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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1965
Page
12
The owner identified as Gerhart and his two sons sailed the boat from Port Ischel on August 25. Information from the report notes their departure and the vessel’s voyage details.
The Associated Press reports 28 fatalities in Texas over the three day Labor Day weekend, with 11 highway deaths from two wrecks and drownings at lakes and bays. Victims include Jess Davis of Booker and Antonio Fernandez of San Antonio with his two sons, plus two Fort Sam Houston soldiers and several other named residents.
Police in Canberra arrested Dallas fugitive Hagler at a house, ending his bid after he jumped a $15,000 bail in Dallas on an insurance fraud charge. Immigration officials ordered deportation to Hawaii as Hagler awaited jail in Sydney’s Long Bay.
Houston heart surgeon Dr. Michael DeBakey is in Argentina to lecture at the University of Buenos Aires School of Medicine. He arrived Sunday and was invited to the government house of President Arturo Illia, a former small town doctor.
Simba, a 325 pound 20 month old lion raised in affection by Herman Dail and his wife, wandered after Mrs Dail’s NC trip. The lion dragged Dail with a chain leash before reengaging in the car ride, prompting a deadly confrontation at the Dails’ home in Williamsburg.
Garbed Ku Klux Klan members marked the 100th anniversary of their movement by burning crosses in four Southern states. Imperial Wizard James Venable urged white supremacy while denouncing civil rights efforts. Rallies drew several hundred in Virginia and Arkansas, with other gatherings reported in Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi amid tense racial tensions and National Guard deployment in Natchez after a booby-trapped car incident.
In Anniston Alabama 14 year old Jonnie Gail Honeycutt describes relief after five months in hospital. She received a kidney from her father John Honeycutt at Tulane University medical team on July 1. Doctors caution return to New Orleans for follow up while she enjoys Labor Day weekend at home with limited visitors.
Heirport Mr and Mrs Happy Edward Baumann of 1812 Oregon announce the birth of a son John Gregory at 5 30 am Monday weighing eight pounds two ounces. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs N E Baumann and Mr and Mrs N E Keller of Baytown with great grandparents in Manor Huntington and Baytown. The Baumanns also have another son Troy Thomas.
Tourists largely stayed away from troubled holiday spots as police precautions kept disorder down in Seaside Oregon Lake George New York Rockaway Beach Missouri Laconia New Hampshire and Russell's Point Ohio. A new flashpoint emerged in North Beach Maryland where hundreds of motorcyclists from multiple states gathered causing 28 arrests and minor injuries. Officers with local state help reported gang fights, confiscation of homemade weapons, and detours to prevent wider clashes.
At the Nebraska State Fair a sky ride collapsed sending gondola passengers plunging from about 30 feet. Two people were killed and nearly 50 injured as two supporting steel towers fell. A ticket seller described a ground rapidly filled with panicked riders amid the chaos.
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