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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1960
Page
1
The police training program closes Thursday after eight days of study focusing on investigations handling public relations and trafficking enforcement. Participants completed coursework and practical exercises to improve investigative skills and community engagement.
Sun Spots at Chambers Farm Meet dedication of facilities sponsored by the diocese will host a 3 p.m. gathering for farmers and ranchers with the Rt. Rev. Sohn E. Hines and Rev. Thomas W. Sumners leading. free barbecue provided by local sponsors. An Alamo PTA study course on independence signs will be held at 9:30 a.m. Friday with Cedar Bayou counselors. 25th wedding anniversary open house planned for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lange on Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. Absentee voting shown as 47 cast so far. city council to announce results Saturday night.
The forecast calls for hot warm temperatures and partly sunny skies through Friday with possible showers. Galveston tides show high tides at 7 35 am and 4 10 pm and a low at 2 pm.
The League of Women Voters will distribute voters guides Friday and Saturday at downtown banks and local supermarkets. President Mrs. B Ashby announced the plan, signaling outreach to voters in the area.
In Austin the latest push to desegregate lunch counters appeared underway with no pickets during the morning rush along Congress Avenue. Earlier protests on Wednesday included white and Black students carrying placards demanding desegregation.
In Seoul, vice president Lee I poong his wife and two sons died by their own actions in a cottage near the presidential mansion. Ex-President Syngman Rhee left the official residence with his wife and moved to a hillside villa. Acting President Huh Ching appointed six independents to the cabinet as the new government forms, with key ministries still vacant.
Voter locations released listing precincts 12 at Alamo Elementary 1901 Austin and 103 Firemet Recreation Hall 06 Weat Nazro. Also 160 Wilkenfeld Furniture 1 East Texas 102 Humbie Community Home Bay town Refinery and 14 San Jacinto Elementary 2602 Kentucky with 246 Carver High Lee Drive and 748 Bowie Elementary Bowie and Clayton.
Baytown voters face a heated runoff as candidates Pruett Sterling and Tickner trade letters and accusations over qualifications and campaign tactics. Incumbent Al Clayton and Roy Hughes clash over garbage disposal promises while denying cliques backing their rivals.
Baytown gears for a national feature edition of The Bay City to celebrate Humble’s new polyolefin plant and its 40th anniversary. About 100 national writers will visit Rice Hotel in Houston May 8 14 to tell Humble Baytown’s story while local executives share plans for the plant’s dedication and future expansion.
Garland Moran, 17, was badly burned when a nitro jelly can exploded at a camping and fishing trip near Dayton. Surgeons in Galveston performed a seven and a half hour operation to save his left leg and right foot and restore his eye. The accident occurred just before 9 am Saturday, injuring Moran and another Baytown teen.
Denver delegates and church leaders confront a sweeping racial policy report as the quadrennial General Conference opens. A 70 member commission produced a four year study costing about 200000, urging reforms while Southern Methodists warn it threatens regional autonomy and insist on no segregation. The outcome could shape Methodism’s strength in America and beyond.
Secretary of State Christian Herter told CENTO ministers in Tehran that the United States will maintain strong indirect ties with CENTO to support anti Communist alliances. Shah of Iran welcomed the ministers as CENTO members Iran Pakistan and Turkey pledged solidarity with Western allies. Britain’s Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd outlined Western aims for the Paris summit stressing disarmament a halt to nuclear tests and non interference by major powers in others’ internal affairs.
Sheriff candidate Marvin G Lake assailed Sheriff Kern at a Roseland Park rally in Baytown accusing him of willful neglect and defacing bail bonds. He cited forged signatures and biased favor to certain bondsmen, claiming 331 660 worth of bonds were improperly stamped in 1958. The event drew about 20 attendees.
About 5,000 students clashed with police in Istanbul as they breached cordons around the university, protesting a three month ban on political activity and calling for Prime Minister Menderes to resign. Forty injured as protesters sang the national anthem and praised South Korea's youth.
Dr Wayne McCleskey of Baytown St Mark’s Church attends a Methodist conclave in Denver. The hearings traverse 24 cities and urge a separate administrative Negro jurisdiction to empower Black voices at church leadership levels, while facing strong opposition from critics.
Funeral services for A L Banks Jr a former Baytown resident will be at 4 p m Friday at Gipson Funeral Home Lufkin. He died Wednesday in Diboll after working for Temple Lumber Co and Temple Industries since 1939. Burial will be in Garden of Memory Cemetery Lufkin. Survivors include his wife Alleen Banks son Aubrey L Banks II two sisters a brother a niece and other relatives.
Formal installation of officers for 1960 61 and presentation of community keys to outstanding Bay town Jaycees will highlight a Junior Chamber of Commerce banquet dance at 7 30 pm Friday Frank Thompson newly elected president will be installed by Gordon Mercer Jaycee Region 11 vice president Other officers to be installed include Roy Baker first vice president Rom Morris second vice president Donnie Huron third vice president George Wikantrell treasurer Roy Baker continues as first vice president Jaycee elects to hold installation of officers during the ceremonies
Baytown City Council will meet at 7 30 p m at city hall with only four items on the agenda. New directors to take office after the runoff include Roy Bowden Jim Boone Phillip Allen Kenneth Badgett Nathan McDaniel Bill Haste and Bob Chenoweth. The council will hear bids for a storm sewer on New Jersey Avenue and consider meat ordinance changes to allow sale of inspected meat in city counters. Other outgoing officers discussed include secretary Roy Bowden and second vice president Bill Bill.
In San Francisco Gen Charles de Gaulle urged joint ideals during his California stop. He toured Palo Alto electronics labs and Stanford Medical Center before a civic auditorium banquet in which about 1,000 people heard the visiting French leader. The remarks framed a vision of shared destiny and political realism amid crises in France.
Three persons named as alleged conspirators to shield union leaders from Senate probes. Jackson E L McVey, jobless Houston man, tells Atomic Energy Commission his health suffers from a radiation accident three years ago. Three House members express doubt about Dick Clark amid payola testimony. Senator Mansflett urges enlistment of western scientists for space efforts. Dr George H M Mickey freed of murder charge in Baton Rouge case.
Property may be rendered for city taxes until 5 p.m. Monday May 2 at city hall because the deadline falls on a closed Saturday. Renditions for school property must be to the school tax office before noon Saturday. The city sent tax statements last October with rendition slips attached. The school district did the same last September.
Sun Classified Ads are portrayed as dependable friends for rent, buy, sell or solicit needs. The sample ad by Howard Brown on Crosby Cedar Bayou Road advertises leased land and a call number. The message urges readers to try classifieds, promising practical assistance in tough times.
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