Jaycee Distinguished Service Awards Go To Veselka and Jones
Baytown Jaycees named Elo Veselka Senior Man of the Year and Thomas Jones Junior Man of the Year at the 1963 banquet. Mercer of Houston preached on civic duty as about 140 guests attended at the Tower. Veselka, a Boy Scouts and church volunteer, and Jones, a Little League coach and refining manager, were recognized for community service and leadership.
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Tommy Jones
Elo Veselka
Jaycee Junior
Bobby Sutpiin
Elo F. ‘Veselka
Thomas H. iTozamy Jones
Baytown
Baytown Junior Chamber of Commerce
Veselka
Jones
Jaycees
Bert Allmen
of Columbus
St. Joseph's Cathla
Garyle Clyde Jones
Lea
Aly Grand Knight
Knights of League
Columbus
Chambre
San Jacintal
Humble
Clyde Jones
Caravan
Ors, Inc
SKE
DSA -Ban- Thie
Gordon III
Onder of the Arrow
Grace Methodist
Mercer
Houston
Iing
Scouters Key
Silver Church
Cameron Highton- Beaver
Club
Board of Directors Or of Liberty
Saint George
Houston Jaycees
Texas
Yemen
Alby
William Tinney
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Russell Cummings
Gary. Garner
Ce Bay
Chamber of Commerce
Gary Garner
Roberts
Robert Eoepke
Jaycea
Jim Ainsworth
Baytoven
Sun Spots Meeting Rescheduled at Holiday Inn
Lee College Faculty Women's Club moves its Saturday gathering to May 2 at Holiday Inn Royal Oaks. Dr Cressman and wife have lived in Royal Oaks four years after 12 years in Baytown where he served as health officer. Dean Walter Rundell to attend Mississippi Delta Junior College educational program evaluation in Moorehead. Weekend forecast calls for cloudy skies with scattered showers. tides Sunday high at 8:31 a.m. and low at 12:33 p.m.
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LEE College Faculty Women's Club
Holiday Inn
Royal Oaks
Mich
Ame Crossman
Baytown
Cressman
Mississippi
Walter, Rundell
Lee College
Mooreead
Miss
Mississippi Delta Junior College
Baytown community notices and events roundup
Baytown schools collect clothing bags for Goodwill with credit toward needy students. Local groups host lectures at Sterling Library and Baytown Art League. UT drama cast member from Baytown involved in As You Like It. Dayton FFA Livestock Show and Rodeo set for April 30–May 1. Obituaries and hospital updates include Mr. Brawn and Mrs. Badgett. Police report vandalism probes continue as councilman Cravey recovers. Wedding plans under study.
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Goodwill Industries
Baytown
Goodell
Market Street
U. of T
Diantha -Davis
Crow Road
University of Texas
Hoeg Auditorium
Deyton Rodeo
Dayton
FFA
Quin
REL Cops 3 Net Titles Highlight Weekend Action
Three net title wins highlighted a weekend of tennis. Gwen Besea captured a side title while Joanie van Darrell Frisick and Marshall Schebert teamed for the boys doubles championship. Jobe Drevilhet faced Texas City’s La Bal lock in a starred boys singles matchup.
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Gwen Besea
Ates
Erténa Twlery Sd
Joanie van Darrell Frisick
Marshall Schebert
Jobe Drevilhet
Texas City
la Ballock
Alii
Persian Gulf Crash Kills 23 Americans
A Middle East Airlines Air Liban Caravelle crashed into the Persian Gulf during a sandstorm near Dhahran. Fifty people aboard included 23 Americans, many connected to ARAMCO. Searchers reported no survivors as wreckage lay in shallow water about 16 miles off the coast. Secondary details note wind and limited visibility during the Beirut to Dhahran flight.
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Bahrain
Persian Gulf
Dhahran
Beirut
Middle East Airlines
Air Liban
OH Co
Aramco
US. Navy
Air
Lebanon
Widening Deepening Planned Goose Creek Stream Project Endorsed
Baytown business leaders heard Houston Port Commissioner R H Pruett outline a proposed Goose Creek Stream widening and dredging project at a chamber luncheon. The effort, estimated at 200000, would be financed from operating funds and requires a public hearing April 23 with Army Corps of Engineers representatives and local officials. The plan has backing from the Port of Houston Harris County and local government groups.
