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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1964
Page
4
Editorial notes inflation risk as stock signals rise while consumers save at postwar highs. Business leaders expect modest sales gains and inventory buildup, with production near record highs but rising costs. Steel and auto labor peace calm, yet worry grows over debt, inflation, and campaign jitters.
AP reports a new self help group Neurotics Anonymous aims to mirror Alcoholics Anonymous and Gamblers Anonymous. English author M. J. Youle White hosted a private dinner, noting neurotics are often more intelligent and aware of their problems. He described the group as outsiders run on similar lines to AA and GA.
A vaudeville vignette follows Billy Rose enraged at a rival pet shop outside the 1939 World’s Fair. He threatens to seek an injunction unless the sign is removed but the shopkeeper claims Billy Rose is the owner. Rossi and Allen propose a one way Manhattan plan to ease traffic, joking it would move the problem to Jersey City.
Washington columnist Lon Lewis recounts ADA tensions as liberals quit amid disputes over relations with Communist China and the Mao regime. He notes resignations from unions and critics who argue ADA remains too militant, reflecting deep Democratic Party rifts of the era.
In Schulenburg Texas a newly appointed police chief Allen Johnson age 25 and his assailant Rudy Svetlick age 24 were seriously wounded after a brief gun battle about 1 am Sunday on U S 77 and 90 near Svetlicks mother's home Johnson was shot four times and underwent surgery to remove his left kidney Svetlick was shot in the neck and in critical condition in Houston He had fled into his mothers house and returned with a pistol opening fire as three women and a child watched the confrontation The incident involved a highway patrolman Roy Wilkerson 24 who was also present during the exchange of gunfire
Baytonians Joe E. Humles aviation boatswain's mate second class USN and Samuel P. Bishop Jr. airman USN, both of Baytown, are serving aboard the aircraft carrier USS Oriskany. They are the sons of local residents and are listed on the ship's crew.
Quick quiz answers and a miscellany item. A list of questions covers weights, eclipses, ancient incense, king cobra diet, and ambulance usage in war. The text then notes a proverb, a musical term, and a brief biographical and historic digest about a Scottish abbey and its destruction across centuries.
Ruth Ramsey notes the abbey began as Tironen Sian monks, moved by David I in 1136. Abbots were royal envoys and early Parliament members, with James Stuart the last abbot, focus shifting to revenues from church lands. Also recalls Handel completing The Messiah in 1742 era.
DREW PEARSON reports Johnson’s private fury at Goldwater’s claim that many generals are misfits amid relations with the armed forces. The piece analyzes Goldwater’s military record, past trips, and a string of reserve flights, noting political uses of his status as a Major General in the Air Force Reserve and related incidents.
Sporadically Speaking surveys letters to the editor in periodicals amid election campaigns. It cautions on sign your name brevity and using original ideas while noting editors’ varied handling of polemical mail and the desirability of avoiding anonymous, crude, or excessively illiterate submissions. It closes with a note on W A Morgan’s U.S. patent for a contactless piston actuation system at Humble Oil.
In a 1959 Italy versus United States match, Chiaradia opens two clubs showing a long club suit with side strength. Forquet responds two diamonds, then four spades, leading to a six spade slam after a spade control reveal. The American East Fishbein doubles to punish bad breaks as declarer goes down. At the other table Stakgold and Harmon reach six spades but falter, with similar bad distribution affecting result.
Puzzle clues include Former African Kingdom enclosure and 49er's dream. Several entries describe robust and not high. Abbreviation for Bachelor of Medicine appears as a clue. Answer 33 35 37 38 39 41 44 72 follow standard crosswords format.
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