Highlands Weighs Incorporation as Beach City Growth Looms
Highlands civic leader says incorporation or annexation is vital to survival. Beach City Mayor Jordan recalls history of attempts and notes Beach City's slender geography. Mont Belvieu Mayor Gill cites small government, county road authority, and lack of taxes as factors shaping local identity and annexation concerns.
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Beach City
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Mont Belvieu
Creel
Highlands
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Mont Bemeu
Community groups schedule meetings and events
Highlands Elementary PTA opens the year with an 7:30 p.m. meeting in the school auditorium, with teacher introductions and a reception. AAUW hosts a 3 to 5 p.m. tea at Mrs. George Fellmer’s home. PTA jewelry benefit Sunday at the school with proceeds to Halloween Carnival. Gulf Coast Auxiliary Tea postponed to Sept 2 from Sept 18, 10 a.m. to noon at Mrs. Norman Foote’s home. Weather forecast: mostly cloudy with scattered showers, 70 to 80 degrees. Galveston tides: Sunday high 1:36 a.m. low 4:42 p.m.. Monday high 2:18 a.m. low 5:48 p.m.
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AAUW
American Association of University Women
Gulf Coast
Norman Foote
Baytown
Galveston
Local Senior News and Birthday Cheer Highlights
Community notes celebrate birthdays and milestones among residents. Mrs P S Wiles and Ruthie Hall mark birthdays while Jimmy Cherry turns 13. Plans include a HemisFair trip, a Community Building fall program kickoff, and seniors considering a trip to Texas State College. Julie Korenek heads to TWA and Penni Gregerson plans beauty college.
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P. S. Wiles
Gay White
Bonita McCullough
Byard Sooy
D. W. Alpha
Lois Carpenter
Jimmy Cherry
Ith
Bill Wandlaw
Ruthie Hall
Sue Clay Williams
Doris Walmsley
Peggy Sibley
HemisFair
E. C. Wood
Julie Korenek
TWA
Wanda Birch
Kish der
Nona Higginbotham
Sharon Maxwell
Southwest Texas State College
San Marcos
Osie McDaniel
Jimmy Lyons
Penni Gregerson
Beauty College
Debbie Davis
Baytown
Lynn McDowell
Unlucky Lights Fade during REL Season Opener at Memorial Stadium
Memorial Stadium blackout interrupts REL opener as 7,600 spectators watch fireworks like flashes after a wiring short near a clock house transformer. J Pete Sultis credits police, walkie talkies, and loudspeakers for calm crowd control while repairs begin Saturday morning. No major damage or cost expected.
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Memorial Stadium
J. Pete Sultis
Baytown
Spring Branch
Sultis
Baytown group backs slate in school board race
Citizens for Better Schools endorses Fabian Greenwell Glenn Lippman and F Philip Dignam for Oct 5 trustee election. Chairman Don Wynnemer and leaders cite board missteps and call for a new superintendent elect for 1959 70, while praising both incumbents and challengers as well meaning. Absentee voting runs from Monday through Oct 4.
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Citizens For Better Schools
Fabian Greenwell
Glenn Lippiman
F. Philip Dignam
Hies
Don J. Wynnemer
John Harding
Walter Rundell
Lee College
C. W. Gillette
C. W. Wooten
Robert Lee Martin
George H. Gentry
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George Walmsley
Sam Alford
Paul Parkinson
Wynnemer
Greenwell
Dr. Walmsley
Hay
Lippman
Alford
Jim Choate Jr
Parkinson
Dignam
Abe Simon
Mont Belvieu Praises Baytown Disannexation at Luncheon
Mont Belvieu Mayor J B Gill praised Baytown for disannexing a land strip severing Mont Belvieu water district. Baytown Council approved the move enabling Mont Belvieu to bring the water district entirely into its city. Program chair Bill Strickler quipped he was glad the city collaborated and did not cut off Mont Belvieu water.
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U.S. Steel
Baytown
Mont Belvieu
Gill
World events mix of fighting and politics in brief
Allies with tanks and naval gunfire claim 158 enemy soldiers killed in South Vietnam. Brooklyn district official seeks state take-over amid citywide teachers strikes. Chicago Democratic Convention coverage to air nationwide. France pledges major university reforms amid student strike wave.
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Chicago
Hawaii
London
France
Baytown CC marks fifth birthday of luncheons
Baytown Chamber of Commerce celebrated the fifth anniversary of its weekly noon luncheons at the Holiday Inn. The Texas chamber notes it was the only one with weekly meetings, begun in September. Former president Bill Strickler recalled initial board doubts from Chamber Manager Dave Moore. A back poster highlighted the milestone with a joke about initial fears versus 20,290 attendees.
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Baytown
Fortas Probers Say Subpoenas Planned
Baytown registers a crash at Market Street near Robert E. Lee High School injuring a car passenger Horace F Sterling of Maryland was taken to Baytown Hospital in a Baytown ambulance. Passenger in a car driven by Anthony Wayne Mullens 216 Maria charged Charles H Laird with failure to yield light of way. Delbert Derrett 316 Live Oak earned a PhD at UT ending Summer Session.
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Robert E. Lee High School
Horace F. Sterling
Maryland
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Baytown Amlues
Anthony Wayne Mullens
Miria
Charles H. Laird
Ross. Sterling
Spring Branch
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Laird
Stadium Street
B. L. Powell
Gets
Delbert Derrett
Live Oak
University of Texas
Dubcek Reform Regime Blamed For Invasion
Prague AP report says Zdenek Mlynar, party secretary and presidium member, accused Alexander Dubcek's reformist regime of political mistakes and naivete that likely led to the Soviet invasion on August 2. He said too much room was given to anti-Soviet criticism and noted the Kremlin acted on its view of the situation.
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Nation
Alexander Dubcek
Zdenek Mly
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Ming Communnist
Dubcek
Dayton Parents Seek Aid in Finding Missing Son
Dayton couple pleads for help locating Bobby Allen Lott 16 who disappeared from Dayton during the night of Sept 1. He is described as 5'2" 100 pounds with blond hair blue eyes a strawberry birthmark on his right shoulder and a small scar on his right wrist. Police issued a missing persons bulletin across Texas Louisiana and Mississippi. call 229-2022 in Dayton or Baytown Police for information.
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Dayton
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Interstate 10
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Mississippi
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Panel Wants To Hear Two LBJ Aides
Washington AP The Senate Judiciary Committee foresees subpoenas for two administration aides to Johnson if they refuse voluntary testimony on Fortas a Supreme Court nominee. Joseph Barr and Dever Pierson await instructions before testifying about Fortas alleged involvement in drafting legislation and Johnson State of the Union address.
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Baytown Soldier Killed in Vietnam Receives Bronze Star
Family of George O. Spangler, 22, of Baytown, honored for his brave work with the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment in Vietnam, but protest the private posthumous presentation of his Bronze Star. The medal was given to his widow, Paula Jo Parish, by a Houston induction center lieutenant, after Spangler was killed near Cu Chi by a mine. Spangler, a 1963 Robert E. Lee High School graduate, would have soon left for Honolulu on leave. Personal effects included $92 cash, wedding ring, and identification. two Japanese cameras remain unreturned.
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Vietnam
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Houston Induction Center
Baytown Sun
Young George
Paula Jo Parish
Baytown
April Michelle
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Robert E. Lee High School
Texas A&m University
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