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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1963
Page
1
Absentee voting is in progress for the April 27 Baytown city council runoff. Hours are 9 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday at City Hall, with voting by machines. The last day to vote absentee is April 23. Candidates include James M. Bryan, M. E. Lively, Dr. David Norton, and Tommy Cook.
Baytown area notices include theater tickets for opening night of Pen Little Indians with performances Thursday through Saturday, tickets reservable by phoning Baytown Theater Building. Also reports of OCAW Local 4233 meeting, a Fathers Night program at the school led by Jim Sherwood, and Past Matrons Club gathering. Weather: partly cloudy, 67 to 84 degrees. Galveston tides high at 12:40 p.m. and low at 3:43 a.m.
Royce Hedger, Coast Guard electronics tech on five month leave from Spain, visits parents in Baytown before duty in New Orleans. Other items note Lt. Col. Foups promotion at Ellington, Marian Orgain joins Texas Library Week efforts, and Baytown Chamber shifts name and scope to Baytown area with plans for industrial site program and weekly membership meetings.
U S Steel and rivals steer selective price increases amid flat industry pricing. Output hits 11th weekly gain at 2,464,000 ingot tons as Republic and others push higher on sheet, galvanized products and plates. Congress probes steel prices as President Kennedy signals conditional support for targeted rises.
Officers of Crosby and Barbers Hill school boards were elected. Crosby President Br. A. W. Jester, Vice President James Ew ell Sr, Secretary Eddie Faust, Assistant Secretary W. L. Loftin, with A. J l Schmidt as new member. Barbers Hill named Joe Benson President Albert Nelson Dr. Vice President Harvey Cotten Secretary, with Joe F. Presnal Calvin Johns C. E. Forbus J. S. Dillard as others. Board considers buying a Lake Houston area site for a new school, with Cyn J. Smith indicating sale terms and utilities. price cited above 2300 per acre. superintendent Allison Keancer notes need for at least five acres.
A Senate committee approved for debate an amended House version of a city annexation bill. The measure would let cities set up offer zones three to five miles from city limits and annex up to 10 percent of land area yearly from these zones. The Senate panel allows using current population estimates instead of the last census.
The Baytown murder trial of James D. Skelly continues with defense attorney Percy Foreman clashing loudly with State Prosecutor Lee Ward. Foreman challenges key witness Norris Earl Whitaker while presenting timelines and police photo evidence, as jurors hear testimony from medical experts about possible causes of Mrs. Skelly's death.
The annual Aggie Muster for Texas A and M alumni in Baytown will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Tower. The event honors deceased Aggies and Texans from the Battle of San Jacinto. Baytown A and M Club Master Bill Dumantis will preside, with James Bitsy Davis Pat Souther and Jack Walmsky among those scheduled.
The United States publicly rebuked Jose Miro Cardina for denouncing U S policy toward Cuba and threatening exile action. State Department said it will not concede deals or invasions, calling Miro's letter a distorted account of history. The council debates whether to publicize the resignation letter while condemning exile raids and Cuban policy pressures.
Reports say Prime Minister John G. Diefenbaker will not submit his resignation for at least another day. In Washington President Kennedy and the First Lady await the birth of their third child scheduled for August.
William S. Stringer, bureau chief of the Christian Science Monitor, will speak at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Lee College auditorium. His talk, Washington Reports What’s Across the New Frontier, draws on a global survey of 20 countries and interviews with leaders from Nehru to Churchill.
The Texas Congress of Parents and Teachers faces a deep split over the national legislative program centering on federal aid to education. President Mrs. W. J. Danforth defends the ballot as a democratic expression of opinion by 2,667 local units, with 31 states needed for final national approval. The ballot wording has drawn charges that endorsement of federal funds would be implied regardless of vote. The group has opposed federal aid since 1952 while pledging to keep members ready for any arising legislation.
A brief exchange quotes Sun Grin asking how long it took his wife to learn to drive a seven. She replies five years next September, reflecting on the learning period with a wry tone.
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