Harvest conditions amid moisture shortage across Texas crops
Ted Martin in Denton reports cotton progressing and grain sorghum harvest starting with good yields. NE Texas shows scattered showers but overall moisture needed as pastures brown and livestock remain fair. Ray Siegmund notes dryland crops in West Texas look good with irrigation needed. peach and melon harvests continue while vegetables and melons ongoing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Martin
Denton
Texas
Loftis
Mount Pleasant
Ray Siegmund
Fort Stockton
Bodies found in Texas missing-person case near Austin
In a baffling Austin area missing-person hunt, two women were found dead in a vacant development off Cooper Lane. Police said no graves were dug, dresses lay nearby, and the scene suggested no obvious violence or footwear prints. Texas Ranger Clint Peoples noted no personal belongings on the bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Chester Guynes
Cooper Lane
Austin
Guynes
Cotton sheds in heat as yields hold in district
In South Central Texas, hot weather causes cotton to shed while grain sorghum yields run above average. Joe Glover of Gonzales rates pecan prospects spotty but notes trees hold fruit and insects are controlled. Atascosa County prepares strawberry land and carrots and leafy vegetables begin on irrigated Bexar County land. Dry conditions persist. broomcorn harvest in Medina County is complete. Land preparation for fall vegetables continues. Ranges and pastures are average to below. cattle movement to market has increased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards Plateau
Texas
Roy Huckabee
San Angelo
John’ Burleson
Stephenville
Hodges
Nacogdoches
Jasper
Newton
Gulf Coast
Joe Rothe
Richmond
Guynes
Texas Ranger
Clint Peoples
Miss Rigsby
Miss Stark
Joe Glover
Gonzales
Pecar
Atascosa
Bexar
South
Medina
W. H. Lehmberg
Weslaco
Falm
Lehmberg
Forgery Charges Dropped Against 4 Baytown Youths
Four Baytown youths tied to alleged forging of two ten dollar checks in Hondo had charges dropped after Medina County investigators found they were not involved. Deputy Ralph Chaney reported the warrants were canceled and the youths, including Robert Earl Smith and John E Butler, returned to Baytown after being arraigned in Hondo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown
Hondo
Baytown Sun
Ralph Chaney
Sun
Medlina
Robert Earl Smith
Ask
John E. Butler
Granville
Medina County
Baytown Growth and School Gains Highlight 1955 over 1956
Baytown shows rising figures with 1955 meters at 8888 and 1956 at 13523. School district valuation climbs to 281,152,400 from 357,725,040 in 30. Lee College enrollment grows from 793 in 1935 to 1794 this year. Two new Lee College buildings added, liberal arts and library. School pupil enrollment rises from 8,654 in 1955 to 11,851 this year. City population up from 221, to 39,000 in 10 years. Assessed valuation grows from 40,6600,897 in 1955 to 85,500,000 this year. True valuation climbs from 81,321,794 in 1855 to 179,000,000 this year. Sterling Municipal Library noted as a major Baytown milestone with 7,159 volumes and 60,000 capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valiebon
Lee College
Baytown
Strickler
Sterling Municipal Library
Widespread Fertility Drug Use Sparks Pregnancy Reports
Women in several countries report pregnancy after a fertility drug used by a Swedish woman whose quintuplets died early. New Zealand, United States, Britain, and Australia report multiple births, with hospital data showing twins and triplets. The drug costs about 1400 dollars per dose and trials are funded by the Medical Research Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Samuel Lawson
Auckland
New Zealand
Sweden
National Women's Hospital
United States
Britain
Australia
New York
Martin Breeker
Carl-Axel Gemzell
Uppsala University
Melbourne
Birmingham University
Department of Obstetrics
Medical Research Council
Research Council
Price Tags Hit New York Retailers Across City
NEW YORK AP All retail articles must be clearly marked with prices starting Aug 15 under a new Department of Markets order affecting 200000 stores. Merchants cite the burden while critics warn about temptations to steal and tensions with bargaining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry Trefflich
Department of Markets
Albert C. Pacetta
Cartier
Fifth Avenue
This Day In History highlights key events on Aug 1
On August 1, 1965, such as Christopher Columbus reaching Trinidad on his third voyage and Colorado's admission as the 28th state in 1876. Notable notes include Calamity Jane’s death in 1903 and the Army Aeronautical Division's 1907 founding, with references to the Blue Eagle emblem in 1933 and space mission Ranger 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Christopher Columbus
New World
Trinidad
Colorado
Jane Burke
Jane
Deadwood
5.D
Custer
Mont
Army
Army Air Corps
Air Force
Harold Talbot
Chou En-lai
Red China
United
Russia and U S Weary About Viet Nam Crisis
An AP analysis notes Moscow underplays Vietnam war aspects that could concern the Soviet Union while Washington avoids provoking the Kremlin. It cites cautious U S policy, Soviet skittishness, and Chinese opposition as factors shaping moves toward possible diplomacy despite Khrushchev era echoes and a difficult path to a conference table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Ryan
