Local News Briefs From Baytown and Surrounding Areas
Multiple community notices from Baytown list speakers at Career Day at Robert E. Lee High School, Altar Society meeting, mail boxes relocation, Rotary Club luncheon speaker George Kirksey, and upcoming Lion Club band performance. Also notes on Horace Mann Parents Council, Candy Stripers meeting, Rho Zeta ritual at First Christian Church, and candidate Tommy Cook endorsements clarification by OCAW Local 4333.
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Robert &. Lee High School
Charles Forque
Baytown Lions Club
Tower
T. E
Tommy) Cook
OCAW
Cook
Weather and odd notes from Galveston tide times
The item mentions April Foolish weather with partly cloudy warm conditions expected into Tuesday and unusual temperature and tide data for Galveston. It lists tides for Tuesday at 1:38 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. and earlier times along with a 5:22 a.m. and 8:27 p.m. reference in a brief, fragmentary fashion.
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Galveston
Texas
Town Around Highlights Staff Reassignments and Local Notes
A lively roundup notes Judge Ove Reid Jack W Strickler and Eddie Durant near returning to work along with A B Collins and his tag crew. Maurine Smith shows off a prize package after a Sunday dinner while Rev A L Jordan departs for evangelism in Japan in April. John Boland 12 found a watch on West Texas Avenue owner to claim at The Sun's classifieds.
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Ove Reid
Jack W. Strickler
Eddie Durant
A. B. Collins
Bob Kerr
Maurine “Smith
Bill Rogers
Rene Piere Arer Callaway
Tom Laughlin
Louisiana Evangeline Country
Kyle Alexander
Baytown
Houston
W. C. Underwood
Prester Pendergrass
Tennessee
Sprint
Jim Hale
Sun
A. L. Jordan
Evangelism
Japan
Happy Landings
R. L. Summers
Ashbel Smith School
Baytown Hospital
John Boland
West Texas Avenue
Baytonians Vote Tomorrow In City Elections
Baytown readers await Tuesday polls from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for four city races mayor and three council seats. Runoffs may be held Saturday April 27 if no majority. About 3,000 qualified voters. absentee votes totaled 30. Candidates include Hunt Ward Liggett for mayor and district races 2 3 6 with Cook Norton Middleton Ball Badgett McCaleb Lively Bryan Gregory.
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Blue Beathard Sun News
E. W.ernie} Hunt
Lee Liggett
W. L. (Dub) Ward
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Baytown
T. E
Tommy) Cook
Frank £. Middleton
David L. Norton
Lee College
Kenneth E. Badgett
J. M. Hube Corp
H. C
Curt) Ball
James M
Jim) Bryan
James C. McGalab
M. E. (Earl) Lively
Wayne L. Gregory
Division of Business Administration
E. W
Ernie} Hunt
W. L
Dub] Ward
Frank E. Middleton
H.C
Kenneth E. Badgatt
James C. McCaleb
Ear Lively
Head-On Crash Kills Baytown Couple and Airmen
A Baytown couple, George William Showers and Helen Watson Showers, died in a head-on collision near Smithville on State Highway 71 along with two Bergstrom Air Force Base airmen. The crash killed four instantly. investigation continues. Funeral services set for Tuesday at St. Mark's Methodist Church with burial at Memory Gardens. Contributions requested to the George and Helen Showers Memorial Fund. The accident occurred about 40 miles from Austin. both Baytown residents were en route to relatives when the crash happened.
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Baytown
Smithville
George William Showers
Inverness Drive
Austin
Ipcomede Showers
Techniical
Humble Oil and Refining'Co
Aziquio Juarez
Johnson Thomas
4Th Missile Battalion
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Showers
Candy Barr Paroled from Goree Prison Women
Candy Barr walked out of Goree Prison for Women at about 9 a.m. on parole after serving three years and four months of a five year sentence for marijuana possession. Governor Connally backed the Pardon Board’s recommendation, and Barr departed quietly with nine dollars and seventy cents in bus fare to Edna, Texas, with no press arrangements.
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Huntsville
Candy Barr
Goree
John Connally
Connally
Pardon Board
Candy
Edna
Tex
Outstanding DE Student Robert Cupps Wins $2,000 Scholarship
Robert Cupps of Cleveland Texas earned a $2,000 Retail Merchants Association scholarship through the Distributive Education program. He spoke at a Houston luncheon, won a Texas DE contest in Fort Worth, and will represent Texas at a national meeting in Chicago.
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Robert Cupps
Robert
Robert E. Lee
Houston
University of Houston
Fort Worth
The
Retail Merchants Association
University of House Memherston
REL
Matherne’s
H. E. Cupps
Cleveland
Tex
Killeen
DE -Clubs
Texas
Texas DE
Chicago
Baytown
Land Shortage Seen by 2000 A D in U S Report
The Resources for the Future study warns land will be the era’s greatest constraint as population grows toward 331 million by 2000. Cropland may shrink under demand, while total output could surpass 2 trillion dollars by 2000 with more cars and new living patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Resources For the Future, Inc
Carol Hartrick Finalist In NASA Paper Contest
Carol Hartrick a senior at Robert E. Lee High School was named one of nine finalists in a NASA sponsored high school science paper contest. She studied Mercury Manned Spacecraft and competed after more than 3,000 entries from nine schools.
