Funeral Rites for Hollie Drake Held
Funeral rites were held Tuesday for Hollie Drake who died early Monday morning. Survived by widow, children, and mother Mrs Annie Smithson of Bay Town. Services at Redeemer Lutheran Church Rag Boil Win Lynchburg Elementary defeated Deer Park Deepwater 23 6 in a tag ball game Wednesday in Deer Park. The Lynchburg team plays again next Wednesday. Ke Dance Set A DANCE will be held at Knights of Columbus Hall on West Main from 5 pm to 1 am Saturday. Music by Les Brown and his orchestra. Admission $2 per person. Fire Fighters Local Union No 1173 meets 7:30 pm Friday at Fire Station No 3. Candle making meeting 7 pm Monday at home of Mrs F W White, Lil Ridgeway. Ticket found A reserved seat ticket for the R E Lee vs Rayburn football game found by John Cinque. Owner may identify section, row and approximate seat number. Contact Cinque at 566 72H. Agnald Tiner returns to duty aboard USS Ticonderoga after leave. 1962 Robert E Lee High School graduate enlisted October 1982. Hands On TV Lloyd Hand and wife to be interviewed on Today on Channel 2 Friday morning. Hand is U S Chick of Provocal. De Zavala PTA meets 7:30 pm Thursday in school auditorium. Weather partly cloudy with widely scattered thundershowers. Wise degrees.
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Hollie DR. Drake
Drake
Annie Smithson
Baytown
Redeemer Lutheran Church
Knights of Columbus Hall
West Main
Les Brown
Rayburn
John Cinque
Cinque
Agnald Tiner
C.L. Tiner
Highlands
U.S. Navy
Ticonderoga
Robert E. Lee High School
Navy
Around One Town Ahrens Visits Sister In New Orleans
Notes from a small town: Mrs. F. Br. Ahrens of New Orleans visits the Garrett Herrings, sister to Mrs. Herring. Joe Allen recalls a trip to New Orleans after Hurricane Betsy. Dr. S. E. Brousard comments on high fish prices and a big fish kill. Walter Quebedeaux bets on a Baytown caller about rain fish kill. none arrives. Orville Younse distributes name tags. Lewis Wortham from the Galveston News covers pollution meeting. Gene Muller compliments local newspaper coverage of pollution. C. A. Burford and Rep. Chet Brooks attend Wooster Chamber grand jury meeting. Brooks speaks as grand juror and state representative. Dr. Herbert Duke has Indiana-Texas football tickets available for Saturday night.
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F. BR. Ahrens
New Orleans
Garrett Herrings
Orville Younse
Lewis Worthan
Galveston New
Gene Muller
C. A. Burford
Chet Brooks
Grand Jury
Wooster
Chet
Herbert Duke
Baytown United Fund drives for Red Feather goal
Baytown officials kick off the annual 197,145 United Fund drive to support Red Feather agencies. Campaign chairman John C. Echols told 65 attendees the goal matches last year’s and urged active participation. Reverend Edmund Pendleton urged service and altruism as motivations for giving.
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Martha Ann Hemphill
Baytown
Sen Cole Ramsey Clash Over Ship Channel Cleanup
State Sen Criss Cole says he spends 75 percent of his time on pollution issues and argues the Houston Ship Channel has limited cleanup potential. Ramsey challenges the view during a Thursday night discussion on channel purity and environmental goals.
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Criss Cole
Kfouston
Politician faults Texas water board for lack of industrial reps
Rep Chet Brooks told Wooster Chamber of Commerce that no one from heavy industrial areas like Harris County sits on the Texas State Water Pollution Board. He mocked the board’s view of industry as a cotton gin and urged urban-led legislative remedies, while noting optimism from political shift and urging better qualified appointees. County Commissioner Ramsey discussed long involvement in pollution issues.
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Texas State Water Pollution Board
Chet Brooks
Wooster Chamber of Commerce
Harris County
Brooks
Cole
Wooster
Ganders Favored To Lose District Opener
The Houston Post picks the Rovert EB. Lee Ganders to lose to Sam Rayburn Texans of Pasadena 22 to 14 in the District 124A opener, continuing a pattern of predicting Ganders defeats after last week predicting REL boys fell 8 to 7 to Jesse Jones.
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Houston Post
Rovert
Lee Ganders
Post
Jesse Jones
Ganders
Sam Rayburn Texans
Pasadena
Wooster Eyes Grand Jury in Gulf Pollution Fight
Wooster chamber leaders urge unity across Galveston Bay area to seek grand jury action and injunctive suits against polluters along the Houston Ship Channel. Richard King says pollution endangers Baytown and nearby communities, calling for broader civic participation and federal water controls.
