Writer Caught In Houston Hijackings Relives Terror
Dallas News reporter Sam Kinch Jr offers a first person recount of the 1972 Houston to Havana hijacking. Four gunmen seized the Boeing 727, killing one worker and wounding another, while threatening passengers and crew for 12 hours before landing in Havana and later returning to the United States.
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Dallas News
Sam Kinch Jr
Washington
Sargent Shriver
Cuba
Havana
Atlanta
Professor Klink
Ime
Miami
New Orleans
United States
Storage Shed Fire at David Evans Home
A wooden storage shed at 307 Long Drive burned at 2 p.m. Sunday. Officials say the blaze origin is undetermined and the shed was a total loss. A nearby utility post was slightly damaged but the main house escaped damage. Firefighters also responded to a car fire in Kroger's parking lot at 12:40 p.m. Saturday.
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David Evans
Long Drive
Kroger
Funeral Notices Highlight Baytown Passings and Survivors
Multiple Baytown obituaries list Barbara Ann Raymond 41 of 403 South Whiting and Fred Harold Harvey 49 of 211 Hines with family survivors in Baytown, Ohio, and other states. Services are announced at First Christian Church Earthman Funeral Home and Paul A. Lee Funeral Home with details on burial at Memory Garden and Cedar Crest Cemeteries.
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Barbara Ann Raymond
South Whiting
Baytown Hospital
Baytown
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Roxanne
Ronda Raymond
Russell
Richard Raymond
Chagrin
Ohio
Effie Clark
Eldon Berry
Fred G. Clark
Hilman Clark
Phoenix
Ariz
First Christian Church
Robert K. Schomp
G. L. Nichols
San Jacinto Memorial Park
Earthman Funeral Home
Fred H. Harvey
Fred Harold Harvey
Hines
Earthman Funeral Home Chapel
Harvey
High Island
Memory Garden
Ed Thiele
Paul Flower
Albert Hicks
Fred Hale
Richard McElveen
John Issack
Buddy McDaniel
Oma Jane Bailey
Omari Bailey
Paul A. Lee
Betty Bailey
Becky Bailey
Tommy Stewart
Bruce M. Causey Sr
Cedar Crest Cemetery
Bruce M.causey Jr
Ted McCall
Billy Allen
Donald Allen
Ben Fitzgerald
Joe Fitzgerald
Presston Fitzgerald
Richard Adams
Roy Adams
Marylion Cole
Sarah Sawberger
Sarah Elizabeth Sawberger
St. James House
C. Gary Bonner
First Baptist Church
South
Sawberger
Commanche
Church Extension Service
John H. Blakey
Edward J. Sawberger
Frank H. Sawberger
Lasi Porte
Donnie Price
San Antonio
Alice Sawberger
Charles Clinton
College Station
Melinda Sawberger
Lisa Sawhberger
la Porte
J. B. Patterson
Fort Worth
Hill of Rest Cemetery
James Fulton
Mack Ford
David Glenn
Wade Glenn
M. H
Pete) Sheppard
Jack Ford Jr
H. Carl Messerschmidt
William Holder
John Drascol
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Murder Charge Filed Against Channelview Man
Sammy Eugene Vestal 35 of 16518 Second St Channelview is charged with murder in the shooting death of Courtney Eli Haines 55 of 16217 Ridlon in front of Vestal’s repair shop at 16215 Market Street. Bond set at 2500. Haines a deckhand for Alamo Barge Line survived by wife Melba. Funeral held at Howard Glendale Chapel with cremation at Brookside Memorial Park. Arresting officers were Harris County Deputies H W Steve and J W Jones.
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Sammy Eugene Vestal
Second St
Courtney Eli
Porkchop) Haines
Ridlon
Haines
Vestal
Market Street
Justice of the Peace N. C. Morrison
Baytown
Howard Glendale Funeral Home
Brookside Memorial Park
Alamo Barge Line
Melba
Harris County
H. W .Stvele
J. W. Jones
Blood drive aims to boost area supply with college help
Blood Services collaborates with Harris County colleges to expand donations. Blood mobiles at Lee College and other campuses encourage community participation in a college led blood plan that benefits patients needing multiple transfusions. Volunteers from all communities welcome.
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Blood Services
Harris County
Lee Colllege
College of
Moser Hall
Garrie Johnson
City to Keep Up Blinkers at SJ Decker Intersection
The city will maintain blinking warning signals near the Decker Drive and San Jacinto intersection after an agreement with the Texas Highway Department. Signals will be placed on both approaches near the Humble Building, with the state road oversight and city maintenance sharing duties. Mayor Glen Walker to name a Baytown Housing Authority member at the November 9 meeting.
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Texas Highway Department
Decker Drive
San Jacinto
Highway Department
Spur 330
Humble
Garth Road
Glen Walker
Baytown Housing Authority Board
Channelview Historical Society to Elect Officers
The Channelview Historical Society will meet at 7 30 p m Wednesday at Fire Station No 2 on Ridlon Street. An outline of the society's purpose and goals will be announced and officers will be elected with committee chairmen appointed.
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Channelview
Channelview Historical Society
Ridlon Street
Tickets Available for Texas A&M Arkansas Game
Two tickets to the Texas A&M vs Arkansas game next Saturday are available by calling 427-2240.
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