Foreign language pilot in La Porte schools gains traction
In La Porte ISD a new elementary foreign language program places Miss Dorothy Joiner in a fifth grade French class with 43 students. The district also uses four portable classrooms to ease overcrowding while Bayshore Elementary construction is deferred. High school astro science via a planetarium aids multiple subjects and draws district and Baytown groups. Jim Thomas leads astro science, biology, and math courses as the district’s unique planetarium program grows.
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Baytonian
Jom Thomas
la Porte High School
Planetarium
Thomas
Big Porte
la Porte
Bayshore Elementary
Dorothy Joiner
Joiner
Louisiana
Elatee Ea
New Orleans
St Mary's Dominican College
McGill University
Montreal
Miss Joiner
Baytown
Jim Thomas
la Porte High
Jim
Texas
Lee College
Lemer School of Technology
Beaumont
National Science Foundation
Merion
Stephen’ S. Austin
Robert E. Lee High School
Hackberry Lane
Texas Highways Lauded For Modern Road System
Highway Week feature extols Texas highway program progress from rural to urban mobility. It notes smoother routes, safer interchanges, overpasses, wide medians, and expressways easing congestion. Cites growth: six million registered vehicles in 1965 and rising urban traffic, urging continued expansion and safer travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Texas Road roads Association Highway Week feature
A Baytown Sun editorial extols Texas highway progress since 1917 and argues for a reappraisal of the system amid urban growth. It lauds the 66 500 mile state network, urges continued investment, and promotes the theme Building Highways for Tomorrow during Highway Week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Texas Highway Department
Texas Rood Roads Association
Old Baytown Sun press looms over time and memory
A fragmentary reminiscence praises a great Baytown Sun press, a towering black mechanism that delivered news for decades. The narrator recalls its labor, shifts, and impact, noting the looming end as a newer plant arises and a veteran pressman named Tom Hickman who once tamed its temper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belinger
Baytown
Tom Hickman
Tom
We Won’t Stand Still That’s Sure
A short political essay argues that liberty and patriotism face a low ebb but will move forward through unity among diverse freedom advocates. It emphasizes that individualists must collaborate with others while preserving distinctiveness to advance freedom and moral values.
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J. L
America
Lberty
Friends of Freedom
Former Baytonian Writes Book On Karankawa Tribe
Audrey Adams, once of Bayton, now in Austin, writes Karankawa Bay a children’s book about the Karankawan tribe’s life during Texas colonization. Kwash, chief’s son, guides readers through raids, missions, ceremonies, and encounters with Stephen F. Austin as the tribe seeks food and safety. The tale blends danger with learning about Texas’s first inhabitants and their eventual cross-border withdrawal to Mexico.
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Mary Brown
Texas Gulfs Coast
Texas
Audrey Adams
Karankawa Bay
Kwash
Sprey
Stephen F. Austin
Bridge hand description yields decisive four of a kind lead
The bidding shows both sides vulnerable with a complex sequence ending in South opening with four of a kind. North passes and East-South-West navigate the play after the 2NT Pag SNT opening lead, aiming to maximize tricks despite the unusual auction.
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Thidding
Bridge Duel Ends With Clever Defense
A bridge hand shows West signaling and South misreading tableaux as the defense blocks a planned dummy play. West shifts on the first diamond, queen over ten, halting South’s attempt to duck and force East to win. The ensuing sequence leaves South trailing with dwindling tricks as the defense steals the lead and exits with remaining diamonds.
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West
South
Ammmi
Low
East
Mg Geome
Motion Picture Films Available At Library By Flora Wilite
Sterling Municipal Library offers a selection of motion picture films for club and organization programs. Titles include Leaving It to the Experts for civic discussion, Mr Chairman The Fundamentals of Parliamentary Law, Mark Twain's America in stills with animation, Tropical Africa on world affairs, The Vikings Life and Conquests in color, The Universe for science explores, and child oriented filmed books like Make Way for Ducklings and Curious George Rides a Bike. The library provides a projector and screen, a film strip collection with a projector, and filmstrips on San Jacinto State Park and Battleship Texas, plus maps and charts via an opaque projector. The staff invites groups to utilize these resources.
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Flora
Mark Twain
America
Wey
Africa
Europe
Sterling Municipal Library
Donald MacRae
David Dunlay
Toronto
Canada
Sterling Library
Ducklings
Curious George
San Jacinto State Park
Battleship Texas
Baytown
Some Kinds Of Letters Nobody Gets
HAL BOYLE collects humorous reader replies and imagined responses to outlandish letters. The piece riffs on misdirected requests and punchy punchlines about odd talents, absurd purchases, and comic misunderstandings, reflecting a light AP humor column style.
Verse Paraphrase from Isaiah 53 6 8
A biblical line states all humanity strays and bears personal fault while the Lord places iniquity upon one for all. Describes collective wandering and shared responsibility in prophetic language.
Genius Spark In Late Father Divine’s Presence
Henry McLemobre recounts Father Divine born George Baker in Georgia and his rise to claimed godhood. He describes the grand opening of Divine’s Hudson mansion, followers arriving by car, bike, and steamer, a children’s track meet judged by Divine, and a dinner interrupted by a blackout followed by a triumphant “Let there be light” moment.
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George Baker
Georgia
God
Tower of Babel
Hudson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Father Divine
Albany
Ting
Daily Crossword Puzzle KING FEATURE
Across clues list shows a partial KING FEATURE crossword with entries like Insh dramatist and French chalk. The grid and solutions are not provided, but the page presents a standard puzzle layout with multiple clue numbers and abbreviated answers. The text includes several garbled numbers and letters, indicating OCR issues in the puzzle header.
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News Desk
By Preston Pendergrass
Avaton
Che Baytoum Sun
Fred: Hartman
James H. Hale
Preston Pendergrass
Beulah Mae Jackson
Robert
Gilmore
Bill Hartman
Neseesreess
Eetsae
Corrie Laughlin
Baytown Sun, Inc
Memorial Drive
P.O
Carsier
Py ‘Exas
Baytown Sun
Old Press
San Antonioz
the Naylor Co
Boaay Peeven
South Desier
waAsas
SLA
Tech
Dean Britton
Cheryl Eburb
Colen Griffith
Barbary Hall
Brenda Hovey
Sheryl Hove
Picea
RTE
Ann Howard
Nancy McMinn
Benny Shea
Mike Shipp
Andrew Smith
Patty Stacey
Paul Williamson
Hal Boyle
New York
Johnny
Burpacola
George
Tal
Dad
Mazda
R. Sam
Pat Frenae
Fort Knox
Henry McLemobre
Beehouse
Mmae
Rebecca
Anthro
King Chief
Mazzard
Electric
City
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