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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1964
Page
1
Memorial Stadium hosted a district game in which the Ganders built a 21-0 lead by halftime and shut out the Stingarees 21-0. Sam Whittington and the defense paced the win as 8500 fans watched a strong first half and solid second frame.
The Ganders outscored the Stingarees 14-12 on the road after a first half battle. Kenny Fenelon and Jaci Strange connected on a key second quarter score, while Muddy defense limited Baytown threats. Details emerge as play-by-play notes from the Friday night contest conclude with Ganders claiming momentum early in the third.
Baytown eyes a municipal airport tied to a hoped for federal grant of 216800 if voters approve a proposed bond issue. FAA approval cited but funding hinges on a voter yes, with litigation over bonds and matching funds affecting timing and scope of the airport project.
Mr and Mrs E Wy LaFiette return from a two week trip covering Yellowstone Park Canada the Dakotas and Manhattan Kansas Mary Jean Schmvartz Kopf visits Charles Tillery’s Gail Lawrence receives a congratulatory orchid corsage from a Houston newspaper noting her picture in Sundays edition Baytown Little Theater actor Joe Allen mispronounces Arsenic and Old Lace lines in rehearsal causing laughter by the cast Jonathan Winters mix up at rehearsal adds local humor
Pravda brands Khrushchev's tactics as hair brained schemes amid Cold War rhetoric. United Fund drive at Humble Oil Baytown refinery reports $93,047.75 contributed by employees plus a $28 donation from the company. East Harris County drive stands 78 percent toward goal with 100 percent participation in several departments. Sheffield calls workers very proud of cooperation and notes more departments at 100 percent than ever.
Unclear text reports chaotic fallout from Nikita Kivu's removal as premier, with hints of ongoing power struggles and long-term global headlines. Readable fragments suggest unpredictable domestic turmoil and continuing influence on world affairs as officials react.
A chaotic wartime tone outlines Nikita Khrushchev's rumored removal and Brezhnev's rise. Pravda condemns Khrushchev, while Averell Harriman recounts Khrushchev’s plan to resign after his 70th birthday. Foreign policy debates loom as Red China tensions persist.
Security plans for President Johnson's Houston visit were being prepared with police on alert. Officers' leave was canceled and the public urged to keep windows closed and avoid rooftops or balconies along the parade route.
Wanda Orton reports Sinclair Petro-Chemicals Lyon-Cell plant chief Honor Wilson warns Baytown area climate decisions influence industrial growth. He cites highway and waterway upgrades as vital. Wilson notes Sinclair workers live nearby, with 21 percent living in Baytown and nine percent in the immediate trade area, linking fringe industry to fringe benefits.
Championship boating began in Baytown with qualifying heats on the San Jacinto River near Clear Lake Road. The event, sponsored by Baytown Best Club, runs today and Sunday at 1 p.m. Exhibition races feature the Houston Dragsters led by commodore Gordon Cooper. fellow astronaut Scott Carpenter will pilot Cooper's boat. Entrants come from Texas Louisiana Oklahoma and nearby regions with many Baytown Boat Club members seeking triumph under the Lone Star Banat Racing Association sanction.
At Tokyo, Hansen secured pole vault gold with a 16 feet 8 3/4 inches mark after a grueling duel with Germany's Reinhandt. Long and Carr contributed to a strong US showing in track and field as the Americans extended their medal tally despite setback elsewhere. Windle aided Australia with a sprint win, completing a narrow, high-stakes event sequence.
Britain`s new prime minister Harold Wilson moves to form a Labor government with a narrow parliamentary majority. He names six cabinet ministers including Gordon Brown as economic affairs minister and Patrick Gordon Walker as foreign secretary.
The DE program at Robert E Lee High School trains students for business careers while allowing continued high school study. Coordinator Leslie Couch notes 32.6 percent of employed Texans work in related fields and many graduates pursue college, with DE offering subjects in salesmanship, grooming, personality, and business math. Students gain practical training totaling about one half to one hour per day, and those who continue to work part time can build up to five to six years of experience.
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