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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1963
Page
1
The Phebe s n class of First Baptist Church will meet at 7 pm Thursday at the home of Mrs Edna Stovall 2309 Maryland Mrs L L Hinton to preside a business meeting Elizabeth West will teach.
Edwin Summers a Westbury High School basketball captain and air district team member from Baytown is praised in a fan letter for shooting skill and sportsmanlike attitude. Also noted are local society items about Pat Sobotik meals, Joe Beene return from Wichita, William Thompson Navy departure, and Leona Weimer school assembly leadership.
Voters flocked to Ray town precincts to pick a new mayor and three city council seats. The election features a three way mayoral contest among E W Hunt W J Ward and Dr Lee Liggett with runoffs possible in two districts.
U S and British authorities detained a 40 foot exile yacht Alison with two bombs and a 20 mm cannon aboard near North Miami Beach. A companion boat with 17 men was halted at Norman's Cay in the Exuma chain. Exile leaders face more confinement notices in Dade County as raiders vow to press on against Communist ships and Cuba based targets despite restrictions.
President Kennedy urged Congress to approve a 4.525 billion dollar foreign aid package for the coming year, trimming the total from prior requests. The plan splits into 1.405 billion for arms aid and 3.12 billion for economic assistance, with cuts from January projections and contingencies scaled back. The Clay committee findings push a leaner, better coordinated overseas effort.
Our World Today notes two retired army generals declaring revolt in Argentina, four hours later President Jose Maria Guido vows to oust him, a bid that appears crushed. Hoffa brands Kennedy as spoiled, Lao tian assassination reported, and Pholsena blamed on a guard. An official’s body is found riddled with eight bullet holes. A federal judge rejects a direct court order to stop Negro vote registration interference in Greenwood, Illinois. Cooler air moves south over Texas with thunderstorms possible in many areas. The removal trial of Sheriff C. H. Meyer of Jefferson County goes to a Beaufort jury on charges of incompetence and misconduct.
Washington AP reports U S officials face renewed calls to deny entry to refugees who take part in anti Cuban raids. Senators Morse Cooper Goldwater urged stricter action while others urged stronger pressure on the Soviets to withdraw troops and criticized the raids as dangerous and provocative.
Three matters are under study by the school board and the administration for consideration at the board s meeting next Monday night. One concerns the possible rental for an IBM computer for use in a vocational training course at Lee College next fall. The computer could also be used to do some of the school and college district accounting work. Also under study is the possibility of installing individual telephones in the school Administration Building and eliminating the administration switchboard. A telephone company representative has indicated the individual phones might be cheaper. Supt. George Gentry is getting a comparison of the costs. If the switch board were eliminated, the switch board operator would be reassigned to another job. The cost of a fence along the north side of the playground at Lamar Elementary School is also being studied. Since the city has opened Green Street along the north side of the campus, it has posed a safety hazard to young sters playing on the campus, it was pointed out. At the last meeting of the board, Trustee Karl Opryshek said the district's insurance committee had made adjustments in the fire coverage at schools taken into the city limits during the recent annexations. The action will result in a premium savings of us over the next five years, said Clifton Adams, trustee from Highlands, said some of the savings might be offset by increased insurance costs for the Highlands schools due to a recent increase in the fire insurance key rate for Highlands.
George Marinos of the U S Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District will discuss the Brownwood levee project during the Wooster Chamber of Commerce meeting at the Yellow Jacket Inn. Committee chair Gene Muller and members Nelson D Longnecker Charlie Walker M A Clark and David Norton invite all interested to attend with Precinct 2-W Commissioner W V Red Ramsey listed as present. Harris County sponsors the levee study, part of a Gulf Coast hurricane protection program with local areas like Brownwood Wooster examined for feasibility and economic justification before any construction recommendation to Congress.
Moscow reports a 2.3 130 pound interplanetary station Moon IV was launched from an orbiting platform. It is to reach the moon in 314 days as part of the Soviet space program to explore outer space and planets. NASA estimates cost of man lunar landing under $20 billion by 1970.
CHICAGO AP The nation’s railroads disclosed plans to implement work rule changes at 12:01 a.m. April 8 aimed at eliminating featherbedding, potentially cutting about 65 000 jobs. The move follows a Supreme Court mandate allowing the changes and dissolving a federal injunction. Five unions, representing around 200 000 workers, threaten a strike unless settlements are reached and President Kennedy may appoint an emergency board under the Railway Labor Act.
A brief political critique notes that cheaply priced rhetoric by politicians carries hidden costs beyond money, highlighting public cynicism and impact on policy integrity. The comment frames a broader warning about empty promises and the erosion of trust in leadership.
In Lake Charles Louisiana authorities discovered a severely injured 11 year old boy with his throat cut in a wooded area at daybreak. His mother Audrey Baden 42 and her older son Rodney Baden 22 were found nearby Monday night with throats slashed but still alive. Rodney aided officers after freeing himself and guiding them to his mother. The trio had been reportedly kidnapped. Nealon Baden remained missing with the assailant.
Mrs. Jennie Holcomb of Wellington is named Texas Mother of the Year, mother of Dr. H A Holcomb of Baytown who works as a research specialist at Humble Oil Baytown Refinery. Selection announced in Fort Worth. national May competition for American Mother of 1963. Holcomb has four other children and two grandchildren. family ties span El Paso Orange Calif and Rice University.
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