Night battles loom in Viet Nam as scientists aid radar eyes
In Saigon night brings hope for the Viet Cong while U S scientists push new night fighting tech. Batman helicopters use infrared and a star-lit TV camera to spot guerrilla movements after dark, guiding gunships to strike. Other Night fighting ideas include black spot aircraft with flares and radar to locate targets by night, plus starved light devices and intensified vision gear aiding ground observers.
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Saigon
South Viet
Batman
U.S
Viet Nam
Air Force
Viet Cong
Vietnm
Mighty Port Arthur Invades Baytown Spors
Mighty Port Arthur invades Baytown as the Sprols Blue Devils face the Sterling Blue Devils in Conroe at 7 20 p m Saturday per an athletic department release by Dan Stallworth. Local church and community notes, student achievements, and hospital updates fill the page with casual Baytown life details.
Marines and B52s pound Viet Nam demilitarized zone
US Marines press the six mile wide buffer zone as B52 bombers from Guam pounded enemy concentrations and supply areas. Marine recon teams clash with North Vietnamese troops. nine killed, 70 Viet Cong suspects captured. Philippine troops arrive, boosting allied forces to about 346,000.
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Viet Nam Demilitarized Zone
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Guam
South
Viet Nam
Tuy Hoa
Cam Ranh Bay
Tay Ninh
Jong A
Lovering Named Employee Relations Chief at Humble Baytown Plant
Gene Lovering, Baytown native and veteran chemical engineer, named head of Humble's Employee Relations Department at the Baytown Plant succeeding John Sylvester who moved to Esso Eastern in Saigon. A WWI veteran, he holds a BS in chemical engineering from the University of Oklahoma 1970s era.
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Gene
Lovering
Baytown
Chemicals Department
John JW. Sylvester
Esso Eastern
Seigen
Viet Nam
University of Oklahoma
Houston
New York
San Francisco
Humbie’s
Enajay Baytown
Annual City Picnic Set For Sept 24
Some 500 city employees and their families are expected at the annual employees party a barbecue to be held Saturday Sept 24 at Roseland Park Pavilion. Eleven employees will receive 60 year service pins and three will get 75 year service pins plus retirement watches. Twenty year pins go to L V Bailey B E Berry and Edna Oliver. Ten year pins to Don M Cansler William B Ellis Jean Gagnon Edward Guy Johny Holmes E L Horton J T Moody L H Rickerson Henry K Rowe D F E pahorias and James A Thompson.
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Roseland Park Pavilion
L. V. Bailey
B. E. Berry
Edna Oliver
Don M. Cansler
William B. Ellis
Jean Gagnon
Edward Guy
Johny Holmes
E. L. Horton
J. T. Moody
L. H. Ricketson
Henry K. Rowe
D. FE. Pahorias
James A. Thompson
Gemini 11 Astronauts Debrief After Historic Flight
Gemini 11 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr and Richard Gordon Jr arrived at Cape Kennedy excitedly thanking launch crews for the flawless mission that set spaceflight benchmarks. The pair planned eight days of debriefings at Houston after brief Cape stay, as NASA readies Gemini 22 with a Titan 2 launch slated for late October.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Navy
Charles Conrad Jr
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Guam
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston
Tex
Tanead
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Air Force and Martin Co
Metairie youths killed in highway crash on I-10
A 12 year old driver William R. Friedricks and his 15 year old passenger Marilyn M. Steiner died when their car veered about 90 feet off Interstate 10 and struck the Wade Road overpass. Both were pronounced dead at the scene by Dr James Sammons Harris County medical examiner. The crash occurred at 11 40 a m. Friedricks was son of the Friedricks Manufacturing Co Metairie, and Steiner resided there.
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Metairie
Interstate 10
Wade Road
James Sammons
Harris County
William R. Friedricks
Friedricks Manufacturing Co
Marilyn M. Steiner
Death by Own Action on the Installment Plan Across AP Wires
US officials signal confidence in blocking a move to submit Communist China to the United Nations amid mixed reactions. British Flat Earth Society dismisses earth findings. Rep. L Mendel Rivers questions French demands for pullout and suggests withdrawing many US soldiers buried in France. Johnson's limousines gain microphones to hear crowd reaction. Public schools reopen in Grenada Mississippi after white attacks on Black pupils. Wives of business executives hold more stock than their husbands in their companies. Nortex Oil and Gas wins a $1 million damages suit against Schlumberger Well Surveying over oil lease purchases in East Texas. Senate filibuster stalls civil rights open housing bill of 1966.
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William Holland
Houston
Nortex Oil and Gas Corp
Schlumberger Well Surveying Corp
East
Texas
Baytown Bayou classic pits REL against Port Arthur
Plenty of seats remain for a potential game of the year as Robert E. Lee hosts Port Arthur in a Baytown clash. The story outlines key players, formations, and the high stakes of starting district play with a win, noting coaches’ and players’ comments, and contrasting offenses and defenses for both teams.
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Bill Lace
Sun
Robert E. Lee
Port Arthur
Dan Stallworth
Baytown
Mighty Jackets
Jesse Jones
Houston
Jones
Jackets
Smitty Hill
Yellow Jackets
Charlies Syevrer
Gander
Pete Sultis
Will
Ray Fonténot
Gary Hammond
Tom Tomlin
Houston Lee
Hammond
Mark Seale
Robert Stansberry
Ganders
Yellow Jacket
Larry Wicknair
Fontenot
Scott Barringer
Tommy Burnside
Tommy McLemore
Robert Gingles
Mike Messick
Robert Boyd
Eddie Kenney
Victor Holloman
Benford Daniels
Jimmy Lavell
Kenny Fencon
John Cavarella
Pat Urchin
Mark Moore
Choo Platt
Billy Wooster
Rocky Zierein
Boyd
Mid|le Guard
Norman Montgomery
Doug Wagner
Ricky Burch
Gino ‘Salinas
New chief named for Houston Shriner hospital
Hamlet I. Davis I, known as Buddy to Baytown friends, was appointed administrator of Shriners Crippled Children's Hospital in Houston. The 54 bed charity hospital, part of 38 Shriner facilities, operates from Outer Belt Drive near Hermann Hospital with staff from Hermann. Davis, son of Dr. and Mrs. H. L. Davis, is a Trinity University graduate and former assistant administrator at the Diagnostic Hospital of Houston.
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Bill Hartman
Hamlet I. Davis I
Shriners Crippled Children’s Hospital
Houston
Arabia Temple Crippled Children’s Hospital
Texas Medical Center
Davis
Baytown
Buddy
H. L. Davis
Robert E. Lee
Trinity University
George Washington University
Washington
Hermann Hospital
Hermann
National Shrine Group
Houstom Group
Lee College Receives $71,999 Instrument Repair Grant
Lee College will receive a 71999 grant to continue the 730 hour instrument repair course under MDTA. C F Collum notes the program trains unemployed workers with 240 men already trained since 1963. Funds cover teaching and trainee subsidies. admissions are set by the Texas Employment Commission.
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Lee College
Washington
Associated Press
C. F.collum
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