Barbers Hill expands area adding 1350 acres
Mont Belvieu City Council approved a Friday annexation tripling the town’s size by adding about 1350 acres northeast and south of the city. About 150 residents in the new area, with 37 signatures backing the move, raise Mont Belvieu’s population to roughly 1090. Major land includes land east of the old Texas and New Orleans railroad and areas around the Barbers Hill Oil field and salt dome. Sun Oil is the lead company, with Texas Eastern and Warren Petroleum already inside the city. No immediate property tax levy. budget relies on franchise taxes from Houston Lighting and Power and United Gas.
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J. B Gll
Gill
Texas and
New Orleans
Southern Pacific
Barbers Hill
Salt Dome
Baytown
U.S. Steel
Hartier
Barbers Hill High School
Brayor Gill
Barbers Hill Water District No. 1
Citles
Sun Oil
Sinclair
Texas Eastern
Warren Petroleum
Mont Belvien
Houston Lighting and Power
United Gas
PTA and civic group meetings planned in Baytown area
City Council of the Baytown PTA will meet at 5:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Sterling Municipal Library with Ask the Experts as the topic. Ladies Auxiliary to Texas Society of Professional Engineers meets Friday at Goose Creek Country Club with Wigs and Wiglets as the program and lunch served. East Harris County Medical Society members and spouses gather Monday at Rebel Inn for their monthly meeting with dinner at 6 p.m. Senior Auxiliary to Senior Citizens hosts a noon luncheon Thursday at St. Mark's Scout House. Parents and Teachers of Exceptional Children meet September 11 at Sam Houston Elementary School auditorium. Dirt Gardeners Horticultural Club meets 9:50 a.m. Wednesday at Mrs. B. M. Neville’s home for Enemies Underground program. West Point cadet candidate Charles E. Liles Jr., 20, begins nine months of training in August at Fort Belvoir to prepare for entrance into the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Weather: Cloudy and mild with showers through Wednesday in the Baytown area. Tuesday’s temperature range 70 to 90 degrees. Monday’s range 73 to 84.
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Ladies Auxiliary
Texas’ Society
Goose Creek Country Club
Wyona
East Harris County Medical Society
Rebel Inn
West Point
Charles E. Liles Jr
Charles E. Liles
Lafayette
Fort Belvoir
U.S. Military Academy
Baytown Area
Baytown Emergency Corps meeting and PTA luncheon planned
SPOLS Emergency Corps members are asked to attend a 7 p.m. meeting at the headquarters on South Main per W. B. Mc Gregor. Stephen F. Austin PTA Executive Committee will meet Thursday at Youngblood's Restaurant for a joint annual instruction meeting and luncheon. A Father-Son Fete banquet is set for 6:45 p.m. Wednesday at St Mark's Methodist Church fellowship hall with Charles C Castles, Harris County assistant district attorney, as speaker. Baytonians are candidates for bachelor of business administration degrees at UT summer session: Rudolph Herrera, John R. Justice Jr., Katherine Anne Leach, John Monroe Saunders, and Garland Jay Smith.
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Emergency Corps
Baytown
South Main
W. B. McGregor
PTA
Stephen F. Austin Parent Teacher Association
IL Alm
Youngblood's
St Mark's Methodist Church
Charles C Castles
Harris County
University of Texas
Rudolph Herrera
Airhart
John R. Justice Jr
Mississippi
Katherine Anne Leach
John Mon‘roe. Saunders
Burnet
Garland Jay ‘Smith
Crosoy
Booster club president watches Ranger workouts
David Evans, serving as booster club president, attends Ranger workouts while Beverly Rockhold considers a Story possibility. The Sun's Bob Rothe escapes injury after a car incident in Corsicana during heavy rain. Fred Parker enjoys the Oiler press box scenes as he watches the AEL band and Brigadiers. Joe Hall recovers from appendectomy by eating pizza. Ada Griffith and Lynette Bush chat over ice cream as Bitsy Davis practices bike riding with daughter Caroline. Mrs Moody Archie shops for fabric in the rain. Polly Atherton lands the first car pool assignment on the first school day. Betty Bailey learns hunting season opening date while planning the charity ball. Ricky Holland rides horseback. Fred Aebi jokes about a seasick Navy man during Labor Day fishing. Gilbert Lumpkin provides a score. Beth Kudla tips a reporter on where to obtain information.
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David Evans
Ranger
Beverly Rockhold
The
Sun
Bob Rothe
Corsicana
Fred Parker
Oiler
AEL
Joe Hall
Ada Griffith
Lynette Bush
Bitsy Davis
Caroline
Moody Archie
Polly Atherton
Betty Bailey
Bob Brister
Ricky Holland
Fred Aebi
Gilbert Lumpkin
Beth Kudla
Ground fighting near demilitarized zone shocks readers
Reports from late news describe fierce clashes between U S Marines and enemy forces near the demilitarized zone and ten miles south toward coastal lowlands. Senator Yarborough lauds Johnson’s tax and employment moves while the IMF nudges support for the income tax hike. George Wallace questions parental control over teacher selection in Alabama.
