The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 114, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 5, 1967 Page: 1 of 14
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OVER 50.000 READERS EVERY DAY
IAYTOWN, TEXAS. 77120
Tuesday, December 5. IH7
THIFHONI NUMKR: M24N2
daughter*
placed in
Sunday
BAYTONIAN PISTOL-WHIPPED IN HO
20 Civilians Killed-
Flamethrowers Used
By VC In Village Raid
Fab* Alarm
BAYTOWN FOUCE Patrolman
Prod Miller aald Tueaday
(laming object lighted over
Baytown Sunday night by tev
•raj realdenta wu a naval die-
treat tlgnal It wu (bed aa
joke (roan the ground In Bay-
town, Milhr aald. Nairn* of per-
ion involving were withheld
|NIIMf iHVfltigatJon
LWV Breakfast
MEMBERS or the board of dt-
rectoro of the League of W(up-
on Voters will have a breakfast
meeting at • a m Wednesday at
Mr*. Mervtq Rosenbaum's, III
Willow Lane Baby sitting will
he provided at Mr*. Richard Nea-
vet's, B0 Boat Oak.
SAIGON (API - Hundreds of
Viet Cong rampaged through
South Vietnamese village early
today with tlamethrower* and
grenades, inflicting death and
destruction. U S. officials
‘‘nw'u.l. Mission said latest
reports indicated that about »
persons were killed and 30 were
wounded in Dak Song, about UO
miles northeast of S-aigon
First reports had said 300 per- jet Into action Monday for
More Venison Is
Needed For RB.
Booster Banquet
BieyclH SroUtt
MR. AND MRS P. It Weather
spoon of 2300 New Jersey report
t chikf* bicycle was stolen
from their back yard at about
C p.ft. Sunday. The bicycle to
the fourth In nta* i
en from their hon
Weathers poon* are
reward lor Informs*
to the return of Me bicycles
They can be reached at R3-**-'
offering a
Hon teaotag
Plwnwood WoHishop
plumwood garden CWb
w|U have a Christmaa workshop
and eovsisd dtoh luncheon be-
ginning at M g.m. Wednetday at
tht horns of Mis. Ray Holpert
UMDwtantU.
VFW MooHnq
MEMBERS OF VFW Pu.1 M2
«IH how their regular me***
at I p m Tuesday at the Poal
Home on Decker Drive. All
metnhert are urged to attend.
Church Meeting
MRS L. M. HAYES of Utf
Ltndenwood to easipttog mmt-
vatloni and ngtotrattom tor
Baytown church women wishing
to attend the 34th annual As-
sembly of Church Woman
United In Texas to be held F*b
t and 6 ta Big Spring. Feb. •
and 7 In San Antonio and Fab.
S and • Lufkin.
SJC Ceremonies
CHANNELVIEW Masonic Lodge
hat been Invited to pntfjalpMa
Ip "a cornerstone laying cere
mony at San Jacinto Junior Coi-
lege. The Richard O. Ooocmb
Auditorium and the F. O. An-
ders Gymnasium will be dedi-
cated at the ceremonies.
★ ★
Weather And Tides
CLOUDY TO PARTLY dandy
and slightly warmer It Ote
Baytows area weather for* •
cmrt far Tueaday. Temper*-
tar* range expected Tuesday,
tower Ms to tower tea.
GALVESTON TIDE* Redoes
Say wm be high at lt:M p-m.
and low at f dl p.m.
Nine daer have bean donated
to Robert E. La* Gander Boas-
ter Club tor its annual barbe-
cue. scheduled at T p.m. Tuaa-
day. Dee. 12', Jim Orchln, pres-
ident,
"W* need at toast six mare
to have enough venison tor the
300 athlete* and their parents
we *re expecting at tht dinner,
Orchln said
He added that Wunsch's mark-
et, 10400 Ooaby • Lynohburti
Rond, has volunteered to take
the donated ventoon and proeaas
it tor the
at no edit to the donor. They
art open to accept the deer
from 7:30 aun. to 10 pun. dally
Saturday and Sunday
whan they are open from 7:30
to 1 p.m.
“Any hunter who can donate
ventoon to ue wm be moet ap-
neeleted*', Orchto aald.
Tbit to the Brat year that the
freshman football team baa been
tneHMtaS In tht banquet which
tradlHonally honor* all football
basketball baacball and track
fa am member*, their coachei
tad Mr parent*
Atoo, member* of the Oiler
Highlights will ba shown.
