Baytown Housewives Begin Price Picket Protest
Baytown housewives organized by the Baytown branch of the Texas Housewives Association began a boycott of high grocery prices. Picketing at five stores drew friendly responses from shoppers and 22 names on a petition after an hour, with volunteers handing out information and encouraging signers. A telephone committee reports most contacted women are pleasant and agreeable to the protest.
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Baytown
Colitius
Jackson Lawrence
Hoycotters
Two Men Hurt In One Car Accident At Decker Drive
A one car crash at 8 20 p.m. Tuesday at the Decker Drive and Free Road junction injured two men. Both received emergency care at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital with facial lacerations. Injured were Jimmy Delvin of the Blue Bonnet Motel Bay Town and Jerry Clifton Strickland of Garland. Patrolman R W Cooper said the car lost control approaching the intersection from Garth, swerved across Decker, and overturned in a ditch.
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Decker Drive
San Jacinto Meth
Jimmy Delvin
Blue Bonnet Motel
Baytown
Jerry Clifton Strick-land
Garland
R. W. Cooper
Garth
Decker
Oriskany War Action Updates From Vietnam Front
A U S spokesman said a helicopter transport was downed by ground fire 35 miles northwest of Saigon with no crew or troop casualties. Across the coast near Phan Thiet and Qui Nhon, U S forces fought Viet Cong engagements while air strikes in North Vietnam saw limited success due to bad weather. The Thayer Two operation by the 1st Cavalry began with seven Viet Cong killed in initial actions and light American casualties.
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U.S
Saigon
South
Viet Nam
1St Cavalry
Phen Thiet
Binh Thuan
North
Dong Hoi
Constellation
Thanh Hoa
Qui Nhon
Sphere Identified as Space Debris Near Tomahawk Wisconsin
Wright Patterson officials identify the metal sphere found by a Wisconsin forest ranger as space debris that re entered the atmosphere. The charred object, just over a foot in diameter, was discovered October 13 near Tomahawk. Officials would not confirm its origin as American or Soviet.
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Daxton
Ohio
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Wisconsin Forest Ranger
Tomahawk
Wis
Air Force
Noon Call Stock Quotes From Historical Ledger
A compact stock quote listing displays many companies and tickers including Allis-Chalmers Arlan's Dept Store Am Tel & Tel Anaconda and others with varied percentages and notes. The ledger includes Sun Oil Technicolor Dow Chemical Union Carbide Union Oil California Delta Air El Paso Nat Gas Ford General Electric General Motors Penn RR RCA and more, reflecting a snapshot of market activity and notable price indicators.
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Allis-Chalmers
Arlan's
St Am Tel & Tel
Anaconda
Stan Ohio
WielStauffer Chem
Sun Oil
TBM
Sunray Tele
Syntex - Armco
Technicolor
Ashland Oil
Rochester physiologist to lead American Friends Service Committee
Dr William Lotspeich executive director designate for the American Friends Service Committee to assume the role in mid 1968. He is a University of Rochester physiologist and will bring his research background to the Philadelphia based group.
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Philadelphia
William Lotspeich
University of Rochester
American Friends Service Committee
Baytonian Hurt In Two Car Crash
Loren Alva Sullivan of 22 E Hunnicutt was injured in a two car crash at Lobit and Main Street when his car crossed into the right lane and struck a utility pole. He received emergency treatment at Gulf Coast Hospital and was later moved to the Veterans Hospital in Houston. Police say Charles Lynn Grubbs of 3 N Archer Road was in the southbound lane in the other car. both cars swerved into Lobit Street before the collision.
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Loren Alva Sullivan
E. Hunnicutt
Lobit
Main Street
Sullivan
Gulf Coast Hospital
Veterans Hospital
Houston
R. W. Cooper
Baytown Police Probe Gun Theft From Three Homes
Police report three Bowie Drive homes were raided between 6 p.m. and 3 p.m. while residents were away. A Thompson submachinegun two pistols and a rifle were stolen from Than der Reeves house and pistols from the Jones and Landwehr residences. A money pouch found nearby has been identified as part of the loot. The U S Treasury Department was notified due to machinegun possession rules.
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Baytown
Blair Munn
Thompson
Bowie Drive
Thander Reeves
Bowie
Reeves
One Injured In Train Derailment Near Clifton
A northbound Santa Fe freight train from Galveston to Chicago derailed 13 cars between Clifton and Valley Mills in Bosque County. One man, Q O W Eichmann, a brakeman from Temple, was injured but not believed seriously. The Chief Passengers were moved by bus to Temple and Houston. other crew members listed include conductor B W Taylor, engineer KH, L Grover, and L C Hayes, all from Temple.
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Clifton, Tex
Santa Fe
Galveston
Chicago
Clifton
Valley Mills
Bosque County
QO. W. Eichmann
Temple
Houston
B. W. Taylor
Kh, L. Grover
L. C. Hayes
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Lalopy
Azulian Blausters
Janet Leigh
Dewey Courvelle
Wallisville Rd
Highlands
Gary Martin
Bayport Construction Co
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Ken Peters
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Baytown Sun
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Dempsey-Tegeler & Co., Inc
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Tel
Elec iGen Tire
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Gordon's Jewelry
Greyhound
Gulf Oil
Gulf States Udil ‘Halliburton
Hoffman Electro Ho
Interlake Steel
Monsenta
Nat Dairy
Nat Dist
New York Central
Penn RR
Pepsi Cola
Phillins Pet
RCA Isases Raytheon - Schlumberger
Sears
Shell
Sinclair Stan Ind
Stan NJ
Baytonian
U.S. Treasury Department
Suns
Baytown Jaycees
East Texas
Loretta Lynn
Yee
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