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MR. AND MRS. a M. BOSWELL
411 Willow Um
to the Brunson Theater. This Coupon f«o4
lor taro tiokota when presented
at the Brunson box office.
Good Through April M.
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WEEKEND
EDITION
VOL 44, NO. 235
lArrOWN, TEXAS, 77620
Sunday, April 30, 1967
TELEPHONE NUMBER: 5124302
Tan CtnH Par Copy
CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT%R STEEL PLANT ARRIVES
Equipment that will clear
land to make way for Bay-
town* new U.S. Steel Texas
Works began railing Into town
over the weekend.
A Southern Paaific Railroad
crew removed wheels from
one end of a flat car late Fri-
day. R will be used as a
ramp to unload the land-clear-
ing equipment ......
The first maehines will be
unloaded Monday at the South-
ern Pacific track on Pruett
8treet adjacent to the Ilouson
Power and Ughlng Co. build-
lug.
Morrison ■ Knudson Go. of
as It arrives. “Our equipment
target! construction firms In
the world, has the land-clear-
tug contract for the U.S. Steel
Baytown plant. Work It ex-
pected to start within a few
days.
Paul Pots, equipment su-
perintendent for the firm, la
here checking the equipment
as It arives. “4
“Our equipment
la coming from several divi-
sions of the oompsny over the
nation,’’ Potts said.
“AH of the equipment has
been overhauled,” be said.
Ten per cent uf the equipment
In la taw* — two rail flat oar*
and n heavy truck.
About 1,000 men will be hir-
ed to build the U.S. Steel
-%-
plate mill here. Company of-
ficiate say too will be employ-
ed to operate the Initial plant.
The company owns 14,004
acre* In east Harris and west
Chambers counties tor future
Industrial development.
Only a fraction of the land
will be used for the initial
plant *
4,.^
SUN SPOTS
UtMe League Meet
:LEAGl
LITTLE LEAGUE Ladies Auxil-
iary will host a “Get Acquaint-
ed Coffee" for Little Leaguers
parents, managers and officials
from 3 to 5 p.m,;Sunday at the
Elk’s Lodge.
Honor Society
MISS ELIZABETH Bomhoff,
daughter of the 'ttev, and Mrs
Harold O. Bomhoff of Baytown
has been elected to membership
in the Kappa Iota Chapter of
Kappa Delta Pi, an honor so-
ciety in education. Individuals
are invited to become members
because of high records, a pro-
fessional attitude in the field
of education and character. Miss
Bomhoff i now teaching in the
Chicago public schools,
Boat Club
THE LOCK on the Lakewood
Boat Club dock has been chang-
ed. Members may get new keyes
by contacting Herschel Scott,
Robert Wesselhoft, or Bill De-
Pterri.
ly before noon Saturday- chal- years in jail and a IMMBSfine. activity was marked by five
Cancer Meeting
AMERICAN CANCER Society.
Baytown Branch, will meet at
7:30 p.m. Monday in the train-
ing room at San Jacinto Metho
dist Hospital. The public is in-
vited. The group will view the
film "Sense in the Sun," which
is about prevention and cure of
skin cancer in coastal environ-
ments. Plans for the annual
meeting June 5 also will be dis-
cussed.
■’ ' ★ * *
Weather and fldoi
P&RTLY CLOUDY end warm
through the weekend to the ^
Baytown area weather tore-
casI.Temperature range ex
pected,-70-88 degrees.
Tax Deadline
SCHOOL DISTRICT residents
have until S p.m. Monday to
raider their property tor school
taxes. This can be done at the
office of Hobart Enoch, school
district tax assessor - collector,
in the school administration
building. Enoch said the rend!
tion deadline was extended un-
til Monday because April 30
falls On Sunday.
Fun Night
A FUN NIGHT is planned ft
Goose Creek Country Club be-
ginning at 9 p.m. Sat. All mem-
bers and their guests are invit-
ed. Breakfast will be served,
Yank, Red
Planes Battle
In North Viet
Johnson
DUNCAN JOHNSON^lm Bel- Air Force pilots. claimed two
vedere is reported improving at
Methodist Hospital in Houston
following heart surgery.
