Church Coffees and Local Notices Highlight Weekend Events
Kerrville obituary for Mrs. O L Triplett from Baytown and pending services in Baytown. Marble Fails hosts informal coffee for Rev John Pietsch at 6 p.m. Sunday. Sampson Lodge 231 holds open meeting at 7 30 p.m. Saturday with speaker Ben Murray on law and order. Sacred Heart Crosby bazaar set for Sunday Oct 27 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Bayou Baptist Church hosts gospel singing 7 30 to 9 30 p.m. Saturday. Richard W Stratton promoted to staff sergeant in U S Air Force. Houston downtow n area business workshop 7 9 30 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday with SBA director Donald Grose. Weather outlook: partly cloudy, cool, highs ~77, lows ~57. Galveston tides Sunday 2 42 and 3 36 p.m. high. low 8 45 a.m. and 9 30 p.m. Monday tides 2 48 a.m. and 4 36 p.m. high.
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Sampson Lodge
the Highlands Masonic Lodge
Ben Murry
Houston
Tommy Cook Seeks Two Tickets for Rice Texas Game
Tommy Cook requests two tickets to the Rice vs Texas game in Houston on October. Contact number 424-7184. Jocelyn Wesselhoff listed as friend. Mary and H. W. Kilpatrick and Wimpy and Gloria Wismer head to the UT Arkansas game in Austin. Belated birthday wishes to Mrs Mildred Grant and Mrs Sam Alford. Mary Upton active in clubs. Katherine notes rubber plant sale. Eugena Cheatham seen in a different car. Mary Hester reports election results.
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Tommy Cook
Houston
Jocelyn Wesselhoff
Tony Schillaci
Austin
Mary and
H. W. Kilpatrick
Wimpy
Gloria Wismer
Mildred Grant
Jim Sanders
Mary Upton
Sam Alford
Katherine
Eugena Cheatham
Mary Hester
Kennedy Onassis wedding date kept secret
The Greek island of Scorpios hosts Jacqueline Kennedy and Aristotle Onassis as preparations for a Sunday wedding proceed. Metropolitan Bishop Nicode mos travels from Athens to Leukas for the ceremony. Attendants and family, including Mrs Kennedy's sister Princess Lee Radziwill, brace for a high profile union amid religious questions and paparazzi attention.
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Andravidha
Greece
Jacqueline Kennedy
Aristotle Onassis
Scorpios
Nicodemos
Athens
Dallas
Tex
Onassis
Midas
Athina Livanos
Kennedy
Mis Kennedy
Goose Creek Channel Study Nearing Completion
Baytown Chamber heard Galveston District officials say the Goose Creek shallow draft channel study is nearly finished and headed to Washington next month. A sponsor is needed to secure rights of way and spoil areas while Cedar Bayou flood concerns lessen. The Houston Ship Channel may deepen to 45 feet, but Baytown tunnel limits could halt progress at Washburn.
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Ron Lennard
Baytown Chamber of Commerce
Galveston
U. S. Corps of Army Engineers
Goose Creek
Washington
H. L. Heald
the Engineers
Cedar Bayou
Heald
Houston Ship Channel
Baytown
Washburn
Galveston Channel
Galviveston Bay Area
Franklin B. Moon
Col. Moon
Cedar
Mexico City Cabbies Fearless Drivers
Mexico City taxis number between 20,000 and 40,000 on busy streets and rarely stop. Drivers pride bold skills, with brakes and luck cited as essentials and the horn a constant companion to navigate the city’s famed traffic.
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Mexico City
Community Chest Near Halfway Mark In 1968 Drive
The Community Chest drive is 56 percent complete with $130,000 raised toward a $230,000 goal. Campaign Chairman Frank Turpin reports participation at Gulf Oil and U S Steel at 100 percent, Humble Oil and affiliates at 98 percent, with many departments finishing their solicitations. He remains confident the goal will be met as October proceeds.
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Frank Turpin
Turpin
Gulf Oil
U. S. Steel
Humble Oil
S Vs
Alvin Miles
Art Meserknecht
Joe Allen
Community Chest
Miles
Lee College
Messerknecht
Coder Bayou
Allen Lo
Apollo 7 crew near end of 11 day flight
Apollo 7 astronauts show irritability as they near the three-quarter mark of their 11 day mission. In Prague, crowds confront the National Assembly after a 2284 vote with four abstentions to approve a treaty allowing 70,000 Soviet troops to stay indefinitely. Vatican theologians say a Kennedy Onassis marriage would be invalid in Catholic eyes. U.S. warplanes conduct strike missions against North Vietnam amid talk of ending the air war soon.
