pencil around the cabin and noted debris on a window pane while preparing to exercise to check the spacecraft systems.
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United States
High Space Agency
Schirra
Mission Control
You're No Better Than Your Neighbor
Fred Hartman discusses the 10,000 meter race at a Mexico City event with Kenyan Ghanaian Ethiopian and Mexican winners. He criticizes American attitudes and media influence on the Olympics and politics, noting Mexico's 86,000 students and reminding readers the moral is humility.
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Mexico City
Mount Olympus
Kenya
Ghana
Ethiopia
Mexico
America
Roberto de Leon
la Cuidad de Mexico
Fence Planned at Sterling High to Guard Campus
Sterling High School in Baytown will install a four strand barbed wire fence along the north back and east sides of the campus at a cost of about 5 000 dollars from the 7 700 000 bond program approved in May 1967. The plan includes chain link on the south side and openings for weekend traffic to access tennis facilities.
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Sy Johnella Boynton
Sterling High School
Baytown
W. D. Hinson
George H. Gentry
Sterling
Pete Sultis
Robert E. Lee
Glenn Lippman
Hinson
City Planner to Speak at TSPE Meeting in Baytown
Ross Wilhite Baytown planning director will speak at noon Friday to the Baytown chapter of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers at The Tower. His talk titled Proposed Industrial Performance Standards for Baytown covers air water and noise pollution.
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Ross Wilhite
Baytown
Texas Society of Professional Engineers
Wilhite
Orange
Tex
Texas A and M
Lamar Tech
U.S. Army Infantry
Walker New Head Of Rod, Reelers
Jack E. Walker elected president of Bayshore Rod, Reel and Gun Club. New officers include Grover K. Edge, J. W. Smith, R. L. Heinrich, Lou J. Kessler as vice presidents. Barbara Rhodes as treasurer. W. P. Smith recording secretary. M. T. Waddell Jr. corresponding secretary. Jean Kessler financial secretary. Directors feature M. T. Waddell and others. honorary directors listed with multiple names.
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Jack E. Walker
Bayshore Rod, Reel and Gun Club
Grover K. Edge
J. W. Smith
R. L. Heinrich
Lou J. Kessler
Barbara Rhodes
W. P. Smith
M. T. Waddell Jr
Jean Kessler
M. T. Waddell
Eddie Huron
V. E. Wadd
Chester Rogers
Jack Walker
Ted Kioessi
R. C. Read
Ernie Baugh
Harold Stubbs
Joe Alien
Vietnam War News and 1968 Election Developments
AP wire summary reports Thieu declines to sign a joint declaration to halt bombing North Vietnam. Lone Star Steel strikes endure. a New York federal judge uses Taft Hartley to order 75,000 longshoremen to stay on the job through December 20. A UV submarine loss is noted with no casualties as it sinks in the Atlantic. Hos Dayan signals possible annexation if peace talks fail. Nixon and Wallace campaign as Humphrey defends against charges. casualty totals drop in Vietnam amid reduced ground fighting.
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New York
Texas
Maine
Hurricane Gladys veers toward U S Gulf Coast
Hurricane Gladys shifts northwest in the Gulf of Mexico reducing threat to Tampa Bay area. A Cuba death toll rises as Gladys floods and damages crops and homes, with 4,000 Cubans evacuated. Winds reach 90 mph near the center, Florida Keys suffer power outages, and schools near the Keys and Tampa area are closed.
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Miami
Fla
Cuba
Gulf of Mexico
Tampa Bay
Tampa
Gulf Coast
St. Petersburg
Bradenton
Sarasota
Clearwater
National Weather Service
Gladys
Island
Florida
Gulf
Miami Beach
Florida Keys
Key West
Fort Myers
U.S. Strike Command
MacDill Air Force Base
High Court To Study Pasadena Annexing Case
The Texas Supreme Court announced it would hear an appeal by the City of Pasadena in an annexation dispute with Houston. The Court of Civil Appeals had held Pasadena's 1965 annexation ordinances encroached on Houston’s territory, arguing the publication only of the caption, not the full ordinance, did not meet legal requirements.