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Carol Hartrick
Robert A. Lee High School
National Aeronautics Manned Spacecraft Center
William Wael- Kile
Sam Houston High School
Barbara Monroe
Bellaire
Carol
Mercury
Manned Spacecraft
Manned Spacecraft Center
Houston Chamber of Com
Senators approve poll tax abolition measure in Texas
ASTEIN AP reports the Senate approved 22 to 7 a measure to abolish the poll tax as a voting requirement. The constitutional amendment heads to the House and, if passes, to Texas voters in the 1961 general election. Texas is among five states still requiring a poll tax.
New Yorkers Have Newspapers Again
New York City ends a long printer strike as 15,000 newspaper workers return to work. Prices rise on major papers, Post resumes at 36,000 copies daily, and the Mirror and Daily News trumpet the city’s return to normal with bold front pages.
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New York
New York City
Bronx
Times
Herald Tribune
Manhattan
Long Island Press
Long Island Start Journal
The
Press
Long Island
Publishers Association of
News
Worl-Telegram & Sun and
Journal-American
Post
Mirror
Long Island Star-Journal
Lving
the Mirror
Daily News
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Robert F. Wagner
The Robot Will Catch You on Tax Cheating
Martinsburg West Virginia report explains how an IRS computer system processes returns with automated tape transfers and a modern data center. The feature cites a 20 year old operator and notes the machine can audit millions of returns daily, while warning of limits and the need for accurate data input.
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Martinsburg
W.va
Lanta
Philadelphia
Thor Jever
Federal
Neil Hoke
Bowdoin College
Jess
Stewart
John FE
Aristotle
Hersons
Hoke
Shenandoah Valley
Vanced
National Computer Center
Internal Revenue Service
Greece
Cileating
Harris family matriarch passes away in California
Mrs. W. W. Harris Sr., mother of W. W. Bill Harris of New Orleans formerly of Baytown, died Sunday night at her daughter Mrs. W. E. Curtis home in San Mateo California. Funeral arrangements were not fully set as of Monday morning.
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W. W. Harris Srx
W. W
Bill) Harris
New Orleans
Baytown
W. E. Curtis
San Mateo
California
Where To Vote and Election Judges by Precinct
A list of voting locations and judges by precinct appears. Precinct 12 Alamo School Walter 8 Mabe. Precinct 13 David G Burnet School John Blackburn. Precinct 99 Thad Feltons Jack Hester. Precinct 100 Ashbel Smith School W O Tidman. Precinct 101 Firemens Recreation Hall Mrs G E Dab ney. Precinct 102 Baytown Junior High A Contreras. Precinct 103 Stephen F Austin School Mrs W A Goodrich. Precinct 149 San Jacinto School T F Kloecal. Precinct 45 Travis School John W Pierce. Precinct 248 Carver High School Woodrow Lawhi. Precinct 249 James Bowie School Wayne MecClurg.
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Alamo School
Walter 8. Mabe
David G. Burnet
John
Bud] Blackburn
Thad Felton
Jack Hester
Ashbel Smith School
Firemen’s Recreation Hall
G.E. Dabney
Baytown Junior High
A. Contreras
Stephen F. Austin
W.A. Goodrich
San Jacinto
T. F. Kloecal
Travis
Carver High School
Woodrow
James Bowie
Wayne
Cuban Exiles Outlook Bleak Amid Crackdowns
An AP report from Miami outlines a bleak forecast for Cuban exile groups. Officials say there is no strong underground movement and raids against Castro’s Cuba have reduced, with authorities tightening controls from Dade County to Caribbean bases. Exile leaders warn that organized action may end, as U.S. pressure and internal crackdowns increase, leaving few forces ready to strike.
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Miami
Fla
Cuba
Castro
Peach
United States
Tonio
Anusa
Car J
Los Penin
Fidel Castro
Rahe
People’s . Revolutionary
Mi 1
Ami
Matanzas
Dade County
Coast Guard
Penin
Washington
Justice Departments
United
Ianson
Escambray
Pha 66
U.S
Alpha 66
Caribbean
Markets Drift As Rail Talks Buzz Kennedy Seeks Delay
Inac tive trading. American Telephone up 4 percent. U S Steel and Phillips Petroleum gain as railroads push for four years of workforce reductions. Potential nationwide rail strike threat looms, with President Kennedy expected to order a Q-day delay this week.
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American Telephones
U.S. Steel
Phillips Petroleum
Kennedy
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Robert E. Lee High School
ST. Joseph’s Altar Society
Sterling Ave
Gaillard
Postoffice
Kirksey
George Kirksey
Houston Colt 45S
Baytown Rotary Club
Parents Council
Horace Mann
Harris County Savings and Loan
Gulf Coast Hospital
Rho Zeta
Beta Sigma Phi
First Christian Church
Forrest
Baytonians
the Sun
NASA
New Yorkers
WW. W
Bil) Harris
Sydney
Australia
Mare McDonald
Richard J. Daley
Benjamin S. Adamoowski
Lannie Cleveland
Higore College
Longview
John B. Richie
Kilgore
Richie
Texas Pardons Board
Candy Bart
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Bell System
Betwten
Appropriations Committee
Lyndon B. Johnson
San Antonio
Jefferson Counity
W. Meyer
State
Goatsmala
Miguel Adigoras Fuentes
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