Other officers an Johnny
Jt„ vice
Bob FulUck. treasurer and Al-
vin Platt, secretary The
tom were killed, which would
have been the worst terrorist at-
tack reported In the war. But
Wilbur Wilton, tht assistant di-
rector of U S. civil operations In
the area, said later reports Indi-
cate this figure “to much re-
duced.”
Wilson said the latest report
wu about SO dead and 30
wounded. He said 30 or 40
hornet wero burned down by the
attackers, who were estimated
to number about 400 guerrillas.
Wilson said he aaeumed the
hamlet wu inhabited by Mocv
tagnardj, the mountain tribes-
people who often fight under
U S direction against tha
Ox*.
Dak Song to located In an area
long the Cambodian
here there has been a large
buildup of North Vietnamese
and Viet Oong troops in tha past
few month*. U S.
Vietnamese forces have had two
big battles this month with
Oommtmlst troops at Loc*Nlnh
and Bu Don, southwest of Dak
Song and atoo near the Cambo-
dian border.
Wttoon aald it had not been de-
termined yet from intelligence
souces what was behind tha at-
tack. But the Viet Oong often
raid villages to show that the
South Vietnam*** government
cannot provide complete protec-
Dak Song to a “a*» We'
hamlet, which supposedly is tuf*
Uctontly protected to ba tree of
Vtat Oong tenrorian.
Ss tba air war, the U-S. Navy
rsngthened Its arsenal of
bomber* striking at North Viet
nam and sent a new light stuck mile* south of Hanoi
(list time
Tht craft la the A7 Corsair n,
-which can carry 13,000 pounds
of explosives while maintaining
»l*eds of nearly 400 milat an
hour. UR headquarter* aald the
jets mad* their first combat
rum against a bridge near Vlrh,
about 130 miles south of Hanoi
The Corsairs' 3-lnch rockets
heavily damaged tht span, pi-
tots rsturoliig to tht carrier
Ranger reported. One squadron
of about SS of the $1.4 million
jets to aboard the carrier.
Tht U.S. Tth Air Force Will
soon add the plane to its strike
force also. The Corsair was first
In 1M4 as a replace-
ment foe-the A4 Skyhawk to prv
vid« ■ subsonic plane which
•auid carry a heavier toad of
weapons than the Skyhawk.
Overcast weather from the
northeast montoons again flmtt
ed most of the SO UR. missions
Monday to areas south of Hanoi,
but radar guided Air Force F’OT
Thunder-Chiefs to at least three
targets above North Vietnam’s
capital city.
Their targets were the Thai
Nguyen railroad yards 35 miles
north of Hanot, the Yen Bal a'r
(told and storage area 71 mites
of Hanoi, and sur
face-to-air missile sttaa 24 and
37 mile* to the north. Thera was
no damage osar
Of the overcast ■ ■ HH
The tame overcast conditions
prevented damage reports from
UR Marine all-weather Al In-
truders after they raided the
Kien An airfield tlx mites aouth-
wset of Haiphong, Pitots repan-
ad touching off a secondary ex-
plosion in Intruder strikes at the
Nam Dinh railroad yard 50
2 Ex-Residents Of
City Die In Wreck
THE WORLD'S MOST UNUSUAL CHURCH
*8gssS&!g3g& KsST'iEaaiSr
Fund Still Far Short- ,
Goodfellows Begin To
Respond To The Needs
H m NOON
tag committee will be Introduc-
ed
during the dinner
II
SHOPPING
•ATS LIFT
CHRISTMAS SEALS Itfllt Tl IM
Itllf RESPIRATORY IISEASES
Two former Baytonlans,
and Mr*. Jay Shepherd, both
47, wer* killed Monday night In
an automobile accident between
El Paso, Tex., and Whit*
Sands, N. Max.
Mrs. Shepherd It the former
Mr*. Dorothy Smith, who work-
ed at D Baytown Btxi adverting
representative until 1956.
Shepherd formerly worked as
a radio announcer at Radio Sta-
tion KREL, before the station's
call totters were changed to
KWBA. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Shepherd have been employed
in the public relation* office at
the White Sands Missile 1
Funeral arrangements were
Incomplete Tuesday morning.
Mr. and Mr*. Shepherd are
survived by a daughter, Miss
Peggy Shepherd, a freshman at
the University of Houston. Hf
is alto survtved by two tons In
Baytown Michael and Pat—
Shepherd, and a brother, FYank
Shepherd of Santa Barbara,
Mrs. Shepherd It also survived
by her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
J. L.- Martin of San Antonio;
three brothers, Robert L. and
John R. Marita, both of Bay-
town, and Jim Martin of Ander-
son, Did.