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National Assembly
Vatican
John F. Kennedy
Aristotle Onassis
U. S S
North Vietnam
North
No Breakthrough Seen In Bomb Halt Talks
President Thien said there is no breakthrough in negotiations with Hanoi over a bombing halt in North Vietnam. Washington sources backed him, while Thieu noted certain things he is not informed about. A rocket attack on Vung Tau killed five civilians and wounded 19 hours before Thieu’s pacification meeting, underscoring Hanoi’s lack of de escalation. Thieu insisted the U.S. and South Vietnam positions remain unchanged and called on Hanoi to demonstrate goodwill.
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Vung Tau
Vietnam
Nguyen van Thien
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Washington
Thieu
U.S
Thien
Johnson
Saigon
United States
South Viet
Nam
Oldtimers Recall Car Emblems Collection Display
Bill Blake of Liberty showcases a 200 plus emblem collection dating to 1905, featuring 70 makes and car name plates from old autos. On view at Humble Credit Union lobby during Baytown Auto Show Week, the display highlights nostalgia for the era.
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Olds
Bill Blake
Liberty
Neal Dickens Motor Co
Raytown
Blake
Credit Union
Market St
Baytown
Dickens’ Ar
Jayshore
U.S
Ford
USS Names Safety Boss At Baytown
Everett. IM. Gorden named supervisor safety for Texas Works Baytown by Harry Spitz. Gorden, a Purdue graduate and former safety engineer at U S Steel Gary Works, will oversee safety during construction and operation. He lives in La Porte Indiana with his wife Sharlene and plans to move to Baytown.
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Everett
IM. Gorden
Texas Works
Baytown
Harry Spitz
Gorden
la Porte
Ind
Gordon
Purdue University
Aetna Casualty and Surety Co
Cmpany
Aurora
50 Residents Evacuated After Tank Car Leak
About 50 residents were evacuated Friday night in northeast Harris County after a Southern Pacific Railroad tank car carrying toxic anhydrous hydrofluoric acid ruptured. Traffic was diverted around the area of Old Beaumont Highway and Liberty Road to Walliville Road between Oates and C. E. King Road. The 15 inch tear occurred in a switch mishap at about 3:15 p.m. Friday and the area remained isolated into Saturday morning.
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Harris County
Southern Pacific Railroad
Beaumont Highway
Liberty Road
Walliville Road
Oates
C. E. King Road
Baytown Union seeks 12 percent raise plus benefits
The Baytown Employes Federation representing about 500 workers at Humble Enco Esso filed a wage reopening demand Friday under the current contract which expires January 16. They seek a 12 percent raise effective immediately, full optional retirement at age 60, early retirement with reduced pension, two extra holidays, higher shift differentials, full company hospitalization and insurance, time and one half for Sunday work, double time for overtime, and increased pre social security payments to annuitants before age 63.
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Baytown Employes Federation
Humble-Eniay- Esso
L. B. Phillips
BEF
IBEF
Policemen Honored By Noon Optimists in Baytown
The Noon Optimist Club awarded Sgt. James Lankford and Patrolman Mike Jordan of the Baytown Police Department at a club meeting led by president Tommie Jones. Lankford, 37, has 11 years on the force and is acting juvenile officer. Jordan, who joined in 1986, now works as a dispatcher. The club also supports a bicycle registration drive this Saturday from 3 am to 12 noon at Ashbel Smith and Alamo schools and will host a Zone meeting at Boys Harbor in La Porte Wednesday at 7 pm.
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James Lankford
Mike Jordan
Baytown
Noon Optimists Club
Tommie Jones
Uankford
Jordan
Ashbel Smith
Alamo
Boys Harbor
la Porte
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John A. Pietsch
Marble Fails
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Sacred Heart Catholic Church of
Crosby
University of Houston
Donald Grose
Small Business Administration
Bayou Baptist Church
Slelander
Noervict Chapgi Citizen
Kennedy-Onassis
Leukas
Panagitas
Moon
U. S
Houston Lighting and Power Co
Fred Hartman
Roberto de Leon
Doris Harrop
Ann Pritchett
Betty Hartman
Turing
Ann
Dorris
Betty
Roberto
Doris Ann
Ihe
Bill Blake of
Nguyen van Thiel
Morman
Stutz
Cord
Peoples State Bank
USS
U. S.steel
Gary (Ind
Gary
Central Mills
U.S. Army Reserve
American Society of Safety Engineers
Purdue Alumni Association
Missouri Synod of the Lutheran] Church
Sharlene
E. M.gordon
Ai Ceiaiese
Raytown Polies
Patrobusn
Counter
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Demas
Ot Hapa
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