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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1964
Page
2
South Johnson urged equal national healing promising to erase sectional burdens borne since the Civil War. He told listeners in Macon that election returns would prove there is no North or South and no East or West, urging the nation to unite and heal past divisions.
Boy Scouts in East Harris plan Good Turn Day to collect usable apparel toys and small utensils from homes this week. At 2 p.m. volunteers will pick up bags, aided by district executive Joe Green, as part of a broader effort to reuse items for those in need.
CHARLES KELLY, executive director of the Houston Council on Human Relations, will speak at a Baytown Human Relations Council meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the city hall. The public is invited.
Pennsylvania leaders from both parties push hard in a campaign shaped by polls showing President Johnson with a solid edge over Barry Goldwater in the Keystone State. Governor Scranton backs Goldwater while promoting party unity and a Republican legislature, as Democrat opponents link Senator Scott to Goldwater and run on independence in conservative areas.
A reader asks about enforcement of chores and parenting lessons, sharing a story of a mother who explains work value through lectures that children later say they learned by watching. Helen offers a tale of cause and effect and a daughter’s insight about learning from example.
Mrs Virginia Pierce of Houston daughter of Mr and Mrs W G Bill Wilson of Baytown is slated for brain surgery Thursday at Memorial Baptist Hospital in Houston.
A dense listing shows multiple high school football and college games across several venues. Teams include Pasadena Cedar Bayou Baytown Ball High Brazosport Sam Rayburn Channelview Deer Park Clear Creek Anahuac Crosby Barbers Hill and others with times mostly 5:20 to 8:00 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, plus weekend and Monday events.
The Annual Christian Men's Fellowship Sweetheart banquet will be at 6 30 p m Wednesday at the church. Entertainment includes a quartet from Robert E Lee High School, a band, and a filmed program.
A series of blasts at Allied Chemical Spencer plant late Sunday and early Monday killed Carroll Carr and Clyde Matthews Jr. and injures 25 others. Four workers at Allied were seriously hurt. one Spencer worker remains in hospital. The plant, a Gulf Oil division, reports several million dollars in damage and dispatched executives and engineers to assess the site.
Barry Goldwater at Madison Square Garden denounces Johnson's leftward course as dangerous toward socialism and communism. He warns of a ruinous ride and cites a late surge toward government control. He criticizes busing, defends neighborhood schools, and promises freedom from government amid confetti and cheers.
Baytown police investigate theft of a black leather doctors bag containing barbiturates medicine and medical supplies from Dr H H Duke's car parked in the Duke garage on 1804 E Texas. A black plastic raincoat was also taken. The bag held barbiturates instruments Novacaine dressings stethoscope vials and a blood pressure machine. Total value unavailable.
Dallas police charged a second man, Sidney Perry, 28, as an accessory to the murder of Dallas Times Herald reporter James Koe. Perry, arrested Sept. 20 for looting a coin machine, joins Jarry Reno who faced a murder charge but was ruled not linked to the strangling after a hearing. Reno remains jailed on a separate charge involving another matter.
Officials battled a prisoners’ riot at the Maryland House of Correction as guards and state police discovered knives clubs and other weapons. About 1,700 inmates caused fires, smashed windows and flooded doors during a mass disturbance last Friday night, with 12 guards rescued.
Washington AP reports at 97, Peter LueRuiz, a man who has driven since 1904, will attend traffic school after a recent collision. He testified he thought there was room to make the turn. Clark King, chief assistant corporation counsel, said he is the oldest ever to enroll.
East Harris Bay District scouts plan their annual appreciation banquet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in Grace Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. Otto Wendenburg of Houston, a Sam Houston Area Council scouter, will be main speaker. Eagle awardees and Veterans Training and Adventure Roundup recipients will be honored along with other awards. Joe Green notes the event honors volunteers and leaders. J T Combs chairs the dinner committee. A covered dish dinner will be served. invitations extend to leaders and their spouses.
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