Clay Files Another
Suit In Draft Fight
HOUSTON (API - Cassius
Clay’s lawyers filed a new suit
in U.S. district court here short-
lenging the government’s right
to punish the former heavy-
weight champion for failure to
enter the armed services
The suit, similar to one which
jvas turned down earlier in the
week by Judge Allen B, Han-
nay, contends that Gay, or Mu-
hammad All, should be exempt
from the draft because of his
vocation as a Black Muslim
minister.
Die columinous plea, consist-
ing of more than 67 pages, also
eowfs for months a^d
as much as two years.’’
mum sentence would be
contends that the Selective Serv- those who have help#
ice System is unconstitutional his beginnings as t»
because, says the petition, it
does not have a fair proportion
of Negroes on its boards.
* present role as a
sional fights, refused induction &nd America|)
at ceremonies here Friday. The
[overnment immediately began
. Ians for criminal' action, whl(5i
could result in a maximum of
5 years in prison, a 510,000 fine
GALVESTON TIDES. Sunday,
■will tortow.at3:30k.m,and
high at 11:43 a.m.
“^'GALVESTON 'TIDES .MoBSIay
will be high at 3:4 2a.m. and
at 12:42 p.m. No tow tide.
AROUND
CONNIE BORDELON and Fayle
Kyle colloborate on a unique de-
sign for Sunday’s cover on Foc-
us .. . Sandra Laughlin checks
up on something . , . Juanita
Judice takes a carload of worn
en to hear the gospel singers
in Houston . . . Cheryl Greene
gets ready tor an exciting week
end. . . R. L. Parker calls
years, will return to the south
soon. He’s accepted a Job in
Baton Rouge, La.
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Dunn
flew to Dallas for the weekend
to visit their daughter who is
training to become an airline
hosteis. Their daughter is Nina
Dunn.
Mr. and Mrs. C H. Bounds
expressing their appreciation for
theater tickets.
WE INSTALL
FORD 6 CLIMATIC
AIR CONDITIONERS
THAD FELTON
*♦ Siytown. Inc.
about a photo . . . Bob and
Jane Griffin, former Baytonlans
and Karans^aty for'a' couphfof * *«*»«“. ^ay Ie,t sistant'news editor ofJheOr-
v^rT^l return to XT south Houston Customs House, ange Leader, ha* Joined The
vears will return to the south whgre thfi center 1* Sun as assistant managing edi-
iocated, forged through a crowd
of sympathetic Negro demon-
Tell no, we won’t go,
' with his lawyers. _.;RR|P|L,
U. S. Atty. Morton SuSman of sity on The Lariat, student
II Houston said, “It will take us 30 newspaper. Both are from Dai-
fwgaiY^Btomare charged W. artcT Soto''*.....~
(This matter could drag on in thef editors at Baylor.
But, Covington said, “The
champ will never see the Inside
of a Jail-”
Clay preached a sermon^
day night at the Mi
in Houston, his at
town. He shiedAfway from re-
porters, prepfing to stand on
the signed, T/Very, four-page
statement he dcld out to news-
men after Fridajrsstour hours of
military procedures. ' < —
It read" something llkV-.a last
will and testament, naming
ose who have help® him from
his beginnings as fiS shy, 1960
Olympic boxer, through his
days as the boastfag quick-wit-
ted pro champ **
SAIGON (AP) - Striking
again at targets near Hanoi,
American war planes fought six
duels with defending MIGs over
North Vietnam Friday and U.S.
The F105 Thunderchiefs ran
into heavy missile add MIG de
fenses as they attacked railroad
car repair shops 2)4 miles e$st-
northeast of the center of Hanoi
and a highway 12 miles west of
the Red capital
The U.S. command said two
MIG 17s were downed but made
H||,ention of any American
[tosses. „ ': I
Rer-to Hanoi claimed that four
; U.S. planes were shot down,
The increased pace of the air
raids to the Hanoi area within a
In South Vietnam, 18 ground
lions were under way, but
ire. was only scattered con-
tact with the enemy, U.S.
spokesmen said.
