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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1976
Page
3
The Associated Press notes a six stamp Antigua issue illustrating water skiing sailing snorkeling deep sea fishing scuba diving and beach scene relief with Queen's Crown insignia. A souvenir sheet features the top values. Also Gilbert Islands Christmas stamps and Britain's new air letter form showcase Scotland castles.
The piece describes an Italia Card souvenir honoring Italians of courage and vision with stamps depicting Leonardo da Vinci and Giuseppe Garibaldi, sold by Philatelic Centers and via mail order. It notes canceled and uncancelled card prices and a Benjamin Franklin stamp requirement. It also mentions a Israel nature stamp film strip and a historical note on Cherokee land cession.
A Carrollton truck driver says a Wichita Falls man left a four year old girl with him for one night and never returned. The child Elizabeth Green is in Dallas welfare custody under a 10 day temporary order while police pursue the missing father Tim Green and possible Illinois links.
Baytown Methodist church secretaries attended a fall retreat in Lakeview. Attendees included Mrs. Pat Powers and Mrs. Lorna M. McCraw from Grace United Methodist Church, Mrs. Margaret Durham and Mrs. Agnes Haynes from Cedar Bayou United Methodist Church, and Mrs. Aline Burton from St. John's United Methodist Church.
On November 1 1835 Texas proclaimed independence from Mexico and set up a provisional government led by Stephen F Austin and Sam Houston. The move established a new governing framework and united leaders in the early Texan revolution.
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