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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1962
Page
1
All boys between 14 invited to a Veterans of Foreign Wars marble tournament at the VFW Hall on December Drive. Transportation assistance available via T L Tallent at 584-3438. Registration closes at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
A list of scholarship awards includes $200 from Dr. F H Field and Dr. J L Franklin for a science major student. $150 from Highlands Elementary PTA for a Highlands resident who attended one year. $100 from the League of United Latin American Citizens for a high achieving Latino student. $100 from Pearl and Sisterhood for Cottey College attendees. $100 from the Mutualista Miguel Hidalgo to a Latino student with ongoing scholastic achievement. Governor Daniel tour with officials and local leaders visits Bayshore La Porte events and NASAs Manned Spacecraft Center site.
Gov Price Daniel pledged to contact U S Corps of Engineers within an hour to back efforts to build a levee protecting Brownwood Lakewood and Crystal Bay from future storm damage after Hurricane Carla. The levee would cost about 3 million with 30 percent funded locally. about 450 residents met him at Lakewood Clubhouse.
The Soviet Union announced the launch of its fourth Sputnik in six weeks, Cosmos 4, into orbit with a 99.6 minute circuit. Cosmos 4 carries instruments to study radiation and space conditions, with planned coverage over Washington at 10 08 p m EST.
Partly cloudy to cloudy conditions with scattered showers continuing through Friday. Galveston tides show a high at 3 03 a.m. and a low at 11 41 a.m.
James Odom, 20, of Highlands, completed a specialized instrument and control program at DeVry Technical Institute in Chicago, announced by Thompson, director of education. Various university connections, theater tickets, and local events are noted, including reports on Connie Lynn Crow, water-skiing at the World’s Fair, Baytown Little Theater tickets, and thanks from the Hanson family for hospital visits after an operation.
VR Reese of Baytown is listed among 16 names for a grand jury panel to be empaneled by Criminal District Judge Sam W. Davis on May 7. The 12 jurors will be drawn from these names. other nominees include residents of Hunts, Deer, and Gebeon areas.
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union Baytown Local 4333 sets a Thursday open meeting for members at 1 pm to explain status of contract talks with Humble Oil and Refining Baytown Refinery management. A bargaining election is slated for May 12 at the refinery amid BEF filing with the NLRB seeking representation of about 2,000 workers. Dixie, a Houston labor lawyer, will be the featured speaker at the OCAW meeting.
Washington AP reports scientists reviewed preliminary data from the first blast in the new U S atmospheric test series over Christmas Island. The device was a research and development unit, not a finished weapon, with a second device planned to assess improvements in weapon efficiency. Reaction in Congress split along party lines, with denouncements and some calls for continued testing.
Baytown City Council plans a 7 p.m. Thursday meeting at city hall to consider C. T. Staples request to waive subdivision restrictions for a Highway 146 development within the five mile limit. The agenda includes Oak Street extension to Gentry Drive and next major street maintenance plus resurfacing Hogans Street.
Secretary of State Dear Rusk says the U S will push to ban nuclear tests as new rounds of atmospheric testing in the Pacific are planned. A mix of international tensions, domestic politics, and a rocket launch update fill the day’s headlines.
Harris County will host a planning center for juvenile delinquency research in a joint project with the University of Houston. A $260,900 HEW grant funds an 18 month study directed by Dr. Richard Evans with Al Scharff as former U S Bureau supervisor and funding arranged by Congressman Albert Thomas. The program aims to evaluate all delinquency aspects and will require cooperation from school authorities and local agencies including Lee Junior College and Baytown districts with a view to potential expansion after 18 months.
Bay Area Board of Realtors holds a noon Friday luncheon at Zeisig's in Morgan's Point to launch Realtor Week. Eddie Cox says the observance will be the biggest yet with emphasis on defining a realtor and the services offered. Howard Martin of the Houston Chamber will speak on NASA's Gulf Coast impact. tickets are 2.
Cape Canaveral reports the Saturn V eight engine booster performed 81 percent successfully in the second straight test firing. The launch released 13 million pounds thrust, lifted to 35 miles altitude, then broke apart with water ballast creating a large ice cloud as data from the upper atmosphere experiments began to stream in. NASA officials note the rocket remains ahead on schedule for the Apollo program even as Soviet booster power looms.
Demos will debate at Highlands Elementary School auditorium with Bill Kilgarlin and Barbara Jordan opposing conservatives Joel BR Coolidge Willis J Whatley. Topics include poll tax repeal and aid to the aged. Meeting starts 1:30 p.m. with refreshments. debate at 8 p.m. Moderated by TH WH.
Ranger 4, crippled yet successful, crash landed on the far side of the moon in 64 hours after launch from Cape Canaveral. The mission, first successful US lunar hit after seven tries, signals potential for future close up images as a follow up Ranger was planned.
A 1959 lunar photograph by a Russian Lunik showed the area as a rugged upland, lacking large seas on the Moon’s near side. Ranger missions aimed to do more than merely crash into the surface.
UT Mathematics Professor Dr. F R Yott will address a joint civil and mechanical engineers meeting at Humble Oil and Refining Baytown Refinery. He has a UT BS in chemical engineering, an MA in math, and a PhD from Iowa State. Non members invited. meeting at Baytown Refinery. Connally’s wife to speak at Tower luncheon.
Harris County producers led by Stites Poultry and Bee Producers plan a meeting at 7 20 pm to discuss creating an organization to oppose federal damping of egg prices and to push for price subsidies. The group aims to keep producers in business and prevent market collapse.
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