Wilber Walker in Critical Condition After Accident
Seven year old Wilber Walker a first grader at Stephen F. Austin Elementary remained unconscious and critical at Methodist Hospital in Houston Friday morning after he ran into a car on Highway 146 Tuesday. The report also notes separate items including a purse theft at 702 Briarwood, a fundraiser by St Joseph's Junior School eighth graders, a Harris County Hospital District board meeting at Ben Taub, a shrimp dinner before a Sterling Rayburn game, and an investiture invitation at St Michaels Church.
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Wilber Walker
Stephen F. Austin
Methodist Hospital
Houston
Wilber
Highway 146
Edna L. Bush
E. Murrill
Briarwood
Sterling- Rayburn
Rho Zeta Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi
Bayshore Red Reel and
KJZT
Benita Pavlu
Weather and tides forecast with local notes
Cloudy to partly cloudy through Saturday with temperatures in the mid 50s on Friday. Morgan's Point tides show high at 12 13 pm and low at 10 25 pm. Local society notes include Mrs Fred Wilson sharing news about her grandson Rusty Wilson who reportedly killed a bear in northern California and a trip plans for Inez McCarley to Granada Hills to see a new grandson born to Marshall Wayne and Charlotte Watkins. Elaine Fuselier serves as alarm clock for early sleepers Ruth Hester bundled up for the first norther of the season. Judy Wright helps, Dot Denton remains friendly, Dora LeBouf admires a baby girl, Mary Love has news, Verda Upton and Colleen Dean discuss hairstyles at a social.
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Fred Wilson
Fred
Rusty) Wilson
California
Rusty
Inez McCarley
Granada Hills
Calif
Marshall Wayne
Charlotte Watkins
Elaine Fuselier
Ruth Hester
Judy Wright
Dot Denton
Dora LeBouf
Mary Love
Verda Upton
Colleen Dean
City approves 3.6 million long range street plan
Century City portion of a capital improvements project allocates 3.638 million for earthworks and 951 thousand for Massey Tompkins Road repairs. Brownwood perimeter roads get 200 thousand to act as a levee, with future street assessments adjusted to meet overall program totals. Voters will be asked to approve the five to ten year program on November 18.
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Capital Improvements Study Committee
Century City
Calif
Texas Avenue
Massey Tompkins Road
North Main
McKinney Road
Brownwood
Bayshore
West Bayshore
Mapleton
Viet Battle Deaths Double GI Total in Five Months
South Vietnamese battlefield deaths in the past five months doubled American combat deaths, as U.S. withdrawals reduce U.S. losses while Vietnamese forces bear more fighting. Losses since May 10 totaled 8,301 Vietnamese and 4,134 Americans. earlier in the year the gap was smaller. The enemy targets village militia units now intensified, with 400,000 local troops boosted and taking over more fronts such as the Mekong Delta after U.S. pullouts.
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Saigon
Ficial
U.S
U.S. Rejects Private Talks With Vietcong
Paris AP U S officials reject North Vietnam bid for secret talks with the Viet Cong without Saigon. Lodge says all four delegations must be represented. Talks without Saigon risk recognizing the Viet Cong and shifting power in Saigon. Hanoi presses for total withdrawal of non-Vietnamese troops from South Vietnam.
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Paris
North Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
United States
Xuan Thuy
Henry Cabot Lodge
Hanoi
Nguyen van Thieu
Viet Cong
South Vietnam
Washington
Jenny Richards Retires After 18 Years at Lee College Cafeteria
Mrs. Jenny Richards, Lee College cafeteria manager for 18 years, retires Friday. A Board of Regents resolution proclaims Oct 14 as Jenny Richards Day. Dr. Richard Strahan presented a treasure chest gift including a $50 jeweler gift certificate and about $123 as thanks from faculty and staff.
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Jenny Richards
Lee College
Kenneth Marshall
Richard Strahan
Board of Regents
Richards
Jenny Richard
Strahan
Caribbean weather area grows into tropical low off Cuba
A broad area of disturbed weather in the Caribbean developed into a tropical low and was forecast to lash Cuba with gusty winds and heavy rain. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said conditions favored further intensification and planes would probe the storm later today. The center reported the low lay about 150 miles southwest of Cuba and warned winds and rain would reach south Florida and the western Bahamas tonight.
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Miami
Caribbean
Cuba
National
Hurricane Center
Florida
Bahamas
Former Oiler Star Al Simmons Dead
Al Simmons a Baytown area baseball figure died at his Highlands home after a heart attack. The Baytown Refinery employee since 1937 had long supported junior baseball and led local semi pro teams. Funeral at Earthman Baytown Chapel with burial in Crest Cemetery. He is survived by his wife Gwen McPherson.
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al Simmons
Baytown
Earthman
Bonner Magness
Cc Crest
Simmons
Houston Buffs
Baytown Oiler
Houston Post
Texas
Gwen McPherson
Plans For New Highlands Post Office Shelved
Plans to build a new Highlands post office have been canceled by a presidential administrative order from Richard M. Nixon halting construction on offices without final contracts. Bids were previously requested for a site on the west side of South Main Street near Creel's Auto Parts on property owned by W. C. Stegmiller. The current Highlands post office at 106 North Main was built in 1928.
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Highlands
Richard M. Nixon
South Main Street
Creel
W. C. Stegmiller
N. Main
Nixon to address nation on living costs and inflation
Washington AP reports President Nixon plans a half hour radio broadcast aimed at housewives to discuss rising living costs aided by favorable inflation statistics. Moscow AP notes the Soviet troika mission returns three cosmonauts as two remain aloft in Soyuz. New York AP describes street cleaners sweeping paper from snowdrifts during Mets celebration after World Series run.
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Washington
Nixon
Moscow
Soviet Union
Earth
New York
Happy Street Cleaners
New York Mets
Figures Shock To Council
City council learns only 1.5 million of 6 million planned water and sewer revenue bonds can be issued. Frank Idebrando of Underwood Neuhaus cites available debt service and rising rates as needed. council ponders a possible water and sewer rate increase.
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Ron Lennard
Frank J. Idebrando
Underwood Neuhaus and Co
Houston
Ildebranda
Idebrando
Lamar Kelley
Ildebrando
Kelley
J. B. LeFevre
LeFevre
What Price Surrender In Vietnam War Debate
An editorial argues Hanoi Hanoi Hanoi. It says Moratorium Day protests mislead Americans and aid the enemy. It warns that some U S leaders call for surrender and that public street pressure could sway policy at Paris talks. It claims many protesters, unwittingly or not, aid communism and threaten national security.
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Hanoi
Paris
U.S
Vietnam
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St. Joseph's Junior School
Shammy
Alexander Drive
Bayway Drive
Harris County Hospital District
Ben Taub General Hospital
Tri-City Beach Road
Mekong Delta
Oiler
New Highlands
Our World
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Senate
First National Bank F.c.1.c
Citizens National Bank & Trust Co
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