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Austin
Texas Supreme Court
Pasadena
Houston
Court of Civil Appeals
Sleep Heart Deaths Linked Study Finds Longer Sleep Ties
A New York AP report notes a large study showing higher death rates from strokes and coronary heart disease among Americans who typically sleep nine or ten hours nightly. The analysis found stroke deaths considerably higher for long sleepers versus seven hours, with coronary heart disease similarly elevated.
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New York
Neal Heads Channelview School Board Re-elected President
Neal remains president of the Channelview School Board after a Tuesday night election. Ellis Burnham named vice president Wanda Martin secretary treasurer and Jerry Knox parliamentarian. The board approved a new procedure requiring agendaed items to be submitted in writing a week ahead with a summary. Unagenda items may be heard but no action until a future meeting. The group also discussed air conditioning, term limits for the president two years with a two consecutive years wording proposed but defeated. Supt Crenshaw reported ongoing girls physical education activities a volleyball team and a future girls basketball team. Building plans from the 1965 bond issue nearing completion.
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Ellis Burnham
Wanda Martin
Jerry Knox
Hershel Tate
Harold Mutchamore
Neal
Fice
Chambers Family Needs Help After Home Burns
Former Baytonians Mr and Mrs Troy Glen Wooten visiting relatives in Lufkin when their Chambers County home burned on Turtle Bayou. They lost nearly all belongings except what was in the car and now need a bed linens and appliances. They live in a fishing cabin with two young daughters and many locals have donated clothing and kitchen items. Those wishing to assist can phone Mrs Sims at 422 368.
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Sims
Anahuac
Wootens
Chambers County
Baytown Eaft
Wooten
Police Panel To Be Held By Baytown Group
Baytown Human Relations Council to sponsor a police community relations dialogue at its meeting next Tuesday night. Four Baytown officers Chief Blair Mann Lt Charles Cowan Sgt A R Like and Patrolman William Dabney will explain the department work and answer questions from panel and audience. Mr Bob Wahmuad to moderate. Meeting open to the public.
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Baytown Human Relations Council
Baytown
Blair Mann
Charles Cowan
A. R. Like
William Dabney
Police Department
Bob Wahmuad
REL Band and Twirlers To Perform Millie in Pasadena Show
The Robert E. Lee Band and Lee Brigadiers will perform at halftime of the Gander- South Houston game in Pasadena Memorial Stadium. The program features the Modern Millie routine with fanfare, gypsyland march, three-group drill, step drills, and twirlers in the Mader Millie routine. Honors include honorary second lieutenants Cheryl Stoerer and Luan Blakey.
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Pasadena
REL
Lee Brigadiers
Houston
Memorial Stadium
Lee
Jacob
Depar
Cheryl Stoerer
Luan Blakey
Bombing Halt in doubt as talks stall in Paris
Washington reports Johnson faces Hanoi and Saigon hurdles in securing assurances for a bombing halt. Thieu insists on guarantees North Vietnam will not escalate, while U S officials weigh conditions to a lull and troop withdrawals. Amb Bunker and Thieu pressed for alignment as Paris talks stall.
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Washington
Johnson
Hanoi
Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Paris
South Vietnam
United States
Nguyen van Thien
Elsworth Bunker
Thieu
Texas prison chief calls death penalty out as federal limits loom
Dr George Beto director of the Texas Department of Corrections told the Baytown Rotary Club that the federal government has outlawed capital punishment. He cited court trends and noted Texas prisoners on death row face uncertain futures as the Supreme Court weighs limits and juries’ roles in sentencing.
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Byron Lennard
George Beto
Texas Department of Corrections
Baytown Rotary Club
U.S. Supreme Court
Washington
Beto
Rotary
Texas
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Bayou Baptist Church
Sjolander Road
Panhandle
Galveston
State Bank
By Fred Hartman
Hoss
TSPE
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Moshe Dayan
Hubert H. Humphrey
George C. Wallace
Richard M. Nixon
George Wallace
Richard Nixon
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Millie
Lee Liggett
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