Fortas Backers See Fortas Nomination Dimmed
Washington AP Fortas faced slim odds of Senate confirmation with filibuster threats likely to block a floor vote. Supporters blamed procedures while ABA endorsed Fortas with no new facts to prompt reconsideration. A new Lawyers Committee urged voting on merits to end the delay.
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Abe Fortas
Senate
Joseph Tydings
Fortas
Maryland
Tydings
Albert Jenner
Chicago
American Bar Association
ABA
William Gossett
Senate Judiciary Committee
Lawyers’ Committee On
Supreme Court
Auy
Jenner
Earl Warren
Associated Press
Battleship New Jersey Opens Fire in Vietnam War Action
The New Jersey, first American battleship in action since Korea, bombarded North Vietnamese emplacements in the DMZ area. From Tonkin Gulf her 16 inch guns destroyed gun positions and bunkers, with second mission hitting an artillery position and three bunkers. The ship’s broadside covers key DMZ targets near Con Thien Gio Linh and Dong Ha, while firing thousands of shells in its first day.
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New Jersey
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Con' Thier
Tonkin Gulf
Navy
Con Thien
Gio Linh
Dong Ha
U.S. 3Rd Marine Division
Iitel
Power Poles Play Large Roles In Any Community
Baytown readers learn how power poles shape daily life and history from Houston Lighting and Power official E Kimmons Jr. He notes poles carry electricity to homes, brighten streets, and even serve as counting aids on long trips, tracing the evolution from early wooden structures to modern crossarm designs.
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Ron Lennard
Baytown
Thomas Edison
Edison
Kimmons Jr
Houston Lighting and Power Co
S. Pruett
Sun
Eastman Funeral in Groesbeck as Family Attends
Charles Samuel Eastman died Saturday night prompting his son Glen Eastman to travel to Groesbeck for the funeral. The Baytown items note various community notices and events including a youth fair meeting, Kiwanis program, Rotary club, and weather forecast.
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Glen Eastman
Groesbeck
Charles Samuel Eastman
Submarine missiles and nuclear tests reshape Cold War posture
A Senate subcommittee reports the Soviet Union is building submarines capable of firing nuclear missiles 1500 miles offshore and closing in on the U S lead in land based intercontinental missiles. Also noted are arson losses at a naval training center, violent deaths in Texas, and the Project Gasbuggy nuclear test plans.
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Senate
Soviet Union
U. S
New York City Public Schools Return After Teacher Strike
Most of New York City's 11 million public school children resumed classes after a three week teachers strike. Brooklyn Ocean Hill Brownsville district board chief Rev. C Herbert Oliver rejected the settlement and hinted at running its own schools. A number of Negro teachers and students walked out at a junior high but later returned amid police presence and community urging.
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New York
New York City
Brooklyn
C. Herbert Oliver
Ocean Hill
Brownsville
Board of Education
Ocean
Te & Community Governing
Military Party Wins Huge Vote in Greece Referendum
Complete returns show the military backed regime winning 92.2 percent approval for a new constitution that weakens the monarchy and creates a strong executive. Opposition was not allowed and the vote marks Greece's first referendum since the 18 month coup d etat. Premier Papadopoulos says democracy will be broadened. The king, exiled near Rome, received news with no comment. The charter takes effect immediately except for 12 of its 188 articles covering freedoms and assembly.
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Athens
Byron Stamatopoulos
Greece
Jorge Papadopoulos
Atlantic Alliance
Constantine
Rome
Sales Tax Hike Starts Wednesday
Baytonians will pay an additional penny per dollar in state sales tax as a one percent increase takes effect Wednesday. The state rate becomes three percent, with residents in 304 cities paying four percent due to local taxes. Baytown voters rejected the local tax, keeping Baytown at three percent. An increase in the automobile sales tax from two to three percent also takes effect, raising a $3000 car price by about $0 on average. The state tax starts at one cent per seventeen cents and vending sales of sixteen cents or less are exempt.
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Baytown
Detroit
Stat Comptroller’s Office
Somerset yacht christening ends in sea crash celebration
In Sheffield England a 62 foot steel yacht built by Joe Phillips for a round the world voyage was christened by townsfolk officials and a Salvation Army band. A bottle of rum smashed on the bow as the 26 ton vessel was lowered into the water and it sank quickly.
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Sheffield
England
Salvation Army
Joe Phillips
Rally To Spotlight Trustee Hopefuls
In the final week before the school board election three seats on the seven member board are contested. The League of Women Voters hosts a public meet your candidate rally at 7 30 p m Tuesday in the Community Building with incumbent Walmsley Alford Parkinson and challengers Greenwell Choate Lippman Dignam Simon. Absentee voting ends Tuesday at 5 p m with paper ballots due by Friday midnight and school offices receiving them by noon Saturday.
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League of Women Voters
League
Baytoom Sun School
George L. Walmsley
Fabian Greenwell
Jim Choater
Sam Alford
Glenn Lippman
Hobart Enoch
Dignam
Greenwell
Citizens For Better Schools
Choate and
Simon
Dock Strike Won't Hit Baytown
A threatened longshoreman strike in U S ports is not expected to affect Humble docks in Baytown as no dry-loading occurs there and Baytown workers are not employed. Shipping at the Port of Houston, however, may be pressured as vessels rush to load before the strike at midnight Monday. Talks in New York collapsed after eight hours with no progress, though resumption was pledged.
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Humble Docks
Baytown
Houston
Humbledocks
Union
New York
Community Chest Funds Support Crippled Children
Two Baytown agencies rely on Community Chest donations. The Crippled Children's Treatment Center seeks 321,500 for next year to fund physical and speech therapy and training for about 45 children. Baytown Opportunity School aids mentally retarded students not in public special ed, with operation funding of 13,00. A sheltered workshop helps older youths earn livelihoods through in shop manufacturing and contract work.
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Community Chest
Crippled Children's Treatment Center
Baytown Opportunity School
Crippled Children Treatment Center
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