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King
Wooster Chamber
Call of Arms
Houston Ship Channel
Bay Area
Grand Jury
Richard King
Wooster
the Tower
Gulf Coast
Galveston
Texas City
la Porte
Houston
Commissioners Court
Taal Volcano Erupts. Many Feared Dead and Missing
Reports from Manila say Taal Volcano continues to spew steam as authorities fear about 500 people may have died in the eruption. Rescuers, aided by police, comb the surrounding lake area and refugee camps where villages show only rooftops beneath ash. Rescue teams report lava, debris, and deep ash in hardened zones with uncertain death tolls.
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Manila
Arturo Alcaraz
Cano
Laval
Commission of Volcano
Teday Togy
Philippine Constabulary
Lakei
Birth Central Text Scrapping Urged By Vatican Prelates
Vatican council urged to scrap its birth control text and defer to Pope Paul VI. Cardinal Heenan of Britain urged adoption of orphans and illegitimate children, saying bishops must do more before leaving. Cardinal Rossi of Sao Paulo supported Pope as final arbiter while calling for bishops to work on the issue.
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Vatican City
Vatican Ecumenical Council
Paul VI
John Cardinal Heenan
Britain
Cardinal Heenan
Assembly
Angelo Cardinal Rossi
Sao Paulo
Brazil
High Speed Rail Tests To Begin Within Year
President Johnson announced that the first tests of a new high speed rail system will start in about a year. By fall 1966 experimental passenger cars will be delivered and the Pennsylvania Railroad will start service between New York and Washington and New York and Boston at speeds up to 13 miles an hour.
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Washington
Johnson
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Boston
Dorris to Hemlock Street Improvement Approved
City council unanimously approved connecting Craigmantys and Ponderosa subdivisions by a 20 foot street between Dorris and Hemlock at an estimated 4672.82 dollars. The plan includes lowering and protecting an eight inch Diamond Alkali brine line with a bid of 2872.82 dollars. The project, urged by committee member Clem Massey, is proposed as No. 2 in the 1965 86 capital improvements program and seeks immediate action before the bid expires October 4. Continuous efforts to engage developers were noted as unsuccessful.
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Baker Road
Dorris Street
Hemlock Street
Diamond Alkali Co
Graigmont Subdivision
Baytown
Craigmantys
Ponderosa
Dorris
Hemlock
Clem Massey
Massey
Diamond Alkali
Baytown Sells Extra Tickets for RayburnGander Show
Baytown booster sales swell for the Sam Rayburn Gander game as Baytown gains a full additional section. The extra seats, from the 10 to 36 yard line, go on sale Thursday morning and run through Friday afternoon. Pasadena Athletic Director Weldon Phillips notes Pasaden sections near sold out while Gander areas move quickly. Fans urged to secure seats for District 124A opener at 7:30 pm Friday in Pasadena.
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Fame
Passdens Independent School District
Baytown
Pasadena
Weldon “Stony” Phillips
Pasadens
Pasadena to Get Federal Office
U S Rep Albert Thomas announced 10 new Social Security offices will open nationwide, with one to serve Southeast Houston and East Harris County. A formal Oct 5 announcement will detail exact location and staff size as Medicare activates.
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Washington
U.S
Albert Thomas
Pasadena
Houston
Harris County
Thomas
Greater
Baytown science tracks tailor to pupil needs
Baytown schools offer varied science courses aligned with ability. Enriched classes target pupils with high science potential, using achievement scores and teacher recommendations for screening. Ninth graders may enter biology, chemistry, and physics tracks, with Robert E. Lee High School hosting two Chemistry I enriched sections and six physics sections emphasizing lab work, independent study, and library research.
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Sun
Wands Orton
Baytown
Art Hodges
Sci
Ence
Hodges
Robert E. Lee High School
Lems
REL
Baytown approves bank bid after council vote
The Baytown council awarded a bank depository contract to Citizens National Bank after an intensive bid review begun September 16. Councilman J Robert Barnes cast the deciding vote, with the body voting unanimously to accept the original bids rather than readvertise.
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Bree Landrum
Citizens' National _Bank
J. Robert Barnes
Zetiow
Baytown
Bates
Barnes
Fritz Lanham
Lanham
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
FDIC
Rusk Gromyko talks yield no immediate thaw
United Nations talks between Dean Rusk and Andrei Gromyko produced no noticeable thaw in U S Soviet relations. They agreed to meet again Friday night at the Soviet Mission headquarters and discussed disarmament and the India Pakistan conflict amid Brezhnev’s Viet Nam line and mutual distrust.
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United: Nations
U.N
Rusk
U.S
Ne A
Animyko
U.N. General Assembly
Moscow
Communist Party
Leonid
Brezhnev
Viet Nam
Kremlin
Washington
Gromyko
Subcontinent
STUCK WITH IT Our World Today
Communications firm proposes four improved satellites for Apollo and commercial use in synchronous orbits 22,300 miles above Earth. Reports detail an array of space and tech items.
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Lite Corp
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