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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1966
Page
4
Editorials condemn the Senate's rejection of the 1966 civil rights bill, noting open housing provisions and missed filibuster end, while urging calm. Floyd B. McKissick calls it a sellout to political expediency, yet violence and black power rhetoric may not hasten future passage.
Watch Those Planes A lot of America's doctors fly. Un fortunately, a lot of them have been cracking up. In fact, the accident rate among doctors possessing pilots licenses is so high four times the rate for non medical private pilots that Federal Air Surgeon P. W. Siegel has written to all of them, requesting that they fly with the same judgment and care that you exercise in practicing medicine. Most accidents occur during pleasure flights and result from carelessness and overconfidence rather than weather or remote patient travel. The admonition seeks to keep flying physicians grounded with safer habits.
The piece argues that human behavior drives traffic and urban ills, not the cars, citing rising park use and noting Yosemite Valley's crime rate mirrors a 50,000-population city. It lists 1965 figures: 253 felony thefts, 320 auto accidents, 1,689 juvenile offenses, about one murder annually, plus 34 park vandalism arrests by rangers.
AP News Analyst James Marlow notes that two days after the 1966 civil rights bill failure, President Johnson announced Nicholas Katzenbach’s appointment as undersecretary of state. Washington buzzed that undersecretary George W. Ball, age 56, planned to resign his post.
President Johnson reshuffles the cabinet with Nicholas Katzenbach stepping down as attorney general to become undersecretary of state, succeeding George Ball. The switch marks Katzenbach as the State Department’s No 2 under Dean Rusk, amid Ball’s departure and Dirksen’s opposition to civil rights bills.
Henry McLemore reports on jokes about Hubert Humphrey and odds on him disagreeing with President Johnson. Bookmakers in Las Vegas offer 34 million to 1 that the vice president will not oppose Johnson, with remarks from Terre Haute Harry and Orville J. Pettibone about Humphrey's perceived independence and career prospects after the vice presidency.
Washington columnists recount Adam Clayton Powell's eight years in Congress, noting his strong committee work and later tax evasion case. They detail alleged conduct, missed anti poverty and civil rights votes, and Powell’s political maneuvering with Eisenhower and Kennedy era figures.
Local ad section lists names including John Wadley Paul Putman Beulah Mae Jackson and others with staff roles such as Manager Corrie Laughlin and John Wadley. Details show Baytown Sun offices at 1301 Memorial Drive Baytown Texas and standard publication notes including post office classification and subscription rates. The text also notes AP rights and editorial staff positions.
Word power puzzle from NEA feature with numerous clue pairs across and down. Includes definitions for animals plants and objects, plus references to a guide scale and various terms across a grid.
In Boerne Texas an Oct 7 hearing is set on three men including a Baptist preacher and two Army colonels seeking to depose two Benedictine nuns Sisters Mary Thelma Goertz and Henrietta Marie Kallus over their flowing habits and headpieces. The suit tests church state separation as the nuns teach in local junior and senior high schools. Their lawyer says questioning their religion would violate state law.
South gains a slam through a safety play after dummy’s queen of spades meets East king. South manages trumps carefully, cashing two high clubs, then leading from dummy. If East follows, South discards and regains control. if West shows out, South wins the rest. The plan guards against bad trump breaks and secures the contract.
In a four spade contract with West East and South and North, the opening lead yields two trump tricks only. The text argues the trump safety play is preferable despite potential bad breaks, noting it fails if West holds the singleton king or jack or East lacks diamonds, or if clubs split 8-0 or 7-1.
You hold 12 high card points with three distributional points and open with your longer five card suit. Partner opens 1NT after your 1S. The standard action is to bid 2S to show your strength and distribution, or invite depending on partnership agreements. since the partner’s bid is 1NT you should consider raising to 2S for a suit preference or bidding 2NT as a limit raise if your system allows.
A witty aside on the frantic pace of days and the power of praise at work. The speaker jokes that those who thrive on flattery may miss real substance and notes a playful link between a social pitch and marriage prospects based on charm.
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