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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1967
Page
4
A partisan editorial argues Congress should allow 13 expense-paid trips home each year, eight more per member, costing taxpayers about 261000 annually. It highlights prior junkets totaling $489,682.55 last year and defends frequent home visits as political reciprocity and service to constituents.
A German forester Freiherr Drais created the velocipede in 1817, the first bicycle, meaning fleet foot. Inflatable tires by Dunlop followed, with later brakes and gears shaping today’s bike. West Germany builds about one million of 25 million yearly bicycles. the United States five million. Germany leads in families owning bikes.
Crossword style clue set from an NEA feature with entries such as Perdition, U, Rocky peak, Exude, Anglo Saxon theow, Compass pain, The setboard is Educational Group, Guide, Clumsy, Liquid measure, Thos Latin, Health resort, Departs, Contended, Valuable, French petois Kt ey Inhabitant, Abridgment, Spiritless, Winter vehich, Foolish fellow, Saul's uncle Bib, Female sheep, Dried grapes, Feminine appellation, Gens of ragweed shrul, Certain windows, Writing implement, Uniform, Small shields, Bitter vetch, Low haunts, Window compartment plus down clues Permits, Leave out, Lateral part, Precipitous.
The Baytown Sun Staff listing shows editor and publisher Bill Hartman, general manager John Wadley, business manager Preston Pendergrass, managing editor Beulah Mae Jackson, and other roles. The notice includes office address 1301 Memorial Drive Baytown Texas and postal box 90, 77520, plus subscription rates and advertising details.
A satirical piece by John Beal critiques mind expanding drugs like LSD and the Flower Generation, proposing a fictional mind contracting drug as a safer, lawful alternative. The narrator parodies pushers and users, warning against hallucinations and the desire to escape reality.
Washington insiders expect the Ways and Means Committee to trim President Johnsons proposed 10 percent war tax. Tax reform will be delayed after a showy debate to calm public clamor over loopholes. Oil depletion allowances and favored deals for oil interests sustain the fiscal burden while others pay more.
Doctors warn that more leisure can harm without constructive use. Studies link weekends and holidays to week end neuroses and stress, while many workers resist reducing hours. The piece urges developing arts and philanthropy to give meaning to leisure and notes political comments on tax depletion and public life.
A letter from Sheila Burditt, 3014 Inverness, urges Baytown officials to repair hazardous dips at cross streets between Pruett Street and Alexander Drive. She, a 20 year old driver, warns new motorists risk damage or accidents even at low speeds and asks for a prompt town response.
AP Special Report notes the Thieu Ky ticket faces reforms and possible peace talks as South Vietnam claims a constitutional path to self rule. Washington supports the election while pressing for land and economic changes and broader talks with Hanoi and the NLF amid Viet Cong suspicions. Truong Dinh Du’s strong showing raises questions of Viet Cong influence and pro peace sentiment.
A quiz question asks which institution first granted degrees to women in the United States. The options include Saint Marys College Notre Dame Holy Cross and a liberal arts women’s school near South Bend Indiana. The other question asks which trees are the world’s oldest living things identifying bristlecone pines as the long living species.
Bridge column by Oswald James Jacoby discusses lead choices and defense in a sample hand. It analyzes West’s heart opening, East’s ace win, and the automatic club lead, illustrating how the defense can gain four tricks before declarer acts and how the trump and diamond suits influence the contract.
In this auction the South hand considers action after North's two hearts opening and East West constraints. You as South choose three clubs and hear partner respond with three diamonds. The puzzle asks what to bid next and notes risks of over and under bids.
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