The operations included a new
on?"' called Beaver Cage along
the coast about 25 mileS south of
Dp Nang, It began Friday with
ytown Man Dies
Of Crash Injuries
JOHN IV. WIESNER
1st National
Boaril Adds
Car Dealer
Telephone
Airing Due
During May
Lee ’ Brasfield, president
Baytown’s First National Bank
Saturday announced the appoint
ment of Baytown businessman , t
John W. Wiesner to the board tans by General Telephone Co,
of directors
Wiesner operates the Wiesnei
Chevrolet dealership here
He entered the Chevrolet bust
U.S. Marines from ness in Hempstead in 1950 short-
water craft and helicopters to
begin a search and destroy ac-
tion. Results so far listed two
enemy killed and no American
casualties, spokesmen said.
U.S. B52 jet bombers ranged
* the with tour AS well as being a full -time
tor both on conviction,
•Oleunyhile, the New York
State Athletic Commission took
away the fighter’s license and
the Wom Boxing Association
shaped hta_of Ws title..
Clay remained in town to sign
the legal papers but prepared to
leave tor a new 609-acre farm he
has purchased in Tuskegee, Ala.
The new suit was filed by Hay-
den Covington of New York and
Quinnan Hodges of Houston, who
are representing the former
champion.
They said they also planned
to seek Injunctions in the U.S.
5th Circuit Court of Appeals
against the government’s right
to prosecute Clay.
The parttime fighter and Mus-
lim minister meanwhile pursued
his vocation as a preacher, - - - , . M m M ■■
iKSSfi?*Holcomb And Rothe
As 10 other draftees stepped
forward to take the Army oath ■ _*__. F____k| - TASiMa
s&siEtf Jom iun News Team
He says that he Is a Black Mus- Two new assignments h a v el After leaving Bailor, Holcomb
lim minister by vocation and a been made In The BaytownJ Joined the Temple Daily Telc-
ly after he received his BBA
degree from SMU. He owned
a Chevrolet dealership there un-
til 1966, when he purchased
Buck 'Dimer Chevrolet dealer-
ship in Baytown, *
businessman, Wiesner also de-
votes srportton of his time and
efforts to outside activities
He served as the Secretary of
theHempstc adIndependent
School District School Board
from 1959 untU coming to Bay-
town, He has been a member
of Masonic Lodge No. 749 since
1951 He also served on the
Hempstead Chamber of Com
merce in the offices of director;
president and secretary.
Weisner and his wife, Eliza-
beth have three sons, John HJ,
Don and Howell
fete Jones Attends
National C-C Meet
boxer by avocation and that war Sun’s editorial department to
contradicts the teachings of his expand news coverage in Bay-
faith. town’s trade territory.
Grimly running the gauntlet Henry Holcomb, former as
tor. He will be managing edi- columnist. In the spring of 1965
tor Preston Pendergrass’ num-
strators and sped away in a her one assistant. Holcofnb will
black car. , supervise ail news and photo-
While Gay was undergoing graphy, including sports and so-
liis round of physical examlna- clety
tions, all of which he completed Bob Rothe Joins The Sun a*
satisfactorily, five of the Ne-news editor.- He was assistant
groes outside the Custom? news editor of the Waco News-
louse burned papers they said Tribune. He will be In charge
were their draft cards. None of Rll news processing as well
was arrested. as makeup,
Their chant of "Bum, baby, This te the second time tor
bum,’’ changed to a defiant Holcomb and Rothe to be on
. tira urrm't art " ac flau
as Gay the same news team. They
oo-workers at Bayior Univer-
gram as a reporter. He cover-
ed the school district, city gov-
ernment and Temple Junior Col-
lege.
He Joined the Orange news-
paper in 1964 as a county gow
eminent reporter and editorial
A. E. (Pete) Jones, president
of Jones 7-11-7 drive-in food
stores in Baytown, has been
named to -represent the Baytown
Chamber of Commerce at the
annual convention of the U. S.
Chamber of Commerce'starting
Sunday in Washington, D.C.
Hg was named by President
E/uce Ramsey.
“When I learned Pete intend-
ed to attend the conveijton, I
w as happy to ask him to be our
delegate,” Ramsey said.
The dty council ha* voted to
have a special council session
within the next 30 days to hear
public suggestions on Baytown's
telephone service.
Councilman-Glen Walker, who
made toe motion, said it would
not be a "formal hearing.”
