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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 11, 1967

Page

5

Romney to keep silence on Vietnam for 20 days

AP dispatch reports Michigan Governor George Romney will skip news conferences during a 20 day tour of urban slums to study causes of racial unrest and possible cures. Supporters view the move as easing the Vietnam controversy by avoiding further comments on the war.

Romney Vietnam Jack Bell Washington Michigan George Romney GOP Johnson United States Gale W. McGee D-Wye Cleveland Ohio America Dean Rusk

Weekends Toll in Texas Violence and Crashes

AP tally reports 21 deaths in Texas over the weekend from traffic accidents and violence. Notable incidents include a fatal crash northeast of Dallas near Rockwall killing Irven W. Gregory Jr. and family members, a shooting outside a Dallas East Side club fatally wounding Tom Piering, and a drowning at Moss Creek Lake near Bis­co Spring. Also noted were the death of James Darrell White after a shooting near downtown Dallas, the drowning of Raoul January at Nueces River, a Waxahachie stabbing death, and the found body of 8 year old John Elvin Wilson in an East Texas construction site after a possible fall.

Associated Press Texas Dallas Rock[wall Irven W. Gregory, Jr Norma Louisville Louise Shively Lester Byes New Boston Tex Kenneth Gregory Byes Tom Piering Gage Girls Alfred Uribe Big Spring Moss Creek Lake Bis Dallas Business James Darrell White Big ‘Spring Raoul January Corpus Christi Hazel Basemore Park Nueces River Edward Don Finley Waxahachie John Elvin Wilson Frank Wilson Livingston East

Disturbances at Fire Scene Trigger Police Action in East St Louis

A crowd clashed with responders after a Sunday night fire at a vacant three story building on 11th Street and Missouri Avenue. A policeman suffered a cut forearm as bottles and rocks were thrown. Lt. Fred Sanders received hospital treatment. State police and deputies restored order after shots were fired and windows broken. Black power advocate Rap Brown spoke to over 1,000 at Lincoln High School.

East ST. Louis Fred Sanders St. Mary's Hospital 1Th Street Missouri Avenue Rap Brown Lincoln High School

The World's Fare and a Patchwork of Ideas

A collection of satirical observations covers a planned Astrodome purchase for a playhouse, daylight saving time boosts for tourists, noise limits on lawnmowers, litter bins in post offices, a legislative session for tax and election returns, Stalin’s daughter on communism, voter apathy, air beautification funding, and a proposal to curb television blackouts with instant replays and Cowboys stadium plans.

LBY Houston Astrodome Lynn Texas Tourism Eteral Joe Stalin Russia Joe New York Washington Dallas Cowboys

Texas Weather Stays Pleasant

Soft breezes and pleasant weather linger across Texas with clear to partly cloudy skies. A few Sunday evening showers touched areas north of Lubbock toward the New Mexico line, while other sections stayed dry. Northern Texas can expect rising temperatures and dry conditions tonight with occasional showers limited to Northwest Texas. Morning temps ranged from 62 at Abilene and Wichita Falls to 75 at Corpus Christi and Galveston. Del Rio and McAllen reported highs near 93 while Ania Falls posted the coolest high at 52.

Associated Press Texas Lubbock New Mexico Line Arly Abi- Jene Wichita Falls Corpus Christi Galveston del Rio McAden Ania Falls

Driver George Schuster Gives Up NY License After 70 Years

ENOUGH DRIVING SPRINGVILLE NY AP After nearly seven decades behind the wheel 3 year old George Schuster voluntarily surrendered his New York state operator license He recalls his book The Longest Auto Race and his 1908 world famous New York to Paris victory driving a Thomas Flyer The restored car is housed in a Reno museum

Springville N.Y George Schuster New Yorkstate Schuster New York Paris Reno Nev

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