Texas House debates on tax bills amid vehicle and trailer rules
Lawmakers clash over a farm trailer registration bill and heavier loads with safety brakes. Governor Price Daniel cautions the measure could boost state revenue losses and exempt drilling machinery. Debates touch redistricting and public hearings for railroad and carrier rate changes while discussing university tuition and state education oversight.
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Daniel
Austin
Gov
Danjel
House
Senate
Konrad Adenauer
Lyndon Johnson
Bob Baker
Baker
Texas Commission On Higher Education
Battleground Program for SJ Day in San Jacinto events
Texas Army victory over Santa Anna will be commemorated Friday at San Jacinto Battleground with activities led by Gov. Price Daniel reviewing the Texas Navy flotilla near Lynchburg ferry at 10 30 a m and a queen coronation at 4 p m at the Music Hall in Houston. Governor and party depart from Houston turning basin at 9 a m aboard the Sam Houston official yacht with a Coast Guard vessel leading the parade past the anchored ship at 4 30 a m. Luncheon and annual meetings of Sons and Daughters of the Republic of Texas and Texas Ship Commission set aboard the ship.
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Santa Anna
San Jacinto Battleground
Price Daniel
Texas Navy
Lynchburg
Music Hall
Houston
Sons and Daughters
Repub of Texas
Battleship Texas Commission
Navy Mothers and Veterans of Foreign Wars
Daniel
Sam Houston
Port Commission
Bons and Daughters of the Texas
San Juannive
Tleship
Texas Commission
Sun Spots Games Party Rummage Sale At St Annes Parish
Sun Spots Games Party by St Annes Guild and Women’s Missionary Council to host a rummage sale in the Parish House on Minnesota Street. Doors open 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM with tickets 2 for 2 dollars at the door. proceeds support church activities. Baytown official C W Grantham reported in satisfactory condition after surgery. hospitalized in room 204 with no visitors.
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ST. Anne's Guild of Trinity
Women’s Missionary Council of Episcopal Church
Baytown
Grantham
C. W
Red) Grantham
Baytown Hospital
Bradberry Dead At 64 Former Baytown Fire Chief Dies
Adolphus Chapman Bradberry 64, a former Baytown resident and ex Pelly fire chief, died at 5 30 a m Tuesday in Temple. He moved from Baytown about 15 years ago and is survived by two sisters and a brother. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Earthman.
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Bradbury
Adolphus Chapman Bradberry
Baytown
Temple
Pelly
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Bradberry
I T
C. H. Gillette
Dora Harper
Livingston
Duke
Conroe
Earthman
Baytown items note community life and events
Local snippets show Knox Beavers and Milton Kelley sharing a pie, Tara Yount offering a ride, Al Moskowitz assessing school needs, Lamar Alamo Dads Club preparing for a Friday chicken fry, and Jack Stewart arranging a wheelbarrow loan amid game watching. Nearby, George Wikoff faces a big Baytown Jaycees presidency task, while Louise O’Hara plans her Franklin La. trip and Norma Cannata shares a Big Bend vacation postcard. Community notices cover a Ground rattler incident, hospital patient Frank R. Dean, Garden Club Fiesta for Flowers, softball planning for women, Red Cross volunteer event, Little League work parties, and Baytown Junior High’s Spring Festival activities.
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Knox Beavers
Milton Kelley
Tara Yount
al Moskowitz
Lamar - Alamo
Jack Stewart
Vic Northcutt
R. C. Pryor
George Bennett
Bill Hinson
W. C
Pop
Swain
al Clayton
Vales
George Wikoff
Baytown Jaycees
Ruffus Honeycutt
Don
Norma Cannata
Big Bend National Park
Amarillo
Big Bend
Louise O'Hara
Franklin
Marie Bounds
Frank R. Dean
Morrell
San Jacinta Memorial Hospital
Cancer Campaign Solicitations Underway in Baytown
Baytown launches 196 cancer fund drive to reach Harris County goal of 2? million seeking neighbor-to-neighbor donations and business solicitations. Volunteers distribute cancer literature and urge periodic physician exams as early detection saves lives. RL Parker leads business calls. F Turner chairs the drive with 14 projects financed in Harris County totaling 461000 and expected to surpass 500000.
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Baytown
Harris County
E. B. Thaman
Parker
F .Turner
American Cancer Society
School Curriculum Study Set By Trustees For 1961 62
School trustees vote to study and discuss the 1961-62 curriculum at a 7:30 p.m. meeting. The calendar sets Sept 5 as first instruction day, May 3 for end, and 18 holidays across two semesters including Labor Day and Christmas. Faculty meetings and holidays are scheduled, with policy updates to a 1947 booklet.
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Texas State Teachers Association
Houston
Rebel Troops Moving Inland From Cuba Invasion
The Associated Press reports Khrushchev urged Kennedy to halt the Cuban invasion criticizing it as a threat to world peace. Within 24 hours landings near Havana showed rebels advancing 90 miles east as Castro leads counterattack and a Cuban broadcast cites assassination threats against him. 27 arrests, including former agriculture minister Humberto Sori Marin, are noted amid deserions by loyal militia forces.