Our World
Today
from AT Wires
• Houston Mayor Louie
Wtich sxprsasil hope that to.-
Ml to 1MM will v«S« la spe-
cial election on a one - cent
city antes tax and to !■ tore
legislative eento and a h*Hy-
• Senate OOP leader Ever-
ett Diiksna’s peeps**! Is ban
me of federal fends ter baa-
tag student* tf rirereeme re-
iSlRbfMb ....
Jeff Weed ........
(ynthl* Does** t,
Breads Reynold*
Mr. and Mrs. Olena
tpman .......
•eboanet 41 Ctab
Tba Ta4e» Famly
(ta Man of Christmas
Garde) ................
tkar Reid ..........
. and Mr*. H. W.
By CHIEF GOODFELLOW
It's beginning to took a lot
like Christmaa - tha good old
Baytown kind.
Tuesday's overcast sky and
tho wet ground* are normal
aes in Baytown around
Christmastime.
But rata or thine tha Good-
fellows will function again to
make certain that each young-
ster under 12 In Baytow n gets
* Christmas package.
It will be filled with candy,
toy* and other Christmas
goodie* to light up smiling faoes
of children who otherwise would
not know the happiness of the
yule season. '
These Christmas gifts arc
made possible by Goodfellows—
LC Will Present First
Drama Of Year Dec. 15
Let College’s first dramatic comedy at the child dramatlcal-
New York Jails
Demonstrators
Urn
Sill
A. H. (Uncle Bud) Smith Is
Dead After Long Illness
Friends of A. H. (Uncle Bud) he chosen baseball Instead of
MR. AND MRS. Fritz Unham
Inspecting the toy counter* with
more than passing interest . . .
Jackie Boswell speeding through
* grocery atore with har ahop-
Ping cart . - .Elizabeth Aylor in
old friend s
stories
Lois
qulrtag about; an
addrtM aa site prepared to aond
Christmas cards .. . Mrs. Gw>
don Famed another busy Yule-
shopper . . . Htyet and
Dorris and children eating
out, and Alloa complaining of
a temporary probtem with vi-
sion - Johnny Fulton gets
ready tor a big party ... Mr*
Richard Parte hat an u
student . . Milton Couch goto
Smith, 7t. who died Monday In
a Houston hospital, will pay
(Inal tribute to the memory of
the pioneer Southeast Texan
who spent 20 years of hit life
In Baytown as an Humble pro-
duction official.-
The services Will be at Beth-
any Christian Church, 3223 West-
helmer, Houston, at 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday. Burial will be in
Forest Psrk Uwndile „
the direction of Settegast-Kopf.
The Rev. Lewis McAdow,
Bethany putor, will
and will be assisted by the Rev.
Earl Bissick, former
the First Christian In .
Smith worked tor Humble In
Sour Lake and Baytown for
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Scores of antiwar demonstra-
tors were arrested today as
1,000 persons marched on the
.Vhitehouse Street Induction cen-
ter in New York City in sn at-
tempt to close the center.
Police reported
person* seized by
ing Dr. Bet
lmby doctor ,_ .
headed the marchers at they
trekked from Battery Park to
the center in lower Manhattan.
________)___■ Those arretted did not resist.
oil production u a business to They were seized after they sat
almost 200
wind by 7 a.m., Includ-
Benjamta Spock. the
ctor and pacifist, who
• pastor at
n Baytown.
Humble In
lytown for
nearly 39 year*. He Joined Hum-
ble In 1919 and wu mad* Sour
Lake superintendent in 1921. He
wu transferred to Baytown In
1933 to take tha urn* post in
the Gooat Creek district. He
held H until retirement in 1953
A native of Franklin in Rob-
ertson County, Smith spent most
S&SSflgEKSB
bland, off Scotland, ££&!KrS
R. E. Horn want* two tickets
cause Uncle Bud, an Inveterate
baseball (an, wanted to be close
.for the Jan. 1 Cotton Bowl gam* to Houston Astro games which
... He has a son-in-law In the he liked to tee. He wu a great
'■-srasrissis;
an ax-Aggto, of course.
ball player himself u a young-
er man and probably could have
bad * professional career had
pursue.
Smith served for many years
In official capacities here at the
First Christian Church snd later
at Bethany Christian In Hous-
ton. He held the position of rid-
er emeritus at both congrega-
tions.
