Viet Cong Plei Me siege intensifies near Saigon camp
U S troops back Viet Namese forces as Viet Cong renewed a vigorous attack on the Plei Me Special Forces camp 210 miles northeast of Saigon. Air strikes, ground reinforcements, and heavy shelling continued through the day as relief units moved up and U S jets pounded Viet Cong positions.
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South Viet Nami
Plei Me
U.S
Pleiku
U.S. 1St Cavalry Division
Laos
North
Viet Nam
Local notices span church events and community meetings
Sun Spots reports coring work at San Jacinto Method ist Hospital for new hospital additions planned in 1966. Turkey dinner by Goose Creek Eastern Star 736 at Fireman's Hall 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday. tickets $1 through Wednesday noon from Gene Wright or Mrs Cleo Read. Baytown events include a Selma talk by Rev John Stevens at City Hall 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Beach Relations Council meeting, Rotary Club program by Dan Stauffer, a San Jacinto PTA carnival 5-9 p.m. Tuesday, and French Club officers at San Jacinto College including Diane De Armond and Jane Moore.
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OES
Goose Creek
Eastern Star
Lae Drive
Gene Wright
Cleo Read
Selma
John Stevens
Christian Social Relations
Episcopal Diocese of Texas
Baytown
San Jacinto
la Porte
Diane de Armond
Siowa
Jane Moore
Fair and Cool Tuesday Afternoon Weather Notes
Fair and cool conditions prevail with a Tuesday afternoon warming trend and a temperature range of 45 to 74 degrees. Local updates include Mike Cuthbertson as a Tyler Junior College freshman, Denise Reineke praised for teen page book reviews, and Mable Coker with daughter Elaine Fuselier baking a lemon cake. Community notices mention Youth Week plans, a Troy Tucker family adoption, and Brownie mother Carel Portis.
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Mike Cuthbertson
Baytonian
Tyler Junior College
Denise Reineke
Mable Coker
Elaine Fuselier
Willie Terry
Joe Brack
Troy Tuckers
Little Anthony
Bonnie Peck
Terry
Carel Portis
John Martin
Sam Paine
R. J. Mallory
Indians Walk Out Over Thant Power Dispute at UN
In a Security Council session the United States and the Soviet Union argued over Secretary General Thant powers to deploy observers on the India Pakistan cease fire line. India walked out after Pakistan accused Indian forces in Kashmir of Nazi like atrocities. The council will reconvene.
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Security Council
United States
al Thane
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
Thant
Patral
Fedorenko
USD
Subcontinent
U.S
Arthur J
Goldberg
Kashmir
Adult Education Course Due At LC In November
Lee College offers adult basic education for those without a high school diploma starting in November. Four training levels will be provided with testing to determine the correct level. Government reimbursement covers levels 1–3. a small fee applies to level 4. Registration runs November 1–5 at five locations including St John’s Baptist Church Oak Addition and Lee College.
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Lee College
Walter Rundel
C. J. Collum
Collum
Dean Rundell
St. John’s Baptist Church
Oak Addition
Eisenhower checks out of Walter Reed after tests
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower leaves Walter Reed Medical Center following routine laboratory testing after a hospital admission earlier in the week. The transition marks a standard medical evaluation period for the ailing former commander.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Medical Center
Trial Of Schepps In Second Day Of Court
In Austin AP report on the second day of the Matt Schepps trial the 53 year old tobacco dealer pleads not guilty to involvement in a multi million dollar cigarette tax stamp counterfeiting operation. Prosecutors say a raid in Houston uncovered a stamping machine missing since 1957 and about 2400 tear labels of cigarettes along with a garage operation. If convicted Schepps faces up to 20 years in prison.
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Efonston
Matt Schepps
Schepps
Dist
Atty
Tom Blackwell
Texas Rangers
State Jcomptrator
Houston
iState
Scepps
J. L. Rundell
Texas
Rundell
Kiwanis Applauds Annual Apple Sale Efforts in Baytown
Baytown Kiwanis Club members kicked off the annual apple sale on Monday, touting improved fruit color and an early delivery. Speaker William Johnson of Washington State Apple Commission highlighted the history and impact, noting Washington accounts for a quarter of U.S. apple production and the program’s ties to local Girl Scout recognition.
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Baytown Kiwanis
Perry Britton
Sale
North Commerce
Baytown
Washington State
U.S
Powers To Be Speaker At Harris Scout Dinner
John Shorty Powers famed Mercury astronauts announcer will headline the East Harris Boy Scout District appreciation dinner at First Presbyterian Church fellowship hall. Joe Green reports the district scoreboard and training awards will be given. J Robert Barnes will MC. new officers to be announced. Dinner begins at 6 30 p m with units assigned dishes for the covered dish event.
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John
Shorty) Powers
Navy
East Harris
First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall
Powers
Joe 5. Green
Green
J. Robert Barnes
George Ward
Charles C. Pool
Walter A. Morgan
Kennedy snipers fire as MPs visit Vietnam camp
Viet Cong sniper fired on Sen. Edward M Kennedy and three other U.S. lawmakers in Can Tho as helicopters prepared to land them at a Mekong Delta Special Forces camp. No hits or injuries were reported, and the visitors did not notice the attack while helicopter escorts patrolled the area.
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U.S
Can Tho
South Viet Nam
Edward M. Kennedy
Mekong
Seeker Transferred From Baytown to Bay City Store
Gus Seeker, manager of J C Penney in Baytown, is transferred to the Bay City store. He will leave Friday after one and a half years in Baytown. The family plans to relocate to Bay City later. Seeker and his wife have two children, Ricky and Patty. He belongs to the Baytown Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club.
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Gus Seeker
J.C. Penney
Baytown
Penney
Bay City
Seeker
Bayown
Lloyd Jones
Ricky
Patty
Gemini 7 flight planned as Agena failure prompts review
NASA pressed ahead with the Gemini 7 14 day mission while engineers investigate the Agena rocket failure that ruined Gemini 6. Astronauts Schirra and Stafford lamented the setback as management discussed whether the modified Agena should have flown on such a major test.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Johnson weighs new housing cabinet chief post
Washington AP reports a major overhaul of leadership in housing and urban affairs is under serious consideration by President Johnson as he plans to create a Department of Housing and Urban Affairs. If a successor to Robert C. Weaver is named, top agency heads could be ousted and a fresh team installed. No decision has been made, but talks focus on new leadership and potential restructuring of the HUD agencies into the new department.
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Johnson Administration
Ousing
Urban Affairs
Robert C. Weaver
Federal Housing Administration
Urban Renewal Administration
White House
Johnson
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Department
Weaver
Nepra
House
Dent John F. Kennedy
Congress
Department of
Clarence H. Osthagen
Community Facilities Administration
Marie C. McGuire
Public Housing Administration
Charley Bell to be honored by Realtors on Bay Area Board
Bay Area Board of Realtors plans a Friday luncheon at the Tower to honor Charley Bell, longtime Houston Board executive director, in observance of Charley Bell Day. Bell helped organize the Baytown Board in 1998 and will retire January 1 to move to Cuernavaca, Mexico.
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Bay Area Board of Realtors
Charley Bell
Bell
Houston Board of Realltors
Baytown
Luke Affler
Cuernavaca
Mexco
Workshop Set Participating In The Community Story
A community workshop titled Participating In The Community Story will be held at Lamar School auditorium on Wednesday from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Sponsored by Baytown City Council of PTAs.
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Lamar
Baytown City
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