Moscow
Soviet Union
Washington
Kremlin
Coutels
U.S
Viet-Nam
Johnson
Viet Nam
Peking
Funeral Notices for Emil Verona and Harris County officer
Funeral services say Emil Buck Verona 46 of Sheldon killed Friday in a traffic mishap near Graxby with burial at 9 Little Arlington Cemetery Cedar Crest. American Legion Post 658 Cragby to conduct services. Harris County Precinct officer Meena Vrana killed when sand truck overturned on Highway 90. Survivor list includes wife Tracy and children. many Vrana relatives. Burial at Leytown hospital death noted. veterans service and pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil
Buck) Vrana
Sheldon
Crosby
Earthman’s Chapel
Little Arlington Cemetery
Cedar Crest
American Legion Post No
Vrana
Harris County
Highway 40
Baytown
American Legion Post 658
Tiney Pauline Vrana
Finey Yvonne Vrana
Greens Bayou
Douglas Wayne Vrana
Ronnie Emil Vrana
Boss
Sheldey
August Vrana
Edward
J. Odrey
Louis Vrana
Joe Vrara
Bill Vrana
Houston
Bessie Krampota
Stella Marsh
Rosie Mae Berry
Annie Balewk
Lydia Hunter
Frank Bobolik
Highlands
August
Steve Vrana
Clarence Bulanek
Fred Bulanek
Ed Anite
Henry Keampata
Jimmy Joe Bulanek
American Legion Post
Buck) Verona
Graxby
Borthman
Cragby
S Vrang
Vrang
Meena
Leytown
American Legion
Thacy Peytite Vrana
Tracy Yvonne Vrand
Renne Emil Vroia
Bessie Vrana
Edward E. Vrana
Joe Odeey
Lovis Vrane
Joe Vranas
Tars
Jessie Krampota
Stelia Marsh
Rob Mce Berry
Anite
Balnuk
Condh
Frank Bobouk
Mighlands
Steve Veo
Clarente Bulanek
Fred Butone
Ed Antic
Henry Kremedie
Post
Errr
State Department To Talk Chances Of Flag Return
Senator John Tower announced that the State Department will discuss with Mexico the possibility of returning a Texas flag captured at the fall of the Alamo. He cites a 1950 precedent when the U S returned flags to Mexico and urges Mexico to reciprocate. The banner bears God and Liberty and was sent to Mexico City by Gen Santa Ana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State Department
Mexico
Texas
Alamo
John G. Tower
D-Tex
Tower
United States
Congress
Truman
U.S
Mexico City
Santa Ana
First Company of
Texas Volunteers
New Orleans
Chapultepec Palace
Grants fund Texas health projects in Public Health Service
Washington AP reports Public Health Service approved 132,901 dollars for two Texas efforts. Texas Hospital Association will get 94,890 to plan community health resources. M B P Anderson Hospital in Houston receives 38,011 to study skin cancers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Public Health Service
Texas
Texas Hospital Association
M. BP. Anderson Hospital
al Houston
Fossils as art divide New York audience and museums
In New York AP report, Joseph S Clark Jr., a 36 year old stock broker, markets fossil fish as art. Fossils from Green River basin Wyoming are sold for 100 to 1700 dollars, with a 7 foot alligator gar valued around 30000. Clark compares fossils to cave paintings and notes no museum interest yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Joseph ’S. Clark Jr
Pennsylvania
Clark
Bea
Green River Basin
Wyoming
Carl J. Ulrich
Kemmerer
Wyo
Pescadora Co
Natural Gas Oolonizing Expands to Baytown Plant Move
Natural Gas Oolonizing, bought in 1960 by Helmerich & Payne, shifts from Houston to a Baytown site on an 18 acre tract to triple odorant capacity and align with raw material suppliers. The move, hiring plans, and a $2 million+ facility upgrade reflect expected long range growth in the natural gas industry and related rubber products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helmerich & Payne
Baytown
Houston
Bluable Oil & Refining, Co
Humble
Matbon Co
Dickerson
Fae
Aveee
Binir Aul Cai Sion
B ‘Town
Natural Gas Ooor J
Isales
Nickerson
Flo
Brown & Rort, Inc
Inadequate Auto Insurance Rates Threat to Protection
Baytown insurer Steele McDonald and Texas Association of Insurance Agents spokesman Gamewell D. Gantt testified before the Texas State Board of Insurance that continuation of inadequate automobile insurance rates threatens necessary protection. Gantt warned that high costs and restrictions could chill coverage and argued rates should not be lowered until accidents and costs drop. He criticized AFL-CIO leaders for requesting unsound rates and warned of potential insurer failures if rates stay inadequate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown Insurance
Iman Steele McDonald
McDonald
Gamewell
Gantt
Houston
Texas Association of Insurance
Texas State Board of Insurance
Afl-Cio
Final Rites For Baytonians Kin Measley
George H. Measley of Port Arthur died July 2 at a Port Arthur hospital after a heart attack. Former Dallas resident and district manager for Texas Employers Insurance Association, he was married to Lois Anh Measley. Funeral held at First Methodist Church of Graves with Rev. Durwood Crowder officiating. Burial at Forest Park Cemetery Houston with Masonic rites. Survived by two daughters Linda and Nancy Measley, a son Brian Measley, his parents, a brother and a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Measley
Port Arthur
D. L. Womack
Baytown
Measley
Texas Employers Insurance Association
Dallas
Durwood Crowder
First Methodist Church
Lois Anh Measley
Linda Measley
Nancy Measley
Brian Measley
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