Marines complete two weeks of simulated combat at Camp Pendleton
Marine Private Bobby Moore and Marine Private First Class Carl Dittman completed two weeks of simulated combat at Camp Pendleton California. Temporary duty LT COL Maurice G Thomas, son of Mr and Mrs McVey Thomas, is on temporary duty with the 428th Strategic Wing at a forward base in the Western Pacific. permanent base Carswell Air Force Base Texas. Don Hatchell enrolled at University of Houston Law School after UT graduation. He is son of Ros Hatchell. Harris County officials aim to have Lynchburg Ferry operating by Thursday after approaches were two feet under water. Founders Day for the Sigma Alpha Beta Psi Chapter set for 10:30 a.m. Friday in the home of Mrs Dewey Carter. Pep rally for Robert E Lee High School scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the Goodyear parking lot on Thomas Circle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Moore
William W. Moore
Williams
Carl R. Dittman
Tex Dittman
W. Gulf
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Maurice G. Thomas
McVey Thomas
Lakeside Drive
Channelview
428the Strategic Wing
Western Pacific
Carswell Air Force Base
Tex
Don Hatchell
Robert E. Lee
University of Houston Law School
Hatchell
University of Texas
Ros Hatchell
Cedar Bayou Road
Sigma. Alpha
Beta Psi
Dewey Carter
Kelley Lane
Goodyear
Thomas Circle
Weather and society notes from Baytown area life
Cloudy with scattered showers through Friday and a 75 to 85 degree range. Local families share arrivals, moves, and visits including great-grandparents to be Kim Harper and new mother Paula Ashcraft. Baytown residents J W Hargis return from Barbados while William Heolsteins relocate from Sumatra to Baytown area. Various social notes mention shopping trips, radio host sightings, and a move of the B W Bill Smiths to Arkansas with hens, plus hospital stays and visitors at Gulf Coast Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Teschendorf
Bowie
Kim
Mike Harper
Hebbronville
Tex
Paula
Freda Ashcraft
Sweeny
J. W. Hargis
Baytown
Barbados
West Indies
Paul Kime
Jerry Zeringue
Grace Hargrave
Texas Ave
Pauline Carpenter
George Woodward
Jim
Patricia French
Arch Fancy
B. W.bill Smiths
Woodlawn
Johnson County
Clarksville
Ark
Bobby Suttons
U S Steel Baytown plant to hire 600 next month
U S Steel will swell its Baytown Texas work force to 600 next month and 1 800 by March with total staffing reaching 2 000 during the plate mill and heat treating facilities construction. Morrison Knudsen won a 326 million contract for foundations as U S Steel plans to complete the line by late 1969. Water sales to Houston could yield up to 2 million yearly as Lake Livingston project funding aids the Texas Works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Holcomb
U.S. Steel
Baytown
Morrison - Knudsen, Inc
Edwin H. Gott
VU. S. Steel
Texas, Works
Morrison - Knudsen
Gott
Houston
City of
S. Steel
Louie Welch
Priv
Ate Wells
Lake Livingston
Trinity River
Texas
Welch
Chambers
Southwest
American Bridge Division
Orange
Memorial Friday Band Brigradiers Fanfare at REL Memorial Stadium
The Robert E. Lee High School Brigadiers perform Fanfare 63 by Tommy Seale at Memorial Stadium halftime during the Gander-Tiger game. IM drum and bugle corps join from Camarque High. Veterans Joanna McCormick and Peggy Cowhig named honorary second lieutenants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Lee High School
Memorial Stadium
Tommy Seale
REL
Ca Marque High School
Leutenants
Joanna McCormick
Peggy Cowhig
Fea
Stars Taking Surfboards Sterling Groups At Galveston
The Sterling High School Blue Band will travel to Ball High for their second out of town game. A 132 member precision corps performs a four and a half minute drill with surfboard props. Led by Gayle Sanders and Lucretia Ramey, the group features complex formations and tunes including Wipe Out Surf City and Land of a Thousand Dances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Ann Hemphill
Sterling High School
Ball High
Rangers
Saints of
New Orleans
John Phillin Sou
Seber
Spurs
Gayle Sanders
Lucretia Ramey
Sterling Stars
Ball High School
Cisire Bays
Beulah
Precision Corps
Janie Holland
Surf City
Linda Hollaway
Lynn McDowell
Anson Jones Principal Transition Described By District
