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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1967
Page
1
City Manager Fritz Lanham says new traffic patterns near Decker Drive necessitated a pause in using signals. After widening intersections and completing striping, the lights will be reactivated within days.
Scattered thundershowers on Wednesday with cooler clearing by Wednesday night into Thursday. Temperature range mainly in the 60s to 70s. In Galveston, Thursday tides rise at 2 am and fall at 5:36 pm.
F A Ryder among Bay town volunteers driving a Red Cross truck. Airman Vernon Fackson Jr. nephew of Mrs. A DeVault of 106 S Circle Baytown stationed in Mekong Delta Vietnam in Aircraft Refueling Sector. Elisabeth Alleman daughter of E A Alleman teaching math at Jane Long Junior School Houston this fall. Elisabeth June Rice University graduate took courses toward master's at Vanderbilt. Georgeanne Chandler daughter of Mr and Mrs George Chandler pledged Alpha Delta Phi at University of Texas Austin as a freshman.
Gov. Connally seeks federal aid to aid 20 South Texas counties and disaster areas, requesting 282.5 million in federal lands for public works. Rio Grande flood displaces thousands in Harlingen and across the border, with deaths rising and shelters expanding as beulah winds fade. Local dikes fail, sandbags prove insufficient, and river levels remain dangerously high into the night.
U S warplanes intensified raids on North Vietnam as artillery fire eased along the DMZ. US carriers hit Haiphong bridges while Navy bombers struck a key highway rail link to Hanoi, aiming to choke exit routes from the port. North Vietnamese MIGs contested the skies with heavy anti aircraft fire and multiple dogfights.
The Johnson administration's 2.2 billion antipoverty bill heads for its first big test in the Senate while House Democrats worry about action pushing into next year. A Tuesday vote in the House slimmed funds for a juvenile delinquency program, allowing use by any agency tied to the Office of Economic Opportunity, contrary to GEO involvement. Rep. Joe D. Waggonner opposed directing GEO funding, seeking to bar the agency from receiving money.
La Porte police stopped a man for a traffic violation and escorted him to the station. While detained, he left, later called to return, paid the fine, and departed again without further incident.
J. C. Deel is promoted to sergeant in the Baytown Police Department, Chief Blair Mann said Wednesday. Deel has served as an identification officer since March 1961 and will work in the identification section until a replacement is selected and trained.
The Baytown VFW requests paperback books for a drive to provide reading material to Vietnam era servicemen. Those wishing to contribute should contact C. W. Hastings at 582 2402 or deliver books to his home at 209 E. Humble, or to WL C Moravits at 500 Parkway.
Across Texas voters weigh local sales taxes in El Paso Orange Grove and Elgin as a mass poisoning toll in Trijua na climbs to 41 with a bread culprit cited. Mayor Lindsay seeks a quick end to the New York teachers strike aiming to return 1.1 million students to classes.
Urgent appeal issued by Civil Defense disaster committee seeks nurses to deploy three to five days to the flooded Rio Grande Valley. Baytown hospitals coordinate call program. physicians and Civil Air Patrol aiding. Local drives organize clothing, furniture, and non-perishable food for victims. Baytown and Wooster groups mobilize relief efforts.
Edith, a tropical storm churning over warm Atlantic waters, intensified today and forecasters expect it to become the season’s fifth hurricane before nightfall. With top winds near 60 mph, Edith moves west or slightly northwest at 10 to 15 mph, with gale winds extending 100 miles from the center. At 6 am EDT, Edith was near latitude 13.0 north, longitude 51.5 west, about 550 miles east of Barbados and roughly 1,000 miles east-southeast of San Juan Puerto Rico, about 2,000 miles east-southeast of Miami.
U S Steel has hired Stanford Research Institute to prepare a comprehensive development plan for its Baytown Chambers County property. The project follows a $26 million second phase site prep contract and will examine growth trends, designate zones for services and transportation, and assess impacts on nearby municipalities.
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