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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 18, 1968

Page

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Kennedy Bride To Be Marries Greek Magnate Onassis

Jacqueline Kennedy arrived in Greece to wed Aristotle Onassis ending years of speculation. The wedding set for Scorpios, with plans to honeymoon on his yacht Christina or Mediterranean tours. Airport security limited access as the ceremony nears and Onassis travels with Kennedy and her family.

Athens Jacqueline Kennedy Greece Aristotle Onassis Andravids Corfu Onassis Jackie Mediterranean Christina Mrs. Kennedy Preveza Scorpios John F. Kennedy Tina Livanos England Marquis of Blandford Duke of Marlborough Macs. Kennedy New York Hugh D. Auchincloss

Baytown Event Roundup For Crusade Meeting And Local Happenings

Baytown prepares for a Crusade For Christ discussion at 4 p.m. Saturday in the Troutmanmunity Building as Mrs W Hutson Jr and area youth directors Ted Troutman and others fly in from Los Angeles. Lanny Guidry aims to leave Baytown Hospital by Saturday to celebrate at home. nearby residents watched Apollo craft pass overhead. Fisher, Starett, and local club events fill the weekend with dances, rummage sales, cakes, and a UT-Rice football ticket sale noted for area residents. Weather cools with a junior norther, no rain expected. Galveston tides listed for Saturday.

Baytown Lanny Guidry Baytown Hospital Iris Johnson Bubba Dinky Eron Blair Appollo Ann Killough Bobby Nelson Margaret Fowler Pam Phelps Ray Angels Four Mason City Iowa Algene Fayle Louis Cloud Texas St. Luke’s Hospital Jewell Fuller New Mexiico Colorado Lilian Capps Jim Starett Georgia Tennessee

Apollo 7 fires powerful steering engine in high burn

Apollo 7 astronauts execute a record setting engine burn above the Gulf of Mexico. Commander Schirra manually takes control for the final 30 seconds to test the guidance system while the crew experiences one gravity during the maneuver. Wives watch from Clear Lake as clouds obscure other viewing.

Gulf of Mexico Schira Moon Schirra Air Force Donn F. Eisele Walter Cunningham Houston Clear Lake Manned Spacecraft Center

Gladys Not Coming Our Way Baytown Officials Say

Fletcher Hickerson Bay town Civil Defense director told The Baytown Sun Thursday night that Hurricane Gladys is not expected to affect the Baytown area. In Miami AP report, Gladys moves north in the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to turn east toward Florida’s Gulf Coast north of Tampa. Winds fell from 80 to 70 mph but tides up to five feet may reach the Suwannee River mouth between Tampa and Cedar Key.

Fletcher Hickerson Baytown Suwannee River Tampa Cedar Key

Special Education Leads Baytown School Program Reform

Wanda Orton reports Baytown schools adopt a district wide special education philosophy viewing it as part of the entire school program not just serving pupils with learning problems. George B. Clark, new director, notes staff cooperation and counselor awareness are key to refining and expanding services for 34 students this year.

Wanda Orton George B. Clark Baytown Clark Weeks

Air Canada blast shocks Miami office amid Cuba tie in

An early morning blast shattered the front of an Air Canada ticket office in Miami, Florida. The company cites possible Canadian diplomatic ties with Cuba as a factor, while authorities assess motives and potential links to broader dispute dynamics.

Air Canada Miami Flo Canada Cuba

Highlands Girl Is Queen Of Bunnies

Linda Patterson an 18 year old Highlands resident has been named Queen of the American Rabbit Breeders Association at the groups 45th convention in Pueblo Colorado. King honor went to David King 04 of Wichita Falls. A Baytown 4H member Patterson runs Bunny Barn and has collected a long string of trophies and awards in rabbit shows over five years of breeding and showing rabbits.

Ron Lennard Highlands American Rabbit Breeder Association Linda Patterson E. Canal, Highlands American Rabbit Breeders Association Pueblo Colo David King Wichita Falls King Linda Baytown Harris County Northline Mont Belvieu

Hotel Owner Stabbed To Death On Jan. 27

Arliss Huffman was convicted in the 178th District Court in Houston of murder in the stabbing death of Baytown hotel owner Harry S. Creger on January 27. He received the death penalty after key witness Gladys Prather testified against him, saying Huffman had been on Creger's body and claimed he was “having fun.” Creger’s body was found in the Creger Hotel kitchen at 107 W. Pearce. Huffman and Prather had lived at the hotel. Prather testified Huffman took Creger’s valuables after the killing. The verdict followed a one hour seven minute jury deliberation. Deputy Marvin Zindles took Huffman to the Harris County Rehabilitation Center. The sentencing marked Harris County’s second death penalty ruling in 1988.

Arliss James Huffman Houston Baytown Harry S. Creger Texas Gladys Ella Prather Huffman Marvin Zindles Harris County Rehabilitation Center Creger W. Pearce Prather Supreme Court

Sterling Band Set For Diamond Half Show

The Ranger Band of Ross Sterling High School will perform a two part diamond drill at halftime of the Sterling Sam Rayburn game in Pasadena. Elmer Hargis and Gene Cartwright direct with Sharon Arsett as drum major and Debbie Krolczyk as assistant. About 150 students participate under field direction. The program includes Sousa Fairest of the Fair, Bravura, Olympic rings, and flags of nations to a Wide World of Sports cue. Buses depart the high school at 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

Ranger Ross’ Sterling High School Sam Rayburn Pasadena Elmer Hargis Gene Cartright Sterling Stars

Welder Gets New Heart in Houston Transplant

William Carl Harrison a 50 year old Longview resident received a heart at Methodist Hospital after admission October 5 with heart failure and angina. The donor’s family requested secrecy. The operation is the 60th worldwide with 10 of 18 survivors in Houston. Surgeries at St Luke's Episcopal Hospital led by Dr. Denton Cooley and at Methodist led by Dr. Michael DeBakey.

Houston East Texas William Carl Harrison Longview Tex Methodist Hospital Harrison St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital Denton A. Cooley Methodist Michael E. DeBakey

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Fisher Wyman Fisher Jacksonville Paul A. Lee Bayshore Wagon Wheel Square Dance Club P.m Knights of Pythias Hall Bil Clegg Alvin Prentice Harold Wenckens Equate Dance Baytown Service League Market Street Barbers Hill Alumni Association RHO Epsilon Beta Fraternity of Lee College Gibson's Bay Fair Kmart Sears and Penney’s University of Texas-Rice University Young Citizens For Humphrey Wil Teas Ave Peoples State Bank Rockzir Gladys Hanoi Washington North Vietnam Beeve LTV Aerospace Paris Vietnam Secret Service Saigon Richard M. Nixon Freskient D Johnson Hubert Humphrey Edmund S. Muskie George C. Wallace Curtis E. LeMay Dreger Queen OF Highlands Girl U.S. Supreme Court Harris County Carol Vance Optimist Club Texas Court of Criminal Appeals High Court Vance Arliss J. Huffman Sterling Band Welder
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