Retirement on his sixth birthday by U S Rep Albert Thomas
U S Representative Albert Thomas of Texas will retire at end of current term citing health and desire to be with home folks. The Baytown Sun notes his long service from 1937 with Harris County roots, his role on Appropriations, and wartime Navy funding during World War II.
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Fred Hartman
U.S
Albert Thomas
Texas
Congress
Léra
Thomas
Baytown Sun
the Sun
Oscar Holcombe
Houston
East Texas
Nacogdoches
Harris County
Baytown
East
House of Representatives
Appropriations Committee
House Independent Offices
Federal Communications Commission
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Jehairman
Appropriations
U.S. Navy
Texan
Adm
Ben Morreel
Morreel
Jones & Laughlin
Pittsburgh
West Chambers
Bowie Elementary course postponed to April 15
The medical self help course at Bowie Elementary will not meet Thursday night. It has been reset for next Thursday night April 15. Colleague notes list upcoming events and local notices including a baseball team meeting and obituary.
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Bowie Elementary
Water At Spot 8,400 Feet Deep Odds Against Search For Lost Sub
Washington AP bulletin reports Adm George W Anderson saying reluctantly the Thresher has indeed been lost. Navy search for 123 crew aboard the nuclear submarine Thresher, which dived Wednesday and did not surface, faced longest hazards of deep water and foul weather. The disaster would be the Navy's worst peacetime submarine loss.
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Bulletin Washington (Ap
Adm
George W. Anderson
National Operations
Washington (Ap
Navy
Thresher
Atlantic
Boston
Massachusetts Air National Guard
Seawolf
Railroad Commissioner Resigns During Probe
William Murray Jr a Texas Railroad Commissioner and oil industry watchdog resigns amid a probe of an idle oil lease deal in Throckmorton County The move follows approval of a firemen general investigating committee by the House State Affairs Committee as it ponders railroad commission reorganizational study for 1965.
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Railroad Commission
John Allen
Longview
Legislative Council
Murray
Texas Oil and Gas
Throckmorton
West Texas
New Mayor and Councilman Take Oath of Office
Dr. Lee Liggett was sworn in as mayor and Kenneth Badgett as District 3 councilman at a special council meeting to canvass April 2 votes. Judge Barney L. Ward administered the oaths as Liggett urged written complaints, city manager led administration, and open office hours were announced at city hall.
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Corporation Court
Barney IL. Ward
Lee Liggett
Kenneth Badgett
Barney L. Ward
Liggett
Wes
Citizens Bank Wins Depository Contract In Baytown
Baytown City Council split 4 3 to award a two year depository contract to Citizens National Bank and Trust Co. The bid offered a $500 000 loan to build a new city hall at 2 percent interest. Peoples State Bank also bid identical terms. Incoming mayor and officer changes prevented new votes on the matter.
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Blue Beathard Sun News
Baytown
Citizens National Bank and Trust Co
Citizens National and
Peoples State Bank
Citizens National Bank
Thes Council
al Clayton
C. A
Chris) Hansen
Citizens National
Lee Liggett
Kenneth Badgett
Clayton
Hansen
W. L
Dub) Ward
James M. Wim Bryan
Peoples Es Sa 21
State Bank
Velma Anstey
Jack Huron
Seaborn Cravey
Bank
Cravey
Hansen's
Ansley
Joan
Peor
Unseen Rifleman Fires At Ex Gen Walker In Dallas Home
An unseen shooter fired a 30.05 rifle through a back window of former Gen. Edwin Walker’s North Dallas home, missing him by an inch as he worked on his income tax. Walker, who said the incident amounted to an attempted assassination, noted he saw no shooter and returned inside to alert police. Police and crime technicians collected shell fragments from the scene.
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Dallas
Edwin Walker
Walker
Ira van Cleave
D. P. Tucker
Tucker
JFK Concerned But No Steel Price Move Seen
Washington AP report notes President Kennedy and lawmakers monitor steel price signals with no clear move. Talks link price actions to possible wage settlements with USW. officials warn against punitive government action while urging calm and disapproval of destabilizing price shifts.
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JFK
Washington
Ington
Kennedy
USW
David J. Manannt
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dilton
Commerce
Luther H. Hodges
Sun. Grin and the water wagon crowd feel better
A number of people on the water wagon report feeling better about their health and mode of life. The group, aiming to quit alcohol, notes improved energy and mood as they pursue sobriety together.
Holiday Inn Building Chief Killed By Truck
Doyle Crittenden, superintendent for construction on Holiday Inn in Baytown, was killed instantly in Fredericksburg Virginia when he was run over by a cement truck. He worked for Aller Bros and O Hara Inc of Memphis. Further details were not immediately available.
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Doyle Crittenden
Baytoun
Fredericksburg
Crittenden
Aller, Bros and O'Hara, Inc
Memphis
Baytown man Maurice Thompson dies at 52
Maurice Edward Thompson of 236 Arbor St Baytown dies at 3 pm Wednesday in a Baytown hospital after a heart attack. Funeral 2 pm Friday at Lakewood Church of Christ with interment at Memory Gardens Baytown. Survived by widow Eva and three children, six sisters, two brothers, and a host of relatives. Employed 35 years at Humble Oil and Refining Baytown plant. Church of Christ minister H C McCaus will officiate.
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Lakewood Church of Christ
Mau Ice Edward Thompson
Arbor St
Baytown
Hena
Eva Thompson
Cone
Betty and
Trainor
Maurice Edward Thompson
Rosanne
Terry Lynn
Tammy Traylon
A. Thompson
J. Thompson
Neosho
A. H. Dunkerly
Lucille Beard
Ray McMaster
Geneva Lorimer
Davida Thompson
C. E. Bennett
Little Rock
Ark
Thompson
Humble Oi and Refining Co
Baytown Cemetery
Earthman Funeral Home
H. C. McCaus
Church of Christ
Will
Diate
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Culpepper Indians
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James D. Wise
Paul A. Leal
Galveston
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Sam Houston State Teachers College
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John A. King
N. Pruett
King
Singing Men
Grand Chorus
Blue Beathard
Sun News
Bob Gilmore
Sun
Henderson
Paul Caters
Citizens Bank
Council
Democratic Congress
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
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