A devout Christian all of his
life, Uncle Bud was once placed
“In charge of the weather by
the Robert E. Lee Touchdown
Club." The member* said It
wu easy for Uncle Bud to get
"Upatalre.”
The Ganders always managed
to play In good weather when
Ross, Uncle Bud's son, wm •
member of the testa.
Smith wu born at Franklin
on Nov. 1, 1988. His early days
were spent at oil boom towns
In Southeast Tsxa*.
Smith was a member of Sour
Lake AFAAM No. 1002, Beau-
mont Oommandery No. 38, tht
Knights Templar, and El Mina
Temple Shrine in Galveston-
He Is survlvsd by his wife,
Mrs. Jessie B. Smith of Hous-
ton; a son, Rou B. Smith of
Houston; a daughter, Mrs. Rol-
and Bielstein of Sugar Land;
two sister*, Mrs. Frank Bass of
Christi and Mrs. Tom
of Baytown; a brother,
C. Smith of Houston,
grandchildren alto survive.
down on the sidewalk In front of
the door to the center and after
sitting down In the street to
block police traffic.
All other vehecles were
Mocked off from the area and
1,500 police were on standby u
the sponsor* expected *• many
as 5,00 person* by mldmomlng.
Poet Alan Ginsberg wu
vated. '
among those arrested.
ml
A. H- SMITH
• Two detectives sttaa <U*-
IraagkS father at Detroit
riot victim a* ht emerges
where he ha* held scores of
police at bay ter U hoars
white locked (aside with u
many aa atoe hostages at
• Police questtea h usd reds
of Text* Tech stadeato seek-
ing a clue to the sadistic toll
er of cleaning woman tenai al-
ITIODB JjBI blood
• Texas’ Jaaaary draft
quota It 1.4*8 man, all ter the
Army, tha Selective Service
■ays. » i* the targe* call
since November, IMS.
• I* •
• Federal official tefl*
White Hoaa* panel probing ur-
ban rioting that to poverty
stricken Negroes, recent civil
rights advances "ore like wind
ever the trees. They dent see
• Li. Gen Leonard F. Chap-
man Jr., management expert,
Is dark here* winner la race
for Marine Corps command •
ant, apparently baennaa Pres-
die ground between tore fac-
tion backed generals.
• Transplanted heart of
dead girl bearing steadily In-
side him, Louis Washkantky
Is put ta n diet tt soup sad
soft-boiled egg, sad sae doc-
tor says he is gaining groaad.
• President Johnson la ap-
pareatty relying more on
worth than settee so tar to
counter am threat of wage-
price spiral posed bv Impend-
production of the year, “The
Member of the Wedding,” will
be presented at 8 p.m. Friday
snd Saturday, Deo. 15 and 16,
in the college auditorium. -
The public Is invited to be a
• Sen. Edward M. Kennedy
•ays discussions of Vietnam
knees such u Sea. Eugene
McCarthy plans In preteden-
tiai primaries may help coal
violent etadmt antiwar dam-
guest of the college at this per-
formance under the direction of
T. E. Rowlett Jr.
•Til* Member of the Wed-
wu written by Carson
who describes her
ding" wai
McCullers
•e it is not a literal kind of
play, ft la an Inward play and
the conflicts are Inward oon-
filets.”
Hie play, according to a cast
spokesman. It one of comedy
and tragedy. It is primarily the
story of a sensitive 12-year-old
ud .main are <!« <»J«I
of rebuff by the Negro woman
who raised her and who know*
tho real child rather than the
image the young girl Is seeking
to project.
The tragedy sparkles with
ly exaggerates her experiences
in search of attention.
Playing the role of the 12-
year-old girl Is Ella Wright with
Jackie Alfred portraying the
Negro woman, Bernice. ,v '
Others in the cut are J o h n
Steven Hodges, Pat Arthur.
Kathy Wendel, Dallu Holme*,
Mary Korenek. Linda De La-
vergne, Phylll* Bayer, Kenneth
Bunting, Charles Nichols, and
director is Charlotte
those who will give a little
youngsters can enjoy a lot
The package* will be deliver-
ed to youngster* whose names
have been placed on a muter
list being compiled by Baytown
School and welfare officials
If you want to help out with
the party, you can do to by
making a donation of any
amount to Chief Goodfeliow.
Every penny given to the
Goodfellows goes Into the party
There I* no administrative ex-
pense.-^-r- «4v
You'll notice In today’s listing
that the Humble Pioneers Club
hu come through with flying
colors again. That contribution
wu for $70.
