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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1966
Page
1
New hurricane warnings were hoisted for the Leeward Islands as Tropical Storm Inez intensified into a hurricane with top winds near 30 miles an hour. The Weather Bureau issued warnings for Marie Galante to Antigua in the eastern Caribbean.
Gemini 11 spacewalker Richard Gordon disclosed he felt tired with a high heart rate before opening the hatch and that his planned 36 second task to tie the spacecraft to an Agena turned into about a 20 minute ordeal. He described heat in the suit, cooling delays, and the labor of hooking the Agena to the Gemini during the fastest rendezvous to date, alongside Cmdr Charles Conrad Jr.
Mrs. Sue Thomas, 83, mother of Dr. Ben Thomas of 1610 Southwood, died at 2 35 a.m. Saturday in a Baytown hospital. Body sent to Wright Ferguson Funeral Home in Jackson, Miss., for services and burial by Earthman Funeral Home.
ASA Wilburn stirs chatter about a little honey. Dr Herbert Duke visits Sun office to collect ball game tickets. Maurice Williams visits Mr. and Mrs. Lou Williams en route from Dallas to Houma La. Steele McDonald heads along Garth Road on a business call. Danny Underwood seeks information. A burning mattress disturbs Normandy House residents. Elizabeth Hill plans for retirement. Robert Feinberg tests a new car. Fred Dittman loses a pocket knife kept as a keepsake in the post office on Sun day. Blair and Dot Mann attend a Houston swimming party. Ronnie Anderson takes on a new assignment.
Fleet Exercise Eager Angler features Hospital Corpsman Third Class TOM C. JENKINS, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Jenkins of 509 Cedar Bayou Head, Baytown, Texas, as a crewmember. The drill prepares ships for combat readiness in the Western Pacific.
U S officials weigh a multinational blocking force to halt North Vietnamese infiltration into South Vietnam as allied forces report heavy weekend casualties. Jak. Wider regional actions include rail repair efforts in Vietnam and political tensions in Washington over military procurement and poverty programs.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. told the International Convention of the Christian Churches in Dallas that the American church risks becoming a mere social club without prophetic mission unless it treats racial inequality seriously. He criticized U.S. military integration and the phrase Black Power, urging unity and continued civil rights action.
In Alabama, Ku Klux Klansman Eugene Thomas, already serving a 10 year federal sentence, faces state court trial for the murder of Viola Greggs Liuzzo, a civil rights worker. The docket also contemplates dropping an assault charge against special deputy Coleman in a Lowndes County shooting of priest Richard Morrisroe and student Jonathan Daniels, with prosecutors weighing a harsher indictment later. Liuzzo was killed March 25, 1965, after the Selma to Montgomery march.
Senior Ashland Oil and Re fining Co. official Robert E. Yancy and United Carbon president W. H. Gammon will address a safety banquet for Baytown workers at San Jacinto Inn. The event salutes 187 employees with a year of safe work, with safety awards from Ashland and United Carbon executives including Kile, Kitchell, and McKay presiding.
On his 69th birthday Pope Paul VI urged about 1200 Roman Catholic theologians in Rome to debate freely yet respectfully, to show charity to avoid contention, and to pursue open inquiry of Ecumenical Council doctrines while upholding core Church essentials. Cardinal Pizzardo read the pope's letter urging unity, liberty, and charity in all discussions.
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