19 Apr 1962
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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1962
Page
1
Edwin A. Walker former army general and Texas governor candidate will be the honored guest at a Friday noon luncheon in the Tower Baytown supporters invited. Afterward a Q A session will let the audience question Walker in his second Baytown visit since announcing his candidacy.
Baytown Veterans Service Center at 3308 Minnesota announces annual Good Friday closure and plans to reopen Monday under director Grover Edge. The item notes a mobile X-ray unit for chest checkups will be operating starting May 1 and mentions a continued tradition/location details.
Weather and tides notes mark partly cloudy warm Friday in Galveston with high tides and two sets of low tides. The Houston Harris County TR Association mobile X-ray unit will operate May 1 to 23 at accessible Baytown locations as part of the Chest Checkup campaign sponsored by the Women's Service League.
About a dozen plan aboard a chartered Baytown bus to Austin for a Highway 146 hearing on Monday April 30. Reservations are $10 to cover the trip, with seats limited to 45. The delegation will include Highway 14a chamber members and other supporters, gathering at 6 a.m. at the Chamber of Commerce Building.
Wooster Marine Corporal John Henry Wooster, 20, died early Wednesday when his car crashed into a disabled trailer near Yokohama Japan. Three Marines and a Japanese hostess perished. Wooster survived by mother three sisters two brothers and fiancée EF Jen Randall. He had joined the Marine Corps January 4 1960 and was to marry in November. His great great grandfather founded Wooster.
Mrs Madge P Atiyeh a home economics teacher at Baytown Junior High died at 2 30 p m Thursday in a Houston hospital after a brief illness She was 62 a resident of 1502 Wright Blvd Survivors include her husband Ellis M Atiyeh of Baytown three sisters and several nieces and nephews Funeral arrangements were to be announced by Earthmans She had taught at Baytown Junior High since 1944 and earlier taught in several Texas towns She was born November 20 1899 in Dew Texas
In Buenos Aires troops and national police were posted at key points as confrontations rose between President Maria Guido and the military. The Peronist bloc warns of disturbances if March 18 election victors do not take office May 1, while leaders plan strategy with the General Confederation of Labor. Guido met with service secretaries but refused military demands, deepening the constitutional stand.
Incumbent County Judge Bill Elliott seeks a second term and will be honored at a coffee and reception at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Baytown Chamber of Commerce Building. Baytown and East Harris County officials and supporters plan attendance.
A listed itinerary shows dates and locations for a mobile chest X ray unit in Baytown during May. Sites include Baytown Junior High, Cedar Bayou School, Horace Mann Junior High, Gulf Coast Hospital, Highlands School, REL High School, Curver High School, Big Chief Store, Henke’s Store, Holloway’s Store, O’Brien’s Grocery, United Rubber Co, Weingarten’s, Post Office West Baytown, San Jacinto Hospital, and First National Bank with varying times each day.
Bay Area Board of Realtors plans a name change to Bay Area Board of Real Estate, with Dan Cox leading a drive. The April 21 luncheon at Zeisig's in Morgan's Point will announce the new name and next steps, as members from Baytown Pasadena and surrounding areas discuss the shift and its impact on regional chapters.
Governor Daniel will visit Baytown on Wednesday meeting with Lowell Lammers and Rotary members before inspecting Brownwood storm rehabilitation progress. He attended Lakewood Civic Club and Goose Creek Country Club events and will discuss storm damage with residents. The article notes his prior Brownwood visit after the Gulf Coast storm and mentions Army connections of a college professor.
Bil Yeoman new head football coach will headline the JC fete on April 27. The event honors outstanding Baytown seniors and juniors with DSA awards. Banquet reservations are available through Jayrer members. George Wikoff, president, notes limited seating.
A Baytown drive raised 4000 over two days with more than 100 volunteers collecting funds and distributing 3000 educational pamphlets. Louis J. Fentiman chaired the April Crusade with H H Blackmon and R C Halter as coordinators. L A Deriin assisted as co-chair.
Baytown educator Webber, awarded a National Defense Education Act grant, plans a Spanish summer program at the University of Puerto Rico to advance immersion learning. He advocates hearing and speaking first, then grammar, citing long delays from rote memorization and verb drills. Webber previously studied at the University of Texas and Baylor, teaches Spanish at Robert E. Lee High School, and aims to bring back teaching aids from the institute.
Baytown Gun Club pushes for a regional headquarters location in La Porte. Edge and Walker will address the Texas Game and Fish Commission in Austin to exercise an option on the Pfeiffer Electric Co. site for $38,000 with a large graveled lot. They urge faster reef installation in Galveston and Trinity bays following a $100,000 appropriation.
Former Rev Bation W Sumners who represented Dal- Ing district for years is dead. Fourteen people were killed and eight wounded in a new wave of Secret Army Organization terrorism in Algiers. Former Agriculture Department employee E B E Jacobs declined to testify in an inquiry into financier Bille Sol Ester. Soviet Union plans diplomatic moves as no bloc on American atmospheric nuclear test ban. President Kennedy weighs a price rollback recommendation to Congress amid steel industry clashes. Sticky weather expected Friday with more showers in parts. Vice President Johnson says space goal of reaching the moon will advance peace and prosperity on earth. Easter egg rolling at the White House on Monday night. Miss Owen released from Fort Polk stockade after orders from Kennedy.
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