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Goose Creek Stream
Greater Baytown
Chamber. of . Commerce
Houston
R. H
Red) Pruett
Chamber
Pruett
Goose Creek
Baytown
Pruett and Representaives
Army Corps of
Galveston
Chamber of Commerce
Hearmr
Congress
Port of Houston
Harris County Commissioners Court
City of
Baytown Chamber
California Primary Big If Barry Confident Of Second Ballot
AP dispatch reports Barry Goldwater confident of more than 425 delegates for the Republican National Convention. He spoke to ASNE and urged momentum from California’s primary. Nomination forecasts note Romney Nixon and others in consideration for VP. Shriver mentioned among options. Delegates gathered for White House reception as Johnson addressed the group.
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California
Big If
Barry
Washington
Barry Goldwater
Richard M. Nixon
Cap Igoy
George Romney
Michitures
Mar Dicks
Baret
Chase Smith
Maine
Goldwater
American Society of Newspaper Editors
The
Arizonan
ASNE
Johnson
White House
Rail labor talks near critical weekend decision
Washington AP reports railroad labor talks reach a pivotal weekend as President Johnson weighs a voluntary settlement in the five year dispute affecting about 200,000 rail workers. Federal mediators press for an agreement while a national strike threat looms and a possible emergency Congress action looms as the deadline nears.
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Washington
White House
Johnson
America
Congress
Fear surrounds Rusk after Viet Cong threats in Saigon
Secretary of State Dean Rusk faced a tightened security net in Saigon as U.S. and South Vietnamese forces anticipated Viet Cong plans for bomb attacks during his three day visit. A bus blast wounded two Americans while police chased a suspect who escaped with a heavy explosive. Rusk toured northern and eastern areas with security escorts and Vietnamese deputy premier Nguyen Xuan Oanh as transformers and installations remained prime targets.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Thanh
Rusk
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodee
Toxlay
Inde
Nguyen’ Xuan Oanh
Bien Hoa
Anny
Johnson cites sweeping study on military draft effects
President Johnson held an unannounced news conference in the White House to discuss a study he said could lead to the elimination of the draft within the next decade. When asked if this implied cuts to the armed forces, he did not specify details.
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Washington
Johnson
Senate quorum and civil rights talkfest stretch days
Senate readers muster a quorum in 23 minutes as civil rights talkfest lasts into its 31st day with a consecutive Saturday session. Belgium reports 12,000 doctors and dentists end their 18 day strike while socialized medicine debate remains unresolved. Police foil about 35 pickets from Brooklyn Queens and Bronx Chapters of the Congress of Racial Equality thwarting action at the World’s Fair. About 73 Mariem residents clash with police using rocks garbage and fruit after teens upset a fruit peddler’s cart.
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Senate
Belgium
Brooklyn
Queens
Bronx
The
Congress of Racial Equality
Mariem
First Woman In Globe Solo Is Howard COLUMBUS Ohio AP
Jerrie Mock, the first woman to fly solo around the world, landed at Port Columbus at 9 36 p m after 29 days aloft. She held her daughter Valerie and was hugged by husband Russell and sons Roger 11 and Gary 16 as officials proclaimed Jerrie Mock Day and a telegram from President Johnson was read. Thousands cheered at a flag draped platform.
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Columbus Ohio
Columbus
Jerrie Mock
Maynard Sensenbrenner
Industry In Spotlight City To Observe Chemical Week
Baytown will observe Chemical Progress Week in April 2025 to highlight the chemical industry’s role in daily life. Mayor Lee Ligzett urges civic and educational groups to promote the observance while local plants showcase products and pollution abatement efforts as part of a Good Neighbor policy.
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Baytown
Lee Ligzett
Zen
Baytown Area
J Chemical Plants
Chamber of Commerce
Dave Moore
Chemical Indust
Moore
Sterling Municipal
Manufacturing Chemists’ Association
Texas
Texas Chemical Council
Jim Mackrell at 95 sturdy as big oak tree
Baytown celebrates 95th birthday of Jim Mackrell a longtime metal worker who arrived in 1918 and built roofs branding the town with Mackrell roofs now aging yet durable. The open house is Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. at 407 Mackrell Road near Tri-City Beach Road with relatives inviting friends through the press.
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Jimbo Wooldridge
Anahuac
Wanda Orton
Jim Mackrell
Luther Mackrell
Mackrell
Tack Stout
Baytown
Texas Avenue
Sam Houston Courts
Cowboy Land
England
America
Texas
San Jacinto
Isis
Frontier
Jim
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