"In light of toe general ex-
pression or discontent with the
service being provided Bayton-
When Clock Strikes Two,
The Time Will Be Three
of toe Southwest, and in consid-
eration of petitions being circu-
lated, which are of a very gen-
eral nature, I move that toe
council call a special meeting
. .” he said.______
Walker also suggested that
telephone company officials be
invited to the session.
The motion stipulated that the
meeting will be for persons to
ask questions and give sugges-
tions, rather than those of
general nature. _____________
The council also agreed to
present a summary of specific
suggestions to General Tele-
phone in exchange for their “im-
mediate remedial plans.'*
Now here is the official
word.
As a public service to the
community — and also for the
many who do not know when
daylight savings time begins
—here 1a the quote taken from
the Federal Uniform Time
;m»r~ •••••- rr
“During the period com-
mencing at two o'clock ante-
meridian on the last Sunday
of April of each year and end-
ing at two o’clock ante-meri-
dian on the last Sunday of Oc-
tober of each year, the stand-
ard time of each tone.. .shall
be advanced one hour tnd
such time a* so advanced will
be the standard time.’’
In other Words, at f a.m.
Sunday all clocks should be
moved forward to 3 a.m.
The quote la courtesy of Ren,
Joe Christy of El Paso, who
IdoiSrigalMf Texas JMBIKr]
the daylight savings tltna|
A quick, rather informal
poll showed is par cast of tbol
people Interviewed did not
know when DST would go into
effect.
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Our World I
B9I To Construct
ToB Bridge Due
By BOBBY SUTPHIN
A bill will be introduced Af ” ♦.’Congress appears certain
the Texas Senate Monday tfiai
would authorize construction of
a toll bridge across the Houston
Ship Channel in the vicinity of
Jacinto Port, toe San Jacinto
Ordnance Depot and Tenneco
Chemical Co., facilities.
This information was given to
those attending; the Baytown
Chamber of Commerce Friday
noon luncheon by Theron Wad-
dell Jr., administrative assistant
to State Sen. Chet Brooks of
Pasadena.
He said the bridge proposal
would create the Texas Toll
Bridge Authority and stems from
a recent meeting with the Texas
House delegation, the Texas
Highway Department and Pasa-
(See TOLL BRIDGE, Page I)
RoHotft
ethics committee, replies that
the Senate will have the op-
THE MAN WHO CAME
TO PINNER
From AP Wire*
to grant President Johnsons
request for a 47-day ex ten -
Sion of the no • strike period
la-toe dispute between the na-
tion’s railroad* and six shop
craft unions.
• Marine CpI, Armando Gal-
Mrdo, son of Mr. and M r a-
Jesse 8. Gallardo of 2917 Ave-
nue P In Galveston, has been
killed la the Vietnam war.
• Sen. SusseTl B. Long says
half the Senate couldn’t with-
stand the Investigation which
ted to a recommendation that
Sen. Thomas J. Dodd be cen-
sured tor finanetal miscon-
duct. Wallace F. Bennett, R-
Utah, member at the Senate
portunlty “to decide whether
the senator from Louisiana Is
right or the committee Is
right."
• The chatrman of the
House Rules Committee, Rep.
B. G, Pendleton of Andrews,
GovrvJohu
liquor-by-tbe-drlnk bill lacks
at least four votes of having
a majority In the House.
• A bearing on a motion
for a new trial for Dr. Carl
Coppolino will be held at 3
p.m. Thursday before toe,
Judge who Friday sentenced
Coppolino to Ufe Imprison-
ment for toe second - degree
murder of hte first wife, Car-
mela. • ......
• The Ctwt Guard fights
to save two vessels battered
by huge wave* off Nantucket
-bland a* wind* of up to so
mile* per hour continue to
churn toe Atlantic Ocean.
• Wildcat oil discoveries
double during toe post week
hr Texas. 8ix wildcat oil wells
were drilled to raise the 1361
total to 74, a* compared to
144 a year ago, toe Railroad
Commission
Oscar Nowlin
Hit By Auto
At James, 4th
A Baytown man died late Fri-
day of injuries sustained In a
pedesfrian-auto collision at 8:15
p.m. at the Intersection of
James and Fourth streets,
......Oscar Duncan Nowllrr,' Wruf—
31b E. Defee died en route to
Veteran* Hospital in Houston at
10:35 p.m. Friday. He had ori-
ginally been taken to Gulf Coast
Hospital at 8:30 p.m. and trans-
ferred to the Houston hospital.
