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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1968
Page
4
Editorial discusses insurance fraud and integrity. Nationwide highlights cases where insurers reimbursed or refused claims, then customers returned funds or admitted mistakes. Examples span Massachusetts Pennsylvania Ohio and involve small sums revealing ethics in financial dealings.
Population experts forecast a 25 percent drop in elementary and secondary enrollments over 15 years. Dean H. Thomas James of Stanford urges forward planning to reallocate resources to higher education, noting surplus teachers and crowded ghetto schools will persist in growth areas while overall building and staffing strategies must adapt to the birth rate decline. The 1970 census is expected to reveal miscalculated population estimates.
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The Baytown Sun lists editors and publishers including Fred Hartman and Beulah Mane Jackson with department heads in advertising and editorial. It notes publication at 1201 Memorial Drive Baytown Texas and distribution details, subscription rates, and postal information. The page also shows staff roles and newsroom governance text and a garbled rights notice.
Editorial cites Newsprint Information Committee data from New York showing sharp rises in newspaper use after Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s assassination. It notes LA Times adding 830 tons the week of the event, a 125 percent jump, and Philadelphia papers consuming about 3,000 tons versus 2,400 normally, illustrating public demand for detailed coverage.
The quiz cites Betsy Flanagan of Hall's Corners Elmsford New York as creator of the first cocktail in 1776 after placing a feather in a drink. It also answers that Java island hosts the world’s most thunderstorm activity with 223 storm days yearly and that Grand Rapids Michigan is nicknamed the furniture capital of America.
Ron Lennard notes at Lee College conservation symposium, mentions a babysitting girl and brother, a Dad from A&M, and a riddle about seven candies left. He passes small vignettes from Houston uptown, social security office, a secretary’s dress complaint, a joke from behind a water jug, and ends with a reflection on the value of a smile.
On this date in history 1917 American troops saw their first action on the western front in World War I. In 1929 stock prices started dropping on the New York Stock Exchange. In 1942 the British Eighth Army under General Montgomery launched a major offensive at El Alamein. Ten years ago Boris Pasternak won the Nobel Prize for literature for Dr Zhivago. Five years ago export licenses were issued for corn shipments to Hungary. One year ago a paper mill worker in Lock Haven killed five people and a neighbor before being captured.
Washington based Henry Gonzalez, the first Spanish American to represent Texas in Congress, travels between Washington and San Antonio to promote Humphrey. He laments lack of Humphrey literature in southwest Texas and notes strong oil, financial, and utility opposition. He sees Texas leaning Nixon unless Humphrey gains traction with Gov Connally and the President, and recalls his efforts in youth conservation and education funding while praising LBJ’s educational gains.
Health column advises caution with sun lamps noting they can tan quickly but also burn, especially for lighter skin. Explains exposure limits, importance of proper timing, goggles, and a timer, plus risks of injuries and child safety. Also answers quinidine use for tachycardia and possible side effects.
Oswald Jacoby discusses a bridge hand from a Card School question. South should respond with two clubs to steer toward six clubs, then execute a precise plan: win the heart lead, ruff two spades, cash diamonds, and use entries to dummy to deliver the contract. If spades and diamonds cooperate, twelve tricks possible with correct play.
In a four no trump response sequence, partner opens and rebids. With two kings shown and partner then bids six spades the recommended action is to pass or reevaluate based on partnership agreement. The prompt promises an answer tomorrow.
A compact scripture line from II Samuel 22 33 proclaims that God is strength and power and makes one way perfect. The verse emphasizes divine guidance and a confident path under divine support.
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