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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1964
Page
2
Robert W. Arnett son of Mr and Mrs A A Arnett 2 Cedar is a member of the Houstonians and the Symphonic Bands at Sam Houston State Teachers College Charles Hill son of Mrs J A Hill 3225 Nebraska is an alternate member of the band
Officials from the sta tion say the Johnson bid is being blocked by monopoly TV. Tad Smith of the Goldwater drive charges KTBC TV refused to carry a counter program and another Goldwater broadcast was shifted to Sunday. Station manager J C Setlam cites conflicts with Danny Kaye and other scheduling. Kellam notes totals show six hours 15 minutes of Republican telecasts and one hour 50 minutes for Democrats. Former Sen Knowland and ex VP Nixon plan Texas visits to back their candidates. Goldwater aims a fifth Texas push with stops in Austin Corpus Christi and Wichita Falls.
President Johnson complains of a smear rush causing Republican desertions while a brief funeral service is held for former President Herbert Hoover. National political activity is suspended. The Justice Department weighs dropping federal grand jury indictments in the Philadelphia civil rights workers slaying and considering bringing Philadelphia’s Neshoba County grand jury hearings. Truman’s injuries have closed in on nine days since his bathroom fall as Johnson visits Hoover for 25 minutes. Yonkers Raceway holds 171,084.60 for an uncashed twin-double ticket, the second largest payout in the nation. Sympathy and help pour in after Walter Jenkins arrest on a morals charge.
Four astronauts including Virgil Grissom and John Young used new Oldsmobiles free in St. Louis from June 1 to October 8, and NASA ordered the practice stopped. The cars were provided by the government for working purposes and furnished by the Oldsmobile regional director, with Grissom and Young slated to command Gemini flights next year.
Gentry pushes for a public hearing on charges that could end his term as school district official. He has not resigned despite Foard Majority requests and remains active in district affairs from outside the former Gentry quarters. The board plans a decision on granting the hearing with appeals possible to State Commissioner J W Edgar.
A workshop will be held at 9 am Saturday for the Young Democrat Chile of Lee Coillece and the Young Citizens For Johnson at the Baytown Democratic headquarters 20 East Main. A similar workshop was held last week with Mrs. Eula Fenter leading a discussion on surveying Democratic positions with black lists. The text also references the Brazilian currency notes and a 1960 discovery about printing costs.
The column weighs who would direct Moscow’s nuclear line now that Khrushchev is ousted. Brezhnev leads the party, Kosygin is premier, but the top decision may shift as portraits reflect new power. The teletype line and constitutional quirks cloud who holds the ultimate control.
Tama Hallmark, 18, who was partly paralyzed, identified sophomore Lana in a police lineup as the boy who stabbed her about 30 times last January. Lana, charged with attempted murder, claimed innocence and was released on $3,000 bond to his father Bert, a football coach.
Gary E. Blackburn son of Mr and Mrs Marvin E Blackburn of 212 North has been commissioned a second lieutenant in the Air Force upon graduation from Officer Training School at Lackland AFB Texas.
The strike at General Motors spreads effects across suppliers and urban merchants. Production and sales sag, with 1883 estimates revised downward and a lag in restoring top-speed supply chains. Union and management disagreements slow return to work as auto output plunges from late September to mid October.
About 000 hourly workers in Flint remained idle as the UAW pressed the strike against GM while others at plants selling parts and accessories stayed on the job to avoid full plant closures. National production lag and weak dealer stock followed, with Ford and Plymouth showing strong October sales, GM dealers scarce on new models, and regional impacts including California supplier losses worth millions.
Rep William E Miller accuses a Washington coverup of corruption that shadows the White House. Speaking in Dayton he links Walter Jenkins Bobby Baker and Billie Sol Estes to the Johnson administration and cites a cloud of suspicion over the presidency before Hoover memorial services.
The Soviet and Italian Communist leaders react to Nikita Khrushchev's ouster. Leonid Brezhnev and Premier Alexis Kosygin defend Khrushchev from denunciation, while Luigi Longo cautions that his replacement by the Soviet leadership raises concern and criticism.
In Rochester Humphrey accuses Barry Goldwater of plans to wreck social and economic gains of the past generation. He says Goldwater repudiates bipartisan foreign policy and aligns with extremists while alienating loyal Republicans. Humphrey prepared to attend Herbert Hoover’s funeral and continues his campaign path from Kentucky to Illinois.
The Associated Press reports a second cool front moving into Texas this week. Clearing skies and mild temperatures persist state wide as the Canadian air mass pushes into the Panhandle this afternoon. Overnight lows in the Panhandle expected to dip to the single digits while northern areas may fall a bit lower by Friday. Readings before dawn ranged from 49 to 50 degrees, with highs from 77 at El Paso to 86 at Childress.
The traveling White House announced President Johnson will speak in Memphis Tennessee at noon Saturday and Chattanooga in the afternoon, then Baltimore Maryland. He canceled all political appearances Thursday and Friday to attend funeral services in New York Thursday afternoon for the late President Herbert Hoover.
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