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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1966
Page
1
Baytown City Council schedules a public hearing at 6 30 p m Thursday in city hall to consider the 1866 1967 budget with a regular council session to follow. Residents may protest all or portions of the budget.
Baytown area forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies through Friday. Thursday’s daytime range around 62 to 36 degrees is noted, with Wednesday’s high near 90 and Thursday morning low recorded. Tides show high at 2:12 a.m. and 6:06 p.m. Friday. no town tide is mentioned.
SCOTTY WORDEN offers her Dalmatian for a photo taking session. Em Thompson received a call from Ruth but can’t identify which Ruth. Elmer Hargis recalls to phone in a band in formation. Mrs L L Fuller extends a compliment and Mary Thorpe proves helpful again. E C Wood plans a Senior Citizens dinner. Andy Perry checks up on a photo. Fire Chief Art Lintelman hopes to recruit after a photo at the fire station. Mrs G C Adams gets ready for a Chuck Wagon supper. Walter Hill looks for something to do around the house. Alton Sieber admires a yellow airplane he topped off. Linda Stepanski starts early for a downtown job. Weldon Newby takes a day off at a grill in the city. Charles Fulton tightens a deal with Ronnie Berry. W C Tidman enjoys a fast lawnmower workout. R H Red Pruett shovels a bulky gutter. Mrs Al Clayton is in Room 110 at Baytown Hospital. visitors may come.
U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk plans a high level dinner discussion with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko at the Waldorf Astoria for possible broader talks on Viet Nam and a treaty to curb nuclear spread. Moscow reportedly favors a second session before week’s end while opposing West Germany’s nuclear role.
Funeral services were held at Trinity Episcopal Church for James Gerard Jerry Lillard 56 who died at his Baytown home Tuesday night He was a senior research chemical engineer at Esso Research and Engineering Co Baytown division with long tenure in lubricating oils base stock and petroleum product research Born July 4 1910 in Bowie Texas he graduated Kaufman High School in 1927 and Rice University in 1940 He published four technical papers held three U S patents and was active in Boy Scout work Trinity Episcopal Church Baytown and family survivors include wife Thelma son Johnny daughter Ann Lillard and brother Eugene Lillard of Austin
A brief verse reflection cites Psalm 37 29 noting the righteous shall possess the land and dwell upon it forever, framing faith as assurance of lasting blessing and permanence.
Pasadena AP reports the Surveyor 2 spacecraft ran out of power leaving no energy for the landing radar. The tumbling craft will likely crash into the Moon tonight after a final retrorocket ignition failed to stabilize it.
US jet pilots shot down two Communist MiGs over North Vietnam in the largest air combat day of the war. Eight dogfights northeast of Hanoi yielded no American losses, while ground fire downed two US planes, bringing total US losses to 270. One Navy F1B Phantom from Coral Sea and an Air Force F105 Thunderchief were missing. Communist pilots reportedly downed five US planes, with several MiG types involved. In South Vietnam, North Vietnamese regulars fired mortars at Marines who captured Gia Binh after five days of heavy fighting as the siege continued.
Washington lawmakers scrutinize President Johnsons foreign policy shakeup as Katzenbach Rostow and Kohler near Senate approval. Democrats and Republicans on the Foreign Relations Committee seek clarity on signals for U S international course amid Cabinet to subcabinet shifts. Potential Marshall or Jaworski plays noted. Freeman rumored as Katzenbach successor.
Dallas Democrats defend charity screening of the John F Kennedy film as a fund raiser while Rep. Albert Quie accuses proceeds of financing Democratic campaigns. Also notes storms, fires, school clashes, and political strife in Harlem and Congress with Powell.
Sterling High School band prepares a swinging half time program with three cornet soloists Mike Stubbs Mary Beth Thompson and Ted Richard. The group will perform Ranger Song in four rank fronts then block formations and the Block Buster Drill. They march to Big Purple then adopt two step and four counter marches ending in a feature circle before exiting to the stands. The Stars boost the performance with hand jive and spirit as uniforms arrive for next month.
In a secret meeting Tuesday night the LC College Board of Regents agreed on appointing a regent to replace John Sylvester who resigned to take a Viet Nam Saigon assignment. A board member declined to reveal the candidate's name. The board will meet at 6 30 p m Thursday at the Lee College Library to take official action on the appointment.
United States proposes to halt all bombing of North Vietnam if Hanoi reduces its military activities against South Vietnam. Ambassador Arthur Jocksberg made the pledge before the United Nations General Assembly and asked for a private or public Hanoi reply. In Washington, the House Education and Labor Committee voted to strip much of chairman Adam Clayton Powell's power to direct its business.
Chambers County to protest proposed Missouri Pacific bridge height over Cedar Bayou with the Corps of Engineers in Galveston. Judge Oscar Nelson says a 25 foot height could hinder upper Cedar Bayou navigation. supports a swing or lift bridge if navigation is needed. Protests deadline August 25, court action pending possible alternate proposal.
Tropical Storm Hallie weakened as cool dry air moved in off the Mexican coast. The Weather Bureau said reconnaissance flights found Hallie weak and disorganized with maximum winds near 33 mph along the coast from Tampico to Veracruz.
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