A preliminary examination at
Gulf Coast showed Nowlin had
sustained a possible fractured
pelvis, possible ruptured blad-
der, a lacerated brow and pos-
ible internal injuries.
Police said Nowlin was appar-
ently crossing James when the
accident ocurred. Garry M-
Burnett, 24, <rf 606 Morrell was
driver of the car involved in the
accident. The car was traveling
west on James. . Nowlin war
crossing the street south to
north; - - --------
A witness laid Nowlin fell In
the crosswalk near the center
Sf the street after the impact. -
Nowlin’s half-brother, S. W.
..owlln of 417 Jack, said the vic-
tim had been visiting hljn and
was walking home when toe ac-
cident occurred.
No, charge* have been filed
pending completion oi the inves- *
ligation by Baytown police and
[mi autopsy report:
A iuSifvg when
the accident occurred!" “
Nowlin, who was bom- Sept.
1919,- in Uvlngton, was a
salesman for Oshman's ’ Sport-
ing Good Oo. In Houston. -
Survivor* other than his half-
brother include a daughter,
Decky Sue Nowlin, a Junior at
Baylor University; his mother,
Mrs. 0. D. Nowlin Sr. of 315 E.
Defee; a half-sister, Mrs. Vence
Johnson of Texas Gty; and num-
erous nieces and nephews.
Funeral service will be at 2
Monday at Earthman Fun-
eral Home with burial in San
Jacinto Memorial Park. Rev.
(Carles Allen of Houston will of-
ficiate. Graveside rites will be
conducted by Baytown Masonic
Lodge No. ‘ 1192.
he was named assistant city edi-
tor andjater assistant news edi-
tor. -*
Holcomb Is the son of Dr- and
Mrs. Luther Holcomb of Wash-
ington. Dr. Holcomb formerly
was exective 4ilrector of the
Greater Dallas Council of
Churches. He 1* now vice chair-
man of the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission, i
pointed by President Johnson
July, 1965.
While in Orange. Holcomb and
his wife, Pam, were active at
the First Baptist Church. He
was a Sunday school
it, training unfen
Next Weekend-
College To Do'Silk Stockings'
“Silk Stockings,” featuring
music by Oble Porter,- will be
presented by the let College
Drama and Music departments
May 4, 5 and 6 in the college
auditorium.
The public is invited to the ?
p.m. performances which will
feature leads by Rodney Calk
and Kathy Linder. Calk will por-
tray the role of Steve Canfield
and Miss Under, Ninotchka Yos-
chenko.
The entire production Is being
staged by T. E. Rowlett Jr., 1C
drama ins true ter.
Page X)
RODNEY CALK
KATHY UNDER
’Ttinotcftka" by Melchoir Len- ter around a plot td get an in-
gyet. toe musical comedy has lernatkmally known Russian
a book by the American mas-
ter of comedy, George S. Kauf-
man, writing in collaboration
with Loueen MacGrath and Ate
Burrows
Porter’s scores include "Paris
Loves Love,” "Stereophonic
Sound," “To Bad,” "Siberia,"
"Without Love,’’ and the title
song. I
During Its two-year run on
‘Silk Stockings"
Broadway,
starred movie veteran Don
Aincehe and German actress
Hfidegarde Neff
Based on the Garbo movie The story of the musical cen-
composer to return to his coun-
try from Paris where he is
overstaying Ms leave on a cul-
tural xchange program.
Other students in the cast are
Allen Weikel, Charlotte Baum-
back, Steve Goodson, Ed Pen-
dleton, Gordon Utz, Leroy Krob
czyk, John Busby. Janice Tra-
han, Pam Henley. Blron Wilson,
Gary Burroughts and Jamie
Orufi.
Also, Cynthia Kennedy, Jackie
Faught, Dave Shaver, Joyce Ar-
nett, Lyn DePrang, Sharon
Shaddlx, Dennis Williams, Mike
(See COLLEGE, Page t)
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