Mrs. Wille Terry moved into the Anson Jones Elementary post after serving as district primary coordinator. She joined her husband who had a temporary Humble assignment in Sicily before touring Europe and returning to reorganize the principal’s office. The appointment aligns with Monteze Botkin becoming Horace Mann principal and places Terry among the district’s few female principals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wille Terry
Austria
Anson Jones
Terry
Gome
Europe
Charles
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Sicily
Terrys
Depty
John Stuart
Ing
W. C. Herring
Stuart
Monteze Botkin
Horace Mann
Winnie Brown
Ross Sterling High School
Humble Employees Return To School At College
Twenty two employees at Humble Oil and Refining Baytown Refinery returned to class to gain skilled craft training. The initiative began months ago to develop internal manpower amid a skilled labor shortage, with cooperation from Enjay Chemical Co and the Gulf Coast Industrial Workers Union. Lee College partners in the program to support apprenticeship readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
Trail
Enjay Chemical Co
Gulf Coast Industrial Workers Union
Lee College
CEASS
Heavy Rains Feared As Beulah Recedes From Baytown
City departments and volunteers shift back to normal operations after three days of emergency duty as Hur Thang Beulah subsides. Beulah’s edge poses risk of renewed flooding with possible rains and tornadic activity. Police guard areas to deter looting. tide readings peak at 5 feet 3 inches above normal, then recede. City officials remain cautious about an official all clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby
Baytown
Beulah
R. D. Causey
Hum
Ble
Brownwood
Brownwood Residents Not Hurrying Back To Homes
Brownwood residents slowly returned as tidal waters receded after Hurricane Beulah. Civil defense clearance allowed moves back into the subdivision, but many kept resting before Vi restarting work. Roads like Crow Road and Bayshore remained flooded yet diminishing, with residents noting cleanup chores and weariness from days of packing and hauling belongings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownwood
Johnella Boynton
Baytown
Crow Road
Mapleton
Milner
Bayshore Drive
Three Baytown Brothers Become Eagles Together
Three Jones brothers Hobin 17 Miles 16 Edward 14 earned Eagle Scout badges Tuesday night in a Court of Honor for Troop 235 sponsored by First Presbyterian Church. Officials say it may be the first time three brothers achieve Eagle together. The event at Pamela Drive parents Orlan and Mrs Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones Boys
Baytown
Hobin Jones
Miles Jones
Edward O.ned) Jones
Houston
Orlan R. Jones
Pamela Drive
First Presbyterian Church
Paul Hall
William Warner
Public Hearing On Budget Set by City Council
Baytown City Council will meet at 6 30 p m Thursday to consider adoption of the 1967 43 budget and to set the tax rate after a public hearing. Citizens are invited to attend the hearing. The tax rate increase next year will not exceed seven cents per 10 of valuation. The current rate is shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Light Twister Comes Down Near Crosby
Beulah hurricane inland near Crosby spawns tornado north of Farm Rosé and near Farm Road 525. No injuries reported. minimal damage to malt boxes. Flooding rises along rivers, with 8.30 inches in Victoria and 13.80 in Tuleta as disaster extends across southern Texas. United States and Mexico declare disaster area along the Rio Grande.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Corpus Christi
Tuleta
Here
Atlantic
United States
Mexico
U.S. Immigration Service
United Nations pushes for clear Hanoi reply on bombing impact
Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg urged North Vietnam to provide a definite statement on whether halting half of U.S. bombing would prompt meaningful negotiations without giving either side an edge. The request focused on assessing the effect of a partial bombing pause on prospects for talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
Arthur J. Goldberg
North Vietnam
U.S
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UH Law Student
Lynchburg
Harris County
FORD
Snvacargill
Susan * Booth
Judy* Lannon
Julia Rice
Diane DeGarmo
Virginia Herrington
Laura Massey
Peggy Hil
Janice Lord
Susan’ Kelly
Jeanne ‘Smalling
Pat Eve‘ton
Royce Ann Marshall
Kathleen Wilcox
Eagle Squadron
Sterling
Galveston
Elmer Hargis
Willie Terry
Agaby
By Johnella Boynton
Roseland Park
Fritz Lanham
Baytown Brothers
Eagles
Tenderfoot
Star
Life
Robin
Hadi
EAGLE
Myles
Ned Jones
Brownsville
Bulletin
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