The Chief got a cute note
from Jeff Wood. Jeff said, ;T
am seven yean old. I am send-
ing my money to you to you
can help Santa Claus ylslt all
the children ta Baytown.
“I read in The Baytown Sun
that you wanted to make all
the children In Baytown happy
I would like to help, too.” e
Nice going Jeff. You are ■
Decker Drive
Heist Nets
2 Suspects
By HENRY HOLCOMB
An armed trio robbed a serv-
ice station on Deckar Drive
near Slapout Gulley about 1:41
p.m. Monday, ptatol - whipping
tha 65 • year - old attendant and
taking U30 In cash.
A police dragnet — involving
heavily armed police, sheriffl
deputies, highway patrolmen
and constables — netted two
suspects within two hours of tha
holdup-
Sheriffs department blood-
Minds tracked down snd cap-
tured one of the suspects.
The two were charged with
robbery by firearms In Justice
of the Petce M. M. Brown's
court about 3:30-a.m. Tuesday.
Both ar* In city jail. No bond
hu been set.
Police Identified tht two u
Ronald Lee Thompson, 28, of
16429 Second St., Chxnnehdow,
and Mrs Darlene Kay Bryson,
24, of 3315 Lamanda St.. San
Antonio
Police are still looking for the
third person, a white mate, who
was Involved in the holdup.
The night attendant, William
Edgar Davit, 85. of 1515 Otdar .
Bayou Road required only emer.
gency treatment fot head cits
and bruise*.
Davis tokl Patrolman Robert
Rakeatraw and James W. Glenn
that the two men and girt
walked Into the Thrifty CHI sta-
tion at 1803 Decker Drive about
9:45 p.m.
The pistol whipping came
without provocation, Davis said.
After taking about $U1 from the
cuh register and $1$ from Dav-
it’ billfold, tht trio fled on foot.
Peering motorists obeervsd
tha pistol whipping snd followed
the trio to their car, which was
parked on nearby Oestway
Drive.
The witnesses gave the license
number of a 1959-model white
sedan to police. ->■<
A short time later, Harris
County Sheriff-1 Deputies James
H. Whitehead and C. Shelton
spotted the car on Market Street
in Channelview. The car pulled
info a wooded area alongside
the rood and the occupants fled.
Deputy Sheriff George Scott
epprehended Mrs. Bryson a
short distance from the scene.
The area was surrounded by
about two (keen law officers.
Thompson wu captured about
I a.m. by a pack of five blood
hounds handled by Deputy Sher-
iff O. K. Rankin.
The dogs attacked Thompson
(See HOLD-UP, Pag* I)
^Mr^and Mrs Anonymous sent
In another contribution. A note
said, "Best wishes for your good
work, and may God btesi you
and your helpers.”
The total hu hit 1298, and
there’s still a long way to go to
reach our 83,000 goal.
Oh yes, there wu a five dol-
lar check from the man himself
. Santa Claus
Join the Goodfeliow bandwag-
on. You’ll be glad you did, and
so will 1,000 children._
BULLETIN
NEW YORK (AP) - Stag
tevtoe resigned as president
of the New York Meta today
and returned aa general man-
ager of the Wffld Champ lea
St, Lento Cardinals, replacing
Man Mnatal. Muntal will re-
main with the Cards u vie*
70 Texas Glies Are
Voting On Sales Tax
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nearly 70 T*xm municipali-
ties, representing one-third of
»h* state's population, voted to-
day on the optional one per cent
city sale* tax.
Political observers predicted s
light turnout
Voting included Texas’ four
largest citie*—Houston, Dallu,
Fort Worth and San Antonio -
as well u ta numerous medium
sized cities and smaller munlcl-
The largest concentration of
communities voting wu In the
Dsllas-Fort Worth area. *
Dallu CRy Secretary Harold
Shank said Monday he expec '
a turnout of only about 30,(
Dallu voters were promised by
Mayor Erik Jonsson and the
City Council that there will be
no property tax Increase for fis-
cal 1988-49 if the tax l« approved.
MAN MASTERS BIG MACHINE
RIDING THE BCCKKTWHEEL *f a gtejte many, the awavatoea ware akfogsd ta Majfona
bstng S’ by tt^SSkSl^ Oa*fcteta!
excavator, this man appears UMputtaii. The
t,1*8 toes ai
•peratkms of __
Alberta* Quad*. MaauXaetuwd la Wert Oet-
line weighs
ta mining
i sad to oae ef tw*
w *f tar sand* ta
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