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Associated Press
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Castro
Havana
Humberto Sori Marin
Area Refineries Expanding Humble's Million Dollar Projects
The Humble Oil and Refining Co plans broad expansion at Baytown and Mont Belvieu as part of a nationwide refinery upgrade. Projects include increasing benzene, toluene, and ethyl production, extending No 1 dock for 27,000 ton tankers, and building a large underground storage vault at Mont Belvieu with 250,000 barrel capacity. Overall refining modernization nationwide may reach about $500 million with Texas Gulf Coast receiving a major share.
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Humble Oil and Refining Co
Isom
Baytown
Humble
Mont Belvieu
Barbers Hill
Caribbean
Castro
Houston Gulf Coast
Sinclair Refining Co
Houston
Signal Oil and Gas Co
American Refining Co
Jast Fill
Catt Ot Corp
Just. Com
Preledt
Gwe Galfinishing
Wits atPort Arthur
Alo
Port Arthur
Teyrea
Texas City
Udex
Cinici
School Trustees Name Board Three Realtors and Engineer
Three realtors and one Humble engineer join the School District Board of Equalization for 1961-62. Beverly, Rayburn, Johnson, and Miller are the four new members, with Clevenger the engineer. Trustees also studied needs for 1961 additions at W. B. Travis and Carver schools, estimating a $500,000 project including furniture. Lee College out-of-district tuition remains $4.25 per semester hour for 1961-62 after San Jacinto action.
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Jim Boone
Robert S
Bob) Beverly
Rayburn
C. Johnson
Carter H. Miller
C.L. Clevenger
Beverly
Johnson
Board of Trustees
Board of Equalization
George 4H
Gentry
George Bennett
W. B. Travis
G. W. Carver High School
Carver Elementary
Lee College
San Jacinto Junior College
Elizabeth Taylor and Burt Lancaster win Academy Award on cars
A late edition reports Elizabeth Taylor and Burt Lancaster winning an Academy Award in a car based presentation. other world items note Soviet pledges to Castro, Kennedy Cuban talks, and a fire at Philips Petroleum near Borger with no injuries.
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Elizabeth Taylor
Burt Lancaster
Philips Petroleum Co
Borger
Birch Society member urges removal of library book
A Channelview John Birch Society member pressed the Channelview School Board to remove Living Biographies of Religious Leaders from the school library. Trustee Supt. H C Schochler explained books are chosen by teachers and cataloging is ongoing.
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Blue Beathard
Channelview
John Birch Society
James Seale
Novell
Vallmer
Seale
Nikita Khrushchev
Barbers Hill Spars Over School Bond Issue Plan
Barbers Hill School District plans a public meeting at 7:30 pm Thursday in the school auditorium to discuss a potential bond issue. The district aims to gauge resident views on options such as an auditorium, gym, swimming pool, covered walkways, and other facility alterations. Superintendent invites all district residents to attend and participate.
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Barbers Hill
Borrh
Haar Wall
AM Am
Ajons End Light Bulb Sale Campaign Today
Raytown Lions conduct the second and final day of a light bulb sale at S30 per bulb. Bags of eight bulbs sell for S2 with proceeds supporting local activities and scholarships. LeRoy Stanton chairs the drive. Clint Bites and Roscoe Zierlein cochair. Strickler handles publicity.
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Raytown Lions Chily
Sabreony Sathem
Boas Scouts
Cancer Fur
Datars Bee Te Lavigne
LeRoys Stanton
Cochairmen
Clint ‘Bites
Roscoe Zierlein
W. J. “Strickler
Messies
Cuban revolt claim rises as Cuba provinces report fighting
The Cuban Revolutionary Council in New York says mass desertions have begun and predicts a nationwide uprising before day’s end. Reports indicate fighting in four of Cuba’s six provinces though not yet confirmed, with the heaviest clashes southeast of Havana.
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Cuban Revolutionary Council
New York
Cuba
Havana
Blakley Backed by Johnson for U S Senate
Vice president Lyndon B. Johnson praised Sen. William A. Blakley as a good Democrat and worthy of a full six year term. Johnson noted Blakley’s strong committee assignments and his potential to handle key duties if elected, while speculation swirled about party support.
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Tower
Capie
Blakley
Property Render Deadline Set May 1 For Taxes
Deadline for rendering real or personal property for city, school district, county and state taxes is Monday May 1. The normal April 30 deadline falls on Sunday, moving the date up one day. Homestead exemption claims for state taxes can save a homeowner up to 12.60 and must also be in by May 1. City and school district taxes for 1961 are due July 7, 1961 and become delinquent February 1, 1982. County and state taxes for 19006 are delinquent after Dane 30.
Former Bank Teller Pleads Innocent in Federal Ledger Case
Mrs Helen Maurine Staith a former teller at First National Bank in Bewtown pleaded not guilty to federal charges alleging false ledger entries made in October 1960. The case file lists the defendant facing accusations tied to alleged irregular banking records.
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Helen Maurine Staith
First National Bank
Bewtown
Soyth
Arty Moni
Raige Joe Ingraham Wa Hewston
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Vernon Massey
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