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U.S
Demilitarized Zone
Showers Dampen Opening Day at Baytown School
School officials reported rain and crowds of mothers and children marking the first day of the 1967-68 term in Baytown. Buses carried students as enrollment forecasts hinted at higher totals, with administrators optimistic about handling a potential rise in attendance.
Rigged Vote Charges in Vietnam Derided
SAIGON (RP) A spokesman for South Vietnam's victorious military ticket dismissed fraud claims by defeated civilian candidates alleging a rigged presidential election. U.S. observers sent by President Johnson affirmed the vote's fairness. Thieu led with over 1.638 million votes, Dzu about 1.005 million, Suu 503k, Huong 465k, with 1.3 million votes for others or invalid. The 60-member Senate and 137-member House elections proceed, with the new regime aiming peace talks with North Vietnam.
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Dzu
Thien
Johnson
United States
Sen. Bourke
Hickeniooper
Rtowa
Honolulu
Thieu
Phan Khac Suu
Tran van Huong
Senate
House of Representatives
Chieu
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Labor Day Wage Rally in Austin Fizzles Out
About 300 people gathered on Capitol grounds in Austin for a Labor Day rally demanding a $1.45 minimum wage. The event, a muted replay of last year’s march from Rio Grande City, featured Spanish speeches by Reies Tijérina and criticized Gov. Connally for not backing the wage bill. Tijérina blamed deputies and sheriffs for violence in New Mexico and said supporters did not start the clashes.
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Capitol
John Connally
Rio, Grande Cty
New Braunfels
Connally
Reies Tijerma
Tijerina
Tijeriina
Federal Alliance of Free
Tierra Amarilla
N.M
Cristobal
Chicago
Conference For the New Politics
New Mexico
Council Reviews Industrial Pact Talks In Baytown
Baytown City Council will meet at 6 45 am Wednesday at the Holiday Inn to review draft contracts with Humble Oil and Refining Co Enjay Chemical Co and Esso Research and Engineering Co. The deals would form industrial districts affecting tax payments and could raise Humble's city payments above 200 000. Humble currently pays about 360 000 annually under annexed property taxes.
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Baytown
Holiday Inn
Humble of and Refining’ ‘Co
Enjay Chemical Co
Esso Research and Engineering Co
Humble
Power Fails At Enjay As 1.4 Inch Rain Pelts Area
A 9:20 p.m. power outage at Enjay Chemical Co. Baytown plants caused partial production stoppage and minor unit disturbances at Humble Oil Baytown Refinery. Restoration within 30 minutes. Thunderstorm rain totaled 1.4 inches. Most units resumed by Tuesday. a few by Wednesday or Thursday. Lone tornado reported near Weir. Wet roads and cooler air. Page 2.
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Enjay Chemical Co
Baytown
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Israel and Egypt clash headlines on Suez Canal duel
Reports say Israeli and Egyptian forces fought a seven hour artillery and naval duel along the Suez Canal with a cease fire declared by truce observers. Israel accuses Jordanian troops of firing on its soldiers wounding two. The Suez Canal area was reported quiet afterward.
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Suez Canal
USN
Egypt
North Main Work Causes Huge Jam at Baker Garth
A massive traffic jam occurred at the Baker and Garth roads intersection on a Tuesday morning as Sterling High School students and Baytown workers crowded into the area. City Manager Fritz Lanham promised to check timing of signals to ease movement amid North Main resurfacing closed sections. He noted similar congestion near Anson Jones Elementary School due to Stimpson Street construction, citing a shortage of engineering staff and bad weather delaying progress.
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Garth
Baker Roads
Sterling High School
Baytown
Fritz Lanham
North Main
Garth Road
Anson Jones
Stimpson Street
Crash Kills 10 as Czech Jetliner Crashes at Gander
An 69 passenger Czech airliner bound for Cuba crashed shortly after takeoff from Gander International Airport killing 10 aboard. Twenty others, including six children, were injured and treated at Gander hospital. The Nile-18 jetliner, resuming a Cuba flight from Czechoslovakia after refueling, exploded about two miles from the runway around 2 46 am.
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Gander, Nid
Gheurgd
Gander International
Cuba
Gander Hospital
Czechoslovakia
Networks face new walkout over live programs
A broadcast union plans a strike that could affect all live programming on BC and ABC networks after rejecting four day work week minimums. NABET said talks broke off in Miami Beach as the union pressed for a 40 hour week, while AFTRA pledged support in exchange for prior AFTRA actions. Live news and other unscripted shows would be most affected if animating performers stay off.
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Miami Beach
Fla
ABC Radio and Television
National Association of Broadcast Employes and Technicians
Apl-Cio
Tim O'Sullivan
NABET
O'Sullivan
Aftra American Federation of Television and Radio Artists
Sullivan
AFTRA
Nabets
AETRA
UAW Ford Talks Near Midnight Deadline
Detroit AP report says union and Ford bargainers race to resolve many issues before contract expires at midnight Wednesday. Walter Reuther threatens a strike by 160,000 UAW members unless a favorable pattern is won for Ford and the Big Three. Federal mediators observe as wage demands rise and a prospective slowdown looms across 27 states.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Walter P. Reuther
UAW
Ford
Seneral Motors
Chrysler
Reuther
Malcolm L. Denise
Canadien
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