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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1960
Page
1
Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet at VFW Hall on Decker Drive at 8 p.m. Tuesday to elect one trustee and conduct a general business meeting. All members are urged to attend.
The United States proposed convening the U.N. Disarmament Commission this month to advance talks. The Soviet response accused Washington of bad faith and seeking to block progress, while Morozov urged a high level summit and warned that personal participation by heads of state is essential to meaningful talks.
Baytown figures RANDY CRAIG and Larry Manley to enter a local rodeo contest as JFK and Truman news circulate. Kennedy bridges labor ties while planning Independence visit and Johnson as vice presidential pick faces union skepticism. Kennedy also targets meetings with Williams, RibicoT, and Bailey as party lines shift.
The Galveston tide schedule lists high tides at 2:26 a.m. and 10:57 a.m. on Wednesday. Low tides occur at 8:08 a.m. and 7:09 p.m., providing residents with the next two tidal oscillations for planning coastal activities.
A collage of brief items from a community page. Gene Smith builds a tin can phone for his cousin Jerry Sanders of Shreveport while Nelson McElroy shifts from coffee to orange juice. Bayiran diners, Pilot Club travel, and local personalities including Sharon Jones and Bill Laughlin appear in light, informal vignettes.
In Dallas a campaign to impose a teenage curfew and ban radio and TV ads for alcoholic beverages is set to begin tonight. The Dallas County Civic Moral League leads the effort, meeting at Oak Cliff Baptist Temple, with many leaders sharing ties to the Oak Cliff Civic and Moral League that secured previous dry victories in 1956 and 1957.
Rev Henry G Taylor 85 died in a Houston hospital after 17 years in Baytown. Funeral 4 p m Wednesday at Memorial Baptist Church with Rev A officiating. Survived by wife and children. memorial arrangements by Funeral Home.
In Kasai province the U N Command adopted a hands off stance amid violent clashes between the Baluba and Lulua tribes. Belgian reports say the Congolese army mutinied earlier and struggles are deemed an internal affair not a U N mandate. Hundreds rumored dead as tribesmen battle with primitive weapons.
Civil Defense courses in naturalism offer final sessions this summer. Enrollees pick man made disaster survival and civil defense topics. Robert G. Bob will direct 12 hours of instruction starting Aug 9. morning classes 9 am to 1 pm at Lee High School, and night classes 7 pm to 9 pm at Carver High behind Walter F. Carter High. Registration begins Aug 9.
The Soviet Embassy says visas were issued for Francis Gary Powers’s wife, father, and mother to visit the USSR ahead of his espionage trial starting August 17. Some relatives and a lawyer group may accompany, while four defense attorneys have not received visas.
Houston challenges Highlands annexation efforts aimed at blocking Baytown expansion into East Harris County. Local lawmakers debate who held first claim as Baytown’s ordinance was briefly withdrawn. If upheld, Houston’s blanket annexation could extend to Channelview and Highlands.
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital seeks exemption from city taxes after the Board of Equalization questioned legality. Hospital officials argue it operates as a charitable, nonprofit facility serving all in need and has long been funded by private gifts and city support, with no tax payments to county or federal authorities.
Baytown School Board approved five percent pay raises for 144 maintenance and bus drivers, boosting lowest pay to about 126 dollars monthly and full time drivers to 137.2 dollars. The action funds 17,086.47 dollars in the 1960 61 budget and may be revisited if state funds become available.
Bids opened Monday on the San Jacinto Ordnance Depot property show eight bidders submitting 18 bids for 4318 acres. The Houston Ship Channel Navigation District led with an $8 million full-depot bid and four alternates for tracts. GSA Dallas expects a decision in five to 10 days, while district plans include bids on Tracts 41 27 29 30 31 32 33 and 23 fronting the Ship Channel.
President Eisenhower met 65 minutes with Vice President Nixon and Senator Lodge in Newport to discuss 1960 campaign strategy. Nixon indicated the President will play an active role, sharing tips but not detailing plans. Hagerty postponed specifics, promising an appropriate time for disclosure.
The Liberty Bell for Liberty Texas is being shipped from London aboard the Neuvia Lines ship. Cast by the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, it will arrive in Houston in about two weeks and will be presented to Texas schoolchildren by the Dyn trophy Research Foundation.
Six new teachers joined Baytown schools and Lee College Monday night, but three resignations offset the gains. V. Kielman of the University of Texas was hired to teach History and Social Sciences. Gertrude Mieter, former college registrar, to teach Education and Psychology. John W. Baldwin resigned to move to San Angelo. Herbert Morice seeks to leave Ler College for Pittsburg State. Martha L. Harper, a public school teacher, resigned. New hires include Benjamin Sessions, Donald Swint, Sherman Warner, and Betsy Weber in German English and other roles.
President Nixon accused Sen. Kennedy of using the low road by attacking personalities, not issues. He defended staying on policy, said Kennedy started the tactic and will continue, while noting Johnson’s experience and predicting a vigorous campaign ahead.
Reports say 64 Chinese feared dead in Formosa after torrential rains from Typhoon Mirley. FRA notes two NSA employees on vacation possibly in Mexico Cuba, while Miami sees quiet race-mixing at downtown counters. Korea chaos subsides as caretaker government plans National Assembly. United States flags pact talk with Asia Pacific against stone weaponry amid global atomic energy debate. Three states name party nominees as atomic conference in Tokyo calls for antiwar unity.
Cuba kept silent on who will lead after Fidel Castro's illness. Raul Castro, 34, named as possible successor and has refrained from public comment while authorities maintain secrecy. Rumors in Havana suggested an indefinite retirement, with reports of a rectal operation and cancer repeatedly denied by sources close to the government. Raul, defense chief, has returned from official duties as speculation grows.
A truck carrying nineteen boys from a swimming party ran off an embankment in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Three were killed and sixteen injured. Victims include Walter Eupp of Rouzerville and Patrick Gipe of Shippensburg, both fifteen, and Mark R. Plasaj Jr., fourteen, of Baltimore.
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